Chapter 212 Hestia's Blessing

Eleusis Village.

Roy and Pallas rode here on fast horses and saw a stone altar in the center of the village. Io and Argolide stood beside the altar with a group of Argives, obviously waiting for their arrival.

After jumping off the horse, Roy excitedly came to Io and urged her.

"Princess Io, now that I'm here, you should quickly summon the goddess Hestia!"

"Your Majesty, the King of Athens, you must first agree to our request."

Io said in a pleading tone.

"Because of the lack of food, my people are living a hungry life, so I hope you can provide us with some food."

Hearing Io's request, Roy looked up and down at Io's body, and said with a playful smile on his face.

"There is no free food in the world. Even if you are my subjects, I will not let you get something for nothing."

Feeling Roy's gaze, Io smiled and said.

"As long as you can let my people live a normal life, you can do anything to me."

"Io--"

Argolid looked at Io worriedly, then looked at Roy with dissatisfaction.

"King of Athens, I can lead the Argive soldiers to fight for you, or do other things for you. Please don't do anything excessive to Io."

"Argos, you really deserve to be the guardian of Io!"

Roy looked at Argolid, thinking of the most important character around Io in the myth of another world.

In the myth of Io, there was a hundred-eyed giant named Argos who imprisoned Io, so that Io could not get free.

Later, Zeus ordered Hermes to kill Argos. Although Io was free, she also began her wandering journey from land to Egypt.

Obviously, the prototype of the hundred-eyed giant Argos who imprisoned Io was probably the Argives who protected Io.

These Argives have been protecting Io, so Io can live in the Argos region.

Zeus ordered Hermes to kill Argos, symbolizing that the Mycenaeans killed the person who protected Io, and from then on Io began to be helpless.

Because the guardians around Io were enemies of Zeus and the Mycenaeans, the Mycenaeans degraded them into hundred-eyed giants in mythology, and also discredited them from guardians to monsters that bound Io.

"Argolide, don't you know your and Io's current identities?"

Recovering from his senses, Roy looked at Io and Argolide and smiled.

"Io's identity is the princess of a fallen country, and you are now the village chief who manages 500 people. To be realistic, you and Io's identities are civilians. Do you still want Io to marry a city-state king as queen?"

Seeing Argolide's angry expression because of Roy's humiliation, Io immediately said.

"Uncle Argolid, the King of Athens is right. Now I am just a common girl. Even if I can only serve the King of Athens as a concubine or a maid, it is my honor."

"My child..."

Argolid said painfully.

"I have always regarded you as my own daughter. If I can't make you happy, what's the point of living?"

"Did you misunderstand?"

Roy couldn't help but say at this time.

"I didn't want Io to sacrifice her body to serve me. I just wanted to use Io as a reason to attack the Argos region when I conquered the Argos region. Before that, in order to protect Io's safety, I want Io to live in my palace."

Argolid said angrily.

"If Io lives in your palace, how can she get married in the future?"

"I can guarantee that I won't touch Io. I don't care whether she can get married or not. Anyway, she must live in my palace. This is the condition for me to provide you with food."

"Uncle Argolid!"

Io persuaded Argolid.

"If it was another commoner girl who could become the concubine of the King of Athens, you would definitely not object, because being the concubine of the King of Athens is better than being the wife of a commoner man. You have no reason to object to this kind of thing for me."

"But you are the daughter of King Inachus of Argos, the princess of our Argos people, you are not a humble commoner girl."

Looking at the stubborn Argolid, Io shook her head helplessly, and then said to Roy.

"Your Majesty, King of Athens, I accept any request from you."

Roy smiled with satisfaction.

"Then let's get down to business!"

Io turned and climbed onto the altar, then knelt at the highest point of the altar and prayed devoutly.

As Io's body began to fluctuate with divine power, a muffled thunder-like sound came from thousands of meters in the sky.

With a boom!

A red-gold thunder suddenly fell from the sky and struck the ground behind the altar.

Including Io, others could only see the natural phenomenon of thunder falling.

Roy's eyes widened in shock as he saw Hestia descend behind the altar with a height of ten meters.

As a goddess who had lost her patron saint's throne, Hestia was like a dull puppet, but this did not affect her beauty at all.

The tattered light red dress wrapped around Hestia's graceful body, and her beautiful long hair was like a burning flame, casually draped down to her waist.

Hestia looked like a girl of about 18 years old. Her facial features were delicate and flawless. Her big eyes were like two rubies, and a blazing flame could be seen in the depths of her pupils.

A golden belt tied around Hestia's waist, and her beautiful ankles were also wearing golden strap sandals.

Under Roy's gaze, Hestia stretched out her left hand to Io, and an invisible divine power immediately left Io's body and transferred to Hestia's left hand.

Then, Hestia moved her left hand to Roy, and a divine power was injected from Hestia's left hand into Roy's body.

Roy suppressed the excitement in his heart, and when Hestia's divine power merged into his body, Roy immediately felt the changes in his body, and a message appeared in his mind.

Name: Roy

God's Blessing: Blessing of Metis [Wisdom Enhanced], Blessing of Mnemosyne [Future Foreknowledge], Blessing of Aphrodite [Charm Enhanced], Blessing of Amphitrite [Copper Skin and Iron Bones], Blessing of Hestia [Speed ​​Enhanced]

Strength Level: Great Hero [Enemy of Thousands]

"The blessing of Goddess Hestia is to increase my speed——"

Roy only thought about it for a moment and realized that Hestia's blessing had a huge impact on his strength.

If Roy was a hero [Enemy of Hundreds], Hestia's blessing would increase Roy's speed, and Roy could only defeat heroes of the same level [Enemy of Hundreds] by speeding up.

Now Roy is a great hero [Enemy of Thousands], and Hestia's blessing increases Roy's speed, and Roy can defeat great heroes of the same level [Enemy of Thousands] by speeding up.

Even if he reaches the level of a demigod hero [Enemy of Ten Thousands], Roy can rely on Hestia's blessing to increase his speed and defeat demigod heroes of the same level [Enemy of Ten Thousands]

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