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Chapter 631

The Gods flashed away one by one. Percy got a big hug from his dad

before the sea God left and now he was alone as he walked out of the

throne room with Artemis by his side.

"Why didn't you flash back to your hunter's camp?" Percy asked.

"I needed a few moments to myself," Artemis sighed, "this battle we

face….I'm nervous."

"You have every right to be," Percy smiled as he placed a comforting

hand on the Goddess shoulder, "don't worry so much Arty, I'm sure you

do well."

The moon goddess raised an eyebrow, "really? Because you might be

the only one who thinks so Percy. I have been tracking the Ophiotaurus

for months now and I have come no closer to it's location, the other

Gods have lost their trust in my abilities, I fear that I won't be able to

find the wretched creature."

Percy smiled, "it sounds to me like you have a lot of pent up stress."

The goddess nodded, "yes. It's times like these that I wish I could go

and kill something, but with the way things are going I doubt I could

find anything that could appease my anger."

Suddenly a lightbulb went off in Percy's head, "I have just the thing."

"What do you mean?"

"You know I have powers right?" Artemis looked confused, "I mean the

power to create pocket dimensions with monsters filled inside?"

Artemis nodded, "yes and….?"

Percy sighed, "Artemis, I can create worlds filled with monsters to

kill…..do you understand where I am going with this?"

Artemis blinked once, twice and then a smile came on her face. Percy

grinned, "you have some time to kill?"

"Yes, usually the meetings on Olympus don't end so quickly, the

hunters will not expect me for some time now."

"Great, then you and I can go dungeon crawling," Percy said as he

opened up his ID creations skills looking over the list of dungeons he

had access too;

ID Create, Lv-25 (12%)

Used to create Instant Dungeons. Higher the level, stronger the

dungeon.

Current list-

Empty Dungeon- no monsters.

Monster Dungeon- Zombies

Monster Dungeon- Goblin Camp

Area Dungeon – Mountain/ Island/ Swamp/ Forest/ Plains

Empty Dungeon – Time dilation (1/5)

Monster Dungeon- Parademon invasion

Percy quickly found one, "okay so your options are this, a dungeon

filled with zombies, a goblin army, a mountain range, an island, a

swamp, a forest, a large plain or a city infested with interdimensional

monsters."

Artemis blinked, "I see….what would you recommend?"

"Well I've spent a lot of time in the zombie dungeon, it's okay, if you're

a demigod. It's kind of easy for a Goddess though, won't really give you

a challenge."

"Alright, then what else?"

"Well there is the Goblin camp, and I have fought in it once before.

There is one insanely strong enemy there, but again I wouldn't

recommend it for a Goddess. Plus he's kind of a perv and I don't want

you destroying everything there by going nuclear."

"Percy why do you assume I am so easy to upset?"

"Because you are."

"I don't like your tone Jackson," Artemis growled.

"See, you're upset, you just proved my point. Thank you."

Artemis opened her mouth to argue but huffed in annoyance. She just

grumbled and crossed her arms, "fine, what else?"

"Well I haven't really explored any of the mountains, swaps, islands,

forest or plains yet, so maybe that?"

"I see...very well then how about the forests?"

"Okay," Percy held Artemis hand as he put his other up in the air, "ID

Create: Area Dungeon: Forest!"

The world shifted from under their feet. Everything around them

flashed red. Artemis grabbed Percy by the arm and moved closer to

him, she wasn't used to this. The marble city of Olympus melted away,

Artemis now found herself and Percy standing in the middle of a very

dense forest with a full moon shining down on them through the tree

leaves.

You have entered a forest!

+5 to all stats!

Percy grinned as he turned to look at Artemis, "you can let go now."

Artemis blushed as she immediately did so, "I-apologize. Your abilities

surprised me. I didn't realise you could do….well this."

Percy nodded, "yeah it's a pretty unique ability. It creates this whole

nother world for me to explore. Kind of like….well like a pocket

dimension. You know what that is right?"

"You can create your own realm?" Artemis asked in amazement, "how

did you obtain such an ability?"

Percy shrugged, "didn't my dad tell you?"

Artemis blinked before slowly nodded, "yes….he mentioned something

about the Fates."

Percy shrugged, "basically that," Percy didn't really know what to say.

