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Chapter 16

Percy sat in the Orphanage living room alone, contemplating on whether he should tell the others or not. This was some serious info. It's been a week since Percy got that email and he hadn't had a good night sleep Hacker group found out about it and are exploiting it.

But not only them.

During their showdown with Kampe, someone else had used a spell from the Cut Content of Olympia to bring him back to life.

It sounds more ridiculous the more Percy thought about it. If Olympia could kill people, could Olympia also revive someone? It sounds crazy, but there was no other explanation.

Olympia made Percy's brain think that it was dead. It legit stopped functioning for two minutes. Then something jumpstarted Percy's brain into life.

Was Olympia really that great of a machine? This was beyond human nature. It's almost as if Olympia was made by gods.

The Orphanage was unusually quiet. It was mainly because Thalia and Jason had left. Thalia had joined up with the Rebellion while Jason was in a recruitment process with the Reyna's team, the Roman Legion. He hoped the best for the two, but he was a bit worried about Thalia. After seeing something so brutal at an early age, it wasn't good for her.

The rest of his friends were doing somewhat well. Piper and Nico were rebuilding the Rebellion. Artemis was busy with the Hunt. Annabeth was also busy with her team, Minerva.

Frank had contacted Percy to ask him to join his team, but Percy figured it was too soon. Leo sounds excited, considering he's still recovering from his injuries during the fight at the Colosseum.

The chase for Percy's head had stopped, since all of them saw Percy and his friends trying to stop the Hacker from killing everyone. That was one less thing to worry about, since getting chased around by people after his head wasn't fun. The Rookie Showcase was going to be held again in the nearest time, but there's no telling when. Poseidon has issued a statement that Olympia was going to be upgraded and security was going to be tripled.

Even with that kind of promise, people doubted his words. As far as they're concern, this was the first time someone had infiltrated Olympia's system and committed an attack like this. Little do they know that the Rebellion had been stopping these attacks for since Olympia had been invented.

But this one was the only one that had reached the public attention.

"Percy, you're going to be late for school." Hestia said behind him. He turned around and smiled.

"You sound like a mother now," Percy said.

"Well, that just enables me to boss you around," Hestia grinned. "Now take this for breakfast and go to school." She handed Percy a brown paper bag.

"Thanks." Percy said as he kissed Hestia on the cheek before running off.

At least some things never change.

Line Break

Percy was on his way to Crimson College when a black SUV stopped right in front of him on the pavement. Percy stopped immediately.

The dark tinted windows at the back seat rolled down to see Nico's face smirking at him. "'Sup?."

"Nico?" Percy said. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm giving you an excuse to not go to school." Nico said. "Now get in." Without hesitation, Percy got in the car. Driving the car was Piper and at the front passenger seat was Thalia.

"Hey Percy," Thalia smiled at him.

"How've you been?" Percy asked.

"Better," She grumbled. "Piper and Nico are bullying me."

"Hey, you asked for the brutal training," Piper shrugged as she drove on. "Anyway, it's good to see you Percy."

"Good seeing you too." Percy said. "So, what's this about?"

"Mr. Don was asking for you," Nico explained. "He said that there was something that we needed to see."

"We?" Percy asked. "As in, all of us?" He gestured at all of them.

"Yep," Nico said. "No idea what it is, but it sounded urgent."

Percy wasn't too fancy about meeting his dad again, but he want to meet him. He had questions that needed answers, and Poseidon has all that.

Line Break

By the time they reached the Rebellion HQ, it was surrounded by security personnels. They walked to the front door guarded by two buff dudes that looked like they could rip Percy in half. Luckily, they let them through.

Percy got the chills entering this place again. It brought back some unpleasant and pleasant memories. Percy noticed that Thalia kept glancing at a door that was now boarded up and sealed with a police tape. It was the cafeteria, where Silena and Beckendorf had been . . . removed.

Percy threw those thoughts out of his head as they made their way towards the meeting room, where Poseidon was waiting.

