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Chapter 80:

Percy then struggled to hold her hands away from his neck as he rolled

over over the golden dust of the recently killed Fury. "Stop rolling all over

my sister's decomposing body!"

"Then stop trying to kill me!" Percy cried back and then managed to kick

the fury off of him. He then jumped on the seat and pulled up Riptide and

swung downwards at the Fury cutting off her right arm.

"AH!" Grover scream dwarfing the cry of pain coming from the Fury as the

goat man fainted at the sight of blood. The Fury held her stump in pain and

tried to make a break for it by running away.

"Percy stop her! I can't control the Mist beyond the fifth row!" Luke cried

out as his face was red from holding up an illusion.

"Right!" Percy then ran after her, and just as she reached the end of the

fifth row caught her by the collar of her shirt. Percy then pulled and threw

her over his shoulder. He then stood up straight and looked at the Fury as

she tried to crawl up and scratch his eyes out with her nails.

"Fucking die already!" Percy cried out as he began to panick. He swung

Riptide widely and accidentally he hit her behind the head knocking her out

cold. "Ah… I totally mean to do that."

"Well what are you waiting for? Kill her!" Luke called out as he slowly

reduced the size of the Mist barrier he held up.

"No," Percy replied with a savage grin, "let's send a message. Luke, you

wouldn't happen to have a permanent marker would you?"

Luke then grinned as well and pulled out a pen, "never leave camp without

it."

Percy then put away Riptide and grabbed the pen. He then started to draw

all over the Fury's face and even on her neck. After a quick check to make

sure her whole face was covered Percy looked up at Luke, "how do we get

her out of here without going through the main door?"

Luke went to emergency window in the back of the bus and with a little bit

of prodding managed to open it without tripping an alarm, it's a child of

Hermes thing. "Though here."

Percy nodded and dragged the Fury, Tisiphone, to the window. Just then

the bus started and slowly began to roll out of the bus terminal. Percy

quickly grabbed the Fury and shoved her through the window and Luke

promptly closed the thing thing and fully lowered his Mist shield.

"I think Hades is going to be pissed when he get's your message," Luke

said with a smile.

"Oh that's the point my good man, that's the point," Percy said with a smile

as the two then turned to their next task, waking Grover the fuck up.

The Fury they had dropped woke up a few minutes later and when she

saw was all alone realised she had failed. She then quickly went to the

Underworld to report to her master.

Tisiphone bowed her head in shame as she approached her master in his

throne room, "I am sorry my master but I have failed in capturing the child

of Poseidon."

Hades nodded, "it is fine the boy will come to me, lift your head

Tisiphone"the Fury did so, "you have nothi-WHAT THE FUCK?!"

"What is it master?" Tisiphone asked nervously at the shocked expression

of Hades.

The lord of the dead quickly summoned a mirror and put it right in front of

the Fury's face. Tisiphone gasped as she saw what was drawn all over her.

There was a dick drawn on her left check with the balls near her mouth. On

the other side was a big piece of smiling poop with flies all around it. And

on her forehead were the words, 'how would you like to suck my balls?'

and a little 'P' near the end gave away just who did it to her.

"JACKSON!" Tisiphone roared out with fury.

Percy sneezed as a cold draft went through him.

"You okay Percy?" Luke asked the boy as he polishes his sword with

wetstone.

"Yeah, thnk I might be getting down with something," Percy said as he

rubbed his shoulders, "It's pretty cold in here."

Luke nodded, "yeah. So where are we going?"

"Boston," Percy replied, "it will be a day's trip to the city but once we're

there the quest will begin for real."

Luke nodded, "okay then. I'm assuming we will be getting a train from

Boston to LA?"

"Yup," Percy replied back, "after we run a small arrand."

"Oh? Like what?"

"It's a surprise," Percy said putting a finger to his lips, "I'll tell you guys

when we reach there."

Luke nodded and then looked to his right at Grover, who was still

unconscious.

After a moment of silence Percy spoke up, "hey Luke I was

wondering….ah… well…."

"What?" Luke asked blinking, "what do you need Percy?"

"Would you like teach me how to control the mist? It would really help me

out," Percy said as he looked to the ground in embarrassment, "you don't

have to if you don't want to it;s just I thought since we aren't doing anything

right now..."

"If I do teach you are you going to use it to trick mortal women by making

them think you are handsome?"

"No! Why would I need to do that? I'm already handsome!" Percy said as

he swept his finger through his hair striking a pose.

"Haha! Good answer!" Luke said with a thumbs up, "alright then I'll teach

you." Percy smiled and then listened as Luke began his speech.

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"So it's like this, imagine the world as two parts, the divine and the

mundane, Annabeth's words not mine. Anyway the divine and the

mundane always crash into each other, they are like two pieces of metal,

and when they crash the form sparks, the Mist is that spark. When the Mist

is created it affects only the mundane and not use mostly because we are

half god and all that."

"So wait the Mist hide things from the mortals without them even realising

it?"

"Yup."

"So...what if something was using it to manipulate us? Like what if there

was a third entity that could use the mist to control our world like we can do

to the mortals?"

Luke looked at Percy and blinked, "yeah that's a little to scary for me. Do

me a favour and don't try and scare me half to death Percy."

Percy chuckled, "sorry, sorry. Just thinking out loud."

Luke sighed and began, "anyway the Mist can be controlled by us because

of our divine side, not even clear sighted mortals-"

"-Like my mom."

"Right like your mom, can do that with the mist. So basically if you want to

use the Mist you have to first imagine the mist itself. You must first focus on

the thing you want the person to see, not the person. So first clear your

mind, then imagine what you want to be seen and then will the Mist to

happen. But it isn't that easy. First you need to see the Mist itself."

"And how do I do that?" Percy asked as he looked around the bus, "isn't

supposed to be invisible to us?"