He would rather avoid talking about the Fates, last time he saw one of

them….well let's just say he didn't enjoy it.

Artemis looked around, the forest looked generic, pine trees with

shrubs all around. The ground was covered with dead leaves and dirt.

If she was to guess she would say it was somewhere between spring

and summer in this world, if such a thing even existed here.

"So what can you tell me off this place?" Artemis asked.

"Honestly? Nothing. I have no idea what this place holds," Percy

chuckled as he took out Riptide, "I didn't really have enough time to

explore this place. I just know the basics, find a monster, kill it, take the

loot and then move on. Simple as that."

Artemis frowned, "so this is a place filled with monsters, monsters

which, I remind you, you have no idea what they look like or can do.

And you thought it would be a safe to bring me here?"

Percy shrugged, "you're the goddess of hunting, I don't see what the

big deal is, I mean, do you want everything served to you on a silver

platter? Learn to go with the flow Arty."

Artemis huffed, she snapped her fingers summoning a bow and quiver

out of thin air. "I assure you Percy I can go with the flow," Artemis put

on the quiver and readied her bow, "it would have just been nice if you

knew what we were hunting."

"I promise, we'll know when we find it," Percy grinned and turned

around, "now come on! Adventure awaits!"

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Artemis rolled her eyes but followed the demigod. They went through

the forest, pacing their steps, keeping an eye out for anything out of the

ordinary, like a monster charging at them with a giant sword.

'Hm, that's strange,' Percy thought to himself as his internal clock

quickly hit the 5 minute mark, 'by now a monster would have shown up.

It would have also tried to kill me. Hm...,maybe my high level is

affecting the spawn rate? No, that's not possible, I mean it never

happened before, why should it now?'

Just then Artemis grabbed Percy's shoulder and pulled him backwards.

"Hey what-" Artemis hushed him by placing a hand over his mouth. She

squatted lower, telling Percy to do the same. The two hide behind a

bush as Artemis stared into the distance.

"There," she said pointing at a small clearing a few feet in front of them,

"do you see it?"

"What do you-" Percy stopped, he immediately activated his 8.0

Eyesight and looked at where the Goddess was pointing. Immediately

he saw it, and he couldn't help but gasp at it's beauty.

It was a silver stag. Silver like Artemis's eyes. It's horns were gold and

it's hooves were black like coal. An aura of blueish silver light crowned

it as it walked from shrub to shrub eating its fill.

"What is that?" Artemis asked in a tone of wonder, "I have never seen a

deer like that in my life."

Percy quickly used Observe on the creature;

Majestic Hind

Lv- 25

HP: 2,500/2,500

MP:900/900

Str- 23

Vit- 45

Dex-21

Int-2

Wis-1

Luc-32

A creature born out of purity and good will, it represents the

embodiment of how pure a creature of the wild can be. It's hooves

are made of black diamond, it's fur of silver, it's horns of gold and

it's blood of liquid platinum. Truly it is a valuable creature, but not

because of it's body.

Kill to gain- 300 Exp

"It's called a majestic Hind," Percy supplied, "it's supposed to represent

the purity of the wild."

"How did you know that?" Artemis asked looking at Percy in wonder.

Percy cursed, 'damn it! I got used to talking fo freely to Thalia! Think

Percy think!' "I ah, well I kind of just made up a name for it. Thought

Majestic Hind sounded cool."

Lie succeeded!

"And the purity of the wild statement?" Artemis raised an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry have you seen this thing?" Percy pointed, "it looks like a

fucking angel come to life. If it wasn't a symbol of purity then you're not

a virgin goddess."

Lie Failed!

'Damn it!' Percy cursed, 'guess it was a little too much to ask for!'

Artemis looked confused before realization dawned on her. She

sighed, "sometimes Percy I feel like you keep a lot of things hidden

from me."

"What ah, what do you mean Arty?"

Artemis formed, "I may not be the God of truth, but I have picked up a

few things by watching my brother."

Percy sighed, "look it's….I can' talk about it. I'm sorry, but I can't."

Artemis nodded, "I understand that Percy, I too have secrets….ones

that I do not share with anyone, not even my brother. But that is not

what I meant, you don't' have to bear these secrets alone, you can

trust me Percy, I'm on your side."