When Percy look at him, Percy felt . . . weird. He still hated him for leaving Percy all alone. But he was kinda grateful that Poseidon has been paying attention to him during the Rookie Showcase incident.

"Ah, please," He gestured at the seats. "Have a seat."

Percy sat the farthest from where his father was sitting. Poseidon just stared at him without saying anything.

"Thank you for coming," Poseidon started.

"No biggie," Nico said with a grin. "So, what's the case, Mr. Don."

Piper smacked Nico's elbow. "Don't be rude."

Poseidon chuckled at their behaviour. "It's okay." Then he turned serious. "The reason I've called you here is to warn you about something."

"What is it?" Piper asked.

"New World Bosses are appearing in Olympia," Poseidon said. "Bosses that no one have seen before. So far, no one is panicking. We disguised the new bosses as a massive update to the game for more content. But if people find out the Bosses are not an Olympia update,"

"They would figure out that Olympia is compromised again," Piper said. "So you want us to find whoever is programming these new bosses into the game?"

Poseidon nodded. "As usual, keep it low. And stay safe."

"We will," Nico said before he stood up. That was a rather brief meeting. Percy stood up as well with the rest of them and started to walk towards the exit.

"Percy," Poseidon called. "A moment, please."

All of them stopped and looked at Percy. "I'll meet you outside," Percy said to his friends. They nodded and left Percy alone with Poseidon. He turned around and faced him. "What?"

"Did you get my message?" Poseidon asked.

Percy nodded. "It was kind of dumb to not delete the files of the Cut Contents of Olympia away from the game."

"The game is my life's work. I can't simply delete everything I've worked on."

Percy snickered. "How's that working out for you?"

Poseidon looked at Percy calmly. "There are people who have the same information as you. There are those who will stop at nothing to get these information. Your life is in danger."

"I can take care of myself." Percy argued.

"You barely won your last fight." Poseidon pointed out. "And that's with some of the best players of Olympia with you."

"Because we were outnumbered." Percy said.

Poseidon snickered. "Wear your Glasses." He said.

"For what?"

"Humour me."

Percy sighed and took out his Glasses and wore them. Poseidon wore a pair as well. He sent a video to Percy's UI. A video of someone facing of Kampe alone. It was something that Percy would've dubbed as suicide. The party that he joined at the Rookie Showcase consists of some of the best players in Olympia. Even then they couldn't beat him. But the more Percy studied the video, he noticed something.

The guy is winning. He was fighting Kampe Solo and he is winning.

But from what Percy saw, he used weapons and spells that Percy had never seen before in Olympia. A brown golem rose from the earth behind the player. It was a figure that was made purely out of earth and rocks, and it stood like seven feet tall.

The golem was mimicking the player's movements. When the player threw a right hook, the golem mimicked it and threw a right hook at Kampe who struggled to block it.

It was evident that Kampe was going to lose this.

The golem then dissolved into a pile of rocks and dirt. Kampe's health was now less than a quarter of her total health. The player used another spell as Kampe charged at him. She screeched with her scimitars ready for the kill.

It all ended when a whirlpool of clouds formed above them. In a flash, Kampe disappeared out of sight. Something yellow had came down from the clouds and grabbed Kampe and pulled her away. It happened in less than a second. If Percy had blinked, he would've missed it.

Heck, he didn't blink and he still missed it.

"What the hell . . ."

"Scylla," Poseidon said. "One of his summons."

"Summons?"

"That's the class he's using." Poseidon explained. "A Summoner. One that could summon creatures to do their bidding."

"There's a class like that in Olympia?"

Poseidon nodded. "It was my brother's idea. He thought it would be a great class. But it was too powerful. It would disrupt the balance of Olympia."

"But that class was taking on Kampe alone."

"And if it was on Olympia officially, everyone would be a Summoner." Poseidon said. "Balance has to be kept in Olympia. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a game."

Percy was taken aback by how powerful that class was. And it enabled the player to take on Kampe alone. Something that was really hard to do.

