Author's Note

I fixed a few things in chapter 1, changed Percy's name to just Ark. It would be better than a long name that kinda doesn't make sense.

I don't know whether to time skip a few years already or to just into more description about Percy with magic and stuff like that.

Decided to make this a harem story but I need to know how big a harem should be.

Like 6-15 ish?

I'm also going to make longer chapters.

Sorry if its confusing on what time and place it is. Currently the story is during the 1920's but because I'm not really writing how they talked back then. But I tried to write it differently there are slight changes like I don't use bro, cool, dude, or any words from the 1990's till now so there can actually be a difference when i write in that time.

I'll tell you when the year changes and write it down. Like 1930, Panama, etc.

Chapter 6

Percy awoke the next morning slightly confused. He was laying on the uncomfortable marble floor of the library. The boy scratched his head with quizzical look on his face. "Shouldn't I be inside that weird dark room?"

"No."

Percy didn't jump nor react to the voice. For some reason while he had said those words he had already felt Xander's presence in the room. Weird. How did I know he was there? Percy looked down at his hands and squeezed them a few times. My body feels good. Amazing actually. The boy said in his mind.

"Hey, did you hear what I said." The annoying voice of Xander shook him out of his thoughts.

"Sorry. What were you saying?" The white haired man sighed loudly. He looked at Percy and shook his shoulders.

"I was just telling you how great my powers were. The "dark room" as you say was made by magic. I used a magic circle to completly cover the library then I made it into my own "world". Like how I just suddenly made a pillar of rock appear out of nowhere. My "world" bends to my whim, there is nothing I can't do in there; that is the power of a World Class Mage." Xander said with Pride in his voice.

"I didn't ask you for that explanation but thanks anyways." Percy was cleaning his ear with his picky adorning a bored expression.

Xander glared at the boy but quickly let it go. In his mind he knew that Percy was what he would call "a cheeky little bastard". "Whatever just hurry up and get up. We have a lot of things to do." The boy immediatly jumped to his feet.

The boy noticed something was different. His body felt much stronger than before. Getting into a defensive stance he threw a few jabs and did a roundhouse kick. "Why does my body feel stronger all of a sudden."

"It's because of your magic. Your body believes it is physically stronger but that's not the case. It's just overflowing with potent magic. Such powerful magic that with a snap of a finger you could probably blow up an entire mountain. That is if you had an even a third of control of magic than what is needed to actually do that."

Percy looked at the man with an annoyed look on his face. Xander was very cocky. But Percy knew that he had every right to be. From what he saw World Class Mages could be considered Gods among men. That's what made Percy more annoyed than his evident huge pride.

The fact that he has so much power but looks like he hasn't left this place in years is what felt wrong about him.

The boy cracked his neck. He looked at Xander then said, "So are we going to eat breakfast or what? I need food for energy you know, I'm not some World Class Mage that could probably just live off of the pages of books."

Emilio wasn't lying when he said he was a handful. But this kid is seriously pissing me off. Percy smirked when he could see Xander vvisiblly getting angry at his statements. This kid is seriously going to get it now.

Xander tried to ignore the irksome look on the boys face. He walked to the door and passed through the opening. Percy quickly followed suit.

Percy looked around. This room was greatly different from the ones he had been in before.

White and silver everywhere. The floor and ceiling was pure white. Silver chandeliers hung from the high ceiling. A fancy looking silver table was in the middle of the room, with white and silver chairs around it.

Xander was already sitting on one of the chairs carefully indulging in his breakfast. It seemed that the man never ceased to amaze Percy.

Percy walked up to the table, he pulled out a chair and sat down. He began to tap his fingers on the table impatiently. Two seconds later a plate full of food camping flying down onto the table. Percy began to dig in for some odd reason he had a huge appetite.

"So what is the plan for today?" Percy asked the white haired man.

Xander stopped eating for a moment before saying, "You might begin your physical training or we will practice more on magic I haven't decided yet."

