The young man Cadmus was, naturally, none other than Ares's alt account.
After Hecate calculated that there was no famous hero named Cadmus in the current Greek World, Ares decisively requested Hecate to combine forces with him to create a human body with decent power, and then he entered this human body with his own spirit, transforming into Cadmus.
This Phoenician Prince, who left a significant mark in greek mythology, should, by all accounts, have ascended to the Heroic Spirit Throne. If Ares's plan succeeded, it would mean that his subsequent plans could quickly unfold.
By using his connection with the human progenitors, Ares's Cadmus alt account contacted King Agenor and the priests of the Phoenician Kingdom, and then smoothly infiltrated the Phoenician King's palace, becoming one of Princess Europa's younger brothers.
Because of this, Ares also met Princess Europa, whom Zeus was so infatuated with that he even ordered Hephaestus to forge three Noble Phantasms to pursue her. How to describe her? This golden-haired princess was indeed exceptionally cute as she was currently just a loli.
Ares felt he had little culture, so he could only describe this princess as "she's as beautiful as a paper doll," after all, she, like Artemis, was a character who had appeared in card games in his previous life.
And this Princess Europa seemed to quite like her new brother, Cadmus, even patting Ares's head. However, Ares himself did not dare to maintain too close a relationship with this princess, as Zeus was extraordinarily petty, and he didn't want his alt account to be crippled by divine lightning before it was fully leveled.
And so, Prince Cadmus settled down in the palace of King Agenor of Phoenicia.
Two years passed in a blink of an eye. During these two years, Ares, on one hand, manipulated his divine power clone to help Hephaestus create the bronze giant Talos, while simultaneously learning the God of Fire's superb technique for manufacturing giant robots. On the other hand, he continued to delve into magic, attempting to achieve miracles like the Five Great Magics of later generations in an era where the Root was still easily accessible.
As for Cadmus, he only left a small portion of his mind to control him, but even so, Cadmus very smoothly built good relationships with all the children of the Phoenician King, and grew into a robust, highly skilled in martial arts, and charismatic child.
On the day Princess Europa just turned thirteen, she once again met with a large group of noble maidens on the grassy beach to pick spring flowers.
Today, Europa was wearing a white long-sleeved dress, which was made by Hephaestus. Poseidon had commissioned the God of Fire to make it as a gift for her grandmother, Libya, and after Libya's death, the dress was inherited by her father, King Agenor. The daughter-doting Phoenician King naturally spared no expense in using this treasure to adorn his beautiful little darling.
The dress was embroidered with gold and silver threads depicting various scenes of the gods' lives. Europa's beautiful figure was accentuated by this dress, making her appear even more radiant and dazzling, which made Zeus, who was secretly watching her from the clouds, almost unable to contain his overflowing love and desire.
Just then, Ares's divine power clone, with a stoic expression, approached Zeus, who looked like an innocent teenage boy, and reported to him, "Zeus, the things you wanted are ready."
"Ares, you've come at just the right time!" Zeus looked behind Ares and secretly asked, "Where's Hera?"
"In the bath!" Ares replied angrily.
"Good!" Zeus ordered Ares without turning his head, "You watch her for me, I'll be right back!"
With that, he summoned Hermes, and the father and son conspired together for a moment, then leaped down from the clouds. Hermes secretly hid in the wind, while Zeus landed on the ground, transforming into a huge and beautiful white bull, blending in with the cattle grazing on the hillsides of the Phoenician Kingdom.
Ares stood on the clouds, taking it all in. He watched Hermes use divine power to drive the livestock, slowly herding them towards the beachside lawn where the girls were gathered, and Zeus was among them, heading towards his target, Europa.
"You deserve to die by your own son's hand in the future!" Even Ares, who only wanted to live a quiet life, couldn't help but curse under his breath with indignation, given his modern ethical and moral values, when faced with Zeus's actions.
Then, he left without looking back, no longer bothering to keep watch for Zeus and Hermes, but instead focused all his energy on his alt account, Cadmus, in the Phoenician Kingdom.
As expected, faced with the combined schemes of the King of the Gods and the Messenger of the Gods, the naive and romantic Princess Europa was no match for them. She was unhesitatingly attracted by the white bull that Zeus had transformed into, and then, carried by this white bull, she crossed the ocean and arrived on a vast, uninhabited continent on the other side.
This was once the land where Prometheus and the first generation of humans thrived, but after the great flood submerged the area, this land became uninhabited. Now, Zeus brought Europa across the ocean, and under a large tree on this continent, the King of the Gods revealed his true form, proposed to Europa, and ultimately achieved his goal.
Under the blessing of Aphrodite, Europa and Zeus became husband and wife, and were crowned as goddesses of the earth by the King of the Gods. This continent was also named Europa after her, and as a wedding gift, Zeus also gave Princess Europa all three Noble Phantasms that Ares and Hephaestus had painstakingly created, as a gift for their union.
Of course, all of this was seen by Ares's divine power clone on Olympus through the torch in the God of War Palace, while his controlled alt account, Cadmus, was summoned the very next day, along with the other princes of Phoenicia, by the anxious King Agenor.
"Now, I give you servants, I give you carriages, I give you weapons." The daughter-doting king paced anxiously in his palace, stomping his feet as he commanded his sons, "Go find the treasure of Phoenicia! Bring back my precious daughter Europa! Whoever brings back Europa will inherit my throne!"
Upon hearing this, the princes all showed excitement, but one of them asked,
"Then, Father, what if we can't find her?"
"Can't find her?"
King Agenor sneered at the remark,
"If you can't find her, then you don't need to come back either!"