(Sorry for the delay, I've been fairly busy these past few weeks. Also I went with LordMatthaios comment, Host of Kronos title.)
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(Thanks to my beta reader Qwityboy!)
"Got it," stated Hestia, with a huff. "Was that really the best you could do?" She asked as we walked through Olympus.
I felt my lips twitch. I maybe could have worded that better. Or at least added an extra message to it. But watching Hestia complain about it as we walked was making it difficult to keep a straight face.
Seeming to sense my amusement, Hestia snapped her head towards me and grabbed my shoulder. The teleporting was a little disorienting but overall an okay experience. It felt a little like when I used the pearl to leave the underworld. Warmer though.
Taking a look around I noticed that I was in a large spacious room with a fireplace, white leather couches, tables, and a tv on the wall.
"This is my living room," said Hestia as she sat down on one of the couches.
"Where are we," I asked curiously.
"My palace on Olympus," said Hestia as she watched me. She watched me for a few moments as I took in my surroundings then started speaking.
"We have some time before you need to return the lightning bolt," said Hestia gesturing me to sit down. "And I would like to talk about how to prove Ares was the thief," she said as she waved her hand.
A fried chicken sandwich appeared in both our hands.
"I figured you would be hungry," mumbled Hestia while looking away at her own sandwich.
"So, what's the plan?" I questioned, as I took a bite of my sandwich.
"Well for one, I won't be going in the throne room with you." Hestia said as she ate.
"Hmm..." I hummed. "Any particular reason?" I asked with a raised brow.
"I...no longer have a seat there. I had given it up for Dionysus. I of course could sit next to the hearth in the throne room, but..." she trailed off.
"What?" I questioned.
"It was boring. I have been invisible to them for the past couple of centuries, and there are never any new topics other than some gossip. Not only that. All anyone ever does is argue. I swear they're worse than children." ranted Hestia as she paced angrily around the room, food forgotten.
"That bad huh." I winced.
Hestia sat back down with a huff saying. "Most of the meetings are about which woman Zeus cheated on Hera with."
"I... see." I awkwardly reply. That was not what I thought gods would converse about.
Hestia smirked at me for a moment then continued. "Enough about that, Once you go into the throne room all you have to do is swear on the Styx that Ares gave you the bolt and you are not the thief."
I stare at her blankly for a moment. "That's it."
"Yes," said Hestia as she nodded her head.
"Then why did we come here?" I asked her.
"No reason." Hestia said quickly, looking away. "Besides, the bolt is due within the next 10 minutes, We need to get going." she said as she stood up.
Sighing I stood up. Here we go again. I thought, as she was Putting her hand on my shoulder, and teleported us to the doors of the throne room.
"See ya at camp half-blood, Percy." Hestia said, then flamed away.
Taking a deep breath, I pushed open the massive doors and stepped inside.
The first thing I noticed was how large everything was, and the noise. The gods were in there giant form yelling at each other.
The man in the middle sneered at the one to his side. "Well, brother. It appears that your son has failed to return the bolt."
The man who I am assuming is Poseidon form that remark said. "He WILL be here." While slamming his trident on the ground.
My presence skill was not activated, so they just haven't seen me, or they were ignoring me. Tuning out there argument I thought on how I could get their attention. I could of course yell. But that is not something I wanted to do unless the timer had one minute remaining.
Opening my inventory, I checked on what I had that was loud or attracted attention. I stared at the item in my inventory, then at the gods. Sure why not.
Grabbing the lightning bolt, I swung it around my head. I thought about slamming it on the ground, but I was not sure how much if any damage it would do.
As I looked at the lightning bolt, I noticed how the blue seemed to change tinge a little when I swung it. That and the sound was interesting, kinda like a crackley lightsaber. After a minute of swinging it around, I heard someone clear their throat.
Sighing, I stopped and took a glance around the room. And saw all the gods staring at me. Some had looks of amusement, while others looked emotionless.
