Chapter 701
Percy looked down with narrowed eyes, he activated his 8.0 eyesight
perk and focused on the haggler. Percy would have said he was
surprised when he found out the haggler was none other than
Octavian, but that would be a lie.
"Octavian, I may not be Roman," Percy growled, "but I'm your only
chance at leaving this place alive. You are a Roman, and yet you act
like a coward. Making excuses to run away rather than fight. If you are
such a fool than no matter, we will send you away with the old and
young!"
Octavian blushed, as the people that supported him looked down in
shame. Percy turned to the people at large, "we have two hours to
prepare for the biggest battle of out lives. Romans report to Praetor
Rob for your assignment! Greek demigods meet Thalia Grace the
daughter of Zeus! Retired legionaries and children meet Julia! And
those who have no freaking clue what's going on stay right where you
are!"
Slowly everyone started to move, as the people filtered away. Percy
landed before the remaining people and scanned all their faces
memorising them. Soon the others left, leaving only those who had no
idea what they were. Percy sighed, it was going to be a long day.
"Alright listen up, I'll make this simple, I'm assuming all of you can't fit
in, you don't have the best listening skills and when you read it's like
words try and mess with you, always changing. You're probably also
ADHD, probably called a troublemaker in school, and you probably feel
alone in the world."
The group's eyes grew wider and wider as Percy listed down all the
characteristics of demigods. They were speechless as Percy
continued.
"There is a reason for this, you're special, more special than you can
ever know," Percy turned to the army of demigods gathered, "everyone
single person here is like you, special in their own way. We were all
called troublemakers, we were all called disobedient. And the reason
for this, is because we are all the children of Gods."
"Wait what?!" a boy called out from inside the crowd, "what do you
mean children of god?!"
"I mean one of your parents was a god," Percy looked through the
crowd of faces and spotted the boy who spoke up;
Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus
Lv- 9
"Your name is Leo right?" Percy asked, a small picture of his own dog
popped up in the back of his head, but he quickly dismissed it.
"Ah...yeah, how did you know that?" Leo asked shocked.
"It's one of my powers," Percy replied, "I know the names and parents
of demigods, your name is Leo Valdez, and you're the son of
Hephaestus. The god of fire and smithery."
"Say what now?!" the guy asked looking partly scared at the answer.
"Are you good with machines?"
"Ah, yeah."
"Do you often invent new things on the fly?"
"Yes but-"
"Are you horrible at interacting with people?"
Leo blinked, "have you been reading my diary?"
Percy chuckled, "no, believe me Leo but I haven't. You're a son of
Hephaestus, you are similar to your brothers and sisters"
"This is the worst dream ever," muttered a girl to Percy left. She had
brown skin and black hair with a feather for a ear ring on one ear. She
and Leo were the only older kids there, the rest all being younger than
ten or so. Percy looked up at her name;
Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite
Lv- 7
"I assure you Piper, this isn't a dream," Percy smiled.
The girl looked up, her jaw open, "how-how did you know my name?!"
"I told you, I know all the names of demigod's as well as their parents,"
Percy sighed, "your mother is the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite."
"What?!" Piper asked looking even more shocked.
"It's true, every one of you here has a father or mother that was a god,"
Percy looked around the people before him, "each and every one of
you has the power to change the world as we know it, and you are not
alone."
"Mr.? Do you know who's my mommy?" a small child around the age of
seven looked up at Percy. She had blonde locks and was holding a
teddy bear closely like it was her lifeline.
Diana Prince, daughter of Athena
Lv- 2
Percy smiled as he kneeled before the girl, "your name's Diana right?"
The girl nodded meekly. "Well Diana, your mother's name is Athena,
she's the goddess of wisdom. I'm sure people say you're very smart all
the time right?"
"Yes," she said softly.
"Well that's because your mommy was a very smart lady!" Percy said
with a grin.
"What about you?" a ten year old boy asked, son of Ares, "are you one
of us too?"
Percy nodded as he stood up and took out Waverider. He turned it into
a trident and planted it into the ground, "I'm Percy Jackson, son of
Poseidon."
"Woah," Leo's eyes sparkled at Percy's weapon, "so cool!"
Percy grinned, "yeah, I know. Now, I just have a few more things before
we send you all back home."
"Wait what?!" Leo squeaked, "you can't do that! I just got here!"
"I wish we could talk longer Leo, but we don't have time. Kronos is
coming, and you all are not ready to face him."
"I'm sorry, but whose Kronos?" Piper asked.
"He's the greek version of the devil," Percy grumbled, "and technically
our grandfather."
"Woah," the Ares kid said, perfectly summing up everything perfectly.
"But before you all go you must remember one thing, this is not a
dream, understand?" Percy looked at all the kids particularly, "this is
real. We are all real. And we are waiting for you. When you wake up
don't do anything, to say anything, we'll come for you. Understand?"
The kids looked worried, but slowly nodded. Percy turned to Morpheus
and called the God over. One by one Percy and Morpheus sent them
away. Percy would pick the child and ask them their address, after
memorising it he would have Morpheus send them away by waking
them up in the real world.
Chapter 702
It took some time, but it was done. Percy and Morpheus then walked
up to Julia, who had by now arranged all of the people, putting the
ones into the army with Rob, or putting them aside to be sent back him.
"So how many people decided to stay?" Percy asked.
"Most of the college aged students stayed," Julia smiled at that,
"including a few older members of the society, luckily though they are
still in top fighting form. The elders and young children are obviously
not fighting, including certain couples with kids, as they probably don't
want to die and leave their child orphaned."
"Alright, so how many demigods do you think we have?"
"Well let's see," Julia calculated in her mind, "we have all the roman
legionaries accounted for. That makes a total of 200 Romans, well 202
if you include me and Rob. that plus around another 240 retired
romans at college age and adulthood. We have around 442 people on
the roman side."
Percy nodded, "right, and last I check we had around 140 greek
campers or something. Which makes the grand total at around 582.
Not much I know, but believe me when I say they are strong enough to
fight back hard."
"We should have enough," Julia nodded turning to Morpheus, "how
many monsters can Hypnos summon?"
"Around 10,000 is his limit, any more than that and this realm would
break down and him along with it," the god of dreams supplied.
"So we have to assume we are going to face 10,000 of those upgraded
monsters along with Kronos himself," Julia grumbled.
"We have around 600 demigods," Percy shrugged, "we'll be fine. Plus
I'll be using my servants to provide back up in case you all need it, by
the way Morpheus, can I summon Cerberus from the underworld
here?"
The god of dream shock his head, "no, you can't."
"Damn, that would have been a boon on our side," Percy cursed, "no
matter. Julia you and Morpheus get to sending the remaining demigods
back home, I'll speak to Rob and finalise a fighting strategy."
"Got it," Julia nodded as she and Percy went their separate ways.
Morpheus watched as Percy vanished in a blur of speed into the army
of demigods appearing before Rob. "You coming Morpheus?" Julia
called back.
"Yes," the god followed the Praetor. As they walked through Morpheus
began to speak, "tell me Praetor Julia, why are you so comfortable
taking orders from a Greek?"
Julia looked over her shoulder, "what do you mean?"
"Don't romans usually stay away from greeks? Distrust them? What
makes Percy Jackson so special that you would obey his every
command without question?"
"Because it isn't a command," Julia responded, "or at least I don't see it
that way."