Both Percy and Xander sat in silence eating their food. After finishing their food Xander had got up and signaled for Percy to stand.

Percy sighed slowly before getting up from his seat. "Let's get going then." Xander gave the boy a playful grin that sent chills down Percy's spine before getting up. "Yes, let's." For the man knew what was coming the boys way.

Xander and Percy walked out of the room into the first giant room. Percy did not let the confusing manner of passing through doors and ending up in different places get to him. Certainly it had something to do with magic.

Xander took a turn to his left then walked forward. He stopped in front of a pitch black door located on the north wall of the huge room. The man turned around to look at Percy. His gaze was serous and determined, Percy's body immediately went stiff.

He didn't know why but the look he gave him gave Percy a weird foreboding feeling. The white haired man turned back around and slowly opened the door. Xander stepped in, Percy counted to five before he too also walked in.

On the other side Xander was waiting for him. Percy noticed that he went inside a room that had stairs going down. There was a torch on each side of the stone walls. Stone steps lead deep into the ground as if going to a dungeon.

Xander and Percy began to walk down the steps. Every step echoed loudly the sound resounded for a few seconds, so estimating how far the stairs went was an impossible feat. After half an hour they arrived in front of another pitch black room.

Pushing the door open Xander signaled Percy to walk in first. The boy did as instructed and quickly went thorough the door. The room was extremely different from all of the other rooms he's been in so far.

Swords, daggers, and spears were hanging from the walls. Bows were hung on racks with their arrows inside a wooden barrel. Guns ranging from pirate looking ones, to large rifles were on different tables spread out around the room. War hammers the size of full grown men were standing up vertically. The boy knew immediately he was inside a weapons room somewhere he had never imagined would look like this.

There were weapons that were totally unknown to Percy. With two blades on each side, or cuved bldes that were at least three feet long. The boy wondered why a man that had such strong magic would want weapons for. This guy sure is weird. Percy thought.

"Pick something." Xander looked at Percy then snapped his fingers. A chair erupted from the stone floor so Xander could have a seat. Percy raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.

He began to walk to random places in the room. First he walked up to a rack of bows, he took a long wooden bow then pulled the string. But the strength needed to pull it far exceeded his capabilities. The boy glared at the weapon then put it back.

Then he walked up to a rack of sword. Taking a French saber he tested the sword. He swung and jabbed at the air, but unfortunately the weight was off. The bottom of the blade weighed more than the top making it difficult to swing it. Percy sighed disappointedly before putting the sword back.

During several minutes Percy had tested many weapons. From spears to axes but none felt right in his hands. During the whole time Xander had watched the boy be unsatisfied with the weapons in the room. The man had a feeling that Percy would choose one of the special weapons he had discretly hidden among everything else.

Percy had almost given up before encountering the weapons he wanted. On a table full of knives and daggers something black and shiny had caught his eyes. He hastily walked towards the table eager to see what caught his eye.

Two twin pitch black blades made Percy's eyes go wide. Both hollow and slender, they also were also serrated like a sharks teeth. Unknown blood red symbols were running along the two inch thick blunt and sharp parts of the blades.

The boy picked up the knives, the blades were surprisingly well balanced. He twisted them a few times in his hands before doing an experimental swing. The knifes were amazing, every time he swung or jabbed the blades seem to flow smoothly through the air. "I want these."

Xander had been right. Percy had managed to pick the rarest set of knives he had. "Good eye." Xander got from his chair and walked up to Percy.

"These knives are made of Nervodium a metal not from this earth. It is also the strongest metal, though it is practically weightless. The symbols on the blade is infused with Living Magic, a type of magic that bonds with someone making the weapon only unique to one person. As you can see the blade has not melted your hand off so the magic has fused with your own making the knives yours." Xander said with a smirk on his face.

