THREE YEARS LATER…
I nimbly ducked under a knife thrust, before spinning and raising my sword overhead to block an axe strike. Rolling to the left, I quickly spun around and slashed wildly at my opponent, only to have my blade meet thin air. I looked around curiously, before someone put a knife to my throat, and my sword clattered to the ground. "Nice try," My father said, removing his blade from my throat and sheathing it. "You need to remember your forms, though." I nodded in agreement.
"Thanks, dad. I really appreciate the help," My father nodded and patted me on the back.
"You did well today, Percy. Just remember to practice." He walked off, and gestured for me to follow him. I complied, jogging along beside him. We currently were in Maine, where I had been training for some time. Before that, we used to move from place to place, but we had stayed in Maine the longest. It kind of began to feel like home. I would be sad if we had to leave.
"Where are we going?" I asked, glancing at the thick forest that surrounded us.
"I have a gift for you. It is after all, your birthday." He replied, and my eyes widened. With all my training going on, birthdays seemed like the last thing my father would recall. After all, I had a lot to learn in such a short amount of time if I wanted to take down the Olympians. But sure enough, he had remembered. And he had gotten me a gift! I thought happily. Just then, we arrived in a small clearing in forest, and my father led me over toward a huge wooden chest with iron strips. He pulled a steel key from his pocket and slid it into the lock, and the chest popped open. He carefully removed a gleaming silver sword from the container, and handed it to me, hilt first. "This is Edískísí. Treat it with care, as it has been passed down from generations of assassins. With this blade in your hand, you could lay waste to an entire city." I stared at the sword with wide eyes.
"Vengeance," I translated, looking up at my father with gratitude. "I will treat it as if it was a part of me," I assured my father, twirling the sword. It really does feel like it's a part of me, I marveled. And I wasn't exaggerating. Vengeance felt like an extension of my arm. "Thank you," I smiled at my father, and he returned the gesture.
"You can get rid of that old thing," He said, pointing at the bronze sword that I had worn before. I tossed the weapon to the ground, and thanked my father again. "It's nothing. Besides, the gift giving isn't over yet," He grinned at me, pulling out a pair of black semi-automatic pistols from the chest. The dark metal gleamed in the sunlight, giving the guns an unearthly appearance. I slowly took the pistols from my father's hands, staring at the weapons in awe.
"Thank you so much," I whispered, carefully holstering the guns and beaming at my father. "Thank you…" I paused for a second. "What are these weapons made of?" I raised an eyebrow at my father, and he shrugged.
"Edískísí is made of a lightweight steel alloy, and coated with Ethereal silver on the edges. The combination of the two metals allows Edískísí to cut through anything with impunity, be it solid diamond or Imperial Gold." He gestured to my guns. "The pistols, on the other hand, are made of titanium, with the bullets being a mix of Chaos metal and Celestial Bronze. The bullets will instantly kill any demigod, while seriously injuring most other creatures. Those that aren't immediately dead will be slowly disintegrated from the inside out, the Chaos metal draining their essence. You'd be hard pressed to find anything that can withstand more then two shots from your pistols." At his words, I stared at my father in wonder. Why would he give me such powerful weapons? Did he think that I was worthy to wield such power?
"Thanks again, dad," I broke into a huge smile, hugging my father. He grinned at me, ruffling my hair.
"Let's go teach you how to shoot those guns," He said, slinging an arm around my shoulder.
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