"What do you mean?"
"I may not be a child of Minerva, but I do have a brain. And if I was in
Percy's shoes I would be making the exact same calls he's making. It
isn't orders as much as guidance."
"I see...and if it was an order?"
Julia stopped and turned around. She narrowed her eyes, "what do you
want Morpheus?"
"I want to understand," the god replied, "I have seen your nightmares
Julia Roberts, you fear losing yourself to camp, you don't fear death,
you fear life. You don't see a reason for yourself to live past being a
Praetor, and that scares you. Your loyalty to Rome is unquestioned,
and yet, here you are, obeying a greek demigod."
"I don't see him like that," Julia responded, "he isn't just a greek to me.
He's a friend. He's...he's the only one who can stop Saturn. Not the
Roman army, not me or Rob, not even Thalia. And in our hearts we all
know it. Percy Jackson is the one who will save us, and for that I will
follow him into the depths of Hades itself. He's making like better for all
of us, he even brought those pills that mask our scent, did you know
that it really works? For the first time we have a chance at a better
future. And it's all thanks to that man there."
Morpheus remained silent, Julia continued walking leaving the God
behind. They eventually got to work sending those who didn't wish to
fight away, but all the while Morpheus had something else on his mind.
He was distracted, and he didn't understand why.
Percy had finished talking to Rob, the romans had their alligments
ready making everyone line up based on their cohorts. After making
sure that was taken care off Percy ran up to Thalia who had all the
greek demigods around her.
"Alright sweetie, please give me some news," Percy said as he
appeared by her side.
Thala smiled, "well-"
"-Percy?!" a familiar voice called out. Percy looked amongst the crowd
and spotted Annabeth running towards him.
"Annabeth!" Percy called out as he hugged the child of wisdom, "oh my
God it's so good to see you!" After Percy had discovered the mark of
Kronos Athena had gathered her smartest children and took them
away in order to create a team to research the mark. As such Percy
hadn't seen Annabeth in real life for a long, long time.
"How have you all been?" Annabeth asked as he hugged Thalia next.
"Fine, fine," Thalia smirked, "what about you? We hardly ever seen you
these days!"
"I'm good, lot's of work and all that," Annabeth grumbled.
"Still no lead on what the marks are?" Percy asked.
"No, still no leads," Annabeth sighed regretfully.
"It's fine," Percy sighed, "we need to focus on this for now anyway."
Percy looked around and spotted Ed waving at him. Percy blinked,
"Ed? What are you...oh yeah, demigod, I forgot."
The son of Hermes smirked, "thanks for that kiddo, and here I was
thinking I made an impression on you."
Percy smiled, "right. So what are you doing here exactly?"
"What do you mean? You said it yourself, I have to stand and fight!" Ed
struck a mocking pos making everyone laugh.
Percy grinned, "you sure you won't pull a muscle old man?"
"Oh that's mean kiddo. And no, I won't, don't worry," he grumbled. They
were about to continue when suddenly;
"Percy!" the small voice of Nico called out as the son of Hades run up
the demigod hugging him hard, "yes! We've been looking for you
everywhere!"
"Hey Nico, what's up little man?" Percy asked with a grin as he hugged
Nico back. He looked over his shoulder and found Percy Decker and
Bianca following behind Nico, rolling their eyes at Nico's antics.
"We need to talk to you, right now!" Nico said breaking the hug,
stepping back to be with his sister.
"What do you need to talk about?" Percy turned to Bianca turning
serious, "what happened?"
"It's about Hermes squad," Bianca began, "we were following a pretty
good lead about Kronos' army when we got sucked in here. But the
thing is where the lead said the army would be found. Percy...Kronos'
base made his base at mount Tamalpais, their very close to San
Francisco."
Percy cursed, "how the Hades did they make it so close without the
Romans noticing?"
"Maybe someone helped them?" Annabeth suggested.
"A mole in the Roman army?" Percy asked with wide open eyes, "that
doesn't seem possible. Those guys are loyal to a fault, borderline
fanatics."
"Either way we need to warn them, and soon," Bianca spoke, "from
what we learned, they are planning on invading camp Jupiter soon."
"As if we don't have enough on our plates," Percy growled, "okay, we'll
deal with this later, after we get out of here. For now keep quiet about
this Bianca, and tell everyone else in the Hermes squad to do the
same. We don't want people to start panicking, not now."
"Right," Bianca agreed.
Percy turned to Thalia, "so do we have everyone here?"
"Yeah, and then some."
Percy blinked, "what do you mean?"
"Well," Thalia pointed to a couple standing away from the greek
demigods, they were speaking in hushed tones, but Percy immediately
recognized one of them.
Percy smiled, "I'll be right back. Does everyone here remember their
squad?"
"Yes sir!" the greek demigods cheered, some laughing as Percy rolled
his eyes at the 'respect' they should him.
Chapter 703
After meeting the Romans the Greeks decided they needed to be more
effective. Hence they decided to make themselves into squads of ten,
each member specialising in one branch of military, be it attack,
support or defense.
The Ares kids were obviously had attack squads while the Apollo kids
were support squads, sniping with arrows from a distance while healing
any injured. There were a total of 14 squads in the camp, and each had
been training all summer to work together.
"All right then, every get into your squads and report to Rob, that big
muscular Roman guy. He'll put you all to work!" Percy turned to Thalia,
"think you can handle them?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Go, you haven't spoken to him in a long time."
Percy nodded, he gave her a parting kiss and walked towards the
demigod. He smiled as he walked up to the man, "John! I haven't seen
you in a long time!"
John, the son of Poseidon and man out of time, looked around, and
smiled. "Percy!" the two half-brothers gave each other a strong hug.
Percy broke it and stepped back, he looked over Jon and smiled, the
older son of Poseidon looked well, he wore a red hoodie and a black
shirt underneath. He had black jeans on and a scarf tied around his
forehead like a bandana.
"I haven't seen you for months! Where have you been?!" Percy asked.
"Father sent me on a quest Percy," John explained, "he realised that I
wasn't exactly...fitting in at camp. So he suggested thought it would be
best that I go out and see the world."
"So what did he ask you to do?" Percy asked in surprise.
"He sent me to find this," John reached under his shirt and pulled out a
medallion. It was a strange design, it looked like a moth with it's wings
closed around a big blue stone in the middle, "he said it was important,
but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is."
Percy narrowed his eyes and observed the strange amulet;
Amulet of Mothera,
An amulet that stores the monster known as Mothera. It is known
to be a monster of epic power that is rumored in legends as being
able to topple mountains with a bat of it's wings.
Mana needed to summon- 50,000
Percy whistled, "damn, where did you find that?"
"In an underwater cave in the middle of a lake," John supplied with a
grin.
"Do you know what it is?" the woman standing besides Jon asked.
Percy looked at her, she was tall, almost taller than Percy himself. She
looked around twenty with red hair and green eyes, she did not look
nice. If anything she looked annoyed. She wore a red red tracksuit and
carried a baseball bat in hand. Percy looked at her name;
Artemis Todd, daughter of Apollo
Lv- 18
Percy blinked, "you're kind of old to be a demigod huh?"
Artemis blinked in surprise, "how did," she grew angry, grabbing her
bat, "how did you know?!"
Percy raised an eyebrow and turned to John, "kind of violent isn't she?"
John chuckled, "she's a redhead, what did you expect."
