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Razer shook his head. "It's unfortunate, but he declined. I finally found a rival of my own, but he didn't want to move out of Genesis City."

"WHAT?!"

Thalassios' exaggerated shock gave Sola a scare.

"Did you tell him that Athena and Ares were both willing to sponsor him?"

"Yeah, I told him. But he still didn't cave."

Thalassios paced back and forth, kicking gray sand with each stride. He couldn't help but bite his lips as he tried to think.

"Did you tell him that they would be willing to both bestow him with powers?"

This time, everyone else couldn't hide their shock. They knew firsthand how territorial and greedy the Olympian Gods were. One time, they blew up a whole mountain because those two gods were having a dispute about who owned that piece of territory. Instead of sharing, they destroyed it instead so that none of them would get it.

If they didn't want to share a mountain, they especially wouldn't want to share a hero.