Heroes' "Mother"

Ye Ting was not at all surprised by Athena's appearance.

Or rather, this too had been part of his plan.

Aboard the Argo, although Jason and the Argonauts had repeatedly uttered words that could be called blasphemous during their earlier discussion, that alone was nowhere near enough to draw the gods' notice.

Unlike what many people imagined, unless they were true creator gods, ordinary deities were not as omniscient and omnipotent as people believed.

Most of their powers were confined to the domains they governed. Beyond those domains, they were far less all-powerful. Gods with stronger divinities fared better, but if a god's divinity was too weak and their domain lacked sufficient power, they might even be inferior to stronger mortals in certain respects—the Medusa sisters were a typical example.

As beings capable of receiving the faith of others, gods also possessed something special: their "divine names."

A god's divine name was a special existence. So long as someone spoke it, no matter where the god was or how far away they might be, as long as they remained within the bounds of the world, the god would sense it.

If the words invoking that divine name carried intense emotion, such as fanatical worship or extreme insult, the god's perception would become even clearer, and they would be more likely to notice the person speaking their name.

That was why zealots and blasphemers could more easily attract a god's attention.

Perhaps because they were beings favored by the gods and closer to them, heroes understood this well enough.

Thus, Ye Ting noticed that although Jason's words had carried resentment toward the gods during the earlier discussion, he had not expressed it directly. He had not truly vented his emotions through blasphemy, which kept his words from reaching the Olympian gods.