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Previously…
"Careful? What type of monster?"
"Me."
"Right, you won't go down without a fight."
"I'll see you then, later." said the younger version of Percy as he vanished in a wisp of gold, a determined look on set on the older Percy's face, while everybody was just staring at Percy confused.
"What-"asked Ryan
"on-" continued Octavian
"earth" said James
"is" Xekes said.
"going" wondered Nemean.
"ON?!" yelled Blayze.
"We'd like to know that as well." said Thalia, the hunters and the Seven nodding, Artemis still having a grim look on her face.
"That everybody, is my past self."
Now…
"Percy, your past self?" Thalia spoke out, the rest trying to comprehend what just happened, all except Artemis, who had a grim face on.
"It means that Percy will part ways with us, including his hunt for awhile…" said Artemis.
"Why?!" exclaimed the Deathseekers.
"Because this is the beginning of what Chronos left for me, the first trial to becoming the true Primordial of Time." said Percy grimly.
"These trials are to be done by without any help either, lest you wish the trials to be tripled or quadrupled in difficulty, resulting in the heir being killed." explained Artemis.
"Wait, how do you know about this stuff? Isn't it just Primordial business?" asked Thalia.
"It's exactly because it's Primordial business that she should know including the other Olympians, even Zeus wouldn't dare to interfere with the primordials when his ego was really inflated."said Percy, thunder rumbling over him. "Sorry."
"So, are we just going to go without you to storm Mount Othrys?" asked Xekes.
"Absolutely not, we're not sure exactly how much info Reyna's spies attained, but it could be more dangerous, we'll go in together." said Ryan as if reading Percy's mind.
"Seems like we can do a better job with that, this is where we'll part ways for now Deathsuckers." teased Thalia, earning an icy glare from all of the boys except Percy who was silently laughing. Of course, none of them would reply as they preferred being able to transform into their own animals, not a black jackalope. As the Hunters left, the rest of the Seven also decided to get to know each other, taking their leave as well.
"Phew, now they're gone." said James, causing the rest of them to turn to him.
"What's the matter with them?" asked Xekes.
"Nothing, just this." With that, James twisted a ring that was on his finger, and several items appeared right in front of him. "Courtesy of my father, he said that it was the least he could do since Zeus sealed Olympus, and he felt sorry that I spent half of my time at camp praying to him nonstop."
"No wonder you were tired! And you said it was nothing to you dummy." retorted Xekes, slapping James on the back as everyone focused on what just appeared in front of James.
"This is...adamantium?!" exclaimed Blayze, as he saw a shard of shiny black metal embedded in every single item.
"I guess it is, but that's what the mortals call it, father said it was known as the blood of Chaos." explained James.
"To even have such a thing, even if its a drop, the blood of the creator is no joke, its got enough power to make the nuclear bomb look like a drop of water." said Ryan.
"Let alone have 7 the size of a quarter...how did your father even find such a thing." exclaimed Nemean.
"Well, funny thing is, he said that he just got them recently, and he didn't know where, but felt like he had to give it to me, he even mentally gave me how to make it so it would be of best use to us, which I did. Though I must say for me to do it, it's still inferior to how he would've done it, but I still feel proud that I made it for all of us." said James as he beamed at them.
"Anyways, to Ryan, here's a katana that i made out of celestial bronze, some steel, and the shard of Chaos' Blood in the handle. I tested it out and the attribute of this blood is that it can move to any part of the katana and reinforce it, multiplying its strength on par to an Olympian God's weapon, but only that small part that it covers." explained James as he gave the katana to Ryan, who then closed his eyes and he practiced maneuvering the small chaotic substance around the katana.
"Nemean, I know you prefer to use your claws when u fight, so I decided to make you a headband that won't interfere when ur fighting, and the attribute from the chaotic substance enhances your senses so you're even more intune with your surroundings when in battle." With that, he handed Nemean the circlet with the small pulsing chaotic substance in the center.
"Blayze...my dad specifically told me for you to just crack open this ball, and just drink the chaotic substance…" James said nervously, as all of the Deathseekers turned to Blayze wide-eyed as he just shrugged, cracked open the ball, and downed the small blob. Waiting for something to happen, everyone was holding their breath to see Blayze's reaction.
