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I swing the door open, and enter the lighthouse with Calypso right behind me.
'Whoa.' I mumble the moment I see the interior of the lighthouse.
There are thousands of iron gears grinding each other from as big as a peanut to twice the size of a Cyclops. They're filling all four sides of the walls, which is weird because I could've sworn that the lighthouse is a cylinder, but here in the inside it's a rectangle, not to mention that it feels to be a lot wider and bigger inside than from the outside. They look like the inside parts of a really big heavy machinery; it looks kinda cool actually.
'This place is clad with magic.' Calypso says to me.
I raise my eyebrow, 'Is that a good thing or a bad thing.'
Calypso thinks for a moment, she looks around. 'I'm not sure, but all of these here are a product of magic. These gears are moving because of magic, and they are here because of the same reason. So is all the space around us.'
That explains the rectangular room in a cylinder lighthouse.
'Right... Let's just get a move on.'
There's a set of stairs ahead of us, spiraling up in a square motion. We start climbing the stairs, the stairs keep going up until finally after around ten minutes of climbing, it leads us to a small gap that serves as an entrance to the next floor.
The floor would have looked a lot like ceilings from down there, if not for the stairs. Cemented tiles are covering the entire ground of the second floor, you can't look down to the first floor from up here and you can't look up to the second floor from down there.
The second floor is really similar to the first floor; with all gears grinding, placed all over the walls; but the second floor is way wider than the first floor. It's definitely magic, since the space here is too wide and big to be placed inside the lighthouse.
We look around for a way to go ahead, and then we see a small platform at the far left side of the room from the entrance. It has a short stair at each side, and the platform leads to a small iron door. We follow the only path remaining. We swing open the iron door, finding ourselves in different scenery.
This time it's a wide room, three meters high and yellow hard floor; the floor appears to be made of some sort of a mixture of rock, sand, and cement. The ground is smooth with no flaw whatsoever. There's an archway at each side of the room that has the design of a giant bronze bull's head opening its mouth, they look like gateways, which I'm hoping they're not. Inside the mouth is too dark for me to see, and I have no intention to find out by getting closer. Next to the massive bulls' head are gears that are strapped to the wall, hopefully not connected to the heads. They're not grinding or moving or doing anything though, so I assume it's not operating at the moment. There's a wide small short steps that leads to the middle of the room, and there's another at the other end, leading to another door at the far opposite end of the entrance. When I take a better look, the short small steps is placed at four sides of the middle of the room, a rectangular shape, it somehow reminds me of an arena. It looks like an arena.
I shook my head. That's a thought that would bring bad luck.
'Percy... I don't like it here, the magic in this room is overwhelming... And not the nice kind of magic...'
I turn to her, and she's trembling with fear. Her lips and hands are quivering and her face is pale.
'It's gonna be okay, trust me.' I try to assure her, though I'm not sure how effective my words can be.
I start walking, skipping down the steps and stride, heading to the door. Calypso is half-running right behind me. She and I both want to leave this room as fast as we can. I don't particularly like those bulls' heads, they look like they're going to throw up something that I'm not going to like one bit.
Right when we get to the middle of the arena-like space, the gears on the wall start moving. Whatever engine or machine that the gears are for, it seems to be fully operational. It's making a lot of noises.
I stop for a second to wait for Calypso to get ahead of me. I push her forward, hurrying her up while I still look around cautiously.
Both of the giant bulls' eyes light bright red. Smoke shoots out of the bulls' horns.
Calypso, half-running, turns halfway to me, looking really worried. She doesn't have to say anything, I can see it in her face that something bad is at work right now.
The ground splits beneath us slowly, separating me and Calypso.
She panics. I grit my teeth, 'Go!' I yell to her. She looks reluctant at first, but I shoot her a glare, not wanting to argue about this one bit. She makes a run toward the door, understanding my glare.
I take a couple step back. There's an opening on the ground right in front of us. A pair of crimson eyes light up from that hole, and then something jumps out of there. When it lands, the ground shakes and it makes a loud noise.
It takes me a whole five seconds before finally realizing what it is, a massive Colchis Bull. It breathes heavily, its red eyes are glowing, it seems ready to maul me at anytime.
