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This is the battle, please excuse me if it sucks.

MiSaNaHyu - Why does everyone question the name? It's only a name that sounds cool. Erin Effigy rolls of the tongue nicely, but doesn't mean anything, it's just a name that I thought sounded mystical and stuff.

Gold Testament - What are you talking about? I am trying my best on this story and I can't write at least three thousand word chapters unless you want a bunch of jumbled and incomprehensible words. People need to learn patience because I can't update instantly.

Percabeth02 - How would you feel if the people that you nearly died for hundreds of times just betrayed you? That would change you wouldn't it? And besides, he was a kid with the belief that everyone can be good but he grew up. He is now willing to kill those that deserve it, kill one to save hundreds. He will be kind of cold to the people that he doesn't like but to the people he does he will be the same. I got a little bored writing it but it will improve, that was just a beginning, starter, introduction between the two forces.

heartfashion15 - I am glad you like my story and I recommend you read the Time Chronicles, a trilogy so far, by Forcystus5, if you want to read a good story with magic.

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Chapter 8

Lift, drop and scream

Reyna

KABOOM!

One of Leo's famous cannon balls collided with a pack of hell hounds and reduced them to dust. The Greeks arrived just before the battle started and the only people still operating the Argo II are a few Hephaestus kids that Leo personally chose for the job so he can burn the enemies to toast up close.

It's been nine minutes since this battle begun and the moral hasn't increased the slightest in the defenders. Slashing, stabbing, blocking, it was all a natural instinct for the soldiers of both cities and it has saved their lives more than once.

Thalia got knocked onto the ground and about to be skewered till the dracaena with the spear was impaled by a long white arrow and all the monsters, demigods and immortals were distracted by a horn, it didn't sound like the hunters horn, it was much louder, it was a war horn.

Everyone turned to see and saw an army of about five hundred. About one third of them stayed back and peppered the enemy with arrows and other long range weapons while the other two thirds rushed into the battle wielding an assortment of close combat weapons.

They were all covered, head to toe, in pure white and gold trimmed the archers were completely endowed. The defenders charged the monster forces with renewed vigor but the ones that have seen many battles, mostly the immortals, knew that the enemy would win because of their sheer numbers.

The fighting continued, no one bothered to count for how long, and after a while Reyna was kneeled on the ground with a Stygian iron spear about to be jabbed into her chest by Moros, the god of doom.

"REYNA!" screams were heard from many people's mouths as the spear descended towards her undefended chest.

CHINK!

The loud ringing sound stopped all fighting and drew their eyes to where the consul was kneeled. A dark clothed man materialized in front of Reyna as the spear descended in a crouching position with his dual colored Katana just a bit out of its sheath. And it was that tiny piece of exposed metal that blocked the spears descent.

Before anyone could even blink the man twisted his body right and slammed the sword back in its sheath, effectively snapping off the tip off of Moros' spear and wrenching it from his hands. And quicker than anyone could see he drew his sword out fully and swiped it across Moros' chest.

Moros collapsed on the floor, looking at the man with fear, like all the monsters. "Erin Effigy" said Moros, his voice laced with pain and fear as he looked up at the warrior of oblivion, blade now coated with a light sheen of golden liquid, Ichor, the blood of immortals.

"Say hello to your uncle for me" Erin removed Moros head with one fell swipe of his legendary blade. A loud screech directed everyone's attention to the inky skies, where green glowing avian shapes circled.

One giant stone eagle, or Roc for the official term, swooped down and scooped up two hell hounds, one in each razor sharp jade claw. As it dropped the whining hell hounds from high up in the sky even more screeches echoed around the battle field as the rest dived in for battle.

Most birds picked up monsters and dropped them from insane heights while others landed, and sliced the monsters with their wings, talons and beaks and a few glided over endless waves of enemies with their wings spread out taut, cutting the larger monsters in half and taking the heads off the smaller one.

The demigods freaked out and dived onto the ground but the monsters weren't that smart. After the monsters regained their sense they began to fight against the Rocs. They could pin them to the ground but the monsters claws and weapons just bounced off of the Roc's stone skin, only able to form weak scratches or if they were lucky do some damage after a large amount of hitting.

A dull vibrating could be felt as the once unseeable blue vortex grew in vast proportions. Erin was still standing in front of Reyna with his sword drawn. He held his wrist near his mouth and spoke.

