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This is minor introductory chapter for a new force.

Heiwa no Hato - I am sorry for the errors but they happen, nothing is perfect. I read over the explanations but they are only confusing if you aren't open minded about science and magic. Most places in the days of swords and shields usually had a king, jarl, etc. they were commonly ruled by one person and his family with land split among the kings vassals, the world began again, people tried to take control, etc. I'll let you figure the rest out.

CourtingTheMoon - That is actually a really good idea. I will have a sister/motherly relationship between the children and the girls.

Inspriation Lives On - They are not going to be in his army but he does teach them to do some stuff.

Guest, chapter 3 - Grammar bro. Grammar. And I have seen plenty of really good Percy/Harem stories and wanted to give it a try. If you don't like it I don't care.

Anyway. Thank you reviewers, readers and people who favorited for your support. This shows people the versatility of Erin/Percy's army.

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Chapter 7

The Harbinger

Hecate

"COUNCIL MEETING!" it has been a week and three days since Artemis reported about Erin, Hecate and Hebe's champion, though no one knows it. Ever since the second Titan war years ago the minor gods took part in the councils, a very minor part but a part nonetheless.

All the gods flashed into their seats in the Olympian throne room. When they arrived in the throne room the first thing people noticed that in Ares' place was Mars, everyone preferred it this way seeing as how Ares is a bloodthirsty idiot and Mars is a tactical genius.

"New Rome is under attack!" Mars shouted. Most were left dumbfounded, since the building of the large walled cities of New Rome and Athens monsters never came close to the demigod's homes let alone attacked.

"Report" Zeus commanded, flickering to Jupiter then back.

"There are six hundred soldiers in the legion but there are three thousand mixed monsters in the attacking force, they will arrive in half an hour" an attack that large has never been recorded before. It may have to do with the fact that for the last ten years monsters have been less common around the outer coast, near most villages, but swarming around Mount Hurakan, in the centre of Pangaea, a barren desert.

"How long till the Greeks can get to New Rome to assist in the battle?" Demeter asked.

"Three hours at least, add the need for preparation. I'd say about four hours" said Athena, the hopes for the gods died down "Unless the Generals and other highly trained soldiers fly there in the Argo II".

"How many people can it carry?" asked Zeus "About three hundred and forty. But if it carries that many it should take forty minutes to get there. If you take half of that, one hundred and seventy people, it should take it less than twenty minutes to get there if the engines are at their strongest throughout the whole ride" said Athena.

"A hundred and seventy soldiers, no matter how skilled, will not be enough to defeat that many monsters" said Artemis, the monster expert.

"We can help them" a man and a woman stood by the door, wreathed in bright light. When the light died down everyone got a better look at the duo. The man had the purest white hair that shined and gave off its own light, his eyes were a solid white and his skin was albino white. The girl had golden brown hair, soft sun like irises and a nice tan.

Athena was the first to recognise the duo, she leaped to her feet and hastily bowed "Lord Aether, Lady Hemera" all the others, even Zeus, bowed to the primevals of light and day.

"Rise" they gods rose nervously. A primordial is more powerful than any god could ever be, partly because they are ancient beings and partly because of what they are. It's like comparing Zeus to Ouranus, Zeus can utilise and affect the sky but Ouranus is the sky, they're in an entirely different league from one another.

"Why are you here milord and lady?" asked Hestia, she actually talks with the good primordial gods, like Aether and Ourea, on occasion but they have never come to Olympus before.

"We can send the legion of light, an army that consists of five hundred highly trained warriors in multiple arts, to assist the Romans" said Hemera.

"I'm not denying your help milord but if I'm correct you are fighting your own battles against the legion of darkness. How can you help us if you are fighting your own war?" asked Poseidon, most people wouldn't think he was smart but he is usually just too impulsive to think things through.

