Title:
The Eldritch Soul [Gamer Edition]
Summary:
Perseus 'Percy' Jackson was just a 14-year-old teenage boy when he was suddenly abducted by a cult known as 'The Brotherhood Of Halo', who thought that he was the Reincarnation of an eldritch god known as Halo. so they attempted to 'awaken' his 'true' self by doing eldritch rituals on him… things didn't end well for anyone… (Percy X Leto).
Written By:
The Architect Of Endless Worlds
The Beta Readers:
DarthWizard and The Blade Of Osh-Tekk
In this story, Ares was able to switch into Mars before fully succumbing into the influence of his Titan Grandfather. But Luke and Kronos/Saturn were able to make a deal with Mars. That if they didn't report them to the Olympian Council then they would retrieve the 12th Legion Fulminata's Eagle Standard alongside giving him the chance to spend time with his children (Like Frank).
Chiron and Grover were too busy dealing with a crisis that happened to really worry about Percy. So after the school year was finished they disappeared and everybody but Percy forgot about them. When Percy and Sally came back from Montauk, a drunken gabe attempted to hit Sally but was stopped by…?!"? …later when Percy called the cops he found there was nothing left of Gabe aside from blood, bones, and ashes.
Beckendorf, Silena, and Annabeth managed to get the Golden Fleece with the help of Clarisse and managed to barely restore Thalia's Tree back to health, but it took much longer for her to be freed from the Tree.
When Percy was 13 and enrolled in Meriweather College Prep he met one of his secret half-brothers named Tyson, they were friends but once Percy left Meriweather College Prep… He never heard from Tyson ever again…
When Percy went to Maine to attend Westover Hall, a military school. He met 3 half-bloods, 2 demigoddesses and 1 demigod. The first by the name of Lou Ellen Blackstone. Daughter Of Hecate and Sorceress with Immense Potential. The second by the name of Bianca Di Angelo. Daughter Of Pluto. And finally. The third is by the name of Nico Di Angelo. Son Of Hades and Mythomagic fan. What he didn't know was the fact all three of them had secret crushes on him.
Warning:
This story contains Slight X-over, Multi-shipping, possible harem if readers vote for it.
[ELDRITCH SOUL]
What is life and what is death? Two seemingly simple questions that have no definitive answers, depending on the culture, values, and hardships that a person grew up in and experienced. For example a Vietnam Veteran who was born and raised in lower-middle class districts in the racist south would have a different answer when compared to an upper-middle teenage northerner who grew up in a very multiracial, multicultural urban district.
Life is different for each person, who lives and breathes it. While Life is cruel, sadistic, and derives enjoyment and delight from making the other's miserable, Death is fair, just, and welcoming. It welcomes us all in like a warm blanket on a cool night. For even when there's a delay, We'll all become subjects of death.
Very few things in existence are Infinite, more than you'd think, but still quite rare. The most certain one is the stupidity and stubbornness of mortals when they have to face the reality of being forced to go to a peaceful sleep instead of a cruel, and torturous life of endless hellish abomination that is known as Life.
But who or what am I, you might ask? My name's Halo. but I've gone by many, many names. This is the story of how some of my foolish cultists believed that by killing my host that they would be granted eternal life and salvation…
The story begins with a young boy with messy jet-black hair, and sea green-eyes arriving in his classroom of a military school in Maine known as 'Westover Hall'. The boy was radiating an intense aura that was Aqua in colour with tints of Crimson and Bright Gold in it. If any monsters were there they would have damned all logic, reasoning, and common sense and attacked the poor mortal boy right on the spot.
"Looks like you arrived just in the nick of time, Mr. Jackson." The voice that was spoken was of a gruff tone, the speaker was a tall man with a slight northern irish accent as he looked at the student who barely arrived in the classroom before the bell rang signifying the beginning of class.
"I'm sorry Mr. Lester, I had detention with Mrs. Gottschalk." The boy quickly breathed oxygen as he was utterly exhausted from going from the far right of the school to the far left of it.
"Your apology is duly noted Mr. Jackson, and next time try to be a little faster? Understood?" the Mathematics teacher asked his student to get seated in his new seat. Every week they would change the seats of their students.
As Percy seated himself, he noticed that he was seated next to Ariadne Onasis. Percy felt… strange around her… She was a very popular girl in school and she didn't bully him… which was quite strange. She was the 'cool' girl that every guy wanted, The Ice Queen that was polite towards everybody despite her stoicism, she strangely always offered Percy help with his lessons. But Percy refused due to a strange feeling in his gut telling him not to do so.
She was a beautiful girl with Medium-Length Caramel-Coloured hair around her neck. She had piercing blue eyes. She was slightly taller than an average 14-year-old boy. She had a calm, cool, and collected air around her like she was born a leader.
Percy still didn't understand why she always offered him free lessons, 'Maybe it's because she pities me. And I find that uncomfortable…' Percy thought as he took out his book and notebook. When Percy was writing something unimportant down, His pen fell and he couldn't reach it.
'Aw man!' Percy dejected thought before noticing Ariadne sneaked something towards him. It was a small note and a pen. When he untangled the small note it read 'Please meet me at Mr. Lorenzo's gym class at the end of the day.' with what appeared in German, French, Norwegian, Danish, and Dutch 'Bitte accepter mij, Min kjærlighet'... Percy didn't understand what it meant because he couldn't understand German, Norwegian, and Danish, let alone speak or read it and barely knew any French and Dutch goddamnit!
