The Greece Antagonist

Luo En slightly squinted his eyes, his voice laden with deep meaning, "This is too much, how can we let our hero both bleed and cry?"

Athena nodded, comprehending his sentiment, "Then shall we lend a hand?"

In the spacious hall, the two exchanged smiles and clinked their glasses together.

~~

The next day, at the Iolcus Royal City harbor.

Jason stood at the neatly piled edge of the stones, facing the salty sea breeze, overlooking the surging waves, and shaking his head at the sight of the various sailboats entering and leaving the harbor.

These vessels, barely adequate for coastal fishing, would be suicidal to use for ocean voyages in the treacherous Sea of Okeanos.

Even the few larger ships that ventured into the deep-sea, hoping to bring back a richer catch, would return with their keels wounded, having faced Sea Beasts and storms, and over forty percent of them would be damaged.

Because of this, his uncle, who was unwilling to relinquish power, had thrown the challenge of retrieving the Golden Fleece as an impossible task to force him to give up.

After all, not to mention the daunting task of obtaining the Golden Fleece from the King of Colchis, finding suitable ships and assembling a crew for the long journey were significant hurdles.

Jason was well aware of his own capabilities.

To complete this adventure and reclaim the throne, it would take nothing short of a miracle; otherwise, it was purely wishful thinking.

But miracles...

Recalling the whisper in his dream from the previous night, Jason looked up to check the time and excitedly rubbed his hands as he stared out into the vast sea.

"Ooh~!"

At that moment, a snow-white owl hooted softly as it soared through the clouds and reached the harbor of the Iolcus Royal City, releasing a golden olive branch into the sea.

Instantly, the golden light spread throughout the water, and a Magic Circle Diagram with a diameter of several hundred meters assembled and operated underwater, transforming into a dazzling pillar of light that shot into the sky.

"Hum!"

A song like a holy chant could be heard, a splendid and sacred temple emerged in the sky, its gates adorned with gemstones slowly opened, and a rich scent of wine permeated the air.

Following this, a huge ship, over a hundred meters in length with a Magic Circle Diagram carved above and below its hull and fitted with magic crystals and up to fifty oars on its sides, towed by several snow-white owls, emerged from the light screen and docked by the shore.

Behind the partially open light screen, the majestic and solemn silhouette of War God Mountain was faintly visible.

Boom!

Suddenly, a streak of red flames, like a heavy hammer forging, struck the ship.

Instantly, obscure Divine Patterns appeared on the deck, and its body gleamed brilliantly, as if it had been cast in metal, indestructible.

Hum!

Then, a large group of cuckoos gathered midair, forming an archway leading directly to a Sacred Grove, where a Giant God supporting the sky lifted a gnarled old tree with facial features, which screamed in agony as he chopped off several planks to serve as the ship's bulwarks and mast.

The local priests in attendance hurriedly consulted their scrolls and excitedly determined that this was the Dodona Holy Tree, known for predicting the future and avoiding misfortune.

The preceding miracles had come from different deities: Wisdom Goddess Athena, God of Wine Deng Luo En, God of Craftsmanship Hephaestus, and Heavenly Queen Hera.

Seeing the former Prince Jason bathed in divine light, the priests were dumbstruck.

They had never before seen such a concentration of Divine Grace from the chief gods bestowed on one person.

"Hum~~"

However, before the priests could catch their breath, symbols representing Apollo, Artemis' golden and silver arrows, Hermes' starlight, and Ares' blood-red signs descended, each blessing the ship.

The rarities of the past, now as common as cabbages, were all bestowed upon this ship.

Upon witnessing this, the residents at the harbor also excitedly and reverently crowded around to pray and marvel at this divinely endowed creation.

Soon, King Peli As, having heard the news, saw the Holy Ship suddenly appearing in the harbor and the various miracles in the sky, and turned pale. Accompanied by numerous priests, he burnt incense on the spot, prepared offerings, and performed separate sacrifices to the gods to avoid any unknown Divine Punishment for negligence.

Conversely, dressed flamboyantly in gold-threaded silk clothes, Jason became the absolute central figure among the crowd today.

It was a rare moment of glory in his decades of life.

Filled with intense confidence and pride, Jason got a bit carried away and proceeded to move through the crowd in a crab-like step, boasting loudly about his heroic deeds and the gods' favoritism.

"Thanks to the gods for this top-notch ship! I will definitely not let down the grace of the gods and will do my utmost to complete this grand adventure!"

Just as Jason was fervently swearing to the heavens, several familiar voices came from behind in the crowd.

"A ship without a crew won't do, right?"

"It looks like we arrived just in time!"

"..."

Jason turned around, excitedly rushing forward:

"Hercules, Telamon, Admetos, Polux, Castor, how come all of you are here?"

"You need help, we had to come! Hearing you were in trouble, we immediately set out from all over."

Leading them, Hercules laughed heartily and then pointed behind him.

"Moreover, it's not just us, almost everyone from the Expeditionary Army has arrived!"