Conner than gave the HNI to Percy and Percy Observed it,
HNI,
A device used by the children of Hermes and few other campers. It allows access to the H-Net which will give you access to the world without worry of monsters finding out.
Ah So it was basically what Connor said it was. Percy then looked up, "thank you guys for this. But why? I mean why give this to me?"
Travis spoke up, "well you see Percy you helped out all the unclaimed yesterday, you gave them hope. Some of the got claimed after we went to the cabin and your 'feeling' about who their godly parents were proved true. You helped a lot of them man. So we thought we should return the favour somehow."
"I-I don't know what to say you guys," Percy stumbled and Connor stepped in.
"Just don't go showing it off. Last thing we need is Chiron finding out about this. Some other campers have it also, but not all of them know the HNI even exists."
Percy nodded and then after taking for a few more minutes the twins and Percy separated. Percy then pulled out his bow and quiver, the ones he gave to Alecto yesterday. He reached the Arena and then went to the archery side of the place.
Percy moved in front of one target and quickly notched an arrow. He took aim and fired an arrow. The arrow flew threw the air and....hit the target on the other side of the Arena. Percy blinked in surprise and then tried again. This time the arrow hit the bull's eye, of the target next to his.
Percy blinked at this again, what the actual fuck?!
"I didn't think it was possible to be that bad at archery," called out a voice. Percy turned to see a boy with brown eyes and black hair aproach him. He had a quiver at his back and a bow at his side.
"Who are you?" Percy asked.
"My name is Michael Yew, and my gold parent is Apollo," Michael said with a smile as bright as the sun, but then again considering who his dad is that's no surprise.
"Percy, Percy Jackson," Percy said stretching a hand out.
Michael shook his hand and laughed, "of course you are. Everyone knows who you are. Only son of Poseidon and the hero of the unclaimed."
Percy chuckled nervously, "they don't actually call me that do they?"
Michael smiled back, "they do actually. Anyway come out here for some archery practise?"
"Yeah but as you can see, I kind of...well suck," Percy said as he motioned to his bow.
"Hahah! Underestimate of the year man. I have seen 6 year olds shoot better than you!"
"Did those 6 year olds have a sword hidden in their pockets just waiting to be used on anyone that made fun of them?"
"...point taken." Michael then took out an arrow and notched it. He got into position and held it there, "copy me."
Percy did and then stood there as Michael then began to check Percy's stance, "wrong, arm's to wide, leg's to close, and you're holding the arrow the wrong way."
Percy blushed and began correcting his moment, he got ready, he aimed and released the arrow. The arrow sailed through the air and by some miracle managed to hit the right target, though only in the extreme conner.
"Well at least it is in the target," Michael said with a sigh.
Ping!
Due to archery practise a new skill has been created!
Archery, Lv-1 (2%)
You can shoot an arrow, it may or may not hit it's target.
Accuracy— 1%
WHAT?! Percy read and reread the skill box. Why was his accuracy level so bloody low?! He then clicked his accuracy and a window popped up;
Accuracy;
How accurate you are, duh. (Due to you being a son of Poseidon you are cursed by Apollo.)
Percy looked at this and his eyes widened, "hey Michael has your dad ever cursed the children of Poseidon?"
Michael looked confused, "huh? Well not that I can think off. The only story I have of Apollo and a son of Poseidon is the one about Orion and Artemis."
"Orion? I have heard about the constellation and all that, but was he really the son of Poseidon?"
Michael nodded, "yup. It is said he was such a great hunter that he won even Artemisia heart. And my dad didn't like that. So he tricked Artemis into shooting Orion thereby killing him."
"Wow," Percy stated, "your dad is kind of a dick."
Michael snorted, "yeah. But that's the only story of Apollo and a son of Poseidon that I know of."
Percy nodded and looked back at his Accuracy box, especially the words in brackets;
(Due to you being a son of Poseidon you are cursed by Apollo.)
Did Apollo's grudge extended to every son of Poseidon? Did he curse us to suck at archery? And if so how do I get rid of it?
