Meanwhile, in the dense forests of the distant mountains of Thessaly.
Two figures stood behind the lush bushes, watching the large troops depart down the hillside, and then subsequently emerged from the thick shade.
"It seems I have won," Asclepius said calmly, his eyes flickering with a complex emotion that was hard to ascertain as either disappointment or satisfaction.
"Hey, if it wasn't for you constantly signaling, making me reveal the truth that you are still alive, he might be on his way to clash with your grandfather by fire by now. Isn't the result clear enough?" Luo En rolled his eyes and retorted with a light snort, "I should be the one who won this round!"
"The result was him going to a banquet, not seeking revenge," Asclepius reiterated emotionlessly, stubbornly denying the paternal love Apollo had shown before.
Indeed, he very much wanted to obtain the "Golden Apple" and advance the research concerning the "elixir of immortality."
