The Knight cut the tip of the spear with his blade and save himself from implement. Seeing his chance Percy stepped into the Knight's defences and cut the monster's spine with Riptide;
Critical hit! 300%time more attack=975 Attack!
The Knight roared in pain and jumped back. he looked at Percy and raised his sword but then Zed came in and punched Craig right in the chest shoving the Knight away.
Knight's HP: 9,234/30,000
The statue of Zeus then started to pummel Craig before he could get up over and over again. Soon a big cloud of smoke began to form over the body of the Knight as the statue kept it on.
Knight's HP: 8,534/30,000
Knight's HP: 7,834/30,000
Knight's HP: 7,134/30,000
Zed then jumped into the cloud and began his attack as well;
Knight's HP: 6,233/30,000
But just then everything went silent as a blur of shadow moved around the statue. Wherever it moved a piece of the statue was cut off. First it's arms were gone, then it's legs, then it body and finally it's head. Alecto screeched and flew up but just then the shadow flew over her and suddenly Alecto was split in two along the waist.
Percy watched in horror as Alecto transformed into smoke and flow back into his gauntlet. He then turned to Zed and watched the shadow land in front of the servant. The shadows cleared away showing Craig. The Knight then drew his sword up and gave a wide swing.
Warning a wave of deadly energy approaching!
"Zed get down!" Percy cried out but before Zed could move a wave of darkness cut him in half turning him back into smoke.
Percy ducked under the wave of energy and when he got back up he saw the Knight of the Damned walking towards him slowly. they were gone, Zed had been cut down, Alecto had been destroyed and now death was coming for Percy.
Percy watched as The Knight now stood over him. Feeling the will to live flow out of him Percy got down to his knees and lowered his head.
He felt shame, he didn't save his mother yet, he let her down. He felt regret, he never accomplished anything in his life so far. He felt sorrow, he never lived.
Percy then looked up and saw the Knight lift his blade up high up. He saw the moon behind the Knight shine brightly over the red sky. Time then seemed to slow down as Percy began to think.
The moon was always such a beautiful thing, Percy loved it, must be something to do with the moon affecting the ocean. Percy felt sad, he wouldn't see the moon again ever. Percy then closed his eyes and darkness took him.
'Am I really going to give up?' Percy asked himself. 'Just let him kill me? Just like that? Do I want to die?...No. NoI want to live. I want to live so that I can see the moon again one last time. Just one last time.'
Percy then opened his eyes and saw the Knight's blade come down slowly. Percy moved pushing himself upwards closer to the blade.
'I want to live.'
He then drew back his right hand and lifted his left.
'I want to see the moon one more time.'
His gauntlet hit the Knight's blade and sparks flew as Percy held it up.
'And I want to save my mom.'
Percy felt something in himself ster as energy flew into him from the very Earth itself.
'And I will stop at nothing to do so!'
Percy then gathered all the energy he felt into his right fist and launched it into the Knight's stomach, "and you want stop me!"
The second the fist collided with Knight's armour a sound broke out, 'crack.' It was the sound of Percy's bone breaking mixed with the sound of Knight's armour breaking. Suddenly the monster was thrown backwards and flew across the field into Ares cabin. He flew threw the walls of Ares cabin and the into a tree.
Percy stood panting as his right arm went limp and fell to his side. Percy looked at his fist, 'where did that come from?'
Ping!
Due to extreme will power you have unlocked a new demigod skill!
Earthquake control, Lv-1 (30%)
You can cause an Earthquake thought any part of your body.
Attack— 500
Cost 100 MP
Magnitude-1
Percy dismissed the box and slowly he realised what happened. That energy he felt come from the Earth, it was the power to from Earthquakes. He must have unknowingly infused that power in his fist and when he punched the Knight with it, caused an Earthquake inside the Knight's body.
Percy looked at the Knight's HP;
HP:5,733/30,000
And then his HP and MP;
HP:50/550
MP:225/425
Percy frowned, he then equipped his title Deadman;
Ј Deadman— gives the user a boost of +40 in all stats if their HP is less than 20%.
