Devouring World Dragon

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Hercules fell into a drunken stupor amidst weeping.

The great hero, who had already drunk a lot of alcohol and was exhausted after a long day, finally succumbed to sleepiness and drifted off to sleep.

The goddess quietly placed her adopted son on the boat, carefully letting him lean against the gunwale. Then, she respectfully bowed her head towards the object on the great hero's shoulder.

As a goddess, she came specifically to see her father, while seeing her adopted son was merely a side trip.

On the great hero's shoulder, the tiny snake opened its mouth as if lazily yawning, and then spoke.

"Mona, is this little bundle of flesh really as powerful as you've seen it to be?"

"Yes, he possesses unparalleled talent and power in this world, which no human or god can compare to."

Mona said humbly.

The little snake that had been coiled on the great hero's shoulder for many years scoffed dismissively.

"Ah, but thirty years have passed, and this little lump of flesh is still insignificant. I gave him a drop of blood, but it has not been fully digested yet."

The great hero, who had already accomplished two great feats, was still regarded with contempt as nothing in the mouth of the little snake.

The lion and the hydra he killed were indeed incredibly powerful in the eyes of mortals, but in the eyes of the great serpent, the ancestor of all demons, they were still insignificant.

But the goddess offered a different perspective.

"A three-year-old kitten is far superior to a three-year-old child, but a grown child can kill a grown kitten."

“My father, you should understand that the growth of beings in this world varies in speed. Everyone thinks that a fifty-year-old rogue has no future and is not as good as his brother who is good at farming. But twenty years later, the former will become a famous emperor, while the latter will still be just a farmer.”

As she spoke, the goddess pointed to a person who was fast asleep on the boat.

The young man named Peleus was snoring away, completely unaware that a goddess was on the ship, and was even using herself as an example.

"At present, the hero who is about to marry the sea maiden is just one of the people on this ship. But in the future, his child will be able to control the fate of mortals on earth. Who can predict that?"

The goddess's divine eyes were like torches, glimpsing a future that even the gods could not foresee.

One of the heroes on this ship is about to meet a sea goddess, fall in love, and even have a child as great as a god. This hero, born from the waters of the River Styx and invulnerable to weapons, will determine the future of humanity in an unprecedented war.

"But Mona, didn't you already know that?"

The little snake on the great hero's shoulder let out a strange laugh.

Upon hearing this, the goddess simply lowered her head and said...

“Father, I am special.”

To be more precise, the moment you selected me, I became special.

The goddess responded silently in her heart.

Perhaps this world once held countless possibilities, and the girl was merely one of countless mortals, her extraordinary abilities insignificant. But the moment the gaze of the world-devouring dragon fell upon her, she stood out from the masses.

That's the wonder of fate.

"In that case, have you noticed anything else?"

The little snake gestured for the goddess to look in another direction.

The goddess looked in the direction her father had pointed, where two foreigners dressed in Greek attire were sleeping, one holding a long sword and the other a long knife.

The goddess looked again and again, but couldn't see anything unusual.

In her eyes, they were two heroes from afar who had come to join the adventure. So she quietly looked at the little snake, her doubts unspoken.

"Even you didn't realize it? What a strange tactic."

As the little snake spoke, its vertical snake eyes suddenly emitted a beam of light, and in an instant, the illusion that the goddess was unaware of was revealed.

The goddess's expression hardened, and she immediately realized something was wrong.

"They are not inhabitants of this world."

"Not only are they not residents of this world, but they are also mortals from a very distant place."

The little snake echoed.

The goddess looked at the little snake, who knew what she was thinking and simply snorted.

"This has nothing to do with us. Why should we meddle in the affairs of the gods in this world?"

The little snake's thinking was simple: it didn't matter where these two mortals came from, it was none of their business. If anyone should be concerned, it should be the local gods like Zeus.

Since the snake had already said so, the goddess said no more.

After meeting once, the goddess quietly took her leave. The serpent goddess had her own affairs to attend to and couldn't keep an eye on the ship forever.

The little snake stared at the great hero beside it, revealing a disdainful expression.

