Using the spiritual energy accumulated over the years in the underground temple left by the Nuragic people, Ares successfully created six more avatars, and evenly distributed the authorities usurped from the King of Gods, Melqart, among his seven avatars.
With the ritual inherent in the black crystal, it was not difficult to perform the reincarnation ritual and transform all four ordinary bodies into God Slayers-grade bodies. Apart from the ritual itself, the reincarnation ritual only required magic power and authority, and Ares happened to lack neither of these.
Moreover, Ares was particular about the authorities evenly distributed among these five avatars. According to the common sense of this world, God Slayers, after their first God Slaying, generally usurp practical authorities that can be used in actual combat and possess many other functions, such as "Super Transformation" and "Lightning Speed". Of course, Kusanagi Godou's one-time acquisition of ten ultimate-level avatars was completely a cheat from the authorities and was not within Ares's consideration.
Therefore, according to the authority characteristics of these God Slayers, Ares also divided Melqart's authorities into seven parts: a martial arts authority that could summon "Pursuit" and "Exile" and greatly enhance physical combat ability; a storm authority that could summon a storm large enough to blow away an entire city and freely control celestial phenomena; a lightning authority that could summon great thunder and use it freely; an ocean authority that could summon the power of the sea and control waves; a harvest authority that could freely control abundance and desolation and summon a locust army; a Sun God authority that could control the sun and summon high heat; and an Underworld God authority that could reverse Death and life and summon an army from the Underworld.
Thus, Ares effectively had seven avatars capable of confronting God Slayers. When facing the Persian God of War, Veleslana, he planned to send one of them to attract attention, while keeping the remaining six hidden as his trump cards against Veleslana.
"If this continues, I feel like I alone will be enough to form a team of seven Grand Servants to clear a Beast-class dungeon when I go back."
Looking at his own avatars lined up before him, Ares stroked his chin and muttered, then continued with his arrangements.
Facing Veleslana, the Servant of the Sun God, Mitra, he prepared to first engage with the heavily countered Underworld God authority to deceive this Persian young man. So, he used the Underworld God authority to first pull a team of undead warriors from the Underworld, then ordered six of them to take off their heavy armor.
A moment later, six ghosts stood to the side, bare-chested, shivering with their arms crossed, while their armor was worn by Ares's six avatars. These avatars, with their weapons and armor, seamlessly blended into the Underworld army, mixing with the undead warriors.
Then, Ares crafted a particularly magnificent black coffin on the spot, grand enough to display a king's dominance, had the dead carry it, and then dismissed them back to the Underworld.
With this, all preliminary preparations were complete. If this Underworld God authority were replaced with hydra's blood, my hand would be a sure kill, but unfortunately, it couldn't be replaced.
Thinking of the Hydra in Hecate's home, Ares felt a slight regret, but if he hadn't used hydra's blood on Melqart, he wouldn't have gotten such a good hand. It was a trade-off, and he actually profited from this one.
After completing all this, Ares put the glove transformed from his main body onto the hand of his Underworld God authority clone. Only then did he walk out of the underground temple.
When he came outside, the sky had already brightened. On the stone plaza of the ruins outside, Ares no longer saw Liliyana, but instead, the plaza was filled with many suspicious individuals dressed in black suits and sunglasses, who clearly didn't look like any legitimate organization.
When these people saw Ares walk out of the underground temple, they immediately rushed forward. The leading man, speaking in Chinese with a slight European accent, respectfully asked Ares:
"Are you King of Ares?"
"What King of Ares? I'm just Ares," Ares said. "Can you not call me that? It sounds so strange."
"Yes, I apologize, King."
The man quickly apologized, then said to Ares:
"The Commander-in-Chief is currently occupied and cannot come here to meet you, please forgive him. However, the matter you entrusted to our Bronze Black Cross yesterday has been completed. Liliyana and Erica Brantelli are waiting in the county town. If you are free now, please come with us."
Ares nodded, then was ushered by the large group of people into a luxurious car outside the ruins.
And there was more than one car waiting; besides this most luxurious car, there was a circle of slightly less opulent but still expensive cars around. When Ares got into the luxurious car, all the other black-clad men also got into their cars, forming a motorcade to escort Ares to Oristano, the county town only an hour's drive away.
Sitting in the car, looking at the elaborate setup, Ares finally couldn't resist his urge to complain and said to the man sitting opposite him, whose face showed an attempt at fawning but couldn't quite pull it off:
"I say, I merely asked Liliyana to make a call for me to summon someone, is all this really necessary?"
"Of course it is," the man said solemnly. "We know that with your abilities, your speed is certainly faster than a vehicle, but this is about prestige."
"Alright then." Ares shrugged. He naturally knew why the Bronze Black Cross was trying to curry favor with him. Ever since Marquis Voban's sudden emergence and his brutal subjugation of a group of Europeans, European magic societies had developed a habit of submitting to Demon Kings. Most of the Northern European magic societies followed Marquis Voban's lead, but there were also some magic societies that, after being utterly crushed, simply refused to submit to Marquis Voban. Coincidentally, a Sword King later emerged, and a group of magic societies followed this Sword King.
However, the Sword King, Salvatore Doni, was famously a big idiot, so many magic societies felt that following him was like jumping into a fire pit. Therefore, as a major local magic society, the Bronze Black Cross had never joined any Demon King's faction.
Now that Ares had become a new God Slayers, these people naturally planned to observe and see if this Demon King was truly a worthy object of allegiance.
Of course, while they called it observation, magic societies and God Slayers are inherently not on the same level. Therefore, the Bronze Black Cross's actions were less about observation and more about flattery and currying favor.
However, even though he knew the reason, Ares did not refuse the Bronze Black Cross's good intentions. Having a group of local powerhouses to help deal with trivial matters was indeed much more convenient than doing everything himself. Therefore, Ares simply and rightfully enjoyed the corrupt pleasures provided by these capitalists.