Ares, God of War

Ares came to the gate of the Temple of Fire, and there were two Cyclops waiting here. When they saw Ares coming, they dared not neglect and bowed their heads to say hello to Ares:

"Great Ares, it is a great honor to meet you."

"Hmm." Ares asked the two Cyclops, "Is Hephaestus working?"

"That's right. During the previous battle, the equipment of many soldiers on Mount Olympus was damaged. Hephaestus must help them repair these equipment."

One of the cyclops asked:

"Ares, are you also here to repair your spear, shield and sword?"

"No, I'm here to find Hephaestus."

Ares replied.

"Then let me inform him for you." Another Cyclops suggested.

"No need." Ares understands how uncomfortable it is to be suddenly interrupted while working, especially since his relationship with Hephaestus is not good now.

At present, he is asking Hephaestus, so it is extremely important to make a perfect first impression on him, so he directly rejected the proposal of Cyclops: "No, I will wait for him here. "

Although the gods of Mount Olympus are immortal and powerful, they also need to rest. Even Hephaestus, the god of fire, cannot work for several days without sleep and food. Therefore, when the starry night comes, Ni, the goddess of the night Max's veil quietly covered the sky, and the fire in the Fire God Temple gradually went out.

Seeing this, Ares cheered up, and then asked the two Cyclops who were gatekeepers to go in to report. After a while, the Cyclops came out again and led him in.

As soon as he entered the interior of the Fire Temple, Ares saw his "brother". He was sitting cross-legged next to his iron felt with smoke marks all over his face, with surprise in his tired eyes. , looking at Ares who walked in slowly.

In all fairness, Hephaestus can’t be considered ugly, but on Mount Olympus, where the average person is handsome and beautiful, his really ordinary face will indeed be classified as “ugly”. The same is true of his body. Today, Hephaestus's legs have not been broken, so he looks like an ordinary Greek blacksmith in later generations.

"Ares." Hephaestus asked Ares who came in front of him: "What kind of wind is blowing today, you are willing to wait outside the temple for me to finish my work, and you still wait for someone to report, Did you come in with my permission?"

"Isn't this a routine operation?" Ares came to Hephaestus's side, ignored the soot on the ground, sat down cross-legged like him, and replied with a smile.

"This is indeed the style of a normal god, but you can never do this kind of thing under normal circumstances." Hephaestus looked up and down at Ares, and then asked: "Ah, I understand, do you have any questions?" To me, right? Want me to help you fix your weapons, or help you build new ones?"

"No, no." Although he really wanted Hephaestus to use his talent and divine power to help him analyze the black crystal pendant in his heart, Ares also knew that there was no rush for such a thing. It's a good relationship with Vulcan.

So he brought out the two jugs of divine wine he brought over, put them in front of Hephaestus, and said:

"Actually, I just came to see you for a drink."

Chapter 4. I want to learn forging

"drink wine?"

After hearing Ares explaining his purpose, Hephaestus asked in surprise:

"Could you have hit your head?"

After thinking for a while, he shook his head again:

"No, there is no place in this world where you can hit your head. You really want something from me, right?"

"Really not." Ares shook his head: "To tell you the truth, have you noticed Oceanos' movements today?"

"What's wrong with Oceanos?" Hephaestus asked suspiciously, "I've been working all day, so I didn't notice the movement outside..."

"Zeus swallowed Metis." Ares sighed, "Okeanos was furious because of this incident today, and has announced his withdrawal from Mount Olympus, completely breaking with Zeus."

"Ah? Why did Zeus do this?"

Hephaestus was puzzled.

"Because Cronus gave him a prophecy, or rather, a curse." Ares said: "Cronus predicted that he would be overthrown by the son he had with Metis. In order to kill this possibility, Zeus Swallowed the goddess Metis today."

"Really? So that's the case." Hephaestus didn't show much emotion after hearing this, and just said lightly: "It really seems like something he would do."

Seeing his expression, Ares felt that the topic had been brought up, so he said logically:

"I used to... always thought that you were abandoned by Zeus and Hera because you were weak, but now I find that I was wrong. As the son of Zeus, no matter whether we are strong or weak, as long as we arouse our father's vigilance, then, After all, we are as powerless as lambs in front of him, and we can only be slaughtered and manipulated by him. May I ask, is there any child in this world who can escape the control of their parents when they are young? Zeus and Hera, they For our parents, not only did they fail to protect us, but if we caused their displeasure, they might punish us at any time, and even lose our lives. Thinking about it, I suddenly feel a little admired for you, hehe Phaistos, although you were born into a predicament, you relied on your own hard work, not relying on your status as the son of Zeus, but relying on your own talent to sit in the position of the Twelve Gods of Olympus. Perhaps, this is the real strong man."

There is no one in the world who doesn't like people who say good things to him sincerely, especially in the world of Greek mythology, even an honest person like Hephaestus, when he heard his brother Ares who had always looked down on him, Now that he is praising and even flattering himself so sincerely, although he is still calm on the surface, in fact, he has already begun to feel secretly happy in his heart.

Reciprocated, after hearing what Ares said, Hephaestus also wanted to blow him up, but the god of fire, Hephaestus, was not good at speaking, so he racked his brains and thought for a long time , can only say to Ares:

"Aris, it's not easy for you..."

"Yeah, as the son of Zeus, which of us is easy?" Ares took out two cups while speaking, and poured a cup of divine wine for himself and Hephaestus.

He handed the divine wine to Hephaestus and toasted: "No way, as brothers, we can only support and help each other on Mount Olympus in the future."

Hephaestus held the wine glass, hesitated for a moment, and touched Ares lightly.

"You're right," he said to Ares.

……

That night, Ares and Hephaestus had a heart-to-heart talk over the divine wine, and they talked a lot with each other.

Ares made full use of his experience as a social animal in his previous life, and resorted to Hephaestus's socializing method for company customers. The effect was remarkable. He said Vulcan was very happy. The relationship has also been shortened a lot.

After this day, whenever Ares has time, he will come over with fine wine, find Hephaestus, chat with him, and get closer to the brotherhood. After a while, the relationship between the two has become As good as those normal brothers in the mortal world.

After realizing that the relationship was almost established, Ares struck while the iron was hot, and expressed his interest in casting technology to Hephaestus, and hoped that Hephaestus could teach him a little bit.

"As the god of war, why are you interested in this kind of technical work?"

After hearing Ares' request, Hephaestus asked strangely.