"Glad I got your attention." I said in a bored voice. Naturally, I knew that I had forgotten about them, but they didn't have to know that.
I heard someone choke on there breath and some glance at each other. I really needed to find out their names. Then I caught a glance of my arm. I had a bracelet. Keeping my face blank, I walked towards the throne in the middle while using observe.
[Name: Zeus] Lv.?
That's it. I almost lost my footing as I read the window. This was the least amount of information I had ever gotten. Was it like this for all the gods? After talking to Hestia, I am going to use it on her. I don't know why I haven't already.
One of the gods at Zeus's side opened his mouth to say something, but I interrupted him.
"So, here's the bolt. I said as I spread out my arms. "What do I do? toss it to you?"
Zeus held out his hand and spat out. "I'm glad you've come to your senses." His lips curled. "Thief."
I shrugged while trying to ignore the eyes staring at my tattoos. "Not the thief." Then I tossed the bolt to him.
"What!?" snapped Zeus as he caught it.
"Peace, brother." said the man to his left.
Observe skill time.
[Name: Poseidon] Lv.?
So... This was my dad and the same amount of information as Zeus. Not what I was expecting. Shorts and a t-shirt. Taking a glance down I looked at my black jeans, tank, and leather v-jacket. Could not be wearing more different clothes.
"He claims to not be the thief, yet had the bolt." said Zeus, narrowing his eyes. "And you still claim him, A child whom you sired against our sacred oath."
"I have admitted my wrongdoing." Poseidon said. "Now I would hear him speak."
Wrongdoing is what he sees me as. Whatever relationship we could have had is pretty much ruined at this point... On second thought, I never actually planned on getting to know him in the first place.
Zeus grumbled. "The boy's lucky he never dared to fly in my domain."
...What? How does he not know I flew in the air as a bird. I mentally shook my head, no use worrying about it.
"Tell us what happened, boy, and then I shall decide whether to throw you off Olympus or not." said Zeus.
I was thinking about how to start when Poseidon spoke, calling him dad would be weird.
"Address Lord Zeus, boy." Poseidon told me. "Tell him your story."
Boy, really. I have a name, which no one seems to want to use. I hid a smirk with my hand and started my... story.
"Not much to tell. Ares gave me the bolt as I was heading to California and here I am." I paused as I saw their faces and other gods leaning forward and said. "I swear on the Styx." Thunder rumbled outside of the throne room.
Technically that is what happened. Ares did give me the bolt. I just didn't know it till I got into the underworld. They don't need to know that though.
[Ding!] Hearing the notification I brushed my hand over the bracelet.
[Quest Completed!]
[Retrieve Zeus's symbol of power]
[Reward]
+ 100,000 Exp
[Special ability aquired] - Cheshire
...
[Quest Completed!]
[Alone at last]
[Reward]
[Double rewards!]
+ 100,000 Exp
[Error, Error, can not double special ability reward]
[Scanning... Fix found]
+ 1 special ability point [Restriction - Cheshire ability only]
I was very glad that the screen freezes time at this moment.
[Acting level up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You are now level lv.39]
Scrolling back up I clicked the Cheshire ability.
[You can fade from view]
Cheshire Lv-1/? (0%) - cost 50 mana per sec.
I smirked a little. If I can use this mixed with the presence skill... I have no clue what I'll do with it.
Closing the window, I watched as the gods turned to Ares. Only to find the seat empty.
"I sense the boy tells the truth." said Zeus as he stood up. "This meeting is closed. It seems I need to have a chat with my son." Zeus paused then turned to me.
"To show you my thanks, I shall spare your life. I do not trust you, Perseus Jackson. I do not like what your arrival means for the future of Olympus. But for the sake of peace in the family, I shall let you live." Zeus waved his hand and said. "You may go." Then in a strike of lightning, flashed out.