"Hm, not really. Think of it like this, it is something we have been seeing all

our lives but have learnt to ignore, like the sound of our own heart. So what

you have to do is first look at the world and focus. Connect with the world

around you and feel yourself be pulled into your godly half. Then allow your

eyes to see what it has learnt to ignore."

Percy nodded and then looked focused on the interior of the bus as his

breathing slowed down. He looked and looked and just as he thought he

saw something in the corner of his eyes it turned out to be just a

passenger's stretching his arms.

Percy closed his eyes and shook his head, "I can't do it Luke. Are you sure

there is something supposed to there? Like you're not high or something

are you?"

Luke chuckled, "not right now Percy. Relax Percy it's okay. Not many can

do it on their first try. It's perfectly natural."

"But I mean come on I did everything right! I cleared my mind, I focused on

the world and tried to see something I am missing, but nothing, nada,

blank!"

Luke smiled, "why don't you think of it like this. It is between the cracks in

the walls and inside the body of every person. It is the thing that we see in

the corner of our eye but ignore. It is the thing that we block, so don't try to

calm yourself to the point of being brain dead, search for it, don't expect it

to come to you."

Percy nodded and then turned to the bus again. He looked at the people of

the bus as Gamer's mind kicked in making Percy's brain into a cold

calculating machine. But this time Percy didn't wait for the Mist to show up,

he looked for it.

His eyes roamed all over the bus and his mind whirled as it tried to figure

out what it was looking for. The chairs were chairs, the roof was the roof,

the light was…..murky. Percy then looked up at the lights in the bus and

focused on it as slowly his eyes began to adjust and something just

clicked.

Percy then saw as the world around him became covered by a white

creamy substance, no not that you pervert, like a smoke that was almost

physical. Percy moved his hand and he saw the smoke move away from

his body almost like it was repelled away from him.

"This...this is amazing," Percy said in a voice that was less than a whisper.

"You see it?" Luke asked him. Percy nodded and then looked at Luke who

was also repelling the Mist away from him.

"Good, now try and make an illusion out of the mist," Luke said as he then

pointed at a lone passenger sitting near the back, "and make that man see

it."

Percy nodded and then readied himself. He gathered the mist around as

he focused his will over the mystical substance. He then imagined a giant

chocolate cake and moved the image right in front of the passenger in

front.

The man looked at the cake he then reached for it, but at that moment

Percy dropped the illusion and grinned, "the cake is a lie."

Ping!

Through a special action you have made a new skill!

Mist Control, Lv-1 (23%)

The user can control the mist to create higher the level the more

powerful the illusions.

Can be used on- Mortals

Range- 20 meters

Percy looked at his new skill and quickly waved it away. Luke smiled, "nice.

Not bad for your first try Percy."

"Thanks," Percy said with a smile, "by the way does the Most work on

devine's? Like immortals, monster, things like that?"

"Well...maybe. It would depend on the user. I would probably not be able to

do that, but someone like Chiron is pretty good at using the mist."

"Wait when Alecto attacked me and I killed her, Chiron didn't make an

illusion, he made the students forget she even existed! How is that done?"

"Well it's the illusion of the mind. Think of it like….do you know the jedi

mind trick from Star Wars?"

"Yeah!"

"It's basically the jedi mind trick from Star Wars."

"Cool!" Percy said, 'that means when I get stronger I will actually be able to

control mortals to some extent! This is so cool! Goodbye homework!' But

just then a thought came into Percy's head, "wait Luke, what if someone

used the mist and harmed humans with it."

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Luke's smile faded and he frowned, "yeah I know what you mean. Many of

us don't realise the power the mist has. Usually the one who can control

the Mist of mature enough to not do that, but that being said there are

some who would abuse this power. Usually the gods would make sure that

wouldn't happen but….well as you can see they don't really care anymore."

Percy nodded and the two fell into an uncomfortable silence. Percy's head

was filled with thought of worry for the mortal while Luke was remembering

his past and how his mom used sound before….before she went crazy.

The next day the three woke up just as the bus reached the outskirts of

Boston. Percy's and Luke's backs were paining, while Grover was fresh as

a daisy since his body was far better at roughing it then the demigods.

They three got off at their stop, which was at the very edge of the city and

Percy quickly pulled up a map and lead the group away from the city.

"Ah Percy I think you might be going to wrong way," Luke said pointing

back at city, "the train station is that way."

"Remember the errand we need to do?" Luke nodded while Grover looked

confused, "well it's near here and after that only are we going to the

Underworld."

"I'm all for taking our time to reach the Underworld Percy," Grover said,

"but what exactly are we doing?"

"Have you ever heard of the chains of Hephaestus?" Percy called as he

took a left that lead to a road leading into the woods and further away from

civilization.

"Ah...they were chain made by Hephaestus?" Luke guessed.

"Right. Anyway when Hephaestus stuck his mom, Hera, on her throne for

hundred's of years to get back at her for kicking him off Olympus he used

these chains."

"Wait I thought it was the throne that fixed her to the spot and took her

powers," Grover said as the group walked further into the woods and

quickly came to a stream. They then began walking up stream.

"You're half right. The chair did hold Her in place for all that time, but the

chains were the ones that stopped her from using her powers. Basically

they were the cuffs why the chair was the jail."

"So we are out here," Luke then swatted a fly, "to try and find these

chains?"

"Yup."

"Percy that was thousands of years ago!" Grover cried out, "heck they

probably would have been lost to the sands of time!"

"Grover if you had a chain that could bloke a God's power would you ever

let it get out of your sight?"

Grover looked surprised and then began to think while Luke caught on, "so

you think Hephaestus still has it?"

Percy nodded, " like Grover said it's been hundreds of years so he might

have just thrown it into one of his old forges for safe keeping."

