Mera nodded "yes, it is called 'Spring's rush' a barrier type spell that is a type of monster repellent. But it takes a lot of mana to cast and-"
"-Could you please teach it to me?" Percy asked her immediately, "I'll see if I can make something out of it for the haven project."
Mera nodded, "of course my prince."
Percy rolled his eyes, "Mera how many times do we have to go over this? Just call me Percy."
"I would," Mera nodded, "but this is a public gathering of leaders, as such you deserve to be called via your proper title." Percy sighed but said nothing else.
"Okay can we please get back on topic?" Selina asked, "the pills, do they work?"
Percy nodded as he took them out of his inventory and sliding them towards the center of the table, "they work. There should be enough in there for each of you, including Mera."
Mera looked surprised, "thank you my prince....I well I don't' know what to say."
Percy smiled, "think nothing of it. Now, what are you waiting for?"
Lee and the others looked at each other and nodded. Clarisse opened the box and each of them took a pill. They swallowed it without a second thought as they slowly started to sweat heating up from the inside.
"Fuck!" Charles cursed, "this burns!"
"Give it some time," Thalia told them as Percy had already taken a carton of milk out of his inventory. He then created glasses out of ice and poured milk into them serving it to each head coulcer.
Clarisse was the first to recover while, surprising, Castor was the second. Mera recovered next as she immediately starts chugging down her glass of cold milk sighing in relief. Soon the other also recovered as a wave of energy flew into them.
"What was that?" Annabeth asked as she finished her glass of milk, "I just felt a....a burst of energy."
Percy nodded as he explained to them the concept behind the pills and how they would gain a small boost in their powers. He left out the fact that these pills could also give humans magic, if they knew that....well there was still a spy among them. Granted it was Luke's spy, but it was a spy none the less.
Percy also gave each camper one of the burner phones he and Thalia bought at the mall. Needless to say they were all excited about the prospect of using technology, the Hephaestus kids especially, who knows what they could do if they were given access to a computer?
After giving Thalia the bag with all the stuff she bought, Percy and Mera walked to the beach where the two smiled feeling the salty sea breeze on their face. It was a child of the sea thing.
Percy sat down on the sands with Mera in front of him, this was how they usually sat whenever Percy was being trained by the mermaid. So far it has alway been exercises to help improve his water control, like rapidly forming water from the moisture or controlling a drop of water at a time.
Such training resulted in him improving his water control by two levels;
Water Controlling Lv-23 (41%)
Allows you to control any form of water from any source of water. You can reconstruct it in anyway you wish and it will obey your every command.
Cost-1 MP per minute
Special attack— Water Spikes-500 Damage cost 110 MP
Special defence— Water shield-200/200 Durability cost 50 MP
Special control— Blood control-cost 20 MP per minute. (Can control those who are weaker than you.)
Special control— Moisture control— cost same as water control + 5 MP
This resulted in Percy's affinity for water to greatly improve to such an extent that it felt as natural as breathing for him. Mera had also taught him three new spells;
Special defence— Water armour— X/X durability cost— 100 MP + X amount of water available
Special control— Water construction— Create a structure out of the water— 50 MP per liter of water.
Magic spells, Lv— MAX
A collection of all the spells you know;
Negate— Counters a low level spell, 30% chance of sending it back, 65% chance of negating it completely. Cost— 50 MP
The first two spells were water based spells. The water armour basically made water form an armour around his body so thin that it was not visible to the naked eye. If you touched it you could feel it, but otherwise it was invisible. Percy had taken to using this skill whenever he could, usually when he was training with Craig or Zed.
The water construction spells was a little more unique in terms of water spells. When Percy used this spell any thing he made out of water would gain a certain level of sentience. For example, if he created a giant buzzsaw out of water he could then command said buzzsaw to attack a particular person. The water structure would then do just that without the need for constant commanding. Percy had particularly taken a liking to the skill and liked to create water missiles sending them towards people who he wanted to piss off, like Castor.
The third spell however was something new that Percy had never learnt before. It was what Mera called simple magic, it seemed anyone could do it, provided they have the mana. It was created by magical humans from a time long forgotten. Since it wasn't like any spell he knew before the spell 'Negate' was it's own skill.
