As soon as I reached my room I immediately closed my door and locked it, just in case my mother were to come home early.
I quickly jumped onto my bed and opened the book I got from the empusa and skipped to the part on how to hide your scent, I'll read the other stuff at a later date. It read;
To hide ones scent, one can be a novice at the Mist, and potion making. Even if you are a master, you can only hide one's scent for so long. As said person gets older it'll be virtually impossible to use the Mist to hide a demi-god's scent. The age where it'll become useless is about 13 years old.
Directions:
Blood of the user
Blood of one of the parents (godly parent will cover scent for till about 13 years old, mortal will last till about 10 years old)
Mix all together with element closely tied to user in a cast iron pot (not celestial bronze as that'll interfere with the potion)
Let rest for one night under a full moon immediately after making the potion.
-Cost 2000MP, 1500HP
Crap, that's a lot of MP and HP; I need to make sure I'm in a safe area when I do this.
My blood is easy. An element would obviously be salt water, which I can grab from the pool, as it's filled with salt water, can't get purer then that, and then getting my mother's blood, yikes. Looking down at the final direction I can leave the finished product out on our terrace during the full moon, hidden behind my mother's small garden so she won't notice it.
As I looked back at the directions I thought; "This should be easy; the only hard part is getting my mother's blood…"
I quickly put getting my mother's blood out of my head for now; I'll deal with it later, as the next full moon is in 2 days, I hopefully have more than enough time. "I should get the other materials ready and save my mother's blood when an opportune moment comes up." I thought.
With my plan set, I needed to hide this book, I wonder…
"Storage" I said aloud.
Hmm… Thinking back to RPG games I've played. "..Inventory" I again said aloud.
A greenish box appeared in front of me, great. It seems like it has infinite space. I quickly threw in my mortal money, drachmas and the Book on Mist Enchantments and dismissed the box.
Just to test it out, I quickly thought of my inventory and it popped up, then I reached in the greenish box and thought of pulling out my book, after I pulled it out and looked it over, I immediately put it back, and thought, "Good it works, this should be helpful."
I then unlocked my door and went into the kitchen looking for an old cast iron pot, which my mother shouldn't miss as she uses that non-stick stuff now. I quickly found the pot I was looking for and gave a quick smile, my mother was a hoarder in some ways, she never threw anything out.
I went to the sink and washed out the pot to make sure nothing in there would interfere with the potion I'll be making. After doing that I placed the pot into my inventory and got an empty water bottle from the recycling bin and made my way downstairs after making sure I had Riptide in my pocket. I quickly reached the pool entrance and opened the door to the pool area. I then filled up the water bottle with salt water from the pool, using my powers to purify it fully and make it pure salt water, to make sure nothing in there would interfere with the potion I was making. Perhaps I was being a bit paranoid, but I couldn't care less. This had to work perfectly; it was for my safety and my mothers'. I then put the bottle of salt water into my inventory and got moving.
I made my way back upstairs to our apartment and made my way to the front door. As I got there I quickly opened the door and locked it behind me. I got out my mental checklist out and looked over what else I needed. I had the pot, I had my blood which I can get "from the source", and I had an element that was significant to me, salt water. The only thing I was missing was my mother's blood.
Luckily I still had 2 days left until the full moon.
I decided to just chill out and grind out some water manipulation levels until my mother got home, which should be in a couple of hours.
2 hours later;
I heard another 'Ping!'
It was getting quite annoying to be honest, but it was worth it as each time it happened I leveled up.
I quickly looked up and looked at my current level and bonuses;
Due to constant usage skill has leveled up!
Water Manipulation, Lvl-9 (85%)
Allows you to control any form of water, and construct it to your will.
Cost- 11 MP per minute.
