Chapter 225 Colchis, a Land of Gold

Iolcas City.

Royal Palace.

Luo Yin entered the hall as Prince Calydon and saw a grand banquet going on.

King Pelias sat on the throne deep in the hall, and the guests on both sides of the aisle were all heroes from royal families.

In the myths made up by people hundreds of years later, six-year-old Theseus and Pirithous, ten-year-old Atalanta and the fictional hero Hercules were all Argonauts who participated in the Golden Fleece Journey.

At this time, Luo Yin looked around the hall, but did not see Theseus, Pirithous, Atalanta and Hercules.

Obviously, this Golden Fleece Journey was not completely distorted by the myths made up by people hundreds of years later.

"Meleager, you are finally here."

A handsome blond young man walked up to Luo Yin and said enthusiastically.

"With your participation in this Golden Fleece Journey, the glory of victory will surely belong to us."

After that, he pulled Luo Yin to the location of young Peleus, Telamon, Acastus and others.

Looking at this familiar young man, Luo Yin asked curiously.

"Are you Yin Asong?"

"Yes! I am Yin Asong, the son of the great Aeson, and the legitimate heir to the throne of Iolcas City."

Yin Asong frankly admitted his identity and showed his confident personality charm.

After arranging Luo Yin to sit with the young heroes, Yin Asong went to get in touch with the middle-aged heroes.

Looking at Yin Asong who was talking to everyone, Luo Yin couldn't help but show a look of pity.

The heroes who came to participate in the Golden Fleece Journey were not only all from royal families, but also several heroes were kings who ruled city-states.

If Yin Asong wanted to win the support of the heroes to regain the throne, he was really stupid enough to make people sympathize.

Because none of the heroes present would wage war against the most powerful city-state in Thessaly to help Yin Asong regain the throne.

Around the throne of Pelias, his wife and the Peliades sisters - his beautiful daughters - surrounded.

At the end of the lively banquet, Pelias took the initiative to say.

"Dear guests from various city-states, thank you for coming to my palace to participate in the Golden Fleece Journey. I must tell you that I asked Inason to complete this difficult task not because I was making things difficult for my nephew, but because I was also tortured by my cousin Phrixus. The ghost of Phrixus always appeared in my dreams and asked me to go to Colchis to retrieve his remains and the Golden Fleece. Now I give this glorious mission to Inason. As long as he can complete the task, I will give him the throne."

In the myths made up by people hundreds of years later, the origin of the Golden Fleece was like this-

Phrixus was the son of Athamas, the king of Boeotia in the Thebes region, and the grandson of Aeolus, the god of wind.

As proof that Phrixus was a Thessalian, his mother was set as the incarnation of white cotton in the Thessalian region-the cloud god Nephele.

After Athamas married Cadmus' daughter Inno, the cloud goddess Nephele let a winged golden sheep carry her daughter Helle and son Phrixus away from Athamas' palace.

When Phrixus and Helle rode the golden sheep across the Dardanelles, sister Helle fell from the back of the golden sheep due to dizziness and drowned in the sea. Therefore, the Dardanelles is also called the Sea of ​​Helle.

Phrixus arrived safely in the Colchis region on the east coast of the Black Sea, and was warmly received by King Aeetes, who betrothed his daughter Chalciobe to him.

Phrixus slaughtered the golden sheep as a sacrifice to Zeus and presented the golden fleece as a gift to Aeetes.

Aeetes ordered people to nail the golden fleece in the sacred forest of Ares and sent a fire dragon to guard it.

Because an oracle told Aeetes that his life would be linked to the golden fleece.

There is no doubt that the story of the Golden Fleece has no real prototype and was completely fabricated by people hundreds of years later.

After listening to Pelias' words, Luo Yin couldn't help but say.

"King Pelias! Although Phrixus is your cousin, he was a contemporary of King Pentheus of Thebes - a person who lived a hundred years ago. Normally, Phrixus had died before you were born. Why did Phrixus give his remains and relics to you? And according to the setting of the myth, Phrixus had four sons."

Faced with Luo Yin's questioning, Pelias could only be speechless.

Because this was originally a fabricated myth setting full of flaws.

Seeing Pelias' reaction, Luo Yin stood up again, looked around at the heroes present and said.

"Even if Phrixus really skipped his four sons and made his cousin Pelias, who was born after his death, the heir, what was the reason for everyone to participate in the Golden Fleece Journey? Everyone risked their lives to participate in the Golden Fleece Journey. It couldn't be that they were kind enough to help Yin Asong and Pelias seize Phrixus's remains and relics!"

The so-called hero is a robber among robbers, who regards plundering other areas as a heroic achievement.

The purpose of a group of robbers among robbers gathering together is certainly not to risk their lives to help Yin Asong and Pelias.

"Meleager, haven't you heard the story of the gold everywhere in the Colchis region?"

Yin Asong said with a forced smile.

"The purpose of everyone participating in the Golden Fleece Journey is certainly not to help me, but to get the gold everywhere in the Colchis region."

In this era of barter, the Golden Fleece can neither be eaten nor used as a weapon, it is just a beautiful decoration.

A decoration with no use is certainly not worth a group of heroes from royal families risking their lives to participate in this Golden Fleece Journey.

So the Golden Fleece Journey attracted heroes to participate enthusiastically, because the Colchis region not only has the Golden Fleece that Yin Asong wants, but also has the gold everywhere that all heroes want.

There is a reason why the Golden Fleece Journey was initiated by Yin Asong and he served as the leader of the heroes.

The Thessalians are descendants of nomadic peoples who migrated from the eastern coast of the Black Sea where the Colchis region is located.

Although the story of the gold everywhere in the Colchis region spread to Greece, the local Greeks did not know the true location of the Colchis region.

Only Yin Asong, a Thessalian, has a certain understanding of the Colchis region where his ancestors lived.

Yin Asong was able to initiate the Golden Fleece Journey and become the leader of the heroes because only he could lead the heroes to the Colchis region where gold is everywhere.

Recalling the real background of the Golden Fleece Journey, Luo Yin looked at Yin Asong and said.

"Yin Asong! Even if the Colchis region is really full of gold, in this era of barter, gold can neither be eaten nor used as a weapon. It is a useless decoration like the Golden Fleece. I am really curious, is the useless gold everywhere in the Colchis region really worth a group of noble royal heroes risking their lives to take risks?"

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Yin Asong did not speak, but directly raised a handful of golden wheat ears above his head.

After everyone's eyes were attracted, Yin Asong smiled and said.

"The gold everywhere in the Colchis region is of course not useless metal gold, but food that is as important as life. As long as we get food from the Colchis region, our city-state can feed more people and make our city-state grow stronger."