Percy smiled at the swords before asking Xander something. "Do you have any sheathes for these?" Xander snapped his fingers and immediately two identical looking black sheaths appeared on the table. Percy put the knives inside the sheath and held the blades firmly in his hands.

"Since you have already picked your weapons, we can move on to the next room." Xander then walked to his left kept on walking till he reached another black door.

How many rooms does this guy have? Xander was already through the door when Percy finished his thought. The boy quickly walked in not feeling uneasy because there was a certain feeling that was coming from the other side of the door.

A colosseum the length of two baseball fields came into view. It was made out limestone, cement, tuff, among other things. Rows upon rows the colosseum had so just like back in the time of the Romans people could spectate.

Percy was literally speechless, all of the rooms so far had been somewhat normal. But now he is looking at a colosseum that might be bigger than the one in Rome.

"This is my colosseum, it is used for training. Also for a spectacle of either life or death." Percy looked at the man. His face was dead serious, something that didn't make Percy feel pleasant about being here.

"Do you want to see the inside?" Percy nodded his head and began to follow Xander. They walked down some steps making their way under the colosseum. Once under they walked through a narrow corridor that got wider as they got closer to the center of the colosseum.

They arrived in front of some wooden gates. Xander pulled a lever on the right side making the gate open upward. Xander gestured Percy to walk in first, and so he did.

The sight was amazing, Percy could see everything from where he was. The walls that surrounded him were at least twenty feet high, making it difficult to climb them. More wooden gates were on the north, east, and west.

Light blood stains and cracks on the walls showed that there had been previous battles that had taken place here. On the ground there were small craters probably from war hammers hiting those particular spots.

Percy imagined himself fighting against skilled gladiators. Stabbing through the skulls of the lions they had captive. Percy knelt down and grabbed a hand full of dirt, then he spread his fingers slightly apart letting the dirt go through them. The boy had not noticed because of his amazement, that he no longer had his knives.

Something felt off to Percy. He looked back and noticed that Xander had not set one foot inside the ring of the colosseum. Then realization hit him, he didn't have his knives in his hands. He started to walk towards Xander to ask where they were when the gate started to close.

Percy was just a foot away from the gat as it slammed shut. Grabbing parts of the gate and shaking it he glared at Xander. "What the hell Xander! Let me out!"

"Sorry I can't. I had already told you that this place was made for to things training and to make people die. In your case you will train, by killing that what you fear most...monsters."

Percy grit his teeth and glared even harder at the man. He hadn't told anyone but during the whole time he's been with Emilio and Xander he had been plagued by nightmares. Those green monsters would come out and devour his friends and mother. Every time they would cry, scream, and beg him to save them.

Deep inside Percy's subconscious he was deathly afraid of monsters. Even if he had killed some before just thinking about them made him want to crawl into ball.

"Percy you need to get over your fear. Monsters just like you and me can die, yes they are immortal but nonetheless they can die. You can do it I believe in you." Xander with a comforting smile snapped his fingers.

The sounds of chains began to sound loudly on the north end of the colosseum. Percy watched as one of the wooden gates began to open slowly. Once fully open loud footsteps signaled the arrival of his opponent.

A seven foot tall bull-man came out. Two menacing horns protruded out of his head. His whole upper body was very hairy but looked human. His arms and legs were also human, but instead of feet he had hoofs. In his right hand he carried an ax that looked like an omega letter from the Greek alphabet.

As soon as the bull-man saw Percy it gave out a loud roar. The roar made Percy start to shake uncontrollably. "The monster you will fight first is the Minotaur. A Greek monster born from a human and a bull. It is slow but very strong, it is not very smart but can be very deadly if taken lightly. You have to have faith in yourself Percy, convince yourself that you can kill this monster. You will have to fight bare handed but after you kill it, you will be able to take it's weapon and use at as your own for the next round."

Another roar interrupted Xander before he could say any more. The Minotaur began to sprint towards Percy. The boy balled his hands and stared at the monster. Come on Percy you can do it, just like what you did with those other monsters.

