Percy shook in rage, "I hate this dog," Leo looked up and smiled, "bark!"
After cleaning up the puke on his shoes Percy left the apartment giving Leo and his mom time to bond. He honestly didn't know what to do today, it was still his birthday and the +50 to his luck wasn't something that will come till next year. He needed something to do, but what?
Percy quickly found himself inside central park again quickly walking towards the lake where he and his dad had their adventure last night. He sat down on a bench overlooking the lake and smiled. Seeing water instantly made him feel better. He took a deep breath and let it out.
After spending a few minutes simply relaxing Percy opened his inventory and pulled out a level 2 skill disk along with a level 10 skill disk. He used the level 2 on his Observation skill;
Observe Lv-12 (0%)
By Observing a target one will get information about said object
-Max HP,MP, stats, info, their emotions, likes/dislikes and will give their opinion of you.
And then used the level 10 skill disk on Critical Strike;
Critical strike! Lv-23 (0%)
A precise strike that can cause 2500% damage to the target.
Chance of success— Luc+Dex
Percy smiled at this before reaching into his inventory and pulling out the skill book he got from yesterday's battle;
Ping!
You have obtained Spell book: Binding hands, do you wish to learn it?
YES/NO?
Percy pressed yes causing the book to vanish allowing the knowledge to flow into him. He quickly processed the information before his eyes shoot up in surprise. 'This...this is amazing!' Percy thought out just then;
Ping!
You have learnt the skill, Binding hands!
Binding hands, Lv-Max
Allows user to bind an opponent's body making it unmovable. Release is possible only when user deems it. Only allowed to bind a maximum of 5 people at a time.
Time limit— none.
Cost-1000 Mana
Percy read that thing, 'this is amazing. This has no time limit, and no limit on who I could bind! Meaning gods were up fro grabs! This was like my own magical chains of Hephaestus, and the cost of mana was extremely reasonable if not broken!'
Percy had wondered why he got only a spell book as a loot item from the dungeon even when having luck at 100. It seems this loot was more than meets the eye. Percy closed the box and quickly checked through his inventory again looking for something to do. Maybe an item to play around with or a— got it.
Percy pulled out the HNI;
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.
The Hermes Network Interface was something Percy hadn't been using as of late. He didn't really pick up loot that was useless for him, like zombie bones or things like that, so he didn't really have much to sell. But with the amount of money he now had he decided it was time for some shopping.
Percy pulled out the piece of paper he alway kept along with the HNI and attached the device on top of the paper. The cylinder started to blink as it started booting up. The paper then became stiff as a board and the page turned black. It the turned on showing four apps, Search, Maps, Online Market and Iris Messaging.
Percy clicked on Online Market and quickly began browsing through the page. Percy clicked on 'enchanted clothes' and selected the first hoodie he saw. It was black and had a skull logo on it and under the description was written, 'Enchanted to protect from weather and sweat proof.' It seemed like some basic stuff and so it was pretty cheap, just 5 D.
Percy went back to the menu and searched for the most expensive piece of enchanted armor, and what he got was a surprise. It was not just one piece, it was a whole set.
The set consisted of a pair of gloves and shoes along with a shirt and a pair pants. Each would have the basic enchantment of protection from weather and sweat proof, but they also had more powerful stuff like;
They were flame and waterproof
The shirt was enchanted by Hephaestus to become as hard as steel when mana was poured into it.
The pants were flexible and enchanted to boost speed and agility.
The shoes were blessed by Hermes himself for speed and stealth and would not make a sound when sneaking up on someone
The gloves were designed to improve the user's strength and when mana is put in, the gloves transformed into gauntlets
Percy was drooling. The best part however wasn't the enchantments, it was the fact at all of this were customizable. He could make it into anything he wanted, anything. The price however put a stop to his good mood. The entire thing costed 100,000 D. That was a lot, even for Percy, it was time to move on. Percy eventually bought a pair of enchanted blue and black trainers for around 50 D;
Hephaestus brand shoes, Blue;
They are shoes made by a factory in greece by little gnomes who are grossly under pained. Enjoy them, you heartless monster.
Enchanted to be tear resistant and flame proof.
Durability-20/20
Percy was kind of put off by the description but he ignored it for the most part and put the shoes on, which surprisingly fitted like a sock. He threw away his old shoes and turned off the HNI. The demigod then trekked around the park testing out the new shoes.
