The next few weeks at Yancy Academy were very fruitful, if maybe a little uneventful.
Percy had set up a stat point grind schedule.
Due to the fact that he no longer needed sleep, he stayed up all night to study, his gamer abilities helping him focus better, but did nothing to ease the agony that stemmed from a 4 hour non-stop study session. He gained a few intelligence points, nothing compared to the growth the first time he had started grinding that stat, but that was to be expected.
The rest of the night was either spent on running laps around the school field and seeing a rise in stamina, vitality and strength points, or at the swimming pool, grinding his hydrokinesis and weapons mastery, using a book he had borrowed to learn a few simple maneuvers.
Thanks to his natural talent in both, they levelled up quite quickly. He had even received a few powerful water based skills as an added bonus.
Active: Hydrokinesis-Level 17 (99%)
Grants the ability to manipulate water in all its forms to a high extent with deadly precision to create a variety of different effects.
Skill power tier: [High]
Max cost: 1,700MP/Second
Max amount: 170,000 gallons
Attacks:
1.
User fires an omni-directional blast of nearby water, dealing damage in a wide radius.
Max radius: 26 feet
Max damage: 4,200HP
Max cost: 1,700MP
Cooldown: 1 minute
2.
User fires a highly pressurized jet of water, continuously dealing damage to a single to a single target.
Max range: 17 feet
Max damage: 170HP/Second
Max cost: 85MP/Second
-HIDE
Defense:
1.
User creates a structure of solidified water with the defense points equal to the amount of mana points allocated. Can absorb some types of water and energy based attacks to boost defense points.
Max radius: 17 feet
Max defense points: 1,700MP
Max cost: 1,700MP
Passive: Reading-Level 5 (45%)
You are able to... read... duh.
Passively grants: +30% reading speed
Skill power tier: [Low]
Subclasses:
1. Modern English-Level 12
Reading speed: 120% (80% of understanding what you read)
2. Ancient Greek-Level 4 (?)
Reading speed: 40% (90% of understanding what you read)
Passive: Weapons Mastery-Level 8 (20%)
Pick up those weapons and hack/stab/bash/shoot/poke /cut/incinerate/pierce/bludgeon/ whack your opponents to death with the weapons you master!
Passively grants: Up to +8% damage when using weapons in addition to individual weapons bonuses
Skill power tier: [Mid]
Subclasses:
1. Swords-Level 12 (0%)
Passively grants: Up to +12% damage when using swords
He even earned a wisdom point from 'accidentally' blowing up the swimming coach's Twilight book with one of his attacks. He also gained 105 XP in total from the various actions he did.
And now? Now he had sweaty palms and his forehead was beaded in sweat.
He was due to receive his Latin exam paper. He gripped his seat until his knuckles turned white. A few months ago, in a happier time, he couldn't understand why his classmates were so scared of receiving their exam papers. He had assumed that they would know how well they did based on how hard they found the exam papers. He for one, knew he was gonna receive 30% for Latin at that time.
But not anymore. Percy know understood the difference between 90 and 91 marks, the pain of a single misspelled word and the disappointment of a swapped answer sequence. Thankfully his gamer abilities kicked in and soothed his nerves.
"Percy Jackson, ninety-two marks." Mr. Brunner paused to smile at the stunned silence of the class. "Congratulations my boy, if memory serves, you received thirty five percent on the last test, this drastic improvement calls for a reward!"
Percy inwardly cheered. What reward, another sword-pen? Maybe a spear-ruler?
Mr. Brunner grinned, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "You get to write the correct answers on the white board for your classmates!"
Percy groaned, but laughed along with his classmates as he walked up to collect his paper, now he knew the elation of hard work paying off as well.
That day, when the bell indicating the end of class had just rung, and Percy's classmates quickly grouped together to discuss what the heck had just happened.
