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Jim POV

Didn't expect that to turn out so well. I swung my father's sword and it felt so natural. With a sword like this it was safe to say I was unbeatable.

"Jim I'm glad you love your new sword but you swinging that around is scaring the mortals. You probably look like some bat obsessed maniac to them."

"Hey!" I protested. "We have to be prepared. You don't know when we could be attacked." I tried sheathing the sword but it didn't let me.

"What the-" I used more force but it wouldn't budge. The sword refused to be put away.

"Something wrong Jim?" asked Sharon.

"Uh, no everything's fine. I'm just scanning the area." Sharon nodded and kept on forward. To my surprise the sword listened my will as I looked around. I tried putting it away again but it wouldn't budge.

Katie looked at me suspiciously and then away. Crap, did she realize I couldn't properly control my new sword?

"Let's get out of the city," Sharon said so we hurried and after some time reached the outside of the city. During that entire time my sword refused to be put away, it only listened to me when I was in alert.

"Sharon?" Katie whispered who in return nodded. Katie kneeled and tree roots sprung from the ground around us. Sharon ran towards the trees and I followed. Katie had somehow trapped werewolves and Sharon was making quick work of them.

"What the hell Jim, why didn't you help Sharon." I felt all the pressure stack tons on top of me, I tried to talk but I couldn't utter a word.

"It's fine. Jim's sword is of celestial bronze anyway." Sharon sheathed her sword and looked around.

"We shouldn't stay here, we don't know if there are any more nearby."

"I actually do," said Katie. "There's at least a dozen about 400 meters in the direction they came from."

"A dozen werewolves!" exclaimed Sharon. "Have they always been this common?"

"No, but even from the city I could feel them following us, right Jim?" she asked.

"Yeah, I didn't want to let my guard down but I didn't expect them to attack so soon though." I lied.

"Really? I only heard them until a few minutes ago. But that explains why you were acting so weird." I nodded.

"Guys, I can feel more of them and I think they have a strong one with them."

"What!" Sharon seemed distressed and ordered us to flee in the opposite direction. As a warrior I did not think running was the right thing to do but why the heck was there so many of them and why did those three attack us beforehand, where they testing us?

I didn't have any silver on me but I had a steel combat knife. It wouldn't be terribly deadly to them but It would not pass through them like the divine metals. Sharon and I could have probably taken out the dozen, the girl was good and without my armor weighing me down I would probably not get hit but Katie said more had gathered.

Where they after us or were we just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever the case, they knew that we were here now and chances are they would hunt for us. Enduring the foes that chase behind... in retrospect that line makes a lot of sense. Then again if you really think about it, it at least means that we are going to survive.

I heard a roar and a turned to see a werewolf jumping straight at me. I instantly attacked with my sword only for the hilt to make contact as my blade passed straight through it. The werewolf was knocked on the ground by the force of my blow so I took my chance. From my back pocket I pulled out the steel dagger and aimed for its throat. The monster tried to protect itself in a final act of desperation but I was too fast, faster than I ever been. My knife easily passed through its neck, it was undeniably dead.

I turned to help Sharon as she was the youngest but I reconsidered since she was a natural that equipped an overpowered sword. Katie on the other hand was struggling, she had to spend energy to constantly bind two werewolves that were going after her.

I pushed myself to my limits and took one of them down before it could see me coming. The other tried to confront me but Katie easily restrained it. I dug my blade deep inside its guts and slid it straight upwards until it reached its neck. It melted into a pool of golden dust with torn remains of what it used to wear as skin.

"You okay Katie?" She was fine. She picked up the spoils and handed them to me.

"Didn't realize how fast you were. Didn't seem you coming, I guess that's the power of your father's sword." I grabbed onto the pelts and eyed my sword. Was it really that sword's doing?

"I did feel faster."

"You took all three of them out in a couple of seconds Jim and you were glowing with yellow energy." Seconds? Was I really going that fast?

