Ocean vs Campers and Huntresses: Gods Descend, Arrow Fight, and Second Attack
Dionysus and Artemis looked at the throne room, every single Olympian being called, including their usually never invited uncle, Hades. The other gods look at them, wondering why they have been called by the two.
"Artemis, what is this about?" Athena asked, thankfully allowing Artemis to remember why they are doing this.
"The reason I called you is because of a certain reveal, one that has gone under our noses for some time, isn't that right uncle?" she looked at Poseidon as she said it.
"So, he already tells everyone who he is? And he also teaches every demigod, including your huntresses, about 'that'," the god of seas said, confusing anyone who didn't know anything, with the exception of the two gods, Hades and Hestia who already guessed who 'he' is.
"Yes, your son is a very interesting demigod," Before she could go on any further, Zeus exploded (figuratively).
"You have a son, Poseidon! Do you reme-" "Yes, I remembered the agreement we have, one you broke first by having that girl. She could be considered lucky I didn't target her like Hades did, because if I did, she wouldn't be alive anymore," Poseidon said, his voice implying the threat that he could and would carry.
Before Zeus could shout, Hera stepped in, "As everyone here didn't want to endure the arguing you will definitely have after this, I want to ask why is the demigod important enough to call a meeting?" her question caused the others to look at Artemis and Dionysus, with the latter just shrugging causing the former to sigh before she told them everything.
It took 10 minutes for the goddess of the hunt to finish her report/tale but it's enough to cause every god who never meets Percy Jackson to look shocked. The only ones who didn't look shocked are Poseidon, Artemis, Dionysus, Hestia and Hades, with the first three already know how powerful the demigod can be while the last two knew he is powerful, but didn't know his true strength.
Before long, Zeus finally got over his shock, "That child is too powerful, we sho-" "Watch what you are saying little brother, the only reason you are the king of Olympus is that Hades and I didn't wish to rule it. We are already happy with our kingdoms. But if you push us too far, I would like to remind you who the strongest god is,"
The threat that Poseidon let is so obvious only an idiot will not recognize it, and Zeus is not an idiot. And he knew Poseidon is right. Out of the 6 children of Kronos, the strongest is Poseidon, followed by Hestia, then Zeus and Hades shared the third spot, while Demeter and Hera hold the title of the weakest child of Kronos.
But the weakest child of Kronos doesn't mean they are weak gods. On contrary, the weakest, Hera, could destroy any other gods when it come to magic. While her weapon skills had gotten rusty, she still could hold her own against any war gods.
"Would you stop arguing for a second and let Artemis finish what she's going to say," they were interrupted by Hestia, who looked annoyed. The two quickly back down, neither wishing to agitate their older sister.
"As I was saying," Artemis continued like she wasn't interrupted before, "The reason I was telling you this is because Perseus is holding an all-out fight against the entire camp and my huntresses, with several restrictions placed on himself to make it a more fair fight,"
Poseidon seemed to be thinking something before giving a piece of his mind, "That may be true, but he probably wanted to test them against a far stronger opponent while leaving them a possibility of defeating him. Not like it will be easy either," he mumbled the last part.
"I only interact with him for less than a month but that clearly sounded like something he would do," Artemis replied before continuing her report, "I would like to ask if any of you wanted to see the fight between them," she asked, causing the other gods to looked at her in surprise before seemingly thinking about it.
"I like to see those brats fighting, maybe it will be interesting enough," Ares, as expected, is the first one to reply.
"I would like to watch them as well, maybe even see this 'Celestial energy' in action," Athena spoke, her desire for knowledge making her want to see the fight, not to mention how her children are faring.
"Seeing my children once in a while will be good for both of us," Apollo said, clearly wanting to see more.
One by one, the rest of the gods agreeing to see the fight, leaving only Hades and Zeus, the former thinking a bit more before nodding, showing that he wishes to watch the fight. All eyes fell on Zeus, who seemed to be warring with himself before sighing.
"Fine, I will see the fight between them," he conceded, before joining the rest of the Olympians in the camp.
When they flashed to the camp, they see Chiron in front of several screens. Thankfully, they already knew of it from Artemis's story. Still, it still surprising to see it for real, not to mention it currently shows the whereabouts and things the demigods currently doing.
