"They are health potions, very usefull, saved a few of my friends lives on more than one occasion," Percy admitted remembering that time Luke and the monsters stacked camp and Nina was basically on her deathbed before he came along.
"But what about you? Surely with the war coming the camp will need these as well?"
"The camp has plenty on store, we go on these types of hunts all the time and often get potions as a reward. Plus I'm there with them, I'll be able to heal them in case we run out or something," Percy scratched his head, "and if I recall correctly the Apollo kids are currently trying to replicate the potion's effects, you know, so that we can mass produce them. But so far we haven't any luck."
Artemis nodded, "thank you Percy, this is very kind of you."
Percy shrugged, "think nothing of it," he then grabbed the scroll and the skill disks, "if you don't mind I would like to take these things as my loot."
"What are they?"
"This is a skill disk," Percy pointed at a golden disk, "it's something only I can use, so it won't really be useful for you."
"And this is a spell call Giant's growth," Percy pointed at the spell, "it can increase the size of the user. If I can learn how to use it we could find a way to level the playing field against the Gergosas, you know, fight fire with fire. Plus it would be extremely useful against the Titans as well."
Artemis nodded, "very well, take them. I have no interest in the spell, and if you can learn it and teach others then that's good enough for me."
Percy nodded, "great," he turned to the red fur coats, "guess that means those belong to you."
"What are they?"
Percy quickly explained the coats powers to Artemis and she became very impressed. Percy picked up one of the coats revealing a small little blue creature hiding underneath it. It looked like a smaller cuter version of the Balmoth they had just fought. It had black beady puppy dog eyes with small soft bones protruding out of it's body. It was not bigger than Percy's fist, barely bigger than a full grown rat.
Artemis gasped, "what is this?" she bent down and picked the little creature up with a gentle touch. The little one cooed at her wrath curling up inside her fingers and rubbing it's bony extrusions along her palms.
"I think that's a baby Balmoth," Percy turned and saw that something was moving underneath the four other red fur coats, "and I don't think he's alone."
Quickly the two gathered the five red coats and sure enough, underneath each one was a baby Balmoth. Percy figured that he was only meant to get one baby Baloth, but now since Wave Rider's 'Greed' bonus kicked in they got 5.
Artemis had them all laid out on a single red fur coat as they played with each other yapping and biting playfully.
"What are we going to do with them?" Artemis asked.
"Well...I think they are ours now," Percy told her as he feed a piece of bacon to one of the smaller looking pups.
"Really? Just like that?"
"Well we did just kill their mother, so..."
"Oh Zeus," Artemis groaned, "what have we done."
Percy chuckled, "relax, it'll turn out fine, I promise. Think of it like this, when they grow up they will be big strong badasses, inmagine five of them on our side. If we raise them right that is."
Artemis sighed, "yes.....yes, you're right. They are our duty now...plus they would make great tracking partners for the hunt."
Percy smiled, "right....so how many do you want?"
"All of them," Artemis smiled.
"Wait, what?! You want all of them?"
The Goddess nodded, "yes, it would not do to separate the pack, they are after all all brothers and sisters, it would be cruel to take both their mother and siblings away from them."
Percy sighed, "yeah, you're right," he then used his telekinetic powers to lift the puppy up and shoved them into Artemis's hands, "hold them for a second."
Percy then gathered the rest of the loot and put it away for later. He then wrapped his arm around Artemis and put one hand up, "ID Escape!"
The world then shattered around them as everything went white. Suddenly they were back in the exact spot they were when they left. Artemis looked around in surprise, "amazing, one moment we are in a forest with a tree the size of this mountain and the next it is like we never left."
"Well if you aren't sure that that all actually happened all you have to do is look at the five blue pups in your arms."
Artemis chuckled as the pups yipped in joy, it seemed they liked the cool air on Olympus more than the humid temperature of the Forest ID.
"Thank you for that Percy," Artemis smiled, "it was very fun going hunting with you. I must admit that helped a lot in letting go of my frustrations."
Percy nodded, "any time Arty, just give me a call next time you feel stressed and we can go dungeon crawling till you feel like you just drank a liter of Happy Happy juice."
Artemis looked confused, "excuse me?"