Once Mr. Lester's Mathematics class was over, Percy went to go grab some lunch with what few friends he had. Which mainly included Lou Ellen Blackstone, Nico and Bianca Di Angelo alongside a strange 'mute' kid who stuck himself upon Percy named Anderson Lucht.
Lou Ellen, Nico and Bianca were all normal… when compared to Anderson… He never spoke to anyone and had a permission slip for the teachers that exempt him from Speaking. He had a silvery blond hair-colour, with Sky Blue eyes. He was shorter than an average boy his age and was a little skinny. He never smiled unless when in the presence of Percy, He was a bit of a sore thumb with his pale white skin and stoic face.
He was of Dutch ancestry… or at least that's what Percy thought from what his surname meant in Dutch. Nico and Bianca were Italian, Lou was Czech, while Percy was descended from Pennsylvania 'Dutch' (German) Immigrants. So in that sense He and Percy had something in common.
When Percy finally arrived at the table, he took a bite out of his sloppy joes. Grimacing, Percy still thought the Sloppy Joes were below his already low standards of what a cafeteria lunch should be. Anderson had ceremoniously given Percy a grilled cheese just like every other day when It was lunch time. "Thanks, Andy." The dutch shyly nodded before taking a small bite out of his own sandwich.
"So, Percy you don't look like you're paying attention, what's gotten into you?" Lou teasingly asked her 'friend'. She was concerned about what happened to her first friend and crush. Percy looked like he was contemplating whether or not he should tell him.
"Earlier today, When I had Maths class. Ariadne Onasis gave me a note telling me to meet her in Mr. Lorenzo's gym class at the end of the day." Percy spoke calmly… Lou, Nico, Bianca, and Andy gave him strange looks.
At first they didn't believe it until Percy actually showed them the small note that Ariadne gave him. To which they were understandably shocked. Anderson looked the most worried while Nico, Bianca, and Lou Ellen looked jealous. Percy thought that Nico had a crush on Ariadne and didn't know he was a homosexual.
"Percy, are you sure this isn't a prank?" Lou asked worriedly thinking her friend was going to get humiliated and laughed at. Percy looked unsure but decided to answer her with an honest, but reassuring answer.
"Pretty Sure that it isn't a prank, because she was polite and cordial to everyone this entire school term and didn't demean or ostracise me or anyone else for that matter. And besides I've suffered through much worse." Percy answered assuredly, thinking the worst that she could do wouldn't be that much when compared to the stuff his bastard of a step-father had done to him and his mother.
"Well… you… are… right… hopefully… but... I'll… stil... l... come… al…ong…" Anderson softly spoke, Percy was a little shocked that he decided to speak right now while Lou, Bianca, and Nico looked astonished because this was the first time they heard Anderson speak.
"Wait, you can actually speak!" Nico asked with amazement.
Anderson stiffly nodded.
"It's alright Andy, I think I can handle it myself." Percy hesitantly answered as he finished the grilled cheese sandwich that Anderson gave him. Noticing the words in multiple strange languages, Nico had decided to ask Percy.
"Hey, Percy. What are all these strange words?" Nico asked.
"I'll be frank, I don't know. It seems to be a mesh mash of languages…" Percy spoke before the words were seemingly translated in his head… Percy thought he was hallucinating or daydreaming, or maybe he was insane. He thought it was best if he didn't tell them what he just saw…
As time moved forward and Percy was almost finished with school, He heard a strange voice calling out for him. Feeling intrigued, Percy went to where the voice was. When he reached the voice. It was a sickly pale kid, with dirty blond, messy hair and crystal blue eyes.
"You need my help?" Percy asked the boy in front of him, he seemed a year older than he was.
"Yes, my name's Milo Luz, Senhor Jackson. I've come to warn you about Senhora Onasis. " The pale boy had a portuguese accent as he had a worried look on his sick face, Percy felt like he could trust this man for some reason.
"How so?" Percy asked the sickly boy.
"Senhora Onasis, although she doesn't show it… is obsessed with you… her obsession is unhealthy as evidenced by what she did to the last person who attempted to separate you two… she made them suffer a fate worse than death itself!" Milo answered as he asked Percy to follow him, Percy felt like what the Portuguese boy was saying was the truth, but just to be sure.
"How do you know this stuff?" Percy asked the Portuguese teenager. He hesitantly stopped walking and turned his face towards Percy and contemplated on whether or not it would be best to tell him the truth or not.
"Because, Senhor Jackson. I was there… Back then I was a coward who obediently followed her orders and commands like a servant, a mutt, a slave!" His tone was filled with anger, resentment, and grief over what Percy believed to have been the actions he committed.
"I was forced to watch you, and 'protect' you. But she meant by 'Protecting' you was to make sure no girl would ever come close to you. The only ones who did were your mother, and two girls who have a crush on you."
"I couldn't harm them because I had done it far too many times!" His voice broke with a turrent of emotions filled with grief, regret, depression, self-loathing, and anger. "So please, Senhor Jackson. Think carefully whenever you're around her, for she is a viper that wouldn't bite you, but rather. Strangle you to death as slowly, and painfully as possible!" He was on the floor now holding Percy's hands and begging for forgiveness.
Percy felt awkward and horrified over what Milo did because he was forced to, it brought his opinion of Ariadne on an extremely low level. But one thing bugged at him like he was a Sadistic Nazi breaking an already broken Polish-Jewish man. Why was she so obsessed with him?!