As Percy walked around he looked at all the people there. They all looked so happy it kind of made him jealous. It was his birthday but he didn't really have anyone special to spend it with. Sure he had his mom and dad, but they didn't really count. The people in his life were great, no question about that. The demigods in camp would follow him anywhere and he would go to hell and back for them, which he did.
But despite all that, he never really had someone close....someone he could talk to and trust completely. Percy sighed, 'Fates if you three are listening to this, can you hook me up?' Percy shook his head, 'yeah right, like that's ever-'
Ping!
Warning! A person is falling right on top of you!
Percy blinked and looked up and sure enough a figure in a silver parka was falling down right on Percy. The demigod spread his arms out and grabbed the person and held the close. He then looked at the falling mystery and blinked, "Artemis?"
The red haired goddess was in her 12 year old form with her bow in one hand and quiver strapped on her back. She looked surprised seeing Percy, "Perseus? What are you doing here?"
"I live nearby, though of coming for a walk, what are you doing here?"
"I was tracking a Lamia, stupid bitch threw me off the bridge," Percy looked up and found a walkway right above him and something was on top of it running away. "Shit she's getting away!"
Percy let Artemis down, "do need some help?"
Artemis scoffed, "I'm the goddess of the hunt, I doubt I would need your help."
Percy nodded, "okay...but I'm still coming along."
"Why?"
"I'm bored."
"And if I refuse?"
"Then I'll use my ultimate trump card to convince you," Artemis raised an eyebrow while Percy smiled, "it's my birthday."
The goddess of the hunt chuckled, "fine Perseus, you win. Come, I do not wish to lose sight of her. Try to keep up," she turned and ran towards the tree line leaving a smirking Percy behind.
"Oh she did not just tell me to keep up," Percy activated his Speed demon perk and vanished leaving nothing behind but dust.
Artemis looked back and didn't see Percy there. She sighed, 'couldn't keep up, sad. Very well time to focus on-WHAT IN HADES?!' Artemis looked to her left and there looking like he was taking a casual walk in the park was PErcy. The demigod winked at the goddess before he sped up. Artemis narrowed her eyes, 'oh it is so on!'
The two ran faster and faster trying to out do each other. Just then the trees cleared out into a small clearing with trees stumps lying around. Percy jumped and took out Riptide. He landed on one of the tree stumps and looked ahead to the monster Artemis was tracking.
It was big, around 20 feet long. It's top half was of a naked beautiful blue haired woman with blue eyes and the bottom half was off a blue snake with a cross check pattern on it ;
Lamia
Lv— 25
HP:12,500/12,500
MP:200/200
Str-11
Vit-21
Dex-12
Int-31
Wis-20
Luc-2
Half woman/half snake. This creature of Greek myths originated from the first Lamia who was cursed by Hera into a monstrous form. there are many variations of a Lamia, this one specialises in magic.
Kill to gain— 10,000 Exp
Percy smiled, "this is going to be easy."
"I did not think Hubris was a trait you possessed Perseus," Artemis appeared next to him drawing her arrow taking aim.
"It's not hanburys if it's just a statement of talent," Percy replied.
"Artemiss," the Lamis hissed out, "the whore of the goddess!"
Percy grimaced, "she's not very nice is she."
Artemis ignored Percy and focused only on the Lamia,"give up monster. You can not run away from me, death is all that remains. But tell me where Kronos' force are and I will spare your life."
The Lamia spat on the ground and hissed, "I would rather die than make a deal with the likeness of you!"
Percy grimaced, "you should have not done that." Artemis let loose and arrow that the Lamia just managed to avoid with nothing but a scratch on her check. Percy dashed forward and swung Riptide down. The Lamia put both hands up and made a shield blocking the strike mid swing.
Percy grunted before he smirked and pushed his mana into the Lamia's shadow forming spikes that impaled her snake tail.
"ARGH!" The Lamia shouted as she put down the shield allowing Artemis to shoot an arrow into her shoulder pinning the monster to a nearby tree.
"You want to do the honours?" Percy asked stepping away from the monster. After this was her hunt and he wasn't a kill stealer like his dad.