Reyna only heard snippets of his sentence "Harbinger… ACs… Low intensity… Stun demigods… Kill monsters" the bow of a ship ten times the size of the Argo II appeared through the portal. Everyone could tell by the distinctive eagle on the front what it was and who it belonged too. It was Erin's flagship, the Harbinger of Pangaea.

The Hephaestus/Vulcan kids are going to have a field day when they see that their inventor idol and his unique war machines are real.

'Just imagine Leo's face' Reyna thought.

A shock wave ran through the Earth and a similar portal opened, this one stretched from the ground to about twenty-two feet into the sky. More shock waves shook the ground as an army poured through.

They were humanoid but definitely not human. They were eight feet tall stone warriors wielding axes, spears, javelins and a few were riding ten feet long stone wolves with violent jade teeth.

The ones wielding axes were bulky and the axes had a green blade on one side for slashing and flat stone on the other for smashing. The spearmen were thinner than their axeman counterpart and wielded green tipped spears.

The javelin throwers were lithe like the spearmen but had a pack on their back filled with green tipped javelins. The wolf riders were like the spearmen, they used the same spears but they rode on large stone wolves like cavalry.

There were about fifty of each of those but the things causing the shock waves were the scariest and intimidating. Behind the army were five twenty foot tall stone giants wielding ten feet long broad swords, one in each hand.

The defenders could only stand dumbfounded as Erin and his stone battalion charged the remains of the monster army fearlessly, about a random assortment of one thousand and five hundred monsters, against two hundred and fifty-five of the toughest and scariest war machines ever created. The Harbinger bombarded the enemy lines with bolts of pure green energy, the wolves reached the disparaged lines of the monsters after a few bolts hit them and caused havoc.

Javelins slammed into monsters at speeds that could rival a formula one race car, axe/hammers smashed and slashed enemies to dust left and right while monsters went flying because of the large sweeping waves of the spearmen.

The third deadliest thing on the battlefield was the Giants; they literally ripped up the land under the monsters with a swipe of one of their swords. The second deadliest thing was the Harbinger, raining down endless bolts of arcane energy vaporizing enemies, bouncing off the Golems and only stunning the demigods they accidentally hit.

But the most deadly thing was Erin Effigy. He was carving a line through the enemy. Every swipe of his sword cut down a foe. His blade was a blur of movement as he dashed through the opening gapes in front of him.

The defenders and the legion of light could only watch all the legends be proved right before their very eyes, the rumor of Erin having an army of stone giants at his command, true from what they could see, the tale of Erin being untouchable in a battle, from what they can see that is very true and the story of the Harbinger destroying a mortal kingdom singlehandedly, definitely believable.

They all watched as Erin's blade, Tribune, sprouted blue flames from the hilt to tip till it encased the whole sword, even the handle. He slashed once more with the sword and let it loose. It was like a blue razor blade sailing through the cold night completely obliterating vast proportions of the enemy in its path. A second after he released the spinning sword his staff, Yggdrasil, appeared out of thin air into his waiting hands.

He became a whirlwind of pain and death. He swirled, leaped and twirled; all the while beating the Hades out of everything that came within five meters of him. Everyone stood stock still drinking in the sight of destruction caused by such a small army compared to one hundreds of times bigger.

They also noticed that Tribune was now back in it's sheath instead of flying around like a disc of flaming death. They watched as he stretched his left arm outwards and spun to the left. A black shield with crossed torches and a chalice underneath it appeared and launched off his arm and kept spinning around him in circles, going out wider each time and taking off the heads of monsters that got too close.

A few people gasped at the symbol. It was the symbol of Hecate and Hebe. That would explain how he can use magic and has lived for four centuries. "Trivia and Juventus" murmured a son of Minerva.

Erin continued fighting and occasionally summoned weird blue weapons, mainly javelins and daggers, and threw them at people. There were now only half of the army from when Erin became involved remaining. He turned to the bystanders with an incredulous look, not that anyone could see it; they could tell by looking into his eyes, his beautiful and intimidating red eyes.

"Are these really the greatest warriors of the century that I have heard so much about?" all eyes narrowed at him and that was exactly what he wanted "If you really are the greatest than do something instead of just STANDING THERE!" he went back to the fight after he jolted the defenders.

They realized they were just standing around and watching while their city was threatened by an army that they now have more than enough means to defeat. Roman legionnaires, Greek warriors, Legionnaires of the light, Golems and their king united and fought till their last breath.

