Dragon Tooth Soldiers [Second Update]

Upon learning that, besides Helios, the deity behind Colchis also included Hecate, the goddess of magic, Jason's scalp tingled.

They might have been Argonauts, and many of them might have been children of gods, but even so, they knew that gods were not to be provoked.

In this world, gods were the most powerful force. Even the weakest god was not something mortals could contend with.

Take the goddesses with no combat ability at all: Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa in her goddess form. As goddesses of "ideal women," they had not gained even the slightest combat power from their divine offices. Yet if they wished, they could still cause enormous influence and unrest among mortals, while mortals could do absolutely nothing about them.

Let alone more powerful gods.

Jason had originally dared to come to Colchis and seize the Golden Fleece despite Helios's influence because Helios was merely the previous generation's sun god, a deity past his prime. Jason, meanwhile, had an oracle from the gods of Olympus behind him, and that was what gave him confidence.

But Hecate was another matter.

Unlike Helios, who had lost his divine office and suffered a tremendous decline in power, Hecate possessed a clear divine office and was a goddess whose strength could rival the king of gods. Someone like that was not someone Jason could afford to provoke.

Yet the first trial had now ended. They had defeated the goddess's creation, and whoever they were going to offend had already been offended.

In other words, having come this far, Jason had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue.

If he gave up now because he did not wish to provoke Hecate, not only would he have already offended Hecate, but he would also gain nothing from the gods of Olympus—after