She broke it first whispering, "I missed you so much."
"I thought you were gone," Percy whispered back.
"I knew you would come for me."
Percy chuckled, "always." He moved back and turned to Morpheus, "you and I have a match to settle," Percy growled.
"No, not right now," thalia stepped in between Percy and the God, "Kronos has just brought his entire army here, we need his help if we want to survive."
"What? Kronos? Here? Now?" Percy cursed, "how many?"
"I can sense at least 5,000 soldiers invading my realm at the moment," Morpheus informed.
Percy sighed, "right," he turned and noticed Julia and Robb looked at him in their star struck gaze, "stop gawking, we have work to do you two."
"R-right," Robb snapped his mouth shut.
"Any ideas?" Julia asked.
"Kronos brought his army, it's time we brought ours," Percy looked at the white pods and then at Morpheus, "can you release all the demigods here?"
"Yes, but it will take some time. Some of them have already been captured by Hypnos and the others though, we need to get them back."
"Then that's what we'll do while you free the rest," Percy turned to Julia and Robb, "you two lead the romans and I'll take care of the greeks, any objections?"
"Yeah, I have one," Robb spoke up.
Percy sighed, "Robb we don't have time for bureaucratic bullshit right now. We need-"
"-Yeah, I know, which is exactly why I don't think we should be divided on this. You should lead us Percy, all of us."
Percy blinked in surprise, "Rob are you sure?"
"Yeah...I just saw you kill the brother of Saturn in you swing of your blade....I would be crazy not to think you weren't qualified."
Percy smiled, "got it," he grabbed Hyperion's blade and tossed it to Robb, "here you might need this." Robb grabbed it and smiled.
"Right then everyone," Percy drew his blade and set forward, "let's go save our friends."
Sorry it took so long. I just got really bored and side tracked. I just wanted to make it perfect, please still me if it's not up to snuff and I'll reupload it better.
So yeah, secret reveled! This is the chapter everyone's been waiting for! The reason Percy was given this power! The reason everyone was so scared of 2,000 years ago! Ta-Da!
You probably all thought I didn't have a real reason for using Haki in this story didn't you? You just thought I was doing a small cross over, well wahaha!
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Chapter 61
Chapter 61:
The army of the titans were the experiments of Argo. Before he 'died' he created a way for the Titans to mutate a large portion of the animal kingdom into demi-humans. These monsters were smarter and skilled at combat each carrying weapons while decked out in an iron chestplate and helmet.
They stood 5,000 strong in front of the large blue portal, many more coming through each second. They stood in rows of 20, shields locked and ready. They were physically imposing, each of them looked powerful enough to tear a human body in half with their bare hands. Tigers had fur strong enough to deflect bullets, rhinos were heavy and large, but charged as fast as a car.
They were all highly trained and physically very imposing. Their senses enhanced, leagues ahead of what a normal human could do or see, able to see clearly in the night, hear the tiniest pin drop, able to track their prey like a bloodhound.
But they never saw him coming.
His form was barely seen, even by their advance senses. His blades had just been a flash of blue and bronze in a rush of speed. It was like a missile hit their ranks, breaking apart the first five rows of soldiers, throwing them in every which direction as he crashed into them.
The whirlwind of destruction stopped at the heart of the army, clearing a way through the center of their ranks. They charged at him, but didn't stand a chance. They were sent flying back, cut into pieces, and before they could even understand what was going on five more joined the battle.
"Fire!" Alecto cried out as she launched five arrows into the army. They each hit their mark in the chest of a titan soldier, but the moment they did, the tip exploded, taking out everyone around them.
A fog of shadows then came crashing into the army ranks, any who entered it didn't come out. The fog swallowed everything, it grew bigger and bigger, until it stopped. The animals around it watched it cautiously, waiting for something to happen, and it did.
The fog condensed into Marcia in her winged wolf form, the demon looked around her and smirked, "looks like it's lunch time!" She pounced onto a juicy looking pig with an axe and tore open its throat.
Just as an alligator swordsman was about to swing at Marcia's wings a ball of compressed wind crashed into him right in the face.
"I got your back doggy!" Timmy cried out as he rode into the battle flying over the animals. He had Zed and Craig floating besides him, both looking very nervous. Timmy turned to the two, "you two ready?!"
