Ping!
You have gained +1 to STR due to your monstrous workout regimen!
Ping!
Your 'Super Strength' skill has increased due to constant use!
Super strength— You can exert extra force through a combination of your mind and body simulating super strength.
STR— + 25
Percy smiled at the power boost. He had honestly not expected just improving super strength alone. He figured he would have to improve tactile telekinesis to improve that, but it seems that is not the case here. He could improve skill individually, though that did bring up the question, what would happen if tactile telekinesis leveled up?
Percy sighed, 'a problem for another time.' He closed the box and lifted himself up. He needed to eat food, and a lot of it.
He opened his inventory and kept pulling up all the food he could and stuffing it in his face. He didn't have anyone to impress by showing self restraint, not that he would have even if there were, so Percy just ate like a pig.
After finally getting his fill Percy closed his inventory and got on his feet, 'let's give this whole molecular manipulation a shot.'
Percy then pressed his hands on the surface he was standing on. The first and second floor had collapsed down, that meant Percy was standing two levels higher than ground level. He needed to fix that.
This time instead of just randomly targeting matter with his psychic powers Percy focused them to only destroy the ground of the second floor. He reached out and suddenly the ground below him started to break up into dust and steel as it slowly broke down.
There was a lot of leftover residue, which Percy pushed to the side with his telekinetic powers, he didn't need something as powerful as molecular manipulation for something like this.
Percy then broke down the pillars holding the second floor and activated his two strengthening perks grabbing the collapsing building and holding it over his head;
STR— 96,952 (+20 +25) = 97,007 X 10 = 970,007
Percy grinned at the extra boost in power. All that just because he got an extra point in STR. The weight was now manageable, his body was still paining, but Body Enhancement took care of that. Percy also activated his matter enchantment skill, don't' want the roof crashing down on him again.
"One."
"Two."
"Three."
"Four."
"Five."
"Six."
"Seven."
"E-Eight."
"Nine."
"Ten."
This time Percy managed to get to ten. He smiled at that accomplishment. The boost in power definitely did help with this.
'Now....20.'
"Eleven."
"Twelve."
"Thirteen."
"Fourteen."
"Fif-fifteen."
"Sixteen."
"Seven-seventeen. Fuclk!"
"Eight-"
Ping!
You have gained +1 to STR due to your monstrous workout regimen!
Ping!
Your 'Super Strength' skill has increased due to constant use!
Super strength— You can exert extra force through a combination of your mind and body simulating super strength.
STR— + 30
'What the-' Percy got distracted by the noise as he turned to look at the new notifications. The moment he did his focus was shaken causing his Material Enforcement skill to stop working.
CRASH!
Percy groaned as he broke through the third floor;
Defence — 432,861,332
At least the damage wasn't that bad now.
Ping!
Your 'Second Skin Force field' skill has increased due to constant use!
Second skin force field— An invisible force field around your body that simulates invulnerability. This force field covers your whole body and cannot be felt by others unless you wish them to.
Defence — 300
Percy shrugged, 'at least I got something out of that.'
Percy pulled himself out of the hole he stood in and began the process all over again. He ate, destroyed the floor underneath him with his molecular manipulation, broke the pillars supporting the floor above him, held the building up while his strength seals were active and began his work out.
Since he was moving from the ground floor to the top he obviously had less weight to work with with each floor he broke through. This resulted him passing the 50 count by the time he was halfway done with the building.
Soon the entire building wa nothing more than a broken heap and Percy walked out with a tattered shirt and torn jeans. He really needed longer lasting clothes. But the results of his 'work out', if it even qualified for such a title, were obvious.
He had gained + 3 in STR and increased his super strength six more times;
Super strength— You can exert extra force through a combination of your mind and body simulating super strength.
STR— + 60
STR— 2.89 (+20 + 60)=82.89 (Strength is sealed.)
Percy was honestly impressed with the super strength skill. It made him much stronger than he was before. Plus it was almost equal to Percy's real STR levels, and that was only after one day of training. One could only imagine where the limit of this power was.
Percy turned to the building, or at least what was left of it. Before it was kind of impressive, a testament to man's accomplishments. All it was now was a pile of rubble, rubble that Percy could use to train up his molecule manipulation.
