After making a pact with Medea, Amikos returned to his palace, satisfied and full of anticipation for tomorrow.
In his opinion, a girl like Medea could never be his opponent; as a demigod, he was naturally strong, and some weak magic couldn't even affect him. Moreover, in the boxing match, he would use the divine artifacts left to him by his father, Poseidon. With these things, what could this little girl Medea do against him?
After returning to his bedroom in the palace, Amikos had even planned in his mind how many boys and girls he would have with this "Queen" in the future.
However, while the king of Poseidonia Kingdom was daydreaming, his soldiers were not idle. These soldiers, forced to be diligent under the threat of the Sea God, were meticulously searching the entire Poseidonia Kingdom for Perseus, who had previously escaped from Argo.
Of course, Perseus would not be caught so easily. Not to mention Ares, a true god, manipulating him from behind, even with Perseus's own treasures and magic, it would be impossible for a group of mortal soldiers to track him down.
In fact, as early as when Perseus landed in Poseidonia Kingdom, he had already used magic to change his appearance, transforming into a robust man in his thirties, blending in with a group of slaves in Poseidonia Kingdom.
Just as he told Medea, Perseus was also preparing to make a big move in Poseidonia Kingdom.
In reality, as early as when Perseus was lurking under Athena, he had already handled many similar dirty jobs. Athena would ask him to infiltrate a tribe or city-state that worshipped local indigenous gods, and quietly subvert the rule of the original leaders of these tribes and city-states.
These things already had a clear process in Athena's sect. When Perseus carried out such missions, he would usually first transform himself into a slave, blend in with the lowest class of these tribes or city-states, then incite their hatred for the top rulers, and guide them to believe in Athena. During this process, Athena would also provide support to these people through faith. With Athena's support and Perseus's incitement, these people would launch a rebellion, overthrowing the original rule of the entire tribe or city-state from the bottom up. And after they gained power, Athena would rightfully become the guardian deity of the local tribe or city-state.
Of course, Athena had never allowed Perseus to carry out this set of procedures in the places of worship of fellow Olympus Gods. If she were to truly act against her Olympus colleagues in such a way, she would certainly be held accountable by Zeus.
Moreover, these cities guarded by the Olympus Gods are certainly more powerful than those that worship indigenous gods. Today, as the faith in Olympus grows stronger, many of these indigenous gods have weakened in power, and some have even degenerated directly from gods into monsters. These indigenous gods are soft targets that the Olympus Gods can easily control.
But if one were to act against the Olympus Gods, even if that god's status on Olympus was far inferior to Athena's, he could still apply to Zeus for arbitration, and to curb his daughter, Zeus would most likely favor these minor gods.
However, Poseidon was the only exception. He used to be one of the twelve main gods of Olympus, but because of the incident with Hades, Poseidon had already broken with Zeus and no longer entered Olympus. These were facts known to all the Gods.
At this moment, if someone was not afraid of Poseidon's authority and tampered with his interests, Zeus would not only not object, but would raise his hands and applaud him.
Of course, Poseidon is not like those weak indigenous gods. Amikos, who rules this Poseidonia Kingdom, has demigod strength that cannot be handled by a group of slaves who have received a little help from Athena.
But now, within this kingdom, there are not only local slaves oppressed by Amikos, but also a group of Argo Heroes.
Amikos is indeed strong, but Ares has more confidence in his junior sister, whom he personally trained. If nothing unexpected happens, after tomorrow's duel, His Majesty Amikos, even if he doesn't die, will surely be crippled and pose no threat. As for Poseidon, he will naturally be restrained by Zeus and other Gods who are watching the show, so he won't be able to directly interfere with this kingdom.
After calculating all these factors, Perseus immediately used the disguise of a slave to blend in with the slaves of Poseidonia Kingdom. After some inquiries, he chose his target among the slaves of Poseidonia Kingdom.
In the Greek World, slaves were also divided into different groups. There were prisoners of war who were bought, or slaves who came about due to kidnapping or pirate raids. These slaves, once bought, would be used by their owners like objects. But besides these, citizens within the kingdom or city-state who could not repay their debts would also become slaves. These slaves were called debt slaves. Usually, they only needed to perform unpaid work for their owners, and once the debt was repaid, they would directly regain their status as free citizens. There were also slaves belonging to the entire kingdom, who even received salaries provided by the kingdom and performed work similar to civil servants in later generations.
However, in Poseidonia Kingdom, there was also a special type of slave, namely "sacrificial slaves." In this kingdom, which worships the Sea God, every festive occasion, King Amikos would randomly select a group of lucky slaves from among the slaves to become sacrifices to Poseidon.
These slaves would be brutally killed by him with the same attitude as treating cattle and sheep, made into offerings, and sacrificed to Poseidon in a ritual. Of course, after these people became specters, they would ultimately enter the Underworld and become Hades's dependents.
However, neither Poseidon nor Amikos cared about such things; as father and son, they only cared that the sentiment was there.
But while the father and son didn't care, these slaves did. For Amikos and Poseidon, it was about a child showing filial piety to his father during a festival. For the slaves, it was their most precious lives being ruthlessly stripped away by others.
Facing the power of Poseidon and Amikos, they could not resist, but if there was an opportunity to resist, they would stake everything to oppose Amikos's tyranny.
Therefore, when Perseus came among these slaves and extended an olive branch to them on behalf of Athena, these slaves immediately seized it as a life-saving straw, gripping it without hesitation.
Of course, all that Perseus was doing in secret went unnoticed by everyone else, except perhaps Medea, who might have vaguely perceived it. The Heroes slept on Argo for a night, and the next morning, Amikos immediately sent people to bring the Heroes from Argo to the agreed-upon duel location.