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The Greeks were all studying the map, and formulating how was best to attack. As their ships had been sunk the couldn't go along the coast and use that attack they thought of . That's when a familiar face turned up, Kassandra spoke "Xander." The Greek general, snapped his head round to face her, "Eagle bearer you're here again." The eagle bearer nodded, "I see you are in need of a ship, I can lend you mine. My captain Barnabas, will make sure we get to the Roman capital of Rome, by dropping is at the harbour of Portus then it's a 20-mile hike to Rome." Xander nodded.
The Adrestia, came into sight for the army to see. Kassandra lead the way to her ship and the army followed, they all bordered it. Kassandra took Xander onto the helm area, Barnabas had a toothy grin, "You must be General Xander the Brutal. The one responsible for the invaders running, our mutual friend has spoken highly of you." The Spartan mercenary shrugged at Xander, and soon enough the Adrestia was underway, however as they sailed under the power of the winds, the sea became very choppy and unpredictable even more so when they got close to the harbour of Portus.
As they got closer, to the harbour, suddenly a massive wave came and struck the ship, cleaving it in half. Not many would survive. Xander, managed to free himself from the debris, he started to swim towards the shore, around 20 of his men had survived. Kassandra, had survived and was swimming to the shore. As they reached the shore, the eagle bearer turned to Xander. "Have you angered Lord Poseidon recently?" she accused him, Xander couldn't lie, "Yes, I slept with Lord Perseus' girlfriend." With her fully strength, behind her, the eagle bearer slapped Xander, the slap sent him flying back, it left a red mark. "How dare you, be so stupid!" she roared.
Xander, stood up and dusted himself off. He growled, "BECAUSE SHE SAID I COULD HAVE ANYTHING I WANTED! AND I WANTED HER!" The eagle bearer, staying calm, "You lost my ship because you think with your dick!" Eventually, the 22 of them started their 20-mile hike towards Rome, most of it in silence, apart from the odd time, where Kassandra would have a go at Xander.
The group, still in silence had reached the, Rome city lines by nightfall. They set up a small campsite out of what they could, they fell asleep as Artemis pulled the moon chariot over. As, Apollo had started his daily routine, the small Greek force had woken up, they got prepared to attack the city, their situation was less than ideal. The Greek army, got up and had their breakfast, they scarified some to the gods, especially Nike and Tyche, they would need as much as luck and victory as they could get today. The Greeks snuck up to the wall that surrounded the grand city of Rome.
The Greeks managed to find a crack in the wall, they slipped into the city. As they hugged the wall around the city, they had to be careful to avoid the Roman patrols in the city as there was no chance that they could strike in the open. Luckily, as they walked staying close to the wall, they came across the main garrison.
Kassandra, pulled out her explosive arrow and shot it into the garrison as she had spotted piles of flammable things
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Screams filled the air, Roman soldiers were exploded or set on fire from the arrow that the eagle bearer sent off. This would help them massively, they could now slip through the streets and that they did. They blended into the crowd and headed to Emperor Marcussus Buccius Nepoticus palace. They managed to slit the necks of The Praetorian Guard that stood at the door.
However, once they got past the main door, the Palace was crawling with guards. The Greeks looked for an opening and managed to get through to the emperors' throne room. Xander, spotted the emperor, he whispered an order "Hold off the guards as long as you can." Kassandra scowled but nodded, she and the Greek soldiers waited by the door. Xander, slipped over to the throne and got his spear out. His shield was on his left arm.
The Greeks outside held the throne room as well as they could, Marcussus got off his throne "Xander the Brutal, the Greek demigod I have heard so much about." The Emperor's voice had a tone of respect in it. The Emperor, had shiny, golden armour on, he wielded a standard Roman Gladius, but the shield he had was of an old Greek Commander.