"My lords and ladies. What are you doing here?" the centaur greeted the gods, who rarely come to visit.
"We want to see the fight between my son and the rest of the camp and huntresses," Poseidon said bluntly, as expected from the father of the bluntest demigod he ever met.
"Well, you miss the first fight," Chiron stated before he showed the screen showing the leaders of the campers and huntresses treating their injuries.
"What happened? I went for like an hour," Artemis uttered in disbelief, what do they do, fight Percy head-on?
"They decided they need to hold the most powerful demigod to ever been born by confronting him head on and get their butt handed to them," the blank way Chiron said this is both funny and disturbing, while Artemis turning white is definitely classed as funny.
"Now, they trying to not engage him yet, at least until he went to an ambush zone," the centaur continues to tell his report.
The gods just nodded, wanting to see everything but the screen to sma- never mind, the screen showing Percy just expended, allowing the gods to see it without shoving each other.
"It's impressive that a demigod could create something like this," Athena stated, still in disbelief that a son of Poseidon was capable of such a thing, even if she knew deep down that her rival's children are not stupid as she make them out to be.
"When do we get to the good stuff?" Ares grumpily said, to hear that he had missed a fight, and between his currently eldest son in the camp and the son of Poseidon, it left him annoyed.
"Well, you about to get your first fight," Demeter stated, seeing that the archers from Apollo Cabin and Artemis's huntresses are surrounding the lone demigod.
Percy could sense them, while he said that he limit his senses, doing the such thing would be nearly impossible, so he did the next best thing. Only reacting until they reached the range he said.
Unfortunately for him, they took his words literally, never getting too close and always observing him from a distance. When he went in one specific direction, he sensed the children of Apollo and Artemis's huntresses heading his way. Probably trying to shoot him continuously.
So far he had proven to be correct when he avoided an arrow made out of the moonlight, definitely released by a huntress. Considering they fighting under a full moon, the huntresses would be stronger, while at the same time, the Apollo cabin would be weakened as there is no sunlight.
But he shouldn't let his guard down, the huntresses are very capable archers and they will try to turn him into a porcupine, how nearly impossible that is. Deciding to fight them in the same term, he took out Wind Strike, the crossbow already loaded with ice bolts before firing it continuously while avoiding the group's arrows.
Soon, he realised, he was being pushed back, something he somewhat expected considering that they outnumbered him greatly while he still holding back. He stopped shooting a few minutes ago, focusing more on dodging while cutting himself, letting blood out for his familiars, a group of them in fact.
As they slowly closed in, with he could sense them using some more powerful techniques, he unleashed his technique, dropping a few drops of blood into a water orb he created, uttering, "Sea Wasp Swarm,"
"What on earth?" the gods said, seeing the swarm of bees, or is it wasps? coming from the orb he created, the orb had turned shape in a form of a nest, where countless more bees coming out of it.
They somewhat disappointed, seeing the son of Poseidon being pushed back, surprised by how Poseidon and Artemis clearly talk about how powerful he is when the performance he put is rather lacklustre.
That changed when the boy created the swarm of bees surrounding him, taking the shot at him like a bunch of faithful shields, while started to release a barrage of bolts, taking the campers by surprise.
They barely could react when he fired at the rate of a submachine-gun, rarely stopping while avoiding arrows coming from the huntresses or letting the bees take the arrow for him, they turning into a shield of ice whenever an arrow get close to them, blocking the shot easily, even when it was an arrow of light coming at them.
"When could your huntresses shoot light arrows Arty?" Apollo asked, clearly shocked by the feats of the huntresses.
Ignoring the stupid nickname that her younger brother called her, she answered, "Later than when your children could fire light arrow," her answers surprised her brother who started to question her.
"You mean my children could fire the same arrow as your huntresses can, and they can do it earlier than your huntresses do?" his questions is a bit annoying but nothing the goddess of the hunt couldn't handle.
"Yes and yes. What would you expect? They learn about how to use their powers better earlier than my huntresses. The only reason they didn't use it is because they want to conserve their energy because they can't create new arrows without sunlight," she explained, causing the others who near her to look at her in surprise, something that keeps happening today.