Special abilities –
Able to make spikes of harden water (500 damage, 95MP per spike)
Able to make a water shield (140MP, able to block arrows and such)
Good. I had been practicing making spikes of harden water and water shields in case I ever needed to use those, it'll be good to actually know what I'm doing rather than going with the flow. As I finished up my train of thought I decided that was enough training and cleaned up my little mess (the entire living room was soaked) throwing it out the window again. "It's ok though, I recycle so it makes everything even steven." I thought.
I looked up at the clock to see I still had about an hour to kill. I decided to do something with that time, rather than sit here and do nothing.
I quickly went to where we store our video games and did something that most people would cringe at, I took out the instruction manual for the many RPG games that we had. I skipped the controller instructions part and looks for the tips and tricks area. I was actually quite surprised to see that there was actually useful information in here. Unfortunately I found out most of this stuff by experimentation, for example my inventory and status. As I read through the manual some more I found something interesting, it read;
Many people don't realize that you're able to grind out certain stats by using simple methods such as solving a puzzle, which will give easy WIS and INT points.
In addition you should try to make sure not to waste your skill points in skills that can be leveled up easily, for example STR. LUC in contrast is hard to level up and it is much more efficient to use skill points there.
Hm, this is good to know, as I was getting lost in my thoughts I heard something…
'Ping!'
Quest Completed!
Find out more about video games and how to become amazing at them.
Rewards –
250xp
Huh, forgot about that quest…
I decided to check my status to see how much experience I needed to level.
'Status' I said aloud.
A blue box appeared before him and read;
Perseus (Percy) Jackson
Health-300/300
Mana-550/550
Title-The Gamer
Hidden genius(+5 INT)
Demi-god(+5 VIT and +5 DEX)
Son of Poseidon(+5 STR, +7 VIT, +7 DEX, +2 LUC -PERMANENT)+(+20 STR, VIT and DEX- only while in water)
Level – 6; EXP till level- 1250/3500
Race-Demi-god
STR-19(+5)=24
VIT-8(+12)=20
DEX-8(+12)=20
INT-11(+5)=16
WIS-11
LUC-15(+2)=17
SKILL POINTS-0
MONEY- 268$/25D
Perseus (Percy) Jackson is a demi-god, and the son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon. He is a smart kid but his mother asked him not to draw attention to himself for some strange reason, but still encouraged him to learn as much as he could. He's a momma's boy. He currently goes to Yancy, and is in first grade, not that he needs to be there at the rate he's learning anyway… He loves blue food and the ocean. He wishes that his mother could have anything in the world, and would do anything to make that happen.
Status- Percy is the son of Poseidon and is able to breathe underwater, communicate with fish, and talk to horses, Pegasus or anything related to horses and control water.
I still need quite a bit more experience to level, oh well, I'm in no rush. As I finished up reading the manuals I heard the door open and I turned around to see my mother walking in.
I smiled, "Hi Mom".
"Percy, how are you feeling?" She said as she rushed up to me giving me a hug and being overbearing, I acted like I was annoyed, while secretly I was just as happy to see her as she was to see me.
"I'm feeling better Mom, how was work?" I asked.
"It was fine; I got you a little surprise because I know you aren't feeling good." She told me with a sly smile.
I responded by making puppy dog eyes at her trying to get whatever presents she had for me, and as usual she gave in.
'Ping!'
Due to constant usage skill has been leveled twice!
Persuasion, Lvl 5 (0%)
Your ability to convince someone to do something or see something your way.
10% chance for them to agree with you.
As I dismissed the message my mother went into her purse and pulled out something that made me grin like a mad man.
Blue candy.
"*SQQQUEELLLL*" I so didn't squeal, I just made my joy audible.
I quickly attacked the candy as my mother just laughed softly at my antics.
'Ping!'
Blue sour worm: Food
Restores – 1MP
"So food helps restore MP, and probably HP too if it were more healthy. Good to know." I thought, as I ignored the rest of the messages while eating the candy.
"So what did you do today" She asked me as she went into the kitchen to make food, as she did so I immediately knew what was going to happen.
