Nothing was going Aphrodite's way and she was starting to realize her situation would not improve without her taking direct action, but this was precisely what she hated the most. It wasn't that she lacked power, especially now that her followers reached the hundreds of thousands, a feat impossible in the classical era where the entirety of Greece which was were most of her followers lived was about half a million.
She was now more powerful than ever, but risking getting hurt was something she wanted to avoid at all costs. If Uriel was powerful enough to make her bleed with a punch, she didn't want to think what would happen if she became the target of his repentance skill.
Unlike Zeus, Ares and most of the gods who considered humans to be nothing but sacrifices to gain power, Aphrodite who due to her former lack in physical strength had to resort to manipulation soon learned that humans were actually far more dangerous than they gave them credit.
