Chapter 94
"Ah.. I got some berries," Grover said as he held up some white berries which kind of looked like human eyeballs.
"Ah Grover you sure those aren't poisonous?"
"Ah.. I don't think so."
Percy used Observe;
Doll's Eyes,
The entire plant is generally poisonous especially for human beings. The most harmful part is the berry despite its sweet taste. The killer substance is a carcinogenic toxin which causes sudden soothing effects on a person's cardiac muscles and can easily lead to death.
Well shit.
"I think that's Doll's eyes Grover," Percy said, "very sweet and very deadly."
"What?!" Grover shouted as he tossed the berries away.
"Relax I doubt anything that is poisonous to human could kill you," Luke said with a laid back attitude, "how did you know that Percy?"
Percy shrugged, "I read it in a book."
Luke smiled, "you have to much Annabeth in you."
Grover eventually calmed down and smiled sadly, "I remember the last time I was out in the forest camping. Do you Luke."
Luke smiled a sad smile, "yeah. I do."
"When was that?" Percy asked as he felt a story come on.
"It was before we came to camp," Luke said as he looked up at the stars, "we being me, Annabeth….and Thalia."
"I told you about her didn't I Percy?" Grover asked, his voice filled with shame, "I told you how I was assigned to be their protector."
Percy nodded while Luke continued, "I think it was the last night before she… before she died."
"Yeah, it was one of the best nights of my life."
"We sang, danced and lived like there was no tomorrow."
"Remember when Annabeth drew a mustache on your face while you slept? Your were furious about it the next day."
Luke laughed, "haha! God that girl was such a prankster back then!"
"Annabeth?" Percy asked surprised.
"Yeah," Grover nodded, "she once painted my hooves pink and put pompoms on my horns. I didn't notice fore two days!"
Percy laughed out loud, "that's hilarious! I didn't know!"
Luke nodded, "she wasn't the same after Thalia's death. Something in Annabeth died with Thalia."
Grover nodded as he put his head down in shame, "it was all my fault."
"I don't blame you for that you know."
Grover looked up, "what?"
"I don't blame you Grover. You did the best you could, Thalia died on her terms, she died a hero. But she shouldn't have had to be a hero, she shouldn't have had to make that sacrifice. But she was forced to, and why? Because our parents don't give a damn about us."
"Luke that's not true-"
"Bullshit it's not true!" Luke shouted interrupting Grover, "you know it's the truth Grover! You're just to scared to admit it!"
"Luke that's enough," Percy said.
"No Percy it's not! If you weren't there none of the unclaimed would know who their parents were! None of them! They would have died not knowing whether they were loved or hated. You think that's not possible? It is. So many demigods go unclaimed, unprotected, and you know what happens to them? They die. They die. They would have died by the hands of monsters not even knowing why. That Percy is what life our parents condemn us to."
Percy looked at Luke and then sighed, "I know Luke. I know. But I don't care about them. I don't care about revenge, all I care about is my friends and my family. And by that I mean my mom and everyone in camp."
"They deserves to pay Percy!"
"It's not like we can make them feel sorry! It's not like we can make them feel regret! It's like you said Luke, they don't care about us! So you tell me, what the hell can you do to make them feel regret?!"
Luke started at Percy and then spoke in a whisper, "I can destroy Olympus."
"You don't have the power."
"No, no I dont," Luke narrowed his eyes, and then sat down away from the fire. He pulled his blanket up and covered himself up, "good night."
Percy sighed as he pulled out his own blanket from his bag and gave it to Grover, "you sleep first. I'll take first watch."
The Satyr nodded as he slowly pulled the blanket over himself as he slept near the fire.
"Wake me up for the second watch," Luke called out not turning to look at Percy.
Percy sighed, "yeah, okay,"and quickly walked away from the camp site. As soon as he was far away Percy pulled out the gauntlet of Kefka and summoned Alecto and Craig.
"Master," they bowed.
"Protect Luke and Grover from any danger, and make sure they don't see you," Percy ordered his servants as he walked deeper into the forest.
"What are you going to do master?" Alecto asked.
"I need to train," Percy replied as he walked away.
After a few minutes of walking Percy stopped and sat down on a rock structure that looked similar to a bed. Percy then put one hand up and called, "ID create: Empty!" The sky turned red as all the noise of the forest died out.
He then pulled out his skill list and wondered what he should try and level up. Deciding to train the first skill he ever created, Physical endurance, Percy took out the gauntlet of Kefka and summoned Zed.
"Master," Zed bowed
"Zed I need you to hit me," Percy explained.
"W-what?" Zed stammered.
"Hit me," Percy said as he spread his arms out, "but be gentle about it. I know your monstrous strength first hand and I don't want to die."
"Are you sure?" Zed asked as he drew back a fist.
"Yup," Percy replied as channeled mana into his skin thinking out, 'Marble Skin'. He put 100 MP into the spell and felt his skin harden into marble. This along with the jacket he was now wearing should help him survive Zed's attack.
Zed's punch moved slowly, but the moment the fist impacted Percy's body the son of Poseidon flew back and into a tree breaking it's trunk.
"Shit!" Zed cried out as he ran to Percy. "I'm sorry boss!"
"It's okay," Percy grumbled out as he slowly got out of the tree truck patting away the sliders from his jacket, "I'll survive." Percy then pulled up his health bar;
Percy Jackson HP: 128/700
Percy sighed in relief, that was a close one. He closed the box and then;
Ping!
Skill leveled up!
Physical Endurance, Lv-8 (2%)
Your Body's durability increased and you take less damage.
22% less damage from physical attacks.
'Well atleast I know it works now,' Percy then looked at Zed and smiled, "that was perfect Zed. Just let me heal and we can do it again."
Zed nodded dumbly and watched as Percy seemingly pulled food and drinks out of thin air stuffing them all down his throat.
"Woah boss you sure can eat," Zed commented as Percy finished his small feast.
Wiping away pancake crumbs Percy smiled, "thanks. Now, hit me."
This process of training continued for an hour. Percy activated marble skin, got punched, leveled up his Physical Endurance, ate food and then got punched again. Soon he stopped leveling up after just one punch from Zed, it became two punches, and then three. Everytime Zed punched him Percy was courting death, but the reward was well worth the risk.
Physical Endurance, Lv-17 (20%)
Your Body's durability increased and you take less damage.
40% less damage from physical attacks.
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