"But Percy he is the god of forges he might have a forge in every city."

"True but after I braided a couple of Hephaestus kids with a few drachma's

they mentioned one of their dad's favorite storage places was his forge

outside of Boston," Percy then stopped as he came face to face with a rock

wall under which the stream came out off. On the surface of the rock wall

was a hammer carved into the stone.

"I-is that-"

"The entrance to the storage room of Hephaestus? Yes, yes it is," Percy

then pressed the hammer and the symbol started to glow red. The rock

wall broke apart in the center leaving a large opening for Percy and the

others, "you guy's coming in or what?"

Grover gulped and looked afraid, as always, while Luke smiled nodding his

head. The trio entered the forge and as soon as Percy set foot inside this

happened;

Ping!

You have entered the dungeon: Forge of Hephaestus- Boston edition,

Recommended level 12

Do you still wish to enter;

YES/NO?

Percy quickly pressed yes and continued forward. Inside was a long

corridor with pipes and the sort lining the wall with steam leaking in the

corners, blocking their view. Percy waved his hands forward, trying to push

the steam away, if only he could move it all back…..wait. Steam is water

and so could he do that actually control it?

Percy put his hand up, "wait guys I want to try something here," Grover

and Luke stopped and waited for Percy to move. Percy then channeled

mana out of his hands and tried to grab hold of the mist surrounding them.

It was a strange feeling as his mana spread out like a spider's web and

circled around the mist. Percy then felt something tug in the back of his

stomach, so he concentrated on that feeling and he pulled.

The steam in front of them then split away and went up against the sides

as the slowly condensed and fell down as water drops.

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"Wow Percy I didn't know you could do that!" Grover exclaimed.

"Nowhere did I."

Ping!

Due to you using your imagination and logic you have created a new skill!

· Water Controlling Lv-11 (62%)

Allows you to control any form of water from any source of water.

You can reconstruct it in anyway you wish and it will obey your every

command.

Cost-10 MP per minute

Special attack- Water Spikes-210 Damage cost 80 MP

Special defence- Water shield-35/35 Durability cost 95 MP

Special control- Blood control-cost 46 MP per minute.

Special control- Steam control - cost- same as water control+10 MP

Percy smiled at this and quickly closed the box. "So let's get a move on,,"

Percy said as the group began to walk again.

The deeper into the forge they went the hotter it got. Soon it was so hot

that Percy started to sweat enough to fill buckets, but hey at least if a

monster attacks Percy can use his sweat instead of water to fight them off.

Eventually the tunnel they were going through took a right turn and as

soon as the took that turn the group was confronted by their first monster.

It was a machine, because duh we were in a forge of Hephaestus of

course the monster were all going to be bloody robots. The machine

looked human with wheels for legs and golden blades attached to it's arms.

It's face and body were marble with several symbols etched on it, which

looked vaguely familiar.

Percy held up his hands and slowly took the group backwards away from

the view of the monster. Once they were away from the bend in the tunnel

Luke spoke up, "that must be a guardian for this place. Any ideas?"

Percy peaked a little from the side of the wall and observed the robot;

Robot Guardian;

Lv- 13

HP:800/800

MP:50/50

Str- 55

Vit-23

Dex-33

Int-21

Wis-1

Luc-0

A guardian of the forge of Hephaestus, it's job is to make you into

minced meat. It hates intruders and loves the movie, gone with the

wind, but then again who doesn't?

Kill to get- 75 Exp

Percy sighed, it wouldn't be too much trouble. Sure it was crazy strong and

pretty quick, but Percy had faced stronger foes than him. All he would have

to do is summon Zed and….oh fuck!

Luke and Grover were right there! He couldn't bring out the gauntlet of

Kefka now! His secret would be revealed! Shit, okay think Percy think!

Percy then moved away from the wall and turned to Luke, "okay Luke that

thing seems like it is pretty strong. And judging by those wheels it has for

legs it can move, we need to distract its attention and then we attack it.

Grover," the goat man paled, "can you use magic?"

"Yeah, I can control nature," Grover then pulled out three seeds, "I plant

these anywhere and once I play my reeds they will sprout vines which I

can control."

Percy nodded turning to Luke, "you ready?"

"Born ready," Luke grinned.

The three got in position at the end of the tunnel with the robot turning it's

back towards them. Percy then dashed forward with Riptide in hand with

Luke right behind him.

"Hey metal head!" Percy called out causing the robot to turn around.

Percy's blade came down with the full force of Percy's strength and

chipped the robot's marble body at its shoulder. He then jumped back

avoiding the robot's right swing and threw Grover's seeds at the robot.

"Now Grover!" Percy called out, and watched as Luke kicked connected to

robot's head causing it to stagger backwards. Grover then began playing

his reeds as Percy and Luke backed up.

The robot then began charging forward with its blades ready for killing, but

just as it's wheels came over the seeds vines exploded outwards and

circled around its lower half.

Percy smile as the robot tried and failed to get away from the vines. It then

tried using it's arms to cut the vines but Percy quickly swung Riptide cutting

off its arms at its shoulders with one swing.

Percy then swung across it's head again and again until the marble head

fell off. Percy panted and saw the robot slowly disappear into dust. Leaving

its blades behind.

"Wait why did it disappear?" Luke asked as he inspected the dust left

behind, "it wasn't a monster, it should have just you know, stayed here

without it's head."

Percy shrugged, and replied calmly, "maybe Hephaestus defined them

differently." But inside Percy was panicking, 'shit shit shit! The stupid robot

was effected by my gamering powers! Fuck! I just hope Luke belive me.'

Luke looked at Percy and then back at the remains of the robot. The world

seemed to stop for a moment before Luke shrugged and stood up, "yeah

maybe you're right. Meaning the blades are the spoils of war."

