Outside Argos, a mountainside altar hung high above the inner harbor.
Ripples shimmered across the sea as the people gathered here, begging the gods for forgiveness while watching the princess be sent to the altar.
Perseus rode the magical Pegasus, dragging Medusa wrapped in chains and hanging her from the towering frame atop the altar.
Medusa knew the whole story. Russell had sworn in Zeus's name that the moment the Sea Monster died would be the moment she regained her freedom.
Of course, if Medusa did not want to fight the Sea Monster to the death, she could call her lover Poseidon, or her father, Phorcys, the Father of Monsters, for help.
Medusa said nothing. Chains bound her tightly from head to toe, and she could not have spoken even if she wanted to.
When Pegasus reached the altar with great difficulty, four chains shot out on their own and wove themselves into a web, imprisoning Medusa at its center.
She herself was wrapped into a cocoon by white chains, her true appearance completely obscured. Outsiders all assumed that the person hanging in the air was Princess Andromeda.
"Will this really work?"
Far away at the palace, King Kepos pointed at Medusa hanging high above, looking somewhat worried. "It looks fake. Can it fool the people and the Sea Monster?"
"You think it looks fake because you already know that's Medusa. The people don't know, so they'll think the princess was wrapped up tightly like a gift, to give the Sea Monster a surprise."
Russell calmly explained that it was like opening a delivery package. Even when you knew what was inside, you could not help feeling a little excited.
"But the Sea Monster isn't blind..."
"There's no but."
Russell said indifferently, "It's called a Sea Monster. At its size,