Because of the difference in dimensions between Deimos and earth.
In the time he went and got stuck on that island for a couple of days, the war had been going on for 2 months now.
Exchanges took place and battles had been fought.
A big part of the Spartan army was now confronting the combined forces of the city-states of Thebes and Corinth.
They asked for help from Persia to sent them ships allowing them to reinforce Athens.
On one of the battlefields a rather big child was getting ready for another fight.
Phobos who is now 1,80 m high stood in his tent in the encampment.
His father was laying siege to Athens so he couldn't teach Phobos the ropes.
Instead he gave Phobos 100 men to command, so that he could learn on his own.
He did get a adult to supervise.
For when he screwed up bigtime and command had to be taken over.
But for the most part he just stayed by his side as a bodyguard.
Only once did he take over command and that was when Phobos lead his men into a ambush.
Phobos was putting on his cuirass and Hemet.
Because today he was going into another battle.
"Olificus do you think we will win this battle."
"Of course my prince."
Olificus was a towering Spartan who was more than two meters tall.
Before the growth spurt of the royal family, he was the biggest men in Sparta.
Phobos nodded his head.
Today they would ambush a company of 500 soldiers of Thebes sent to do a suprise attack on the Spartan main army.
So they would wait until they moved trough a deep canyon, and bombard them with boulders and arrows.
They even camped on top of this cliff.
So that there was no possibility that the army would evade their grasp.
Phobos woke up early this morning.
Today he would wipe out another platoon of soldiers.
"Men get in line we are going to set out the ambush"
"Yes sir"
Phobos lead the soldiers to loosen boulders and rocks on the top, ready to sent them down.
After making sure he could wipe them all out Phobos orderd his men to be ready for the ambush.
Lo and behold after waiting for half a day the enemy was in sight.
They made their way to the canyon and started to thin out to move trough.
This was what Phobos had been waiting for.
He orderd his men to attack.
Boulders crashed down taking with them debris and loose stones, squashing and destroying their ranks.
Right when the chaos hit he orderd the archers to aim.
50 archers shot down their arrows reaping lives left and right.
Schreams sounded orders were shouted and bloodshed ensues.
Only when there was no movement in the valley anymore did Phobos order a stop to his ambush.
He went down the mountain with his men, and made his way to the canyon.
After making his way to the ambush point, he was in for a rude awakening.
Sir these are not the soldiers of Thebes.
These are slaves with cheap fake weapons.
"Malaka it is a setup, quickly move out of the canyon "
"It's too late sir we are surrounded."
Just as Phobos turned around he could see that a group of 250 Theian soldiers were blocking his retreat, while the other half was blocking any advancement.
"Malaka" Phobos swore again.
If only I was as trying as Deimos than this would not have been a problem.
"Soldiers of Sparta do not be afraid we will fight until death, and be taken home to paradise and the one true God."
"Now in formation we are going to hold out until they give up."
Phobos lined up the soldiers and waited for the enemy to attack.
And he didn't have to wait for long.
The enemy moved pretty uniform.
While not as well trained as Spartans they were still elites from Thebes.
The two lines of soldiers clashed but Sparta did have the upper hand.
But for how long they were outnumbered 5 to 1.
Olificus didn't take over command, because in this situation it would do no good to fight over command.
Only confusing the soldiers and making death more likely.
The fight was fierce blood flowed in great quantity, the thebian soldiers kept dying by the droves.
But for every 3 thebian soldiers one Spartan falls.
"This can't go on like this"
"Only death awaits us this way."
Phobos took his spear and joined the fight.
With his royal Achhuman bloodline he was like a lion entering a flock of sheep.
But what he didn't know was that there was a men in black watching his every move.
"Ha this is gonna be interesting he is a monster just like his brother."