When the Moon Goddess first appeared, she’d been the epito of an aloof deity.
She’d casually tossed the demon boar to punish the kingdom of Calydon for neglecting her worship.
But now, anyone could see the Moon Goddess was clearly deeply interested in Naless.
"As expected of my brother!"
Hearing the Moon Goddess praise Naless’s words, Miyu couldn’t help but smile proudly.
Even the aloof goddess couldn’t help but praise the utterly perfect brother.
While happy for her brother, she also felt deep concern.
Indeed, even a goddess couldn’t resist Naless’s terrifying charm—could she be planning to descend to the mortal world to compete for him?
The only consolation was...
She currently held the position of his little sister.
No matter who competed for Naless, they wouldn’t see her as a rival. Instead, they would try to curry favor with her.
Unfortunately, she truly didn’t want to share him with these people!
"He truly is a perfect hero!"
Ilya wholeheartedly agreed.
In the age of Greek mythology, so-called heroes were practically no different from bandits.
Murder, arson, plundering treasures—it was the most chaotic and dark era imaginable.
Now, a hero so perfect he seed like he shouldn’t exist had suddenly appeared before the Moon Goddess, naturally catching her eye.
And just as this thought occurred...
The scene in the video changed.
It showed the heroes who had responded to King Calydon’s call to hunt the monstrous boar.
Upon arrival, the group discovered the boar already lying dead on the ground, and their eyes filled with greed.
They rushed forward, stabbing their swords into the boar’s carcass while declaring, "We killed this beast! The spoils belong to us!"
Their avaricious expressions filled all viewers with disgust.
Atalanta glared at them angrily: "We were the ones who hunted it! This has nothing to do with you!"
"Hah, a re woman could kill such a boar? Get lost, or you won’t be leaving either!" A burly man leered at the huntress with even greater greed.
At that mont.
A dazzling sword light suddenly erupted.
By his side, Naless appeared like a ghost: "This is our prey. I dare anyone to touch it!"
Thud~
The head of the man who had been spouting arrogance earlier rolled to the ground, instantly silencing everyone.
The crowd recoiled in terror, no longer daring to provoke.
Naless then sighed as he looked at the massive boar carcass. "It’s too big to carry. If the gluttonous King Arthur saw this, she’d probably go mad with heartache."
The thought of that gluttonous King Arthur brought a faint smile to his face.
He then cut off the toughest and most magically dense piece of hide from the boar and handed it to the hunter. "Here, let’s take this small piece."
"For ? Alright."
Atalanta reached out and took the hide, tying it securely behind her back.
Seeing this, Miyu beca even more certain.
This female hunter had indeed fallen for him.
Otherwise, given her aversion to n, she would never have accepted a gift from Naless!
Miyu sighed softly in her heart—
Brother, you really are a heartbreaker!
To be fair, Naless hadn’t done anything special—he’d simply treated her as a companion.
But for soone as solitary as the hunter, such an ordinary gesture held imasurable significance.
It was sothing she could never forget!
As the saying goes—
"I could have endured the darkness, had I never seen the sun!"
Truly, so bonds only bring loneliness.
After completing the trial of the demon boar,
the video showed Naless and Atalanta following the divine oracle into the forest.
However, the mont they entered, a magnificent stag charged toward them from the distance.
Its golden antlers glead, and its four bronze hooves carried it with breathtaking agility.
Yet, it seed to be fleeing for its life, barreling straight toward Naless.
In that critical mont, Naless grabbed its golden antlers with both hands and, with sheer brute strength, brought the stag to an abrupt halt!
After struggling briefly, the golden stag gave up entirely, panting heavily.
Then, a thunderous noise echoed from afar, as if the demon boar were rampaging through the forest.
A towering, muscular man suddenly appeared before them.
Clad in a lion’s pelt and holding a hunting bow, he frowned and said, "Mind handing that stag over? It’s part of my task!"
The mont he appeared, the barrage of comnts exploded—
-[Whoa, it’s the real Heracles!]
-[LOL, the impostor ets the real deal!]
-[Naless used his na earlier—what’s he gonna do now?]
-[That stag is one of Heracles’ Twelve Labors!]
...
"Wow, it’s really Heracles!"
Illya gasped in delight at the screen.
As expected, Naless and he knew each other!
Heracles, the son of Zeus, was the most renowned demigod of strength in Western mythology.
Legend had it that he was abandoned in the wilderness as an infant, lest his existence incur the wrath of Hera.
Ironically, Hera herself happened upon the child and nursed him once, granting him godlike strength.
As a newborn, Heracles strangled the serpents Hera sent to kill him.
Later, he trained under Chiron, the most famous centaur teacher in Greek myth.