"Oye! Watch it old man!" Artemis growled before she turned back to
Percy, "and how did you know I was a demigod?"
Percy shrugged, "didn't John tell you? It's one of my powers. I can tell
someone's parent just by looking at them."
"Artemis, this is my little brother Percy, he was the one I was telling you
about," John explained, "Percy Artemis is...well she really is a special
case. The lake this medallion was in had a small town living next to it.
This medallion had some kind of charm that prevented monsters from
entering the town, so Artemis was safe from them, she grew up like a
normal person."
"That is until you came and removed the stupid thing," Artemis growled.
John sighed, "even if I hadn't you would have had to eventually leave
your town, and the moment you had you would have been dead meat. I
saved you Artemis, whether you want to admit it or not."
The girl clicked her teeth before turning to Percy. "So, you know what
that stupid thing is or what?"
Percy sighed, "it's a storage box for a monster. It's similar to my gem,"
Percy revealed the charm over the stone he had imbedded inside his
skull displaying the blue gem to Artemis and John, the former gasping
in surprise, "it is storing a monster inside of it called Mothera or
something. Apparently you can use this thing to summon said monster.
But unfortunately it takes an immense amount of mana to use the
thing."
"I see," John looked at the amulet and sighed, "can you use it?"
"No, it's too much, even for me. Plus putting a new weapon so far into
the battle isn't a good idea, especially one that we have absolutely no
idea about."
"So we are really going to do this then?" John asked putting the amulet
away, "fight Kronos?"
Percy grinned, "yup, you in for another war soldier?"
John laughed, "so does that mean you're my commanding officer?"
Percy shrugged, "whatever works," Percy then turned to Artemis, "do
you know whose child you are?"
Artemis blinked, "I ah...no."
"Apollo," Percy answer, "you're the daughter of the sun god."
Artemis looked surprised, as if realisation finally dawned on her. She
looked at John who just smiled, nodding his head, "makes sense," the
soldier said, "there was no other way you got that good with a gun so
quickly if your dad wasn't the god of archery."
"John, archery isn't the same as shooting a gun," Percy rolled his eyes.
"What? Of course it is! Point and press, same concept!"
"No man, believe me, it isn't, I've used both," Percy chuckled, "so if
she's a better shot than you then it means you just suck at using a gun,
Mr. Navy."
John grumbled, "I hate having a brother."
Percy smirked, he turned to Artemis, "if you want, I can introduce you
to him after we're done here." Artemis looked surprised at that. Percy
then turned to John, "where exactly have you been though? I mean
yeah the amulet probably took some time to get, but why haven't you
come back to camp?"
"It's a long story," John grumbled, "we were planning on coming back,
but on the way we sort of ran into another son of Poseidon."
Percy's eyes went wide, "what?! Another one?!"
"Yes, but he isn't a demigod, he's a cyclops," John explained, "his
name's Tyson, and a very nice fellow. You would like him Percy, he's
sort of a giant baby."
"So...what happened?"
"Well when we met him Tyson was sort of running for his life from
another tribe of cyclops and then from there we heard rumours about a
monster running lose in Chicago, so we thought we would check it out."
"Turned out to be a mistake," Artemis grumbled, "all we got out of it
was a couple of wanted posters and a stupid wise cracking pegasus."
"Haha right, we call him Black Jack, he's a good horse," John grinned,
"saved him from a couple of smugglers while in Chicago, and like
Artemis said we got caught up by the police, basically branded as
outlaws and now we can't enter the city without being chased by cops."
Chapter 704
Percy blinked, "woah, okay I swear John after this is done we're so
going to have a long talk."
John agreed. Percy wished them good luck, telling the two to report to
Thalia to find their place in the ranks. With that done Percy began
searching through the entire army, making sure everyone knew what to
do and where to be.
Soon they were closing the three hour mark, only half an hour to go.
Percy stopped at the front of the gathered army and meet Rob, Julia
and Thalia.
"Are we ready?" Percy asked.
"Ready as we'll ever be," Rob sighed, "I just wished we had more time
to prepare."
"We deal with the cards given to us Rob," Julia stated, "and so far we
are ready as we can ever be."
Percy sighed, "we could sure use some devine help right about now. I
mean, shouldn't they have noticed something's wrong with us by now?"
"We can't rely on the Gods," Thalia rolled her eyes, "they probably
don't have anyway to get here anyway."
"Yeah, but even so, I just wish they could find a way to help us
somehow," Percy grumbled.
Ping!
Your wish has been granted!
Percy blinked, 'oh you have got to be kidding me!' He opened his skill
list and there it was;
Wish- Make one wish a week. 40% chance of success, less the
more ridicules the wish is. (Used. Waiting time 6 days and
counting.)
Percy rolled his eyes dismissing the box, just as a giant white portal
tore open above the demigod army.
"What is that?!"
"Are the titans attacking?!"
They all scrambled to get ready, Rob ordering the troops to ready
themselves for anything.
"Morpheus is it Hypnos?!" Thali asked.
"Relax Thalia," Percy said with a casual wave, "it's the cavalry."
"What?"
Out of the portal twelve balls of light came flying out, each a unique
colour. Percy spotted his father' sea green hue, and Zeus' electric
yellow. The balls of light came flying down, each moving to a particular
area.
Poseidon's ball stopped in front of Percy, it slowly took the form of the
Pegasus staff, glowing brightly. Percy grinned as he grabbed the staff,
feeling it's power, his father's power, wash over him;
Ping!
You have obtained a Godly weapon you can connect with!
+1000% HP
+1000% MP
Perfect water control
Summon any amount of water
Absolute control over the sea
Cleaning Polluted sources of water
Earthquake creation
Percy grinned twirling it around, "thank dad."
Zeus' orb stopped in front of Rob, which was surprising. But the reason
was revealed as it slowly took on the form of the Golden Eagle of
Roman. The sight of the Eagle instantly made every Roman there feel
twenty times stronger, their symbol had arrived, and with it, they
couldn't lose.
A red orb, presumably Ares' orb, took the form of a box that exploded,
transforming into a heap of swords and other weaponry. Then a pink
orb, Aphrodite's, came up, took the form of a box, and exploded
sending out rays of light to every demigod there. The pink light covered
them whole, dawning everyone there without armour with a set of their
own.
Percy didn't get one, and the few romans who had their own set, like
Rob and Julia, didn't either. But everyone else had their own armour.
Then an orb glowing like the sun descended, it condensed into the
form of an arrow, clearly one of Apollo's toys, and landed in the hands
of Michael, who looked at it in awe.
A green and purple orb came down together, mixing well. They then
exploded outwards sending seeds of green and purple light into the
very ground of the dreamworld. For a moment nothing happened, and
then the ground began to rumble as plants started exploding outwards.
The entire tunnel was covered with flora, Percy noticed wine creepers,
thorny bushes and a few other deadly looking plants. They were gifts
from Dionysus and Demeter!
A fiery red ball came flying down like a heavy ball of lead, crashing into
the ground behind the army. The ball then began cooling down, sitting
in place, before a blue delta symbol appeared on the surface. Percy
didn't know what it was, but judging by the looks on the Hephaestus
kids' face they did.
A grey ball then came down and floated over the demigod army. It
slowly started to disintegrate into dust that touched the heads of
everyone there, making them glow grey. And when the grey dust
touched Percy's he got a notification;
Ping!