"Father and mother are the problem" Aether frowned "Since the beginning of this planets life the light has been fighting the darkness in an endless battle for domination and disharmony. I usually take in heroes with a pure heart while father takes in ones with darkness inside them".

"Now he believes he has found a way to win. To use the monster armies of this world to conquer Pangaea, and then lead his armies to my fortress of light" the gods grew worried, if a primordial is attacking them, let alone two, they would need serious help.

"After my fortress is destroyed all light and warmth in the world will disappear. Darkness and cold will envelope everything and those that survive the freezing cold will be haunted by the monstrosities that lurk in the shadows" by now the gods were pale as Hades.

"But luckily, in the beginning of time, mother Chaos placed down the sacred rules, immortals cannot interfere with the lives of mortals but she also granted us both the permission to build an army to fight for our beliefs. She also gave us both the gift to pull the dead out of the underworld or the sky to serve in our army as long as they remain loyal" a few gods were curious of who is serving in Aether and Erebus' army.

"The only rules for the armies were that only five hundred soldiers are allowed at a time, no soldier can exceed his ranks power specification set down by Chaos and the leaders, meaning Hemera, Nyx, Erebus and I, cannot fight the opponents eternal soldiers directly, unless challenged" finished Aether.

"I will inform you of more later, now, do you accept our assistance?" the gods hastily nodded, but the primordials still looked troubled.

"Our legion is already prepared and can be there ten minutes after the battle begins but the chances of winning are still low. Does anyone know of someone who can help?" Hecate and Hebe shared a look.

'Do you think he would help?' asked Hebe, Hecate mentally snorted 'He hates those traitors, remember? Like he would fight for them' Hebe gave Hecate the evil eye 'But he wouldn't leave people that he never got to know or the people who never betrayed him to die'.

'He might not help' Hebe shrugged 'It's worth a try' they both stood up simultaneously and addressed Aether.

"We know someone who could help" Hecate snorted "Doesn't mean he will" she quietly added to Hebe's words.

"Who is it?" asked Zeus, trying to retain the image of the leader of the gods, and being the prideful idiot he is, trying to act all-powerful.

"He is our champion" they spoke in unison. No one ever heard of those two having a champion.

"He also has allies" Hebe used allies instead of the term soldiers or warriors "That can help" Hemera nodded to them "Please go ask for his assistance" they both nodded and flashed to Hecate's palace. Before they completely left they heard Zeus say "Hermes, tell the Greeks to man the Argo II with one hundred and seventy of their best soldiers and sail for New Rome".

To get to the island Hecate has to open a portal using temporal magic mixed with arcane, arcane for where and temporal for when. When they arrived at the palace Hecate swiped her hand and a blue portal appeared in the air.

Stepping through the portal they saw they were in the vast garden of castle Equinox, right near Erin and the children. He was sitting in a medative posture with the children in the same position in the form of a semicircle in front of him.

"Now children I will teach you the basis of magic, and science" the kids looked confused while Hecate looked proud "What does science have to do with magic?" asked Isabelle, more commonly known by her friends as Bells or icicle.

"Do I have to repeat the credence?" they shook their heads "Science is a form of magic that uses instruments instead of natural willpower to harness magical energy. Now who can tell me the law of the conservation of energy and matter?"

One of the Gale twins, no one can tell which is which, answered "Energy and matter cannot be created or destroyed, only altered from one form to another" Erin nodded "Correct".

"Energy exists in many forms, ranging from temperature to light and all the way to chemicals, like food. But there are two currently unknown sources of energy and matter to the mortal world, they were once known but forgotten".

"There are three corporeal planes in this world, the plane of immortals, Olympus, the plane of mortals, Earth, and the plane of the dead, the underworld" said Erin "And then there are the two incorporeal planes of pure matter and energy".

"There is the material plane, this one, where the elements; mainly earth, water, fire and air coincide with normal energy sources as well as contains all three corporeal planes. There is the ethereal plane of the arcane or the plane of magic, where everyone draws their magic and life essence from, immortals, monsters and demigods souls also exist partly in this plane. All energy is drawn from there and then recycled back in an endless cycle".

