To assist Prometheus's plan to steal fire, ever since Ares discovered the affair between Notus, the God of the South Wind, and Aphrodite, he would deliberately linger a little longer in front of the Temple of Aphrodite during his nightly patrols.
He did this to ascertain the pattern of Notus, the God of the South Wind, and Aphrodite's secret meetings. After all, Aphrodite's husband, Hephaestus, was one of the Twelve Gods, and Notus, the God of the South Wind, was not a chief god like Ares, so he couldn't openly commit adultery with Aphrodite without any regard for Hephaestus.
If Notus were caught red-handed by the God of Fire, his fate would definitely be worse than that of Ares in the myths.
However, after several days of continuous observation, Ares was surprised to find that the third industry in Aphrodite's temple was much better developed than he had imagined.
Because after several days of staking out, he discovered that Notus, the God of the South Wind, was not the only male god who would come to Aphrodite's temple in the middle of the night. Including the other three wind gods of the east, west, and north, and even Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo, would secretly come to the Temple of Aphrodite in the middle of the night to meet Aphrodite.
The Temple of Aphrodite at night could truly be described as "male companions chatting and laughing, no females coming or going."
"They could seriously form a d&d table plus a table for 'Fight the Landlord'..." Ares, squatting in a dark corner outside the Temple of Aphrodite, sighed upon seeing Eurus, the God of the East Wind, sneak into the Temple of Aphrodite: "Brother, if you don't listen to your little brother, your cuckold's hat will be boundless."
However, after so many days of observation, Ares also summarized and analyzed some things.
Firstly, although there were so many male gods who would come to meet Aphrodite secretly at night, one of them came with a pure purpose: Apollo. This male god was different from the others; his possessiveness was exceptionally strong.
For example, if we talk about shared bicycles, then male gods like Zeus and Poseidon don't mind if they ride it today and others ride it tomorrow; they just want to be able to ride a good bike themselves.
But Apollo was different; he had a certain habit . He would never let others touch his bicycle, nor would he ride a shared bicycle. Instead, he would rather pay more to buy a bicycle that belonged only to him.
This can be seen from his later actions of cursing his unfaithful lover to Death and inducing his sister Artemis to kill Orion. The cause of these tragedies was Apollo's somewhat pathological possessiveness.
If Aphrodite, when they first met at the banquet and had not yet been touched by others, had been strongly pursued by Apollo, then the current Aphrodite, Apollo would absolutely not be willing to have too much contact with her.
This can be seen from the incident where Ares saw Apollo walk out of the Temple of Aphrodite with a dark face that night.
As for the remaining male gods, they naturally had overly close relationships with Aphrodite, and they came with very impure intentions. But among these male gods, Ares also had to choose his target. Firstly, the two God Kings, Zeus and Poseidon, were not something his clone could defeat. If he were to rush in and disrupt these two God Kings' good time, Hephaestus would probably be implicated.
Secondly, there were also distinctions in status among the Four Wind Gods. For example, Eurus, the God of the East Wind, could bring warmth and rain to the earth and was an important subordinate deity under Demeter, the Goddess of Agriculture. Zephyrus, the God of the West Wind, could also bring passionate and fertile winds to the earth, playing an important role in the reproduction and growth of all things. These wind gods held relatively high positions among the secondary gods.
After much thought, it seemed that only Notus, the God of the South Wind, whom Ares encountered on the first night, was the easiest to deal with. Although this God of the South Wind was in charge of dark clouds and thunderstorms, he was not qualified to directly become a subordinate deity of God King Zeus. And like the God of the North Wind, who brought the cold winds of Death and became a subordinate deity of Hades, his purity was not high enough.
For these reasons, Notus, the God of the South Wind, held a particularly awkward position among the Four Wind Gods, neither superior nor inferior, making him the perfect target for Ares to act upon and take the blame for Ares.
According to Ares's observations, Notus's secret meetings with Aphrodite seemed to occur every ten days. Therefore, after noting the time, Ares's main body created a vulture and sent it to the earth to inform Prometheus of this news.
He controlled this vulture clone to come near the residence of Prometheus's brothers, and then found Prometheus deep in thought by a small river, gazing at the water.
"Prometheus." After Ares's vulture clone landed, it directly spoke to the God of Foresight with its mental power: "What are you troubled about?"
"Hmm?" Hearing Ares's voice, Prometheus turned his head and saw the vulture that Ares had transformed into, then he was slightly startled: "God of War?"
The vulture preened its wings, acknowledging Prometheus's question, and continued: "If you are troubled about how to steal fire for humanity, then ten days from now, go to the God King's Hall on Olympus to steal the sacred fire. That will be when I am on patrol, and you will succeed."
After speaking, he controlled the vulture to shed its feathers and then said, "If you agree, light these feathers, and then I will come to meet you and help you enter Olympus."
With that, Ares flapped his wings and flew up, circling once in the sky, then controlled the vulture to continue flying away.
After flying out of Prometheus's sight, a wisp of divine power he had embedded within the vulture clone was activated, transforming into a raging flame that burned the entire vulture to ashes.
And while he was notifying Prometheus, his clone on Olympus also went to find Hephaestus, the God of Fire, at the same time.
Given the current relationship between Ares and Hephaestus, he no longer had to wait for the God of Fire's Cyclops attendants to go into the temple to inform him. Upon seeing Ares arrive in a hurry, the Cyclops guarding the door intelligently went into the temple to help him notify Hephaestus, the God of Fire.
By the time Ares's clone arrived in front of the Fire God's Hall, the sound of metal striking within the Fire God's Hall had stopped, and Hephaestus's voice came from afar:
"Is that Ares? Come in, I've finished making this treasure."
Ares walked into the temple in a hurry, with a look of panic and anger on his face. Seeing his expression, the God of Fire asked strangely:
"What's wrong? Ares, why the long face? Did something bad happen outside?"
"Hephaestus, listen to me!" Ares angrily said to Hephaestus: "Last night, while I was on patrol, I saw that bastard Notus, the God of the South Wind, actually snuck into Aphrodite's temple while you were away, and Aphrodite even came out to greet him herself! Those two dogs must be having an affair!"