An African American immediately started talking once his friends were all gathered. "Guys, was I dreaming just now or... well, y'know, did that really just happen? How on earth did Percy Jackson, the 'No-Star' get second place in class?"
A few of his friends nodded in agreement. "Yeah, he must have been cheating!" One said.
Chloe rolled her eyes, "You were cheating. Besides, Percy didn't cheat, his eyes never even drifted away from the paper throughout the entire Latin exam."
"Yeah, and how would you know?"
She shrugged, and shamelessly replied, "I was staring at him, he's hot."
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Percy desperately fanned himself with his textbook. Summer was approaching and there had been a power outage at Yancy Academy, so he was really, really hot.
It was the last day of school and he was itching to join his schoolmates in yelling expletives as they ran to the bus.
Actually that was a lie, his mom would cut off his supply of blue cookies for cursing and his classmates had limousines.
He got up with a groan and made his way to meet up with Grover near the lockers. At least he didn't need to carry a heavy luggage bag thanks to his inventory. That was a new thing he found out as well, if the items were in a bag it would only take up one slot of space, plastic bag life-hacks here I come!
Percy leaned against one of the lockers upon arrival, spotting a Grover that looked very nervous limping his way. He waved at him to get his attention over the crowd of people.
Grover limped up to him and smiled, though with how nervous he was, it looked more like a grimace. He fished out a grubby business card from his shirt pocket. He passed it to Percy and said, "Percy, if anything... weird happens this summer, give me a call. Please."
Percy glanced at the card, it was written in fancy curling letters that danced across the paper, doing pirouettes and grand jeté's thanks to his dyslexia. He squinted at it and was able to make out most of it.
Grover Underwood
Keeper
Half-Blood Hill
Long Island, New York
(800) 009-0009
"Grover, what's this?" Percy asked.
"It's a... camp. For people with special needs." Grover flinched at how that came out. "Sorry! I meant a camp for special people with special needs."
He paused, before apparently deciding that wasn't much better. "No, no, I'm sorry, it's hard to explain, just... call that number, if you need me."
Grover then realized that the call would draw nearby monsters to him. "Actually don't call the number! Err, call it, but only in emergencies. Weird emergencies. Like, hypothetically if a monster broke into your house kind of weird emergency."
Percy nodded. "Okay, I'll call you if the Minotaur ever attacks."
"If that ever happens." He added.
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Probably thanks to the bus driver's crappy luck points, the bus had broken down, forcing them to get off the bus as the driver went out to fix it. Grover had booked a ticket on the same Greyhound as Percy had, so he was stuck outside in the sun as well.
Percy noticed three old ladies sitting in rocking chairs under the shade of a maple tree, knitting a humongous pair of socks.
The giant bright pink socks were weird alright, but the fact that they were staring straight at him all the while that they were knitting either meant they had crazy high level knitting skills or more likely they were the Grumpy Ghostly Ghastly Grannies of Perilous Doom.
A quick glance above their heads made him gasp in shock. His gamer abilities were still functioning, he could still see the levels over the heads of others, but these three old ladies had nothing but air above their heads. And pink panther beanies.
The one on the left suddenly stared straight at him, and the world blacked out as he died.
Okay, maybe he didn't really die.
He found himself floating around in black space, looking at the Ghostly Grannies themselves. They smiles at him, he responded with a spooked shiver, hoping they would never do that again. Their smiles were freaky with a capital F.
The one on the right, with the best looking pink panther beanie started to speak, "Perseus Jackson. The Boy Who Lived. No, wait, sorry, wrong universe."
She cleared her throat before continuing. "Let me start over. Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, The Chosen One. Uh, I'll give you a moment to check out the new titles."
'Ping!'s
You have met the requirements for, and have received the titles [The Chosen One], which has been added to list of available titles!
Percy hesitantly opened his list of titles and tapped on his new one.
Title: The Chosen One
Unlock criteria: Get your life turned into a game by the Olympians and Three Fates in an attempt to save Olympus.