When Milo begrudgingly left Percy to Mr. Lorenzo's gym class. He was left afraid and terrified out of his wits. He slowly walked forwards into the gym class. He opened the door to find Ariadne and a middle-aged man with greying hair and a recently shaven beard. Percy assumed that it was her father… who was there for some reason…
Slowly walking forwards, Ariadne and what he assumed was her father finally noticed him. "I'm sorry for being late." It took all of Percy's mental strength to not cower in fear and stutter. Ariadne had a small smile on her (then) beautiful (but now in Percy's opinion, terrifying) face. While the man looked bored and just wanted to get things over with already.
"Oh, you aren't late, Perseus. It's just that we've actually arrived earlier…" Ariadne tried to reassure Percy, He looked in the direction of the man to find him walking over to his direction. Percy managed to hide a gulp as he approached.
"Hmph, So you're the boy that my niece keeps talking about?" The man had a voice similar to Ron Periman's Slade Wilson from Teen Titans 2003. Which added even more reason for him to be terrified. The man took his hand intending for a handshake, Percy tried to give it as much as he had in him only for it to not budge until it randomly did for some random reason…?
"Hmmm, It seems you've got quite the grip." The man spoke as he looked at his right hand, "The name's Orion Kallis. Pleasure to meet you, oh and if you break my niece's heart… It'll be a mistake you won't live to regret…" His voice would make Slade himself feel afraid, Percy felt more scared than anything before realising what he just said before… and then started to match the pieces… Ariadne was in love with him…
Percy mentally screamed and wailed at the fact he was going to have to date a Psychopath! Percy tried to make the best stoic face that he could and faced Ariadne who evidently felt shy and nervous but didn't show much of it.
"Perseus, I asked you to come here for something Important" She seemed to speak in a confident manner of voice… but if you had a good sense of hearing like Percy you could notice it being somewhat shaky. "I've come to ask you if… if you were… if you were willing to date me!" She stammered out.
On the outside Percy seemed to be calm and collected… On the inside… he was essentially having a mental breakout over prefering to die and or face a fate worse than death… or date a dangerous Psychotic lunatic who'd probably harm his mother if he didn't comply… he… reluctantly accepted the choice…
"I… I would… sincerely… like to…" Percy's tone was filled with sadness, but Orion and Ariadne didn't notice it. For the former it was him being too far away and if he did he didn't care, while for the latter she was so happy to notice as she walked towards Percy.
Percy prepared for the worst but seemed resigned to it as Ariadne went in for a kiss on the lips. Before her uncle decided to take pity on him or was a little old-fashioned "Aria, don't you think it's maybe a little too early for a kiss on the lips? Maybe wait until you two have had a couple of dates?" He asked Ariadne to which she shot him an Icy glare before begrudgingly accepting it.
"Oh, and Perseus. If you need help with your studies just ask me alright!" She said before going away with her uncle. When they went far enough Percy let out a sigh before feeling a hand pat his back in sympathy.
"What the-" Percy attempted to say before being punched in the face and knocked unconscious…
[Eldritch Soul]
Percy screamed as he felt an obsidian dagger plunge into his stomach! He screamed even harder than before as the dagger dug deeper into his body. His cries were dropping into the ground as the cloaked men looked like the picture of absolute stoicism.
"Hmm, It seems the reborn soul of Lord Halo is both more valiant and more cowardly than his majesty was." He heard the voice of a short, but slender man. His tone was of a fervently religious fanatic. Percy realised that it was the voice of Mr. Lorenzo.
"It seems so Brother Reion. It seems so." Another voice equally as religious fanatic and fervent spoke as he also stabbed the obsidian dagger into the heart of Percy. It was the voice of Mrs. Pious the Science teacher.
Percy screamed as he wondered what cruel hand of fate would not kill him just yet! How in hell did he not die already from the sheer pain! Percy cried as his tears and blood strangely turned into a dark liquid that began to burn into the very core of the earth!
Percy didn't have time to think about why his tears and blood managed to corrode the very ground. Perseus' eyes began to darken and get sleepy…
"It be a shame that ol' lad had to die so soon…" a gruff voice with a slight irish accent sounded sympathetic and was filled with pity as he stabbed Percy's abdomen, It was the voice of Mr. Lester… Percy felt nothing at all from his very life force dying with him…
The gruff voice passed the dagger unto a short, teenage girl with a squeaky voice, She stabbed him in the ankles as Percy couldn't bring himself to care she gave the dagger to the final member, a tall, broad-shoulder middle-aged man with a raspy voice… He stabbed him in the head and then the heart.
Percy's vision began to darken even further…
"NO!" Perseus screamed as his very voice seemed to break the very concept of reality! His eyes glowed bloody crimson and golden bright as the chains around his arms and legs were shattered like it was little more than play-doh!
"A SACRIFICE? A SACRIFICIAL OFFERING MADE OF MY CURRENT HOST!" Percy didn't know what he was saying but the very voice spoke with near-limitless power as it shook reality itself! "DID YOU FOOLISH MORTALS HONESTLY BELIEVE YOU SHALL BE GRANTED SALVATION BY KILLING MY HOST!" Perseus' very voice had begun to shake reality itself. The cultists tripped and trampled as they felt the full wrath of the god because they had the gaul to prematurely or depending on the perspective, long overdue revival of their Lord-Saviour.
These cultists shook with excitement and delight as they felt their very molecules and atoms begin to tear apart in countless realities! It was short but unimaginably and incompressibly powerful and destructive! Percy didn't know why he felt so much delight in destroying the cultists, sure they essentially turned him into a sacrificial offering but even he wouldn't receive this much glee from erasing them from the very fabric of reality itself.
