"You're late," Artemis told the newcomer with narrowed eyes. She then turned to Percy, "Percy this is-"
"Hermes, Luke's dad," Percy said looking at man.
"How did you-oh right you have the ability to sense people out," Hermes said grinning, "you probably recognized my power from the Hermes cabin right?"
"No," Percy said surprising the god of thieves, "it's that stupid grin you have on. Ever single Hermes kid I ever met has the same bloody grin." 'That and your name and title is floating right above your head.'
Hermes, Messenger of the Gods
Lv-?
HP:?
MP:?
Race— Olympian
Str-?
Vit-?
Dex-?
Int-?
Wis-?
Luc-?
Son of Zeus and Maia, this god is know for many different achievement in life even before he became a god. He has a variety of different domains under his belt and is known to be a jack of all trades. He loves all his children dearly and is always looking out for them however he can.
Likes: His children, his family, his job and the human race
Dislikes: Titans, Hubris, not being able to be there for his kids and broccoli
Thinks Percy is an okay guy, hopes Percy will be able to bring Luke back
He feels hopeful
Percy was surprised reading Hermes's profile. He loved his children and he hated not being there for them. And this was the guy Luke had a problem with?!
"Haha I see," Hermes said rubbing his neck still grining, "well my kids do get their good looks from me."
"So what exactly do you guys want from me?" Percy asked, "I'm guessing this isn't just a social visit."
"Not exactly, but it is nice seeing you again Percy, how long has it been? A year?" Artemis asked getting off the rock structure standing straight.
"Yeah, almost a year," Percy smiled.
"Wow," Hermes said blinking, "I didn't think I would ever see the day where the man hater Artemis would be making small talk with a man."
Artemis shot the god of thieves a glare which immediately shut him up. She sighed and turned to Percy, her face turned stone cold and Percy got serious as well, "it's about the quest Clarisse La Rue is going on."
Percy nodded, "yeah, what about it?"
"We," Hermes started, "the gods that is, want your friends to join her."
Percy looked taken back. He was surprised and his brain suddenly started thinking of different reason as to why this was asked before Gamer's mind activated allowing Percy to form a path of questioning, "okay first off all I thought you guys were the ones who wanted her to go alone."
"A trick to make the spy think she would be alone," Artemis said, "Zeus is concerned about the spy in your midst, he wants your friends to sneak onboard Clarisse's ship just after she leaves and help her on this quest. That way the spy will have no idea about the extra people Clarisse has helping her."
Percy nodded , "okay....that sounds great and all but something has been bothering me. You said, 'my friends,' and not me. Don't you guys want me go with them?"
Hermes cleared his throat drawing attention to him, "well no, you have another job."
"What kind of job?"
Artemis narrowed her eyes, "Gergosa."
"What about them?"
"We got intel that the Titan army has a Gergosa creation site just off the coast of the Bahamas. It's an island called Nassau, it borders on the sea of monsters but is mostly unaffected, somewhere on that island a madman named Argo Kishin is creating Gergosa's we need you to stop him."
"Is this a solo assignment?"
"Yes it is," the goddess of the hunt paused before speaking, "do you accept?"
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Summer Quest!
Find and destroy Argo's base of operation in Nassau.
Survive the encounter.
Don't let a single Gergosa get off that island
Reward,
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?
?
200,000 Exp
Failure,
Your death
Camp is destroyed
YES/NO?
Percy read the failure options and sighed, 'always the same thing. For once can't something nice happens if I fail? Like I get a slice of pizza or something?' He pressed the yes button and looked to Artemis and Hermes, "I accept."
The goddess and the god nodded. Hermes looked at his watch, "damn look at the time! I need to leave right now!" he snapped his finger and three yellow bags and one blue bag appeared in front of Percy, "use this during your journey. The yellow ones are for the others while the black one is for you."
And with that he flashed away. Percy closed and opened his eyes finding himself alone with Artemis once more, "so how have you been?"
"Good, the hunters and I have been busy, there has been a lot of monster activities lately, most go to join the Titans while the rest simply wish to kill and eat all demigods, like usual."
"I see....so anything exciting happen to you?"
"Exciting? Like what?"
"I don't know? Ah...meet any cool people? Did you travel? What do gods do anyway?"