So he did just that. For the next hour Percy slowly went through the cycle of destroying all the crumbled up rubble. It was a long process, due to him needing to constantly change up his mana after every use of his ability, but it was worth it in the end;
Molecule manipulation, Lv— 7 (0%)
You can manipulate the molecules of objects within your range. Your control over this ability is minimal, you can only separate the molecules not manipulate them.
Cost— 500 MP per 4,000 pounds of mass
It wasn't much, but it was something. Plus now he could destroy a lot more stuff, Percy was really letting his inner anarchist out today.
Soon however the four hour mark passed, meaning Leo must have been waiting in the real world for over an hour. So Percy speeded back into camp and once there quickly slipped out of the ID world and into the real one.
He went into the Mess Hall and immediately spotted the familiar crop of hair that belong to his girlfriend. She was currently sitting in the Zeus table with a hot mug of coffee in front of her with a blanket over her.
"Morning Sparky," Percy said as Thalia turned to see him walking toward her.
"Morning fish head," Thalia's voice came out horse, it was like something was stuck inside it.
"Woah, got a little throat problem there," Percy said sitting next to her, "you okay?"
"I'm fine," Thalia groaned, "it's all your fault you know."
Percy blushed, "I didn't realise you could scream that loud. Hell if I didn't take you into my ID you would have woken up the entire camp!"
Thalia gave out a chuckle, or at least it sounded like a chuckle, "still, it's your fault. How the hell were you soo good at....well, you know."
Percy smiled, "how about I do this first," he put his hand on her throat and it glowed gold healing her up instantly, "there. Better?"
"Much— A hem, I mean, yeah, much better," Thalia smiled, "thanks Percy."
"Any time love," Percy kissed her check, "and if you must now, I used a skill disk."
Thalia blinked, "t-that's cheating! You can't just use a skill disk! Plus it's like totally irresponsible and stuff!"
Percy shrugged, "I told you, just because I increase my skill level doesn't automatically mean I can use this skill properly. So I just kind of had a skill disk I didn't know what to do. So....well I never ever used one for personal reasons, always because I needed a special power or something like that. And hey, I figured as your boyfriend I owe you the best, hence my use of a skill disk."
Thalia puffed her cheeks, "but that's still not fair! I have to physically work for my skill but all you have to do is use a freakin skill disk!"
Percy lowered his head, "I'm sorry....I-ah, well I just thought you would like it."
Thalia sighed, "Percy I want us to experience all this together, I know it may sound stupid now, and believe me I'm certainly not telling that you should have not used a skill disk, but I still want us to do this together. I can't do that is your always five steps ahead of me you know."
Percy nodded, "yeah I get." Thalia wanted him to learn all of this with her, she wanted them to do it together, and that couldn't happen unless they stood side by side as equals. "I promise, no more skills disks to improve my ah, 'bedroom' skills."
Thalia smiled, "good. And if you do happen to get an extra skill disk it's mine. Next time I'm so gonna scream out my name instead."
Percy chuckled, "we make such a weird ass couple."
Thalia smiled, "yup! Anyway what's the plan for today? Don't you have a free day?"
Percy nodded, "yup. Leo wanted to go see my mom, he hasn't seen her in so long and even yesterday when she came to camp Leo didn't get to see her. So I promised him we could go and meet her today."
Thalia nodded, "sounds good. I and," she groaned, "Mera," she spat the name out, "have some personal one on one training today. I'm gettin her to teach me a few basic spells, like the ones she taught you. Hopefully it won't be too much of a pain in the ass."
Percy smiled, "well it is a great ass." Thalia slapped him up the head but smiled. After a few more minutes spent talking the couple went their separate ways.
Percy walked back to his cabin and saw Leo on the porch waiting for him eagerly.
"Can we leave now?!" Leo barked out.
Percy nodded, "yup, let me just get your collar."
Leo whined, "do we have to?"
"Yeah Leo, it's against the law to have a dog unleashed walking around the city. Plus given your size, if you weren't on a leash you might give some poor old lady a heart attack!"
Leo whimpered and shot Percy a pleading look, but the son of Poseidon ignored the look completely, he has been immune to that look for some time now.
He went inside and came out with new set of clothes wearing his new leather jacket that Thalia gave him. He also had a simple leather and steel chain in his hand that Percy had made himself. He attached it to Leo's collar and carefully put the pet into his inventory.