On third of the Romans were incapacitated and half that killed. The Legion of light had no casualties except for a few cuts, bruises and one unconscious person. The Greeks only had a few injuries while the Golems were obliterated, missing body parts or just a bit worn and cracked.

They each gathered the wounded, not bothering to talk till later. Even if they want answers they need to attend to the injured first. After everyone was in the infirmary inside the walls they saw a large pile of Golems surrounded by their comrades on the battlefield.

They may be missing piece but their eyes were still glowing, showing they were still active. Erin walked up to the pile of about five spearmen, three axeman, four Rocs, seven wolves and their riders. None of the Javelin throwers were damaged too much and the giants were scathed but it was only a little scratch to them.

"You have served well, I will send you back to Eden for repairing" he waved his hand and a portal appeared below them. They fell through and the portal sealed silently. Erin turned to his remaining Golems and ordered them through a portal to the enhanced cargo bay of the Harbinger.

It was magically enchanted to not affect the weight of the ship because it is just a door way into a room in Eden that can only be entered through the ship or by Erin's portals. Everyone watched as the army strode through the portal and it close then turn to Erin.

"Are you really Erin Effigy?" demanded Annabeth, her pride has gotten worse of the centuries and she thinks she is the greatest gift to the world and her word is law. In a sense she became Octavian who became her.

She became selfish and will do anything to get what she wants and Octavian became kinder. He might've seen her do the things he did and became disgusted with himself, no one knows exactly why he changed but that is their closest guess.

"Yes I am daughter of Athena" his voice was emotionless but his eyes filled with hatred as he looked at Annabeth. 'Interesting' Reyna thought 'I wonder why he hates her even though he doesn't know her'.

"Why are you here?" Annabeth glared at him, daring for him to oppose her, like she is the ruler of the world. 'Selfish slut' thought Reyna. Erin didn't answer but scanned the crowds gathering around him.

Annabeth's face went red and she went to talk but he spoke up "I am here to help you win this war".

Annabeth glared at him "We don't need your help. You just interfered in a battle and one of my plans that would have obviously worked. We would've won but you got involved when we didn't need you" she didn't look like she believed her statement but continued to let her pride control her.

Erin disappeared from where he was and reappeared right in Annabeth's face making her trip and land on her but. He smirked "It didn't look like you would win" his smirk grew "Wise girl" he taunted.

Everyone stared at him wide eyed and before anyone could say anything he began talking "Yes I know the nickname he gave you. I know all of you just as well as Percy did seeing as how he told me everything about his old life and everyone in it" a lot of people spewed forth questions.

"SILENCE!" yelled Erin, he glared at the crowds and began to talk "I will not tell you where he is" outbursts broke out but the loudest was Jessie "Why can't you?" she marched right up to him.

His softened a bit as he spoke "Because it isn't my choice to make. It's his choice whether he reveals himself or not and I will not betray the trust he has placed in me as the same that I have place in him when I told him about myself and who I once was".

"Just know that those that didn't betray him will always be under protection" they were all confused "Haven't any of you noticed anything weird occurring that saves your lives" all the loyalists nodded.

"And Jessie" Jessie looked at him more intently "He wanted me to tell you he loves you dearly and hopes you are safe" a small smile spread across her face.

"Tell us where he is now!" demanded Annabeth, marching right in his face. Erin glared at her and took distinct pleasure as he saw her flinch "You do not command me daughter of Athena. So you better keep your mouth shut before I remove your ability to speak".

She looked like she was going to keep talking but a flash of light interrupted her. The twelve Olympians, Hades, Hestia, Hebe and Hecate were standing there with two beings not known to the defenders other than the warriors of light and Erin.

Everyone bowed to all the gods, except Erin, who only bowed to his patrons. Most of the gods glowered at him for not bowing, while others like Apollo or Aether couldn't care less.

"Why do you not bow to us?" demanded a pink faced Zeus. Erin snickered at his face "I do not bow before tyrant kings, I kill them" he smirked at Zeus' gobsmacked face.

Before Zeus could respond, Erin kept speaking "You are a tyrant king because you do not put the good of your subjects above your own. You demand that people worship when you do nothing for them" Erin pulled down his bandana and hood, ignoring the gasps, and glared at Zeus.

"Do not demand things of me when you clearly do not deserve them" he didn't give anyone time to talk and walked to the middle of the dust filled battle field, ignoring Zeus' flabbergasted face.

Erin brought his wrist to his mouth "Bring the Harbinger down gently, don't scratch it again, I'm sick of fixing it because you can't drive" he said. A voice said some words back and the ship began to descend, slowly.

