Chapter 169: Reward.

"Wow! That was exciting!"

"Get off me already."

"Eeh!? You know I don't like it down there!"

"Not my problem."

As the light faded, Perseus descended from the portal platform. Contrasting the excitement of the tiny man on his shoulder, he looked deflated and lacking energy.

"Welcome back, lord Perseus, Lord Daedalus."

Greeting them was a large man covered in muscles. The resemblance he had with the large woman didn't end in the eyepatch he wore; they practically looked the same if not for his thick and bushy beard.

"Just in time!" The tiny man said before leaping onto the large man's shoulder.

"Um… lord Daedalus… my sister…"

"Ah! The enemy got her. Sorry for your loss."

The large man looked shocked for a moment but then hung his head saying nothing.

"I don't see Antia either." Came a voice from afar. "Aeneas and Minos aren't here as well."

"Lady Atropos!"