Percy let out a war cry of his own before running at the Minotaur. Xander was shocked, he didn't think that Percy would run straight at the monster. Then he realized that the boy is heading straight to his fear so he can conquer it.

The Minotaur and Percy ran until they were only a few feet away. The monster raised its ax ready to take off the boys head. While still running Percy dropped to the floor sliding through the Minotaurs legs. Seconds before that the Monster had swung the ax down on Percy.

The Minotaur snorted angrily as he missed his target. The monster turned around only to get a fist straight to the face. The punch did not do any real damage it only stunned him for a few moments. Percy gripped his hand while cursing loudly, his knuckles had almost been broken from the monsters hard face.

An ax suddenly sliced through the air towards Percy. The boy only had enough barely time to jump backwards, but the blade had managed to graze him opening up a cut in his abdomen. Percy cursed once again and glared at the monster.

The monster snorted triumphantly. Percy smirked before getting into a defensive stance. Damn! I can't beat him with strength. So I'll just have to find a way to knock him on his back and kill him. Percy jumped to the right dodging another swing. Then he rolled to the left quickly evading another one.

The Minotaur came up with another swing. This time percy had a plan, the boy ducked then he pushed off the ground propelling himself towards the beast. Right in front of the monster he jumped as hard as he could bringing his fist up to the Minotaurs chin.

The punch wasn't even registered by the monster. Bringing its left arm up he swatted Percy away sending him rolling a few feet. Percy wiped the blood rolling down his mouth and spit out some that was still in his mouth. Come on! Think! Think!

Ttwo times now the boy had managed not to inflict any damage to his eneny. With just a throw of the hand the Minotaur managed to hurt the boy showing the gap in strength.

Percy looked to the right then to the left. He scanned the colloseum for any weapons laying around but to his disappointment there was none. There was no way that he could win this fight or so he thought.

At that point was when an incredible plan erupted in Percy's brain. The boy turned around and began to run towards the wall. The Minotaur bellowed loudly before he began to chase him. As Percy got closer to the wall he started to slow down shortening the distance between him and the monster.

With just a foot away from the wall the monster decided to take a swing. Percy felt the air being cut, so he realized his plan. As the blade approached Percy ran up the wall, then he pushed off and did a somersault in mid air.

Since the Minotaur had swung the ax and was also running he couldn't stop himself with colliding with the wall. Since the monster had shifted his weight forward the first thing that hit the wall was his horns. Percy fell down to the ground landing a couple of feet behind the Minotaur.

The Minotaur tried to pull himself off the wall but was stuck. Putting his right leg on the wall he pushed trying to remove his horns from the concrete, after a few pushes he managed to get himself free. But the monster did not notice that he had lost his horn in the process.

The monster was extremely angry flaring his nose and pumping smoke out of his nostrils. The Minotaur dropped his ax, bending down he got into a traditional charging stance. He took off like rocket with his deadly horn aiming at Percy's chest.

The boy took deep long breaths, he watched as the monster got closer. As if time slowed down Percy effortlessly moved slightly to the left. The Minotaur barrelled passed him baffled at the fact that he had not pierced the boy with his horn.

Percy quickly ran up to the wall, he pulled the horn free and stuffed it into his pocket. Grabbing the ax from where the Minotaur had dropped it he waited for the monster. The Minotaur once again got into a charging stance.

He launched himself forward with twice the strength. Percy waited until he was within striking distance, in a second Percy used all of his strength to swing the ax. The Minotaur had not counted on the boy actually being able to swing the 100 pound ax. As the blade met flesh the Minotaur roared in pain. He tripped and skidded, hitting the wall he came to a stop.

The monster sat up. He looked at his left side and saw the ax embedded deep into his body. The Minotaur knew he would not be able to take it out, even if he was a dumb monster he knew that he had lost this fight.

