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7. Demands
Perseus POV
I sighed in disappointment as Clarisse slumped to the floor for the 5th time in the last hour. We had been training for about 3 hours already and I still hadn't broken a sweat, whereas Clarisse was sweating madly and panting like she had been underground for the past few days. She had improved slightly but not enough to satisfy me. She was starting to be able to raise her arms into a defensive stance, but if she tried to go on offence it was proving more difficult with how slow she was moving.
" Get up" i growled walking towards her. She struggled to her feet, her arms hung loosely at her sides as she panted obviously exhausted. I sighed once again before swinging my sword towards her slowly by my standards. But she still could only just bring up her shield to block it.
" Okay fine let's see if your speed has improved in the past few hours. Take off the gauntlets" I said. She took them off with no time wasted, as she dropped them they cracked the floor slightly. Clarisse breathed a sigh of relief and raised her arms experimentally
" Here drink this" i ordered throwing her a vial with green liquid inside
" What is it? It looks like snot" she said pulling a disgusted face. I rubbed my face and sighed once again.
" It's called a stamina potion it will fill you with energy for our next task today." I said unsheathing my sword and holding it to my side. She shivered at the sight of the black katana as she remembered her last encounter with it. As ordered, she popped the cork off the vial and drank the potion, her eyes widened and she suddenly shook with energy. Laughing in excitement she picked up her spear and shield giving the spear a few practise jabs before turning to me for her next task.
" Your next task is to land a hit or knock me to the ground" I said with a light smirk. At her rapidly decreasing laughter. She suddenly took a offensive stance and held my sword loosely at my side.
She charged towards me jabbing her spear towards my face. I craned my neck to the side and the spear passed harmlessly. I quickly pushed the spear up and shot my right leg into her stomach making her stumble backwards. She once again came forward this time a bit more cautiously jabbing her spear in quick succession. None connected as most hit my shield and the others were blocked by my sword.
"ten seconds and i will attack back." I said pointing my sword towards her.
Clarisse's eyes widened dramatically. She suddenly closed the distance in a speed that caught me off guard I managed to bring my shield up and block the strike but I didn't see the fake, her spear spun off my shield and dropped low towards my legs. I jumped back and the point of the spear missed my leg by centimetres. I was surprised at the drastic improvement but 10 seconds were up and now it was my turn. I jumped forward swinging my sword towards her feet before using the momentum to spin my body and shoot both feet at her shield, as they connected she crashed into the floor 20 feet away before rolling to a stop and jumping back to her feet with an angry look in her eyes. I suddenly filled with excitement, finally i can let loose some of my power.
"Would you like me to go all out or hold back some more" I said with challenge in my eyes. Oh how i love a good fight.
" Bring it on, let's see what you have Dragonborn" She said with the same look. I slowly sheathed my sword and hung my shield on my back, my fist clenched at my sides, elbows bent. I gritted my teeth and removed my limiter off my power. I roared as my power was finally released since my battle with the world eater. The ground around me cracked, my eyes turned flashed red then back to green. I gritted my teeth again and tried to release every ounce of power I had.
" Here... it.. comes" I grunted out before my power exploded and I let out my ear splitting roar, my eyes turned completely red and my hair turned white with black tips. My muscles became more refined and my armour disappeared only to be replaced with a black armour lined with silver. The explosion of power could probably be heard on Olympus, but i didn't care it felt so good to finally stop suppressing everything i had. My body relaxed and I stopped roaring and looked at Clarisse, she seemed shocked but still dropped into a defensive stance.
" Good you have learnt not to fear me. This will give you an idea of just what I can do" I said my normal voice being replaced by a more sinister deep voice. One that promised pain.
I shot forward closing the 20 foot difference in under a second before holding my sword to her neck before she could even move
" Dead" I said
She suddenly snapped out of her shock and smacked my sword away before swinging her spear like a baseball bat only for me to grab the spear in mid swing and use it like lever to flip her over my head and hold her own spear to her neck.
" Dead again" I said before stepping away and stabbing her spear into the ground. I had proved my point, so put my limiter back on and felt my armour melt off and be replaced with my original iron armour.
I stood straight and held my hand out for her to take which she did without hesitation. I heard the sound of hooves and turned around to be greeted by the centaur walking into the arena. When he saw the cracked floor and the exhausted Clarisse he adopted a shocked expression. Clarisse started laughing at the state of the arena and soon I was joining her. The realise of power had allowed me to relax more, rather than have pent up anger
" I am here to inform you lord Zeus has asked you to train the older campers for the upcoming war with Gaea" Said the centaur who's name I don't remember. Clarisse was still laughing although I suspect it was a nervous laugh now.
" Asked or Ordered" I said raising an eye brow at the immortal centaur who looked nervous
" Asked" He said looking anywhere else but me. I sighed and took a calming breath
" Fine. But I would need something to motivate them is there some type of competition that happens here that will strive them to improve quicker?" I asked. He seemed more at ease now that i had accepted the proposal
" Well we have capture the flag" He said thinking
"Against each other am i correct?" i said
" Yes"
" Then that won't work they need a common enemy someone that most of the campers hate" I said sighing
" well the Hunters of Artemis are coming here in a week and we haven't beaten them in 56 attempts" He said smiling at me which I returned. I felt more relaxed since my release of power.
" That's perfect. A fighting force trained by a goddess versus a cap full of demigods who will now receive extra training. Not only will it motivate them it will be the perfect chance to test how much they have learnt in a week" I said slightly smirking at the chance to fight them again
" Very well so you will start training them tomorrow?" He asked looking ecstatic that I have accepted
" Yes after breakfast, they will need as much energy as they can get" I said
I began walking back to my camp in the woods throwing a goodnight over my shoulder, looking forward to whipping these campers into shape. Oh this will be fun