And Negate did what it sounded like it did. It basically allowed him to reflect spells. He still hadn't gotten a hang of it, but things did look promising.
"So, how do I perform this spell? Spring's rush was it?" Percy asked.
Mera nodded, "this spell is unlike any I taught you before," she took a deep breath, "it involves very fine mana control. This spell would require my full attention, and even then it would be doubtful that I can create a guarded area bigger than the size of a cabin."
Percy nodded, "okay....it sounds difficult, but hopefully I can give it a try. I may not be next in line to be the Sea Enchantress but I am good with magic."
Mera nodded, "indeed you are Percy. Now, remember what I said about useing only your na-"
"Natural mana, got it," Percy nodded, "relax, I already know how to use it. I taught Thalia remember?"
Mera nodded. Natural magic was apparently the name people used to call mana that wasn't affiliated with any elements. It was the same type of magic that Percy had Thalia learn how to use when learning the Marble skin technique.
Apparently it was the basic form of magic the everyone could use, but demigods, being half-god, naturally had the most advanced form of magic, elemental magic. Hence why it was so difficult for Thalia to learn how to use her natural magic, in simple terms she was just too good for it.
Percy took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Now, listen to the sound of my voice," Mera's voice entered the darkness of Percy's eyes, "take out your natural magic and bring it outside your body."
Percy focused on his core and slowly brought his mana out as it reached his skin, some slipped out of his grasp pouring out into the air, but the rest Percy had an iron grip over.
"Now chant with me," Mera then suddenly switched to ancient Greek, [Mighty Poseidon I ask upon your power to guide my spell upon this hour. Your trident's might to never fall, like the waves of the sea that will never stall.]
Percy repeated the words as slowly his mana started to heat up.
"Remember Percy focus on the words," Mera spoke clearly, "they are meant to be a focus, so that when you perform this spell you do not lose your way. Focus my prince on the chant, repeat it over and over and bring out more of your man, hold it for as long as you can."
Percy nodded as he continued the chant as he began to pour out more and more mana slowly gathering it all on the edge his skin. Soon the mana started to vibrate trying to slip out of Percy's control, but somehow the son of Poseidon managed to hold on.
"Remember try to use this mana to form a dome of protection around you. Think of it similar to your water sphere, visualize how you want the barrier to look. Now repeat this spell as you push the mana out," Mera then switched to ancient Greek, [Spring's rush!]
Percy took a deep breath [SPRING'S RUSH!] Percy pushed the mana outwards clearing his head of any other thoughts but the desire to push the mana out. It would like used a spoon to push back a pile of rocks. The vibrating mana seems to evaporate from Percy's grasps causing him to lose all of it in a matter of seconds;
Ping!
You lost -2000 MP!
Percy grumbled as he pushed the box away, "what did I do wrong?!"
Mera sighed, "you lost your focus Percy. Remember, we say those words to guide our spell. The chant serves as a prayer to your father and as a way to help us control our magic."
Percy sighed, "that doesn't make sense, I could control it well enough before, even spells like Marble skin which took natural magic, I could easily control it."
Mera nodded, "yes I know," Percy had taught Mera the marble skin spell, needless to say the mermaid had begun to spam it as much as she could. "But this spell needs the extra focus. The marble skin spell is a simple, but powerfull spell. Truly a spell worthy of the Gods. But the spell I just taught you is a complex protection spell that needs the extra focus."
Percy rubbed his head, "okay...okay let's try this again."
"You sure?" Mera asked worried, "that was a lot of mana you just used Percy, you don't want to stress yourself. It was nearly the total amount of mana I have."
Percy shook his head, "I'm fine, I have a lot more mana to spare."
Mera blinked, "h-how much more mana?"
"I probably have 3 times your total amount," Percy told her. Mera's mana was just somewhere around 3,000 MP or something while Percy had a total of 10,000 MP.
Mera paled, "you have that much?" she asked in a low tone, "if I didn't know you were the son of a God before I do now."
Percy shrugged, "it's no big deal. Now, we need to get back to business."
Mera nodded, "right. Close your eyes and we'll begin again."
