Then there's the reason why they called him here. It is because they did not see his trip through the ant mound at all. Can they claim they did not? It will surely damage their image in front of this little demigod that thinks so highly of them if they admit to their inability to watch him in the ant mound.
"I noticed the divine domain over the ant mound. It must mean that the ant queen has been killed and a god is claiming the ant mound as a trophy. I wonder who the demigod that earned this heroic feat is."
Helios continued to rant and talk about things except for the one thing that the gods wanted to hear. They want to hear about his experience but they don't want to admit to having failed to track him. They believe that the hidden god obscured him but he doesn't know what they think. His reluctance to share information may shed more light on their thoughts if they admit their failure. So he is reminding them of their failure.