I clenched my fist. After all that. The quest and everything else. I was treated as if I was some sort of dog. Sent to retrieve an item, then once done, sent away.
Taking a deep breath, I turned and started to walk away. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of the gods glaring at me. I used to observe.
[Name: Apollo] Lv.?
Oh. That's right. I had killed his son. Accident or not, I had a feeling he did not like me.
Continuing my walk, I thought about all that had happened while Ignoring the other gods flashing away. I was so lost in thought, I hadn't noticed that I had seen the gods in their true form and didn't turn to dust.
"Wait, Percy," called Poseidon.
I stopped and slowly turned to face my... father.
"Your uncle." Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater."
I kept my mouth shut not knowing why he was telling me this. There was a bit of awkward silence before he spoke again.
"I..I am sorry about your mother, Percy." Poseidon sighed. "She was a queen amongst women."
My face didn't change. I nodded my head, turned back and walked away. I heard him splash away as I pushed open the doors.
...
I took a deep breath of air as I exited the elevator. I was standing at the top of the empire state building. I thought of going to the bottom and calling a cab, but ultimately, I decided against it. My reason being that I wanted to test out being a raven. This time preferably without a threat to my life.
- 2,000 mana
Activating the transformation skill, I turned into a raven again. After I regained my balance, I beat my wings and took off into the air. Camp half-blood here I come.
...
I landed on the roof of the Poseidon cabin. Though unlike the Hermes cabin, I had stayed inside of this one. Canceling the transformation, I opened the shop and grabbed a sandwich to eat. I had been flying for the past couple of hours. Unfortunately, I had needed to land a couple of times to regain my stamina, but other than that the flight was quite peaceful.
Sitting down I looked up and stared at the stars. It was so peaceful tonight. It was odd, after going on the chaotic quest. To just be sitting down and stargazing.
I heard a impatient growl in my mind, and smiled. "Alright Reika, go ahead and explore. Just make sure you aren't seen."
There was a blur of shadow, and then I felt Reika's presence leave my mind. Shaking my head from the strange sensation, I then stood up and stretched. I think it's about time Hestia knew the truth. About everything.
Jumping down from the roof, I headed over to the lit campfire that Hestia almost always sat at. Sure enough, there she was.
"Hey," I said to her as I sat down on the log.
"Hey yourself." replied Hestia, a sarcastic smile lighting up her face. "So…?" she trailed off.
"The meeting went fine," I told her. I then went on to explain what had gone on in the throne room.
"Hmm" she hummed. "That's about what I expected." She sighed
I turned, and stared at the fire, watching as it crackled. Now came the conversation I both did and did not want to discuss. This would be much easier if I did not realize during my trip that I liked Hestia.
I glanced at her, and saw her watching me with a patient look on her face. I smiled a little. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad.
I started to tell Hestia everything. "It all started a little over a year ago. I had just been expelled and went to the park..."
...
I was staring at the glowing embers of the fire. I had been speaking for the past couple of hours, not leaving out any details that I could remember. Hestia for the past couple minutes was silent. She appeared deep in thought.
After another five minutes, Hestia started to speak.
"I believe you." was the first thing that came out of her mouth.
I raised an eyebrow at her. I was relieved she believed me. But I thought she might need some convincing.
"The things I've seen you do, not to mention your change of element. The bracelet of yours would explain it." She elaborated after seeing my look.
"Do you know anything about it?" I asked her. Half of me hoped she did, while the other hoped she didn't.
Hestia shook her head. "Nothing whatsoever. Hephaestus may have forged the physical part of the bracelet. But I doubt he could make it into some sort of leveling system for skills and other abilities."
I wonder who could have done it then? I was distracted from my thoughts, when Hestia shifted from her log and turned to face me more directly.
"So... what's our relationship points at?" she asked with a mischievous smile.
My mind drew a blank. To her question and relationship status. I had not checked that thing in ages. Not only that, why was she asking? on second thought, How does she know in the first place?
