Percy rolled his eyes, "why does everyone hate us? I mean you don't even know us and already with the hate."
Terminus grumbled, "I do not hate you boy, I'm just.....weary."
"Right..... Sure you are."
"Enough," Thalia said, "let's get this over with before we have another fight on our hands."
"Technically that was a challenge, not a fight," Percy clarified which was rewarded by Thalia glaring at him, 'I am so going to get it now.'
"Right, now where is my assistant? Janet? Janet?!"
"Coming Terminus," a woman called out. She had blonde hair and green eyes with the same shade as grass. She had just finished collecting the weapons of the other legionnaires and had them all stored away on a big cart to the side. The woman turned and walked towards Percy and his group, "another weapons collection?"
Terminus nodded, "yes. Now you two, empty your pockets, and don't try and pretend you don't have any, I can sense them!"
Percy raised an eyebrow, 'I wonder whether he can sense all the weapons I have hidden inside my inventory?' Percy put his theory to the side as he took out Waverider and Riptide, both in pen form.
"I don't know whether you can hold on to these," Percy said, "they are charmed to always return to my pocket."
"I'm sure we can keep them from wandering off," Terminus said as his blonde assistant took the pens along with Thalia's spear in the form of a can of mace.
"So can we go?" Percy asked.
"No!" Terminus yelled out, "what's that on your wrist?"
"Me?"
"No not you, the girl!"
Thalia pointed to her braclet, "this?"
The God nodded, "yes that."
"Well it's my shield," Thalai pressed it and activated it causing the imprinted face of Medusa to appear before them scaring the Legionnaires along with Terminus.
"Don't do that!" the God yelled out, "that can be considered a declaration of war!"
Thalia shrugged, "sorry."
"And what's with that hair?! Blue dye is not allowed according to protocol! And your clothes! The both you are dressed atrociously!"
Percy looked down, "what's wrong with my clothes?"
"It's leather! And your shoes! How do you even run in those! Swap them out for sandals this instant!"
Percy turned to Julia, "can we go?"
Julia chuckled, "yes."
They turned around and left leaving Terminus yelling for Percy and Thalia to come back claiming he had more things to tell them. Percy checked his pockets and found that both his swords hadn't returned to him, it seemed whatever magic Terminus had blocked the charm both Riptide and Waverider had.
But just then a familiar weight came into Percy's pocket. Percy looked in and saw Waverider in there.
"Guys we have to go back," Percy spoke up stopping everyone in their tracks.
"What? Why?" Rob asked.
Percy held up his pen, "my weapon came back to me."
"What?! How is that even possible?!"
Percy shrugged, "I don't know. Guess the charm on Waverider was too strong for Terminus to hold back."
The group quickly turned round and walked back to Terminus and his assistant who were busy freaking out.
"Something wrong?" Percy asked startling both people.
"Yep!" Janet yelled as she covered her hand with her mouth.
"Wrong? No, nothing's wrong, why would you think so?" Terminus asked though Percy could tell he looked nervous.
"Really? You sure you haven't lost something? Like one of my weapons?" Percy asked pulling out Waverider.
Janet and Terminus sighed in relief, "oh thank the Gods," Terminus said, "I thought we lost that! Wait! How did you get that back?!"
"I told you it has a very strong charm on it," Percy explained.
"B-but that's impossible! No mear charm can hold up to the power of a God!" Terminus looked like he wanted to pull out his own hair, but he didn't have any hands to do so.
Percy shrugged, "I don't know....so what exactly are we supposed to do?"
"I don't know! This has never happened before!" Terminus all but yelled.
"It's alright," Julia spoke up, "he can bring the pen with him."
"What?! Absolutely not!" Terminus shouted, "the rules clearly state that he is not allowed to bring his weapon inside New Rome!"
"But Terminus he swore an oath not to-"
"Rules are rules!"
Julia sighed and turned to Percy, "I'm sorry. I tried. Is there anyway you can deactivate your pen's charm?"
Percy scratched his chin, "well.... There is one thing I could do." Percy then transformed Waverider into it's trident form and stuck the prongs into the ground. Percy then stepped back slowly, "stay."
Thalia laughed, "you really think that's going to work?"
Percy shrugged, "I hope so."
"Good Gods boy!" Terminus shouted, "where did you get such a weapon?!" Terminus was staring in awe of Waverider.
"I made it," Percy replied.
