Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160617203709/@comment-5471249-20160619164545

^^^Ares was not under Kronos' control - Kronos was merely subtly manipulating the war god, first by telling Luke what to say to the war god, and then sending the war god some dreams. As for why Ares was holding back - first of all, as I pointed out to you above [if Ares was able to defeat Luke (who was able to defeat 13-year-old Percy with relative ease), then him losing to a 12-year-old Percy makes no logical sense, unless Ares was holding back], that is the logical conclusion that is reached upon some deeper analysis of the characters' respective combat feats, and also, it can be clearly seen in that scene that Ares greatly underestimated Percy as an opponent, initially not even seeing him as worthy to engage in direct combat with (instead ordering one of his boars to kill Percy), and while there are fighting Ares taunts Percy, saying that he is just toying with the demigod.