The bull charges straight to me, making a loud moo noise before it dashes. I roll right away to the side and uncap Riptide. The bull brakes and makes a sharp U-turn, charging straight back to me again. I jump over the Colchis Bull and slash the bull's back before landing perfectly on the ground. The bull brakes sharply, it turns back to me but it just stays there getting ready. The bull looks cautious; it's gathering its strength, readying itself for another leap.
I raise my sword, watching carefully the bull's movement. The bull leaps, charging at me. It seems to be moving slower, and then I realized that it's moving at the same speed, I'm just seeing it in a slower motion. The bull charges, probably faster and more aggressive than before since I can hear Calypso screams out my name, but in my eyes the bull is charging slowly. Right when the bull is only a step away from me, I spin to the side and at the same time I swing my sword vertically upward from the ground. I decapitate the bull's head swiftly.
The bull drops to the ground and gets dragged away from its own running force. The bull's body sprouts out oil and starts burning until finally it explodes.
Just when I thought that it's over, I hear the sound of hooves coming out of the two giant bulls' head. Two Colchis Bulls come out from each of the two gates, making a total four Colchis Bulls.
They don't waste any time. A bull charges wildly toward me.
Strange... I mutter in my thought.
Usually when faced with something this big and heavy, there's always that slight nervous feeling or anger or annoyance or something, but right now I'm not feeling it. I am feeling completely calm and fearless. I close my eyes, take a deep breath and exhale. I open them again, and find the bull closing on me. I raise my blade quickly and swing it vertically downward, splitting the Colchis Bull that's charging toward me in half. The bull splits down right in the middle, and the split body brush past me. I stroll to the rest of the bulls, and the split one behind me explodes.
Another bull readies itself. I leap to the bull, jumping high and then sinking my blade right on the back of the bull's head from above, the bull is now completely at my mercy. I use my sword as a lever and I pull Riptide against the bull's head. I forcefully take of its head, dimming the lights on its eyes in the process.
Right after that, another bull is already almost next to me, charging. I quickstep to the side and swing my sword horizontally the moment he runs past me. My blade goes through the bull's bronze metal skin like cutting butter. Riptide reaches the middle part of the bull, and it cuts through the bull. The bull drops down, dragging itself through the dirt on the ground.
The last Colchis Bull already opened its mouth when I notice him. Fire beams out of its mouth. I leap to the front side but not before throwing Riptide to the bull's mouth. My blade slices through the flame and strikes directly in its throat. The flame stops, and I'm already ready right next to the bull. I pull Riptide, and spin to the bull's side. I slashes the bull horizontally first, then I follow up with a vertical slash, tearing the bull's skin and insides apart. The bull falls side first on the ground.
Colchis Bulls flood out of the two massive giant bulls' head. I watch the bulls coming out of the gateways one by one. There are dozens of them now, and more are still coming out. They look at me with those cold dead red eyes.
I leap to them without thinking twice. I immerse myself in concentration and start swinging my sword right and left, up and down, to every possible direction; killing Colchis Bull at an alarming rate. My mind is thinking nothing but the thought of my next move. My eyes see nothing else but the movement of my enemies. My ears hear nothing but the creaking sound that the bulls make. My instincts take control of my whole body.
I plunge Riptide deep into a bull's side. I drag my blade across the bull's body and I tear it apart. I look around quickly, readying myself for another bull, I realize then that I've destroyed all the bulls. Scrap metals, gears, bolts, decapitated heads, oils, basically the remaining of the bulls are now lying on the ground. The gears on the wall have stopped moving and the massive bulls' eyes that were bright red are now black. Smoke stops shooting out of the horns. I think that the bulls' production is now over.
How long have I been fighting? I thought to myself.
I'm a little out of breath, but that seems to be it. I check my condition. I feel some small scratches on my body and my arms, some of the bulls probably grazed me. My clothes are a bit burned, and there's a slight burn mark on my right shoulder. I have oil here and there on my skin and clothes. I'm barely hurt from fighting that many Colchis Bulls. I can feel this new sensation of power... It feels incredible.
I look at Calypso in the corner of the room, watching the entire time. She looks surprised, really surprised, probably just as much as I am. I smile to her and I cap Riptide. I approach her.
'Percy... I didn't know that you're this strong.' She says, still with a surprised expression on her face.
'Neither did I actually.' I look to the exit door. 'Come on, let's find whatever it is that the elder gods have in store for us.'