"You made that?!" Rob said as he also admired the weapon, "you sure you aren't the son of Vulcan?"
"Vulcan? Do I look like Mr. Spock?" Percy asked.
"No Percy," Thalia said, "Vulcan is the Roman version of Hephaestus."
"Oh, then no. I am sure I'm not a Vulcan, though the power to paralyze someone with a touch does sound pretty cool."
"Such power," Terminus continued practically drooling at the weapon, "truly a weapon fit for a God!"
"Alright then let's move on, the Senate is waiting for us," Rob said as the group quickly moved forward.
Luckily this time Waverider didn't return to Percy's pocket, the verbal command to stay must have worked.
Percy entered the city and was immediately struck by how many people there were inside. Each of them was ether a demigod, a Legacy, or a former Roman Legionary. Percy wondered what would happen if anyone attacked New Rome, with no weapons inside the city the people won't be able to defend themselves. But considering that every adult here was at least level 20 Percy would guess that the citizens of New Rome could handle themselves pretty well.
There were many college age kids around, several of them waved at the legionaries as they passed by. There were parents outside walking with their kids, the shop keepers were busy trying to score customers. People were everywhere hanging around fountains talking, relaxing, and just having a good time.
"This place is amazing," Thalia said looking at everything in wonder.
"Yes it is," Julia nodded in agreement, "most would say this is worth the 10 years of service required to enter."
"Do the Greeks not have something like this?" Rob asked snarkily.
Percy shook his head, "no. But I'm beginning to think that maybe I should build one."
"Build one? You're just going to build a city?" Rob asked skeptically.
Percy nodded, "yeah. I am," Percy looked around as he saw demigod couples everywhere enjoying life.
From a military standpoint this made sense. Have a place for soldiers to rest after war and if the time comes you can call on them again. And any child they have will also automatically join in the war, that is probably why there are so many members of the Roman camp when compared to the Greek camp.
Since the Roman demigods get to retire and live a life, they get to have children, who are also accepted into the camp, making sure that the Legion never ran out of members.
But it wasn't just that. He wanted this life for himself and the other demigods, a future where they could be safe. When all the war and fighting was over, just a place for them to retire to.
Ping!
Legendary Quest Alert!
Create a safe Haven for the Greek mythology!
Requirements for the Quest to be considered complete;
Obtain a minimum of 6 Km stretch of land under your name
Establish a barrier around said piece of land. (Note: Barrier should be strong enough to not let high level monster inside.)
Build a minimum of 20 buildings
Have enough living room for 100 people.
Have the basic utilities needed for living, (Water, Electricity, Drainage, Hospital, Pool, Wifi, Wifi, Wifi)
Establish a college and shcool inside the Haven
Name the Haven
Rewards,
10,000,000 Exp
300 Points
20 Level Skill disk (5)
10 Level Skill disk (5)
5 Level Skill disk (5)
1 Level Skill disk (5)
Failure,
All the Greek demigods will die young and will never see old age.
Personal guilt
Do you accept?
YES/NO?
Percy's eyes shot open so quickly he felt like his eyelids were about to tear open. '10 million Exp?! Fuck yes I want to accept!'
Percy pressed yes and the box dissolved itself. Percy smiled until suddenly realization dawned on him. 'Wait....I have to build a city?! What the fuck?! How do I do that?! I can't even build a shelf!'
Percy was ripping his hair and hitting himself in the face over and over again while Thalia and Julia looked at him from afar.
"Should we try and stop him?" Julia asked.
Thalia shook her head, "it's times like this when I learnt that the best thing you can hope for is for Percy to just calm himself down."
And sure enough, like a switch had been flipped, Percy suddenly straightened up and a look of calm fell over his face. He had activated his Gamer's mind and used it to calm himself.
'Okay think Percy think. The first thing you need is funds. Lots and lots of money. Okay that won't be a problem. I have a freaking treasure chest filled with gold, good thing I didn't give it to Chiron yet. I can use the Gold to buy the land to build the haven on. Then I need to build actual buildings.....maybe I can get the Hephaestus kids to help me with that. Maybe they could draw up the designs and I can build it myself, or even ask Annabeth. That's it! I'll ask Annabeth! I'll get the designs from her and build it myself!. After all I do have super strength and super speed, what else do I need?'
Percy kept thinking about his new problem and soon they reached Senate building. The building itself was located on the west of the Forum, which was basically the heart of the City. The building had a white-dome on top with pillars holding up the ceiling. The steps leading up to the senate was also marble and looked polished form frequent use.
