Ares wondered if this God of Foresight had foreseen something else. He vaguely remembered that in greek mythology, just like in other mythologies, humanity seemed to have experienced a world-sweeping flood that nearly wiped them out.
He couldn't quite recall the cause and progression of this event, but he remembered that humanity ultimately survived. If that was the case, agreeing to Prometheus was no big deal.
So, he nodded and agreed to this God of Foresight.
"Excellent! Thank you for your generosity." Upon hearing Ares's reply, Prometheus let out a long sigh, as if a huge burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
Ares watched these humans. Before Hecate went into seclusion to study the Rubik's Cube she had brought back from the yusei Starship, the Moon Goddess had already left the human creation methods Ares wanted to learn, as well as the lightning magic she had used to strike Ares these past few days, on a chair. Ares could learn them himself when the time came, so his initial purpose for this trip—to learn the method of creating human bodies—had already been achieved.
He no longer had any thoughts about these humans, so he asked Prometheus, "How do you plan to manage these creations? They are a race that has received blessings from both me and Athena, unlike the beasts Epimetheus created outside."
"I understand." A fatherly smile appeared on Prometheus's face. "Although they have gained wisdom and the impulse to fight, wisdom still needs enlightenment. They also need to learn how to use their wisdom and hands to achieve victory, so I will stay on Earth during this time to teach them how to use their wisdom."
"Then you take your time, I'll be going now." Ares said, "They have been endowed with conflict, so my work as the God of War will begin. Due to work requirements, I hope you can understand."
"I understand." Prometheus nodded, "How can the evolution of a race be without sacrifice?"
"As long as you understand." Ares glanced at Prometheus, then said, "Then, I will return to Olympus now."
After bidding farewell to the God of Foresight, Ares returned to Olympus. Of course, this body was also fake; his true body remained in Hecate's Palace, diligently studying the magic he needed.
He was just one step away from mastering Electric Current Propulsion, so Ares naturally couldn't just run back under Zeus's nose and let all his previous efforts go to waste.
Fortunately, because sufficient divine power had been infused, none of the gods could tell that his clone was fake. The lingering power of his previous virginity vow was still present, and the goddesses who originally admired Ares feared seeing him would stir up painful memories, so they tried to avoid contact with him. As for the male gods of Olympus, while they revered Ares, they also felt he didn't like women and wasn't one of them, thus forming small circles to exclude Ares. This, ironically, allowed Ares to comfortably use his clone to control the God of War Palace on Olympus, as no one would try to test him too much.
After Ares returned to Olympus, Athena had already gone back to the mountain ahead of him. Ares didn't know where this goddess had put the things she had obtained from "wilpa 03." In any case, when Ares returned to the mountaintop, the Goddess of Wisdom was already standing in the God King's Hall with a beaming smile, listening to Zeus's praise for her.
The moment Ares entered the God King's Hall, he habitually put on a sour face. He had just lost a race to Athena right under the gods' noses, so he had to react this way. After he entered the God King's Hall, the principal gods, seeing his expression, merely glanced at him before turning away.
While Zeus heartily praised Athena, he also casually praised Ares out of consideration for Heavenly Queen Hera's presence.
After bestowing rewards upon the two gods who had helped Prometheus create beings, the operations of Olympus returned to normal. With new creations brought into existence under his guidance, representing the complete eradication of Cronus's era's ruling remnants by Zeus, Zeus was in a great mood. During this time, he secretly had several affairs behind Hera's back, often causing chaos on Olympus. Ares also took advantage of the squabbles between the Heavenly Queen and the God King to have his clone replace him and take his rightful place, holding court on Olympus.
Meanwhile, his true body quickly learned these two spells through the records Hecate had left behind, and continued to stimulate his body and push for Electric Current Propulsion using Hecate's magic called "Zeus's Thunder."
Five days after learning "Zeus's Thunder" and resuming his Electric Current Propulsion cultivation, Ares, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed on the lawn outside the Tree Palace, finally began to feel a controllable electric current generating within his body.
With the emergence of this current, Ares felt that he could gradually perceive the cells within his body and manipulate them to rub together rapidly, thereby generating more current.
As a principal god, Ares's body was inherently many times stronger than that of ordinary human warriors, so even after he mastered the ability of Electric Current Propulsion, Ares did not stop. Relying on his body's strength, he cultivated continuously, the speed of friction between his cells becoming faster and faster, and the intensity of the current also rising steadily: one hundred thousand volts, two hundred thousand volts, three hundred thousand volts...
Finally, when the current intensity within Ares's body reached approximately five hundred thousand volts, he felt that his cells seemed to have reached a critical point. The current within his body suddenly erupted, causing all his cells to tremble simultaneously. Subsequently, he could feel a new power appearing within his body.
The world, in his eyes, became different.
He began to naturally sense other things around his body, able to directly "see" the vibrant life force of the trees, plants, and fairies in Hecate's Garden, and he felt that he could also freely control these things.
He lowered his head, feeling that every cell in his body also seemed incredibly clear. He slowly concentrated his mind and then discovered that he could also freely manipulate these cells on his body.
He could even directly feel the aether that permeated heaven and earth in this era; this feeling was clearer than ever before.
Ares opened his eyes and gently extended a hand in the direction of Cerberus. He slightly used the new power within his body, and instantly, all the fur on the multi-headed demonic dog, which was originally lying on the ground, stood on end, pointing towards Ares.
Its body was also dragged by an invisible immense force, scaring the beast into leaping up from the ground with a whoosh, gripping the ground firmly with its four claws. Its several pairs of crimson dog eyes darted left and right with confusion and terror.
Seeing this, Ares chuckled, then slowly closed his eyes and continued to cultivate this superpower.
He had a premonition that the upper limit of this body should be far more than this.