Seeing his lifesaver's regretful and pained expression, Luo En quickly offered heartfelt comfort.
"Don't worry, I did it cleanly. With Ares's brain, he definitely won't be able to trace it back to me!"
"So, that's why he's run off to the Sea of Okeanos to trouble us?"
Thetis gazed somberly at the opposite side, grinding her silver teeth, her blue eyes brimming with grief and indignation.
"That, was an accident..."
Luo En chuckled dryly, attempting to make excuses, but under the murderous gaze of the Ocean Goddess, he ultimately shifted his head away, guiltily.
Alright, he did it on purpose.
Choosing the seaside for a decisive battle, the protection and healing granted by his ocean authority, his incarnation as the Great Whale wielding divinity, along with the dissipation of the Spear of Nation-Building's presence at sea...
All these factors combined, even Athena, renowned for her wisdom, would be misled to first suspect the ocean deities, let alone the single-minded Ares.