Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

This immediately attracted the attention of even more gods who were unaware of the situation at night.

At this moment, the expressions of Apollo, the god of light, and Artemis, the goddess of the moon, both changed.

Artemis: "I disagree—!"

……

Meanwhile, on the earth—

The heroes also began voting to choose their preferred candidates.

Many heroes even started campaigning on the spot, promising numerous spoils of war.

Some weaker heroes, lacking confidence in achieving final victory, withdrew from the competition for the spot in the battle.

In contrast to the powerful Greek heroes, the Trojans, while possessing a considerable number of heroes, have far fewer truly top-tier ones.

Finally, aside from Hector, the strongest hero who is bound to appear, and Paris, the filler character who is destined to die, there are no exceptions.

On the Trojan side, the last gazes were drawn to a valiant and petite female warrior.

"Pentsilia, the Queen of the Amazons, if the enemy consists of demigod heroes."

"Among us, only you, also a demigod, can hold us off to some extent." Hector recommended Penthesilea.

At this moment, this strong female warrior, whose face was completely hidden under her helmet, possessed healthy wheat-colored skin and a curvaceous figure.

Despite her frail physique, which makes her appear much weaker than male heroes, she has recently proven herself on the battlefield, earning the respect of everyone as a powerful ally.

When the remaining heroes heard that Hector had nominated her, they all nodded in agreement that she was qualified to participate in this final battle.

No one looked down on her because of her being a woman.

At the same time, if Pentessilia wins the final victory, even if she obtains the final spoils, they will only have Helen, a fellow woman, who is of no use to her.

This Amazonian queen did not possess lesbian characteristics.

Paris was even more pleased to see such a candidate.

After all, among the Trojan contestants, if his brother wins the final victory, given his brother's personality, he certainly won't compete with him for Helen. And if the remaining contestant is Pentessilia, then this woman poses even less of a threat to him.

And the Amazonian queen did not refuse—

So the Trojans quickly selected a candidate and sent him to Hermes.

In Greece, however, there are many more candidates vying for the position.

They have a lot of heroes who can fight, and quite a few of them even have demigod blood.

Apart from Achilles, who was absent, Odysseus, Diomedes, and Ajax the Great all seemed eager to participate.

Even Agamemnon himself was somewhat tempted, but he ultimately lacked the courage to risk everything and was unwilling to personally intervene for Helen.

And apart from these heroes whom Ye Du was very familiar with.

Many future heroes who had previously appeared at the banquet but only briefly showed up also eagerly signed up.

Such as the arrogant and ruthless Ajax (who, in the future, disregarded Athena's protection, pursued Apollo's witch Cassandra to her temple, and raped her).

Facing a storm at sea, he mocked Poseidon, the god of the sea, saying that even if all the gods of Olympus were to come out of their way, they would not be able to kill him.

Then, enraged Poseidon killed the clown with a single wave.

Then there's Telepolemus, also son of Hercules, whose madness was in no way inferior to that of Ajax the Younger.

(He killed his own uncle, was chased and fled by his other brothers, and finally participated in the Trojan War. However, he was killed by Sarpedon, one of Zeus's sons on earth, with a spear.)

This was the only notable achievement of Sarpedon, who was later killed by Patroclus, a friend of Achilles.

That's right, it's that weakling friend who wears Achilles armor to look cool but can't even lift a weapon.

Just thinking about these famous heroes, whose backgrounds are so obvious that you can tell at a glance, and who dare to argue with Diomedes and other first-tier heroes until their faces turn red, makes me wonder what kind of level they are.

Recalling that night of their dismal performance, I felt a bit... silent.

Heroes of this caliber, eager to participate in duels, lacked a clear understanding of their true abilities; such individuals were not uncommon among the many heroes of Greece at that time.

As a demigod, relying on the divine blood flowing through his veins, he always believed that his strength was far superior to that of mortals.

But Ye estimates that if these guys really get to play, it'll be as if Paris isn't the one playing for Troy.

You could probably complete a three-in-a-row challenge by just picking any person with a name.

finally--

The Greek side argued fiercely but still couldn't choose three candidates.

After a vote, many heroes chose to vote for themselves.

Those minor heroes and kings who abstained felt they had little chance left, so they simply did a favor and cast their votes for Odysseus, who had made many promises and was the most eloquent.

So Odysseus took a position.

With the aggrieved King of Sparta out of the picture, only one spot remains.

The remaining powerful heroes were all people who couldn't afford to offend anyone, so those who still had votes and didn't want to vote for themselves simply cast their votes for Odysseus.

When Hermes learned of the situation, he was speechless.