He turned back to the assembled group and saw the Argo II on the ground and the kids of Hephaestus/Vulcan eying his ship like it was the Nobel Prize. He smiled good-naturally at them "You can have a look at it when it lands" it's not like it would matter.

They can't replicate any of it; mortal children of Hecate/Trivia don't have access to enough power and concentration to filter arcane energy into an object to make an arcane core of the required power, let alone the ACs, MRDs and the Golems.

It's not because they are demigods, it's because they have had far less time to discover the infinite secrets of magic than immortals do.

"Really?" Hephaestus looked just as excited as his kids, considering he was bouncing up and down while looking at the ship. Erin smiled at their enthusiasm "When it lands go ahead" he gestured to the ship now half way down from its point. It takes longer to safely descend to the ground then the Argo II because of its material, weapons, engines and sheer size.

"What about the Automatons?" asked Hephaestus, Erin smirked, he loves correcting gods, almost nothing annoys them more. Other than beating Ares in single combat, he will be bitter to whoever does beat him for the rest of said person's life.

"They are technically called Golems, mainly because of their design. Ushabti is the name for Automatons made out of harsh desert material like clay. Automatons are made out of refined metals and Golems are made out of large, sturdy stone. Ushabti and Golems are contraptions that use magical energy to move while Automatons use technology" Hephaestus looked like he was mentally absorbing all the information and storing it away.

"Enough of this!" bellowed Zeus "We have some introductions to make and we have some questions for you" he pointed at Erin, who just smiled "We should get to more comfortable accommodations rather than a battlefield. But first" Erin raised his wrist to his mouth again "Harbinger. Commence protocol murus augendae".

'Wall defense in Latin' thought Reyna 'No one but demigods and immortals know that language any more' she looked at Erin suspiciously 'I wonder…' her thoughts trailed back to the present.

Loud clicked like that of gears was heard from The Harbinger and half circle stones with a glowing green gem right in the center of their back fell to the floor. Everyone looked at them warily before Athena and her children shrieked.

The stones shifted and sprouted eight legs and began to creep towards the wall of New Rome. When they reached it they climbed to halfway up and spaced themselves out evenly. With the sound of drilling they retracted their legs and hooked themselves onto the wall.

"What the Hades are those things!" yelled Nico while the Vulcan/Hephaestus kids and their dad looked like they were having a field day. Erin turned to Nico "Those 'things' as you call them are mobile shields and building reinforcers, mostly called Augmentation Spiders".

"Why are they shaped like spiders?" Athena was still staring at them warily, barely holding in her shivers "They have eight legs because it helps them gain purchase on vertical slopes. Now, watch" the gems glowed brighter and the wall grew darker. Within a few short minutes there was a layer of dull green wave-like light covering the now dark grey wall of New Rome.

"Amazing" whispered Hephaestus. He had a notepad out and was already halfway through it. Erin turned to the assembled people "Now. Let's get to better accommodation for the… introduction" he said.

Aether turned to his legionnaires "Set up camp outside of the walls" he said, 'yes sir's' chorused from the legionnaires "The General, the Commander and the Corporals of each sector with their Lieutenants attend to the meeting" eight warriors stepped forward while the others went to do their lords bidding.

Zeus addressed the Romans and Greeks "General of New Athens and the Senators and Consuls of New Rome will attend the meeting while the Romans help the Greeks settle in and dock the Argo II in a safe place" the Generals, Senators and Consuls stepped forward while their people went fulfill the gods command.

"Where shall this meeting be held oh mighty god of thunder?" taunted Erin as he walked through the front gates. Zeus glared he but ignored him and spoke up, determined to be the one that gives out the orders "We will hold it in the Census hall" he pointed to a large building in the center of the city that resembled an ancient Roman temple.

"Beautiful" he murmured. Annabeth, determined to show off her skill, spoke up "I designed it" she smirked; only to have it wiped off her face when Erin laughed "You may have designed it but what about the people who put the effort into building it. All my Golems, war machines and the buildings on my island have been designed by me and built by the people with me assisting as much as I can".

"Rather than sitting on my ass all day debating over which statue or stone to use I get to know the land and what would suit it best and the people who live in said lands preferences and opinions" he walked towards the Census hall with a smug smile on his face and a flabbergasted Annabeth following him.

'I might just like this guy' thought Reyna. They followed the now fleeing Erin and the enraged Annabeth 'Yeah. I just might' she thought with a smile.

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