“This guy isn’t really incompetent, but if he keeps associating with ordinary people like this, he’ll really be wasted. I need to give him a good talking-to, so he doesn’t forget his arrogant words.”

In my dream, the eerie and mysterious underworld seemed to transport me back to my childhood, where the world of the dead lay right before my eyes.

Just as the great hero was wondering where he was, the layers of misty underworld sky slowly dissipated, revealing an eye that was even larger than the sky and whose end could not be seen at a glance.

The great hero stared in astonishment; he knew what it was.

Those were the serpent eyes of the father of all demons, the god who devours the world.

A deep, resonant voice echoed throughout the entire dream.

“Little meatball, I think you’re so intoxicated by the flattery of mortals that you’ve completely forgotten your vow.”

Where is your arrogance and boastfulness?

The colossal creature, whose single eye already blotted out the entire sky, raised its head and opened its enormous mouth, which covered everything.

"If things continue like this, I might as well just swallow you whole now to save time."

Speak, and the gaping maw will descend and swallow the great hero whole…

Suddenly opening his eyes, the great hero, startled awake, saw only the bright sun.

Beside him, most of the heroes had already woken up; some were still hungover, while others were snoring.

"Alright, Greek warriors, let's keep rowing! The Golden Fleece is still far away."

Jason encouraged the heroes on board to do their best as captain. The great hero, however, fell into deep thought, wondering if the goddess he had seen and the dream he had experienced the previous night were real.

Is the father of snakes getting impatient with his own slowness?
The great hero seemed to be deep in thought.

Not far away, two strangers preparing their belongings watched him discreetly. They were still looking for an opportunity and trying to observe their mission objectives more closely.

Should we take action?

The swordsman didn't speak, but Ah Jiu understood his meaning through their long-term cooperation.

He shook his head.

There were too many heroes on the ship; let alone Hercules, the two of them alone could not handle them.

But soon, when the ship reached the next land, Hercules proposed to leave the group.

Many heroes were puzzled, and Theseus, Hercules's little admirer, even excitedly wanted to go with Hercules. Only Mepsos, who had been given a prophecy by Apollo, seemed thoughtful.

But he didn't speak; he just smiled and remained silent.

As a result, the heroes even had their first argument since setting sail.

“Jason, I think you’ve long been jealous of Heracles’ prestige, so you deliberately pushed him out.”

"Terramon, who had displayed great prowess in the fight, shouted."

The heroes who supported Hercules and those who supported Jason faced off, neither side willing to yield. But then, a goddess emerged from the sea.

"Enough, heroes of Greece. Hercules has a greater mission entrusted to him by Zeus. You need not quarrel over this."

The beautiful and mysterious sea goddess personally mediated the conflict between the two sides. The heroes, filled with awe, chose to yield to her, and the two strangers lowered their heads. Only Peleus was captivated by the goddess's beauty, unable to look away.

The goddess noticed Peleus, and a hint of anger appeared on her beautiful face.

“Bold mortals.”

The enraged goddess raised her hand and poured a massive wave over Peleus's head, drenching the unwavering man and inadvertently affecting the other innocent heroes as well. The goddess then vanished into the sea.

While the Argonauts, almost all of them soaked to the bone, were scrambling to clean up the ship's cabin, Peleus inevitably faced criticism.

“Peleus, you…”

Faced with numerous accusations, Peleus did not defend himself, but simply accepted them with a flushed face, occasionally glancing at the sea where the goddess had disappeared, as if he was still regretting something.

This was the first encounter between the hero Peleus and the goddess Thetis.

……

Meanwhile, Hercules, having landed on land, continued his journey. He prepared to challenge some more ferocious creatures to prove himself and perhaps even fulfill his former promise.

A proud hero is not someone who will back down at the slightest intimidation.

But when he passed through a city, he was stopped by a disheveled wall repairman.

"Hehehe! Hercules!"

The worker building the city wall excitedly stopped Hercules, which puzzled him, as he hadn't given his name and he didn't know how this disheveled worker knew him.

"who are you?"

The great hero asked.

The disheveled wall repairman pointed to himself and answered somewhat awkwardly.

“I am Hermes the Footman.”