Percy sighed and closed the box. He was going to figure this out the only way he knew how, by charging threw it. So over the next hour Michael helped Percy with his archery, he showed him how to stand how to pull the arrow back and even how to not shoot the target's next to him.
Eventually after Percy got most of it Michael left him alone and Percy began grinding thru. Most of his arrows missed while one or two hit the target. After collecting all the shoot arrow Percy moved back to his shooting point and began again.
After an hour Percy's finger where sore but he kept going. After he emptied his quiver for the third time it happened;
Ping!
Due to constant bow and arrowing you have leveled up a skill!
Archery, Lv-2 (2%)
You can shoot an arrow, it may or may not hit it's target.
Accuracy— 2%
Percy looked at this and his face became cold. All that and only a 2% increase in his archery? Fuck you Apollo! If I ever see you I will shove an arrow down your throat and a bow up your ass! You just made my shit list!
Percy's shit list:
Hades
Apollo
The Minotaur(Oh yeah he wasn't done with him)
Mr. Kenny (5th grade science teacher, don't ask.)
Percy then turned to the target and quickly drew an arrow from his quiver. He aimed for the center of the target but before he shoot it he stopped.
'If every shot I aim for has a 98% chance of missing then why don't I just miss on purpose and see where that goes.'
With that logic in mind Percy aimed for the target next to his and released the arrow. The arrow flew and it hit near the center, of his target. Percy grinned at this and then suddenly,
Ping!
Due to constant bow and arrowing you have leveled up a skill!
Archery, Lv-3 (20%)
You can shoot an arrow, it may or may not hit it's target.
Accuracy— 3%
Percy then quickly started to shoot arrows faster and faster and made sure to always not aim for the target and this made sure his arrows did make the target.
After 20 or so arrows;
Ping!
Due to accurate shots (somewhat) +1 to Dex!
Percy smiled and closed the box. This was what he needed right now. Percy then looked at his weighted wrist bands and decided to increase their weight to 30 pounds.
It was uncomfortable at first and his aim went to shit, but Percy managed to get used to the weight quickly and began firing again. His archery leveled up again and again but Percy ignored them all and focused only on the task in front of him.
It quickly became night time and Percy now stood with bloody fingers and an empty quiver. Half the arrows were on the ground will a third where on the target. But Percy were not looking at them. He didn't look at his failure, he was focusing on one single arrow that pierced the bullseye.
"FUCK YES!" Percy cried out as he jumped in joy.
Ping!
Due to an accurate shot you have gained +2 Dex!
Ping!
Due to use of weights your Str has risen by +2!
Ping!
Due to constant bow and arrowing you have leveled up a skill!
Archery, Lv-10 (40%)
You can shoot an arrow, it may or may not hit it's target.
Accuracy— 10%
Percy smiled at this and closed the box. He then quickly gathered all his arrows and ran to the Mess Hall where dinner was almost over. Percy then went back to his cabin as he was excited to try out the HNI.
Percy took out a sheet of paper he found around the cabin and clipped the HNI on top of the paper. The cylinder then started to blink as the sound of a computer booting up could be heard coming from inside it.
Percy put the paper on the desk and waited for the HNI to turn on. Then the paper went black and then a home screen came on. It looked like the home screen of any tab or phone with the time in one corner right next to date. There were four apps on the screen.
One said 'Search,' no points to guess what that did. The other said 'Online Market,' the third said 'Iris Messaging,' oh you can do that in this? And the last said, 'Map.'
Percy clicked map and it basically gave a google maps version of the world. Expect in this it showed demigods reading as yellow and monsters as red. Obviously there weren't any monsters on the map of camp Half-Blood there plenty around big cities.
Percy then closed that and opened online market which opened up to a website which basically was Amazon or Ebay. Percy saw several items for sale, weapons, armour, shields, books and even enchanted items.
Percy then realised what this was, a place where he dump all the times he didn't need! Percy then searched around and found the Sell option. He then pulled out;
Fangs and Claws of a Fury,
The fangs and claws of a Fury and very sought after in various circles. If you know where to search for it you might be able to get a good prize for them.