Perseus' face began to change, his face was mostly covered by pitch-black darkness and his sea-green eyes were now an unnatural aqua-green eyes that would strike fear into even some of the most courageous gods and his smile was so unsettling that even the bravest gods ever born would be afraid! Then Instantly, Perseus' eyes became blood red as he channelled some of his power. The mere force of the he used on the universe he was in was capable of breaking reality itself.
Perseus' face began to grin in an unsettling fashion as he slowly destroyed and corroded the universe he was in, before repairing and doing it all over again… His grin grew wider and wider every time he did! Percy didn't know what was over him but he didn't care now because of how fun it was!
Perseus began to chuckle slowly but maniacally and when a few seconds passed, He then began to laugh maniacally as the universe was destroyed, repaired, and destroyed a thousand times a nanosecond. Perseus' began to create a rift in the space-time continuum as there was a rift-portal that was created when Perseus' rampage began!
Perseus roared as the very dimensional world equal to a small universe began to completely and utterly corrode and die out! His very rage and wrath were capable of destroying endless worlds by simply existing! But combining it with a strange and unknown sadistic pleasure… it was a recipe of endless disaster… a crisis… on endless worlds…
As Perseus decided to go through the rift-portal that he had created, He felt a severe headache comparable to septillions of universes exploding in his head! He screamed as his essence began to scatter! Perseus' scream began to destroy countless dimensions, worlds, universes, realities, and multiverses while still being in the small dimensional-world!
"NO!" Perseus decided to use his last resort…! Things were so dire that he was forced into granting his host… THAT Power… Perseus needs to use energy from both his past and future self to make sure his host's body is properly healed enough to the point he can converse with and influence him…
Sighing at the things he was forced to do right now, Perseus concentrated small fraction of a quarter of his power and essence and transferred it to the boy's body just before the body was fully destroyed…
[ELDRITCH SOUL]
When Percy opened his eyes, He felt them sting as he saw the light blind his eyes. The white come from what appeared to be a golden screen which read as the following;
PING!
You have slept in on ?'s bed!
Health has been fully restored!
Mana has been fully restored!
Stamina has been fully restored!
Percy looked dumbfounded by it, what the hell happened to him? Was he hallucinating? Did he have a fever dream? Of course! Why would a popular girl ever take interest in him and a maniacal cult think he was the reincarnation of their god-
Nope, You're not hallucinating, The crazy girl known as 'Ariadne Onasis' is a yandere towards you, and the cultists believed you were me, their god reborn in mortal flesh. It's not a dream. And technically they weren't exactly wrong…
You've currently been sent back in time to around a couple millenia before you were about to be sacrificed to my cult. You're now on an unknown island that is the place where the Titan Goddess Leto lives.
Your objective is to impregnate her with the twins Artemis and Apollo, a Bonus objective if you manage to make her fall in love with you, marry you, and convince her father that you're the best possible choice for her there is. Extra bonus objective if you manage to raise the archer twins with Love and Kindess.
There were multiple things running through Percy's head but he was too shocked to really question it, him being nearly sacrificed and killed really would do something to a person's psyche. But another reason was because he felt… calmer, more methodical, and more collected… Percy assumed this was the work of the video game screen…
My name is Halo, my half-blood host. It'll do you well to know it… In case some of my more… 'fanatical' cultists meet you…
Your first and foremost task is to grow stronger, Child. And If you do so I shall ensure that your mother, first cousins by the name of 'Di Angelo', and your second cousin once removed, that goes by the name of 'Blackstone', and alongside your first cousin by the name of 'Lucht'.
'What am I? A demigod?' the mental strain that Percy felt trapped within his mind attempted to break out.
Yes, That's what I mean by 'Half-Blood', or do you prefer the term 'Seaborn'? Son Of Poseidon and Neptune.
'Oh great! Now I know why my father abandoned my mum! Because he was too busy cheating on his wife and fucking his own cousin 6958 times removed!' Percy's mental state was quite awful…
It's actually 125 times removed.
But that is besides the point, SeaBorn. Your training regime will begin tomorrow when Our Soul, Your Mind, and Our Body fully adapts to the 'H.A.L.O' system. But until then, You ought to court the Sorceress Titan over there planting the flowers.
If Percy was honest with himself, He personally thought the voice in his head was an old daft of shite, but he did save him so he was due at least SOME modicum of respect. And besides he was personally terrified of Ariadne and her uncle, but because he was sent back in time before he accepted her offer for a relationship… it technically didn't count as cheating and besides she forced him into a relationship he didn't even want to begin with!
Shakily standing up, He found himself in a large bed with multiple flowers on it. Percy slowly limped out of the room he was in. The outside was quite beautiful, when he was looking around he found a beautiful woman with long strawberry-smelling reddish-coloured golden blonde hair that fell to her lower back, she wore a simple white dress that emphasised her already magnificent beauty and left little to her beauty and his imagination. She seemed to have monolid silvery eyes.
Percy had seen multiple pretty girls, Such as Ariadne, Lou Ellen and even Bianca. But this girl- no woman would make them eat the dust by simply entering the way she was. And if she actually put in effort to 'look good' then she would be considered the most beautiful woman in the entire world!
Slowly walking forwards, he made a sound and she noticed him.
"Oh- ah- I'm sorry for disturbing you." Percy shuttered, getting a full look at her beauty. He'd never seen a member of the entire female sex look as good as she did. Then time itself stopped as it now just became White, Grey and Black.
Okay, Do over. That 'pick-up' line was terrible, SeaBorn.
