Normal demigods didn't have their blood further awakened. As soon as a demigod entered the realm of immortal or knew his identity as a descendant of the gods, their blood is awakened and their power would manifest. A god's general's blood was further awakened by the gods to increase their power and distinguish them from their peers. But there were also means for a normal demigod to awaken their power to the level of a general and even surpass them to reach the power of gods. A demigod achieving the power of gods was considered a myth till the previous general of Hades did it.
Even after awakening the blood, one needed to learn learn and practice with the power of their bloodline. Normally this would happen in the patron cities where there were trainers that were that would help them gain familiarity with their power.
However Hades wasn't a patron of any city in the world of the living. Though he had a few shrines in the world of the living and was honoured during funeral ceremonies and played a role in mystery cults. His only significant cults centre in Greece was the Oracle of the Dead in Thesprotia. In the past his children would live in the underworld and they had freedom to go everywhere even Elysium. Hades was the patron of the underworld. This was his patron city.
"Rise, Droy son of war, General of the underworld."
When Droy who was on the ground heard this, he stood up. His aura had changed. He radiated confidence and had a certain pressure around him.
As soon as he stood up and acknowledged his position as General of the underworld a trumpet could be heard along with howls and ghostly cries. This went on for sometime and eventually stopped.
"The underworld acknowledges you as it's champion. Let Olympus witness the Strength of the underworld. You have to be careful though, as you don't have the strength to protect yourself or the backing of any gods for if Olympus finds out you are my descendant and champion you'll be a target. I tell you now, my children never get an easy life . Grow your strength in Sparta. I will contact you later so that I can give you details and explain some things. I should send you to your father now. Tell him we are good."
"Uhhh...If I may ask what was the name of the previous general." Droy asked.
"His name was Lais...Lais Darcel." A shadow came over Hades' face. it seemed that ha really loved his son. But Olympus snatched Lais from him.
Hades knew Lais was not dead but he did not tell Droy about it until he was stronger. He could still feel the bond between a god and his/her descendant. And second, he was the god of the underworld, land of the dead. If his son was dead there was no way he couldn't know about it.
With that Hades started walking back towards his throne and without looking back said to Droy "Go, your father awaits."
Emerald flames converged on Droy and spun around him like a tornado and when it disappeared Droy was nowhere to be seen as well.
At this point Hades sat on his throne while looking at the place where Droy stood just a moment ago with cold eyes.
"And now it begins."
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Sparta,
On a small green Hill in Sparta stood a white temple . The temple was a Doric order temple. The temple was fourty metres wide and seventy metres long. It had several steps leading up to the front entrance. Fourty metres ionic pillars ran around the temple holding up the entablature. Just below the steps at the front of the temple stood two twenty five metre tall statues holding a round shield with an upside down V and a spear in the other and a short blade in a scabbard hanging on the waist. They stood tall and proud radiating confidence and might.
Within the temple's inner chamber a thirty metre tall statue stood. Suddenly a red tornado appeared within the chamber and just as sudden as it appeared it disappeared. In its place stood a boy with a mascular mesomorph body with well developed arms and well defined shoulders. He had the body of a pro swimmer. He had a cool olive skin color and pitch black hair that went well with his pitch black eyes. He radiated confidence and had and had a certain pressure around him. The boy was non other than Droy.
Droy had just been in Hades and the next thing he knew he appeared here. As he looked around he realized he was in a large room with huge wooden doors that he was facing as he appeared and a smaller wooden door to his left. But just when he made a 180° turn he could only gasp at the sight infront of him.
Infront of him was a bronze warrior statue of Ares in full armour. It was 30m tall with a spear in its hand and a kopis in the other hand. Leaning on his left leg was a bronze huge shield with a red upside down V. On its head the warrior wore a Corinthian helmet with a plume running from the front of the head to the back. On its chest was a breastplate that did not cover the arms and below that he wore pteruges.
"I wonder why it didn't come with guns." Suddenly a voice came from his right and when he looked Droy saw his father who had entered through the smaller door, standing there looking at his statue with a frown.
"A Tommy gun or maybe even an RPG, would better than the spear, maybe even some grenades hanging to my waist to bring it all together, don't you think?" Ares added
"Uh, I like it better just the way it is." Droy added with a smile.
Hearing this Ares just smiled and nodded,then he suddenly looked at Droy."I see you have a new mark on you." Ares said as he walked around Droy to his back and pulled down the neck of his t-shirt revealing a small skull tattoo between his shoulder blades.
"Aaah, The mark of the underworld. It has been a minute since I saw this one. I suppose now you are the General of the underworld?"
"So you knew? You knew I was a descendant of Hades? Is that why you brought me here? As a peace offering?" Droy asked. A certain anger had seized him and his eyes glowed a faint emerald green color.
"Calm down son, that's not it at all. I'm sorry if it appears like I only claimed you to fix my relationship with Hades. That's was a bonus, I agree but there are things much bigger at play here. You have a tough road ahead, you'll see it soon." Ares tried to calm down Droy, he knew that the burst of anger was just an effect of the temple. He also restricted the statues effects.
The statue of Ares was blessed by Ares. It had the same aura as Ares and would bring out and boost the violent emotions in people. Every time they went to war the warriors of Sparta came to the temple to temper themselves for war.
"I'm sorry about that." Droy said with his head looking down.
"No worries, I've seen it before. Anyway, you are now in Sparta, currently we are in The temple. When you go down there do not reveal those green eyes and the skull tattoo on your back. Even though it has being a long time since an Underworld general walked these lands some of the more knowledgeable might know something about it and it will create a ton of troubles.Grow strong in Sparta. You have a tough path ahead of you." Ares told him.
Droy was confused as three gods now had told him of having a tough path ahead but he didn't dwell too much on it. With time everything will be clear. Now he just needed to grow stronger as a general.
Just then he remembered something and asked Ares ,"Is my mother okay, did you bring her over or is she still in the mortal world."
"Anna will come after a week. She said she has some things to do before she leaves the mortal world. Don't worry she'll be here soon."Ares assured Droy.
"Now let's go meet your family."