Chapter 025: Troy

Athena in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean was renowned for her bright, large eyes.

This was recorded in Hesiod's Theogony, where she was called the bright-eyed maiden. From this, one can see how luminous Athena's eyes were.

At the same time, this Athena also had dazzling golden hair, an oval face, a straight nose, and a small mouth often tightly pursed. Dignified and beautiful, even the gods marveled at her; among the Greek gods, she was undoubtedly one of the most beautiful.

From the story of the Golden Apple, it can be seen that Athena was certainly qualified to contend for the title of the most beautiful goddess in Greece.

Athena in the Saint Seiya world was also a beauty, but she fell slightly short compared to this Athena.

Of course, Wang Bo wasn't saying that Athena from the Saint Seiya world was inferior to Athena from the Pirates of the Caribbean world.

It was mainly because Athena in the Saint Seiya world was not the true Athena.

The Athena in the Saint Seiya world was not using her own real body but the body of the human Saori Kido.

Therefore, in terms of appearance, she was slightly inferior to this world's Athena.

This Athena, with her golden hair flowing and wearing a finely woven white embroidered dress she had made herself, glanced at Wang Bo with interest a few times before slowly saying, "Welcome. Please, have a seat."

Wang Bo nodded, without much fear.

He had met more than one deity before, and had even killed one, so facing Athena, he was not overly nervous but rather composed.

He joined the banquet, took a seat, and asked, "So, what is the purpose of insisting that I attend this banquet?"

Athena of the Pirates of the Caribbean world said, "It was I who wanted to see you."

Wang Bo said, "Oh, curious about me?"

"Yes," this Athena said frankly. "Being able to travel between worlds is an unimaginable feat even for us gods. I am curious, so I wanted to meet you."

Wang Bo said, "I recall you're not a particularly curious deity."

"But I still have some curiosity."

"Now that you've seen me, what do you think?"

"You are a very interesting man."

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Because I sense that you are not a god, yet I cannot see through you. There are very few humans in this world that I cannot see through; even demigods cannot escape my gaze."

"Then I truly feel honored."

Athena laughed softly. She could tell that Wang Bo's words were insincere. This man, as the other version of herself had said, had no reverence for the gods at all.

Was it his strength that gave him such confidence?

Athena thought to herself, if she had the power to overthrow Zeus, she probably wouldn't have any reverence for him either. It seemed this man was very strong.

Athena raised her glass. "I toast to you."

Wang Bo did not stand on ceremony. He lifted the glass before him and said to Athena, "I'll finish mine; you do as you please."

With that, he downed the wine in one gulp.

Wang Bo's eyes lit up involuntarily, and he couldn't help saying, "Excellent wine."

It was wine, but both its flavor and texture far exceeded imagination. When Wang Bo drank it, his first impression was fragrance, the second was sweetness, and then mellowness. It was not at all dry, but left a lingering aftertaste.

Athena said, "This is fine wine I obtained from Dionysus. If you like, I can give you some."

Dionysus, the god of wine in ancient Greek mythology, one of the twelve Olympian gods.

He was the god of wine worshipped by the ancient Thracians of Greece, who not only held the intoxicating power of wine but also became a highly inspiring deity at the time by bestowing joy and kindness. He advanced the civilization of ancient society, established laws, and maintained world peace.

Since it was wine made by him, it was no ordinary wine.

It was divine wine.

Although Wang Bo's rum had been enchanted and became extremely delicious, it was still several grades inferior to this divine wine.

"In that case, I'll shamelessly accept it." Wang Bo was quite interested in this divine wine.

Athena smiled slightly and ordered someone to bring Wang Bo several barrels of divine wine.

That's right, several barrels—in those days, fine wine was mostly stored in barrels.

Wang Bo did not stand on ceremony and sent them into his fourth-dimensional pocket. When the opportunity arose, he would use the Copy Mirror to duplicate some of the wine and then drink to his heart's content.

Seeing that Wang Bo had accepted the divine wine, Athena asked, as if with intention or without: "I heard that you have visited many worlds."

Wang Bo nodded. "I've been to a few."

"Are there any worlds without gods?"

"Of course, and many. Rather, worlds with gods are the minority; most worlds have no gods."

"Are there worlds similar to ours but without us?"

"That does exist." Wang Bo thought for a moment and said, "You must be familiar with the Trojan War."

Athena nodded.

The Trojan War was a ten-year siege war triggered by the争夺 for Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, with the Greek army led by Agamemnon and Achilles attacking the city of Troy led by Paris and Hector.

Helen was the cause of this war.

But not the real cause.

The real cause was a golden apple.

At the wedding of the mortal hero Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis, all the gods were invited except the goddess of discord, Eris.

So Eris, nursing a grudge, presented a golden apple to the guests at the wedding, inscribed with 'For the fairest.'

Athena, of course, attended this wedding, and upon seeing the golden apple, she became interested.

She didn't really care about a mere golden apple.

Even the goddess of discord, Eris, could obtain a golden apple; Athena could get one too, even if the golden apple tree was guarded by the hundred-headed dragon Ladon.

But for Athena to obtain a golden apple was hardly a difficult task.

The problem was that this golden apple was inscribed with 'For the fairest.'

That was quite intriguing.

Everyone present could see that this was a scheme to sow discord, but what did it matter even if they saw through it?

Would these goddesses then refrain from competing for the golden apple?

No way.

Athena was determined to get the golden apple. If she didn't compete for it, wouldn't that clearly tell everyone that she was not the most beautiful goddess?

At that banquet, most of the gods were present.

If she didn't compete, she would be showing inferiority before the other goddesses.

Once this got out, how would the other gods see Athena?

She, Athena, could not afford to lose face—oh, no, to lose face as a goddess.