The dog nodded, "got it master," and soon the pair was off. The found another zombie quickly and Leo jumped into the attack. He scratched the zombie's leg with his claws and then moved away before the zombie could catch him.
Percy then moved forward and stretched his left hand forward channeling his telekinesis. Percy didn't know the weight of the zombie, his present limit at the moment was only 50 pounds.
Percy tried to lift the whole zombie, his mind was clearly visualising what he wanted to do. He could see the zombie slowly raise but then it immediately fell back down to the ground. It was to heavy. Percy sighed and simply swiped Waverider cutting the zombie in half.
"That was amazing master!" Leo barked, "I feel stronger already!"
Percy smiled and scratched the dog's head. It was true, Leo now had 50 exp points, a few more zombie and Percy would have Leo up to shape in no time.
The continued forward and soon encountered another zombie. Leo but this one and knocked him to the ground, Percy then tried his telekinesis again. This time though he managed to lift the zombie's head alone, but soon when the entire weight of the zombie came into place, his skill failed him.
Percy killed the zombie then went on to the next. They did the same routine as the times before, but after the zombie died this happened,
Ping!
Your skill has leveled up!
Telekinesis, Lv— 2 (0%)
The physic ability to move objects with your mind.
Range— 30 feet
Max weight— 60 Pounds
Cost -20MP
Ping!
Your companion: Leo, leveled up!
Leo
Lv-2
HP: 100/100
MP:35/35
Race— HellHound (1/2)+Wolf (1/2)
Exp— 0/200
Str-2
Vit-2
Dex-1
Int-1
Wis-2
Luc-4
Points-5
Percy smiled, "hey check it out boy, you leveled up!"
"Bark!," "I know master! I feel stronger!"
Leo didn't just feel stronger, he also grew up by an inche. Percy was impressed, 'so his growth is directly linked to his level.'
"Okay Leo let's use your points. What do you want to improve?"
Leo turned his head sideways, "points? What is points?"
"It's kind of like these things that will make you instantly more powerful. You can become faster, stronger, smarter, all kinds of thing."
"Will it make me bigger?"
Percy shook his head, "no, that will only happen when you level up."
"How do I level up?"
"You have to fight more monster."
Leo nodded, "I want to fight more monsters master."
Percy nodded and turned to Leo's points. He knew he should be saving them, but right now Leo was useless to him being so weak. Percy put 2 in Str, 2 in Vit and 1 in Int;
Leo
Lv-2
HP: 100/100
MP:35/35
Race— HellHound (1/2)+Wolf (1/2)
Exp— 0/200
Str-4
Vit-4
Dex-1
Int-2
Wis-2
Luc-4
Points-0
Percy and Leo then set out looking for more zombies. They quickly found one and this time Leo tried to fight it all by himself. He managed to tear the neck of the zombie apart, but still got hurt in the process. Percy stepped in and defeated the zombie with ease before healing Leo again.
The two then went into a set pattern. Leo would try to attack the zombie, fail and get hurt. Percy would then deal with the zombie, ether with his weapon or by using his shadow control to tear the monster apart.
This went on for a total of 8 monster before Leo leveled up again.
Leo
Lv-3
HP: 150/150
MP:60/60
Race— HellHound (1/2)+Wolf (1/2)
Exp— 0/400
Str-4
Vit-4
Dex-1
Int-2
Wis-2
Luc-4
Points-5
This time Percy invested 3 points in Leo's Str and 2 in Vit, might as well make the dog into a mean fast killing machine.
Percy and Leo spent three hours inside the ID killing normal zombies. In that time Percy had leveled up his telekinesis again as well as his healing skill;
Telekinesis, Lv— 4 (0%)
The physic ability to move objects with your mind.
Range— 35 feet
Max weight— 70 Pounds
Cost -20MP
Healing, Lv— 3 (10%)
Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments threatening himself or others.
Limit— 1 aliment per use.
Cost— 400 MP
Leo had also gained four more levels in that time;
Leo
Lv-7
HP: 450/450
MP:160/160
Race— HellHound (1/2)+Wolf (1/2)
Exp— 0/1,200
Str-11
Vit-11
Dex-6
Int-5
Wis-3
Luc-4
Points-0
Percy had invested mostly in Leo's speed and strength, but he also focused on accuracy as he had noticed the faster Leo got, the less likely he was to actually hit a target. That was because his speed had once surpassed his accuracy, but Percy quickly fixed that. He also made sure that Leo's Int was high, after all Leo could use magic, there was no telling what type of spell the dog could use in the future, might as well invest in it now.
