The laurel crown on Percy's head shined brightly signifying the title bestowed upon him;
Ping!
You have obtained, 'The Crown of Demigods'
The Crown of demigods,
A crown signifying your dominion over all demigods and a promise to lead them to a life free of harm.
Bonus—
Makes your status known at all times to any demigod.
Gives the perk 'Command all'
You have obtained a new perk!
Command all— allows you to be heard by every demigod in your presence. 10% chance of them agreeing with you. Deactive
(This perk must be manually activated to be effective)
"And now it's time for you all to leave," Morpheus spoke sending every demigod one by one away in a flash of light.
The romans went first followed by the greeks. Thalia was second to last leaving Percy and Morpheus alone.
As the last traces of his body started to disappear the god of dreams whispered, "keep them safe."
And with that Percy knew no more.
In the Real World:
Percy blinked and found himself in the middle of camp armour and all. The greek demigods were all there with him surrounding the camp fire that was raging.
"Percy!" Thalia called ou as she came rushing through the crowd the moment she spotted her boyfriend.
"Thalia!" Percy smiled as he deactivated his armour and shoved the staff of Neptune into the ground holding it up as he caught Thalia in his arms, kissing her passionately.
"Did that really all just happen?" Nico asked as he and the rest of the Hermes squad found themselves in camp as well. They along with the Athena research team had all been transported back to camp instead of where they were when they feel asleep.
"We just fought the titans, and won," Michael blinked, "holy shit, I hope that just happened."
"Children!" Chiron came charging out from the Big House with Mera at his side along with the other spirits that served at camp. Chiron approached Percy who broke his kiss and looked up at the centaur, Chiron smiled, "you did it Percy. You brought them back."
Ping!
Quest completed!
Enter Morpheus's realm and save all the demigods!
Rewards,
300,000 Exp
One random gift from the minor Gods (to be received at a later date)
The Crown of demigods
Ping!
You have leveled up!
Percy Jackson
Health— 19,300/19,300 (+2000) =21,300
Mana— 10,275/10,275 (+2000) = 12,275 (+20% more mana, +2,455) = 14,730
The Gamer
Title— Leader
Level-55 Exp— 169,550/260,000
Race-Demigod
STR— [Original— 150] 0.146 (+11+20+75) = 106.146 (Layers of seals applied — 10)
VIT-150 (+12+20)=182
DEX-100(+12+20)=132
INT-150
WIS-100
LUC-100
POINTS— 95
MONEY— 25,221,683$/ 20,856 D
Percy pushed away the notification and sighed, "I'm just glad it's over."
"What now?" Annabeth asked.
"Now?" Percy sighed, "I suppose now we get ready for the real war. Something tells me Kronos isn't going to take this defeat lying down."
"Right..." Michael nodded, "by the way Percy...you kind of look weird with that thing on your head. Are you going to keep it or...?"
Percy raised an eyebrow, "what? What are you talking-" he touched his forehead feeling the golden laurel Morpheus had bestowed upon him. His eyes widened as he turned to Thalia who then realised it was still there.
A hush fell over the crowd as they realised what Morpheus' last words truly meant. They all turned to see the golden crown on Percy's head, even Chiron gasped as he quickly connected to dots on the implications.
The golden crown sent waves of power out, everyone who looked at it knew exactly what it represented, be them a mermaid, a spirit or a centaur.
It was Mera who spoke first, "all hail Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, retrieval of the Lightning bolt and the helmet of darkness, destroyer of Janai'ngo, Alcyoneus. King of all demigods."
She was the first one on her knees, followed by Chiron and the rest of the staff. The demigods fell next, each of them willingly without question. Annabeth had a smile on her face, she knew this would make Percy nervous beyond belief.
Michael did an almost comedic bow, while Clarisse saluted Percy as if he was a general.
And Thalia stepped aside, lowering her head with respect.
Percy looked at them kneeling before him, trusting him to guide them, and he felt a familiar weight return onto his shoulders. He remembered CHAOS' words to him, 'The one who is most qualified to be given power is the one who rejects it. Only they can use it properly with the respect it deserves.'
'Did it know this was going to happen to me?' Percy wondered, 'of course it did. It knows everything.'
Percy understood now the meaning of those words. The weight he carried on his shoulders had a purpose, and for once he understood why it had to be him and no on else.
The sun rose off in the distance, it's rays promising a new day, a better day. And Percy knew one day he would have to bring a better day for all of demigod kind, and he knew it had to be him.