The son of Poseidon smiled, "thanks Artemis." The two looked into

each other's eyes and suddenly Percy remembered the image of

Artemis he saw in Clotho's vision. The image of Artemis grabbing him

and kissing him.

Percy blushed and turned away, Artemis was confused by this action

but said nothing.

"So ah-," Percy cleared his throat, "what exactly are we going to do

about the deer?"

"Well we aren't going to hurt it if that's what you are asking," Artemis

put away her quiver as she stood up, "your powers are interesting to

say the least Percy. To be able to create something of this beauty….tell

me have you ever created something like this before?"

Percy forced, "no...not that I remember anyway. Nothing as amazing as

the Hind, maybe….no, definitely not."

"Then this warrants further investigations," Artemis walked forward,

"coming?"

"You want to just go up to it and talk?" Percy asked surprised.

"Yes."

"You think it will listen?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because I'm Artemis, the Goddess of the moon, and deers are my

sacred animal," Artemis smirked, "although maybe it would be best to

introduce another fellow deer to the Hind when me meet. So as to not

spook it."

"But we don't' have a deer with us," Percy said as he put away his

weapon. Suddenly his eyes popped open, "wait….you don't

mean….your weren't planning on turning me into a deer were you?"

Artemis blinked, "what? No!"

Lie detected!

"You were?!" Percy shouted, "I can't believe this! Ten minutes! It's been

ten minutes and you are already thinking about turning me into a deer!

Again!"

Artemis rolled her eyes, "fine," she grumbled, "I won't turn you into a

deer. Do you have an apple? If we can't make him like us by showing a

fellow deer," Percy huffed, "then we need to feed it something."

Percy opened his inventory and pulled out a fresh apple. He threw it to

Artemis, "here. Still can't believe you wanted to turn me into a deer. I

thought we moved on from that phase of our relationship."

Artemis chuckled, "you certainly can whine a lot Percy. Now come,

there is a Hind I wish to seduce."

The two walked to the clearing carefully. Percy drew back, he let

Artemis take the lead. The goddess obviously had more experience

with this than him.

Artemis looked at the Hind, and the moment they came close enough,

it noticed them as well. Immediately Artemis bent down extending an

open palm to the Hind, "my name is Artemis oh pure one, I assure you,

I mean you no harm."

The Hind looked at her and then to Percy. The demigod stiffened, he

was unnerved by how intelligent those eyes locked, it was almost like

the Hind knew what they were saying. Taking a chance Percy reached

out with his mind and felt the emotions of the Hind, instead of fear or

surprise he felt calmness and a sense of wonder.

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Percy walked up and bent next to Artemis, "I think it knows we mean it

no harm."

Artemis nodded, "yes, I sensed its intelligence as well," she took out

the apple from before and presented it to the Hind, "here, for you."

The silver fur deer smiled as it quickly approached the two. It smelt

Artemis's hand and slowly closed it's mouth around the apple grabbing

it and chewing the red fruit.

Artemis smiled as she ran her fingers through it's long silver fur, it felt

warm to the touch. The Goddess of the hunt sighed in happiness as

she felt a feeling of calmness take over her body.

"This truly is a spirit of purity," Artemis whispered as the Hind finished

eating, "it is as calming as a bottle of nectar."

Percy smiled, "you know if you want you could take it."

Artemis blinked, "really? Is that possible?"

Percy scratched his chin, "well honestly haven't really tired...there is

only one way I know for sure that it will work, but that would involve

killing it temporarily."

Artemis shook her head, "no. I love the Hind true, but that doesn't

justify me taking it out of it's natural habitat. My selfish desires must not

be put above the life of this beast."

Percy smiled, "you know I kind of had a feeling you were going to say

that."

The two stepped back and watched in silence as the Hind slowly

walked away searching for more berries to eat in the forest. A sense of

calm settled over them, Percy was honestly surprised, this was

probably the first time he didn't kill something he meet in his ID's.

He turned to Artemis, the Goddess was amazing to say the least.

There was this innocence about her, a sense of purity. Maybe it was

attributed to the fact that she was a virgin, or maybe it was something

to do with her domain. But Percy thought different, he didn't see it that

way, she was just naturally so nice, it honestly disarmed Percy to see

her this way. He realised that for the first time he might have just gotten

a look at the real Artemis.

Crash!

