The Kingdom of Colchis's worship of Hecate, the god of magic, is no less high-standard than any god in the Olympian god system, after all, Mount Olympus is far away from the Kingdom of Colchis, and praying to the gods such as Zeus, the great god of the Olympian god system, has almost no effect at all. In order to show respect and faith in Hecate, the god of magic, King Aeetes of Colchis would select suitable children from all over the country from time to time, and the temple of the god of magic, which concentrated the faith of the whole country, was full of talents, even the ordinary priests who took care of the housekeeping in the temple were not inferior to the heroes praised by the world in terms of comprehensive ability.

The level of priesthood in the temple of Hekate was naturally also seen by Athena, who was a guest, and while admiring the abundance of talents in the Kingdom of Colchis, Athena recalled everything she had witnessed when she passed above the capital of the Kingdom of Colchis. The kingdom of Colchis was controlled by the king, and the subjects followed the king's will to build the country. Compared with Athens, Sparta and other key cities of the Olympian god system are far behind in terms of comprehensive national strength, but what surprised Athena is that the Kingdom of Colchis has almost no traces of Hecate's intervention, and if it weren't for the fact that there is a temple of Hecarte near the capital of the Kingdom of Colchis, Athena would even identify the Kingdom of Colchis as a borderland.

It is undeniable that even if Athens under Athena is able to compete for the supremacy and prosperity of the human cities under the jurisdiction of the Olympian god system, the development and operation of Athens is inseparable from Athena's will, in other words, the gods control every move of human beings, and human beings only need to act according to the orders of the gods, and human beings do not need to learn to act with their own will. Although the system operating in the Kingdom of Colchis has many shortcomings, because Hekate is only responsible for protecting and guiding human beings, the Kingdom of Colchis has a high level in the field of mystery and technology that is not inferior to the central area of the Olympian god system.

'Hekate's behavior in recent years has become less and less like what a god is supposed to do... Giving spiritual freedom to humanity is a disaster that will bring destruction to the gods, and she will not fail to understand ... ’

If the power to control the future is entrusted to humans, is it necessary for humans to believe in gods that are no longer needed? Not only is the Takamaga God System and the Izumo God System that have been subverted by Xun Xin, but the Olympus God System, which is arrogant and arrogant far beyond other gods on the planet, also has a strong sense of vigilance against humans. In the past, Zeus did not even allow humans to grasp the basic source of fire, and if it weren't for Prometheus, who opposed Zeus's excessive oppression of humans, to teach humans how to use fire, perhaps the area under the jurisdiction of the Olympian god system would still be in a dark age when humans were almost completely dependent on gods for survival.

Despite suspicions that Shenqi was trying to overthrow the Olympian gods with the help of human hands, Athena did not attack the other party's invitation to the feast. If Shenqi attacked Athena first, then the Olympus god system could indeed concentrate the power of the gods to sanction Shen Qi according to the inviolable rules set at the time of its establishment, but if Athena preemptively launched an attack because of suspicion and other factors that could not be counted as evidence, even if Zeus initiated the plan to expand the faith land, Athena's attack on the members of the Olympus god system would undoubtedly make her suffer from other gods in the future.

Resisting the urge to summon a spear to give Shen Qi a cool heart, Athena, who had shed her armor and changed into a tulle dress, followed Shen Qi's guidance and took a seat in the banquet hall that was already full of dishes inside the temple. While the priests served food and drink, Athena looked at every decoration of the banquet hall that might be dangerous with the divine authority of the goddess of wisdom. However, the results fed back after the theocratic probe were all non-threatening.

'Hekate knew my priesthood, and he didn't think he would set a trap in the temple that I could see directly. Some of the food served was not from the Olympus region, so it was impossible to determine whether it was toxic or not. But with the power of the Goddess of Wisdom to probe the result will not be fatal to me ... In what way is Hecate going to attack me, or will she really give up her faith under the pressure of Olympus? ’

Renunciation of faith is tantamount to suicide for any god, and for the Olympian gods, Shenqi is completely entrusting his life to the twelve main gods of Olympus. In Athena's prediction, the likelihood of Shenqi giving up the source of faith was close to zero, and even if there was no sign of Shenqi in the banquet hall against her, Athena's wariness was still not diminished.

As if sensing that Athena was tensing every muscle at all times, like a cheetah waiting for the right moment to hunt, Shenqi got up from the main seat and lifted the seal on a porcelain vase near his left hand. In an instant, the temple, which had been transformed into a banquet hall, was filled with the rich aroma of wine, and just by inhaling the aroma of wine, Athena's mind even fell into a temporary blank.

"This, Hecate, where did you find the wine, the mellow smell reveals a faint sense of heaviness, as if Zeus, the king of the gods, is standing in front of my eyes... Even as a god, I can't resist the temptation that this can't be a peerless sake that can be brewed at the level of the god of wine... ”

"Where does the wine come from? Not long ago, human merchants from other countries came to the kingdom of Colchis, and among the goods they brought were good wine produced by the ghost tribes from the Far East, who were fond of fine wine, and it seems that Her Excellency the goddess of wisdom was very satisfied with this... ”

Pouring the liquor with a hint of red glow into the glass glass, and watching the glass fill with liquor, Shenqi raised the bottle and placed the porcelain bottle into the hands of the priest serving on the left. In accordance with the will of the gods, the priest slowly walked to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, with the bottle in his arms, and poured the same color liquor into Athena's cup as the bronze wine vessel held up by the gods.

'It's a wine that I didn't expect... However, because it is a non-Olympian wine, I can't tell if it's a threat... But at least as a result of the feedback of power, there is no harmful element in the wine. ’

However, it wasn't just Athena who would drink the unknown composition, the liquor that Shenqi was about to drink was poured from the same bottle. If the two of them drank the same liquor together, if the liquor was mixed with toxins that even the divine power could not detect, then Shenqi would also die because of the poisoned wine.

"It is indeed a rare wine of a thousand years, and I thank you for the invitation, Hecate!"

Even after repeated analysis, Athena, who logically confirmed that there would be no problem with the wine, remained vigilant. After toasting Hecate, the moment when the two drank was not the same. Athena drank the supposedly good wine from the Far East after Shen Qi had swallowed the wine in her stomach. However, at the moment when the wine was in her stomach, Athena noticed an abnormality in the body's feedback...