Artemis shrugged as she sat down on the Fist of Zeus, "nothing much. It depends on the god, if you mean Hermes than he spends most of his time doing his duties as the messenger of the gods. But on the other hand there are gods like my brother who don't give two shits about their jobs and are more focused on getting laid or partying."
Percy nodded as he sat next to Artemis looking at the stars, "a god partying, wonder what's that like."
"Not that fun really, it's loud annoying and very boring."
"I thought that the Olympians had the best parties?"
"Well yes, but I'm not much of a party going god, I like my peace and quiet."
"I see, well I kind of get what you mean, the last party I went to was a mess," Percy said remembering that time in Boston right after he defeated Marchosias. He used the Mist to look like a 21 year old to sneak into a club with Grover Edward and....Luke.
"Wait...you went to a party?"
"Ah...," Percy looked like a deer caught in a set of highbeams, "yeah?"
"Aren't you a little young for that sort of thing?"
"Ah...yeah." target="_blank">Ah...yeah."
"So how did.....you used the mist didn't you."
"Ah...yeah."
Artemis shook her head, "irresponsible boy," she muttered causing Percy to look away in embarrassment. "So did you like it?"
Percy remembered the night, first he was confused by all the people there, and then came Attalia Ander. She taught him how to dance, gave him the confidence to even touch her before kissing him silly. Oh and there was also that minor kidnapping incident but that didn't ruin the night for him.
Percy smiled remembering the feeling of the woman's lips on his. Her soft auburn hair matched her red dress and her eyes shined like....wait, she had black hair. Percy blinked as slowly the mental image he had of Attalia changed to one of Artemis.
Percy shook his head clear and turned to the goddess who was still looking at him. "S-So how exactly am I supposed to get to Nassau?"
Artemis looked confused at the change of questioning but shrugged, "we got that covered," she said getting of the Fist of Zeus, "Tomorrow night, right after Clarisse leaves and your friends sneak aboard a ship will come to get you. It will be bright orange with sails of red and on it's flag with be a jolly roger with a cyclops's skull instead of a human's. The captain of the ship is.....an old friend of Hermes and will help you in your journey."
Percy lifted an eyebrow, the way she said friend meant there was a lot she was not telling him, "so who is this guy?"
Artemis smirked, "I'll let that be a surprise for you."
"Wait I know him?"
"If you know your greek mythology you will instantly know who I mean."
"Wait this guy is part of greek myth?!" Percy blinked, "you're not sending me along with some kind of nut case are you?!"
"Why do you think he will be a nutcase?"
"Is he from ancient greece?"
"Yes."
"The he is a nutcase."
"Percy I am from ancient Greece."
"Your a god, doesn't count."
"Chiron is from ancient Greece."
"He also doesn't count."
"Then who does count?"
"Monsters who like to eat demigods and people like Tantalus."
Artemis nodded, "yes Tantalus is very.....unique."
"You mean he's batshit crazy."
Artemis chuckled, "hehe, yes, he is crazy."
Percy smiled, "so...you want to get dinner or something?"
"Percy it is the middle of the night and you had dinner just an hour ago."
"I can always use a snack now and then," Percy said shrugging, "well?"
Artemis smiled but shook her head, "no Percy I must get going, the hunt needs me. We are tracking something important, something very powerful, if we don't get to it first it could mean the end of us all."
"Damn why is it always world ending consequences with you all?" Percy commented remembering what Mr. D said about why the gods couldn't help out the camp, "alright fine some other time than."
Artemis nodded, "some other time," she then flashed away leaving Percy alone in the forest.
Percy's heart dropped a little the moment the moon goddess was gone. Everything became dull and maybe it had something to do with her being the goddess of the moon or something, but the forest became darker now that she had gone.
The demigod sighed as he took the bag Hermes gave him and put them in his inventory. 'Well if I am already out here might aswell get some training done.' He sat down on the Fist of Zeus and opened his skill list looking for skills to train in. His ID create skill caught his eye, and to be more exact it was the dungeon he never used, Goblin camp;
ID Create, Lv-14 (75%)
Used to create Instant Dungeons. Higher the level, stronger the dungeon.
Current list—
Empty Dungeon— no monsters.
Monster Dungeon— Zombies
Monster Dungeon— Goblin Camp
Percy shrugged his shoulder and put a hand up in the air palm open, 'ID Creator: Goblin Camp.'