"Not yet," Artemis said walking to the monster, "this is your last chance Lamia. tell me what I want to know and I will let you-"
"-ARKUM!" The lamia shouted sending blast of green energy right at the goddess.
"Artemis!" Percy yelled out as he saw the goddess fly across the clearing. He bow on the other hand flew right into the Lamia's hand who grabbed it with her tail. Percy glared at the monster as he put one hand up, "bind!"
Blue ribbons of mana flew out of Percy's hands grabbing the Lamia and tying themselves around her. The monster struggled but couldn't break free, it then snapped it's fingers disappearing in a flash of bright light.
Percy cursed but quickly moved and checked up on the downed goddess who was grunting in pain. "Are you okay Artemis?" Percy asked kneeling next to the goddess helping her up.
"I will be fine Perseus," Artemis slowly got up with Percy 's help and shook her head clear, "where is the Lamia?"
"She teleported away" Percy said with a sigh, "I did manage to bind her in one of my spells however, she won't be able to escape anytime soon."
"How good is this spell of yours?"
"Good enough, she also got hold of your bow."
Artemis clicked her teeth, "that bitch! Sigh fine, first things first we need to get my bow back."
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find Artemis's bow!
Reward,
2,000 Exp
Lunch
Failure,
Artemis will skin you, slowly
YES/NO?
Percy looked stunned at the quest before pressing yes, "right.....and how do we do that?"
"The Lamia isn't powerful enough to teleport far, she is probably still here somewhere. We just need to find her."
"Right so we need to find a 20 foot long snake who is right now tied up somewhere in Central park."
"I realise this will be difficult and a long process, if you wish you may leave."
"Neah, like I said I got nothing but time. And besides if I just let you wander around Central Park chances are you might kill someone."
Artemis raised an eyebrow, "what are you implying boy?"
Percy gulped, "I-I just meant that you might find something that would irritate you and in that process you might just want to do something about that and in that doing something might involve killing something. Which right now seems to be me. Please don't kill me."
Artemis smiled, "relax Perseus I am not going to kill you," Percy sighed in relief. But just then Artemis smile turned into a grin, the evil kind, "I'm just going to turn you into a deer."
Percy's eyes shot up, "wait!" Artemis snapped her fingers and;
Ping!
Artemis's will had concurred yours resulting in a forced transformation!
Near the north entrance of the Park a 12 year old girl in silver walked along side a brown deer with big red horns. She smiled while the deer looked like it was growing. The two got many looks as they walked around the park, but people didn't really look to much into this, after all this was New York, shit like this was just a Monday for them.
"I hate you," Percy thought of causing Artemis to smile brighter.
"Oh shut up. You look great as a deer. You have the shiniest coat I have ever seen on a deer, and those horns of your look sharper than steel. This form really does suit you."
"You really think so? Well my horns do look kind of badass and I do-HEY! Stop doing that!"
"Doing what?!"
"Distracting me!"
"Well I'm just speaking my mind. And besides I had to turn you into a deer."
"Oh really? And why is that?"
"Well I am Artemis, I can't be seen with a guy walking around Central Park like we were on some kind of date."
"First of all, who the hell would see us that something like that would even matter. And second off all why do you think this is a date?"
"This is not a date!"
"I know I never said it was, you're the one who brought it up!"
"I did not!"
"Yeah you did! You said, 'I can't be seen with a guy walking around like we were on some kind of date', see!"
"Oh you are really testing my patience here Perseus."
"Oh what are you going to do? Tell your daddy on me?"
Artemis's eyes twitched on the mention of Zeus, "no, I'll turn you into a girl."
The deer stopped in it's track and looked at Artemis, "you can't do that."
"Oh I most certainly can, and I have. So what do you say Percy?"
The deer looked at Artemis before bowing his head in defeat, "I'll be good."
Artemis grinned, "you better. Now use your sense of smell and find my bow."
Percy blinked, "what? How do I do that?"
Artemis sighed, "you are right now in the form of a Whitetail deer, they are mostly known for their amazing scents of smell and tracking abilities. So you know....smell and track."
"You have no idea how deers actually track do you?"
"Of course I do!" Artemis crossed her arms looking away from Percy, "I just.....don't know how to teach one to smell. It just comes naturally to most. You don't ask a sea how it moves do you? Or how a demigod know ancient greek naturally? Just, you know, do, and stop asking stupid questions."