"I hate this plan!" Zed cried out, even Craig looked nervous.
"What are you talking about? It's brilliant!" Timmy cried out as he dropped them both with Marcia as the three stood side by side, killing every titan soldier then came close.
"Goblin! I need a wind tunnel!" Alecto called out as she readied an arrow.
"Sure, where?"
"There," Alecto aimed at a elephant with a mace standing near the back, he was charging at Percy, aiming to kill crush him with a body slam.
"No problem!" Timmy called out summoning a tunnel of wind in front of Alecto's arrow. The Fury released and the arrow shot forward faster than a bullet. It flew through the air, implying the elephant right between the eyes causing him to fall on his behind, crushing the animals standing behind him.
Timmy and Alecto brought death from above, Marcia, Zed and Craig took care of the ground troops while Percy created a zone of death, killing everything that came near him before they could even blink. But just as the soldier near the front line turned to charge them, a cry came from down the tunnel.
"Charge!" Rob called out as he charged with the sword of Hyperion raised into the air shining brightly as a torch for the others to follow. The sword gleamed bright yellow, like the flames it's previous master controlled, as it sliced into the body of a charging bear.
The army of demigods cleaved into the monster, killing them with their godly powers. Thalia and Jason combined their power sending lightning bolts into the army, frying several monsters into dust. Julia and a few other children of Venus/Aphrodite used their magic to throw make up into the monster's eyes blinding them before the children of Ares/Mars struck them down.
"Flank them!" Percy roared from inside the heart of the monster army, "Rob! Lead the left, Jason the right! Alecto! Timmy! Provide air support!"
"Aye!" the army obeyed it's leader, flanking the much larger monster army.
"You got it boss!" Alecto cried out as she moved to support the demigod army, killing any monster that even came close to killing a demigod.
The monster quickly gathered themselves from the initial charge and began to attack back at the demigods. They quickly began to push back, they struck with their mighty arms, swinging their weapons faster and stronger than their human enemies could ever hope to match.
Percy saw they were losing the advantage, he needed to move. He threw his weapons into the air and with his mind began to swing them around telekinetically, creating a cyclone of spinning blades.
Percy gathered his earthquake mana into his hands as he released all of his strength seals;
STR— 0.146
Seal release: Layer 10 Time: 1 1.2 months
STR— 42,467,328 (+11+20+75) = 42,467,436
Body Form Activated: Full Body!
STR— 42,467,436 X 10 = 424,674,360
Percy clicked his teeth and took in a rush of speed. His body was a blur as he tore through the monster reaching the front lines. The army was thrown onto their sides as Percy rushed through them like a speeding bullet.
He stopped at the front lines and began to cleave away at the animals ranks just enough for his army to press on the advantage.
Percy's greatest talent had always been his skill with the blade, but his greatest power had always been the pure destruction he could cause with his fists alone. He wasn't a complex person, even with his great intelligence he always looked for the simplest solution. If there was a problem, he would punch right through it.
And that was what he did.
He tore through them with his bare hands. His blows destroyed them instantly, their bodies unable to handle the sheer force behind his attacks. His blades danced around his sides like protection, a chrysalis of metal that tore through any enemy stupid enough to engage him.
He was a storm, their reckoning, he tore a line of destruction through the middle of the enemy army with his army following right behind him. The demigods had flanked them on the side and had a line of attack through the center. They had the monsters cornered, cleaving through them like a knife through butter.
The army of 5,000 was reduced to an army of 2,000 in ten minutes, the demigods fighting tirelessly. Percy's servants were monsters, and not just in name. The titan army was being pushed back so far Marcia, Zed and Craig were able to rejoin in the army's front lines.
Percy smiled, "keep pushing! We just need to throw them through the portal!"
"AYE!" the yelled back as they kept the attack up, the animals running back in fear of their very lives.
But just as things seemed to calm down, the portal started to shake violently. Percy's eyes grew wide in concern as the entire dream world began to shake, the white pods hanging above them clicked and clacked as they shock. The portal started fizzing out as golden lighting started mixing in with the baby blue energy.
"What's happening?!" Thalia asked.