Upon equipping:
-New features permanently unlocked for skill [Gamer abilities].
-All stats are decupled for 1 hour when directly defending Olympus. (One use only!)
-+20 REP points with all deities aligned with Olympus.
Special: This title can be merged with others!
The unlock criteria was certainly... specific.
He tentatively raised his hand and quickly put it down when the other two sisters just stared unnervingly at him. "So, uh... who are you guys again? And how do you know about my gamer powers?"
The same granny replied, "We are the three Fates, the Moirai... as for our awareness of the existence of your gamer abilities? Why, that is because we helped in bestowing them upon you."
"Oh yeah, it said so in my profile! So uh, you guys gave me these powers how exactly?"
The Moirai answered in unison. "We did not give you your powers."
Percy blinked confusedly and voiced out his conclusion. "So you guys didn't give me my powers."
The Moirai once again replied in perfect synchrony. "No, no, we did."
"Please stop being so cryptic, you guys are reminding me of Mrs. Whatsit, Who and Which."
The Moirai grinned, showing off their rotting teeth. The one in the middle said, "Well, where else did the author of a Wrinkle in Time find inspiration for such splendid characters? I call dibs on Mrs. Which by the way."
Percy gasped as he realized something. "Wait, if the version of you three in the future worked with the Olympians in the future to give me these powers to prevent Olmypus from getting destroyed, if I succeed, wouldn't there be no need for these powers to be given to me in the first place?"
"And if I wasn't given these powers in the first place... wouldn't that mean Olympus would get destroyed, thus they would be forced to give me these powers, and so on?"
"That is why we are forbidden to interfere. Even we cannot say for sure, but from what we know of Athena, no doubt there is already a contingency plan for that."
Percy nodded. "So, why exactly did you guys call me here for again?"
The left Moirai hesitated before answering. "Why, to give you your new title of course. Do not belittle its importance. You will know when to use it."
The Moirai on the right elbowed the one on the left, a spectacular feat considering the Moirai in the middle.
The one on the left started speaking again, looking a little embarrassed. "Oh, where are my manners, let me introduce us. I am Clotho the spinner of the thread of life."
She gestured towards the Moirai in the middle, "That is Lachesis. Uh, I would tell you what she did, but the author couldn't really figure out what the Wiki said her job was, so... moving on."
She pointed a bony finger at the Moirai on the right and introduced her as well. "She is Atropos, the cutter of the thread of life."
Percy nodded meekly. There was still one thing on his mind that was bothering him.
As if she read his mind, and knowing her, she probably did, Clotho answered his unspoken question. "We couldn't remove your powers if we wanted to. Your power stems from the combined knowledge and life essence of the Olympians and us, the Moirai."
She paused for a second, looking slightly embarrassed. "And it is beyond even us to take them from you."
Percy let out a breath he hadn't known he'd been holding. He was starting to get quite reliant on his gamer powers, it was like it was a part of him.
Then Clotho smiled at him once more, and his vision blacked out for the second time that day.
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He squinted as the sun's rays suddenly bombarded his eyes. As his eyes readjusted to the light, he realized he was still outside the bus. He looked towards the maple tree and found the three Fates still knitting those socks.
"How long was I out?" He asked Grover.
"Um, what?" Grover said, looking genuinely confused.
Grover wasn't lying, when Grover looked genuinely confused, he was genuinely confused.
His attempt to drop the question was aided by the bus driver's sudden shout of joy and celebratory dance that would surely raise him up to legendary meme status if it were filmed.
"Bus is *pant* fixed *pant* everyone!" He yelled between complicated dance moves.
Everyone joined him in cheering as they boarded the bus.
When they got seated, Percy nonchalantly revealed his knowledge of the mythological world. "Hey Grover, I know I'm a demigod."
Grover sputtered a few times like... a person sputtering a few times. "I- uh, don't know what you're talking about."
Percy stared at Grover, waiting for him to realize that his lie wouldn't fool a house elf.