Percy nodded as he did so. He pulled his mana out as he began his chant again, but this time he changed it. Meera said that the chant was a way for him to remain focused, but the words personally didn't hold any meaning to him. So he went ahead and changed them.
[Anger, Greed, Fear, Will, Hope, Compassion, Love, Life and Death,] Percy chanted in ancient Greek as he remembered his trails. Percy felt the wind suddenly pick up as if to react to his chant, it felt like he had actual connections to the words, but something was wrong, it was still incomplete.
[My Anger......rises from Fear. My Greed... is born out of my duty. My Will commands my actions while my Hope helps others. My Compassion is.....my Love and Death.....is Life,] slowly a feeling of wholeness came upon Percy, but he wasn't down, there was still one more thing missing.
[My Anger rises from Fear, my Greed is born from my duty, my Will commands my actions while my Hope helps others. My Compassion is my Love and Death is Life. I am Percy Jackson, pilgrim of Greece.]
Suddenly it clicked, those 9 nine extra words made him feel whole. The mana in his body started to vibrate with eagerness. Percy could control it easily, he then pushed it outwards in the form of a sphere without a second thought.
"Percy wait! You haven't said the spell!" Mera cried out, but it was too late.
Percy's eyes swung open just in time to see his mana pout out of his body and take on the form of a sphere around himself similar to the water sphere he could make with his water control. But there was a problem, he could actually see the mana, when before he realized of his mana senses to feel mana, now he didn't need to, he could see it with his naked eyes.
His mana was a mixture of blue and green as the two solid colors mixed around like the colours in a tie dye shirt. Percy reached out and touched it and was surprised to feel the mana resisting him, he could actually touch it!
"Zeus above," Mera said in wonder as she looked around with her mouth hanging open. The sphere had covered the both of them, and Percy could feel that it had also was present underneath their feet as well.
Ping!
You have gained a new skill via your 'Mana Affinity' perk!
Mana control, Lv— 1 (0%)
Allows you to control your mana in it's purest form. By expelling your mana in a highly condensed state your can create structure only limited to your imagination.
Cost— 100 MP per second for a single structure
Percy was shocked, ''Mana Affinity'? What the hell?' He quickly pulled up that perk as well;
Mana Affinity-Allows user to control mana in its pure form. Allows for free movement of mana outside of the user's body.
+20% Extra mana
Mana recovery rate increased to 45% every 10 minutes.
Percy was amazed at what he was reading. He didn't realise what this perk actually meant when he first got it. He thought it was simply something that gave him a mana boost and control mana more easily for spells. But now after re-reading it he finally realised what an idiot he had been.
"I think I know what this is," Percy spoke up as he pushed the boxes away from him. He turned toMera who was waiting patiently for his explanation, "it's a type of mana manipulation which I seem to have unlocked due to my large mana pool. If I condensed my mana and expel it out, it seems to become," Percy tapped the mana dome around them causing it to ring out like he was touching ceramic, "solid, somehow."
Lie successful!
"How is this even possible?" Mera asked in wonder, "I have never even heard of this."
Percy shrugged, "well neither have I."
"How do we get out of here?"
"Let me try something," Percy told her as he Observed the dome they were under;
Mana construct— Dome
A construct created out of pure mana. As long as mana is supplied to it it will hold onto it's form. Regeneration will cost extra.
Defence — 500/500
Cost— 100 MP per second + 50 MP per second for regeneration purposes
'So I can't just break out of this. If I do I might end up draining myself of all my mana,' Percy realised. So he then closed his eyes and visualized his connection to the dome, after the description did say that as long as mana was supplied it would hold it's form. So that just meant all he had to do was cut off the supply.
Percy immediately found his connection with the dome and terminated it causing the dome to to slowly disappear allowing them once again to feel the rays of the late afternoon sun on their skin.
"So....maybe we should try and do that again, but this time remember to say the spell Percy," Mera said with a grin.
Percy nodded, "yeah, sure." He then looked down as he felt his mana flow through his body. This new skill of his definitely called for further study.
"Now let's do this again," Meera said sitting down on the sand followed by Percy.
