065- ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
ZEPHARIOS
"This is the day that I, Damasen, will finally be able to bring war down to his very knees.", the giant's voice resonated throughout the entire battlefield as crowds of people cheered for him around the arena.
When all of us got sent into the past earlier, I found myself separated from the others and literally ended up being Damasen's lunch here in the ancient Kingdom of Lydia, Anatolia.
Kung sinuswerte nga naman ako, hindi ko na siya kailangang hanapin pa dahil pagkarating na pagkarating ko palang dito sa nakaraan ay itong higanteng toh na kaagad yung nakaharap ko as he directly challenged me into a one-on-one battle inside the Lydian Arena after I accidentally destroyed his mealtime earlier nang literal na nahulog ako sa mismong platong kinakainan niya when the gods transported me here.
Or has my stupid father been secretly meddling with my business while trying to piss the hell out of me earlier kaya sinadya niya talagang ipadala ako rito sa nakaraan na diretso ang bagsak sa plato nitong higanteng dapat kakalabanin niya?
I swear to the rest of the gods that if I ever find out that Ares had constantly been messing up with me regarding this Gigantomachy sh*t, I'll kick his bloody ass up in the middle of battle!
"Listen uhm, can't we just settle this thing peacefully? I mean, you're the giant that hates war, right?", I tried to reason with the giant but he only stared at me using those scornful eyes.
Damasen. The bane of the Olympian god of war, Ares. The giant born to oppose my father.
He with battlecries of peace
Shall smite the lord of arms
Was what was written on the Bane of Fourteen. Well so much for the battlecries of peace for this fella. All he just wants to do is smite the living life out of me!
"You cannot fool me, Ares! I know you're just disguising yourself behind that scrawny-looking boy!", anong sabi niya? Did he just call me Ares?
"F*cking shut up already! How many times do I have to say it? I am not Ares!", I wanted to bash his head with the boulder sitting across the arena pero pinigilan ko ang sarili ko.
Seriously though? Why does everybody keep mistaking me with someone else? Una sa listahan iyong Selene na iyon na pinagkamalan akong si Endymion.
"Excuses! The stench of war and bloodshed is radiating all over your body. Your disgusting smell is clogging up my nose, Ares.", I instantly let out a couple of curses after hearing what Damasen just straight-up said to my face.
Did he actually mean that I smelled like random sh*t just like my lunatic father? Potang----
Alright Zepharios, you need to calm the f*ck down. You cannot become like your father. Control your temper.
"Rios, promise me that you will never follow your father's footsteps when it comes to the pleasure of seeking bloodshed from the people around you."
I remembered my mother lecturing me back then when I was still eight years old in the mortal realm after I had just received detention for beating up one of my classmates at school. I can still remember the disappointment that lingered on my mother's kind eyes that time. From that day on, I promised to myself that I will never make my mother sad again.
She and Ares were polar opposites. That's why I never truly understood why my mother loved him genuinely back then when I asked her about him from time-to-time.
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