"We're going to need you to be on high alert from now on Jim. Based on the past two attempts in the last five minutes and the prophecy, I doubt that the attacks will stop coming." Alright, I'm the best swordsman now so it makes sense I deal with the werewolves if they try to ambush us. I wielded my sword firmly and took a deep breath eve if the sword could not damage them directly the magical powers it had made it worth it. This weapon was truly remarkable, it steals speed from my enemy whenever I am in danger so that means it can sense it even before I can. It's thirsty for battle, no wonder if did not let me sheath it.

"Okay, let's get going then." Sharon said.

Percy POV

"What? Did you expect to never see me again?" My sister managed a miniature dolphin laugh.

"Hey… Kamiopilla?"

"It's Kymopoleia," she corrected.

"Right… is there a particular reason that you've come to see me… sister?"

"I came here because I heard you were in a never-ending quest to seduce goddesses that are total bitches, seems the rumors were true."

"Ha, ha. Seriously what are you here for, shouldn't you be out making a hurricane or something?"

"Hmm, "She stood there patiently. She opened her mouth as if about to speak but then continued. "Hmm. "She did that three more times before she finally said anything. It was very annoying.

"I was assigned to Lord Jupiter's company in the upcoming war." She began. "However, I don't really want to participate in this war unless I necessarily have to. No point in participating in a war if there are no mortals to terrorize… specially with my current level of power."

"I see, but how does that concern me?"

"I need you to get me a tribute. Preferably something strong, powerful and it absolutely has to be utterly terrifying." I ran the possibilities through my head. So far, I have accepted everything that the gods had proposed to me and for the most part the rewards have been beneficial.

"Look Kymopoleia, I understand that we are family but for me to fight something strong, powerful and utterly terrifying the reward for this quest has to be something like super awesome." She laughed.

"I would expect no less brother but rest assured what I am offering you if very, very valuable. How much I give to you depends on how valuable your tribute is of course." Another shady deal with a god, just what I needed. Granted she is my sister and Dad would never forgive her should anything bad happen to me but she was offering me something very valuable even by god standards. Something she thought I would be interested and she wants this power to fight in the war so ignoring her request would be stupid, the gods need to be as strong as they can be if they hope to live through this war.

"I assume that you already have a target in mind, right?"

"You assume right brother, not many things live at the bottom of the sea and the few things that do are not very amiable. There is a very specific something that I have in mind, have you ever heard of the Kraken brother?"

"You want me to kill the Kraken? You mean it's real?!" I blurted out.

"Unfortunately, it is, one of the most feared monsters on this side of the Atlantic, it's said to be feared even more than the harshest of storms. I would kill it myself but as a god I can't enter another god's domain without their permission or kill any monster that doesn't attack me first."

"On what god's domain is it? Triton? My dad's?"

"Oceanus." The park stood silent, even the trees stopped moving. During the titan war Oceanus launched a full-scale attack on Atlantis and destroyed it when my dad left to help defend the throne room. He commanded hundreds of underwater monsters and evil merman against my dad's kingdom, after the defeat of Kronos he went into hiding, didn't even bother to show his face during the giant war even though the whole world was at stake.

"You know that what you're proposing is suicide for a simple demigod?"

"I know, but you aren't a simple demigod are you brother? I heard of your deeds, father invited me to his castle just yesterday once I promised to behave, he wouldn't shut up about your most recent accomplishments."

"So now you think I'm strong enough to fight this legendary monster in another god's kingdom?"

"I don't think, I know, do this for me and you won't regret it."

"Say that I was interested, where exactly is this Kraken?"

"Don't worry about that dear brother. I took care of everything." With the snap of her fingers I turned into mist and appeared in the middle of the sea. The best I could make out was that I was somewhere near the Maine so I wasn't that far from New York but the waters were rougher.

The fish around me started blabbering again. "Intruder! Enemy!" They all seemed to say. Stupid fish, they are annoying as allies and enemies.