Grover sighed and slumped, giving up his clueless act. "Oh, you know about demigods."
Then it hit him like a flying Ford Anglia. "Wait, you know about demigods?!"
He hastily lowered his voice upon receiving annoyed stares from the other occupants of the bus. "How the Hades did you find out? I didn't give it away did I? Hey, if I did, tell anyone who asks that Chiron was the one to blame."
Percy chuckled at his friends panic. "Don't worry dude, I-"
He froze mid-sentence. What was he supposed to say? I found out when I received powers that turned my life into a game from the Olympians and the Fates in the future! Oh yeah, on an unimportant side note, Olympus is scheduled to be destroyed in approximately five years' time, unless I stop it with my level 5 reading skill!
"Uh, I was attacked by Mrs. Dodds, who is a Fury by the way, and maybe accidentally killed her."
He realized this didn't really provide a full explanation.
"BUT, not before she conveniently gave a monologue about how Greek mythology is real and you are a satyr." Percy internally winced from the stupidity of the lie.
Grover somehow bought the lie, and gaped at Percy. "Mrs. Dodds really was a Fury then... Never mind that for now, you could have been killed! How did you kill her? Do you know how impressive that even is?!"
Percy decided this was the right moment to drop another bomb. "I'm a son of Poseidon."
Grover shook his head disbelievingly. "Percy, that just can't be possible, the Big Three, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, they swore never to have children again. You're scent is crazy strong, maybe the strongest in any demigod I've ever encountered, but it was a sacred oath!"
He took out a water bottle from his backpack, and decided to give Grover a shock.
"Then how do you explain this?" He caused the water to rise up, popping open the bottle cap, causing it to hit Grover in the eye.
'Ping!'
Skill has levelled up to 18!
Due to natural talent, growth of [Hydrokinesis] is tripled!
Active: Hydrokinesis-Level 18 (2%)
Grants the ability to manipulate water in all its forms to a high extent with deadly precision to create a variety of different effects.
Skill power tier: [High]
Max cost: 1,800MP/Second
Max amount: 180,000 gallons
Attacks:
+SHOW
Defense:
1.
User creates a structure of solidified water with the defense points equal to the amount of mana points allocated. Can absorb some types of water and energy based attacks to boost defense points.
Max radius: 17 feet
Max defense points: 1,700MP
Max cost: 1,700MP
You have gained 10XP from showing off!
Grover stared at Percy, and tried to rub the Mist from his eyes. "We have a lot of talking to do."
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Percy had bombarded Grover with questions, and by the end of the little Q and A session, he had probably tripled his knowledge of the mythological world.
He had even completed his ongoing quest and gained an intelligence point. He had levelled up from the unreasonable amount of experience he had received just from getting a few questions answered. He wasn't complaining though, this was great!
'Ping!'
Quest complete!
Quest: Research about reforming!
Tasks:
-Find out what reforming is
Success:
-1,000XP
-Information about Greek monsters
-100$
Rewards have been placed in your inventory
You have reached level 13!
HP Regen rate has increased by 1HP due to STA reaching 10 points!
Perseus Jackson-Level 13 (XP-870/2,600)
Species: Demigod (+13 to STR, SPD, VIT, STA and DEX)
Title: [Son of Poseidon]
Age: 12
Status effects: [Partial immortality-Level 1]
HP: 1,900/1,900
MP: 1,700/1,700
HP regen rate: 2(+1) =3 HP/5 Seconds
MP regen rate: 2 MP/5 Seconds
STR-4(+13) =17
SPD-9(+13) =22
VIT-12(+13) =25
STA-7(+13) =20
DEX-4(+13) =17
INT-17
WIS-3
LUK-0
Stat Points: 65
Money: $10,215
Perseus 'Percy' Jackson is a demigod, He has ADHD and Dyslexia. He is the son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson. He is able to see the world as a video game as a means of getting more powerful to save Olympus, gifted to him by the combined power of the Olympians and the three Fates that reside in the future. He wishes for his mother, whom he loves dearly, to have a better life and all the blue candy in the world. He also hopes to make more friends. Currently, he is trying to figure his powers out.