"Why are you showing me this?" Percy asked.

Poseidon did something in his UI. Then, a notification popped up in Percy's Glasses.

ADMINISTRATION ACCESS LEVEL 3 GRANTED

"This gives you access to Olympia's game files." Poseidon said. "It uses a retina scan to unlock, so you don't have to worry about switching Glasses. And try to use the Cut Contents discreetly. If people find out about this, I'm going to have to do another press conference and it's a pain."

Percy stared at the notification for a while before it disappears. "Why did you give me this?"

"Because," Poseidon stood up. "Your enemies will have the same advantage as you. This is not to keep you safe. This is to make sure you're on the same level of playing field. They are hackers. They have this information and can use this information against you. You need to be prepared."

Percy stood there for a minute before turning away. "Thanks."

"And don't tell anyone about this." Poseidon warned. "Not even your friends."

"Why?"

"I suspect that there's a spy among us." Poseidon said. "Any of the professional players can be it. I'd suggest you be careful on what you let on around them."

"I trust them." Percy argued. "They're my friends."

"Which makes them the perfect suspects." Poseidon said. "Stay safe, Perseus."

Percy exited the building to find Piper, Thalia and Nico waiting for him outside next to their car. They were apparently were in the middle of a conversation until Percy went out.

"How did it go?" Nico asked.

Percy shrugged. "So, what are you guys doing after this?" Percy asked, trying to change the subject.

They noticed immediately. "Um, we were planning to go the Plaza after this. Thalia wanted to look for a better spear." Piper said.

"It does almost no damage." Thalia grumbled.

"You wanna tag along?" Piper asked.

Percy thought about it for a minute. "It's okay. You guys can go on ahead."

Thalia looked at Percy worryingly. "Are you alright?"

Percy smiled at her. "I'm fine, Thalia. I just need to clear my head."

Nico patted Percy's shoulder. "Hey, if he says he's fine, then he's fine." He gave them a goofy grin. "Now let's go. I don't want to be late or the Obsidian Egg Tarts will be sold out."

That broke the tension as both girls rolled their eyes. "Well, see you later, Percy."

"You know where to find me." Percy said with a smile. They waved goodbye at Percy as they drove off. Percy sighed as he walked back home.

He didn't want to think of his friends as someone who works for the bad guy. None of them seem like they would betray Percy. They'd grown close to Percy.

Percy walked down the street with people glancing at him. They recognized him as that guy who the Hacker was after and who had helped in stopping the Hacker. While most were just staring from far away, some just avoided him. Which was fine by Percy, by the way. He wasn't really keen on talking with other people.

He had a sudden urge to put on his Glasses. Nothing told him to do it, but he suddenly wanted to do it. And so, he did. A notification popped up.

T has invited you to a duel. Will you accept?

Yes No

Percy looked around to see who had sent him the invitation. Percy noticed someone leaning at an entrance of an alleyway. He looked about fourteen or fifteen with dark and curly long hair. He gave out an aura that made Percy tense, like the man would jump at Percy at any time.

He was staring right at Percy with his sea green eyes, the same colour as Percy's. He gestured Percy to follow him to the back of the alley. And he followed him.

Sure, you might say. Follow the suspicious kjid to the suspicious place.

The alley led to an off-limits abandoned construction site. There were ruins of unfinished pillars with metal rods sticking out on top of them. The side facing the street was covered in with a metal wall, and the surrounding buildings were draped with white cloths. All in all, it's safe to say that no one was going to be watching them.

"Who are you?" Percy asked.

The kid stretched. "You'll find out soon enough." He said. "So, you ready?"

Percy switched to his combat attire and accepted the duel. The kid, or T, grinned. He switched to a combat attire that was . . . odd. He wore a black tank top along with black sweatpants while being barefoot. His hands were wrapped in white cloth all the way up to the elbow and he was black fingerless leather gloves. He got into a fighting stance.

"You can't be serious." Percy said.

T grinned. "Don't worry. I won't hit you for real." He said. "But it's not going to tickle you."