The two circled around the room, Xander making a quick strike against the Emperor, Marcussus managed to block quickly, he sent a few strikes in quick succession, Xander raised his shield and blocked the strikes quickly. The sound of the sword hitting the shield reverted through the palace. The two traded strike after strike, they were pretty matched in the terms of strength, that's when Xander let out a massive roar, his vision filling with red yet again. The blessing of Ares had been activated. Xander, now struck harder against the Roman. Marcussus, had expected that to happen, so what he had done was dipped his sword in poison. The two kept exchanging strikes, however Xander got lucky and managed to get quite a few brutal strikes on the Emperor, Marcussus' armour no longer looked shiny, it was damaged but so was Xander's.
The two seemed to fight for a while, still matched even with the Blessing of Ares on Xander, Xander seemed to get lucky and got a few more brutal strikes on the Romans arms and legs. The Roman, growled in anger. Marcussus struck the Greek hard and used the shield to send Xander flying into the throne, as Xander crashed into the throne, he had enough.
Xander, got up, he was injured but something inside his brain had snapped. He had lost all humanity, he ran up and punched the Roman in the face, using his sword inside the shield, stabbing the Roman all over his body, he managed to break the Romans armour and struck harder than before, he used his foot to step on the Romans neck, turning it blue, the Roman reached for his sword, however, Xander cut his hands off, he could see the poison dripping off of the sword, he reached over and stabbed the Emperor in the eye with his own poison sword. He left the sword in there and started to use his boot to crush the Romans body, he started by crushing his balls, then his stomach. The Roman grunted and cried out in pain. This only encouraged the Greek. He then crushed the Romans chest and as the emperor stopped breathing, Xander cut the head off. He smirked and sat on the throne.
The Greeks outside had managed to kill the guards and had joined Xander by now. "We need to kill their senate and anyone with an ounce of power, we need to make them hurt, and bow down to the Greeks and our gods!" Xander exclaimed, the Greeks seemed to nod. Xander grabbed a bag, and stuffed the Emperors head into it.
The Greeks slipped out of the palace and headed to the senate building, they managed to slip past any guards and got into the building. They decided to slaughter each senator in a different method. Xander, met with one of the consuls. The consul was more than ready, he had his gladius out.
The consul struck hard and managed to hit, the now tired out Xander, Xander struck back however his strikes were sluggish and weak, seeing this the consul struck again, however, Xander managed to raise his shield in time. The Gladius struck the shield. Xander, using his spear sent a jab, it was still sluggish, it missed his target, the consul managed to strike the spear out of his hand and onto the other side of the room. The consul decided to knee Xander in his stomach, the Greeks armour was weak so he fell onto the floor, as the consul pressed his boot on Xander's neck, a dagger went flying into the consul's neck, it was a dagger from Kassandra, she pulled Xander up and fed him some nectar.
Xander, sat up feeling refreshed after eating it. "Is everyone dead?" he coughed out. Kassandra nodded, Xander then stood up and went to the palace again, he kicked one of the dead bodies out the way and stood on the balcony.
On Olympus, the council were in the throne room, however in front of them, there were their Roman forms. Jupiter and Zeus looked at each other. Everyone looked at each other. Percy's Roman form, Perseus, and Percy were talking as the forms both looked each other, something started to happen. The two forms started to merge completely. The Greeks being the older gods, their looks stayed the same, however they became more war-like. Zeus looked around "Did our forms just merge completely?" Athena, nodded and spoke "That seems the most logical reason, Father." The gods nodded, they all looked more disciplined and war ready.
Back in the mortal world, Xander stood on the balcony. "ROMANS! YOU WILL BOW TO THE GREEKS!" He yelled, and pulled out the emperor's head. The Romans that passed, some threw up however most noticed that, there were no Roman leaders anymore, so they bowed.
13 flashes appeared into the colosseum, as the people saw it, they all filled into it. In the centre, stood the 13 Olympians. Zeus spoke, "Romans! You are now under the control of the new Greek Empire! Xander will be the emperor!" As Xander nodded and thanked the gods. The Gods then left back to Olympus, Percy headed straight to his office. Athena followed, Percy turned back "Athena fucking leave me alone!" He yelled. Athena sulked off, Artemis had seen everything and went over, "Hey Perce." Percy gave a smile, "Hey Arty." He spoke. Artemis gave a smile, it made her feel all warm and fuzzy inside when Percy called her a nickname.