Luo En slightly squinted his eyes, his voice laden with deep meaning, "This is too much, how can we let our hero both bleed and cry?"
Athena nodded, comprehending his sentiment, "Then shall we lend a hand?"
In the spacious hall, the two exchanged smiles and clinked their glasses together.
~~
The next day, at the Iolcus Royal City harbor.
Jason stood at the neatly piled edge of the stones, facing the salty sea breeze, overlooking the surging waves, and shaking his head at the sight of the various sailboats entering and leaving the harbor.
These vessels, barely adequate for coastal fishing, would be suicidal to use for ocean voyages in the treacherous Sea of Okeanos.
Even the few larger ships that ventured into the deep-sea, hoping to bring back a richer catch, would return with their keels wounded, having faced Sea Beasts and storms, and over forty percent of them would be damaged.