During his subsequent growth, Hercules unexpectedly went mad and killed his wife.
Overwheld by endless guilt, he accepted twelve tasks from the gods, completing one each year as atonent for his sins.
These beca the legendary [Twelve Labors]!
This deer was the target of the third labor.
Under the watchful eyes of all the onlookers,
Naless openly said, "Of course I can let you have it, but this is a deer set free by the Moon Goddess. Are you sure that’s alright?"
Hum~
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw pure moonlight gathering brilliantly around him, forming the elegant and beautiful figure of a girl.
It was none other than the Moon Goddess Artemis.
She reached out and gently pinched Naless’s cheek, full of expectation: "Would you like to beco my follower?"
"Sorry, I bear a mission and cannot beco a follower of any god."
Naless shook his head.
"Oh..."
Artemis suddenly looked very disappointed and turned her gaze to the little giant nearby. "As he said, this is a deer I set free. I cannot give it to you!"
"Goddess, I have no choice. Please, allow to take this deer!"
Hercules hurriedly pleaded.
This was the third task of the Twelve Labors. Without completing it, he could never atone for his sins.
Naless also stepped forward and requested, "Lady Artemis, we previously completed the trial of hunting the boar. Could we exchange it for this deer?"
This statent made Hercules look at him with a strange expression.
He had no idea why Naless was helping him so much.
"Of course not!"
Artemis approached, her silver-white hair shimring like moonlight, dazzlingly radiant.
As she walked over, Atalanta nervously watched the goddess,
seemingly afraid she might bla Naless.
Naless also subtly glanced up at the sky, as if wary of so presence.
The onlookers grew even more astonished—
-[Tsk, so this is why Hercules joined the Argo expedition!]
-[Damn, did Naless just look up because he’s afraid Apollo might shoot him with an arrow?]
-[Apollo: "Whoever dares touch my sister, just wait till I get to work in the morning and finish you off!"]
-[Naless really seems to be walking the path of a hero favored by the gods!]
...
"Eh, is Apollo really aiming an arrow at Naless?" Roya was utterly amazed.
In mythology, Apollo was the ultimate siscon. Could even Naless’s charm not win him over?
"Perhaps..."
Souma’s mouth twitched.
To that ultimate siscon, anyone getting close would be seen as a thorn in his side.
Not to ntion, Artemis had just reached out and touched his cheek—Apollo probably almost shot him dead on the spot.
That’s why the Naless in the video appeared so well-behaved, not daring to move a muscle!
As the standoff continued, another god descended—none other than Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, whom they had t before.
She still appeared in her armored, warlike Valkyrie form.
Athena smiled faintly: "How about this? If you agree to participate in the upcoming Golden Fleece trial, I’ll allow you to take the deer."
"Then let it be so."
Artemis also nodded.
These trials were scripts written by the gods, with heroes performing according to the divine plan.
The more outstanding the performance, the greater the rewards from the gods.
"Agreed!"
Heracles nodded.
Since he had to atone for his sins, one more trial wouldn’t make much difference.
"The Golden Fleece trial?"
Naless hesitated slightly.
Such a voyage would waste a great deal of ti, which naturally made it hard for him to accept.
"Stranger, congratulations on successfully hunting the demon boar. Next, the Twelve Labors of the Gods will comnce. If you complete all twelve tasks, you will receive the full assistance of the gods!"
Athena continued with a smile, "The trial I assign you is to seize the Golden Fleece!"
"The Twelve Labors of the Gods?"
Naless’s expression grew even more solemn.
Having arrived in this era where gods freely walked the earth, he naturally couldn’t do without divine assistance.
Otherwise, even a single powerful deity causing trouble would be enough to prevent him from completing his mission of safeguarding human order.
He nodded. "Very well, I accept!"
As long as he completed the tasks, he would gain the full support of the Twelve Olympians.
That was even more help than he had in Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia!
"Then go!"
Athena channeled her divine power, teleporting the entire group directly to the seaside.
An enormous wooden ship had already been completed.
Its na was the Argo, aning "swift ship."
It was the very first ship the Greeks sailed into the open sea!
anwhile, in modern-day Greece...
dea, watching the video, smiled brighter and brighter. "Atalanta, you still claim you couldn’t possibly like Naless? Then why are you standing so close to him?"
Indeed, in the video, the man-hating huntress was pressed uneasily against Naless, almost clinging to his arm!
"N-no, nothing like that! I’m just feeling a bit uneasy!"
Atalanta’s confidence waned further as she hastily changed the subject. "The Golden Fleece is in your kingdom—when the ti cos, you’ll surely act even more flustered than !"
dea suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahaha, as if! I’m the infamous Cruel Witch—there’s no way I’d be as easily chard as you!"
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