The Legionaries and Percy entered the Senate and inside reminded Percy of a mix between a high school lecture hall and the Amphitheater back at Camp Half-Blood. The hall was in the shape of a semi circle filled with cushioned seats all facing the raised stage on which was a podium and two chairs.
The Legionnaires quickly took the seats on the left of the stage near the back, while Julia and Rob lead Percy and Thalia towards the front rows. There Percy saw the front row was also occupied by ten other senate members most of whom were all older demigods, one even looked around 50, which meant Edward Neak wasn't the oldest demigod Percy had ever seen, this guy was.
Julia and Rob got onto the stage and the Greek demigods followed them.
"Ah hm," Julia cleared her throat but no one paid her any attention. Many of the senators were discussing amongst themselves.
"Attention!" Rob shouted startling everyone with his booming voice. Percy simply raised an eyebrow, if he remembered correctly Rob had a thing for Julia, ah the things we do for love.
"Thank you," Julia nodded to Rob, "now senators I am sure you are all wondering why I have gathered you all here today."
"Is it about the Greeks that have supposedly come into camp?" one of the senators, an older man with black hair and a thick beard asked. Percy looked at the man's name and title;
Edgar Winston, Son of Mercury
Lv— 27
'Wow, a son of Hermes,' Percy realised, 'I never would have guessed. He doesn't quite look the part.'
It was true, Edgar was frowning, and that was scary. Percy had rarely ever seen a son of Hermes frown, the last one he saw frowning was Luke, and that was when Luke had to go back to spy on Kronos.
Julia nodded, "yes, it is Edgar."
"Are the two behind the Greeks?" another senator asked. A chubby man with brown hair and a sweaty brow. Charles Lame, son of Bacchus.
"Yes, they are," Julia stepped to the side, "make your case."
Thalia and Percy nodded and stepped up.
"You want to take this?" Percy asked in a whisper.
"Why?" Thalia asked.
"Your a daughter of Jupiter, they like Jupiter. Plus I might accidently piss them off, again."
Thalia nodded as she spoke up, "Romans, greetings. I am Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, or in your case, daughter of Jupiter."
The senate went into a ruckus, everyone started talking about Thalia and what she represented.
"I have come from the Greek equivalent of Camp Jupiter, camp Half-Blood," Thalia continued, "we were sent here by the Gods in order to form an alliance against Kronos-I mean Saturn, and his forces."
"Why should we trust you?" one of the Senate members asked.
"Because Kronos wants us dead just as much as he wants you," Thalia shot back.
"And what guarantee can you make that you will not betray us?"
"Simple," Thalia crossed her arms, "mutually assured destruction. If we betray you then we won't have the manpower to stand up to Kronos."
"Then why should we ally ourselves with you?" another voice asked. This time it was a blonde boy who was so thin Percy wondered he was just a skeleton wearing a human face. His name and title floated above his head;
Octavian, Legacy of Apollo
Lv— 13
"What do you mean?" asked Thalia surprised.
"I mean you are Greeks," Octavian spat out with hate dripping out of his tongue. Percy was impressed, for a 11 year old he certainly had a lot of hate to give out. "And we all know how Greeks are," Octavian said addressing everyone in the room, "she will back stab us the moment we have our backs turned!"
Thalia raised an eyebrow, "we are allied with the gods. If you don't ally yourself with us that means you do not ally yourself with the Gods. Does that mean Camp Jupiter wishes to ally itself with the Titans?"
"What?! No!" Octavian shouted.
"Really? Because that's what it sounds like to me," Thalia said narrowing her eyes at him.
"I-I didn't mean it like that! I jus-"
"-Give up kid," Percy spoke, "you lost this one."
Octavian blushed and sat back down. Percy could tell the hate hadn't gone anywhere, it was still there, festering, growing. 'Maybe I should keep an eye out for this guy.'
"Yes, like I said we need to come together on this," Thalia said, "Romans, Greeks, together."
Many of the Senators spoke and most were looking uncertain when suddenly Julia stepped in.
"Senators before you give an answer I must tell you one thing," Julia then proceeded to explain to them what Percy had done. How he casually swore by the Styx to non violence in the Senate and how she believed he genuinely wanted peace between the camp.
While before the Senators looked suspicious, the mention of Percy's oaths swayed them towards trust rather than doubt.