Ping!

Your extreme lie was successful!

Percy sighed and then quickly waved the box away. He then picked up the

two blades the robot left behind;

Celestial bronze blades;

Blades made out of celestial bronze crafted by Hephaestus himself.

They are a mixture of various celestial metal and is not 100% celestial

bronze because that shit is rare as fuck, hence why the blades are

coloured gold and not bronze.

Attack- 80

Percy looked at the blades, they did have a handle but no cross garud, if

anything it would take a skilled swordsman to use a blade like this.

Percy tossed one to Grover, "here G-man, in case you need it."

The Satyr barely caught the blade and handled it carefully, "ah, thanks

Percy."

"How much more of those seeds do you have?"

"A lot, I managed to get a lot of them from the forest."

Percy nodded and then looked at the remaining blade and handed it over

to Luke, "want it?"

Luke nodded and took the blade, "not a bad balance," he then swung it

around and grinned, "I always did want to duel wield."

Chapter 84:

Percy nodded and quickly the three moved deeper into the tunnels.

Quickly they met another robot and this time Luke took charge. The son of

Hermes had a look of happiness on his face as he charged after the robot.

He blocked the robot's blades with his sword while using his newly found

blade to cut off the wheels which was attached to the main body with

basically pipes.

Luke then took his time cutting off pieces of the marble laughing all the

while. The robot then stopped moving as Luke looked up to a scared Percy

and Grover. "What?"

"Remind you never to piss you off," Percy said as he promised himself the

same thing.

"You are very scary when you are fighting Luke," Grover replied as looked

at the boy with a tiny bit of fear, "have I ever mentioned how amazing you

are lately?"

Luke laughed at this and then turned to the robot, "okay wait if Hephaestus

programed these things to fade why didn't this one?"

'Because I didn't attack it duh,' Percy thought, "maybe that one is faulty,"

Percy lied.

Ping!

Due to constant lying the skill has leveled up!

· Lying, Lv-8 (12%)

This is your ability to lie to people, the higher the level the better the

lie and less chance of discovery!

40% chance of success, less based on how extreme the lie is.

Ping!

Lie failed!

Luke shook his head, "no I don't think so. Something is going on around

here," he then turned to Percy and Grover, "we need to be careful around

here, I have a bad feeling about this place."

Percy nodded, but on the inside he was glad that Luke didn't start to

suspect him.

The trio walked walked ahead and came across several robots. Percy and

Luke teamed up and destroyed them all causing more blades to be left

behind. Percy then went to grab the blade and quickly managed to grab

three and put them in his inventory while he physically carried two in his

backpack so that Grover and Luke wouldn't get suspicious. What? The

blades could kill bloody monster! Do you know how rare this shit was?

Eventually the tunnel ended and it lead them to a big room that looked kind

of like a factory floor. There were several factory lines along the sides of

the room with pipes running all over the place. On the top of the room was

a glowing ball of light which light up the entire place. Percy walked slowly

into the room with Riptide ready for battle.

Percy then saw that on the other end of the room was a pedestal with light

falling on it, 'kind of a cliche place for the treasure to be but whatever.'

Percy walked slowly to the pedestal, 'come on there must be a catch. It

can't be that easy. Where's the part where the room is suddenly filled with

robots which we all have to fight off and-'

Ping!

Warning! Robot's incoming!

There we go.

"Guy's heads up!" Percy told his friend who were right behind him. The two

quickly got into attack position. Luke brought up both blades while Grover

threw seeds all over the place. The goat man then pulled up his reeds to

his mouth with one hand and held his new blade with the other.

Suddenly the pipes in the walls started open up revealing robots inside the

large pipes, huh secret entrances who knew? The robot's then began

flowing out and quickly surrounded the hero's encircling them.

"Ah Percy there is a lot of them," Grover said in a scared tone.

"Good I needed I workout anyway," Luke replied with a ferocious grin.

"Grover make a vine wall around us, now!" Percy yelled out just as one of

the robot's rolled towards them with blades ready to kill. Percy parried the

robot and brought him away from the rest as Grover made a huge wall of

vines separating them from the army of robots.

Percy then quickly got rid of the robot and looked at Luke, "get ready to

fight," he then turned to Grover, "when the robot's cut through the vine wall

make some more, but leave one entrance free. Make it as if there is only

one way they can get in, if we bottleneck them we might just win."

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Grover and Luke nodded and just as Percy predicted the robot's started to

cut away at the vines. The first entrance was made in front of Percy, the

robot's then started to pour in as the wall over there fell. Percy however

was on it, with Luke taking care of the hole forming in the south and Grover

focused on rebuilding the vines Percy was free to use his inventory.

Percy grabbed several bottles of water and threw them at the robots. The

things quickly cut through the bottles and Percy smirked. The son of the

sea then commanded the water into the robot's body through the holes

near the joints, and short circuited each robot from the inside out. Who

said water wasn't cool?

Percy then quickly took care of all the robot's near his area and put up a

wall of water blocking the hole made, "Grover close this up!"

"Right!" the Satyr replied as he turned to Percy's opening creating more

vines around that area.

Percy then went to Luke and started helping the young adult out. The two

worked together almost flawlessly as Luke cut the robot's legs (wheels, on

a side note why wheels? Why not whatever the fuck tanks use?) as Percy

short circuited them with his water.

Soon the robot's created more opens in the vine wall, and the three of

them moved in perfect harmony with Percy and Luke beating up the robots

and Grover closing the holes made by the robots. It seemed like the battle

was going to last forever but eventually the number of robots started to

decrease as less and less moved out of the opening in the vine wall.

"Ah guys, I'm running out of seed!" Grover called out as Percy was just

finishing up the last robot coming out of his opening.

"Luke are you finished there?" Percy called out.

