Chapter 3: The Announcement

Caudus and the others were finishing praying when the statue blinked. Caudus noticed it and rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. Then it spoke.

"My friends," it said. "I have heard your prayers."

Everyone leaped back in surprise.

"A-Ares?" Caudus spluttered.

"It is I," the statue said. It looked at them. "I sent my soul into my statue so I could reply. So, what have you all been up to?"

"Other then going on with our lives, including checking on Pandora to see if Mars is still in the box, nothing really," Articulos said, making everyone roll their eyes, but making Ares smile.

"That is good," it told them. "I have been doing much during these ten years. Zeus has offered me his position as king of the Greek gods."

"No way! Seriously?" Caudus exclaimed, and everyone else said similar things.

"It is true."

"That's incredible. Imagine if Mars heard. He would not be happy," Flamma said, laughing.

"No, he would not," the statue of Ares said. "But he is locked up, so he cannot hear it."

"So, what would you do as King of the Greek gods?" Caudus asked, very interested.

"I would watch over the people of Rome and intervene with what the other gods are doing."

"What else?" The Avatar of Mars asked.

"Many other duties, but I won't bore you with the details. It's official tomorrow, so there will be a ceremony here and on Olympus. The people of Greece will learn through Zeus. He shall speak to them through his statue."

"We'll be here," Flamma said.

Ares smiled and went back to the heavens.

"So are we coming back tomorrow?" Argentum asked.

Caudus looked at him and nodded. He became a hydra and flew off as the others followed him. The next day, Caudus had come to Greece as his job as a priest. He was praying to Zeus, when the statue blinked and started to speak.

"People of Greece, I have important news," it told them. "I have chosen Ares, the God of War, to become the King of the Greek Gods." The people started murmuring and Caudus smiled to himself as Zeus continued. "He will become the King tonight, I hope you are glad with my decision."

With that, he returned to the heavens. "Imagine. Ares the god of war, leading the Greek gods. This won't work at all," Caudus heard a priest say, which made him frown.

"Why not?" He asked.

The priest looked at Caudus and saw that he was a fellow priest. He hesitated and spoke. "Ares is ruthless. He is the Greek God of War. That kind of god shouldn't be trusted with that much power. I'm sure you understand," he said, making Caudus angry.

"And what about Mars?" The Roman priest asked. "He was the one that framed Ares in order to take his place. Blame Mars, not Ares. the Greek God of War has learned his lesson."

The priest raised an eyebrow. "How exactly do you know this?"

"Ares told me."

The priest's jaw dropped. "You talked to Ares?! I thought Zeus was the only one who talked to mortals like us"

Caudus smiled. "Do you remember that incident ten years ago? My friends and I helped Ares defeat Mars."

"No way! I must know the details," the priest said, making Caudus laugh. He spent the next half hour explaining the whole story. When he was finished, the Greek priest nodded. "That makes sense. We notice a lot of Romans turned shady when Mars was brought up. I'm glad he's locked in Pandora's Box. He would be furious if he heard this news," the priest said.

The Roman priest nodded. "Our friend Pandora is keeping him there, so he won't escape at all."

The priest nodded. "Let's hope it stays that way."

Caudus nodded. He hoped so too.