Ponder— Store excess mana you generate into different objects allowing for you to draw upon them at any give time.
Percy was amazed at what he now had. It always bugged Percy hw he never had enough mana when it came to a serious fight, but now if what this said was true...
The way Percy saw it he was like a car and the mana was his fuel. He may have a full tank now but that won't always be the case. So this new perk of his will effectively allow him to make container to store fuel for whenever he would need it. Kind of like an extra bottle of gas.
Percy looked around and grabbed a small rock from the ground. He focused on it and tried to do what the perk implied, infuse the rock with mana. He felt all the excess mana his body couldn't store being diverted into the stone causing it to glow blue green, the signature colour of Percy's mana.
Slowly he could feel the stone heating up, the stream of mana was constant and in just two seconds this happened;
Ping!
The mana storing capacity for this item has been reached!
Total mana stored: 20/20 MP
Percy was surprised that the storing capacity for the object was so little. But then again this was just a normal stone, maybe a divine weapon would be better suited for this task?
Percy reached into his pocket and pulled out Riptide. He would have used Waverider, but the trident had many mana manipulating properties already and he did not want to disrupt that in any form. Last thing he needed was to destroy a weapon created by the entities of the universe.
Percy looked at the pen in his hand and uncapped it. It grew to it's full length and Percy quickly began to pour his mana into it.
He waited for the message box telling him he had reached his limit but it never came. He was constantly pouring mana into this thing for five minutes straight, and with a mana regeneration rate of 167 MP's per second that meant this thing was filling up with a lot of mana.
When it finally reached the ten minute mark Percy stopped. He was curious at to how much mana was now stored inside Riptide, he cast Observe on the sword hoping his gamer powers could pick up on it;
Anaklusmos
Anaklusmos or Riptide is made out of celestial bronze. It has two forms one as a pen and one as a sword. To release its sword form simply take off it's cap. And to make it into a pen, tap the cap on the blade.
It is charmed so as to never be lost as it always appears in the owner's pocket few moments later. It is a blade used by Hercules himself given to him by Zoe Nightshade, the original owner. Riptide draws it's power from the sea and hence is every effective when used by a spirit of the sea or by a child of the sea.
Attack-100
+50% when used against monsters.
+100% when used by a child of the sea.
Total Mana stored: 100,200/5,000,000
Percy eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.
'WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!' he yelled in his head. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. His weapon had a huge amount of energy storing capabilities. This meant that if he maxed this thing out he would be able to recharge himself 500 times over.
'Okay, I so need to fill this thing up, and fast,' Percy capped the sword turning it back into a weapon and pocketing it. He consciously kept pooling the steady stream of mana into the pen, Riptide was close enough to him that he could fuse mana into it without having to physically hold it.
It was difficult at first, he had to consciously direct his mana to the pen instead of himself. But after a few tries Percy got the skill down.
And with that taken care off Percy looked back to his status box. There was one more thing Percy wanted to improve, his Wis and Dex;
WIS-62
DEX-56(+11+20)=87
He was neglecting these two stats a lot, they had barely crossed the 100 points mark when the rest of his skills, excluding luck, had cross 150. Obviously Percy was going to have to change that.
He poured 44 points into his Dex stat first increasing it 100;
DEX-100(+11+20)=131
Ping!
You have raised your DEX stats to 100! You have unlocked a new perk!
Please choose one perk;
Jointless — For a period of ten seconds all your joints will disappear allowing you to move your body in any direction you please. This will effectively give you great flexibility while preserving your body's wholeness.
Health Regeneration — Bonus of +10% to your HP regeneration per minute. (Total at moment 60% per minute)
Percy didn't really care for the jointless perk, he didn't really need it. But the regeneration thing, well that he most certainly needed. So he pressed on that instead;
Ping!
You have obtained the 'Health Regeneration' perk!
Health Regeneration — Bonus of +5% to your HP regeneration per minute. (Total at moment 55% per minute)
Percy smiled, he closed the boxes and move don to his Wis perk. He put in 38 points and raised it to 100;
WIS-100
Which of course gave him this;
You have raised your WIS stats to 100! You have unlocked a new perk!
Precognition — See ten seconds into the future. Limit of 1 time a day.