Chapter 83 He committed the sin of deceiving the gods, may he die!

Finally, Hermes simply took the list of Greek heroes who had signed up back to heaven and left it to the gods to discuss and decide.

When Hermes returned, he was quickly pulled aside by the curious gods to explain the existence of the hero Griffith.

When it comes to storytelling (chatting and bragging), he's wide awake.

Hermes then launched into a long and detailed account of the legend of the dragon slayer's descendants.

Although it is not the story of the hero Griffith himself, but of his ancestors, its captivating nature still attracted the gods.

This time, when Athena proposed adding Griffith's nomination, the other gods who were interested didn't object much.

And it was also during this period—

The gods learned about the relationship between Night and Artemis, and even Apollo.

As a member of the moon goddess's retinue, she also seems to have received Apollo's blessing.

Although these two main gods didn't seem to want their followers to appear, the gods, whose interest had already been piqued, seemed genuinely tempted.

This made Apollo and Artemis look rather uneasy.

As deities, they knew the personalities of these other deities best—

What crazy things won't people do for fun?

Who knows, in the end, just to see the power of the so-called descendant of the dragon-slaying hero, they might actually choose Griffith to play.

But the problem is that Griffith is ostensibly a Greek hero, but in reality...

On the other side, they ignored the murderous glares from the brother and sister.

With Zeus, the king of the gods, present, Aphrodite had calculated that Apollo and Artemis would not make a move again, and at this moment she kept urging the gods to choose Griffith to appear.

She even resorted to using some seductive powers.

There were indeed some gods with weak wills who, blinded by greed, chose Griffith in order to please the goddess of beauty.

However, Artemis's cold snort, imbued with divine power, abruptly interrupted the goddess of beauty's authority, freeing the gods from their infatuation with her.

In the end, after a heated discussion among the gods...

They were very interested in the heroes recommended to the Greek side.

But I still reluctantly removed a few.

First, there are heroes like Ajax the Younger and Telepolmus, who are clearly just filling in the ranks and have no real achievements.

While these heroes are confident in their chosen appearances, the gods don't care about confidence. They are clearly more interested in those better heroes who have well-known legends or have already made a name for themselves on the battlefield.

What angered the goddess of beauty was that the title of hero Griffith was also removed.

After all, the gods were more interested in the legends of his ancestor Kratos.

Those like Athena and Artemis, who discovered the value of the night, kept it to themselves and did not have the intention to publicize the night's many achievements and brilliance.

Finally, Ajax the Great, who was clearly better at defense, was eliminated.

They didn't want a great heroic battle to turn into a turn-based combat system, as that would greatly diminish the entertainment value.

As long as Ajax the Great holds up his shield and stands there, he could probably fight any hero for a whole day.

Compared to this struggle between shield and spear, which is stronger?

What the gods wanted to see more was a battle between spears, such as the struggle for the title of the strongest hero—the battle between Hector and Achilles.

A deity suddenly asked in surprise why Achilles' name was not on the list, since the demigod was on the battlefield at that moment.

With the aura of Achilles' divine armor blocking the way, even without the gods' special investigation, they did not realize that the person wearing Achilles' armor on the Greek battlefield below was not Achilles, but the handsome but unskilled musician prince Palamedes.

"Now that Hector has made his appearance, how can Achilles be missing?" a deity asked.

It immediately gained the unanimous approval of all the gods.

Finally, on the throne at the head of the throne, Zeus, the silver-haired god-king whose hair shone with a faint silver-white divine radiance like thunder, whose whole body was bathed in thunder and who possessed a terrifying aura, and who was dressed in a Greek-style, bare-chested outfit, said with an imposing presence without anger: "Then let's include Achilles."

As for the other one, let's choose Odysseus.

Between Odysseus and Diomedes, Zeus chose Odysseus with a single word.

After all, he was the male protagonist in the Odyssey who was always protected by the gods. Even after he secretly plotted to kill Palamedes, was rejected by the gods, and was almost killed by the goddess of justice, he was still favored by Zeus, the god-king who was not his biological father but was even his biological father, and escorted him back to his country.

Although Diomedes, recommended by Athena, appeared to be stronger, Zeus still favored his preferred hero.

soon--

The final list was then finalized.

Meanwhile, the Greeks received a messenger from the gods, this time not Hermes, but Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, who delivered the intelligence.

Hermes, the chief god, was already waiting above, ready to enjoy the show to come.

When they saw that Achilles was required to participate in the competition, Agamemnon and many other Greek heroes were stunned for a moment.

"Wait, wait a minute—Achilles?"

"How come Achilles' name is on it?"