Hades' Private War and Ares' Training.

In Tartarus, Hades had been leading a war against the Titans alone. He had called out his entire army of the dead along with his more powerful servant, the Furies, Cerberus, and his Grim Reapers, but mostly he was their most potent attacker.

His father Kronus was still reeling from losing his Symbol of Power which Hades did not know. It made the Titans fight even harder to give their ruler someone to keep together because if Hades got to him there would not be a Kronus much longer. Currently, Hades was facing a weakened, Hyperion, Koios, Krios, and Lapetus.

The four Titans once ruled the East, West, North, and South giving them some power. Yet they were weakened while he had only grown stronger after millennia of delving into the secrets of magic. Hades grinned as he had done so long ago.

His wife had given him his Bident because she knew, Hades the warrior was making a comeback with all his mastery of magic. He charged out at the 4 Titans alone with a big grin on his face as his Divinity surged from his body. He moved in such a way that the Titans while skilled missed every one of their attacks. Meanwhile his own always connected piercing armor and flesh all the same.

When it came to magic, his Bident became his wand while his Helm caused a wave of terror to even the Titans who had to force past his aura of fear. All the while his army of the undead faced the army of monsters gathered by the Titans to serve them. He had humans, animals, and monsters in it.

Hyperion cursed as he charged out on fire.

"DAMN IT!"

He slashed out with a blazing sword which Hades sidestepped and used to pierce his wrist causing him to drop his sword. Not letting that chance slip, Hades stabbed toward his chest and almost pierced his heart if not for Krios stepping in to move the attack with a sword swing. While Hades had grown stronger through the centuries as he searched for a way to break free of the Divine Laws, the Titans had gotten weaker.

None were at their full power and their army of monsters was no match for Hades' special army of the dead.

"Come Titans, kneel to your new master, Hades. Once I kill my father once and for all."

The Titans would not allow it and turned into their Divine Forms to keep going in the fight. They charged toward Hades who grinned and smashed the but of his bident on the ground. He was now not just a warrior, he was a Warrior Mage and it was time to show it.

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While Hades fought his war in Tarturus, everyone gathered in Maulketh's special training Dimension. As the Gravity was 100 times Earth's, if not for Ophis' help they would have died from gravity alone. Once they were all here, Ophis looked at everyone as this was her gathering.

Rias had brought her full Peerage with even Gasper being here who did not want to be here. There were too many people here for his sake which made Ophis glad Maulketh was hibernating. He might have killed the vampire with pure fear or anger, but mostly anger. Even she found him weird.

"Alright, you all have been gathered for some extreme training. What you do with that is up to you. Rias, this is a good chance for you to get your peerage stronger as you are leaving them in the dust.

If you keep getting stronger as you are your peerage will be useless. As you are his lover, your servants are his servants so what kind of Heavenly Dragon has weak servants."

Rias nodded as her 4 peerage members stood around her. Akeno, Koneko, Kimmi, and Gasper. Out of the three girls, Kimmi was not bitter at Maulketh as he had encouraged her revenge. Neither was Koneko, but she just wanted to know what her sister went through for her sake.

If what he said was true, her sister did not go crazy. Meanwhile, Akeno was scared of Maulketh. She looked around with apprehension looking for him.

"Is he here?"

Ophis shook her head.

"No, he is in hibernation. I just wanted to help him out by making his familiars, lovers, and apprentices stronger. As for you 4, you are the servants of one of his lovers so you are her power which is why you are even here. You 4 have potential, but as you are now, you will never even get past the Ultimate class.

Much less the level of power your mistress wants to reach so use this chance to use those powers. Ares, anything to say?"

Ares walked over and removed his black helm.

"As she said, I am Ares, the god of war. Maulketh is my best friend so I will take this chance to train all of you into something stronger. The exceptions to this rule will be Celestine, Grimnar, and Astrid, you three will train together as you do not need training from me. As his familiars you three get stronger when he does, so keep doing as you have been."

Astrid who was in her human form popped her knuckles with a big snarl. Her body began to hear up causing Gasper to jump away from her.

"Not a bad plan, but who will look after the volcano?"

Ares shook his head.

"No one, the volcano is warded and it is a Super Volcano. Not many can get past those defenses and those who do will have us to deal with as we can come out any time of this place."

Celestine who was also in her human form felt it was great. She leaned back as her aura of a dragon began to rise.

"We must not let him down? What kind of familiars would we be if we keep getting stronger because of him?"