"Yeah, I think that's all the robots," Luke called out as he finished of

another robot.

"Grover I think you can drop the vines," Percy said as the Satyr nodded

slowly bring the vines down and spread them out on the floor.

Percy then looked around and saw several loots lettered all over the place.

So many blades! Percy however sighed, he couldn't carry them all

physically and if half of the blades disappeared Grover and Luke would

start asking questions.

"That was amazing!" Luke cried out with a grin, "we should totally do that

again!"

Percy was a little bit worried about the mental health of the older boy but

nodded, "yup. It was kind of awesome slaying these things with you guys."

"Hell yeah!" Grover said, excited now that the danger was over, "with my

awesome wall of vines, your water powers and Luke's fetish to beat up

things-"

"Hey!"

"-We are unstoppable!"

Percy and the others then quickly came down from their victory high and

walked over to the podium on the other side of the room. But as Percy

began walking toward it he hear something he really did not want to hear

right now;

Ping!

Warning! Monster robo snake above you!

Percy's eyes widened at this and he quickly looked up and saw the ceiling

break apart right in front of his eyes. The tiles disappear into nothing giving

was to several pipes rulling along the ceiling, only they weren't pipes, and

they were were moving. The bright globe that was hanging from the ceiling

shattered and it's shards fell all over the room.

"Percy what's going on?!" Grover cried out as he narrowly dodged a shard

of the ceiling light.

"It's a trap!" Luke called out as he grabbed Grover and ran towards the

tunnel they came from, "come one Percy!"

Percy nodded and quickly ran back, he could come for this thing later, right

now he needed to make sure Luke and Grover were safe. Percy ran, but

then turned back to ceiling and suddenly he saw out of the now dark

ceiling red eyes were staring back at him.

Percy's felt fear when he looked into those eyes but quickly blocked the

fear from taking over his mind, "run guys!"

The three had almost made it but before the reached the tunnel something

fell from the ceiling, something big. Percy being closer to the center was

flung into the air due to the aftershock of the impact. He crashed into the

wall and fell down like a rag doll.

"Percy!" Luke called out but then suddenly a giant metal tail slammed into

Luke and Grover and threw them into the opposite side of the room. The

two hit the wall and immediately fell unconscious.

Percy groaned as he rubbed his head, 'god who hit me?' He head was hurt

but due to Gamer's body he didn't lose unconsciousness like Grover and

Luke. Percy got to his feet and stopped moving once he saw what was

looking back at him.

Those red eyes belong to a massive robotic snake. Bronze metal replaced

scale and in between the scales Percy could see thick wire running along

its body. It's head was angular and it's teeth looked sharp, very sharp. It

had a crown on it's head which kind of looked like a big trident and did I

mention how sharp it's teeth looked?

Chapter 86:

Percy then Observed the thing;

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus,

Lv- 42

HP:25,000/25,000

MP:40/40

Str-45

Vis-42

Dex-43

Int-3

Wis-1

Luc-9

This snake is one of the twelve guardians of the twelve forges hidden

all over America. This guardian in particular is known for it's deadly

attack and have you seen it's teeth? It takes it's job very seriously

and also is known for crushing its opponents to death before eating

it, like a real snake.

Kill to gain- 15,000 Exp

Percy then dismissed the box and looked for Luke and Grover. He found

them against the wall on the opposite side of the wall, unconscious. Percy

sighed in relief and then turned to the snake, 'showtime'. He smirked and

quickly pulled out his gauntlet of Kefka and put it on, "you know you should

have left those two concious."

The snake narrowed it's red robotic eyes and hissed. Its body coiled

around itself to form a shield of sort in case Percy would try and attack it.

"Yeah yeah I know what you were thinking. Reduce their numbers and take

them out quickly. Flawless logic," Percy then summoned Zed, Alecto and

Craig (Knight of the Damned) "only problem, I couldn't show my real power

with them around. But now," Percy then turned to his servant who nodded

in waiting, "attack!"

Alecto took to the air but found it difficult to move calso to the enemy in the

small room. Percy quickly threw her his bow and quiver, "distract him."

"I don't really think arrows are going to distract that thing!" Alecto cried out

as she flew away firing arrows at the robotics snake, who didn't really

seem to mind.

"Zed I need you to ramn that thing," Percy told Zed who nodded. Percy

gave him his blade and the servant charged that the snake who finally

seemed to notice it was being attacked. The creature coilled back and then

lunged forward at Zed moving in the blink of an eye.

Zed held the flat of his blade up and managed to take on the entire force of

the snake head on with his incredible strength alone. The snake then

moved back and quickly moved away and Zed gave chase to the beast.

Percy looked at the Knight, "can you fight that thing?" The Knight nodded,

"good." Percy then took out Riptide and one of the many blade he got from

the robots before. The two then charged the snake, who was now being

attacked by Zed.

Percy struck between it's scales and tore the wires underneath, but the

thing didn't stop moving. The snake instead moved its tail and smacked

Alecto right in the face and ripped her head off. The Fury turned into

smoke dropping the bow and arrow and flew into Percy's gauntlet.

Percy cursed but continued fighting with the Knight and Zed. Zed punched

the snake in the mouth causing the creature to real back, did robots even

feel pain? Percy saw this chance and jumped along it's scales and threw

Riptide into one of it's eyes blinding the thing.

The snake started to move all over the room as it threw Percy off of it in

anger. The Knight managed to grab Percy before he hit the ground and the

two moved next to Zed, "got a plan boss?"

Percy shook his head, "not really Zed. That thing is basically a giant snake,

the only thing I can think of is to trap it in the tunnels back there….wait that

just might work. Zed, Craig follow me." Percy then waved the over and the

three quickly began to run to the tunnel and sure enough the snake

followed.

