The Greece Antagonist-Chapter 1123 - 136: Girl, Elope?

Dioléin said, "I can foresee that if you and Grainne become husband and wife, death will follow. Just the thought is enough to sadden me, as this is destined to be a road of no return. So, do you fear death?"

Diomuad remained silent for a long time, eventually letting out a deep sigh, "If the price of saving a lady from an unhappy marriage is merely a death, then I am willing to accept it."

The heroes of the Fiona Battle Group nodded in respect of their comrade’s choice.

As companions who lived together day and night, they admired Diomuad’s bravery and virtue.

The Battle of the Mountain Pear Tree Palace also left them with a great debt of gratitude to him.

And now, it was time to repay that debt.

The warriors, concealing from the sleeping Great Commander Finn, quietly left the palace, opened the city gate for Diomuad and Princess Grainne, offering their heartfelt blessings.

Diomuad donned his armor, took his shield, picked up his spears, carried his sword, and tearfully bid farewell to his companions, knowing it would be hard to meet again, as what lay ahead were difficult and dangerous challenges.

Leaving the Royal Palace, heading into the wilderness beyond.

Diomuad finally stopped struggling, discarding the harshness in his words, and gently revealed his heart to the princess:

"I will no longer hide my thoughts from you, Grainne. I am willing to become your husband, even though I am unworthy of you. I wish to guard you, protect you, until Finn and his retainers take my life."

Grainne’s attitude was equally gentle yet firm, "And I, the same, will never turn back. I will not leave your side unless death takes me away."

On their escape, the two arrived at the remote region Cashcoran, far from the King and Finn, where they lived happily for several years. They had four sons and a daughter, and the land was abundantly rich with cattle, gold, and silver.

Soon, Diomuad also built a love nest named after his wife, Grainne Castle, on the cultivated land.

Even, as time passed and tensions eased, the couple reconciled with the royal family and Finn.

Sweet days continued to pass by.

Until Finn, accompanied by a large group of old friends from the Fiona Battle Group, came to visit.

That night, Diomuad was repeatedly awakened by the barking of hounds. Each time, Diomuad wanted to find the source of the sound. But Grainne, with a woman’s intuition sensing Finn’s conspiracy, persuaded her forthright husband to stay lying down. However, by morning, Grainne could no longer stop her husband from locating the noise disrupting his rest. She failed to successfully convince her husband to wear his armor or to take up his best two weapons: Red Rose of Anti-Magic and the Wave of Fury Sword. Diomuad ignored her warnings, taking less effective weapons instead.

And that night, she received news of her husband’s death and his remains.

—A magical pig imbued with Divinity attacked Diomuad, gravely wounding him.

At the same time, she learned from the sad-faced Fiona warriors:

After the magical pig died, the gravely injured Diomuad was not yet dead. He opened his mouth to seek help from Finn, hoping Finn would fetch the living water from the stream to perform a healing miracle.

Ao Xiang, Oscar, Gao’er, and other Fiona heroes pleaded earnestly.

Finn eventually agreed and fetched water for him from a stream only nine paces away from Diomuad.

But each time he returned, Finn’s hands were empty. The water had slipped through the fingers he deliberately kept open.

The third time, the severely injured Diomuad finally breathed his last.

After learning of this outcome, Grainne buried her husband and left the castle. She trained her children to become outstanding warriors and returned to the Royal Capital Tara.

Because her wise father Conmark had already died, and her brother, who had disagreements with Finn, had already succeeded to the throne.

—Fiona was nominally the guardian of the Ireland Kingdom, but the oath of allegiance was to the commander of the Fiona Knights, not to the King himself. It ostensibly protected the King, but was not part of the royal army. It was merely a massive local power.

In a country, it cannot tolerate two voices.

Thus, the tensions that had reached their peak led both sides to officially go to war.

The sides fought bitterly, ending in mutual destruction. Virtually the entire Fiona was annihilated, with elite warriors like Oscar perishing, leaving only a few survivors like Ao Xiang and Karte.