'Wait, since when can you just casually freeze time?! I know you were capable of sending me back in time to several millennia before I was even born, but still! Is this what it feels like when I pause a video game for the characters! And I was hitting on her! Just admiring her beauty and wanting to thank her for her hospitality!' Percy fired a million questions before blushing and trying to explain away the last few parts.
(Small chuckle) You continue to amuse me, SeaBorn. For that I shall give a do over with the Titaness. Never fear, For I shall be helping you in your endeavours.
Though do notice, I've given you boons that you mortals would call 'Perks' in your video game. As your mind, our soul, and our body hasn't fully adapted into the system, it'll take at least tomorrow until you receive some of the more powerful boons.
Until then, I'll give a list of the boons I've gifted you with, which contains the following;
Eternal Life (Passive/Active)
Description: You've been granted Immortality, for even in death, you will still live. Grants a powerful regenerative healing factor that will instantaneously heal unless you deny it permission, will stop you from ageing after reaching your prime and prevent you from getting Ill and receiving diseases, prevents the need for foods, drinks, and sleeping. Even if you somehow 'die', you are granted an endless supply of resurrections.
Beauty Beyond Adonis (Passive/Active)
Description: You've been granted beauty that is above Tammuz or as the Greeks called him 'Adonis', the older you grow and harder you train the more handsome and beautiful you will look, this will help you in Persuasion, Seduction, Intel Gathering, and Acting. You can somewhat downplay your beauty if you concentrate hard enough, though it can be a futile effort in the long term. (will fully activate when you reach the prime peak of your age or be training.)
Endless Potential (Passive)
Description: Your very potential is boundless, and capable of learning, teaching, and mastering just about everything and anything. If someone or something attempts to unlock your full potential, it will most probably fail because of how boundless and endless the sheer potential is. If someone or something attempts to steal some of the potential they will immediately fail.
Eldritch Host's Mind (Passive/Active)
Description: Your mind is now protected, No one can invade your mind nor can they attempt to influence it without our permission, This allows you to think in a clearer, calmer, more cool-headed and collected approach, Prevents Psychological and Mental Damage, Trauma and Fatigue. Prevents Insanity. grants perfect memory and infinite memory capacity.
Eldritch Host's Body (Passive/Active)
Description: Your body is now protected, your body is made to be the best possible and healthiest version that he could be while unlocking as much physical potential as Endless Potential would allow. This body prevents possession and others controlling your body. Prevents Physical Pain, Trauma, and Fatigue. Prevents bleeding and receiving scars.
Omni-Lingualism (Passive)
Description: You speak all, You write all, and You read all, You understand all the languages that have ever existed, currently exist, and will exist. Real or Fictional or Somewhere in between. You understand them all.
SpeedForce (Passive/Active)
Description- The SpeedForce itself, the same one used by Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, and Bart Allen. The more powerful you get and more you train, the better and more efficient you become at it. Despite the name 'SpeedForce' you can also use it to build up energy and use it as an attack like The Flash's 'Infinite Mass Punch' which despite its name doesn't have Infinite Mass otherwise reality itself would be destroyed.
Current Amount Of Speed: 1%
Percy tried his best to comprehend all the 'Perks' that he had been given and just decided to use 'Eldritch Host's Mind' to just get this damn thing over with already, he felt colour returning into the world slowly, but surely. He could also feel his perception and senses be much, much quicker and more attuned. His mind began to open up and be free.
Percy felt like he was now in more control of his body than he previously was. He felt the entire world fully back to colour and time started moving again. He could feel the beautiful Titaness look over her shoulder and seeing him awake. His enhanced speed helped him memorise her face much quicker. And oh boy!
Her face was extremely beautiful, he felt an intense urge to kiss her soft lips as if he was influenced by Halo… scratch that, it was possible for him to influence him, though he didn't need to do that. He went to move in her direction before he opened his mouth and saw a bunch of invisible words that only he saw in the sky telling what he should say.
Percy felt rather calm, cool, and collected despite looking at the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. "I would like to thank you for your hospitality, Lady Leto." She was quite shocked at me knowing who she was. Her face seemed to be a bit red, thinking that this was probably from seeing him with 'Beauty Beyond Adonis' and 'Eldritch Host's Body', with the former making him more beautiful over time and the latter with him the peak, prime physical body his endless potential would allow.
Her face seemed distracted for what seemed minutes but was in actuality probably a few seconds at most. She quickly stammered out a response "O-oh why of course sir!" She tried not to look at his eyes too much, if Percy had to guess it was probably the 'Perks' making him more handsome and easy on the eyes for… certain people of the same and opposite sex.
Percy then decided to ask "If you need anything, I'll be compelled to help you in any way I can, Lady Leto." Leto just nodded, probably not knowing what he just said as she was mesmerised into his Sea Green eyes and not realising that he knew her name…
As a few minutes passed, Percy felt awkward as the Titaness continued to ogle him. He decided to lay a trap on the Titan Goddess "Lady Leto, is there hot water here? I believe I reek of a horrible smell. And it wouldn't be wise for me to abuse your hospitality." Percy asked to which her eyes held a more lecherous glint in her eyes. she was confused with what 'Hospitality' means.
"Oh, Of course. Right this way… uhm…" She was embarrassed for not knowing his name being too focused on ogling him instead of learning about him.
"Perseus." He answered as the Titan Goddess fell right into her trap…
When Percy and Leto finally reached the location of the river, Touching it he felt it was just warm enough to bathe in. A few minutes passed with his enhanced senses he could hear the sounds of soft giggling. It sounded exactly like Leto's voice.