Chapter 87:

They ran in and Percy looked back to see whether the snake was

following, and sure enough it was. "ROARRR!" It shouted out and Percy

looked straight and ran faster, 'shit shit shit!'

As the came near the entrance of the forge Percy called out, "break the

pipes!"

Zed looked at Percy, "what?!"

"Break the bloody pipes Zed!"

Zed sighed and immediately started to swing his blade to the side causing

a lot of steam to be released in the path of the snake. Craig followed suit

doing the same.

Soon the entrance came upon them and right then Percy turned and put to

hands up, "water spikes!"

The snake moved forward but before it shut its jaws over Percy head

something caught onto its sides. The snake looked back and they're

coming out of the steam pipes were water spikes coming out of the

opening of the pipes.

Ping!

Critical damage! 300% of the 1050 Attack = 3675 Attack!

Percy sighed as he plan had worked. He condensed the steam into water

as the moved and when it was finally ready he skerwered thet

fuckingsnake like a kebab. Percy pulled up his mana bar;

Percy, MP: 15/425

This condensing of the steam was mist control costed 10 MP and the

Water Spikes costed 400 MP, meaning there should be 5 spikes logged

into the snake right now. Percy then pulled up the snake's health;

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 20,000/25,000

It's lesser health must mean Zed had something to do with that. Percy

turned to his servants, "you guys ready?"

Zed held up his blade and in a feral voice replied, "oh yeah." The Knight

simply nodded as the three turned to the snake leaking massive amounts

of bloodlust that the snake started to leak a little bit of oil from the back.

Zed attacked first as he started to whale on the thing with his blade.

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 19,500/25,000

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 19,000/25,000

Then Craig jumps in and started attacking as well;

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 18,000/25,000

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 17,000/25,000

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 16,000/25,000

Percy then charged in and began in favorite movie, "Stardust Wave!" The

swords flashed away at the beast's mouth as bronze struck bronze and

sparks flew. Percy kept hitting the thing until his second blade snapped

causing Percy to reach into his inventory to get out another blade and

continue the combo attack.

Finally with one last strike Percy ripped out several of the snake's teeth

and hit the monster so hard it literally flew back a good 4 feet.

The calculations went on in his head;

[(45 Strikes x 38 VIT) + 35]% = 1745%

1745% of 250 Attack = 4362 Attack!

Ping!

Critical Strike! 350% of 4362 Attack = 15,267 Attack!

Percy panted as the snake started to groan in pain. It's life was almost

gone;

Robotic Snake Guardian of Hephaestus, HP: 733/25,000

Percy looked at Zed, "want to finish this one Zed?"

The red armoured man nodded, "definitely boss." He then lifted his sword

up high and brought it down smashing what was left of the monsters head.

It then began to slowly melt into dust leaving behind a couple of very

strange items. But just then;

Ping!

You have leveled up!

Percy Jackson

Health-700/700

Mana-500/500

The Gamer

Title- Son of Poseidon

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)

Level-11 Exp- 5,971/40,000

Race-Demigod

STR-32

VIT-34(+4)=38

DEX-31(+4)=35

INT-28

WIS-32

LUC-19

POINTS-5

MONEY- 12,297$/306D

Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon.

He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to sit still in

class. His behaviour has gotten him trouble over the years in various

schools. Percy is aware of who is father is, and wishes to find

meaning in his life. Percy loves his mother, and hates Gabe, who is a

dick.

Status- demigod, giving Percy - +4 VIT, +4 DEX and the ability to

breath underwater, enhanced strength, communicate with fish, create

earthquakes, talk to horses, control water and look cool.

Percy smiled at this and then closed the box and went to quickly pick up

the loot;

2000$

Cape of Scales

Skill book of Strength

Razor Whip

A Snake sculpture

Percy picked up the money and put it away for later and then inspected the

book.

Ping!

You have obtained the Skill book of Strength!

Would you like to learn?

YES/NO?

Percy pressed yes and the book disappeared as a nothing box showed up;

Ping!

You have gained +1 Str!

Percy smiled and then picked up the cape. The cape had golden scales on

the outside with warm leather on the inside. It looked sharp at the ends

and very heavy;

Cape of Scales,

A caped that is very good at defence and offence, if you know how to

use it. It's light and made out of imperial gold, hence while it looks

heavy it really isn't.

Percy read this and immediately put the cape on. It was heavy, but

considering it was made of metal it was actually very light. He then tossed

the cape into his inventory for later, after all how the hell would he explain

this to Luke and Grover?

Percy then picked up the whip next. It was silver with a blue leather holder

and blue spikes at the end;

Razor Whip,

A whip that is extremely sharp when mana is called thru it. This whip

is extremely dangerous do not, I repeat do not use it for BDSM. Got

it?

Attack 25

Percy tossed the whip into his inventory, it may not be needed right now

but it would still be cool to learn how to do use it later. Heck if he got a hat

as a coll archeologist bag he could be Indiana Jones!

Percy then picked up the last thing that fell from the snake. It was a perfect

statue of the snake he just defeated, only it was about 9 inches long and

was black all over.

Snake Sculpture,

One of the 12 main sculpture used to unlock the secret vault of

Hephaestus, Collect all 12 and gain access to Hephaestus's main

armoury.

Percy quickly understood what this thing was. It was like a collectable in a

game that unlock extra content, only this time it unlocked the freaking

secret vault of the forge god!

After Percy put that away he dismissed Zed and Craig. He then walked

back to the main room to see Grover and Luke still unconscious, but safe.

Percy then walked towards the podium and smiled, this was it. This was

the thing that will help him get his mom back.

But as he walked to the podium he realised something, where the hell was

the giant chain? There was nothing there on the podium. He couldn't see it

before due to the army of robots and the giant snake…..wow that sentence

sounded weird. But either way he couldn't see it before, but now he could

and there was nothing here!

