My uncle is here?
In the middle of the deck, Heracles looked utterly bewildered. Where was he?
Poseidon? Or Hades?
He already knew his father was Zeus, the God King, and his father had only two brothers: Hades and Poseidon.
But however he looked around, he could see no sign of either of them.
He began to suspect he had been tricked, but the valiant young man looked so confident and spirited that he hardly seemed like a liar.
Jiang Yang caught sight of the tall, burly Heracles looking around and burst out laughing.
He walked onto the deck, teasing him as he went.
"Stop looking, Heracles. Your dear uncle is far beyond the horizon, yet right before your eyes. It's me!"
"Apart from Hades and Poseidon, hasn't your dad Zeus ever mentioned me?"
Heracles's expression soured.
His dad Zeus really had never told him he had a brother named Jiang Yang. As far as Heracles knew, his only uncles were Hades and Poseidon.
He looked at Jiang Yang again. This blond man looked extremely young, as though he were several years younger than Heracles himself.
Besides, Jiang Yang's features differed from those common in the lands of the West, bearing a valiant cast unique to the East.
You bastard, we're not even the same breed, and you still want to fool me?
Trying to take advantage of me, Heracles?
Heracles grew angry. Never in his life had he put up with such treatment.
But before so many people, he did not want to lose the bearing befitting the God King's son.
So, after some thought, he spoke in a deep, powerful voice.
"You say you're my uncle, but my uncles are both deities of Olympus: one is the God of the Underworld, and the other is the God of