System Invasion [Fourth Update]

Orichalcum itself was a magical metal of immense hardness, making Talos virtually impervious to blades and spears. Its durability was astonishing—even the gods could not easily destroy it.

At the same time, it was powered by a mighty magical engine, using divine blood to supply magic power. It could automatically sense hostile targets and eliminate them.

Once activated, its limbs would glow red-hot from the powerful charge and attack. An ordinary living creature would probably be vaporized instantly.

In terms of combat power, it was powerful enough to rival the Colchian Dragon. Its immense power even allowed it to fly.

Talos was a superweapon forged by Hephaestus, one of the Twelve Olympians. Zeus had originally given it to Princess Europa, whom he had favored at the time. It was a mechanical guardian whose very purpose, bestowed by Zeus, was to protect Europa at all costs.

As a powerful automated weapon born from the technology of a mechanical civilization, Talos was not truly alive, but its highly capable computational core granted it a certain degree of intelligence.

Perhaps because its old directives had never been revoked, even after the one it had been assigned to protect had long passed away, Talos had no controller now yet still carried out its original orders with meticulous precision.

Those orders made the powerful mechanical construct patrol the waters around Crete Island without fail, treating anything that entered the area as an enemy and launching indiscriminate attacks. Only the gods representing the mechanical civilization, along with Europa herself—the one Zeus had assigned it to protect—would not be attacked.

The terrifying bronze giant attacked the Argo the moment it approached Crete Island.

All of this was within Zeus's plan.

By manipulating the weather and sea conditions, they had made Crete Island an unavoidable passage on the