Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150930233157/@comment-5471249-20160417163337

^^^Let's tackle those arguments of yours... First of all, Luke is known to be somewhat arrogant, so we can't really take he word on this one, since, in addition, Percy says (while fighting Chrysaor) that he hasn't crossed blades with someone that skilled ever since he fought Ares, which implies that when going all-out, Ares is the more skilled swordsman than Luke. As for Hazel's words... See, as the latter books would imply, Hazel had never actually gotten to know Jason closely before "The Mark of Athena", so her perception of his level of power might not have been all that accurate. Even if it was accurate, Dylan states in "The Blood of Olympus" that Jason has become considerably more powerful since "The Lost Hero", so if Percy was more powerful than Jason back then, Jason might rival him now. As for Ares admitting defeat? Well, he admitted it as Mars, the version that had never fought Percy, and did not know of their duel's context in detail (as Mars seemed not to recognize Percy when they first meet). And that doesn't at all change the fact that Percy won that duel because Ares, the overconfident jerk that he is, held back considerably (since otherwise, since Percy describes him to be as good as Chrysaor, he would have effortlessly won the duel). And of course Kronos and Hyperion are considerably more powerful than Krios, but Percy was able to fight them only when enhanced by the Curse of Achilles, so, given the same advantage, Jason might have done just as well against both Titans.