Nothing except a note. The paper was white and the ink was black and

written on it was;

To whomever finds this note,

Physc! You are shit out of luck sucker! Oh yeah sure I know what you were

thinking, 'hey let's go steal Hephaestus's forge he never checks it anyway.'

I thought the same thing, only difference is I thought of it too and I got here

first. So tough nuts bitch!

-Edward Neak,

Son of Hermes.

Percy looked up and sighed, it seemed somebody was going to die.

Edward Neak you just made my shit list.

Alright so here we go another chapter for another week.

Questions,

Minotaur fight inspired?: Ah no I made it up on the go. If it resembles

something then I don't know. And I have never heard of something

called 'is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon?'

Schedule: I don't really have a seat date for each chapter I'll just

publish it whenever I can that way you guys might get more chapters

out of me. Also if I say only one chapter a week I'll be like 'neah man I

already did I chapter this week' so I try to not make promises.

Whitebread: Yeah okay totally honest here I did not actually realise I

was copying White Beard's powers when I gave Percy his Earthquake

fist thing. I just thought 'hum what if Percy could punch out

Earthquakes?' And then bamn, there it is. But now that I do realize

this things are going to get much more interesting.

The level 63 archery mistake: Yeah sorry about that. I had my own file

containing all the skills in it and such. I must have copy pasted the

wrong thing. It should be fixed by now.

Chapter 88:

Percy then picked up all the loot the robots from before left behind. The

metal was good and having like 50 or so weapons that could kill monster

would be a major plus point. Percy also took several shard of the light that

shattered in the beginning of the battle, it could be made into a lamp or

something in the future.

Percy then tried to absorb the soul of the gigantic robotic snake, it would

be so cool if he could do that. Just imagine him riding into battle on that

thing! But alas there was a little problem…. THE THING DIDN'T HAVE A

FUCKING SOUL! Sure okay yeah he knew it didn't have a soul, it being a

robot and all. But come one! He kicked it's bronze ass fair and square!

Percy ranted about this for a few moments before he dragged Luke and

Grover outside, they were still out of it and Percy didn't want to wake them

up, plus great strength training. Eventually all three were out of the forge of

Hephaestus and Percy quickly washed his face with water from the stream

and waited for the two to wake up.

But as Percy waited he began to think to himself, 'who the hell is Edward

Neak? The name sounds familiar but Percy didn't know why. He said he

was the son of Hermes...maybe Luke would know.'

Percy then pulled up his status;

Status-

Percy Jackson

Health-700/700

Mana-500/500

The Gamer

Title- Son of Poseidon

(+20 Str,+20 Vit, +20 Dex, while in water)

Level-11 Exp- 5,971/40,000

Race-Demigod

STR-32

VIT-34(+4)=38

DEX-31(+4)=35

INT-28

WIS-32

LUC-19

POINTS-5

MONEY- 12,297$/306D

Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon.

He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it difficult for him to sit still in

class. His behaviour has gotten him trouble over the years in various

schools. Percy is aware of who is father is, and wishes to find

meaning in his life. Percy loves his mother, and hates Gabe, who is a

dick.

Status- demigod, giving Percy - +4 VIT, +4 DEX and the ability to

breath underwater, enhanced strength, communicate with fish, create

earthquakes, talk to horses, control water and look cool.(Increase of

+1 to VIT and DEX every 5 levels)

Perks-

· Anger of Alecto- whenever the user succeeds in taunting an enemy

they are infected with the Anger of Alecto which gives them double

their strength but also makes them clumsy and highly ignorant of

their surrounds.

HP regeneration: 25%

MP regeneration 25%

Just then grover started to groan as he came to. Percy closed his status

and immediately went to his friend and helped him to his feet, "easy there

G-man you just got your ass handed to you by a giant snake, I think you

can take it slow."

"Percy? Wait what happened?" Grover asked as he looked around, "are

we outside the forge?"

Percy nodded, "yeah. I managed to get you and Luke out of there in time."

"WAIT!" Grover called out and then began looking all over the place,

"where is that giant snake thing?!"

Percy shrugged, "it didn't follow us out here," it was the lie he had prepared

before hand, "it must only attacks those who are inside the forge."

Ping!

Lie success!

Percy smiled as Grover visibly calmed down, "okay then, that's good. But

what about the chains?"

Percy frowned as he dug out the note he found inside the forge and gave it

Grover, "I managed to sneak in after getting you two out here and found

this in the place of the chains."

Grover read the note and then looked up at Percy with a questioning look,

"who the hell is Edward Neak?"

"No idea, but he sooo on my shit list."

"So this is a bust huh?" Grover said sighing, "well at least we didn't die."

Percy nodded and then went to Luke and carried the boy over his

shoulder, "for now let's head back to Boston and get the train. We might

have to settle for plan B."

"What's plan B?"

"Go in, grab my mom, piss on Hades throne and then get the fuckout."

"Ahh, I think you can do the pissing thing on your own," Grover replied with

a weak smile.

Percy smiled back and the two left the forest and walked back to the main

road. Percy was getting a little tired carrying Luke over his shoulder but

hey, great exercise. Wait did I say that already?

As soon as they reached the road Percy managed to get a cab. Percy

opened the cab and tossed Luke in, causing the young man to hit his head

on the door handle, "shit!" Percy called out as he and Grover then put Luke

upright and finally managed to get in the car.

"Where to?" asked the cabby who was looking at them through the mirror.

"Ah, just a motel or something," Percy replied.

"Sure….you two didn't ruffy the blond kid did you?"

"Waht? NO!"

"Because if you did it would be a crime if I brought you guys to a motel.

Who knows what you two might do to that kid."