Value-200 D
Percy then pressed sell and described what he wished to sell. Immediately a screen came up;
Willing to buy for 200 D,
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and another screen came up;
Please place items on the screen and a portal will be opened to take them away.
Percy did so and suddenly a bright light surrounded the paper and the fangs and claws disappeared and in their place was a bag filled with drachma.
Percy put the coins in his inventory and found it was 200 D exactly. Percy smiled and then looked through his inventory. He also had 8 ancient greek pots in his inventory. After selling them he got 16 D.
He then closed the HNI and put it away. He opened up the loot he got from killing Knight;
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.
The money he obviously put it in his inventory. He then took a closer look at the sapling. It had white leaves and looked like it was already blooming bright red flowers. Percy took the sapling and put it near the window sill so that it got plenty of sunlight in the morning.
He then picked up the Essence of Shadow;
Essences of Shadow, Crafting item,
Used to craft object to embed the object with the nature of darkness itself.
Percy shrugged and put it away for later. He didn't really need it, maybe he would sell it later. Then came the Sword skill book. Last time he read one of these it gave him his best move, he expects no less this time.
Ping!
You have obtained the Sword skill book!
Do you wish to learn?
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and;
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Ј Sword Mastery, Lv-12 (0%)
Allows user to freely handle swords.
60% 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, +3 seconds for every strike
Ping!
Please select two of these attacks;
Water + Sword technique: Water's Kill
A technique that uses both water control and skill to perform, the user locks the target in place with their water control and then coats his blade with several water blades. When striking the opponent the water blades rip into the enemy's body ripping them to shreds.
Attack— Level of Water control + Level of Sword Mastery
Cost— Cost of Water control
Angel's Strike,
A techniques that uses multiple blades as a source of attack. The user attacks with one blade and then abandons it, grabs another blade and strikes the opponent's again. This is done several times until the user runs out of blade.
Attack: [Attack x Vit x Dex]% for each strike
Heavenly Ice Dragon,
A technique used to manage a large group of enemies. The user coats their blade with water and attacks. There are two major attacks,
Dragon's Fangs— if you draw blood from the emey a small part of the water from your blade travels in their blood and the user may chose when to freeze the water.
Dragon's Wings— a wide wave of ice sent sent out of the blade. This can be used to take out a large group of people easily.
Cost— 120 MP per use of all the water coated on the blade.
(Need Ice control!)
Heaven's Rain,
A technique that causes it to rain no matter the weather. The user can then control the rain that follows and use the droplets as water swords.
Cost-200 MP
Percy read through all the techniques carefully. It seems this time he got to chose two techniques. He couldn't use Heavenly Ice Dragon since he didn't have Ice control. Sure he could try and make it up but he really didn't want the technique right now. Maybe he would try and learn how to Ice Control later but for now pass.
Heaven's Rain is definitely in, Weather controlling powers? Hells to yeah!
So all that's left was Angel's Strike and Water's Kill. So after careful thought and deliberation Percy decided to pick Water's Kill. Why? Because it sounded cooler to say that Angels' Strike. Come one the monsters would laugh at him!
Percy picked the two techniques;
Ping!
Are you sure you want,
Water + Sword technique: Water's Kill
A technique that uses both water control and skill to perform, the user locks the target in place with their water control and then coats his blade with several water blades. When striking the opponent the water blades rip into the enemy's body ripping them to shreds.
Attack— Level of Water control + Level of Sword Mastery
Cost— Cost of Water control
Heaven's Rain,
A technique that causes it to rain no matter the weather. The user can then control the rain that follows and use the droplets as water swords.
Cost-200 MP
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and the box disappeared and the memory of how to do the two skills came into his head. Percy then waited for a moment, let the information digest and then turned to the next thing;
Ping!
You have obtained Skill book: Shadow Spying!
Do you wish to learn?
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and the book bursted into dust and the information went into his head.