"The last is the temporal rift, or the plane of time. This realm is the doorway to other timeframes and dimensions. With enough practice and power people can harness this planes energy to make portals through time and dimensions" finished Erin.

"Now what are the two key aspects of magic?" no one answered "Come on, anyone?" The other Gale twin tried "Knowledge and willpower?" Erin gave him an approving look; he wasn't that good in school either.

"Half correct. Willpower is indeed essential but above knowledge is creativity" Erin smiled "What is the point in having vast amounts of knowledge when you don't know how to use it in situations that you wouldn't expect or weren't prepared for".

"Creativity is also essential because it allows people to think of new things and how to use magical abilities in other ways or in different situation. Like with the elements, you can use them as a weapon or as a distraction. You can fling fire balls at your enemy to burn them to cinders and tire yourself out faster or you can light the ground behind them on fire so they get distracted and then you can take them out quickly, efficiently and cleanly".

"But people like Isabelle have a natural affinity for their element, in her case air and winter, which to an extent goes to ice and then water, like Kimberly would have above normal power over ice because her natural affinity is water. Isabelle's powers over those elements are much stronger than others while her powers over fire and earth are dwindled because her godly blood will naturally try to repel those elements from her spiritual systems".

"And willpower is how you force the arcane energy you call forth from the plane of magic into any form in the material plane" he formed a ball of blue flames in the palm of his hand and extinguished it just as quickly.

"I want you to practice improvising with your magic while I go talk with these two ladies" they all stood and moved to separate areas with a Golem that Erin designed for them to use as training targets that can move and act human, but not harm them too much.

Erin walked over to the goddesses and addressed them "Lady Hebe, Lady Hecate" he bowed "What can I do for you?" they walked to the building housing the warship docks.

"How are the children going with their studies? I trust they are enjoying learning from you" they saw Isabelle laughing while her Golem partner tried in vainly to gain purchase on the permafrost covered ground below its feet.

"Yes, I would say that they are enjoying it" he said as he gazed proudly at Regina who controlled the roots of the nearby trees to cocoon around her partner.

"And they are progressing very fast in their studies" he saw one of the twins, he assumed it was William, creating copies of himself using the water vapour in the air to reflect light to certain degree in points to make the right colours, it looked like a near perfect copy of himself, just a few uneven blotches.

"This isn't one of your normal visits" said Erin "So just tell me why you are here and what you need" he had a knowing glint in his eye as they began.

"New Rome needs your assistance" over these hundreds of years Erin has matured greatly and he handled it well. Instead of complaining he asked what the situation is, though they could tell he knew exactly what is going on.

"There is an army of three thousand mixed monster marching on New Rome, there are only six hundred people trained with a weapon and at least basic battle tactics" Hebe took over for Hecate "They have the assistance of the legion of the light, they are…" Erin cut her off.

"They are five hundred strong and serve under Aether and Hemera to fight against Erebus and Nyx's legion of darkness" he cut them off again before they could speak "And Erebus and Nyx made a plan to conquer Pangaea then march on the fortress of light to bring endless darkness and death to the world. Am I right?"

They weren't really surprised that he figured it out all ready, they wouldn't be surprised if he already knew about it and has mobilised his forces.

"And my forces are already mobilised and we can be there fifteen minutes after the battle begins. You know how the preparations are, such as warming up the ACs, MRDs and gathering the necessary energy to create a large portal".

The ACs as Erin put them is a shortened name for 'Arcane Cannon' and the MRDs is short for 'Magnetic Repulser Drive'. Both of these things are large parts of Erin's flagship, the Harbinger. The MRDs work by creating a magnetic output like the one Earth has because of its density, causing them to push against one another, keeping the craft afloat. They are also concentrated on the ground directly below themselves so they don't affect the magnetic field of the Earth negatively.