"Holy shit man! We aren't going to rape Luke!" Grover exclaimed

"Actually I meant it would be a crime for me to not bring him to a hospital,"

the cabby replied as the situation slowly became more and more awkward.

"J-just drive," Percy replied as the cabby took off. They made it to a motel

where Percy paid the man and took Luke out. Grover got them rooms and

the three quickly went in and shut the door.

Inside Percy and Grover waited in silence for Luke to wake up. Grover was

looking at the news while Percy was checking his inventory. He had;

30 Bottle of water

Tooth of a hellhound

Torch

34 pancakes

20 meals

7 Apples

6 Bananas

10 Oranges

Picture of Mom.

Gabe's head

Horns of the Minotaur

Potion, low level x 5

Staff of healing, High level

13 swords

6 katanas

3 helmets

3 shields

17 helmets

A bow

A quiver

A Greek spear,(25)

Cape of Scales,

Helmet of Troy

Gauntlet of Kefka

Sword of Kefka

Imperial Gold Spear

Climbing gloves

Shovel Buster

Necklace of the damned

Scroll of hidden treasure

HNI,

Essences of Shadow, Crafting item,

Celestial bronze blades; (50)

Shards of light, (6)

Razor whip

Snake statue

Yeah he had a lot of shit. Maybe it was time to sell some on the HNI. Percy

heard a groan and turned to see Luke waking up.

Chapter 89:

"Hey take it easy Luke," Percy said as he helped the boy up.

"What happened?" Luke asked as he shook his head, "did something hit

me?"

"Yeah I giant robotic snake," Grover replied as he handed Luke a bottle of

water.

"How are we even alive?"

"I managed to get you two out, the snake didn't follow use once we left the

forge. I did however managed to sneak back in and find this," Percy then

handed Luke the note from before.

Luke emptied his bottle of water and then took the note. After reading it

fully he looked at Percy with a raised eyebrow, "who the fuck is Edward

Neak?"

"We thought you might know," Percy replied with a shrug, "him being a son

of Hermes and all."

"Hmm, I don't know who this Edward guy is but whoever he is he now has

the chains," Luke replied as he rubbed his forehead, "damn I must and hit

my head pretty hard."

Percy and Grover shared a look as a flashback to the cab came to mind,

"yup." Percy said, "totally. You must have hit your head pretty hard."

Luke then reached into his backpack and took out a tin box. He opened it

and inside was a square piece of yellow cake, kind of looked like a lemon

square. Luke ate the cake and in front of Percy's eyes the bump on his

head vanished and Luke became more focused as the dizziness vanished

from his eyes.

"Woah!" Percy exclaimed, "what is that? Is that like a healing pill only a son

of Hermes can use?"

Luke handed Percy the tin box and Percy used Observe;

Ambrosia,

Food of the gods. It heals demigods when eaten, but eat too much

and they will burn from the inside out. WARNING: Never give to

humans, they will instantly combust.

+100% HP restored with 1st time consumption (-25% HP restored with

additional consumption.)

[Cool down period before someone can eat this with no -25% HP, 12

hours.]

Percy's eyes widened, "holy shit!"

Luke smiled, "yeah I know it smells great righ? It's called-"

"-Ambrosia," Percy replied as he inspected it again.

"Yeah that's right. You know your greek myth Percy. It has it's twin, Nectar,"

Luke then took out a thermostat and gave it to Percy. Percy saw inside was

a golden liquid that kind of looked like caramel syrup.;

Nectar,

Food of the gods. It heals demigods when drank, but eat too much

and they will burn from the inside out. WARNING: Never give to

humans, they will instantly combust.

+100% MP restored with 1st time consumption (-25% MP restored

with additional consumption.)

[Cool down period before someone can eat this with no -25% MP, 12

hours.]

Luke then continued, "anyway I'm surprised you didn't know about this

sooner. Didn't the healers feed you some when you were in the med bay?"

Percy shook his head, "no I heal fast. Also being the son of Poseidon make

me heal everytime I come in contact with water."

Luke whistled, "wow, that's amazing Percy. Anyway putting the food of the

gods aside what's our next move?"

Percy handed the Nectar and Ambrosia back to Luke making a mental

note to get some for himself, "I don't really know man. Just wing it I

supposed."

"Okay then, next stop LA."

Percy and the others quickly took a bath and got into a change of clothes.

Percy now wore a blue shirt with a black hoodie. They all quickly left the

motel and took a bus to the train station.

Once they reached Percy and the rest were disappointed to know that they

had just missed the last train to LA, the next one being tomorrow morning

at 8!

"God damn it!" Percy replied angrily as the group of questers walked along

the road aimlessly, "now what?"

Luke shrugged, "just wait I suppose. There really isn't much we can do."

Grover nodded, "so let's make the best of this. Let's explore a bit, relax and

enjoy the small things in life."

"Oh okay. Let's relax doing that while my mom is stuck in the Underworld,"

Percy snapped back causing Grover to put his head down in

embarrassment. Percy was getting tensed, his failure in getting the chains

along with the fact he would basically waste a whole day was getting to

him.

Luke put his hand on Percy's shoulder and calmed him down, "look Percy

we will get there okay? We just can't do it now. So let's take this time to

relax and, because tomorrow evening we will be in LA ready to go into the

Underworld."

Percy sighed, "I'm sorry G-man."

Grover smiled, "neah it's cool Percy."

Luke nodded, "good. Now that that's settled let's go and get some coffee."

"Wait why coffee?" Percy asked.

"Because coffee in the true nectar of the gods, Mr. D said so."

"Isn't Dionysus the god of wine? Why would he say coffee in the nectar of

the gods?"

"He likes to eat coffee beans raw. Says something about them causing him

to becoming a hyperactive hamster, which the next best thing to being

drunk, which he can't be due to the ban Zeus placed on him."