Chapter 21
Everyone was shocked as they watched Lisa not just fail miserably in her attempt, but also end up unconscious for unknown reasons. Hazel and Reyna were the most affected. After all, it was their orders she was trying to follow. Hazel stood up and marched towards Percy and started to send her arrows towards him Percy touched his wristwatch and it turned into a shield. The shield was plain and did not have any designs on it. But if you looked closely you could make out that the designs on them were forcefully removed. Percy with the help of his shield was able to keep the arrows from hitting him. No one in the cohort knew of Percy's invulnerability and Perseus wanted to keep it so. He was expecting that Hazel would eventually run out of arrows but he figured out that she had an unlimited supply of arrows. Percy cursed silently and with accuracy threw his sword like a javelin at Hazel the throw was at such an angle that it forced Hazel to drop her bow. Percy used this opportunity to slam his shield into her and sent her flying. Before she could recover Percy took out his pen and then held his sword at her throat forcing her to surrender.
Reyna knew that she was against someone who was as good as Jason. No, she told herself Jason is the best. Her logical side argued with her Jason would have gotten some wounds by now looking at him he is unscratched. Jason would have needed to use his lightning but this guy did not use any. She needed a plan, but his fighting style was not something which she had seen before. He was different, much different from any of the once in the cohorts. He did not injure people beyond a certain point. He made them surrender, which is the worst form of humiliation. There is honor in death and to surrender is a disgrace. To be spared by your opponent now that is a sin on your part. Reyna prayed to her mother "please give me a plan, please help me defeat him". She walked up to Perseus and then they started to fight. Percy was going easy on her she knew the moment she started to spare with him. He was using his sword and Reyna relied on her imperial gold dagger. She had one gift from her mother a necklace which when twisted in a particular angle could make her invisible. Percy was still on defensive. Reyna backed two steps and then turned herself invisible.
Every spectator cheered for they knew it was practically impossible to fight an invisible warrior. Percy quickly understood that he had to face an invisible opponent. Percy was genuinely afraid now. The opponent could end up discovering his curse or worse she could end up hitting his weak spot. Percy started to move around not staying at one place for more than a few seconds. He made sure that he did not leave any patterns in his movements so as to make it difficult to figure out his next position. These movements were making it tough for Reyna to land a blow on Perseus. A person drinking water from a bottle in the belches this caught Percy's eye. "Everybody has water in them". He heard a distant memory which he could not place tells him. Percy kept moving but concentrated on water which was closest to him apart from the water in his own body. Soon he sensed Reyna's body which was getting closer to him. He waited he did not know what exactly made her invisible but he waited for her to approach. He sensed the arm which held the knife move towards his neck, at the last second Percy caught hold of her arm and twisted it with all his strength which to say the least was a lot. Reyna cried in pain. Percy used his free arm to hit the place where the girl's head should be, from where the cry he just heard came out. Reyna who was still invisible was now temporarily paralyzed. Slowly Percy checked for any hat on Reyna head; he did not know why he expected something there but then when he got to her neck the necklace came off making her visible again.