"What exactly did I see?"
Putting down the huge bow in his hand that was constantly overflowing with golden flames like a corona, Heracles lowered his head and pondered in front of Jason's question.
"Yes, neither you nor anyone else, I have no chance to tell you what I saw in that temple in the center of the earth——That's why you can't understand me. It's hard to say that. Even if it’s a coincidence, I can only reveal all this to you after killing Hydra and Radon and completing that ‘merit’ again. Is it a coincidence? No, it’s probably fate.”
"Will Heracles, who dared to draw his bow and fight back even when facing the King of the Underworld, talk about fate one day?"
Jason asked Heracles curiously.
"...Perhaps you are right, my friend Jason, it is indeed no longer possible for me standing here to take risks with you, or even Hercule who was searching for the Holy Grail together before that. It's a big deal, but it's all worth it, and that's the only thing I'm willing to guarantee you."
"Worth it? What is there in that temple that would make you betray Theseus, betray me, betray everyone on the Argonauts, and be sentenced to everyone's trust and even human reason————!"
The long-standing confusion drove Jason to walk in front of Hercules, grabbed his neck and questioned him.
"Do you still count yourself as 'Heracles'?!"
"What about you? My friend."
Facing Jason who was grabbing his neck, Hercules didn't seem to care and just asked Jason quietly.
"Although I don't know how you explain everything to your new companions..."
Hercules looked at the Chaldeans who were still standing above the sea, fully armed and on guard, and then set his sights on Jason's shrine.
"But where were you on the day I turned my bow and arrow on my comrades on the Argonaut?"
"this………………"
Jason, who was questioned, could no longer speak for a moment, and the left hand holding Hercules' neck unconsciously dropped.
"Isn't it possible that you let Jason go?"
Animusfia, who accepted Jason's statement, first raised her own questions.
"Did I let him go? If you really want to say that, you can count it as such. I was indeed thinking of the old relationship in the past and did not continue to pursue him after seizing the Argonaut."
After looking at Jason's pale complexion, Heracles told the truth about what happened that day.
"After I switched sides and attacked my original companions, and abandoned everyone on the Argonaut, you were the first person to turn around and run away. Jason————————you are indeed a Excellent human beings, extremely excellent human beings."
So that together with the greed for life and fear of death, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, it has reached the extreme.
Although Hercules did not finish his words, the underlying lines were deeply engraved in everyone's hearts.
"This is really, no mercy."
Animusfia clicked her tongue and sighed with mixed emotions.
Although she had never actually participated in Jason's past voyages, Animusfia was able to judge that the friendship between Jason and Hercules was no myth simply based on her words and deeds in the past few days. It was just a short friendship that we had traveled together, like meeting by chance.
If Jason were asked to tell him which member of the Argonauts he had the deepest bond with, I am afraid that Jason before that would also name Hercules without hesitation. Bar.
But sometimes, the more profound the friendship, the more it will fall apart just because of a short sentence.
Even if he is fully aware of his shortcomings, the merciless criticism from his lifelong best friend will hurt Jason's heart.
"As for what I saw in the temple that day, let me tell you - it was a god. And it was not a 'power grabber' like my father (Zeus) or Hera, but a real, Belongs to this planet, to the natural gods on this earth.”
"————In other words, the original gods..."
After hearing Hercules' explanation, Animusfia murmured in her mouth.
"Primordial god? What does this mean? Is it different from a god like Zeus?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Animusfia a timely question.
"You must have read the myths of various countries, Ritsuka. So, can you try to summarize the characteristics of Greek mythology?"
"The characteristics of Greek mythology? ......... Starting from Cronus, it should be the seizure of power and betrayal from generation to generation, right?"
"Yes, even Zeus would choose to eat Metis and Athena because he was afraid that the next generation would repeat his mistakes."
Animusfia nodded and continued:
"Like Gaia on the earth and Oceanus on the ocean, the early gods in Greek mythology, like the myths of other systems, all formed gods through nature itself. However, it was as if something suddenly changed in the middle , Greek mythology quickly took an unusual path, as if the original natural gods were replaced——The specific embodiment can also be found in mythology.
The battle between Typhon and Zeus, the giant python shot by Apollo, the Gaia temple that was changed into the temple of Apollo, and Oceanus watching Zeus gain power, all of these reflect the Greek culture The gods have experienced one or even several changes of power, from the gods of nature to the hands of others.
It also led to the fact that the three most famous kings, Zeus, the King of the Sky, Poseidon, the King of the Ocean, and Hades, the King of Hell, did not possess exact powers, but truly came to the world as 'kings'. . But the actual sky, ocean and hell have other gods to symbolize their movement.
Although I don’t know why this happened only in the mythology of the Greek world, the unknown reason does not mean that the result is unclear——————What if Hercules discovered as the original god in the temple of Delphi Oceanus exists, so why we found Hydra here and why this singularity appeared can be clearly explained. "
After hearing Animusfia's words, Hercules looked at him unexpectedly, and then nodded.
"Yes, the culprits of everything that happened here are the nature gods who reappeared in the Temple of Delphi."
"In other words, this singularity itself is the revenge of the natural gods who were usurped and forgotten..."
Animusfia covered her forehead with a headache.
"Only gods can defeat gods, and humans cannot do this... I accepted their persuasion to surrender on the surface, and I managed to maintain this singularity until now."
"So, you gave up your human side again and became a god?"
Jason, who had lowered his head in silence from just now, suddenly raised his head and asked Hercules.
Hercules nodded silently.
"But my power alone is not enough to defeat the gods of nature."
"Is that why you want to seize our Noble Phantasm to secretly accumulate power... But why, Hercules, why are you so arrogant that you think only you can save humanity! When did you become arrogant? Is it to this point?”
"I won't run away."
The simple words from Heracles instantly rendered Jason speechless again.
"Human beings are weak, so they have to rely on the gods. This crisis happened precisely because of the disappearance of the gods, isn't it?
………………And I received the last oracle from the gods who had already sneaked into the inner world of this era in the temple of Delphi——Only light can kill the moon.
………………Then, let me become the new god, let me become the new light! "
Raising the bow and arrow in his hand again, Hercules aimed at the Chaldeans, including Jason.
"I have given it all away. Son of man, give your strength, and then tie it to me."