Percy took the deadly horn out of his pocket. Shifting it into an icepick style he walked up to the monster. Though the Minotaur was gravely injured he would not go down without a fight. The monster slowly got up and prepared to renew his battle with the boy.

A fist came flying at Percy's face. The boy could see it coming from a mile away so he simply moved to the left dodging it completly. The Minotaur lurched forward from his own weight, and his inability to stand up right.

The monster turned around and sent another punch at Percy. This time Percy ducked under the blow, spinning the horn in his hand he pointed the tip upwards. In a flash the boy pierced the horn through the bottom of his chin into the Minotaur's head.

Blood flowed out of the wound staining the dirt under their feet. Percy took out the horn from the Minotaur and stepped a few steps back. He watched as the monster fell to it's knees then face first into the ground. A second later the body began to dissolve into gold dust.

Percy let himself fall on his butt. He started to breath heavily, he felt a sudden weight lift off his shoulders. I have killed a monster and proved my strength, now I just need to kill those who destroyed my town.

"Alright five minute break, then on to the next monster." Xander said. Percy instantly got up and glared at the man.

"Why another?! Didn't you say only one?!" Xander shook his head.

"No. I never said just one. Stop complaining and rest up, you will need it." The look Xander gave Percy left no room for questions. So Percy did the most logical thing, he sat back down and rested.

Five minutes later another gate started to open. The ominous sounding chains rattled continuously until clanking sound stopped. The gate had fully open letting out the monster inside.

Percy got up, then into a defensive stance holding the horn firmly in his hand. Out of the west gate a dog looking thing came out. Its was the size of a large wolf, long sharp teeth filled its mouth. Black fur with spikes on it, and piercing orange eyes. The strangest thing about it was its hands. They looked similar to that of a monkey's. On the tip of its tail it also had a weird looking hand which further baffled Percy.

"That monster is Ahuizotl, an Aztec monster that likes human flesh. It's fast and cunning. Its hands are capable of manipulating itself. Anything from the form of a sword to a thorn. You have to watch yourself with this one Percy." Xander said from behind the boy.

Percy slowly walked towards the center of the ring. Standing a yard away from him the Ahuizotl starred at him instensely. The monster began to circle him still just staring.

Suddenly it bared its fangs and launched itself at Percy. Percy moved to the side dodging the monster, but what he didn't count on was the tail hand grabbing him. It grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him towards the ground.

The boy fell on his back. He quickly rolled out of the way of a sword coming down on his face. The hand tail on the monster had turned into a sword swinging at Percy trying to cut him. Percy parried the swipes coming at him.

The monster jumped at the boy again this time catching him off guard. It knocked him to the floor pinning Percy down. He moved his head to the left and right dodging the monsters jaws. The hand tail turned into a scorpion's stinger, then it came down at Percy.

The boy shifted to the side. He managed to not get his face pierced but unfortunately the stinger managed to go through his shoulder. Percy howled in pain. He bent his legs back then pushed upward on the monster's chest. The Ahuizotl flew off of Percy taking the stinger out of Percy's shoulder. The boy grit his teeth at the feeling of the stinger being pulled out.

Percy slowly got up not taking off his eyes from the Ahuizotl. His arm hung limp on his side because trying to move it was extremely painful. Warm liquid rolled down his arm dripping off his fingertips. The shoulder that the monster pieced was connected to his dominant arm which would make his fight even harder.

Percy took the horn in his left hand and got into a defensive stance. Orange lethal eyes scanned him closely. The monster let out a bark before lunging at him. Its jaws tried to clamp down on Percy's leg, but he managed to jump back avoiding the razor sharp teeth.

A large sword looking thing came swinging at Percy's head. He moved an inch back dodging the blade, before the tail could return to its place Percy grabbed it between his arm and side. Coiling his arm around the tail he began to pull it. As he began to pull it he started to spin.

The monster was picked off the ground from the spins. It shrieked and tried to claw at Percy but to no avail. After a few spins the boy let the Ahuizotl go, he sent it so far it collided with a wall.