Which made his stats this;
STR-7(+40)=47
VIT-20(+4+40)=64
DEX-17(+4+40)=63
INT-23(+40)=63
WIS-22(+40)=62
LUC-19(+40)=59
Percy then turned looked at Knight who just managed to get up but was still holding his chest which was now completely shattered. Percy smiled at this he then pulled up the Knight's status;
Knight of the Damned,
Lv-50
HP:5,733/30,000
MP:40/40
Str-57
Vit-48
Dex-60
Int-18
Wis-18
Luc-2
Thanks to the Deadman title he was now faster that the Knight. Percy pulled out Riptide and charged the monster. The pain slowly started to fade to the back of his mind as the only thing right now that mattered was the battle.
He struck the knight on his collarbone first before the Knight could even move to block him. This boost of speed was incredible. Percy promised himself that one day he would obtain this level of speed on his own.
The two then began their battle once again, this time on equal footing. Percy swung at the monster's side but was blocked at the last second. He then jumped over the Knight and back kicked the monster onto the ground.
Percy then pulled out Necklace of the Damned out of his inventory;
Necklace of the damned,
A necklace that gives it's user +2000 HP but if the wearer takes it off they get cursed with -5000HP for an equal amount of time they wore it.
Just as the Knight was getting up again Percy used his back as a ramp and climbed up and dropped the necklace around the thing's neck. But since it didn't have an actual head the necklace fell in and Percy heard it ring as it hit the Knight's stomach.
Percy looked at the Knight's HP;
HP: 7,733/30,000
Now I know what you're wondering why did you give him something that would increase his HP Percy? As the smart ones among you would have probably guessed by now why I did it.
The Knight reached into himself and tried to pull the necklace out fearing it was a bomb or something, seeing his chance Percy moved. He saw one of his swords, from when he skewered Knight with before, lying in front of him. He grabbed it and shouted, "Starburst Wave!"
The blade's moved like water through a stream. Percy struck the Knight's back with multiple quick and deadly strikes. Eventually the Knight managed to turn around and block one of Percy strikes only for Percy to immediately spin around his defence and use both swords to cut one of the Knight's arms off.
Percy then pushed himself forward as he brought Riptide up for one last strike. Percy then dashed forward and tore through the Knight's already damaged chest piece. Percy then turned around as his mind calculated all the damage he did;
Starburst Wave: 12 Strikes X 64 Vit = 768 + 63 Dex= 831
831% of 325 = 2700 Attack!
Including the 50% bonus from Sword Mastery =2700 + 1350 = 4050 Attack!
Knight's HP: 3683/30,000
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Ј Sword Mastery, Lv-11 (4%)
Allows user to freely handle swords.
55% more damage when using swords.
Sword combo: Stardust Wave
An attack which is a combo move which can be used by one or two swords. The number of strike is only limited by the amount of times you attack your enemy
Attack— [(Number of strikes x Vit) more damage + Dex]%
Cost— Cool down period, +4 seconds for every strike
That was every thing Percy had left. His limbs were so tired Riptide fell out of his grip. He held his hands as the pain came back in full force. Percy then hobled over to the form of the Knight that was now on his knees. It's back was torn open by Percy and it's front was shattered. And on it's side was a gash caused by Percy's last attack.
Percy used his left hand to support himself and reached into the hollow insides of the Knight. The shadows felt cool as Percy's hand traveled through it's body. He felt his fingers tighten around the necklace of the damned and pulled it out.
Ping!
The curse of the Necklace has activated, the Knight loses 5000 HP.
Percy the watched the Knight's health bar as it slowly fell all the way down to 0.
Knight's HP: 0/30,000
The Knight looked at Percy, or at least the shadows did and it looked like it nodded as it's body slowly started to disappear.
The Knight dropped 5 items but Percy was to tired to find out what they were. He threw them into his inventory and then moved around the battlefield. Percy grabbed each and every sword he used which was now littered all over the place. He then walked over to the Poseidon camp and once he was there called out, "ID escape."
The red sky shattered as the normal looking sky took over. Percy then looked up at the moon and smiled. He did it, he won his greatest challenge yet. Percy then walked into his cabin and unequiped his armor. As he reached for his gauntlet Percy got an idea.
Gauntlet of Kefka
The Gauntlet of Kefka, Zed's uncle, was stole by Zed and was used for his own plans. The power of the gauntlet release on the Int and the Wis of the wearer. It's ability is to raise from the dead and store inside it warriors that user has slain, and slain by the users minions.
