Chapter 79
"Yes it is," Edward replied as he turned to a smirking Luke, "since your still alive you must be telling the truth."
Luke nodded, "told you so."
Edward then looked at Percy and grinned, "so...son of Poseidon huh?"
"Yup," Percy replied.
"Fine, I'll help you guys get the chains."
Percy fist pumped, "yes!" But then something popped up in his head, "wait, what do you mean you will help us get the chains?"
Edward then grew a sheepish smiled as he rubbed the back of his head, "I, ah…. kind of sold it off."
"WHAT?!" the three questers yelled out loud causing Edward's grin to widen.
Half and hour later Percy and his team found themselves in Edwards limo as they headed to downtown Boston. "I still can't believe you sold the freaking chains of Hephaestus!" Percy yelled out.
"Hehe," Edward rubbed his head again, "I told you I needed the cash, I was just starting up Half-Blood Inc. and well...it was either that or be a stripper and let me tell you I may have the body of a stripper but I got none of the moves."
Luke snickered, "yeah I can imagine. We Hermes kids aren't know for being graceful."
Percy nodded at that, "okay so who did you sell it to again?"
"His name is Biggy. He's the informant for Boston."
"And what does he...ah inform?"
Realization dawned on Edward, "oh right you guys don't know. It's okay, it took me a years to even find out about them"
"Who is them?"
"Tell me what happens to clear the sighted mortals? Like the ones that can see monsters roaming the streets day to day?"
"They just...ah…. I don't know."
"Well most live normal lives, not believing what they see. But the rest, the rest do something about it. There are actually a lot of clear sighted mortals around these days and each have their own powers and abilities to keep themselves safe. Like magic, pyrokinesis, sorcery and even magical martial arts."
"Wait so you're are telling me that there are clear sighted mortal out there who can do magic?" Luke asked with a looks of surprise.
"Yup. Anyone can do magic, if taught properly. Anyway as I was saying, these groups of people live day to day in a world crafted by themselves for themselves. It is known by many names, the Pit, the Hellhole, but most, like me, call it the Abyss. Every city has a place where these members of the Abyss meat up, and Biggy is a member of Abyss. Most of the others in Abyss is…. well not the best kind of people."
"What do you mean?" Percy asked with narrowed eyes.
"Most are hitmen for hire using their skills to make a quick buck, there are….less honorable."
"So what you are tell me is that there is an entire society that is powerful and for hire?" Luke asked with a slight tone of enthusiasm, which Percy found radically strange.
"Yeah, but you are going to need a lot of money."
"So," Percy cut in trying to change the tone of this conversation, "right now we are going into a new world hidden just a few centimeters from us that is filled with monsters and people who can do incredible things?"
"Yup."
"Great, it's like camp Half-Blood all over again," Percy exclaimed throwing his hands up.
The limo pulled up to a coffee shop named 'The Rabbit,' and Percy and the rest got out. "Come back for us in half an hour," Edward called back to his driver who nodded and left them there.
"So...this is it?" Luke asked.
"Yup."
"The entrance to the society that contains magicians"
"But it looks like a regular coffee place to me," Grover said narrowing his eyes, "are they using the mist to block our sight?"
"Nope," Edward replied and then walked in as the three questers followed him inside. The Rabbit looked like any other coffee shop with a barista girl and everything, on a side note, damn barista girls are hot!
Percy looked around and was shocked to see the kind of people in here. Everyone here had a level above 20 and an average of 25. Everyone here was trained and dangerous, "they are not hiding using the mist," Percy whispered out, "they are hiding in plain sight."
Edward grinned, "you can sense the power flowing out of them?"
Percy nodded, "kind of….I think I can."
"Well either way you are right. The Mist is something that can be broken, it can be seen through. But since most of the people in Abyss are clear sighted anyway there really is no point. Also like Percy said, they are hiding in plain sight."
The group then walked to the back of the place and there sitting alone in the back both was a chubby man with a bald spot as big as a plate. He wore a black track suit along with a golden chain and watch. He looked up and smiled, "well well well, if it isn't the son of Boston. I saw that article about you in The Times earlier, really hard hitting stuff."
Edward smiled, "hello Biggy. How've you been?" Edward sat down opposite to him while motioning for the others to join him.
"Oh you know, same old same old. Had a coven of witches come in the other day with the head of a werewolf, wanted a price for it. Needless to say the misses was not pleased with all the werewolf blood leaking on the wooden floors."
Edward laughed, "well that's quite a story Biggy. You'll have to tell it to me later, but for now I came for a job."
Biggy nodded as he sipped his cup of coffee, "yeah I can see that. A son of Hermes, as Satyr and….what's this, a son of Poseidon? Well well well, you certainly have an interesting case for me this time Edward."
Edward smiled while the others looked shell shocked , how the hell did this guy even know about them?! Percy then used Observe on him;
Ben Starwell, Informant
Level-33
HP:1800/1800
MP:1000/1000
Race-Human (Clear sighted)
Str-12
Vit-10
Dex-12
Int-53
Wis-20
Luc-19
The Informant of Boston, also known as Biggy, this man tells people what they want provided they have enough to pay for that information. He used to be part of the Italian mafia before he quite it for the Abyss. He loves his wife but hates her family.
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