Percy grinned, this was probably the best perk he ever got. The time limit was a problem, but Percy figured he could work on it through his perk tree. Plus if he used it just right it could mean the difference between victory and defeat in a battle.
Percy now had 50 points left, he knew he could spend it on something else, probably on his perk tree for his new perks, but the wise thing to do would be to save it for later. And so Percy closed his status box and opened up his inventory, he had something he wanted to look up.
Bottle of Forest essence X 20
Skill Disk Level 10 X 6
Giant Growth Spell Scroll
First thing's first, the bottle of Forest essence. He took them all out and gulped them down one by one. Each bottle gave him an added bonus of +5 to his forest area bonus. And the end result was him gaining a total of +105 as a bonus whenever he entered a forest area. Yeah, he was definitely going to use 'Greed' mode more often. It was way too useful not too.
Percy then took out the scroll and learned the spell;
Ping!
You have obtained a scroll containing 'Giant Growth'!
Do you wish to learn?
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes and;
Congratulations! You have learnt a new spell!
Giant's Growth, Lv— 1 (0%)
Enlarge parts of your body.
Limit— cannot grow vital organs or other essential parts without also growing surrounding areas.
Cost— 100 MP for every Kg of weight added.
Percy winced, the price was a little step, but it wasn't too bad. This meant he would be able to increase the size of his body parts. One could imagine how much damage he could cause if he increased his hands and then punched someone with his full strength. Sure it wouldn't increase the amount of damage caused, but it would still hurt like a bitch.
Suddenly the idea of smashing Areas with a giant foot came into Percy's head. The demigod giggled as he imagined Areas struggling to get up and avoid smelling Percy's feet. That would be priceless.
Then another idea popped into his head that made Percy go red. If he could imagine any part of his body that meant he could also enlarge his...well maybe he and Thalia weren't ready for something like that just yet.
Percy pushed the spell box to the side and looked at the last few items from his inventory, the 6 level 10 skill disks he obtained from his dungeon adventure with Artemis. Now came the hard part, selecting the skills to use this on.
Percy opened his skill list and once again went through a process of elimination finding out which would be the best skill to use them on. Immediately he had a few choices, he quickly made list.
Healing
Physical endurance
Critical Strike
Sword mastery
Spear mastery
Giant's growth
Mana control
TD creation/escape
Earthquake control
Smoke Form
Tactile telekinesis
Molecular manipulation
Flight
Immediately Percy had to take a few of them off the list. He couldn't upgrade any of his elemental control skills or fighting skills, that would just fuck them all up way too much. In fact if Percy was to guess he would say that it would be better if he leveled them the old fashioned way, pure grinding.
So that meant his sword mastery, spear mastery, mana control, earthquake control, tactile telekinesis and molecular manipulation were out of the picture. Leaving only 7 left.
Percy could level up his healing again, but at this point it just seemed redundant. He could also improve his Physical endurance, but again redundant. At this point even if he leveled that skill up ten times he would only get an added bonus of 2% to his endurance, meaning he would just be wasting away his skills disks.
Critical strike was an amazing skill, plus with his high luck rate that would mean he had a great shot of always hitting criticals. So that stayed on the list. And while Percy may not be using Smoke Form on a regular basis when he does need to use it, he really needs to use it. He can't have it timing out on him, that would be very very bad. So again Smoke Form stayed on the list.
Telekinetic flight was kind of a grey area, as Percy wasn't sure what to do. He did want to become a better flyer, but if it was like any of his combat skill then that meant his flying skills would drastically improve and he wouldn't' have any control over it. So that meant unfortunately he couldn't use a skill disk on it. It sucked but it was okay, Thalia loved it when he came to her for help, if he suddenly improved using skill disks she would know and she would be pissed.
Then came the new skill, Giant's growth. This was a useful skill, but again it had the same problems as flight, Percy wouldn't be able to keep up. It would be best if he grinded the skill and improved on it on a later date. So once again, the skill was kicked out of the list.
And the last, but not the least, came ID creation/escape. Percy had always wanted to spam the shit out of this skill using skill disks, the extra training time the time dilation ID gave him was extremely useful.