By now they were in the shipyard on the edge of the mountain that was docked with stone ships with flat bottoms, port holes for the ACs and MRD orbs attached to the bottom. They looked like ancient Mesoamerican styled old fashioned steam low riding boats from world war two. They were all maned by Golems. Not the usual bulky Golems, these ones were slimmer and faster, designed to work on a ship or more enclosed spaces.

The most amazing though was the humongous warship on the edge dock. It was designed like the others but it was ten times their size, had a giant eagle carved into the bow, wings spread open wide and an arcane core. An arcane core is another invention by Erin, almost the same as the temporal stone, but gives off energy like two nuclear power plants combined and is infinitely cleaner.

It has over two hundred and fifty ACs on-board and needs thirty MRDs to hold it aloft, while normal ones need only three to seven. This is Erin's flagship and is known as the Harbinger of Pangaea, named by the populace after it destroyed the kingdom of the most powerful and corrupt king that was ever born in this land, Arthur Pendragon, ironically named after King Arthur, the pure king.

"What forces are you sending?" asked Hecate "I'm sure you're going to give them quite the show" she smiled deviously.

"I am sending in fifty Rocs first, then a foot troop of fifty axemen, fifty spearmen, fifty javelin throwers, fifty wolf riders, five of the giants and the Harbinger" they gave him a expecting look.

"Are you going?" he smiled a cheeky smile and his clothes shimmered into a black furred overcoat with a silver belt buckle on a leather broad belt holding it tight. Under the coat was a dark blue tunic and scaled armour under that.

He wore metal capped boats with dark blue pants tucked into the boots and his gauntlets covered his whole hands except his fingers, the design for the gauntlets were inscribed.

(A/N: Basically Thorin's clothes from 'The Hobbit')

He had a dark blue hood up with grey runes lining the edge and a similar bandana covering his lower face, one of the runes meant 'Conceal'. His face was hidden in the shadow of the enchanted hood and his glowing red eyes looked eerie and intimidating. Add the four and a half long oriental sword on his back and he looked like he would make Zeus piss himself.

"I am already on my way" his form shimmered again and disappeared. In its place stood a crewman Golem that quickly went back to the work it was allocated.

They jumped when he was replaced by a Golem but then scowled "I hate it when he does that" Hebe instantly agreed.

They turned to the open night air and saw a blue vortex begin to appear in the inky black background. As it slowly got larger they could make out the shape of a man hovering in front of it, fingers splayed and arm outstretched.

Fifty large figures were darting about the figure and when the vortex got big enough they screeched and dived into the portal, jade talons and green edged feathers and beak glinting in the yellow moon.

The figure dropped his hand after a few more minutes and dived through after the Rocs. The portal kept getting bigger and bigger till it was more than big enough for the Harbinger to cruise right through. Another one popped up right in front of the assembled army and after it got big enough they marched right on through, the five giants causing minor tremors with each step.

"This is going to get ugly" Hecate snorted, once again, at Hebe's comment "Just wait till the Olympians hear that we knew where Erin Effigy was this whole time" Hebe paled.

Hebe sighed "Let's just get back to Olympus and tell them he is coming to help, and when he will be there" Hecate just nodded, to busy thinking of what the Olympians, especially Artemis, might do when they find out that Erin is their champion. Artemis has been especially moody for losing someone and losing the chance to gain information on Percy's whereabouts.

Hecate flicked her hand, a smaller portal opened and they both stepped through, right into the middle of the meeting. Thankfully no one was paying them any attention, too fixated on the large Iris message in the middle of the room.

They both looked at the Iris message and saw a blue vortex appear in the sky, far behind the Argo II, it was way too small and blended, inky black to sharp blue, almost perfectly to notice unless you were really looking for it. They also noticed another one directly behind the squabbled lines of the enemy army.

'Just you wait gods' thought Hecate 'You're going to get the show of your life'.

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