I do NOT own PJO or HOO, nor do I own any characters in said books.They belong to Rick Riordan.The translations are from Google Translate, so if they're wrong...
Enjoy--English
Απολαμβάνω--Greek
Prendre plaisir--French
fruor--Latin
请享用--Simplified Chinese
Disfrutar--Spanish
Íroas' POV
The dim lighting of the green, Greek fire torches in the hallway helped.I didn't have to hide behind nearby objects when the monsters turned around to check.I followed the monsters till we reached a set of enormous, golden doors.Pictures of evil dominating the world were carved into them:People getting killed in the most in humane way possible or getting beheaded or getting drowned or losing their limbs or getting captured by the enemy for...stuff.
Basically, tons of evil.
I wrinkled my nose in disgust.These people had a really a good imagination.
A laistrygonian stepped forward from the group and knocked on the doors.
Bang!Bang!
The knocks reverberated throughout the hallway.And the doors creaked open.
The first thing that came into my mind was "Woah".
The architecture was, dare I say, amazing.It was the direct opposite of Chaos's throne room.Instead of being pitch black with millions of planets and stars that seemed to be constantly moving, it was pure white with lots and lots of evil practically oozing out.There were some words carved into the walls in an unknown language.In the middle of the room, a massive chandelier, made from many precious minerals, hung from the ceiling.An occupied throne sat at the front of the room.There was also a person standing beside the throne, most likely the commander.I couldn't make out the details of the figures, but I knew it wasn't going to be anything good.
The room was filled to the brim with different types of monsters.Cyclops, gorgons, Keres, hellhounds, and even some minor gods and goddesses.
I tugged my hood down and tried to blend in with the other monsters that had already gathered.
After what seemed like an eternity with my ADHD in the crowd of foul-smelling monsters, the figure sitting on the throne stood up and raised its hand for silence.Now that the figure stood, I could make out a distinct shape of a robe, also white in color.The monsters immediately quietened down.The silence was so deafening that I could've sworn that you could hear a pin drop.
"Welcome,my comrades,to my humble abode,"A loud voice echoed throughout the throne room.It was definitely male. "Today I have assembled all to celebrate the recruitment of some of my family members!"
Monsters cheered, some clanging their weapons in approval, which immediately stopped when the man started speaking again.
"And, of course, I also have some news to share,"His eyes swept across the crowd below him,"Within this rooms' four walls, are spies."
The festive mood died and suspicion arose.The monsters hissed and glared at one another suspiciously.Some of the gods and Titans gripped their swords, eyes darting around the room.
"But we shall deal with that later,"The man said, waving the matter aside as if it wasn't important that his own castle had spies in it,"We have more important matters to deal with.
"As most of you have heard, Chaos has a new commander."
There was tingling at the back of my head that shouted Get out! but I ignored it.I had to stay, I had to know where Sam was.If I left now, I would've risked my life for nothing.
"It is said that he has killed many.And now, we shall see it by ourselves whether it is true or not."He said gleefully.
When he said that, I finally decided to follow my instincts and started inching towards the doors, careful to not bump into any monsters while walking backwards.My hand rested on the hilt of Apóvlitos , one of my dual-swords made of all metals known in the universe.
"Let us put our hands together to welcome Commander Íroas!" He exclaimed, sarcasm dripping off every word.