"Ah, inside joke," Percy chuckled, "never mind."
Artemis shook her head at his antics. Just then Artemis noticed the sun rise just off the edge of the horizon, they had been hunting the whole night. "Oh dear," she spoke, "we must have spent a lot of time there."
Percy noticed the sun rise and nodded, "yeah. Think your Hunters will be worried?"
Artemis shook her head, "no, this wouldn't be the first time I went a whole night without showing up in camp. I instructed them to worry only if I don't arrive after two nights."
"Huh," Percy nodded in understanding as the two watched the sun rise in silence. Percy hated to admit it, but every time the sun rose it made him feel just a little bit better. Apollo might be an asshole, but he sure as hell knew how to fill people with hope with every new day.
"Well then....I best be off," Artemis turned to Percy, "the pups need to be tended too, I'm sure the younger hunters will be overjoyed by our latest additions."
Percy nodded, "yeah, just be careful, when I was raising Leo....well let's just say it wasn't the easiest job in the world. And you're raising five of them who can also control mana, so....you know, be careful."
"I will," Artemis then gasped as she remembered something, "Percy, the Dirtiger!"
Percy blinked, "oh, right," Percy opened his inventory and quickly took out the Tiger. He laid it on the ground, but the moment he did it exploded into white dust scattering into the wind.
"What happened?" Artemis asked in a panic.
"I told you, things found in the ID's can't exist outside it."
"They why hasn't the same happened to the puppy's?" Artemis asked in concern as she tightened her grip on them.
"That's because they are loot items," Percy explained as he took out a red fur coat from his inventory, "see? This coat and the pups were given to use as a reward, hence they won't disappear outside the ID. Anything else however...."
"I see...that's....disappointing," Artemis sighed.
"Yeah well, can't have it all," Percy quickly brought out all of the red fur coats he had stored up. Artemis snapped her fingers banishing them all away to whatever storage space she had.
Percy wondered if the Goddess had her own version of an inventory system, if that was the case then maybe Percy's powers weren't that freakish at all, they were just divine. After all the Fates must have had some sort of inspiration for the powers they gave him, maybe this was it?
"I have to be going now," Artemis spoke drawing Percy out of his thoughts.
"Oh, yeah," Percy smiled, "take care Artemis, call me if you need help with anything. Like a giant monster that needs slaying or a murder that needs solving."
Artemis chuckled, "will do." She looked at him, 'I have to do it now....if I don't, I'll regret it for the rest of time!'
Artemis then stepped up close and leaned forward planting a small kiss on Percy's check. She immediately drew back blushing gold, "b-bye," and with that she exploded in burst of light teleporting away.
Percy meanwhile was left standing in the middle of Olympus with his mouth hanging open. He looked around, nobody was there to see what just happened. He quickly gathered his voice, "what the hell was that?"
Status—
Percy Jackson
Health— 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400
Mana— 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) = 12,190
The Gamer
Title— Son of Poseidon
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)
Level-49 Exp— 122,050/150,000
Race-Demigod
STR-115(+11+20 + 75 )=221 [Multiseal — 6— 2.89 (+20 + 60)=87.89]
VIT-109(+11+20)=140
DEX-56(+11+20)=87
INT-120
WIS-62
LUC-100
POINTS— 228
MONEY— 25,221,683$/ 20,856 D
Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to sit still in class, that has since changed, he is now considered a genius in battle and is considered very academically gifted. Percy loves his mother, and every demigod in camp and will do anything to protect them all.
Status— demigod, giving Percy — +11 VIT, +11 DEX and the ability to breath underwater, enhanced strength, communicate with fish, create earthquakes, talk to horses, control water and look cool.
Chapter 56
Chapter 56:
It had been a month since Percy discovered the marks of Kronos. And since then life had been pretty normal for the son of Poseidon. Well as normal as life gets for him anyway.
The Gods had made their first move against Kronos. Thanks to Percy's intel on the marks of Kronos the Gods had made plans to counteract it. That's where the Athena kids came into play.
Athena had arrived early on in the month and taken 5 of her most brilliant children with her, that included Annabeth and Malcolm. Their job was to find out more about the make and how to remove it. So far they hadn't any luck, but Percy knew if anyone could solve this it would be them.