Power level— (Int+Wis)% of total power of the summoned servant (meaning a level 100 warrior will be a Lv 5 servant when the gauntlet's power level is Lv-5)(45)
Number of servants usable by the user— 4 (+1 for every 10 Int or Wis)
Percy then wasted no time as he focused on the gauntlet and was brought to the well of souls filled with all the souls he had slain. But there was only that Percy needed. He looked up at the form of the Knight of the Damned, whole and undamaged from all the battle scars Percy and his servants gave him. Percy then grabbed the Knight and pulled him out.
The gauntlet glowed and smoke came out which then solidified into the Knight. He bent to his knee. "You obey me now," Percy spoke causing the Knight to node. Percy quickly dismissed him and he removed the gantlet.
He then went to his bed and fell into it. He was beyond exhausted and he felt himself go numb with pleasure for finally getting some rest.
The Next Morning,
Ping!
You have slept in you own bed; HP and MP have been restored 100% each. All ailments and negative status effects have been cured.
Percy closed the box and sat up on his bed. He stretched his arms and yawned. All his wounds had been fixed and his body felt great! Yesterday was a life or death situation and Percy was lucky to be alive. Yesterday's experience taught him this, he needed to get much much more stronger.
Percy then opened his inventory and looked at the things that the Knight had dropped for him.
Money— 5000$
Enchanted sapling,
A sapling that can grow anywhere. It enrichens the room it's in and gives berries that provide +200MP.
Skill book: Shadow spying
Essence of Shadow, Crafting item
Sword skill book.
Percy sighed. He wasn't ready to deal with all of these yet. He then shoved them back in and quickly got out of his bed, took a shower and finished his morning business. He quickly changed his tiles from Deadman back to son of Poseidon then quickly left for the Mess Hall.
As he passed by the statue of Zeus Alecto used yesterday he noticed it was still intact meaning the one they used was the one in another dimension. This proved his theory about being able to create an alternate dimension which is a copy of this one but doesn't affect it.
Percy ate his breakfast quickly and made way to the Climbing Wall. Once there Percy spent the entire afternoon grinding his Vit skills. By the end his Vit rose by 2 points and due to the weights he was wearing his Str raised by 3.
It was afternoon now and Percy decided to finally do something about his low Dex stat. So he made way to the Arena to practise his archery. As he was going there though he noticed the Stoll brothers approaching him.
"Hey Travis, hey conner what's up?" Percy asked looking at the two sons of Hermes.
"Hey Percy could you just come with us for a second?" Conner asked with a smile.
"Yeah it won't be long and it is important," Travis said with an equally charming smile.
Percy laughed, "okay, but I'm warning you two, you try and trick me into doing something stupid and I'll shove Riptide down your throats."
Conner laughed, "no Percy we would never do that!"
"Yeah man you are the son of Poseidon we would never risk the wrath of you dad," Travis said with a grin.
"Alright alright what do you two want?" Percy asked with smiled as the two lead him near the forest. As they approached it Percy spoke up again, "I just want to remind you I am armed and dangerous."
The two brothers laughed and two three quickly walked into the forest and to a clearing. After making sure the coast was clear Conner and Travis turned to Percy. Conner looked serious and then spoke, "what we are about to tell you is a Hermes cabin secret okay?"
Percy nodded at Conner's serious tone.
"As you know we demigods have...issues when it comes to technology."
"Yeah everytime we use the net we send out a monster signal," Travis said as he brother nodded his head sadly, "all that porn out there and we can't see it."
Percy's eyes widened, "wait are you serious?! No net?! At all?! But I never had problems using it before!"
Travis and Conner shrugged, "well you didn't really know you were a demigod before did you? You realising what you are activated your scent to the monsters. So now if you try and use the net yeah, you are basically inviting all the monsters to come at you. Same thing with phones."
Travis then spoke up, "which is why we made an alternate net just for the divines."
"Wait, what?" Percy asked in shock.
"Yup it's called H-net," Conner said, "our dad made it, him being the god of communication and all. He couldn't stand us not having any form of communication with the outside world so he made it for us."
"Wow," Percy said with a stunned look, "so how do you access it?"
"With this," Corner then took out a black metal cylinder. Conner then pressed on end and showed it operated like a clip. "This is a H-Net Interface, HNI. Clip this to the top of any piece of paper and an image will appear on the paper. It's basically a tab."