"Lady Leto, you do realise I can hear you right?" Percy said nonchalantly as he continued to bathe himself in the warm water… for there was no response for quite a while until She came out with a flush on her face. She decided to walk towards his direction and finally decided to speak to him.
"Forgive me, Perseus. It's just that my father is a bit…"
"Protective of you? Yes I know."
"Yes, and he threatened to torture anyone who would dare attempt to court me, he even had the backing of his brother and uncle Lord Iapetus of the West. and alongside Lord Kronos, for my father is highly esteemed among my uncles and aunts." She sadly explained, Percy did feel somewhat sorry for the Titan Goddess.
"Besides, I've never met a man with your looks before." She attempted to cup his cheek only to be stopped by Percy.
"Forgive my bluntness Lady Leto, But I'm currently trying to bathe at the moment, and I wouldn't think it wise to anger your father, who was the backing and support of his brother, the Lord Of Time and his other brother, The Lord Of Pain. While I do find you quite beautiful, Perhaps the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, I want you to respect my boundaries." Percy spoke with calmness, and cool-headedness.
Leto seemed to sour at most of the things he said, perking up at the 'most beautiful woman I've ever seen.' bit and then bit her lip, she then attempted to touch his body only for him to back away and repeat the answer he previously gave her.
She then did something that Percy didn't account for early on… she took off her dress and went nude before the world froze in shades of White, Grey, and Black. He noticed Time slowly freeze as he heard a chuckle devolve into full-blown laughter.
I must admit, Being sexually and romantically frustrated ought to help with the process. I must admit, I can see why you wouldn't want to fuck her so soon. As it would be too boring and would bring in much less XP.
And the reverse psychology was clever. Clever enough that I must tell you this:
You use reverse psychology on Koios, you're been sent a few years before Zeus is born, use it to your advantage. Succeed at gaining Koios' trust to the point he is more of an obedient slave to you then the lord of the north.
A word of advice, My host:
Fear nothing, there's nothing that can take away your powers, and nothing is capable of killing you.
Percy thought about it for a few moments before nodding and agreeing to his… benefactor's? Advice. Percy honestly didn't know what his relationship with the eldritch eternal god was at that point.
'Well, thank you… Lord Halo?'
Lord Halo doesn't roll off the tongue… or rather the mind now does it?… you may call me… Lord Al…
'Thank you, Lord Al.'
He saw the colours slowly fade back in as time began to move once again, Leto looked confused before realising that her dress was on her now instead of off her, she looked shocked before realising it was probably Percy that did it.
"Oh." Leto flirtily asked the handsome demigod, she tried to take her dress off once again before it was on her yet again. She looked frustrated before she finally attempted to kiss him on the lips, Percy used his enhanced speed to move her away.
"Please! Perseus!" She shouted.
"And what if I don't?" Percy was genuinely curious, she had a dangerous glint in her eyes.
"Then… Then I'll tell my father that you deflowered me and assaulted me!" Percy was dumbfounded, for an immortal goddess she was quite immature… but then again these were the greek gods who were based on what was true rather than what was ideal… of woman wanting to fuck the first pretty boy they see… somehow…
"I'm not afraid, do your worst." Percy flatly told her, to which she seemed shocked before biting her lip at what she thought was him being 'courageous' and 'brave'...
It wasn't until an hour later, did he see an absolutely livid Titan God donned in a strange black iron-like substance. He looked like he wanted to murder Percy right then and there. If Percy didn't have his Immortality he would be scared as shite.
"You! You dare defile my daughter!" Percy heard the wrathful voice of Koios, the angry visage of the Titan God of The North and Farsight approaching, it was at that moment did Leto realise she screwed up when her father seemed to kill Percy…
"Father NO!" She screamed only to see her father get punched into the ground! Percy's headless body just regenerated a new head. Koios and Leto looked on with great shock at how fast he regenerated but Koios looked more furious than anything.
"Listen Sir, I think there is a misunderstanding, I didn't sleep with your daughter, let alone defile her." Percy tried to calmly explain but Koios was having none of it as he rushed towards him with an unimaginable amount of wrath and rage.
"YOU LIE!" Koios revealed his true divine form and tried to use a large amount of his power to incinerate him, only to fail spectacularly as he regenerated faster than he could incinerate him. Koios was growing more and more wrathful and hate-filled.
"WHY WON'T YOU GET DIE!" Koios screamed with all his power only to fail again, causing him to grew more and more rage-fuelled and attempting it over and over again until he exhausted most of his power did Percy finally decide he had enough of the arrogant and wrathful Titan God.
He used more of the SpeedForce then he'd ever then charged straight and began to throw punches, uppercuts, and kicks at his face. He continued to do so until Koios body was thrown far enough for Percy to start charging up an 'Infinite Mass Punch' by using as much of the SpeedForce as he could. He ran circles around Koios and decided to give him a final warning. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH! KOIOS THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING! THIS ATTACK WILL DESTROY YOUR VERY ESSENCE, AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY WILL PERMANENTLY CRIPPLE YOU! ADMIT DEFEAT NOW AND I SHALL SPARE YOU!" Percy felt a strange, but powerful energy around him. Percy deduced that it was Halo granting a small amount of his power in order to make it charge faster and be more powerful.
"NO PLEASE!" Leto begged, "Please don't harm my father!" She was on her knees because of how much power the 'Infinite Mass Punch' was generating with the help of Halo. Koios' already exhausted body was straining due to all the energy that was generating around him.