With that said, the three of them walked off and returned to their true forms. They flew off into the distance of the training field as their training was violent. They were Draconic in nature because of their master so they planned to make use of that power.

Once they were gone, Ares thought of a plan for the rest. Not for long as he had an idea.

"Alright, so Valina, Calypso, Kimmi, Koneko, you will be with me for the start. Runeas you should train together with Rias, Akeno, and that vampire kid. Once I am done with these four we switch so you can teach them more about using Demonic Power."

Calypso, you are older than me, but you have not used that training for training. This is your chance, to master your magic and your parents' powers. But that can wait as we want you to use the strength of your father. I won't be kind."

She nodded resolutely.

"No need, I fought in the First Titanomachia, I am not some defenseless maiden."

"No, you are not. What about you three?"

Kimmi raised her sword and bowed to him. Learning under the god of war was an honor.

"I will take this lesson to heart."

Koneko nodded as well with her white car ears and tail popping out. If her sister did not go insane, she would have to prove it. She raised her fists with a resolute face.

"Right, Mr. God."

Valina did not have the Divine Dividing, but she won't be needing it. She had to tap into that drop of blood Maulketh gave her so she would not waste it. For now, learning under Ares was good enough, but she wanted to learn under Maulketh.

She was his apprentice anyway so she would not fail her master. No, she had to force him to see she was worthy of learning under him.

"I will learn all you have to teach."

Ares began to walk off, but as they did so, Ophis undid the defense she had for them to about 10 times Earth's gravity. She gave them all a warning.

"You might be here a long time, but let me warn you. My protection won't last forever under my own design. The 10 times Earth's gravity will last 1 month. So, you have 1 month to adapt as in 2, it will increase to 20, and then 30, and so forth.

Maulketh will hibernate for decades or even centuries so don't waste that chance. As for me, I am about to return to see my brother. But to give you an advantage I will increase the time dilation to let him sleep for as long. He is a Heavenly Dragon so he will most likely hibernate for a few centuries."

Runeas cursed as she was envious as that was her thing. Now she had to train instead of sleep which was annoying.

'Lucky.'

With her warning done with, Ophis left the Bounded Field. She first went over to Maulketh's room where he was hibernating and increased the Time Dilation up to 365 times faster than the outside.

She knew the stronger the dragon the longer their hibernation would be. A dragon-like Maulketh might hibernate for centuries at a time which was why they did not do it often. Once he awoke, he might not enter another hibernation for countless millennia.

With that done she returned to the Dimensional Gap where she would meet with her brother, Great Red. She had not trained a day in her life, but this time she would make sure that both of them were as strong as they could be to give Maulketh the fight he deserved.

And she had left them all in good hands as Ares was a god of war. He might focus on the violent aspect of war, but soldiers had to train which was under his jurisdiction. He would not let any of his students stay weak.

Though he did have to say that the peerage of Rias was weak beyond measure. All they had coming for them was pure talent and that was useless at the moment. What use was talent when you were dead, Valina was special.

She learned the fastest and the blessing of Ophis allowed her to begin to tap into the bloodline power of her grandfather and great-grandfather. Not to mention she carried the blood of Maulketh, his friend so he had the most hope for her.

He focused on her as he was being attacked on all sides. Barehanded he was deflecting the sword strikes, punches, and magic like it was a breeze as he advised Valina.

"Draw deep into yourself, draw on your Dragon Powers and Devil ones."

Ares moving much slower than he usually did strike out at her face, but on pure instinct dodged his blow, not the kick that came up into her sternum. He expected her to fall over, but she grit her teeth and covered her fist in Demonic Power to strike at his knee.

At the same time, Kimmi rushed in with her sword pointed toward his head while Koneko kicked toward his right leg. Meanwhile, Calypso used magic to freeze him in place, but Ares bent at a certain angel causing all their attacks to hit each other and not him.

"Worthless. What use are numbers, when your opponent can push past numbers? Again."

As he did this, Runeas, taught Rias, Akeno, and Gasper anything she knew about Manipulating Demonic Power. They were the ones who needed it most, while Astrid, led Celestine and Grimnar in their joint training.

Meanwhile, Maulketh simply slept which showed just how unfair dragons were. He got stronger by training or sleeping which was why Dragons were so disliked. They were unfair existences who made even gods envious of all their advantages.

If they had united, no one would have been able to stop them as their two gods were the strongest beings in this small world. Maybe the rise of Maulketh would change things for Dragon kind.

(Ingvild Leviathan is a perfect member for her connection to Dragons through her Longinous. Now, how do I go about getting her?)