Percy had never seen this fighting style before. He didn't know any classes that allowed players to attack using their bare hands. T took deep breaths as he concentrated at Percy.

3 . . .

2 . . .

1 . . .

T moved straight at Percy in a blink of an eye, his right arm already going at Percy's face. Percy leaned back and out of reach, but just barely. Percy kicked him away and swung his sword straight for T's chest.

T was quick and nimble as he effortlessly ducked under Percy's swing and closed in the distance on them before punching in the gut.

Percy didn't feel T's fist hit him, but the pain still did which made Percy knees buckle to the ground. Percy let out a wheeze before looking up, only to find T's leg hitting the side of his head.

His ears rang and the world turned into a blur. The side of his head was throbbing with pain as he groaned in pain. He hear T said something, but he was too dazed to hear it.

By the time he was back on his feet, T wasted no time in attack him.

Percy let his instincts kick in as he stepped back from a left hook coming from T. Percy countered with a thrust to T's torso, in which he pushed the blade away with his palm. Percy stuck the blade onto the ground and used the momentum he had to push himself back into balance and attacking with another blade on his other hand. T quickly stepped back, getting out of reach of Percy's sword before closing the distance again.

But Percy was ready this time.

He switched weapons into daggers and made a wild slash at T's chest. He managed to wound T, but he was unfazed as T was going for a quick blow to Percy's face. Percy leaned his head slightly to the side as T's fist narrowly misses him and grazed his shoulder. Percy headbutted T in response.

It didn't do well for both sides as Percy grunted in pain from the headbutt while T staggered backwards, holding his nose.

"You really don't play around, do you?" T asked as he checked if his nose was bleeding. Thankfully, it wasn't. "Fine then." T stepped back a few times before running full speed at Percy.

Percy switched to a massive shield and planted it in front of him as he braced for impact. T leapt and dropkicked Percy's shield, which sent him flying across the floor and into one of the pillars. Percy grunted in pain.

This is ridiculous. How is he that strong? Or is Percy just that weak?

T was coming at him again with a murderous look on his face. Percy rolled out of the way just in time as T dropped into a baseball slide with his feet going at where Percy's head had been. Percy replied by switching to an axe and making a downward cleave at him. If T hadn't been so fast, that would've cut him in half.

T swept his legs underneath Percy, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground. T then grabbed Percy's arm and pulled it right between his legs and yanked it hard, causing Percy to scream in pain.

He had Percy in a cross arm lock.

"Yield?" He asked. Percy tried struggling, but the more he did the painful it was for his arm. The pain almost made him tap out.

Almost.

Percy conjured a mace on his other hand and tried smacking T with it. T's eyes went wide as the grip on Percy's arm went loose and he rolled out of the way. Percy was in pain, but he wasn't going to give T any breathing room.

He ran towards T and tackled him to the ground. T tried elbowing Percy on his back – which hurts, by the way, – but Percy didn't let go. He then sat up and planted his knees on either side of T's arms with a bow in his hands, an arrow already notched and aimed straight for his head.

Without hesitation, Percy fired the arrow straight towards T's head. The attack diminished his health bar straight down to zero and a notification popped up on Percy's Glasses.

You Win!

Percy sighed in exhaustion as he get off of T. That was surprisingly intense and was more painful than any duel Percy had ever experienced.

"You really don't let up, do you?" T panted. "That was a nice move, by the way. Most people wouldn't react to that arm lock because they're in so much pain."

"What are you here for anyway?" Percy asked. He demanded answers. This kid had just challenged Percy to a duel without a clear reason. "Do I know you? Are you after me?"

T let out a tired laugh. "You can count this as a recruitment process." T said. "And you've passed with flying colours."

"Recruitment process?" Percy asked. "For what team?"

T sat up. "Before I answer that, let me properly introduce myself." He said as he offered his hand. "My name is Theseus. My class is a Brawler and I'm the co-captain of the Argonauts."

A/N: This surprisingly sets up nicely for the sequel.