Nine gods, plus a whole bunch of demigods powerful enough to slay True Gods with Weak Divine Power. In most god systems, that lineup would be more than enough for a vanguard. After all, even a large pantheon like Olympus only had around eighty True Gods.
But in the expanded Chaos God System, this was seriously just a scouting party.
The legendary Achilles of Greek mythology was now decked out in divine gear and riding the divine chariot Poseidon had gifted him. He'd been sent ahead to serve as the tea boy—er, scout.
Even Lei Mou, watching such an extravagant deployment, thought it was a waste.
But they couldn't just send a True God to charge headfirst into the Chaos Barrier like a living mine detector, could they? Once the requirements were narrowed down to Demigod Level, there weren't many who could outdo Achilles.
Achilles' mother, Thetis, had always feared he would die in battle. But since this life had no Trojan War, she was convinced Achilles had escaped his fated death. Instead, her whole family had developed an inexplicable loyalty to Lein.
In the end, Achilles, a fearsome fighter, had to beat out a group of demigods from the Sumer and Aztec god systems before he won the scout's position.
He charged straight into the Chaos Barrier without a care. Before long, he came flying back, his body covered in what looked like a miasma of chaotic residue, his divine chariot racing toward a temporary plane two kilometers in diameter that served as their forward base.
Helios knew exactly what to do. Thetis had briefed him, after all. As soon as Achilles returned, he personally bathed him in the Sun God's radiance, "disinfecting" him and purging the chaotic energy clinging to him.
Achilles looked perfectly well. Before the nine