When Percy finally reached Koios… He was almost hit by a wall… that did nothing as he phased through with the SpeedForce "YOUR MOTHER CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW KOIOS! ADMIT DEFEAT BEFORE YOU MAKE A MISTAKE THAT YOU WON'T LIVE TO REGRET!" Percy felt the very ground itself shake, realising that Gaia was attempting to stop, but he already knew she would fail.
"GAIA! I'VE COME TO BARGAIN! I WOULDN'T KILL YOUR SON, BUT IN EXCHANGE YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE DAMAGE INSTEAD OF HIM!" Gaia was failing to stop as he either dodge the attacks and defence that she made or phased right through them.
Gaia realised that she couldn't stop and so decided if it would keep her son safe, then she would do it. "I accept your bargain, Time Walker!" She spat as she materialised a form for him to attack, Koios and Leto's eyes widened as Percy reached and attacked her with the 'Infinite Mass Punch'. There was a howl of unimaginable pain from Gaia as his 'Infinite Mass Punch' was charged and powered by Halo, an Eldritch Deity with far more power than Gaia could conceive of, and destroying her physical form and crippling her beyond recognition.
Percy decided to ignore the 'Time Walker' part of her rant, and went to the Father and Daughter duo.
""MOTHER/GRANDMOTHER!"" were the shouts of Father and Daughter as they saw the amount of Damage Percy had inflicted on the earth mother, Percy walked away with most of his clothes being burned off from all the speed and energy he was building up.
Koios was on his knees at the amount of damage done to the landscape and his mother, his eyes widened to unbelievable degrees at what could have happened to him. He cried a few tears for his mother who saved him from death itself, and if he were lucky, permanent crippling injuries.
"If it makes you feel better, that was only half the power. I had to use nearly half of the energy in order to dodge and phase through attacks." Leto and Koios were now horrified beyond belief, Koios was now certain if he had been hit by even half of that he would have died, but at full-power… he didn't want to imagine.
"Your mother is trying to reform and is failing, my 'Infinite Mass Punch' crippled her to the point of her barely being capable of using her powers in her OWN domain, If she wasn't a primordial then she wouldn't even exist at this point." Percy was lying about the 'half-energy' part… Halo made him use even less than 10%...
'Don't I get a level-up?' Percy thought ignoring the saddened and horrified face of Koios and the shocked face of Leto.
Yes, you would. But because this is a different kind of system, you instead receive multiple Boons. Attribute Points, and Prestige, and alongside few secrets that would stretch Eldritch Host's Mind to nearly breaking point.
'What do you mean by 'Breaking Point'? I thought I couldn't become Insane.' Percy curiously thought.
You'll learn these secrets when you travel back in time.
Percy was curious, but did believe he could wait, so decided not to ask him anymore about it. 'What Perks did I get?'
The list is too long, So I decided to trim it down to only the most important ones;
Absolute Geomancer (Passive/Active)
Description: You command the earth and its terrain with absolute might, the earth itself is your servant obeying your very whim, you have complete and absolute authority over the ground, terrain, and the earth. Only an Omnipotent Being can challenge you when you're using this Boon when you're on the ground.
The Master Of Faster (Passive/Active)
Description: For each passing moment that you practise your speed, you shall go faster and faster, and become more efficient at using it and its power, energy, and force. When you practise with it long enough, You can outrun the very concept of time and travel to different worlds, universes, dimensions, multiverses, and planes of existence by simply running and vibrating.
The Wraith Lord (Passive/Active)
Description: You are the master of spirits, ghosts, souls, and wraiths, You possess all of their Powers and Abilities, When you become good enough at it you could possess even deities as though they were nothing but puppets for your will, you can also duplicate yourself by sending a small fragment of your essence into something or someone and then transforming them into you.
The Superior Mimic (Passive/Active)
Description: You see, You do, but on a superior scale, you can mimic anything and everything with on a far superior scale. But note that this is only temporary unless in certain circumstances, and the time it would take to finish the time limit depends on the skill itself.
The Ultimate Adapter (Passive/Active)
Description: You are the ultimate adapter, capable of adapting to anything and everything if the situation calls for it. This includes becoming Immune to it, developing a countermeasure against it, or gaining the ability yourself. Because no matter what happens you will survive and adapt!
Percy used 'Eldritch Host's Mind' to quickly get over the 'Perks' that he'd received, 'What about the attribute points?' He mentally voiced as he neared Koios and Leto. Koios, although exhausted and afraid of what Percy was going to do, tried his best to protect his daughter.
You'll received them after you impregnate Leto,
"Relax, I've made a bargain with your mother. I won't harm you… not unless you do something heinous like encouraging your brother to eat the children his wife just birthed." Koios was sweating profusely when Percy spoke. Especially more when he mentioned Kronos eating his own children.
"Judging from your expression under the helmet and the fact you're sweating profusely, I'm assuming he's already done it multiple times, at least 4 or 5, maybe 6 times." Percy decided to see Koios' reaction, it was strangely pleasing.
Koios tried his best to mask his expression, but he and his daughter failed spectacularly. Their expression gave away their fear. "Do not be afraid, I didn't fight you because I could. But rather because you broke your hospitality, the code of conduct between Host and Guest. And the fact you accused me of defiling your daughter when I denied her advances."
Koios and Leto looked confused at what hospitality meant, Leto looked embarrassed when I revealed the truth while Koios seemed to bite his tongue at how Percy was 'lying'.
"Hospitality is the code of conduct between guest and host. You cannot ask me about my identity until your host duties have been fulfilled, It is something my father's family has taught me. And because you broke it and accused me of defiling your daughter. I was right about defending myself."