With Kronos:
The Titan of time came bleeding out of the portal as it dropped him in the heart of his castle.
"Luke!" he cried out in pain, "Luke!"
"Master?" Luke Castellan asked as he came running to the Titan, helping him on his feet, "master what happened? Where's Hyperion? Where's Hypnos?"
"Dead," Kronos spat as he felt his right arm tear apart at the seams, without the golden fleece his body was disintegrating rapidly, "where is he?"
"Lord Pan is inside his pod, he's asleep now, he's broken Lord Kronos, I don't think-"
"-I don't care! We need more soldiers! Take me to him! Now!"
"At once my lord," Luke bowed as he walked before Kronos clearing the way to the dungeons below. Luke noticed Kronos' beaten form, "how will you recover my lord?"
"The Styx, the curse of Achilles will bind me. We shall depart for the underworld immediately after this is done. Has our guest told you where to find my weapon?"
Luke nodded, "yes my lord, it took some time but he spilled his secrets."
Kronos chuckled, "so much for family bonding. And? Where is it?"
"The goddess Artemis," Luke spoke hesitantly, "she has it."
"Then she will be our first target. Prepare the troops Luke, the moment I make my recovery we attack the Romans. Olympus has won this battle, but we will win the war."
"Understood lord Kronos," Luke bowed while his thoughts were running a mile a minute, 'I need to tell Percy, now!'
All hail his majesty Percy Jackson! King of demigods!
Yeah bet you all didn't see that coming did you? Anyway yes, I'm finally starting the war arc, and I know I said people were going to die, but I didn't think it would go well with the theme I wanted to set up there, one about hope and dreams for the future. So I changed it.
Next chapter will be Percy's official first introduction to the woman with blue hair and the Kronos' retaliation.
And that's chapter 62. Please leave a review! Have a great day! Here, have a cookie (::), don't worry they are chocolate chip.
Chapter 63
Chapter 63:
"We need to move, the battle isn't over yet," Percy told the campers who looked at him now with eyes of wonder and dedication, "the Romans are going to be hit, badly."
"What are you talking about?" Clarisse asked mirroring the confusion on the faces of everyone else around her.
"The romans are still in danger," Percy explained, "Bianca and Nico told me about an attack the Hermes squad discovered coming at the romans. The titan's army, the real one, it's coming straight for them. We need to get there as soon as we can and warn them."
"Another war?" Lee Fletcher asked with glaring eyes, "we just got through one."
"That wasn't the war Lee, it was just the beginning," Thalia sighed, "we are going to have plenty more battles from now on."
Percy nodded, "that's right. So for now we need to focus on helping the romans."
"Well that shouldn't be too hard, everyone here already has their weapons and armour on," Clarice pointed at the demigods suited up in the gear and weapons the gods blessed upon them before the battle.
Percy nodded, "right, this is good, Mera, Chiron," Percy turned to the two instructors who stood back awaiting instructions, "you two in?"
Mera smiled as she bowed, "always my prince. I would follow you to the depth of the underworld."
Chiron nodded as well, "I swore to help Olympus Percy, I would be happy to help."
Percy nodded, "great, then get your armour on and get ready, everyone else pack everything you need, food, water, gadgets, anything. I don't know how long this battle is going to last, I'm wagering Kronos is going to launch an immediate attack upon camp Jupiter in order to surprise us, but if he doesn't than we are going to be there for a long time, and I don't want to make several return trips, is that understood?"
"Yes sir!" the demigods cried out, usually there was a joking tone to their respect, but now...now it was too formal for Percy's taste. Once more the crown on his head weighed heavily on his brow.
At once the demigods all dispersed, Percy turned to the camper councillors that quickly surrounded him like a king and his council.
"Are we seriously supposed to call you 'your majesty' now?" Lee asked with his unique branch of humor.
"I would actually prefer it if you didn't," Percy groaned, he touched the golden laurel on his brow and sighed, "stupid Morpheus, what gives him the right?"
"He is the god of dreams," said Jordan Green, the now councilor of the Athena cabin, due to Annabeth's absence, "it is said that for any king of Greece to be a legitimate king in the eyes of his people he would need to be personally appointed by a god. So while Morpheus wasn't an Olympian, he is arguably the most important god in our entire mythos."