"You mentioned that there was a status of some sort for friendships." Hestia paused then smiled. "It's not too big of a stretch to believe that there is one for potential..." she trailed off with a frown. "I can't think of a name."
"In the status window, it's just titled romance," I tell her confirming her guess.
"Potential romance then." she finished. "Though that's an odd name for a title."
I fully agreed with her.
"Well, no use beating around the bush. So before you check how many points we have. I'll just come out and say it." Hestia blushed a little as she continued. "I like you, Percy."
This was not how I imagined the night would turn out.I think my mind went into shock just now. I was pulled out of it when I felt a warm feeling come over me. Hestia actually liked me.
"I like you too." I reply to her, a warm smile on my face. Hestia was most likely going to be the only person to ever see me like this.
After saying that, a gem on the bracelet caught my attention. It was glowing red. Brushing against it, I read the text that appeared before my eyes.
[Quest alert!]
[Find a way to break Hestia's oath to the Styx]
[Time limit - Eternity]
[Reward]
[A ring to propose to Hestia with]
The ring will be made of Error, Error - Level, not sufficient]
I closed the window immediately. It was WAY too soon to even think about marriage. Not only that, we weren't even together... yet.
"Something on your mind?" asked Hestia anxiously.
"Nothing to worry about." I told her, a blush forming on my face. I was not going to tell her about the quest I had gotten for a long time. Maybe after it was completed... I trailed off in thought.
Opening the Bracelet again I clicked the romance status. Time to see what are points were.
[Romance]
Hestia 210/1,000
"210," I muttered to myself. That had not been what I was expecting. When did it get so high? Closing It, I turned to Hestia and told her what it was.
"Really," she said with a small smirk. "Interesting."
"What is?" I asked curiously. What made it interesting.
"Because Percy. We both like each other and the romance points are only at 210 out of a 1,000." She paused here and lit the dying fire. "It makes me very curious as to what it will be like when we hit a thousand points."
"True," I said fully agreeing with her. I glanced up at the sky and froze. Was that the sun rising. How long had we been talking?
Hestia looked over to where I was staring. "This was our longest talk yet."
"It sure was." I said with a yawn.
"Head on over to bed Percy. You need to rest, then speak to Chiron tomorrow about your quest. Since I know you didn't do that today." said Hestia as she stood up.
"I know." I told her, standing up. I leaned over slightly and kissed her cheek, then started to walk to my cabin.
I had a long day ahead of me.
...
A loud knocking noise woke me up from my sleep. Slowly sitting up, I turned my head in the direction of the noise. It was coming from the door. Getting out of my bed, I checked the clock. It was 2 in the afternoon.
Slipping on my jacket, I headed for the door. Opening it, I saw it was Chiron.
"You know, I was just heading over to see you." I told him. Which technically I was going too when I had woken up.
"We need to discuss some things, Percy." said Chiron.
"About the quest?" I asked him. I couldn't think of anything else.
"No, no need. I've spoken to some of the gods about that. No, what I want to discuss with you is if you'll be staying at camp year round or not." asked Chiron.
That had not been what I was expecting. Not only that,but which gods told him about the quest? "How long do I have to decide?" I question. It was better to keep my options open for the time being.
"Till the end of summer or the next two months, if you will." replied Chiron.
"Is that all?" I ask. I did not want to spend the rest of the afternoon talking. Unless Hestia was involved, of course.
Chiron sighed. "I wanted to leave this here with you." he said as he pulled out riptide in pen form. "I know you said you prefer daggers. But I would still like you to have this."
I stared at him for a moment then nodded my head. "Alright." I said as I grabbed the pen. The weight of the pen felt oddly comfortable in my hand.
"Well, I have demigods to train. Come inform me of your decision when you are ready." Said Chiron with a smile. Then he turned and walk away.
I placed the pen in my pocket then thought about what I was going to do today. There was so much I could do. I could train my skills, try raising my stats, maybe even train my abilities... I trailed off in thought. Didn't I just get a new special ability?
