[ALERT! Herculean (Δ)] is active once more. Based on the level of difficulty of this current challenge, your Strength is temporarily quadrupled [424].]
“Tag me in, Jackboot!” Sam yelled.
“You’re welcome”—Jackboot had just flipped over the Nemean Lion’s head to avoid its jaws chomping down on his torso—“to it!”
He gave the great beast a final, belligerent heel kick on the spot between its eyes before he jumped out of the way for Sam.
“All yours, Herculean!” Jackboot yelled back.
With a hard, asphalt-cracking stomp on the ground, Sam was propelled forward like a speeding bullet. In the milliseconds before he bridged the distance between himself and the Nemean Lion, he recalled one of the wisest things Chiron had ever told him.
'When challenging an opponent far more powerful than you, a single chance or two may be all you’ll get… but these kinds of odds are what will make your actions truly shine.'