You have got a new blessing!
Speed of Hermes!
Temporary boost in speed! 20% more faster!
Time limit- 24 hours!
Percy grinned, this was awesome! Guess he was wrong, the Gods
really do care!
And it wasn't over. Next came a blue and green ball, similar to the tail
feather of a peacock, making Percy believe it was Hera's ball.
Surprisingly Hera's ball floated down and landed in front of Thalia's
open arms. The daughter of Zeus just as surprised as everyone else
when the ball started to open up, revealing a bracelet in the form on a
peacock.
Percy narrowed his eyes and observed it;
Hera's charm,
This charm acts as a last line of defence, if the wearer is attacked
it automatically explodes, harmless to the wearer, but destroying
everything else around them.
This charm has been locked to be used against only Kronos
"Thalia, where it now," Percy called out, "it's very powerful a last line of
defense against Kronos. It explodes, taking everything around it with it,
don't worry though, it won't' harm you."
Thalia looked suspicious, "you sure?"
"I'm sure," Percy nodded, "trust me."
Thalia looked at Percy and sighed. She slipped on the charm and
grumbled, "I swear if this things blows me up you're the one who's
going to have a single armed girl friend."
"You would still be hot sweetie," Percy grinned, "plus I can always say,
'would you like a hand?' would never get boring!"
Thalia rolled her eyes and just then another orb came down, this one
was grey and purple and it landed directly in front of Annabeth's open
arms. It took the form of a book, which the daughter of Athena grabbed
and looked over, her eyes widening all the while.
Chapter 705
Percy was about to ask Annabeth what she was looking at when the
final orb came floating down. It was silver, glowing like the moon itself,
this one belonged to Artemis, Percy just knew it. It floated down
towards him of all people and grew bigger.
And then it popped open revealing a giant black and grey dog that
brought a smile to Percy's face. "Leo!" Percy cried out as he charged at
the dog.
"Master!" Leo cried back as it tackled Percy to the ground licking his
face with it's extra large tongue.
Percy chuckled, "stop it boy that tickles!" he laughed as Leo got off
him. He stood up and scratched the dog behind the ears smiling,
'thanks Arty,' he thought, the goddess really knew exactly what he
needed.
Percy turned around to the army. Everyone was busy checking out
their new armour, some had already replaced the makeshift weapons
Percy made for them with the new weapons pile Ares had provided.
Percy felt just a little hurt, but meh, can't win them all.
He scratched Leo behind the ears, "you ready for a fight?"
"Born ready!" Leo barked.
"Good, stand with Marcia Leo, you and her will work together,
understood?" Percy asked.
"Got it!" Leo barked as he shadow traveled to Marica's side. The
demon looked curious but said nothing, choosing instead to node at
Leo before turning to face front.
Percy looked to Morpheus, "how long before they arrive?"
"Twenty minutes," Morpheus answered. Percy grumbled, it was time.
"Alright everyone listen up!" Percy took off into the air, allowing
everyone to see him as he floated in the middle of the air, "the Gods
haven't given up on us yet! They sent us these gifts for us to use!
Everyone grab a weapon, but keep the ones I made with you, just in
case. Micheal, come up front, you too Annabeth! And will a child of
Vulcan or Hephaestus please tell me what that thing is?!" Percy
pointed at Hephaestus' gift.
Michael and Annabeth quickly ran forward, while Charles Beckendorf
walked right behind him. They reached front of the army just as Percy
floated back down.
"What's the arrow for Michael?" Percy asked.
"It's a bomb," Michael stated looking at the glowing red arrow, "it has
my dad's power in it, meaning we can use it to blow shit up!"
Percy frowned, "how strong is it?"
"I think it can level a building if used the right way."
"Then we save it. Keep it ready for Kronos, chances are I'm the one
who's going to face him, so if you see a shot, take it. Understand?"
Michael nodded. Percy then turned to Annabeth with her eyes on the
book, "what is it?" he asked.
"It's a spell," she grumbled, "or something. It has the power to turn the
tide of the battle, but she refuses to say what exactly it will do! She just
says 'you will know when the time comes' whatever the Hades that
mean!"
Annabeth growled in frustration, Percy couldn't help but smile, she was
always the same. "Look Annabeth we don't have time to this
now...keep to book in hand, trust Athena's words, if she says we'll know
when to use it then we will."
Annabeth gave a heavy sigh and nodded, walking back to her squad.
Percy then walked towards Charles who was already checking the
heavy sphere out, along with a few other children of Hephaestus.
"What is it?" Percy asked them.
"It's a construction orb," Charles responded, "dad put in some kind of
machine, when activated it can transform into said machine."
"Huh, cool. Turn it on then."
"You might want to stand back," charles said as he waved everyone
away. Percy nodded and got everyone else to back away as well..
Charles pressed the glowing blue delta symbol and walked away. The
ball began to wobble from side to side, before it started vibrating. And
then it suddenly exploded into a storm of mechanical parts.
The orb exploded outwards and took the form of a giant metal tank. It
had two large barrel cannons in the front and several machine guns
attached to the sides. It had four surface to ground missiles attached to
the back along with fog lights in the front.
Everyone had their jaws dropped in awe, while Percy could only do
one thing. "We got a freaking tank!" he yelled throwing his hands up,
"this is so fucking cool! We got a tank!"
Percy grabbed Charles and shook him violently, "please tell me you
know how to drive the thing! Please!"
"I think so. Please stop shaking me," Charles replied in his usual
monotone voice.
Percy did so, but he still couldn't stop grinning, "this is so freaking
cool!" Charles and the others quickly got into the tanks and started
operating it. They learnt the controls pretty quickly.
The demigod army now stood with newly made armour and weapons.
The tunnel was only big enough for two cohort to stand side by side,
and so they did with the rest standing behind them. In the middle of the
massive army was the tank, TANK!, and near the back were the
healers.
The greek attack squads stood towards the left flank, while the support
squads stood behind the first cohort on the right. Percy had summoned
his own servants and made them stand with the demigods, Timmy and
Alecto were air support, with Marcia and Zed near the sides. Craig
stood besides Percy and Rob near the front. Thalia and Julia were near
the tank, Percy knew it would be the safest place for her, plus she
would kill anything that even came near the tank. TANK!
Percy looked at the gathered demigods and sighed, he had a feeling
this still wasn't going to be enough. He had way of evening up the
score...but he knew he wasn't going to like it. People would free him,
they would be weary of him and the Gods...they would be scared of
him.
But he had no choice. He owed these people that much to try his
hardest and not let hold anything back. CHAOS…CHAOS and Fate
had put such a great burden on him, such a heavy one, Percy was
smart enough to know he couldn't bare it all alone. He knew that if he
tried he would fail.
And so, he wouldn't. He would need their support, but more importantly
he would need them alive. And so he will do anything needed to ensure
they lived.
Percy poured mana into the gem in his head and closed his eyes. He
found himself in the grey well of souls of all the monsters he had killed
in the last 24 hours.
It was filled with the upgraded animals, almost entirely by them. They
snarled their fangs at him, but did nothing to approach because Percy
had not chosen them. Percy kept going deeper and deeper into the
well of souls and there, near the bottom, was a figure covered with
ghostly grey flames. Percy chose him, and the gem began glowing.