Heading into the bathroom, I decided to test my Cheshire ability. Staring into the mirror, I attempted to activate it. After a couple of seconds, I saw my arms begin to disappear. Then my legs. Body, and finally my head.
I waited and counted how long I could stay invisible for. Forty-four seconds. That was how long I lasted. Once the time was up my body popped right back into existence.
I thought about raising my intelligence stat, and in turn, raising my mana count, but decided against it. There were plenty of other stats that needed to be raised.
Turning around, I exited the bathroom and put on my shoes. It was time to head for the training grounds.
...
I laid down on the beach as I waited for my mana to recover. I had tried to go to the training grounds hours before, but there had been far too many people training. So I went to the beach and decided to practice my control over my ice element.
Scratching my head, my fingers brushed against my earring. As I held the daggers in my hands, an idea started to form in my mind. What if I could make an ice dagger?
Putting my daggers away I held out my hands and focused on forming a dagger. I watched as the ice floated above my hands starting to create a shape. After a few more minutes the ice started to look like a short stick with a wider handle at the bottom. Then it shattered.
Sighing I tried again. This time with my eyes closed. I was attempting to create an exact copy of my transformable daggers.
[Ding!] After a few minutes I heard a notification sound. Opening my eyes, I saw a beautiful crystal blue dagger in the palm of my hand. Running my hand over the blade, I felt for any imperfections or cracks in the ice. So far so good.
Standing up I held the dagger out in front of me. Time to see how strong it is. Taking one of the daggers from my pocket, I raised my arm and slammed the blade into the ice dagger. Surprisingly the ice only cracked. I had been expecting it to shatter.
Raising my arms, I hit the blade again. Sure enough on the second hit, it shattered. Better than the first dagger that's for sure.
Opening the bracelet. I checked what the notification had been about.
[Subskill discovered!]
Dagger creation Lv-1 (0%) - Cost 100 mana
[You can create weapons and other items from certain elements]
I raised an eyebrow at the text. This was interesting. Going by the description, daggers were not the only things I could create.
Closing the window, I made another dagger. I only had a few hours to level up this skill. Then I would be meeting up with Hestia at the campfire.
...
"Hey, Hestia." I greeted as I sat down next to her on the log.
"Hello, Percy." replied Hestia with a warm smile.
"What are we doing tonight?" I asked her.
Hestia's smile widens. "Making smores!" she says as she pulled out a bag of marshmallows, crackers, and chocolate.
...
I laid down on my bed in the Poseidon cabin, I decided to kill some time exploring the settings in the bracelet. They had first appeared when I had gotten Reika as a companion.
Scrolling through I checked for things I could change. So far the only option was whether to have level ups appear for skills and my actual level, without a sound or touching the bracelet. They would just show up in the top left of my vision. I switched that on.
Closing the bracelet, I attempted to fall asleep. It didn't work. Checking the clock, I read the numbers, it was three at night.
Groaning I rolled out of bed and took a glance around the room. There had to be something I could do.
My eyes stopped on a glowing green package. I don't know how I missed it before. Walking towards it I picked it up. It was a small square box, with what looked to be glowing green runes. I prepared to open it then thought better of it. Who knows what is in here. I activated the observe skill.
[Gift from... Unknown]
[Insifficuient level!]
[Can not open before reaching level 100]
I placed the box in the bracelet. Hopefully, I could reach level 100 soon. I was curious, who sent this to me and what could be in it.
Taking another look around the room, I made sure to not overlook any more... mysterious packages.
I yawned, why was I tired? I wasn't a few minutes ago. I looked at the clock and froze. It was five-thirty in the morning. Two and a half hours had passed in what felt like a few minutes. I thought back to the box, what was that?
Deciding to think more on it another time I headed for bed.
...