"I think the portal's breaking up!" Julia suggested.
"No," Percy growled, "it's being used to bring him here."
"Who?" a roman demigod asked.
"Kronos," Percy whispered. And suddenly a chilling air came bursting through the portal. A small figure stepped out, Percy's heart started beating faster and faster, was this it? Was that Kronos?
'No, no. Kronos is much bigger,' Percy told himself as Hypnos stepped out, still dressed in his striped pyjamas. The white haired god didn't look sleepy, in fact he looked very alert. There were circles around his eyes now, but they were from stress rather than exhaustion.
"Hypnos," Percy growled, he pushed forward with a great shove, the monsters in front of him all feel down on their backs giving Percy a good look at the god, "I heard you betrayed us."
"Yes Jackson, I did," Hypnos nodded, "I'm sorry you had to find out this way."
"You're a sick little fuck you know that?" Percy growled as he brought both his blades to his hand as he began charging forward, killing any monster that got in his way.
"You know what they say, it's always better to be on the winning side than the right side."
"And whose side are you on?"
"His," Hypnos stepped aside the portal and suddenly the rumbling started again. The whole world of dreams shock as an entity more powerful than the Olympian Gods stepped through the portal.
First a hand came out, Percy recognized the hand, he had seen it grab hold of half the golden fleece, tearing it away from him. The hand was golden brown and slowly the rest of him stepped through.
The head came out next, and all the fighting stopped. The man had hair black as night, his beard was long and thick, flowing down like a stream of darkness. His hair was thick, it reached his neck, the rest of his body tried to come through, but he stopped, almost like something was stopping him.
His golden eyes searched the battle field, until they landed on Percy. He smiled, "Percy Jackson, after so long, we finally met."
The demigods were horrified, they were paralyzed. But Percy had seen him before, he had faced him before. And back then, he wasn't even a demigod.
Percy used his telepathic powers to push away the remaining monsters to the side creating a pathway to the portal. He walked briskly, showing no hesitation. He looked up and meet the titan's gaze.
"In our culture, when two leaders of opposing armies meet for the first time, they show their true faces, not hiding behind helmets or masks."
Percy chuckled, "I wasn't aware, sorry grandpa," he pressed the button on his helmet causing it to pop open revealing Percy's face to the mad Titan, "there, better?"
"Much," his head still the only thing that came out of the portal. He smiled, "you show bravely when others do not. Your men look like they are about to faint."
Percy looked back and smiled, "the only reason I can speak to you and they can't is because this isn't the first time I spoke to you. I'm used to your ugly mug, they aren't."
Kronos looked down, Percy was sure the taunt would have worked, but it didn't. Instead the titan laughed, "ah hahah! Ture grandson, very true. My form as it is is less than appealing. Why I couldn't even get a date."
Percy didn't know why, but he chuckled, "yeah, not many chicks would want to date a 3,000 year old man with anger issues."
"Are you kidding me? Have you see this body?!" Kronos laughed hartley, causing everyone, including Hypnos to blink in confusion. Not understanding what Percy was doing.
"What is he doing?" Julia asked Thalia in a whisper.
"I have no idea," Thalia whispered back.
"Is he actually having a conversation with the Titan of evil?" Rob asked with his jaw wide open in disbelief.
"Any chance you try and not kill us?" Percy asked, "I mean, honestly, it's kind of a cheap move killing people in their sleep."
"Oh? Well I suppose if you look at it that way it does seem cheap," Kronos laughed, "but I have come to far to simply turn back now."
"Hm, no, you haven't. All you would have to do is turn around and leave, that's it, no mess, no fuss," Percy said with a shrug.
"Well for you maybe. Hyperion would kill me if I did that," the titan said, that stupid smile still plastered on his face.
"And what if I killed Hyperion?" Percy asked.
And that's when Kronos's smile faltered. He looked down curiously before his eyes went over the battlefield. He quickly spotted Hyperion's sword that Rob was carrying and narrowed his eyes. Rob, the brave son of Mars, let out a little squeak.
"I see...well I never liked him anyway," Kronos said with a casual shrug. Though Percy could see the smile was becoming more forced.
"He was your brother, don't you care about anything?" Percy taunted.
