AN: I admit, I got a little teary as I wrote this, so be warned.
Nico had never underestimated a monster. Most people thought that was just because he'd fought so many. But only he knew the real reason, Mythomagic. The game had taught him the strengths and weaknesses of every monster that had ever existed. It had saved his life more times than he'd like to admit.
But, that game had also been the cause of his sister's death. She'd died trying to get him the Hades figurine. To this day, that piece of worn metal was still his most valuable possession, he kept it in his pocket at all times.
It was there in his last battle in the Giant War, against the one monster he couldn't defeat.
This was my second update in less than an hour, I think that's a new record.