The next day, after training my dagger creation skill some more, it was now level 2. I headed for the campfire that was pretty much become the designated meeting place for me and Hestia.
As I got there, I noticed immediately that while the campfire was lit, Hestia was nowhere to be found. Actually, there had been a lot of people missing today. While coming over here, I passed the pavilion. It was strangely empty.
I felt my phone vibrate. Pulling it out I read the text form, Hestia.
To Percy: *Where are you? The fireworks are about to start!*
To Hestia: *Fireworks?*
To Percy: *Really Percy? I knew you were training your new skill but did you forget that today is the fourth of July.*
To Hestia: *That's today? Where is it at?*
To Percy: *Down at the beach. I've made a campfire down here.*
To Hestia: *I'll be there soon.*
I chuckled as I put the phone away. Of course, she made a campfire. I was about to run over there when an idea occurred to me. Why should I run when I could use my transformation skill.
Transforming into a raven, I flew in the direction of the beach searching for Hestia. A few minutes later I found her by herself at the far end of the beach.
I landed and changed back into a human, grinning.
Hestia patted the sand next to her.
"Do you come here every year?" I ask her curiously as I sit down.
Hestia shook her head. "No, I don't." Then she smiled. "But since you're here, I thought it would be a fun event to attend."
"So, what do they do?" I asked her as I pointed at the Hephaestus kids loading onto a barge.
"They are going to sail over there." replied Hestia pointing out to an area in the middle of the water. "Then, they will light fireworks that they made."
"They made fireworks?" I ask with a raised brow.
Hestia nodded. "Apparently this year there are going to be moving warriors fighting it out in the sky."
"How did they manage to create that?" I ask her surprised.
"I... Actually, I don't know." said Hestia surprised.
I started to laugh. "And you've seen this how many times now?" I ask her.
"Only a few times," replied Hestia.
"What now?" I ask.
"Now, we wait for the show to start." said Hestia as she laid down on the sand.
"Alright then." I said, as I sat down and joined her.
...
Wow. Was my first thought once the fireworks finished. Seeing hundreds of spartan warriors fight a battle was incredible.
I turned to Hestia who was watching me with amusement written all over her face.
"How was it?" she asked.
"Amazing." was all I could manage.
She burst out laughing. "I figured you would like it." Hestia said after she calmed down a little.
"Well, I hate to cut this short, but I need to get my sleep tonight." I told her, as I stood up.
Hestia quickly stood up and smirked a little.
"What is it?" I ask her a little confused.
"Oh, nothing. Just getting payback for last night," she said.
I thought back to yesterday. What had I done?
She leaned over kissed my cheek and flamed away.
"Oh." I mutter stunned. Then started to chuckle, that's what she meant. Activating my skill, I turned into a raven and flew away. Tomorrow I start training my Cheshire ability.
Two weeks later
I had been training a variety of skills and stats while focusing a bit more Cheshire ability. These past two weeks had been quite peaceful with no interruptions. And so far everything was going well.
Hestia and I talked by the campfire almost every night. Learning more and more about each other. While the demigods have not been bothering me in the slightest. So the weeks have been seemingly pretty good. Or they would have been good, if I could stop worrying about Reika.
She had been missing for the past two weeks. At first, I had thought she was just hunting and would return soon, but now two weeks later and not a growl. It had me growing more worried by the day.
Exiting the Poseidon cabin, I headed in the direction of the woods. I was tired of waiting and am now going to search for Reika instead of waiting for her to come to me.
As I entered the woods, I got a text from Hestia.
To Percy: *Morning Percy! More training today?*
To Hestia: *No, I'm searching for Reika.*
To Percy: *She still hasn't returned*
To Hestia: *No.*
To Percy: *I'll be right there.*
I smiled at the message. It would be nice to have help. And Hestia was currently the only one I trusted to even know about Reika, let alone look for her.
A flash of flame appeared next to me. Then Hestia was standing there.
"So, where to look first?" she asked.