Zoe gritted her teeth. She and Jessica had joined their respective siblings and sisters to ambush their teacher. Apparently he is deadlier that expected, considering the fact that he able to pin them down with a crossbow, while they outnumbered him!
She watched as her fellow huntresses trying to take the son of Poseidon down, only for their shots to be blocked by the wasps. Not to mention that Percy can shoot at them at his leisure, releasing barrage of bolts that never stop, something that is only possible because the bolts are made out of ice.
Realising the unfavourable state they are in, she tried to order a retreat. But Percy wouldn't let them. The son of Poseidon keep pining them down, releasing bolts with terrifying accuracy, forcing them to stay behind cover or risk getting shot.
"How on earth is a single person pin us down?!" beside her, Naomi yelled, clearly frustrated as her in their current situation.
"Probably because he doesn't need to reload and he can just use the wasp to stop our attacks," Zoe replied, taking a quick shot before hiding behind cover as an ice bolt passed in front of her face.
Gritting her teeth, Naomi continued shooting arrows to the son of Poseidon, who merely jumped backward before shooting 5 bolts in retaliation. Zoe cursed in Ancient Greece, at this rate, one of them will make a mistake and get 'killed'.
Her premonition came true, a son of Apollo tried to take a shot when Percy's back is shown, but it was a trap, as the son of Poseidon avoided it and fire at the guy, the bolts to face and many for him to avoid, getting hit on the chest before he disappeared, probably being send out by either Percy or Lady Artemis.
Still, he's the first out of the many that soon fall to the son of Poseidon shooting skills, many getting tired and make mistakes that the son of Poseidon took, 'killing' them. By now, they had lost 5 huntresses and 4 children of Apollo, not to much of a loss in all thing considered, but still enough to hurt them if they let the fight continue as they could likely lose the entire Apollo Cabin and Huntresses of Artemis.
She shot another Moonlight Arrow, only for the wasp to block it. She grunted, even if they don't waste any arrow by using Moonlight Arrow, it still take some energy creating one, more if they make it stronger. She has a plan that can allow them to retreat, but it will need her and Jessica sometimes before they can use it, a technique strong enough to be considered a threat by their teacher.
Her thinking face must be on when Naomi signalled her, she looking at the huntress. "Zoe, do you have a plan?" Naomi asked, she nodded to answer her. "Do we need to buy time for you to use that plan?" she asked again, causing the daughter of Atlas to nod.
"Alright, I hope I can buy enough time," was the last she said before she leapt into the fray, daggers unsheathe. Zoe could barely react as her sister goes on a suicide mission. Realising she couldn't waste any time, she signalled Jessica, hopping that Naomi can buy them enough time for her plan to work.
Percy looked at the groups in front of him, decimating them with his rapid and accurate shot, their shots being avoided and him taking down one by one. He's about to continue his 'killing' spree when he sensed someone coming at him quickly.
Dodging the knife's stab, he looked at Naomi, who started to engage him in a melee fight. While he is far stronger in melee, he is restricted while carrying Wind Strike, his swords cannot be unsheathe or he'll get injured.
Still, even if he just carrying Wind Strike, the crossbow can be used out of its usually ranged capabilities. While avoiding her attack, he created an ice bayonet at the front of the crossbow, the weapon can now be used as a close ranged weapon.
He avoided an upper slash before stabbing Naomi, the girl avoiding his attack with ease. Of course, he didn't stop there. He froze the sides of his crossbow, turning it into a pick, before he used the left side impale the huntresses, the huntresses barely avoiding the attack.
He increased his pace, forcing the girl on the defensive, not helped by the fact that his wasps turning into ice spear and attacking her whenever she was vulnerable. Realising the predicament she was in, she started to move closer, in the hopes that the ice wasp will not attack if it closer to its creator.
He decided to let her believe it, letting Naomi came closer as he used his crossbow, the blades on the sides turning into an axe blade, slashing and stabbing into the girl, who avoided it easily. However, he could sense the increasing CE in the distance, likely something the others planning with Naomi being the bait or the one to hold him in place.
He decided to attack faster, first doing a stab, followed by a slash as the girl avoided it. He then jumped upward, using the momentum from the previous slash to move the crossbow in full circle before bringing the weapon down to the ground, creating a crater from the impact.