He had 65 stat points he would spend soon, he just had to hold out a bit more. Argh, it was moments like this that caused him to hope that his life would be at risk and force him to use all his stat points. Okay, maybe not.
Grover had explained the oath that the Big Three had made, and how being a child of one of them might result in him getting murdered.
What's more, Zeus's master bolt, kind of like a 50 megaton bomb, had been stolen, so he was now having a hissy fit directed at Poseidon whom he believed had sent a champion of his to steal the bolt. And who else to be his champion than his only demigod son?
Because, apparently, the Ancient Laws forbade the gods from directly stealing each other's items of power, however, a demigod had no such qualms.
In other words, Zeus would be actively looking for ways to murder him, so entering his domain, the sky, whether it be in a plane or on a skyscraper, he was likely going to be fried by a lightning bolt.
He had also learned that monsters couldn't really die, every time one of them dissolved into gold dust they would reform after a long period of time then come back to plague the demigod world again.
And apparently all the monsters in Greek mythology existed. Sigh, he really needed to increase his luck points.
Grover had also told him about Camp Half-Blood. It was a... safe haven for demigods, or at least as safe as it could get for demigods. There demigods would train to wield weapons, scale lava walls, and err, canoe to increase their chances of surviving.
And the monsters were attracted to the scent of demigods, the stronger the demigod, the stronger his scent, thus the more monsters would flock towards him, all rearing to kill him.
Maybe it would be best to stop levelling up... Just thinking about it he knew he wouldn't even try to go on that route.
Upon reaching the apartment in which he stayed in, Grover had gotten off with him, explaining that he needed to head to Camp Half-Blood immediately after informing his mother.
"Percy, the more aware you are of your heritage, the stronger your scent will get. If you keep staying in this apartment, you would be putting your mom's life at risk. Your mother would understand, she knows more than you think."
Grover paused, letting that sink in.
Percy grudgingly nodded, it was a bit weird that he was just agreeing to go to a camp with freaking lava walls for an unknown amount of time right off the bat. He would blame it on his gamer abilities, but he felt that even without his gamer mindset active, he wouldn't be able to put his mom's life at stake.
He left Grover waiting outside his apartment door. Gabe Ugliano, whom Percy had christened Smelly Gabe, was wouldn't take kindly to Percy bringing 'freeloaders' to 'his' apartment.
Smelly Gabe was an insult to humanity. He had made Percy and his mom's life a living hell, ranging from daily poker games with toxic friends, to dumping all his junk in Percy's room.
Unfortunately for Percy, this jerk was his stepdad. He had actually been quite nice until after his marriage to Sally Jackson. Then he had taken a complete 360 turn in attitude, doing absolutely nothing to support his wife and stepson, and feeding off his wife's hard earned money to buy alcohol and gamble.
And there he was, lounging on the couch, watching TV, remnants of a get together in the form of beer cans and cigarettes lying all over the once clean apartment floor.
When Smelly Gabe saw him, he nodded to acknowledge his presence, then proceeded to say, "How much money you got on you?"
Percy internally sighed. Sadly, his mother was still at work. No doubt all the pocket money he had on him was going to be used on alcohol.
He had gotten a ton of money from monster drops and quest rewards, and had kept some on hand, expecting this question to be directed at him the moment he got home, as always.
He handed Smelly Gabe 5 dollars and headed to his room. He knew arguing would be useless, Gabe would just take it out on his mom. He had once seen Gabe slap her across the face for his resistance, and though it pissed him off to no end, at the time he had been powerless to stop it.
But not anymore. A grin broke across his face, ready to test a theory he had thought on the bus. So far, he had found out he had an inventory, a player profile, and quests. These were all things that were part of a game, what other features did games have? He called out, "Escape."
