And suddenly, it happened. Without warning, Godzilla opened his massive jaw and bit down on the bars of the cage with tremendous force. Metal creaked and cracked under the pressure of his fangs, and with one final roar, the creature tore through the remains of its prison, breaking free before the terrified eyes of the crowd. A unanimous cry rose from the port as townspeople and merchants ran in all directions, desperately seeking to escape the wrath of the beast that now stood tall, imposing and merciless, ready to unleash its fury on everything and everyone around it.
As Godzilla took his first steps of freedom, the ground shook under his titanic weight, his every movement sending waves of destruction throughout the port. Nearby vessels began to lurch, crashing into one another, as the waves generated by his massive presence pounded the dock and shattered the wooden planks into splinters. That place, which only moments ago had been a center of life and commerce, was now in absolute chaos. The smoke from the small fires, the scattered goods, and the screams of the soldiers and merchants created a scene of devastation that seemed straight out of a nightmare.
In the center of that chaos, the Cretan hero, proud son of Zeus, stood firm. With dark hair and muscles hardened by battle, he wore golden armor that reflected the rays of the sun like a beacon in the middle of the catastrophe. His eyes burned with the determination of an Olympian warrior, and in his hands he held a spear forged in divine bronze, a weapon he had received from his father as a sign of his lineage. Without hesitation, he stepped forward and stood in front of the beast, defiant. He knew that his duty was to protect his people, no matter the price.
"Stop, monster!" he shouted, raising his spear high to attract the creature's attention.
But Godzilla, freed from his bonds, was in a frenzy of destruction, unable to see anything but his lust for vengeance and his desire for devastation. Hearing the hero's cry, his savage eyes focused on him with fury. With a deafening roar, the beast charged straight at him, its massive tail tearing up the ground in its wake and generating a cloud of dust and debris.
The hero, with a swiftness befitting the sons of the gods, leapt toward the beast and, with all his strength, drove the spear into the monster's thick hide. The tip penetrated Godzilla's skin, but what the hero had hoped would be a decisive strike turned out to be little more than a puncture. Godzilla shuddered, and his body responded with an almost supernatural instinct, closing the wound instantly. The spear seemed to lose its edge against the rock-hard, relentlessly regenerating hide.
Bewildered, the demigod pulled back his spear and tried to stab him again, trying to locate some weak spot in the creature, some place where the flesh would yield to the steel. But each attack seemed as futile as the last. Again and again, the hero brought his spear down in desperation, driving it hard into the body of the beast, which roared and thrashed before him, but healed each wound almost instantly.
Hidden among the crowd, Apate watched the scene with a gleam of satisfaction in her eyes. Her heart beat with cold, calculating excitement at the sight of the chaos she had unleashed. Godzilla was the embodiment of her hatred, the physical manifestation of her lust for vengeance against Zeus and all those he had favored. With a slight movement of her hand, she began to project her magic upon the monster, stoking its fury, strengthening its resistance and confusing it, making it even more dangerous and uncontrollable.
As the Cretan hero fought for his life and that of his people, the soldiers of the port tried to organize a defense. However, every attempt to surround and contain the creature failed with disastrous consequences. With a single blow of his tail, Godzilla swept away entire ranks of warriors, throwing them against stone walls or into the water, where the current swept them away. Women and children screamed as they sought shelter, but few places offered safety from the beast's onslaught.
"It can't be!" the hero exclaimed as he saw that the creature did not yield to his attacks, desperate as he realized that the situation was increasingly out of control.
Godzilla launched a bite at him, and the hero barely managed to dodge it, retreating a few steps as he tried to gain ground. The spear in his hand trembled, and although his Olympian blood gave him superhuman strength, the beast's fury was overwhelming, a power of nature itself that seemed to have been created only to destroy.
Apate, reveling in the despair of the son of Zeus, whispered to herself: —Let him feel what my mother felt when she was betrayed and locked away in darkness. Let every blow he receives be Nyx's vengeance and my justice against Zeus.
Godzilla, driven by the dark power of Apate, began to destroy everything around him with renewed ferocity. With every step, more buildings fell under his claws, and the waves of destruction seemed to have no end. The remaining soldiers could barely lift their weapons before being swept away by the monster, unable to contain such devastating force.
However, in the midst of that chaos, the Cretan hero found a moment of clarity. He moved a few meters away and raised his spear, focusing all his strength into a single, decisive blow. This time, his spear was not only seeking to hurt the beast; it was a thrust driven by all his determination to protect his people. With a cry of defiance, he launched the spear that cut through the air and sank into Godzilla's eye, causing an explosion of pain in the beast.
The creature reared back, thrashing and roaring in fury. Apate sensed the tension in the air, but would not allow the hero to win. Using all of her magic, she engulfed Godzilla's mind in a whirlwind of rage, driving him into one final attack. The creature, blinded in one eye and now completely out of control, charged one last time, determined to take down the son of Zeus and his crew.
As the battle between hero and creature raged on, Apate stood in the shadows, her cold, calculating smile reflecting the satisfaction of having unleashed an indomitable force upon the son of her enemy. The screams and chaos of the harbor were the music of her vengeance, a vengeance that was only just beginning and whose scope, like herself, would forever remain in the shadows.