I pointed at a section of the woods. "You can check that side, while I take the other side."
Hestia nodded her head and took off in the direction I pointed.
I turned to the right and started to search forest.
...
We had searched for the majority of the day and have found absolutely nothing. Hestia and I had kept contact with our phones throughout the search in case either of us found Reika unfortunately though, neither of us had had any luck.
Texting Hestia, I told her to meet up at the campfire. It was time to wrap up for the day. Hopefully, I can find Reika soon.
Raising my arm, I wiped the sweat away from my brow. For some odd reason, the sun had been shining on me for most of the day.
As I was coming closer to camp, I saw Luke Castellan cleaning his sword as he leaned against a tree.
I was fully prepared to walk past him when he called after me.
"Hey Percy, over here." Yelled Luke.
Sighing a little I turned and walked over to him. "Hey, Luke," I said with a small fake smile. Not that he needed to know that.
"Now that your quest is over I wanted to speak with you," he said, as he sheathed his sword.
"Hmm... What?" I asked.
"You know, I've lived at Half-Blood Hill year-round since I was fourteen," he told me. "Ever since Thalia . . . Well, you know. I trained, and trained, and trained. I never got to be a normal teenager, out there in the real world. Then they threw me one quest, and when I came back, it was like, 'Okay, the ride's over. Have a nice life."
Why was he telling me this? Was all I could think during his spiel.
"-And well, I've decided to give you a... warning. Before I leave," said Luke with a smirk.
"You're leaving." I ask with a raised brow. That was interesting, I thought almost no one left.
Luke snapped his fingers saying nothing. Fire swirled in the ground creating a circle. A Black scorpion appeared.
I stayed where I was and used observe. On the scorpion and Luke.
[Name: Pit Scorpion] Lv.50
[Age: Unknown] [Race: Skeleton] [Titles: Undead]
[HP: 390/390]
[Mana: 120/120]
[Stats]
Strength - 400
Vitality - 80
Dexterity - 321
Intelligence - 60
Wisdom: - 10
Charisma: - 0
Luck: - 0
[Special ability: Death in 60 sec.]
...
[Name: Luke Castellan] Lv.?
[Age: 18] [Race: demigod] [Title: Host of Kronos]
[Being the Host of Kronos stats are hidden]
WHAT? What does it mean Host of Kronos! And why did that scorpion have a special skill?
"By the way, Pit scorpions can jump up to fifteen feet. Its stinger can pierce right through your clothes. You'll be dead in sixty seconds." said Luke with a twisted smile.
He was dead, it was official. I was going to hunt him down. Probably not today but it will happen eventually.
Luke turned and started to walk away. I was going to let him walk away and try and find out how to get away from this scorpion when something on the ground caught my attention.
"What's that?" I asked. Not daring to point my hand in fear of the scorpion attacking.
Luke turned and looked at what I was staring at. "Oh, that. Well, no harm in telling you. Just some hellhound that got in the way." He frowned. "It was kind of odd. Most monsters from Tartarus obey a command from my master,but this one didn't." Luke shrugged.
I felt my heart freeze. Hellhound? "Did it have a black and silver fur and two different colored eyes?" I ask a little frantically.
Luke narrowed his eyes. "Yes," he said.
A cold rage settled over me. I saw Luke's eyes widen before disappearing in some black smoke. Then I blacked out.
When I came to, I was on the forest floor. Sitting up, I saw around twenty meter circle of ice, freezing the area in a circle around me. There was leaves covering the area, looking like they were all dipped in liquid nitrogen.
Standing up I looked down and saw the pit scorpion in a frozen block. Getting an idea, I grabbed the block and placed it in the bracelet. It should stay frozen in there till I find a use for it.
As I closed my eyes, I thought over what had just happened here. Luke was a traitor, which I really didn't care about. And Reika was dead.
I thought about how long she had been with me and everything we had done together. From finding her in the forest, to killing other hellhounds, and going on the quest together.