Percy then took out his goggles and took off for New York. Percy entered a time dilation ID and entered Mach 1. Since he couldn't use his full speed in the real world for fear of collateral damage he would just have to use it in his ID.
Percy honestly didn't know what he didn't think of this before, but he mostly just chalked it up to him wanting to feel the wind rush past him as he ran, which didn't happen in his ID because there was no wind in here.
He soon reached New York but Percy started to slow down before he even entered the city limit. He dropped down to manageable momentum and slipped out of his ID into the real world.
He made his way to his mom's place and there was a single police vehicle standing outside and Percy stopped the moment he saw it.
'No, no, no, no! This cannot be happening again!' Percy thought to himself. The last time he saw police cars in front of his mother's apartment it was in the illusionary world and she was dead. Sure that world wasn't really, but the things Percy saw in there still left a scar on his soul.
'Maybe it's nothing.' Percy tried to assure himself, 'maybe it's just one of Kate's cop buddies coming over for a visit. Yeah...yeah that sounds right.'
Percy kept that optimistic thought in mind as he put away his goggles and ran into a nearby alley. He took Leo out and grabbed his leash, "you ready boy?"
Leo whined, "it smells here master. Like poop."
Percy nodded, "yeah well you basically spent most of your growing days at camp, which is filled with clean air. Now you're older and your senses have been enhanced as well, so it's natural for you to be extra sensitive. Do you need some time to adjust?"
Leo shook his head, "no, it's fine. I'm used to it already."
Percy nodded and soon they both entered the flat. Leo wagged his tail in excitement as the climbed the stairs to his mother's floor.
Percy didn't see any yellow tapes or forensic people in his mom's apartment, thank the Gods. But there were two policemen in uniform standing outside Kate's door.
Percy walked up and immediately the two officers started to eyeball him. They didn't find anything suspicious, to them he was just a teenager in an orange shirt with the words, 'camp Half-Blood' written on it.
Percy walked to his mother's door and knocked, "mom? Are you home?" Percy waited for some time but nothing happened, he couldn't hear anyone inside. Percy sent a wave of mana into the apartment and got nothing. She wasn't home.
Percy sighed as he turned around and looked at the cops. "Ah...can I talk to Castle?"
The officer's looked at him as one spoke up. "What about kid?"
"My mom, she's not home. I want to know wether Castle or Beckett knows where she went."
The cops exchanged looks when one motioned the other to go in and check. "Give me a second kid," one cop told him as he went inside closing the door behind him.
Percy was left alone with the other officer as the two looked at each other.
"So.....you're a cop," Percy said, "what's that like?"
The cop chuckled and shook his head as he remained quite. Suddenly the door was thrown open and Sally stepped out.
"Percy!" she smiled as she wrapped him in a big hug pulling him close, "I'm so glad you're here."
"Hey! What about me!" Leo barked furiously, angry that he was being ignored.
Sally broke the hug and turned to the dog and stared. "Percy is-is that Leo?"
Percy grinned, "yup. He had something of a growth sprout."
Sally blinked as slowly a smile came on her face. She bent down and scratched him behind the ear, "you sure have grown Leo."
That seemed to push Leo over the edge as he barked out, "MAMA!" and jumped on Sally pushing her down and licking her face over and over again.
"Haha, stop it Leo! Stop!" Sally giggled as she tried, and failed, to stop Leo and his barrage of lickes.
The policeman who went inside came out and chuckled at the sight. Soon another figure came out of the apartment and stood next to him staring in confusion at the scene before her.
Percy turned and smiled, "Detective Beckett!" Percy smiled like a cat, "awesome to see you again."
"Percy, nice to see you too," Kate said in a distracted tone, "ah, is that dog...Leo?"
Percy grinned, "yup. He kind of got a growth spurt over the summer. And since it was so long since he saw you guys I thought I should bring him over. Oh, and speaking of which, Leo!" Percy turned to his dog who finally got off Sally, "guess who's here!"
"Pretty lady!" Leo barked as he ran passed the policeman and jumped on Kate pushing her down and licking her face as well. The detective tried to resist, but she obviously didn't know the strength of a hellhound, even a demi-hound.
