Nova Roma Chapter 167 - Gift for Mario

Felix only received a very kind talk from his mother and Miyuki, when she asked how Aunt Aphrodite had been caught, she was only told that she behaved very strangely so it was easy to know what she was.
Felix just sighed "Luckily that was it and nothing else, Uncle Hephaestus said that Aphrodite was perfect for manual work and infiltration that is why I asked him for the favor."
Flavio let out a laugh and patted his daughter on her back "Daughter better tell me how it went with Uncle Hephaestus."
Felix reacted "I did very well, the gift I prepared for my brother Mario is ready, I hope he likes it when I give it to him in some minutes more.
But before I forget, Daddy Hephaestus out your double swords told me to give them to you. "
At that moment Felix used his divine energy to appear two backs, one golden and one silver and handed them to his father, Miyuki stared at them and let out a small laugh.
"Right now you're a vampire hunter love"
Flavio felt that feeling of being mocked by his wife for his tastes "I had already forgotten your hurtful words, they feel as powerful as ever."
Hellena looked at Miyuki "Flavio was a vampire hunter in his last life, according to what he tells was an Anthropologist."
Miyuki giggled "It's right he was an Anthropologist but he liked something called anime if I do not stop he want to give a bad name for Mario and that may cause he was bothered at school and mary ends kill accidentally or intentionally her classmates
The name he would want for Mario was Kentaro, fortunately, I managed to give it a more decent name like Mario, but I'm glad that stage has passed although it seems that there are still some visible traces but they are harmless. "
Flavio received a hug from his daughter "Dad does not matter if you have strange tastes, I will continue to be your daughter and I will love you, although I will ask Mama Hellena to correct you if you are very extreme with someone fetish."
After this Felix went with his brother to take his gift that he had prepared for him, Mario was training with Huitzilopochtli who was teaching him how to use his body as a weapon.
"Control your breathing is the first step to control your liver when you master it your strength will increase to a surprising level and you can fight like a master without fear of the dead."
Felix arrived just at the moment that Mario was lying on the ground tired and with enough bruises on his body, on the other hand, Huitzilopochtli was smiling with a wound on his lip "Very well Mario at this rate you will be a great warrior.
You will be an example for Erendida and Bastet who seem to have a future as Warriors, now you can rest we will continue tomorrow. "
Mario raised his thumb and rested on the floor while his body recovered slowly, unlike his father his healing speed was lower but equally efficient.
Felix approached him and raised his head so he could carry her on his legs, Mario smiled when he saw Felix's action "Thanks for that nee-chan"
Felix smiled "I see you always try your best, that's why I brought you a gift that I hope you like.
I know that you fought with Dad for misunderstandings and lost, I hope that with this you can have more advantages so that when you fight again with him you can make him come into reason in what our mothers come to give him his deserved punishment.
Either way I am sure that father, after realizing his mistake, will never use weapons against us, on the contrary, he can sacrifice himself for us. "
After saying those words Felix appeared with his divine energy a beautiful Kanata that had a reddish color and gave off a scent of death "I feel that it has an essence to death, but to make it Uncle Hephaestus I use my Divine energy to give it its hardness.
Maybe it's not the best katana but I wanted to give you something so that you would have more security in case you had to face any enemy.
Mario smiled and rose from his sister's legs to take Felix's gift "It's a great sister gift, your divine energy is quite comfortable for me." At that moment Mario released his divine energy and blue energy came out from his body.
He slowly joined the katana which seemed to be happy for Mario's energy, without much effort pointed to an empty area and gave a movement that caused an opening in the ground.
Felix was surprised and Mario was also surprised "Wow, I also want to meet Uncle Hephaestus if he can forge weapons of this caliber I am sure no one can harm the family."
Mario and Felix laughed for a moment while they talked in the yard, While this was going on in the deep defensive line, the soldiers prepared to begin the deep cleaning operation.
The empire needs population and the deserters of the Teotihuacan civil war do not help the cause, so there is a need to clean the vermin before they advance.
The soldiers who were going to participate in the cleaning operation were soldiers who had experience fighting at Insulae Canibalium because the center of the Anahuac region is very similar to the climate of Insulae Canibalium.
To maximize cleanliness, normal Nahual and Nahual messengers who can fly will act as scouts to locate the bases of deserters and alarm if the enemy comes close.
Once located the enemy, soldiers have the obligation to kill or capture if they can capture the enemy deserters they will receive an extra payment in their salaries since the empire needs slave labor otherwise its growth will be slow.
The person in charge of the cleaning operation is the Ascanio centurion, a man of confidence of Amancio Legio, so he is the most suitable to command the mission, he participated in the war against the Caribs, the cursed jungle and in the last battle against the giant tribe.
He proved his worth then armed with only one crossbow and enough Steel Bolts that only managed to stop the advance of the giants in his area near the river, reports indicated that he killed more than 50 giants and 190 humans alone.
Of course, he occasionally received cover fire from the boats in the river, but their deaths are valid because they all had Steel Bolts in their bodies, certainly one of the soldiers you want to have to erase deserters from the earth that damage the business of the empire ...