The water listened to me just fine even if it was another god's. I began to swim downwards since I doubted a legendary beast would be dwelling at the top of the ocean. The fish that swam around and a few sharks panicked at my arrival and fled as soon as they came near, if they were this scared of me the Kraken must be far from here. I kept on swimming downward and it got to the point where I could no longer see, I could only sense the creatures nearby with my water powers and keep on swimming. I had never been this deep before, the freezing temperature here made thankful I trained with Ares. The darkness also kind of reminded me of when I visited the Mansion of Night in Tartarus but I was in water now, there was nothing to fear.

I felt something huge move nearby, was it a shark? It was very quick and I could feel it's hunger. It must be desperate if it would be willing to attack me, almost all the sea creatures know who I am and as I just learn they will either fear or worship me. This time it rushed directly to me and tried to take a bite of my left arm. It should have known better than to attack me, as it charged at my arm I swung my first directly at its side and punched it back with a significant amount of force. It was as good as dead now.

I tried to sense for the Kraken but it was not here, Kymopoleia sent me to the middle of nowhere far away from anything Greek. Everything about this place was normal except for the fish that didn't accept me as their lord.

Something unexpected attacked me from behind it was the frieken shark! It should have been killed by how much force I punched it with. I felt its presence rush at me again and kicked it aside as hard as I could. However the shark was not done yet, it continued to withstand my attacks one after the other, every next time I pushed myself to hit it as hard as I could but it always came back for more. It was relentless.

I pulled out my escrima and prepared for his next strike. I couldn't rely on my eyesight so I had to feel him through the water, if I had to compare it to something it would be like hitting a came at me again and I hit it as hard as I possibly could. I definitely broke a few bones with this hit. It no longer had the same energy that it attacked me with the first time but it didn't stop.

I did not have any other choice, it couldn't be killed with blunt force. I had to resort to something with a little more edge. I turned the escrima into a sword and went on the offense, I knew where it was and that would be the last place it will be. I rapidly swam at it and in one clean swoop cut it straight in half. It had let me tired and I realized that I was out of breath, I didn't know how long I had been fighting with it but it definitely took a toll on me. Its life force reached for my blade and a tiny bit of my power recovered, I did not get much stronger but I could feel my stamina increase by a substantial amount. It's like these were sharks or endurance.

"By the goddess Kymopoleia I slay you." I said. The body of the shark disappeared leaving only the diluted blood in the water.

The blood of the shark must have done something to the ocean because it grew unsteady. As if it was alive and the taste of blood had awoken it, the water pushed me back and more sharks appeared. I made another sword appear on my left hand and prepared myself for this, I was tired of playing nice with them and decided to go straight for the kills. They charged and one by one I took them out, all seven of them had been sliced in half. Their essence flowed through my sword and reached me, I welcomed their power and felt my stamina increase by at least threefold with their combined force.

"I offer your bodies as tribute to my sister Kymopoleia, goddess of violent sea storms." The bodies disappeared and no other monsters appeared, I could finally sigh in relief. Something then shook and made the entire sea jerk uncontrollably. This was it, it was the Kraken.

No other hero had ever beaten this beast, it was a monster of legend that was probably not even Greek. Messing with other pantheon was never a good idea but I had done it before and it my memory serves me right it was necessary to save the world. It was a real bummer that I could not see it but I could just feel from the water than it was at least the size of a school gym, not to mention the bus sized tentacles coming out it.

The presence that I could not feel before was gradually making itself known. It had lots of power and I could tell it was just a fraction of what I really had. Obviously it did not have as much as Gaea but it did have enough to make me realize there were beings stronger than gods, beings that could rival the power of the Olympians, maybe even the big three.

I gripped my swords tightly and made them grow a foot longer for more reach. I made sure the ethereal amor I had put on earlier today was as effective as ever prepared to give this monster my best shot.