"Nothing." shrugged off Blayze, shocking all of the boys completely.
"What do you mean nothing." exclaimed Xekes, "You just drank the blood of the one who created the universe! There has to be some sort of side effect."
"So? I feel nothing right now, maybe it's later." said Blayze. "So what did Octo, Perce, and Xekey get, James?"
"Right, anyways, for Octavian, I got you these daggers with the attribute to return to you. All you have to do is prick your finger on them, and it'll be the first blood that it's had, hence belonging to you. It'll be painful at first, but the chaotic attribute is pretty scary."
"Why's that?" asked Octavian.
"Because once you prick your finger on that, it'll be your greatest ally...but also your greatest weakness." said James, the awe instantly turning into an eery silence.
"How does that work?" Octavian asked calmly. While he suddenly became more cautious as to whether the dagger was worth it, his trust in James outruled that of his worries.
"It was hard for me to understand it as well, but your fragment of Chaos' blood is special. Apparently, it has a soul within it, so by letting it absorb your blood, you bind it to you as its master. That's why it'll be a greater ally than even us, for it shall be your companion."
"However, should the daggers be broken, you will lose a part of your soul, and even with the partial immortality that we have, it would take 7 years of being in a death-like state where your soul must fight thru hell and back in order to become whole once more. Also, you don't have to prick your finger on it now. Dad said that whenever you feel like the moment is right, then you prick it, something about having the best affinity with it then." James finished explaining, leaving everyone to contemplate about the dagger's benefits and if it was worth it.
Octavian on the other hand was completely calm as he simply wrapped up the pair of daggers, Percy the only one catching that, put his hands together, and flashed sea green, momentarily blinding everyone for with his sudden act. When the light dimmed down, Percy was holding seven rings that looks like James, but were sea green.
"I came up with the idea that it would be better to have this so we're not burdened the slightest bit, my father was also more than happy to send us some of these rings." chuckled Percy as he tossed one to everyone.
"Cool, we can now store the gum that stores the tent that stores the other stuff." said Blayze.
"No need for knapsacks I guess," Octavian said, storing his new daggers within the ring. With that, everyone turned their attention back to James as he held the last two items.
"For Percy, I made a sword for you that's out of Atlantean steel. Although its chaotic attribute should also have another soul like Octavian, it's unpredictable, so my father and I couldn't decide how great of an ally or threat it is to you. As for the name, it'll come to you." said James, handing him a blue shimmering sword, the chaotic shard constantly shifting thru the sword as if the entire sword was water being held together in the form of a sword. Yet, when Percy held it, he felt that he could slice through diamond as if it was paper.
"Interesting…" Percy heard, as he stared at the sword in sudden awe, for it felt as if it was the sword that talked.
"What happened Percy?" asked Ryan, sensing his sudden change of behavior, the rest also staring at him in curiosity.
"Nothing...yet." replied Percy, the rest of the boys confused as to what he meant by that. It didn't last long however as James held up a golden spear, that made them feel numb just by being near it.
"Finally, to Xekes, I give you the Almighty Spear of Electrooooo!" announced James, earning a small cheer from the rest of the boys, while Xekes was staring at the spear in awe.
"Whoa, what does it do?" asked Xekes.
"Well, not only did I also have it magically enhanced to return to you like Percy's pen, I made it so that its most in tune with this part of Chaos' Blood. This particular part of his blood is what I think he had when he first created lightning, which is even before Zeus became the god of it. We're talking about the first lightning bolt in existence, that's what this blood's attribute is all about. Basically, its a supercharger, amplifier, and lightning weapon all in one." said James, taking several breaths after explaining all of that.
"Whoa...James," paused Xekes in shock, literally as he held the weapon. "Thank you so much bro."
"Don't mention it, we're brothers." beamed James.
"Haha, aren't we all?" asked Percy joyfully. "Okay, now that we got the major upgrade, we'll take a little rest, check out the place, and move from there." Before he could say anything else though, Blayze suddenly froze with his eyes wide open.
"Oh...definitely a later effect..." grumbled Blayze, and without warning, he burst into flames, incinerating the air itself nearby, giving Xekes and James no chance to dodge the fire.
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