Naomi, being pushed by the force of impact plus the debris hurtling towards her created Shield to block it. She however, couldn't react in time as Percy moved behind before stabbed at her back, the girl disappearing before he make any contact.
However, he didn't stop. While he finished Naomi, he could sensed the CE growing to a terrifying degree, enough to harm him. He turned back to see a fusion of gold and silver coloured spinning, looking like a yin-yang symbol.
Before he could do anything, to mesmerise by the colours, Zoe and Jessica, who were behind it shouted, "Unison of Sun and Moon Arrow!" before releasing it. He barely reacted when the arrow come for him.
Then, an explosion occurred.
The gods and Chiron, the only beings that can see the spectacle without any trouble couldn't belief what they are seeing. After the son of Poseidon took down the huntresses, which Artemis moved when the ice blade came to close for comfort, the counsellors of Apollo Cabin and Artemis's lieutenant had combined their power to release a powerful arrow that can be compared to a god power.
Though, the most surprising thing is that the son of Poseidon could block the arrow, easily at that judging by his bored expression. They could clearly see it. When the arrow flew towards him, he created an orca's head behind him before it swallowed him.
The arrow hit the orca's head, causing a big explosion, and destroying it. But unfortunately, it's not enough to hurt him, after the destruction of the orca's head, Percy raised his hand to stop it, a light appearing in the form of a shield before breaking and hitting the palm of his hand, not even strong enough to puncture it, just leaving a small prick.
However, the explosion is enough for the campers and huntresses to escape, the last one to leave were Jessica and Zoe, both going far enough to avoid detection but closed enough to see the result of their attack. By the gapping mouths, the attack did less than what they expected.
Understandable, considering the gods though it could injure if not defeat the son of Poseidon. Then again, he wouldn't get the title the strongest demigods if he get knocked out by an attack like that would he.
"Uncle P, your son is terrifying," Hermes blankly remarked, getting the other gods to nod at his comment.
"Would you belief if I said he could ended this anytime he wanted, just he let them do as they please so he could see their progress?" Poseidon's statement causes them to look at him in shock. He still sandbagging it the whole time!
"I don't believe you but that's mostly because I can't think of any way he could be more powerful than that," Athena finally said with difficulty. Poseidon couldn't blame her, even he's not sure what level his son is.
"Let's not talk about the scary possibility that Poseidon's son is still holding back. What I want to know is that how on earth Artemis's lieutenant and Apollo's child able to make an arrow that powerful."
Soon, the watching area devolve into an all out conversation. Still, the gods still had their eyes on the screen, waiting for the more intense moments to come.
Percy walked into a clearing, one that is definitely man-made, or in this case, demigod-made. He could see some stump, either left because they didn't want to stay to long clearing it, or they left it to be used as a trap. He bet the later.
He could also detect several demigods coming toward him. Judging by their CE, it's the leaders, no doubt about it. He's about to say he detected them but before he could even do that, James leapt at his direction, slashing at him.
He barely blocked with Deep Charge. Even then, he still pushed back a bit. He eyes the son of Ares, no doubt planning to continue his attack. Surprisingly, he stopped himself from attacking. He wondered what he was planning when his eyes widened and he jumped to the left, a lightning struck where he was few a second ago.
He turned around, seeing Thalia, who looked ready to unleash her next attack when she stopped generating lightning around her. He began to see a pattern when he had to avoid an invisible strike. He throw a bunch of sand to the figure before the figure could block it, the figure has the same build as Billy.
He is about to attack him when he blocks another invisible attack, one he doesn't doubt belongs to look. Judging by the strength behind the attack, Luke had empowered himself, probably wanting to injure him.
As he pushed the son of Hermes back, he got stronger, but not strong enough, he detected to coming strikes, twisting himself and kicking Luke in the gut, one the blonde blocked before being sent flying, before he jumped upward, avoiding the two attacks, courtesies of Annabeth and Matthew.
He couldn't help but be proud of them. They had planned it properly. Attacking him continuously when he was about to attack the person that just attack him, forcing him to defend himself constantly. A splendid idea. Shame that he won't let them win that easily.