The monster made a crater on the wall but had not managed to die from the force of the impact. It jumped out of the crater, bleeding from its mouth it let out a loud shriek. The noise was so loud Percy needed to cover his ears.

Slightly disoriented Percy could not stand firmly on the ground. The monster used this to its advantage in seconds it had ran right in front of Percy. The Ahuizotl swiped its paw clawing at the boys chest. Four claws pierced and cut Percy's chest adding to the wounds he already had.

Percy reacted fast, he swung the horn at the monsters head. The tip managed to go through the Ahuizotl's eyes. It howled in pain before scratching the boys arm. Percy let go of the horn and the monster jumped away from him.

During the process of the monster jumping away the horn had unlodged itself from the eye falling to the ground. Percy saw the horn had landed just two feet away from the monster and two feet away from him. The Ahuizotl bared its teeth before growling.

Both the monster and Percy stood still. Whoever made the first move would be the loser of the fight.

The Ahuizotl propelled itself forward, right after that Percy ran towards the horn. As he grabbed the knife Percy lifted his left arm high enough to stop the monster from testing out his throat. Jaws locked onto his arm burying themselves deep into his skin.

Percy groaned in pain, then he began to stab the Ahuizotl. The sharp tip of the horn continuously pierced through the head of the monster. Percy yelled loudly as he did not stop his onslaught until he was satisfied with the kill.

Its jaw loosened its grip as it fell to the ground dead. Two seconds later the monsters body crumpled into a grey clay looking substance.

Battered and cut up Percy let himself fall onto his back. His breathing became erratic as he tried to take in all of the oxygen he had lost during the fight.

"Five minutes and the next monster comes out." Percy ignored Xander's statement and started to take a rest.

Five minutes later the gate on the east started to open. Percy got up to his feet and watched as the gate opened.

After it had fully opened out walked a monster like nothing he's ever seen before. It had the face of a monkey with long canines in its mouth. The body looked like a racoon's, its legs were orange and striped like a tiger's. Its whole tail was a long snake hissing loudly.

The monster was massive, it looked to be the size of a tractor. As it got closer to Percy it tilted its head as if questioning why the boy was there.

"That is the Nue a Japanese monster. It has the body of a racoon, arms and legs of a tiger, head of a monkey, and a poisonous snake for a tail. It is slightly smart, fast, and strong. You have to give it all you got for this one Percy."

Standing two yards away it started to make a weird noise. Sounds of dying birds is what Percy thought it sounded like. After a while it stopped, then stared at Percy.

All it took was Percy to shift to side uncomfortably to set the monster off. Its yellow green eyes went wide and then it let out a loud noise once again. Large back legs pushed themselves of the Earth towards Percy.

The boy quickly turned around and started to run away from the monster. It wasn't the most bravest thing to do but Percy had a feeling that if he fought this monster he would surely die. So the boy did what any other logical living thing would do, he ran as fast and as hard as he could away from it. Percy ran and ran until he made it to where Xander was.

"Xander get me out of here. You see that monster? It's going to eat me." Percy said frantically.

Xander only stood there and stared at him. When Percy heard other dying bird sound he immediately threw himself to the left. Two tons of pure monster crashed into the gate. To Percy's amazement the gate not been broken it had actually stopped the monster.

The Nue shook its head then looked at Percy. The boy could only run for the moment since he had no real way to effectively hurt the monster.

Five inch long claws came at Percy's face. The claws missed by half an inch giving Percy enough time to start running again. For some reason the monster had bad aim, it had missed him when he crashed into the gate and when he swiped his claws.

The Nue in seconds had caught up to Percy. Fangs pierced through Percy's right leg causing him to stumble and fall. The snake tail was still firmly attached to his leg as Percy tried to cut it off. The horn was already to dull to cut it off so he stabbed it multiple times. The tail let go but at the same time the Nue's jaws came down on Percy.