Percy himself helped them out whenever he could. He gave them information on how many people were infected, how they reacted, what might have triggered them to lash out, and why some haven't done anything unusual.
Percy didn't know where Athena had taken her kids, from what he understood it was somewhere down south, away from all the action. Athena was taking a lot of risk, it was kind of a package deal when it came to dealing with Kronos, so the goddess didn't tell anyone where they were. She also forbidden her children from telling. It was strange talking with Annabeth through an Iris message and not knowing where she was, but he knew Athena would keep her safe.
Percy sat on top of the Fist of Zeus in camp thinking over what had happened over the past month. It was Friday night, he is supposed to be in the 12th precinct, but Percy called in sick. He was in camp for a very special reason. Today was the day when the Hermes team assembled and left camp in order to scout for Kronos's army.
Percy missed the Athena kids leaving, he wasn't going to miss this. They weren't scheduled to leave for some time, so Percy had a lot of time to kill, and he already knew just how to spend it.
Percy opened up his stats;
Percy Jackson
Health— 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400
Mana— 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) = 12,190
The Gamer
Title— Son of Poseidon
(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)
Level-49 Exp— 122,050/150,000
Race-Demigod
STR-115(+11+20+75 )=221 [Multiseal — 6— 2.89 (+20 + 60)=87.89]
VIT-109(+11+20)=140
DEX-56(+11+20)=87
INT-120
WIS-62
LUC-100
POINTS— 228
Obviously Percy had a lot of points to spare. He was honestly excited about using them all, one could imagine what he could do with them.
The first thing Percy did was improve his Wit, he put 41 point in that raising it to 150;
VIT-150(+11+20)=181
Ping!
You have raised your VIT stats to 150! You have unlocked a new Perk!
You have unlocked an upgrade to your perk, 'Speed Demon'!
Rush — Move your whole body at incredible speeds, this includes your brain. Max speed — 1,000 Miles/hour.
Do you accept this perk?
YES/NO?
Warning! If you accept this perk it will overwrite your 'Speed Demon' perk! Chose wisely.
Percy was surprised at this, this was the first time he ever had to replace his old perk with a new one. But judging based on what the perk featured it seemed they were essentially the same thing, meaning it would be stupid to have both.
Percy liked this new perk, it gave him all the advantages of his old one along with a special bonus, 'this includes your brain' that meant Percy could now think in super speed, which would be invaluable in dangerous situations.
So obviously Percy pressed yes.
The next thing to improve was his strength. Percy put down 35 points into his Str and raised that stat to 150;
STR-150
That was of course without his various strength enhancing bonuses. And in 3...2...1...
Ping!
You have raised your STR stats to 150! You have unlocked n upgrade for an existing perk!
You have unlocked;
Strength seals limiter release— Before you could only apply seals on your strength until the stats rached a single digit number, unable to reduce to fractions. With this upgrade you will be able to apply a seal limit of up to four layers of fractions.
Percy was surprised by the upgrade. It was useful, obviously and something he had been wanting for sometime. Now he could apply seals further reducing his base strength, which meant he had four new layers of strength to exploit.
So Percy looked to his hands and activated his perk. He quickly applied four more seals to his strength, increasing the total number of seals to 10.
Slowly four new chain tattoos appeared on his forearms with the number 7,8,9,10 present on them. Percy now had a total of five tattoos on each arm, which caused his total strength to reduce from this;
STR — 150
To this;
STR— 0.146 (Layers of seals applied— 10)
But if you included all the bonus he got, like the +11 from his demigod status, the +20 from his necklace of poseidon permanent bonus and the +75 from his super strength courtesy of tactile telekinesis, that brought his total strength back up to;
STR— 0.146 (+11+20+75) = 106.146 (Layers of seals applied — 10)
Which still made Percy strong enough to bend iron with his bare hands. It was a shame his strength bonus wouldn't be counted in his seals, that way he could have sealed a lot more of his powers away increasing the bonus he would receive as well. But for now this would be enough.
Then Percy moved on to his Int;
INT-120
He added 30 points to that, and;
Ping!
You have raised your INT stats to 150! You have unlocked a new perk!