And with the increase in level Leo grew up as well. He now stood at Percy's knee level, he was as big as a normal dog, but the son of Poseidon knew this was just the beginning. Leo had unlimited potential, just like him.
'Maybe I can make a wolf out of you yet.'
Percy knew he could have very well made Leo level up even faster by fighting a Legion zombie, but he wanted to take it slow. He wanted to spend some time bonding with the dog, maybe he would have Leo fight one later. But right now Percy wanted to be sure by the time they were done Leo and him grew much closer.
Eventually though Leo began to grow tired from all the fighting. Percy pulled them both out of the ID: Zombie, and realised it was already 6 in the morning. Percy put away Waverider and picked up the dog. He Carried him back to the Poseidon cabin where he found John awake and alert.
"Morning John," Percy said as he laid down Leo on his bed. The dog immediately curled up and the sheets and Percy could hear the dog snore.
"Morning Percy, is that a dog?" John asked looking at Leo.
Percy nodded, "yup. It was a gift from a friend but I left him with my mom for safe keeping. I brought him back with me when I went to visit her, figured we should spend some time together."
"Did you two stay up all night?"
Percy nodded,"yeah." John then said his goodbyes and left for the Mess Hall promising to see Percy for training. Percy then took a bath and quickly changed into a new set of clothes throwing his usual jacket over the get up.
Leo was still asleep at the time so Percy just let the dog be leaving the door slightly ajar just in case the dog wanted to run out and play.
Percy then went to the Arena, along the way he spammed his ID creating and escaping skills.
Percy then spent the day training everyone in the usual routine. After a quick lunch he gathered Nico, Bianca and Thalia and took them into the Forest.
"Why did you call us Percy?" Thalia asked as the walked towards the Fist of Zeus.
"Yeah, Percy, the other one, and I were planning on helping Travis prank Conner," Nico complained while his sister remained silent.
"I called you three here to train you all," Percy explained as they reached the popular rock formation. "Take a seat," Percy said sitting down next to the rocks.
The other children all did and Percy began, "okay I'll be honest. We four are in a fucked up situation, I assume you two know about the prophecy?" Percy turned to Bianca and Nico.
"Yes, Annabeth informed us," Bianca said.
Percy nodded, Nico looked down at the ground in worry, Percy realised the boy understood why the prophec wa so important.
"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. From now on I'm giving you all extra training with me. I'll teach you anything I can, and I'll make sure you have at least a chance of beating Kronos."
"Okay I get why you called me," Thalia spoke up, "but why the undead kids?"
"Because I'm not taking any chances," Percy explained, "right now you are the child of the prophecy, and after that is me. Suppose something happens to us we need Bianca and Nico ready."
"Great," Nico said, "the fate of the world in our hands. No pressure."
Percy smiled, "relax kid, you are right now fourth in line for the prophecy. I am only doing this as a precaution."
Nico nodded and Percy turned to them all, "okay first things first, mana. Anyone know what that is?"
"The thing that videogames use?" Thalia guessed.
Percy nodded, "right. That's what I call magic, and that's I want you all to try and use today."
Bianca blinked, "magic? We have magic? But that's....never mind, I am demigod living 60 years in the future. I don't think I have the right to say impossible anymore."
Percy smiled and Thalia spoke up, "we don't have magic per say. We can just control the elements, right?"
Percy shook his head, "no, that's totally wrong. Our magic, as demigods, is naturally aligned to one thing or another. For a son of Hermes his mana is linked to stealth meaning he has certain advantages in that area. For a son of Ares his magic would involve fighting. But the best example would be us," Percy snapped his fingers and formed water trident.
"So you're saying that your mana is linked to water, hence you control water," Bianca observed.
Percy nodded, "right in one. Thalia's speciality is thunder, as we saw her use it on the Damned Knight. And you two, if I'm not mistaken, should be great at shadow manipulation."
Nico smiled, "so are you going to teach us how to control shadows?!"
Percy smiled and nodded, "yup."
"Wait, how can you do that?" Thalia asked, "wouldn't it be impossible to teach someone else something you don't' know?"
Percy's smile grew even bigger, "who said I don't know how to control shadows?" Percy then summoned the shadows formed below him and made them into tendrils.