Witnessing Fiona’s downfall with her own eyes, Grainne bid farewell to her sons, went to the banks of the Bo Yin River, and saw the Great Commander Finn, who had lost his band, honor, and friends. Smiling, she cast a curse upon him.

The story’s end.

Once Ireland’s greatest hero, he fell in the Bo Yin River, consumed by a monster from its depths, while the once Irish Princess disappeared in those turbulent waters as well...

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"Bang!"

Grainne suddenly sat up in bed, drenched in cold sweat:

"What is this...?"

"Your future."

A ghostly voice came from the darkness, and Grainne looked towards the corner, instinctively embracing herself, her face turning even more grim:

"You! Outsider! What did you just do to me?"

"Nothing much, just showing you and Diomuad’s destined fate, do you like it?" Luo En asked with a smile.

Fake! These are all illusions!

Grainne reassured herself, trying to dispel the lingering images in her mind.

But the more she resisted, the clearer those dream memories became, as if she had truly experienced them in some remote time and space.

"Don’t waste your effort, you know it’s real."

Luo En said as he stepped out of the shadows,

"Without external intervention, that is your and Diomuad’s future."

Grainne fell into silence, after a moment of contemplation, she looked up at the man before her with a ghostly gaze:

"Can you help me?"

"Of course, I love helping others!"

Luo En smiled broadly, promising earnestly,

"As long as you agree to do something for me, I’ll ensure you and your lover Diomuad avoid this destined calamity and live together throughout your lives."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Tomorrow, the interference from the mist will weaken. Use this to conduct a great sacrifice, and let the Sky Island descend."

Looking at the ominously emitted purple curved blade dagger, resembling lightning, Grainne’s face slightly changed:

"You want me to betray the gods?"

"No, I’m just giving you a choice, a chance to fight against your tragic fate."

Luo En replied with a sincere smile.

Finn’s reliance, as well as the functioning rules of the Celtic God Era, are associated with the Danu Divine Race. Calling them the embodiment of Fate is not incorrect.

On the other hand, if Grainne and Diomuad want to elope, it equates to breaking the Danu Divine Race’s layout in the Mortal World.

Coupled with the accumulated issues between the Ireland royal family and the Fiona Battle Group, their conflict is destined to be irreconcilable.

So, an enemy’s enemy is a friend; both sides have opportunities for cooperation.

Evidently, Grainne, who dared to defy her father’s orders and elope with Diomuad in the dead of night, was not a conformist, nor did she have much devotion to sacrificing for the greater good.

Cooperating with the opponent in pursuit of her happiness wasn’t impossible.

It’s just...

"If I aid you, what about when the Danu Gods punish me?"

Grainne looked at Luo En, voicing her inner concern.

Luo En was prepared, smiling as he said, "Rest assured, once everything is over, there will be no more Danu Gods, nor will there be Grainne or Diomuad."

Grainne nodded, understanding.

Once this is done, the outsider will arrange new identities for her and Diomuad, allowing them to disappear into safety.

As for whether the Danu Gods would perish, Grainne leaves that to doubt.

She continued to ask:

"What about my father?"

"For the Supreme King, maybe the absence of the Fiona Battle Group and the Great Commander Finn is something he also wishes for."

Upon hearing this, a flicker sparkled in Grainne’s eyes, and any remaining guilt within her vanished.

Indeed, it was not impossible that her father, Conmark, wanted to resolve the irresolvable issue of Finn and his Fiona Battle Group.

However, as a mortal emperor, he couldn’t oppose the will of the Sky Island, and had to reluctantly compromise, turning a blind eye as the demigods of the Danu Divine Race seized power.

Now, by collaborating with these outsiders to calculate against the gods, diminishing the gods’ power, perhaps she was indirectly relieving her father’s burden.

After all, before the arrival of the Danu Divine Race, their royal family wasn’t considered true Celts.

With this thought, Grainne made her decision, asking her final concern:

"How can I trust that you will keep your promise?"

"I, Merlin, can make a blood oath here!"

Luo En’s voice was sonorous and determined, as a strand of the golden blood of the deities fell to the ground, leaving a sacred mark.

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