Percy sighed as he rubbed his rubbed, "I wasn't looking for an explanation but that's wonderful to know Jordan, thanks. You are definitely Annabeth's brother." The child of Athena grinned while the others snorted in laughter.
"So what's the plan?" Clarice asked quickly, "how are we supposed to even get there in the first place?"
Percy sighed, "the Labyrinth is our best shot, it's fast and effective."
"Do we have enough rope for over a hundred demigods?" Travis asked.
"We don't," Conner replied immediately, "believe me I checked....for educational purposes of course."
"Of course," Clarisse rolled her eyes.
"Katie, Castor, could you use your powers to create a vine long enough for all of us to use?" Percy asked the head councillors of the Demetre cabin and Dionysus cabin.
Katie nodded, "yeah, we could do that."
Castor shrugged, "it'll be easy if we use a grape vine."
Percy nodded, "good, then get on that pronto. In the meantime one of you contact Bianca and the Hermes squad and tell them to meet up with us at camp Jupiter, if they don't know where it is tell them. Thalia, contact Julia and Rob and tell them we are coming and tell them about what's coming for them."
The demigods all nodded in agreement as they quickly broke off to do their assigned tasks while Percy found himself alone.
Thalia stopped and turned around, seeing the heavy look on her boyfriend's shoulders. She approached him, cupping his jaw with her hands as she lifted his head to meet his eyes.
"You'll get through this," Thalia whispered as Percy wrapped his hands around her waist, "I know you will."
"I hate this stupid crown," Percy grumbled, "it's so heavy...and lame. I mean seriously, who makes a crown out of leaves? Why not swords? Heck even a crown of deer antlers would look cooler than this shit!"
Thalia laughed, "ideas you found in your books?"
Percy smiled as he nodded, "yup George R. R. Martin is a cold hearted bastard, but he sure knows how to write."
Thalia looked down at the golden fleece in his hands, glaring at it with both hate and gratitude, "what are you going to do with that?"
Percy looked down at half of the golden fleece he managed to take away from Kronos and sighed, "I'm not sure...I think we should keep it, just in case anything bad happens during this next battle. The other half currently draping your old wooden body is doing a good job at boosting the barrier's powers, so maybe we can use this half for our own needs."
Thalia smiled, she leaned forward and kissed his lips with a warmth he only ever felt with her. She pulled back and ran her fingers through his hair, "I'll be with you, every step of the way."
Percy nodded, "I know...go, warn Julia. I'll be fine."
"I know, but you are my boyfriend you know, it's your job to worry about the world, it's my job to worry about you," Thalia kissed him again before she walked off to form an Iris message to camp Jupiter.
Percy watched her go and sighed, he put away his half of the golden fleece into his inventory and took off with super speed. He ran into the Forest and approached the Fist of Zeus. He made sure that he could still access the labyrinth entrance, which he thankfully could, before he created a mist with his powers, forming a tiny rainbow before him.
Percy took out a drachma and tossed it into the mist, "Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering, show me yourself," and immediately the rainbow displayed the goddess before him.
"Percy!" the goddess cried out, "you're back!"
Percy nodded, "yeah, I am. Where are you?"
"I'm at Olympus right now, along with the other minor gods and the Olympians."
Percy narrowed his eyes, "I see...this is perfect. Can you enlarge me and put me before the entire council?"
Iris nodded, "of course," she stepped away before the display widened showing Percy a first person view into the throne room of Olympus. He saw Zeus and the others looking straight at him, glaring in curiosity.
"Percy! You're alive!" Triton cried out with a grin, he turned to Poseidon with a smug smile, "see!"
Poseidon rolled his eyes, "yes, yes, and for the record I never said he would be killed, I just said he could have used your help in the battle."
"And I told you he could handle it," Triton shot back.
Percy rolled his eyes, "ladies, ladies, please, you're both pretty, now can we get on with this? I do have things to do you know?"
"What happened?" Zeus cut in, his serious glare betrayed nothing, "is Thalia safe?" he changed into Jupiter, "is Jason?"
Percy nodded, "yes, everyone is safe. But...well we aren't out of the woods just yet."
"What do you mean?" Athena asked curiously.
Percy sighed, "when we were in the Dreamworld Kronos attacked, but I assume you guys figured that out?"
Zeus nodded, "yes, the minor gods told us about Hypnos' treathercy. Very unfortunate, but predictable," the minor gods glared at Zeus' dismissal, but the God didn't seem to care.