Grey smoke started pouring out of Percy's gem, the others looked on
curious as to what would come out and gasped as the figure
materialised.
"My master," Hyperion bowed.
"Rise," Percy spoke clearly, "you will not harm any demigod you see, in
fact you will be ready to give your life to protect them if need be. Do
you understand?"
Hyperion growled, "yes...master."
"Good. You will be part of the front line. Here," Percy created a great
sword for the Titan from the floor below and tossed it to him, "this is
your weapon now."
Hyperion held it with his left hand growling as he spotted Rob carrying
his flaming blade. He didn't say a word to the roman, instead turning to
Percy and bowing, "master."
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The people began to talk, Percy knew he just became a threat in their
eyes. A demigod controlling a Titan? The world was going bonkers! But
Percy wasn't done. He still had one more secret to reveal, after all it
was like they said, in for a penny in for a pound, or something like that.
Percy's gem glowed again and another gigantic figure stepped out.
This one did make people gasp in horror as Alcyoneus stood tall and
whole once more. Even Thalia was startled, Percy had told her about
this monster, but seeing and knowing were too different thing.
Alcyoneus bowed, "my master."
"We are about to face Kronos in battle, are you ready?" Percy asked.
"Always," Alcyoneus growled as he smirked a bloodthirsty smile.
"Stand with Hyperion, not biting," Percy instructed as the Giant did just
that.
"Asshole," Hyperion spat.
"Kiss ass," Alcyoneus spat back.
"Enough," Percy snapped. He turned from the giant and titan to the
greater demigod army. He could see their looks of horror and quite
fear. He could see it, and he hated it. But he knew it had to be done.
Percy cleared his throat, "I know what you all saw must be afraid right
now...afraid of Kronos, afraid of the army he brings to face us and
now...afraid of me."
The people were silent, all eyes on him.
"The world we live in right now...it's in danger. The Titans threaten to
destroy it, to destroy our world. Our homes...our family. The Olympians,
if they were here would tell us to fight for them, to fight so that the
Gods may triumph over the Titans once more. And a few hours ago, I
would have agreed with them. But not anymore."
There were whispers breaking out as they all spoke in hushed tones to
each other. "The world is bigger than just us," Percy continued, "we are
but a blip in history. The Gods have been here forever, and will
probably outlive us all. So when you ask who we fight for, I respond
with this. We don't fight for them, not for the immortals that may or may
not understand what it means to be human, nor do we fight for the
humans who label us misfits and shun us from their world. We
fight...for ourselves. I fight for you, for the only people I ever felt
comfortable around. For my family.
"I know it might seem farfetched, after all most of you don't even know
me. But just wait, because you shall. My name is Percy Jackson, and I
am the son of Poseidon. Ever since I was born I felt alone, it was only
when I met you all did I feel complete. It was only when I saw what
burdens demigods held on their shoulders did I know a sense of duty
and it was only when I watched my friend's fall before me did I know
the necessity of action.
"I'm not here fighting for the humans or the gods," Percy turned to
Morpheus, "I was wrong Morpheus, humans and demigods are not the
same. We are different. But, that does not mean I will abandon them,
nor will I fight for them. Kronos is coming after us, he's coming for our
heads and I'll be damned if I let him put us down without giving him a
fight first!"
"Aye!" the army cheered, their cries loud enough to startle Morpheus
himself. They cheered louder and louder forcing Percy to scream
louder.
"I won't let those I care about die! I won't stand by as Kronos takes
what is mine! I will not die a coward! I am a demigod! I will fight on my
feet and die on them! We are demigods! We are a force of nature itself!
Olympus will be defended tonight! Humanity will be defended tonight!
When Kronos comes he will not face children! He will face warriors!
Enough to overpower any army he brings forth! Each of us is worth a
hundred of them! And they will learn to fear us! For this day will be the
day we fight the monsters that have haunted us all our lives, and spit in
the face of the devil himself!"
The crowd cheered so loud near the end Percy couldn't hear himself
talk.
Ping!
Your speech has successfully motivated your army!
20% boost in morale!
Ping! Ping! Ping!
Your skill has leveled up three times!
Motivational speaking, Lv- 4/10 (89%)
Motivates other people around you.
45% chance of working provided the person isn't depressed or
suffering from any other negative status effects.
Percy opened his perk list and looked through them searching for the
one he was looking for;
Wolf pack- + 5% increase in all stats, attacks and skills for every
person that fight's by your side.
It was Percy's most powerful perk which he had obtained during his
trials for the emotional spectrum. He had rarely had times when he
needed to use it, never really had problems fighting off bigger and
badder enemies. If anything his problem had always been the exact
opposite.
But now, now it was time.
Percy clicked on the perk activating it, he closed his eyes and slowly
an aura of blue energy flowed through his body. It feed on the very air
around him, feeding of the raw emotions that the demigod's in front of
him gave off. His eyes glowed pure cobalt blue as the perk activated;
Ping!
You have currently 590 people fighting by your side!
Bonus of 2,950% boost in all stats, skills and attacks!
Percy's eyes widened at the boost in power, and suddenly the
emotions he absorbed flew into him, feeding into his core. He flinched
repeatedly as the power flew into his body.
Rob looked worried, but stayed his ground as slowly Percy recovered.
He turned away from the army and raised his gauntlet high into the air
yelling, out, "tsunami!"
The gauntlet burst into motion surrounding him with his now iconic
black armour with his cape fluttering out behind him.
Ping!
+20% MP
+10% HP
+70% Elvish magic
+5 Dex
+2 Str
+3 Vit
+2 levels for water, ice, shadow and earthquake control
Percy reached into his pocket and drew out waverider transforming it
into its sword form while he held the pegasus staff with his left hand.
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BOOM!
The tunnel shock. Percy turned to Morpheus who nodded, "they are
coming. 10,000 strong. And Hypnos and Morpheus."
"Alright then," Percy raised his blade, "get ready!"
"Legion! At arms!" Rob cried out causing every legion to lock their
shields and lower their center of gravity.
"Camp half-blood get ready!" Thalia cried out, the squads obeyed,
looking ready to move at any second.
The army turned as one to face the end of the tunnel. The shakes kept
coming and coming, increasing in frequency. Percy could see cracks in
the walls of the tunnel around a 100 feet away. He narrowed his eyes,
so that's where they were coming from.
"The army will appear there!" Percy yelled pointing at the cracks,
"archers will send the first volley of arrows! Michael, remember the
plan! Do not engage until they come within 40 feet of you! Romans you
have your orders! Greeks! Don't die!"
"Sir yes sir!" they yelled back.
BOOM! BOOM!
The walls broke off piece by piece. Percy turned to Morpheus, the god
was holding his shoulder, ichor was dripping down his sides, after all
this realm was a part of his body.
"Ready!" Percy called out.
CRACK!
The wall broke open revealing a dark train tunnel like passage. Percy
used his 8.0 vision and focused his vision. He saw something
shimmering in the darkness, silhouettes of figures wearing metal
armour charging towards them.
"Draw!" Percy called out, the archers knocked their arrows.
"GRAA!" the first few animals came charging out of the tunnel in
droves, a disorganized mess as they charged in a swarm rather than in
lines.
"Aim!"
They were slowly gaining ground, a few of the faster ones, like
cheetahs, were really coming up fast.