He easily blocked Thalia's Lightning Strike with his Shield. He then unleash several long-range Slash, each coming close enough for them the avoid it. He expected it but its part of his plan. As they moved to where he wanted them to, he uses Wind Boost to send him rocketing to the ground before he punch the ground, unleashing Shattered Earth, causing them to be sent flying.
James was the first one to recover, dashing towards him before stabbing, one he blocked using Deep Charge. Before he could pushed him back, he was forced to jump back, barely avoiding a lightning. As he tried to recover, James continue to push him, using others as some kind of shield so he could continue attacking without having to worry about any counterattack.
A brilliant tactic, he couldn't deny that. Just it depends on how much stamina the attackers have and if the allies blocking or distracting their target is strong enough to do what they need to do. If he has to say, they did a good job of choosing the person necessary to make the plan work.
Their attack from the beginning probably trying to see if they could hold him back, and if they could emulate it. Which they can, judging from how he was being forced to constantly on the defence. Still, even if they can force him to be on the defence, he still can beat them as long as they continued this pattern.
His train of thought was stopped when the son of Ares, shrouded with blood-red aura, slammed his sword at him, sending him to the ground which he recovered quickly before allowing himself to be shrouded in sea-green aura and performed a quick counterattack, fast enough that James could barely react and the others couldn't support him.
He continued to increase his assault on the son of Ares, avoiding the interference from others while scoring many hits on James, mostly hitting the armour with enough force to turn normal metal into scraps. Soon, James retreated, his retreat covered by Matthew and Luke, both of them unleashing Slash which Percy block with Shield.
"Teacher, I'm going to show you a new technique I created," James said before the red-blood aura grow, soon turning it into the form of a man. The man wore the standard Greek soldier armour, along with the helmet. He has a xiphos in his right hand, similar to James. The figures than roar, his roar shock the earth itself.
"Aura of Ares!" James shouted before he moved faster than before, his onslaught greater, causing the Percy to back away.
He didn't stop there. He continued to push the son of Poseidon, his strength and speed multiplied as he able to sweep through any defences Percy created, from simple block using his staff or using a combination of Shield, Barricade and Wall.
However, even after being tossed around like a ragdoll, Percy didn't look worried, continuing to put up meagre defences, enough to avoid injuries but not enough to block the attack. The fact that he still holding back caused James to grow more frustrated, attacking more widely and at the final blow, able to push the son of Poseidon to the ground, which he recovered from quickly.
"WHY ARE YOU STILL HOLDING BACK!!" the boy shouted, angered by his teacher's attitude.
"Oh, it just I wanted to learn a bit," was the nonchalant answer the young demigod gave.
James was about to shout more at the son of Poseidon but was stopped by his common sense, who asked, "What do you mean by that?" Matthew's eyes narrowed as he looked at their teacher's action.
"Well, its because I also wanted to do this," was the only answer they get, which is fortunate (unfortunately) that Percy glowed in sea-green aura, causing the rest to look confused before the confusion were replaced by fear as they remember one thing.
"Aura of Poseidon," unlike James, Percy didn't shout but that didn't mean his manifestation of his godly parent is any weaker than James. In fact, it seem stronger, judging by the difference is sizes, Percy's aura is almost twice as big as James.
The figure, wearing sea and horse-themed armour, with a small beard and a moustache, a crown that is shaped like the front of a trident on his head, keeps the hair somewhat contained while the rest is as free as the waves. His right hand is a trident, beaming with power. To make things worse, the figure spun the trident before slamming the ed of the trident to the ground, it shock by the impact.
"Well, time to get serious," Percy said before all Hades broke loose.
When James had created a manifestation of Ares, the war god had been ecstatic, rubbing it into the rest of how his son can do such a thing, especially to Poseidon whom his son currently pounds to the ground.
The bragging didn't last as Percy created his own manifestation, one that so strong it send both James and his manifestation flying, the differences in weight class is as clear as day. Now, it was Poseidon's turn to rub it in, especially as the other demigods with them slowly used their own aura, creating manifestation of their godly parents, and getting their butt handed by his manifestation.
"Why does Poseidon bigger than mine?" Zeus whined something so out of character with the god of sky that the rest of the gods look shocked with the exception of the children of Kronos. They had dealt with it before.