I felt cold. Not from the ice but from the knowledge that Reika wouldn't be here anymore.
I walked forward to where Reika's dust was. It appears that in my rage I managed to avoid freezing the ground she was located on. Running my hands through it, I stopped as I felt something.
Grabbing it, I pulled the object from the golden dust. Then stared. There in front of me was a glowing... molten... orange... eye.
I used observe on it.
[Reminder of a friend]
[Stats Unknown]
[Skills Unknown]
[Special abilities Unknown]
I smiled a little. At least she left a little something behind to remind me of her.
(Did you all enjoy how Hestia was in the majority of the chapter?)
(Now for those of you who like Reika or those who are confused. Reika is not dead. I'm just throwing that out there. Currently, Percy does not know that monsters can reform. So... She will return!)
[The demigod System]
[Character Status]
[Name: Percy Jackson] Lv.39 Exp 9,546/26,000
[Age: 16] [Race: demigod] [Title: Monster Hunter] [Companion: Reika]
[HP: 1,975/1,975] (Health Regen: 8.3 per min)
[Stamina: 1,055.5/1,055.5] (Stamina Regen 14.8 per min)
[Mana: 2,220/2,220] (Mana Regen 7 per min)
[Affinity - Ice]
[Stats]
Strength - 67
Vitality - 59
Dexterity - 79
Intelligence - 111
Wisdom - 70
Charisma - 51
Luck - 100
Stat Points - 45
[Skills]
Dagger creation Lv-8 (71%) - Cost 100 mana
Transformation Lv-2 (95%) [Raven] - Cost 2,000 mana
Stealth Lv-2 (10%) + 20% stealth when in shadows
Acting Lv-5 (41%)
Lying Lv-2 (72%)
Presence Lv-9 (86%) [Passive]
Tracking Lv-5 (41%)
Dagger Advanced beginner Lv-3 (81%) [You deal 17% more damage when using daggers]
Knife throwing Lv-Max
Archery Lv-1 (0%)
Sword Novice Lv-1 (0%)
Eavesdrop Lv-1 (4%)
Observe Lv-9 (99%)
Running Lv-9 (87%)
Cooking Lv-5 (61%)
Languages: English Lv-Max, Latin Lv-2 (32%)
Skill Points - 1
[Special Abilities]
Cheshire Lv-7/? (21%) - cost 50 mana per sec.
Ice Manipulation Lv-28/100 (61%) Proficiency level (25%)
Shadow Manipulation Lv-1 (0%) Proficiency level (0%) [Partially sealed]
[Light - Sealed]
[Darkness - Sealed]
[Void - Sealed]
Special Ability Points - 1
[Perks]
Knowledge Absorber Lv-1 [You can learn skills from books, the more advanced the book, the higher the skill you get is.] Can raise skill level by absorbing books for that skill.
Physical Endurance Lv-15 [You take 30% less damage from physical attacks]
Mental Resistance Lv. 2 [You are 20% more resistant to mental attacks]
Mana Accumulator Lv.1 [You love gaining mana, what you have is a meager amount compared to what you want!] + 10% to Intelligence
[Resistance]
Fire resistance Lv-4 [You are 40% resistant to fire]
Ice resistance Lv- [Unknown]
[Items]
Credit Card, 24 Celestial bronze knives, Healing Potion x2, Car keys, Frozen Pit Scorpion,
[Item shop]
[Relationships]
Grover - 15/100
Chiron - 25/100
Reika - 99/100
Annabeth - -29/100
Clarisse - 5/100
[Romance]
Hestia 290/1,000
[Reputation]
God reputation 10% [The gods know who you are]
demigod reputation -23% [You are disliked by most demigods]
Monster reputation 14% [Monsters are now slightly cautious in your presence. Does not include companions.]
Titan reputation 0%
Primordial reputation 0%
Money: $360,481
Drachma: 1,410