Suddenly the world spun to a stop around him. A blue box appeared.
[Main menu]
[Resume]
Percy selected the main menu option, expecting what was coming thanks to Gabe's experience in gaming.
The blurred background blacked out, and a few words appeared in front of him, upon reading them, he felt elated at this new discovery.
Main menu
[Current world]
[Create new world]
Holy smokes. This was like next level Minecraft. He tapped the only world available, and more options appeared.
Current world
This world is locked for editing and cannot be deleted!
[Back]
'Oh. Well, you can't have everything I guess, and I don't want to sound like an ungrateful prick, so fair enough. Would be too overpowered anyway."
Create new world
World name: (Gabe's Wonderland)
World inhabitants: (None)
World type: (Passive)
Max players: ?
[CONFIRM]
He was able to fill in the world name by saying it out loud after tapping on the rounded brackets. This was actually really exciting. He tapped on the world type bracket, leading it to expand into a list of available options.
World inhabitants: [Zombies]
World inhabitants: [Pigs]
World inhabitants: [None]
He spent a moment of silence to appreciate his gamer abilities. Noticing the squared brackets, he tapped on the zombies' option.
Zombies
Unlock requirements: Reach level 10
Max level: 130
Hmm, so the max level was probably his own level times ten. After a while of testing, he found out that there were two world types, one being passive and the other waves. So basically passive meant the monsters just roamed around, but waves meant they came at you in... Well, waves.
Create new world
World name: (Gabe's Wonderland)
World inhabitants: (Pigs)
World type: (Passive)
Max players: ?
[CONFIRM]
When Percy selected confirm, his surroundings solidified and colored. He was standing in the exact same spot as he had left, but he heard some oinking and snorting noises.
He rushed towards the spot where Gabe had been, only to find a pig sitting on the couch. Huh, guess he really was a pig. Tempted as Percy was to have set the world inhabitants to zombies, he didn't want to kill Gabe, cruel as he was, he hadn't done anything that made it right to leave him to be eaten alive.
But with only pigs as company? Well, technically he was surrounded by equals, but he would die of boredom!
It was time for a pig revolution.
He repeated the same process of escaping the current world and re-entering the original one.
Percy stepped in front of Gabe, and grabbed Gabe's shoulders shouting, "Escape!"
The moment they reached the title screen, Gabe blinked in shock unable to form coherent words. "Ur, gah, huh?"
He looked at Percy and exclaimed, "What the hell? What did you do?! Am I dreaming? Bring me back you little punk, or I- I'll put my socks on your bed!"
That may not have sounded like much, but Percy knew from experience that the smell from the socks were lethal.
Percy, despite not wanting to die from death-by-socks, merely smirked. Gabe was looking at him with an air of incredulity like how dare the punk not cower in fear of my socks!
Percy entered his newly created world and Gabe stared in awe as his small brain struggled to keep up with the demand.
Percy nudged him, breaking him out of his stupor. "So, you're uh... trapped here now. So... err... yeah. In your face and all that."
And with that awkward sentence, Percy exited the world, leaving a very confused Gabe stuck in bacon wonderland.
He returned to the spot he had left the world on, standing in front of the couch. He remembered Grover and opened the door, only to catch Grover gnawing on a tin can.
Percy stared questioningly at him.
"Sorry man, I got tired of waiting outside. And hungry. Very hungry. And tin cans are a good source of iron. Want some?"
He offered the remainder or the tin can to Percy.
Thank goodness, Percy's mom, Sally Jackson had just gotten off the lift. She looked weary after a day of work at her candy store, Sweet on America.
She gave a hug to Percy and greeted Grover. "You must be the Grover Percy was talking about, it's a pleasure to meet you, thank you for being a good friend to my son. Feel free to come in, I hope Percy didn't make you wait long."
