“They clearly had encouragement from someone with a lot of magic,” said Artemis. “Aside from the ones you saw, there were a few others, but not enough to create all the noise we heard. Someone invisible even to us was creating battle noise to confuse us. Not only that, but the centaurs we found were fortified by magic. We had a much harder time besting them than we should have.”
“It could be the work of Ares,” suggested Pan. “I hear he has a grudge against one of our guests, and battle noises are one of his specialties.”
Demeter shook her head. “He would never attack so near Athens for fear of the wrath of Athena, and I’ve never known him to use centaurs as troops.”
“The location from which they seem to have come provides a clue,” said Artemis. “We cannot be sure, but at least one witne