But there had always been a problem. If Percy had improved only the creation ID, and not the Escape one that he feared that he might not be able to escape it. He would be stuck there, forever.
So if he ever wanted to level up one of the two, he would have to level up the other one as well. And before now he never really had a chance to level up both skills. So this presented him with a very unique opportunity.
So Percy knew what skills to level up;
Healing
Critical Strikes
Smoke Form
ID Creation
ID Escape
This would mean Percy would have a skill disk left over, but he was sure he could find some use for it.
Percy quickly took out each disk and leveled up his skills;
Ping!
Your skill 'Healing' has leveled up 10 times!
Healing, Lv— 33 (0%)
Allows the user to heal any disease or ailments threatening himself or others.
Limit— 5 aliments per use, 8 targets at a time, restores 35% of MP and HP
Bonus— 5 minutes of +20% regeneration rate!
Cost— 200 MP
Your skill 'Critical Strike!' has leveled up 10 times!
Critical strike! Lv-33 (0%)
A precise strike that can cause 3500% damage to the target.
Chance of success— Luc+Dex
Your skill 'Smoke Form' has leveled up 10 times!
Smoke From, Lv— 15 (0%)
Turns the user's body into smoke, colour depends on person.
Cost— 200 MP per second
Duration— 5 Minutes
Your skill 'ID Create' has leveled up 10 times!
ID Create, Lv-35 (0%)
Used to create Instant Dungeons. Higher the level, stronger the dungeon.
Current list—
Empty Dungeon— no monsters.
Monster Dungeon— Zombies
Monster Dungeon— Goblin Camp
Area Dungeon — Mountain/ Island/ Swamp/ Forest/ Plains
Empty Dungeon — Time dilation (1/15)
Monster Dungeon— Parademon invasion
Monster Dungeon— Hades
Your skill 'ID Escape' has leveled up 10 times!
ID Escape, Lv-35 (0%)
Used to escape from Instant Dungeons.
Percy smiled, he was honestly surprised by how happy he felt. He got exactly what he wanted. The healing skill was amazing, plus the new bonus he got, that improved a person's regeneration abilities for 5 minutes would be a boon in a battle.
The Critical Strike rates were through the roof. Percy could now theoretically cause over 3 million attack points with his trident. That might be on the level of Zeus's lightning bolts, but it was getting there. Plus you know, Percy was trying to compare himself to a God, the fact that he could this much damage was itself amazing, what more did you expect? The ability to destroy whole planets with a flick of his fingers?
The Smoke From skill was alright, Percy didn't really care about it much. It was after all just a skill he would use as a last resort. It was never meant to be his signature move, so the time limit was perfect for him.
And of course came the cherry on top of his perfect leveled up cake. The ID creations/escape skills.
The Time Dilation ID had improved a lot. Now every 15 seconds he spent in there would equate to just a second passing out here. That mean he could spend 15 days in there and only one day would pass out here.
Plus the new Dungeon he got was interesting, but unfortunately Percy hadn't even explored all there was to explore in his other dungeons, he just didn't have the time to do so. But he promised himself to get to it, eventually.
"Percy," Nico walked out of the trees and approached the demigod.
"What is it Nico?" Percy asked as he pushed away all the notification boxes and closing his skill list.
"It's time," Nico stated with a worried look.
Percy smiled sadly, "you nervous?"
Nico shook his head, "no."
Lie detected!
Percy rolled his eyes, 'thank you captain obvious'. Percy got down from atop the fist and walked next to Nico, "you know it's okay to be scared right? Like it's a perfectly natural feeling to have."
"Yeah I know...it's just...why did they ask Bianca?" Nico asked as he and Percy walked back to camp grounds.
"I guessing Hermes has his reasons," Percy said with a shrug, "but one of them would be that he thinks that her powers would be useful. Even for a child of Hades it's very unique. Plus the fact that she can speak to ghosts would help a lot in tracking the Titan army."
"I guess," Nico grumbled, "but why can't I go with her? I mean I would be useful too."
Percy nodded, "I don't doubt that one bit, but we can't risk two children of Hades being out there. If Kronos get's his hands on both of you there's no telling what he could do."
Nico stopped and he snapped at Percy, "so it's okay to risk alone Bianca!?"