The entire world flashed red and suddenly the landscape shifted. Percy was startled but the change was over before it even began with him now suddenly no longer sitting down but standing in the middle of a large plain of grass with a tree line in front of him.
'Well this is certainly a first,' Percy said as he took out his gauntlet and Riptide. His dimensional power had literally changed the world, something that had never been done before. 'One of two things has happened, one the world changed, which seems unlikely, or two I was pulled somewhere else, like a pocket dimension of sorts.'
Percy took the second option as the more likely option and soon realised something was different in this world. He looked up to the sky, it was not red, not like before, it was blue and hanging in the blue sky was three moons. Percy blinked, 'well shit.'
Percy put a hand up, 'ID Escape.' He felt a blast of energy go out but nothing happened. Percy blinked before trying again, 'ID Escape!' Still nothing, 'ID ESCAPE! ID ESCAPE! ID ESCAPE!'
The world didn't change back and instead a box opened up in front of him;
Ping!
You cannot leave until you have defeated at the least 20 opponents!
Percy blinked, 'the rules are changing,' maybe this was how it was supposed to be, after all Percy never did immediately back out of an ID before now so he wouldn't really know the limits. Percy gripped his blade tightly and activated his marble skin technique, just in case something happens;
Marble Skin— 1,500 MP X 78 = 117,000 Defence
Percy's mana regeneration rate was at 25% per 1 minute meaning he would get all his mana back quickly. He closed the boxes in front of him and set out into the forest.
You have entered a forest!
+5 to all stats!
The trees were enormous as their branches looked as thick as Percy's waist. The demigod slowly moved deeper and deeper inside when suddenly;
Warning! Attack from behind!
Percy moved before even reading the message, he dived to the right as a rock flew passed where his head was a few moments ago. Percy rolled to the side and summoned a fireball in his hand launching it at where he saw the rock fly from.
"ARGH!" A figure fell from a tree with it's face on fire. It landed on it's neck with an audible crack as suddenly it stopped screaming.
Percy carefully walked over to the fallen being, it was green and had very little armour on. He then Observed it;
Goblin soldier
Lv— 15
HP: 800/800
MP0/0
Str-4
Vit-12
Dex-16
Int-3
Wis-2
Luc-1
A grunt of the goblin army, used as scouts and even canon fodder. There is nothing special about this goblin.
Kill to gain— 80 Exp
The goblin wasn't really worth much, barely on par with the fish soldiers he faced off with his dad. As the goblin vanished from sight it left behind what looked like a made at home slingshot and 20 bucks. Percy sighed putting the money away before continuing into the forest.
Just then another two goblins rushed him from behind. Percy didn't even look back as he sent mana into their shadows turning it into a huge spike that then impaled them. They slowly disappeared into nothing leaving behind cash and a very crude looking blade that Percy didn't even bother picking up.
'I need some movement,' Percy told himself jumping onto a tree branch. Luckily his Dex stats level was enough for him to not immediately fall down though he still wobbled a little, 'note to self improve on Dex.'
Percy jumped from branch to branch and soon came upon a group of goblins hidden out in one of the trees unaware Percy had even found them. Percy smirked and quickly used his shadows control and impaled a tendril of shadow right through their heads causing them to burst into sand instantly.
'This is too easy,' Percy thought to himself as he ran across the forest killing of squads of goblins left right and center. Soon he had killed 20 of them and could escape the ID but he decided not to, after all this new dungeon didn't really seem like to much of a threat.
Percy found himself going deeper and deeper into the forest as goblins attacked him more frequently. Soon the forest cleared up revealing a giant clearing in which stood an army of goblins. There were hundreds of the little green things spread out all over the place. Percy gulped, 'this might be more difficult than I thought.'
Percy pound mana into his gauntlet and summoned his servants. However instead of all of them being summoned only Marchosias appeared. Percy blinked before realising why this was so. He had left Cerberus in the Underworld and the rest were guarding camp right now, meaning he would have to fight this one alone, well him and a demon from hell that is.
"Hello master," Marchosias grumbled out in her wolf form as she looked at the goblin camp in front of them, "what trouble you gotten into this time?"
"No trouble, I'm just practicing in my new Instant Dungeon," Percy said as he moved deeper inside the forest so he wouldn't be spotted by any goblins in the camp.