"Fire at will!" Percy cried out as he charged forward meeting the lead of
the titan army, the charging cheetah. The cheetah had a dagger held
between it's teeth and a sword on each paw. It tried to cut at Percy's
face, but the demigod moved faster, faster than he had ever gone
before. His movements felt effortless as he swung his blade cleaving
the cheetah's head right off.
The twinge of a hundred bowstrings was heard as the archers let their
arrows loose. The titan army were covered with the shadows of arrows
coming down on top of them. They didn't even have time to hide when
the arrows pierced their bodies turning them into corpses.
More and more monsters came running through the gate, but were just
as quickly pulled down by arrows.
Percy stood at the 50 feet mark and raised the pegasus staff, "you
shall not pass!" he slammed it down summoning forth a tsunami of
water that he directed with his powers to pour directly into the tunnel
the came out off.
Percy held the staff tightly creating more and more water to
manipulate. Percy kept the blast of water going, blocking the entrance,
not allowing a single enemy to come forward.
But just as it looked like that would be a problem, there was another
crack opening, and this one opened up in the middle of the air growing
larger and larger.
"Their coming!" Morpheus yelled out as he held his bleeding arm in
pain.
"Who?!" Percy asked.
"The monsters," the god growled in pain.
"GRAAA!" it sounded horrifying. Like nails on a chalkboard as out of
the shadowy portal a long serpent like figure flew out, wings popped
out of it's back, shadows covered its body. Nothing of it could be seen,
except it's cold yellow eyes.
And riding on it's back was Hypnos. He looked down at Percy, "prepare
to die Jackson!"
Percy scoffed, "why do they always say that? Charles! Fire!"
"Hah! It's no use! No arrow can-"
BOOM!
A shell came flying out of their tank hitting the shadow dragon right in
the head causing it to burst into flesh and bones. Hypnos hanged on to
dear life as the dragon came flying down, crashing into the ground as it
rolled over trapping Hypnos under it.
The God tried to move the dragon away, but it's body proved to be to
heavy. Percy stepped over its corpse and looked down at Hypnos with
a smile, "yeah, that's right. We have a tank."
"That won't save you Jackson!" Hypnos yelled.
"Yeah, sure it won't," Percy readied his blade to cut off the god's head
when suddenly the world shock once more. And this time, the entire
world shook. It was strong enough to get everyone off balance for a
second as Percy missed his strike.
"If I was you, I would worry more about him than me," Hypnos growled
looking down the hall.
The two holes created before were gone. Sealed up. But a new one
was taking it's place, and it was bigger than before. The cracks spread
to both corners of the tunnel and a pval rift opened itself up.
"Behold Jackson, the monsters you so feared," Hypnos spat out as
slowly more and more of those shadow beasts came out.
Some were in the form of monstrous animals. Some in the form of
people, doctors with knives, clowns with big teeth and one shadow in
the form of an old woman.
Percy groaned, "god dammit, not this again. Fucking nightmare
monsters."
"Centurions! Ready!" Rob called out, the romans locked their shields
as the oncoming swarm of monsters got closer. A few of the shadows
attacked the titan soldiers instead, eating them up for dinner, but a
majority of them focused on the larger meal before them instead.
"Don't let them touch you!" Percy yelled out as he walked to stand
besides Rob, "they can bypass your armours! Cut them down before
they get the chance to touch you!"
"Yes sir!"
Percy turned to Rob, "I'm drench them, you fry them."
"Got it," Rob nodded.
Percy slammed the Pegasus staff down hard summoning another
tsunami wave of water pushing the front line of monsters away. The
ones behind them fell down, while the others simply walked over them,
crushing them to death in the stamped. The entire battleground was
wet, their charging splashing the water everywhere.
Percy turned to Rob, "now."
"Twelfth legion fulminata!" Rob cried out, the eagle glowed golden
yellow as sparks started exploding out lashing before full blown lighting
bolts came flying out and into the enemy's ranks. Several monsters got
destroyed instantly, the shadow's particularly looked weak against
lightning. And those who survived or dodged the lightning was instantly
shocked thanks to a little something called conductivity.
The shadows cried in horror as they were electrocuted. The animals
died instantly, their bodies being used as stepping stones as the rest of
them charged forward regardless.
"All right here they come!" Percy cried back to the army, who are no
doubt ready for the monsters.
They roared as they charged, a giant Gorilla at their head. Percy ran
forward first, the gorilla jumped up to attack from above while Percy
simply used his mind to grab hold of his form and use him to beat a
rather bored looking sloth to death.
The demigod continued his charge into the middle of the approaching
army, grinning. This was the heat of battle, and this was where he felt
most alive.
He dived right into the middle of the battle, monster fell to each swing
of his blade. He even used the staff as a baton using it to beat the
living shit out of them, one time even knocking the monster across the
tunnel and back into the black crack in space.
The demigod army engaged with the army, crushing them with their co-
ordinated attack. The monsters were united, barely better than a
swarm of people on black friday. They were slain down the moment
they got too close.
The archers kept firing their arrows, each finding their mark putting a
monster down.
Rob drew his flaming blade and struck fast and hard. He was
surrounded with his own protection detail, each backing him up at
every turn.
Hyperion and Alcyoneus however had no co-ordination, they didn't plan
anything out, they just attacked. They tore through the monsters
quickly, though the swarm was many the combined strength of a titan
and a giant was no match for them at all.
Percy grinned, it looked like they were going to win this with next to no
effort at all. But just as he thought that the battle field changed.
Out of the crack in space came a being everyone in that realm feared
to some extent. His full body was now on display having successfully
crossed over into this realm.
He stood at ten feet tall with skin like bronze. His body was tightly
packed with muscles powerful enough to damage steel. The only insult
to his beautiful physique was his right arm and left leg that were
horrible grey limbs reminiscent of Polyphemus, the cyclops.
Kronos wore a toga around his hips, died blood red and his half of the
golden fleece around his neck as a cape ending at his shoulders. His
right arm was covered with armor with plaits wrapped around his shin
as well.
Strapped to his chest was a great sword, big as him and as wide as his
torso. Kronos reached around and grabbed onto the handle, drawing it
out of its sheath, the metal sliding through the leather of the sheath
rang through the battlefield, making everyone stop and turn. Watching
Kronos release his mighty sword.
The sword itself was unique, half metal and half celestial bronze, an
unholy mix of the two metals. He raised the blade and spoke, "and
now, it ends."
His brought it down like a club.
KABOOM!
The ground shattered, the entire tunnel floor came flying up, everyone
was thrown up in the air, the tank was itself jumped a feet off the
ground. And the dream world itself shook in fear, the Titan of evil had
arrived on the battlefield.
Chapter 708
Percy pushed himself up, the battle field was destroyed, everyone
were on their knees. The only ones standing were Kronos and the
shadow monsters.
"Attack them, don't like a single demigod live," came Kronos' simple
order.
Percy looked back the demigods were still recovering, he needed to
buy them time. He jumped up and ran towards the approaching
shadow monsters.
Percy slamned the but of the staff of Neptune into the ground
summoning a tidal wave of water. Percy knew the small wave wouldn't
harm the shadows much, but luckily he had a move that could.
"Heavenly Ice dragon!" Percy spung Waverider turning it into its sword
form, he brought it over he head making it glow with by storing ice
mana in it. He then brought it down hard, "dragon's wings!"