"Perseus! Why didn't you eat your pancakes" She demanded sternly.
Well I couldn't tell her I forgot because I was busy grinding and killing monsters. I quickly made up an excuse saying "I ate cereal Mom, I was going to eat the pancakes for lunch but I decided to go swim and forgot about it."
"Well, I'm making dinner now so this is your breakfast tomorrow." She sighed.
I just smiled and accepted it, no need to make this worst then I already made it. Now that I think about it I haven't had to eat in a while, maybe it's the Gamer's Body's effect?
Probably.
As my mother was cooking I was watching TV and decided to tune into the instructional channel and found a sword fighting tutorial episode. "This is good." I thought. I can learn how to use Riptide correctly, and get stronger so I can defend myself. I can't always rely on my powers, I needed skill.
I paid most of my attention on listening on what the instructor was saying making sure that tomorrow I'd practice this all. On the other hand I was paying attention to my Mom cooking, hopefully she'll nick her finger as bad as that sounds. Unfortunately she's an expert cook and it's not likely it'll happen, so reluctantly I used the water that was on the blade of the knife to shift its direction and cut my mother's finger a little.
"Whoops!" She said, "I'll be right back honey."
As she went into the bathroom I quickly paused the TV and went into the kitchen. As I got there I remembered something that I learnt before, blood was over 70% water, hopefully that'll be enough for me to collect a couple of drops. I quickly focused on the blood and willed it in a small cup. It resisted but I was able to get it and I quickly placed the cup into my inventory.
As I went back to the couch I heard a;
'Ping!'
New ability under Water Manipulation.
Water Manipulation, Lvl-9 (85%)
Allows you to control any form of water, and construct it to your will.
Cost- 11 MP per minute.
Special abilities –
Able to make spikes of harden water (500 damage, 95MP per spike)
Able to make a water shield (140MP, able to block arrows and such)
Able to control blood(250MP, only works on blood already spilt, not blood in someone's body.)
"Interesting" I thought. "So many uses, especially if I'm in a dangerous situation without any water."
As I finished up my thoughts on the uses of blood in battle, I unpaused the TV just as my Mom walked back into the kitchen to start cooking again with a bandage on her finger. I felt kind of guilty once I saw that but I quickly used my Gamer's Mind to crush that as it was needed for both of our safeties plus it'll heal in a day or two.
As I quickly put that thought out of my head I finished up the episode and heard my Mom call out, "Dinner's ready Percy, come here."
I got up off the coach and walked into the dining room and sat down across from my Mom.
"Smells good" I said.
My mother just smiled at me and put me some chicken and salad. Curiously I observed it and saw;
Chicken breast with salad: Food
Restores – 50HP and 50MP
I guess my hypothesis was correct; this is a good way to regain MP and HP if I need to do it passively.
As I ate it my mother and I chatted about random topics. As we finished up my mother said "Percy get ready to go to bed and tomorrow I'm only working part-time so I'll be home at 1PM and we'll be able to go to the beach."
I gave a big smile "Awesome!"
"Chop, chop she said, go to bed." She said unable to resist mimicking my smile back.
I got up and rushed off to room, "Good night Mom!" I yelled as I closed my door.
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To answer some of your questions Percy will be able to manipulate the Mist, and eventually use Magic but the Magic part will be a quite a bit away. He'll also be able to control Ice, and Vapor, I don't see why not as it's basically water, also in this chapter I included blood. In regards to pee/sweat I mean sure but I probably won't use that in the story.
Also, Iliad in first grade might have been a bit advanced but kids usually like the mythology stuff and the teacher read the book aloud while the students followed along, (which was supposed to be inferred.) so I think it's fine for the current setting.
Just a small update as well, school has started recently so instead of updates being pretty much every day I'm going to push it back to around every 3-5 days, because of this I'll be sure to make sure the word count quite a bit longer, don't worry.