His mom brought them in the apartment, immediately taking notice of Gabe's absence.
"Percy, where is Gabriel?"
Percy had a small panic attack. He couldn't tell his mom about his gaming powers, not now at least. Instead, he tried changing the subject.
"I found out I'm a demigod."
His mom stared at him unblinkingly, surprise etched on her features.
Percy proceeded to tell his mom the same story he had told Grover, a slightly modified version of events, where he left out the fight with Mimic and his gamer abilities. It took a while for his mom to take this all in.
"So, I suppose you'll have to go to that camp now... I- I thought I could keep you safe... He knew this would happen, sooner or later you would- wait a second, Percy, what happened to Gabriel?!"
He suddenly regretted his decision to trap Smelly Gabe in an alternate world.
"Uh... I um... I can explain!" As soon as the words left his mouth he regretted saying them. No, he couldn't explain! What was he going to say? So I sent my stepdad to an alternate world created thanks to my newfound gaming abilities gifted to me from the Greek gods in the future!
"Should I be worried?"
"That's not important."
"What did you do to him?"
"What makes you think I did anything to him?"
"Percy. What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything!"
"You expect me to believe he just up and left after years of freeloading?!"
A loud 'Boom!' sound echoed throughout the apartment.
Grover's eyes bulged out of his head. "There's someone down there. Someone with an overwhelmingly strong scent. We- we need to head down there fast! Monsters are going to be attracted to that scent like a beacon, if the person is unconscious, their gonna end up monster food."
Percy, grateful for the distraction, stood up and headed to the door before anyone could stop him. "Mom, Grover, stay here, whoever it is could be hostile."
He froze at the doorway as he thought of something. "If I go charging out with a celestial bronze blade in my hands won't the nearby mortals notice?"
Surprisingly, Sally Jackson, Percy's mom was the one who replied, "No, there is something called the Mist, it that acts like a sort of veil that prevents normal people from viewing what is right in front of them. That sword of yours will probably look like a baseball bat."
Percy nodded at this new tidbit of information and abruptly sprinted down the steps.
It took a little less than a billion years for Percy to reach the bottom of his apartment, courtesy of his upgraded speed and stamina points. He then heard a 'Ding!' as the elevator doors opened and an old lady shuffled out.
What?! He had forgotten about the elevator! Another thing that was forgotten was his anger, when he heard a 'Ping!'
Due to you being an idiot and running down the stairs you have gained +1 to speed and +1 to stamina!
[SPD-10(+13) =23]
[STA-8(+13) =21]
Percy made his way outside the apartment building, trying to locate the source of the 'Boom!' sound that he had heard back at the apartment.
Percy briefly wondered whether other mortals would have heard the sound and come to investigate, or whether the Mist would hide that as well.
As he turned around a corner that led into a rundown alley, he found the source of the noise. Lying unconscious on the ground in front of him was a pretty girl with auburn hair.
But that didn't concern him. What concerned him was the name floating above the girl's head.
Artemis-Level 1,087(Unconscious)
Artemis. From the crazy high level, she was probably the very goddess who hated men. Then her level flashed and went down.
Artemis-Level 987(Unconscious)
Percy stood, shocked. Artemis's had just dropped a hundred levels! That could happen?!
Even while unconscious he could feel an aura of power around her. He shivered, if he ever got on her bad side, he didn't want to know what would happen. But he wouldn't even have a chance to get on her bad side if she was killed by the monsters attracted to her scent.
He nervously shuffled his toes, before hoisting Artemis and swinging her over his back as he ran back to his mom's apartment, hoping no one would think him weird for having an unconscious body across his back.
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A/N Well... that's that. Sorry for the major delay, was at a compulsory prefect training camp for a few days. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. Thanks again for your support!
Also, something that you guys didn't really like about the original version was my responding to reviews at the bottom of a story. So, I'll PM all those with accounts and only reply to guest reviews and reviews with important questions!
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