Dragon's Wings- a wide wave of ice sent out of the blade. This can
be used to take out a large group of enemy easily. Total damage-
200, divided per enemy.
Cost- 120 MP per use
The ice slash meet with the tidal wave of water midway, clashing
together, fusing, turning it into a wave of ice. It flew forward into the
oncoming shadows, piercing them to shreds. The first wave fell, but the
ones behind them didn't.
"Romans! Form lines!" Rob called out making everyone get together to
face the oncoming tide of shadow monsters and the now regrouped
titan animal soldiers.
Percy got ready to strike again, but before he could launch another
tidal wave, a large shadow came over his form. Kronos had his blade
drawn bringing it down on top of Percy.
The demigod growled, bringing Waverider up, Kronos' blade struck his
sword, the power behind the blow sent out a shock wave around them
causing the ground to crater below their feet in a ten foot radius.
"You're stronger than a normal demigod," Kronos complemented
with a smile as he pushed down on Percy with his blade.
"Thanks, and you're uglier than a normal Titan," Percy growled pointing
the staff of Neptune at the Titan's gut sending out a jet stream of water
knocking Kronos back.
Percy took the advantage by swinging his blade forward with fury,
Kronos quickly got back his footing and dodged the strike. The two
began to parry one another, swinging at each other's fatal areas,
dodging near fatal blows by inches and moving around their battlefield
crater, completely focused on killing the person before them.
"Why does Hyperion fight for you?" Kronos asked.
"He had a change of heart," Percy smirked, "he finally realised how
crazy you are."
"Highly unlikely," Kronos' blade clashed with Percy's sending spark
flying, "what have you done to my brother?!"
"I made him realise the truth, that you're nothing but a sad old man who
care for nobody but himself. It honestly didn't take much convincing."
Kronos flew into a fit of rage at Percy's taunt, fighting back harder than
before.
It was like a dance, and Percy had never had a more fitting partner.
Every move Kronos made was calculated, every step was for two
purposes, to dodge a blow while gaining to upper ground for an attack.
Kronos' movements were flawed though, Percy could see the shadows
of a missing length, like the weapon he was used to fighting with was
much longer. But it didn't matter, the Titan was a master, and fighting
him took every ounce of Percy's attention.
Percy was forced to rely on his unpredictability, jumping out of the way
to create space between them while getting a second to regroup his
thoughts. Blocking with the staff of Neptune before thrusting forward
with Waverider.
Kronos found it difficult blocking two weapons at the same time, but he
often took the blunt hit from the staff in order to counter attack and to
get into Percy's defence.
The sight of the two fighting was like a scene from legend. The story of
David and Goliath often came to mind, Percy's size however never put
him at a disadvantage as he used it to duck under swings from the
titan's weapon.
The armies of the monsters ran around the crater, afraid that a single
step into that field would cost them their lives. They stayed clear of it,
instead charging right at the demigod army.
"Ready!" Rob called out as he stepped behind the front lines holding
the Golden Eagle tightly. The monsters charged and the demigods
buckled behind their shields.
The first wave of monsters crashed into the shield and pulled the
defense upwards, exposing the demigods behind it. The second wave
tried to use the advantage and strike, but demigods were quicker as
they cut into them with their spears before slamming the shield back
into place.
Again and again the monsters crashed into the demigods, but the
shield wall held tight. The shadow armies grew in size near the front
lines, the archers began to fall back, knowing they would be the first to
be targeted. They were replaced by the support squads of the Greek
camp, comprising of demetre kids, Dionysis children, Athena kids and
the children of Hermes.
Craig stood in the middle of the battle field, cutting anything and
everything that came next to him with his mighty blade. He was a
swordsman worthy of the title, and he sowed it. It didn't matter if he
was cutting down shadows or monsters, Craig was unstoppable,
holding his ground.
The left flank of the army was slowly gaining ground as they curved
inwards. It featured the first cohort and squads filled with children of
Ares, the best fighters in both camps. The monsters and shadows that
came at them faced the quick and efficient death offered by the first
cohort and the gorilla tactics of the Ares children.
And what the demigods failed to kill, Zed, Marcia and Leo didn't.
Marcia leaped over the first cohort turning into a fog that killed
everything it touched. Zed used his immense strength to pummel beat
the monsters into submission, crushing their bones, leaving behind a
trail of bodies as he followed Marcia into the monstrous army.
Leo however was smart about it, he knew never to face greater odds
unless it was guaranteed you would survive. So instead he shadow
traveled all around the battlefield, from one corner to the next,
attacking in random patterns. He jumped out of the shadows killing
monsters with a swipe of his claws or his teeth. Sometimes he would
jumped out of the body's of the shadow monster's themselves killing
them in droves. Apparently using a dark creature to kill dark creatures
was very effective.
Seeing his army in danger Hypnos pushed the carcass of the shadow
dragon off of him, crawling out and getting on his feet.
Chapter 709
He looked around at the chaos, the demigods were holding their own,
and Kronos was busy fighting Jackson. The monsters were forced
towards the right flank of the battle, focusing their attack on them.
It was up to him to rally their army. He bent down and pressed both
hands on the dragon carcass and closed his eyes. Black lines began to
flow into the minor god's hands as slowly the nightmarish creature
began to be absorbed into his body.
Suddenly his very form changed, Hypnos' body became dark, his
fingers in claws as dragon horns grew out of his skull and wings out of
his back. He grew in tune with the shadow monsters, understanding
their hatred of the ones who created them.
"Monsters! Press onto their right! Break through their defences!"
Hypnos growled as created a tear in space with his claws summoning
forth another portal from which shadow monsters streamed out off.
The new forces came crashing down in a wave of destruction. They
combined with the remaining army like two streams combining,
creating a river strong enough to force the demigods to take a step
back.
Hypnos smirked he flapped his wings ready to fly into the air to create
more portals when a white sword came flying at his head.
Hypnos stopped flapping, dropping to the ground. "You aren't going
anywhere," Morpheus stepped forward with his black blade in hand.
The white one he threw at Hypnos came flying back to him like a
boomerang. Morpheus caught it and leveled them at Hypnos.
"This is going to be," the minor god growled, "I always wanted to rip
off those pretty little wings of yours."
"Bite me," Morpheus charged, swinging at Hypnos' head. The god
moved back, dodging the attack before he swung furiously with his
claws, attempting to claw Morpheus's face off.
Morpheus jumped out of range and swung his blade, a crescent moon
of energy blasting Hypnos back into his army of monsters.
Hypnos landed on a heap of broccoli shadow monsters, he got back
up, wiping away the ichor flowing out of his chest. He growled staring
Morpheus down as he grabbed the monster below him absorbing them
into himself.
Hypnos grew bigger now, his hair now taking on the form of broccoli,
apparently a lot of people had nightmares about broccoli.
He charged Morpheus again and the two gods of the subconscious
crashed. Morpheus and Hypnos fought obsessed with the idea of
killing the other, one for betraying him and the other for power.
Morpheus swung both blades at Hypnos' head, the god ducked before
swiping at Morpheus with his claws. The God flapped his wings,
floating back before he charged forward, jumping over another of
Hypnos' strikes and bringing his blade down on the god's back cutting
of one of his wings.
"ARGH!" Hypnos roared as he turned around, smashing Morpheus'
face with his hands, sending him flying away.
Morpheus grunted as he got back up, Hypnos held his back in pain. He
looked up with hate as Morpheus chuckled, "looks like I was the one to
tear off your wings Hypnos."
