She’d felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes.

Rick Riordan
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Zeus is trying to tell that that the pain that Hercules suffered in his battle against the Giant Polybote was nothing compared to the pain he experienced from the loss of his love.

Source: The Blood Of Olympus

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