The boy pushed himself under the Nue then rolled out between his legs. A different noise this one filled with anger shook the colosseum.

The Nue tuned around quickly and threw its paw at Percy. Breaking several bones the attack made contact. Percy was sent flying across the ring like a ragdoll.

Coughing up blood Percy couldn't get up from the ground. His ribs were broken and he was already exhausted. Thundering footsteps that belong to the Nue got closer with every passing second. Spit dropped on his face coming from the Nue's mouth, the monster was right on top of him.

Its yellow green eyes just looked at Percy. The monster did not try to attack him, it only just stood there and stared. Percy believed this was his chance. So he tried to get up to cut the monster with the horn.

Right when he began to moved the monster hit him again with its paw. Percy was sent rolling on the ground until he stopped a few yards away. This monster is just toying with me. Percy glared at the monster as he got up slowly.

The Nue let out a cry before running at Percy. The boy stood his ground, he was going to end this even if it cost him his own life.

The Nue was right in front of him as Percy let out a war cry as he thrust the horn forward. Before it could make contact the monster was pulled back. Ten silver chains latched themselves onto the monsters body pulling back to the gate. The Nue clawed the ground and cried loudly as it was put back into its place.

As the gate slammed shut Percy fell face forward into the dirt.

Two hours later Percy woke up in his bed. He knew that Xander had put him here since he had fallen unconscious in the colosseum.

He was disappointed since he wasn't able to kill the Nue. Percy got out of bed then left the room. He went through the magical door and ended up inside the weapons room.

It didn't really surprise him anymore this place was practically a labyrinth. What confused him was that there was no stairs leading down he just ended up inside the room.

In the corner of the room Xander is looking through some weapons. "Xander what happened? Why did you put me in my room?"

Xander stopped then turned around. Having a serious look on his face he said, "If I had left you in the colosseum you would be dead. I used some Magic to heal most of your wounds. The ribs that broke from the Nue's attack still need some time to heal. And the poison is still having effects on your body even if it was completly removed."

"You almost let me die!" Percy said angrily. Xander shook his head and frowned. "I was not going to let you die. I had told you it was training, and to conquer your fear. None of the others you fought were closer to killing you then the Nue. This was a learning experience for you OK?"

Percy could just nod his head. Even if he was angry at Xander he was still alive plus he had been healed.

Percy sighed loudly then sat down on one of the chairs in the middle of the room. "Oh I had forgotten. Here." Xander threw Percy's sheathed knifes at him.

Percy attached the sheaths to his shorts and took out the blades. He twirled then and twisted them. Stabbing the air then slashing at it he practiced some of the knife techniques Emilio had taught him. Percy believed that if he had the knives he would have been able to kill the Nue.

"When am I going to be able to fight that monster again?" Percy asked.

"When you get stronger. Right now you're not even able to beat a rank C monster."

"What does that mean rank C?"

Xander sighed exasperatly then went to sit on a chair. "If you had read the monster book then maybe you would know. Monsters are ranked from E to S with E being the weakest and S being the strongest. E type monsters are common like goblins, hellhounds, or ogres. Type S monsters are much rarer such as: Ladon, Jormungand, Zahhak, and a few others. The Nue that you had fought was a rank B monster it would be an A if not for its lack of intelligence."

"So what is my current rank kill or something?" Percy said not being able to find the right words to say.

"Right now you can kill up to rank D monsters but any higher than that I put your life in danger."

"Then I guess more training, put me back into the colosseum. I want to fight as many monsters as possible until I collapse."

A grin formed on Xander's face. That was exactly the thing he wanted to hear, the boy has managed to pass the final test. The final test was for him to overcome his fear of danger. For him to leap head first into a situation that calls for no hesitation. Along the way he had gotten rid of his feet of monsters which is also a good thing.

"OK, let's get to it." Xander got off his chair and walked up to the door leading to the colosseum. He walked through it with Percy right behind him.

Rank S monsters here I come.