The god of sleep growled in fury as he turned around grabbing a
shadow monster in the form of a bull by the horns and pulling its head
from it's body. He then absorbed the monster into himself growing
larger and gaining more muscles on his thin frame.
He then grabbed a shark and a xenomorph alien, absorbing them as
well. He gained the teeth of the shark and the second mouth of the
xenomorph. He snarled at Morpheus wiping his ichor covered wounds,
"round two."
The shadow monster that could fly were being shot down quickly by
the archers. Timmy and Alecto helped, providing air support, Timmy
with the literal air while Alecto's arm sent arrows out like a machine
gun.
The second cohort was being pushed back. The monster were slowly
gaining upper ground. The first cohort and the attack squads were
doing what they could, but there was only so much they could do.
The archer stood behind the second cohort and sent arrow after arrow
flying. The monsters were slowly dying, but they just kept coming.
And then the shield wall cracked. A shadow monster in the form of a
lion roared causing one of the second cohort legionnaires to flinch. This
allowed the monster attacking him to push through and bite open his
neck, surprisingly though there was no blood. He simply disappeared
from sight in a flash of light. He was the first death in this war, bt he
wouldn't be the last.
The roman behind him moved to take his place and close the breach,
but the harm was done. The monster broke through the shield wall,
through that little crack and the true battle began.
Hypnos saw the demigod flash away and turned to Morpheus growling,
"you won't always be there to protect them."
"Watch me," the god taunted, "as long as I live no demigod will die here
today."
"Killing them here or the real world makes no difference," Hypnos
spat, "they will all die soon enough."
"We shall see," Morpheus lunged forward aiming at Hypnos' chets,
missing. The god of sleep swiped across Morpheus' back injuring the
god.
Hypnos smirked as he licked his ichor stained claws, "that's the
problem with doing two things at once, lack of focus. And believe
me, you will need your focus for me!" The two began clashing once
more, Morpheus on the defensive as he focused on removing any
demigod that seemed like they were about to be killed. It costed him a
lot of blood, but it was worth it.
The monster leaped into the battle field, the trained romans stood their
ground and fought them off, but without the help of their cohort it was
difficult for them to fight them off. The plan was always to fight as a
single unit, not individually. But it was a good thing they meet Percy
Jackson, because he trained them for just this moment.
The Romans dropped their spears, something they were taught never
to do, they then reached around and took out their swords, engaging
with the monsters one on one. Percy's training over the summer taught
them how to adapt, how to fight monsters. And fight they did.
Chapter 710
Cries of war came loose as they fought fought alone or back to back.
The first cohort managed to hold themselves together, but the second
was in disarray as flashes of light blinked in and out signaling several
demigods being sent away from the Dreamworld. They were being
crushed under the feet of the titan's river of monsters, when the greeks
came to their aide.
The support squads didn't just have children of Apollo, they also had
demigods with various abilities.
The Demetre kids and the Dionysis kids stepped up, using their magic
over plant life the took control of the creepers and vines around the
battlefield. Their parents had sent the plants over as gifts and the kids
intended to use them.
Giant creepers began to climb up, trashing monster to all sides of the
battle field. They grabbed monsters and crushed them alive, throwing
some into the air only to have them made into pin cushions by the
archers in the back.
They quickly made a wall of protection before the second cohort,
allowing the romans to catch their breath.
"Tank! Fire!" Thalia yelled out as the double barreled tank sent out
shells into the monsters on the other side of the vine wall. They were
all gathered like fish in a barrel, and the demigods had a very big gun.
They grounds exploded, even the vine wall was leveled in half, set
aflame. But that didn't matter, it bought them enough time to regroup
and face the monsters. The Demetre kids sent Thalia evil glares as she
set the plants ablaze, but they made no comment. Instead they used
their powers to manipulate the blazing vines to break apart and start
attacking the shadow monsters, snapping at them like whips.
"Aim at the archers!" came the booming command of Hypnos. The
order did cause him a tooth as Morpheus punched his jaw before
cutting off one of his horns with his swords. The two began to fight
once more as the monsters moved as commanded.
The flying monsters soon overpowered Timmy, a large broken down
airplane with a mouth filled with fangs came after the goblin. It
swallowed him whole before flying down to crash in the middle of the
second cohort.
"Fire at the plane!" Thalia commanded, seeing no other choice. The
tank's shell exploded the plane into nothing, and along with it Timmy.
Thalia cursed seeing the servant turn into smoke and travel back to
Percy, she like that goblin, he taught her how to use her powers.
Alecto was forced to move away from the front line, the flying
monsters, such as large bats and ugly looking parrots, began to
overpower her. They spotted the archer near the back and came flying
down to crash into them.
The tank couldn't help with so many targets, "Julia get to the guns!
Jason with me!" Thalia jumped onto the tank with Jason right behind
her. Julia got behind the machine guns and pointed towards the ending
monsters, shooting bullets into them.
"Now!" Thalia cried out as she and Jason thrusted their spears forward
sending out blasts of blue and yellow lighting respectively. The two
streams of energy danced around each, intertwining as they blasted
into monster after monster, destroying a large portion of the monsters
above.
A cloud of smoke came over the skies of the battle field, the fourth and
fifth cohort looked up in waiting. And suddenly a large shadow broke
through the clouds.
"GRAA!" a giant two armed snake with wings came flying through the
smoke. It crashed into the middle of the fifth cohort in the back sending
demigods flying away while several more flashed away just in time to
avoid being crushed by it. The serpent coiled into itself looking down at
it's opponents.
"Fifth cohort attack!" a brave legionary called out, rallying the men
around her. The snake which hissed as it opened it's mouth ready to
attack.
"Look out!" Thalia yelled, she tried to zap that thing but had used all her
mana in the previous attack.
The monster was about to strike when suddenly a volley of silver
arrows came flying out from between the fourth and fifth cohorts
piercing the snake's head, ripping it into shreds. The girl who rallied her
troops watched in awe as the headless snake's corpse fell before her.
Everyone turned to see who had rescued them and standing there with
a proud smile on their faces were women dressed in silver parkas with
a bows and arrows on hand.
A girl with dark hair and dark skin stepped up, "hunters of Artemis will
protect any noble maiden who fights for Olympus! For the glory of our
lady Artemis!"
"AYE!" the hunters called out.
Thalia blinked in surprise, she had no idea who these girls were, she
didn't see them before, but there again there were so many people to
track she wasn't really surprised she missed a few. But so many?
She had of course heard of this group, Artemis spoke very highly of
them, and the way they took down several flying monsters with their
arrows told Thalia all she needed to know, they were good and on their
side.
The second cohort was being pushed back, luckily the third cohort
came to their aide keeping the monsters occupied while the fourth
replaced the second.
All the injured members of the second were brought to the back where
the healers were ready for them. But unfortunately the healers couldn't
do much without their equipment, just stop the bleeding and keep them
stable. It seemed Morpheus didn't bother sending them away unless
there was no other choice. So the demigods were forced to experience
the pain of their injuries.
The monster kept pushing down the right flank as the Demetre kids
and Dionysus kids attacked with their giant vines. The larger monsters
that charged forward was quickly taken down by the tank in the middle
of the battle field while Thalia, Jason and Julia shoot down any monster
that was flying too close for comfort.