"So, how long is the sea spawn going to wait before he's goes for the kill?" Athena asked, the others somewhat agreeing with her. The massacre is getting harder to look at, even for Hera, someone who disliked demigods the most.
"Unlikely, after all, he is imitating the gods," Poseidon answered caused Athena to narrow her eyes at the older gods.
"Explain," the sea god sighed at that.
"Tell me, how many gods or divine being will play with their opponent if they are far stronger, or if the opponent is a demigod?" his question caused the other gods to open their mouth, and closed it just as fast.
They, after all, can't disagree with Poseidon. The numbers of divine being that will hold back and toyed with demigods, well, it much easier to count the number of divine being not going to do that.
"Yeah, I can see your point Uncle P," Hermes said, the others decided to watch as the son of Poseidon imitate godly being as best as he can, just with less bragging or condescending attitude.
"This is getting old," Billy said, as he was slammed to the ground, his Aura of Hermes still holding up, but barely, the brutalizing they got is a bit to much. Thank the gods for his high reserve of CE. Still, they should stop their teacher from beating them to pulps.
There is just one big problem. Their teacher is a freaking monster. Winning is almost impossible, but they could still win if they use their abilities to the greatest. Billy and Luke disappear, the Aura of Hermes making their invisibility more undetected by others.
They soon get behind him before heading in different direction, trying to surprise him as best as they could. When they get into position, everybody else, attacked their teacher at the same time. With two members invisible, the chances of inflicting injuries will be greater.
"Dance of Trident: Hurricane," Percy relaxedly said before he spin around, waters floating around and spinning around him. It moved so fast it resembled a hurricane, wild, uncontrollable. The faster reaction from the son of Poseidon is unexpected and resulted in everyone being blown away by the stronger demigod.
They tried and tried again to strike their teacher, but somehow, their teacher moved even faster, his skills too great for them and he had zero blind spot, stopping any attacks, even the one targeting his back, before being send away like a leaf.
This goes on for several minutes before Percy slammed his trident to the ground, the water briefly forming a barrier around him before exploding outward. The explosion caught them by surprise before, sopping them in their tracks.
Percy once against lift his student, uttering what will become a major part of their nightmare for days to come.
"Shaking Earth: Magnitude: 9,"
He slammed the trident, causing a concentrated category nine earthquake, causing the effect to been greater as the force of a level nine earthquake is confined to an area smaller than a basketball field.
The devastation could hardly be described. Earths shaking at a fast speed, the ground started to rise, sometimes debris exploded, causing boulders and pebbles to strike the demigods, unable to defend themselves as they tried to even stand in the intense shaking.
"Everyone, hop on one!" Thalia yelled, throwing Wind Disc at everyone, the others reacted quickly, allowing them some kind of stability from the earthquake. Weird that they can stand on hardened wind and then on the ground.
"Send your Celestial energy to me! I need to do one big attack!" she once again shouted, causing everyone else to get behind her and supply her with CE. While it may not be on the level of the one she used during the test, the Descend of Lightning Goddess she will use here will be more powerful at Percy's location, as during the test, she spread out the power to give greater AOE.
"Descend of Lightning Goddess!" she yelled, slamming her hand to the ground as the lightning figure fall to the earth, ready to pulverize the mortals that annoyed her.
Compared to his opponent, Percy looked at the lightning figure with seeming boredom, before he lifted his hand, "Seven Pillar of Sea," he uttered, seven pillars of water rose from the ground, attacking the figured, the two attacks clashed before one finally win, and it's not the attacking one.
The Descend of Lightning Goddess exploded, the figure cease to exist while the seven pillars remained, looking unharmed from the explosion. The other demigods not on the battlefield look at the pillars with shock and fear.
They knew how powerful Thalia's strongest attack is, and to think that it was easily destroyed, their teacher danger level just got bumped and the number they have are not pretty.
For the ones that fight against Percy, they had run away quickly, able to sense that the attack will fail (Thalia), and ordering everyone to run (Luke). Thalia looked at the pillars with a complex expression, she knew that the pillars contained more power than her technique, but to be destroyed easily, she stopped staring to focus on escaping. Their third attempt to defeat Percy had failed.
The next time, it's the son of Poseidon's turn to hunt them.