Leto worriedly looked over at her father, his eyes seemed to soften when he looked at his daughter and he then begrudgingly looked over Percy. His face still betrayed fear over what he could do to him, and worse, what he could do to his daughter if he angered him.
"Remember, Koios. I will not harm you unless you do something vile or support someone who does something vile, Now if you'll excuse me. I shall leave this place for its horrible guest right." Percy spoke but was blinded by a light that seemed to come out of nowhere. When Percy opened his eyes the light disappeared.
When he looked over at the father and the daughter duo they were disoriented and didn't seem to pay attention.
"What was that?" Koios groaned out a sound, He later looked over at Percy and then looked over at his daughter before seeing them having a conversation that he somehow couldn't hear.
"Please, forgive me for my accusations of you." Koios grounded out "I was angered by the fact that my daughter was entranced by a male and I took my frustration upon you, Young One. My daughter has offered to marry you if you would forgive me for battling and accusing you." Koios seemed remorseful at the fact he had to give his daughter's hand to someone he just met and who crippled his mother.
'What did you do?' Percy mentally asked Halo.
I didn't do anything, It seems someone else is interested in your wedding to the Titan Goddess. I would advise you to accept the marriage proposal. It is your objective after all.
'Why do you need me to impregnate her with the Twin Archer Gods anyways?'
Because, that fabric of reality was broken, and we need to fix it! Reality needs you to impregnate the Titan Goddess with your sperm for it to work.
'Valid reasons that don't make sense, but alright then.'
"I accept, Lord Koios." Percy appeared to be neutral-looking. "But there are some conditions I have to lay out."
"First, I will stay neutral in all conflicts that you and your family have been dragged into because of one of them being unintelligent and paranoid, Unless your daughter convinces me. I will stay neutral." Koios seemed to grimance but nodded.
"Second, If your family attempts to harm me or my family, Then you cannot stop me from bringing Justice towards them and you will help me if, Understood Lord Koios?" Koios nodded believing it was reasonable and any descendants of him would surely be descendants of his daughter, right?
"Third, If your daughter takes on lovers, I will not stop her, but I shall take on lovers of my own. Her love life is hers, just as my love life is my own life and not someone else's." Koios seemed confused at him allowing his daughter to take on different lovers, but assumed that this was something his family taught him.
"I accept those conditions, Uhm…?"
"Perseus…" Percy thought about her thinking 'Oh, what the hell.' "Of the house of Jackson." Koios seemed intrigued, but remembered he couldn't ask him any questions about his identity.
"Very well, I accept those conditions, Perseus Of The House Of Jackson." Koios said as he gave Leto's hand to Percy. He seemed regretful as he did so. While Leto looked to have… mixed reactions on her face, but it was nothing that Percy couldn't handle.
As Percy took Leto's Hand, he picked her up bridal style much to her reddening face at what he did.
"This is the way my family handles brides. This is called the 'Bridal Carry'." Percy quickly explained.
Leto and Koios seemed more and intrigued until Percy noticed he wasn't wearing clothes.
[Eldritch Soul]
For those wondering, The reason why Percy is acting so Out Of Character, it's because when you have an eldritch, ageless, eternal god in your very mind and are in their influence… you tend to not act the same way you would normally act, plus the fact that Eldritch Host's Mind and the trauma of almost dying and being sacrificed would really do something to a 14-year-old kid.
As for update schedule: I would say that I can update once or twice every month, But If I were honest, I'd say I can only update once a month.
The First Word Count: It's over 9,340 words!
First Page Count: 25
Date Upload: The 3rd Of October, 2023, Tuesday.
And Special Thanks to my beta reader, DarthWizard and Friend, The Blade Of Osh-Tekk for helping edit this chapter and suggesting ideas to me. And Oh boy! This is the longest chapter I've done to date! Literally over 9000 words for an opening chapter! I really have been testing and breaking my limits!
And I hope you guys will enjoy the Percy X Leto stuff later on, hopefully.
I'll leave a poll for you guys, Would you prefer for Hermes to be one of the sons of Percy?
And would it be alright with a harem? Because I generally dislike harem stories, but if enough people vote for it, Then I might consider having a harem for Percy.
And please leave reviews and PM me if you have any questions, don't be afraid.
And as for who Halo is, and what his relationship with Percy will be in the future…
Halo is an eldritch god that exists outside of anything and everything, he's omnilock. And I hope that I can write the relationship between the two to be like Father-and-Son. I would greatly appreciate Feedback.
Anyways, I've been introduced to JumpChain fics by a close friend of mine… and I love them! I have an idea for a JumpChain for PJO, Ben 10, ASOIAF, Digimon, Code Lyoko, Harry Potter, DanMachi, Sekirei, etc. etc.
And one more thing, Percy is MEANT to be Broken and OP, because it makes sense for him to be, for example: With the SpeedForce Percy could learn entire subjects that would take professional years and decades to master, and dominions where it would a new deity centuries if not millennia to get used in a matter of nanoseconds! And plus! He is absolutely Immortal and can't die! He's pretty much a fusion of SCP-682 and Doomsday! He's literally unkillable! And if he learns how to use Eldritch powers from Halo then there might as well not be anything that can stand a threat to him or even possibly conceive of stopping him in their wildest dreams and figment of their imaginations! It would literally be useless! No matter what they try!
And as I said, I would greatly appreciate Feedback and Constructive Criticism. Because it would help me learn as a writer and improve my skills, so until next month finally arrives, and No Nut November strikes back. Keep It Fizzy Guys and Gals!