"Amazing," Bianca said as she touched the shadows, "they fell so....familiar."
"How are you doing that?!" Thalia said freaking out, "you're a son of Poseidon, not a son of Hades! This shouldn't be possible!"
Percy let the tendril go, "yeah, it should. But kind of got the hang of it on accident,"
Lie Succeeded!
"But either way this is what happens when you learn to control your mana and not just you demigod powers. Think of it like this, our power is naturally attuned to our core elements. If we can separate our mana from out elemental control, we should be able to use them in other ways, maybe even manipulating other elements."
Thalia, Bianca and Nico were now focused. It looked like nothing could distract them.
"What do we have to do?" Thalia asked.
"First, close your eyes," Percy instructed as everyone did just that, "and now try to pull your mana out of you. From experience I can tell you it won't be easy at first, I could barely control a sphere of water. But I eventually got the hang of it."
"How do we look for it?" Bianca asked.
"It should be from inside you," Percy explained, "for me, I feel like my mana is stored somewhere between my heart and my stomach. Bianca, Nico, I want you to imagine a ball of darkness inside your body. And I want you to pull it out. Use your emotions, use everything you have. Become angry, become demanding. The secret is knowing where it is. When you find that out, you can call out your mana."
The two children of Hades nodded and started to focus on finding and controlling their mana. Percy then turned to Thalia, "Thalia, you can use your mana to form lighting, but you can't separate the two. Remember how you feel every time you summon lightning, remember, and try to feel out your mana as it comes out of you."
Thalia nodded and all three began her meditation. Percy closed his eyes and used mana scene to try and see whether they were able to use their mana. Bianca was near her core, Percy could feel the whispers of her mana touchign her mind. Nico didn't make any progress, but his mana was there clear as day, it almost seemed like it was waiting for Nico to touch it.
Thalia however was the most improved as she had accesed her mana and was now slowly pulling it outwards. It obeyed her every command, but then suddenly it exploded outwards.
Percy snapped his eyes open and moved grabbing Bianca and Nico. He ran into the forest just as a massive lightning bolt exploded out of Thalia.
The children of Hades looked on in shock as Percy put them down and approached the crater Thalia formed.
As the smoke cleared Percy saw Thalia sitting on the ground with the land around her destroyed. She looked unharmed, except for a little mud on her clothes. Thalia was sweating profusely, a clear sign of mana exhaustion.
Percy whistled, "damn Thalia, that was quite a show. Although I didn't mean use all of the mana you have."
"I-It got away from me," Thalia said as sweat rolled off her face.
Percy nodded, "I'm guessing you tried to use anger to control it?"
Thalia nodded, "yeah. I used my anger to pull it out...but it got away from me at the last moment."
Percy nodded, "right. Well it's okay, simple mistake, Nico, Bianca come and sit down," the two children of Hades looked afraid, "oh come on, I'll make sure nothing happens to your two. Promise."
They nodded and reluctantly did. Percy then turen to Thalia, "anger is good when pulling mana out and using it wildly. But that's not what we want. We want to separate the mana from the lighting, and for that you need will power. Pure concentration."
Thalia nodded, "got it."
They began again and after half an hour, and one more lighting strike courtesy of Thalia, Bianca managed to control her mana. It came out of her so suddenly that Percy almost missed it. The mana explode out and immediately it took control of the shadows forming a protective cage around Bianca.
Percy smiled, "very good Bianca. You got the hang of it faster than I did," Bianca blushed at the praise and continued to work on controlling the shadows. After that Nico managed to pull out his mana by, what Percy assumes, was pure will power. It seems seeing his sister do it made Nico want it even more.
After an hour of mana lessons the children of Hades left. Percy gave them a few tips on shadow control and promised to have another class in two days time. This left Percy alone with Thaali, who was still struggling to remove her mana from her lightning powers.
Percy sat with Thalia as the demigoddess scrunched her face in concentration. He honestly didn't mind, separating your mana from your natural powers was a huge task, the only reason Percy could do it was because of the powers of the Game.
Thalia threw her hands up in defeat, "I can't do this! Fucking Hades this is difficult!"
Percy smiled, "relax Thalia, it's normal for you to take time to do this. It isn't an easy skill."
Thalia groaned, "when did you do it?"
PErcy scratched his head, "ah, let's not compare you to me."