A tree crashed in the distance. Percy and Artemis tried to look at what

caused it, but the moment they turned away the Hind started to run

away. The noise came again;

Crash!

This time is was closer. Percy turned to the Hind, "it must have sensed

something was wrong." He pulled out Riptide and Waverider, "we need

to alert."

"Understood," Artemis snapped to attention. The soft features on her

face were locked away as she took on her 'Huntress' persona once

more. She drew her bow and nocked an arrow, they stood side by side

ready for anything.

CRASH!

"MEH!" The Hind shrieked as the trees in front of it exploded outwards.

A giant monstrous figure jumped out from the trees, splinters rained

across the air. It grabbed the Hind with arms as big as a full grown

human and ripped the deer in half. Platinum blood poured down, the

monster raised the dead body to it's lips hungrily drinking the precious

liquid.

"No!" Artemis shirked in horror. She started to glow, anger took over.

The monster threw away the now drained corpse of the Majestic Hind.

Percy got a good look at it. It had the body of a giant gorilla, but with

the hairy face of a boar. It stood on two legs, it's hands covered with

claws as big as Riptide. It's tusks were large and looked sharp enough

to cut steel, and it's eyes glowed green with hunger.

Roaring Primadox

Lv- 35

HP: 10,500/10,500

MP:1,900/1,900

Str- 56

Vit- 65

Dex-41

Int-6

Wis-3

Luc-2

A beast born to kill and ravage the land. The Roaring Primadox is

a beast carved out of the very foundations of the forest, it exists

to bring balance to the eco system. It kills without mercy or regret,

pray you don't meet it in combat.

Kill to gain- 500 Exp

Percy growled, "looks like we found the monster we have to fight."

Artemis nodded, "indeed."

"GRAAA!" The Primadox roared as it smashed its fists into the ground

causing the very ground to shake. But neither Percy nor Artemis were

shaken. The Goddess pulled back her arrow and let it go.

The arrow whistled through the air in a flash of silver. It hit the

Primadox in the right eye imbedding itself into it's brain. The monster

paused before it feel to it's knees and then flat on the ground. It was

dead on the spot.

"What the shit," Percy exclaimed as he saw the monster vanish in front

of his eyes leaving behind a single tusk, some money and a veil of blue

potion. "How did you do that?!"

Artemis shrugged as she put away her bow and arrow, "I aimed for it's

brain. I'm sure even a beast like that wouldn't be able to survive an

arrow to it's brain."

Percy blinked, "right…." 'Huh, this might be easier than I thought.'

Percy and Artemis quickly approached the loot the monster left behind

and Percy observed it.

Tusk of the Primadox,

One can hollow this out and make it into a horn. That honor will

then be able to summon other Roaring Primadox to one location.

But the question is, are you sure you want to summon more?

Number of uses per horn- 1

Roaring potion,

The drinker of this potion will be able to shout 20 times more than

their normal voice. This will give a +20% bonus to all skills that

involve speaking.

Time limit- 5 minutes.

Money- 5,000$

Percy was impressed, there was fairly unique prizes. He tossed

Artemis the potion and the money, "here, you earned it."

The Goddess blinked, "what do you mean?"

"They are yours," Percy clarified as he picked up the tusk looking it

over, "they are yours by right."

"But what use have I for them?" Artemis asked looking over the money

and potion, "I don't even know what this potion does."

"This potion is a shouting potion," Percy explained as he used his

matter manipulation to hollow out the inside of the tusk making it into a

horn, "you will be able to shout 20 times more loudly for five minutes."

Artemis blinked, "how do….never mind."

Chapter 634

Percy chuckled, "you learn quick. Anyway, yeah, it's yours. Maybe you

can use the cash on the hunt or something. Take them out for a special

lunch or something. You know, do something fun."

Percy examined the horn as Artemis turned to the dead Hind. She bent

down and examined the body. Tears welled up in her eyes as she

closed it's eyes. Percy looked over and sighed, "there was nothing you

could do."

Artemis nodded as she got up, "I know. I of all people know the rules of

the jungle Percy, it's kill or get killed. I understand that. I just regret not

being able to save it."

Percy sighed, "well if it makes you feel any better we could probably

get revenge," he tossed her the horn.

Artemis raised an eyebrow, "what is this?"

"I hollowed out the Primadox tusk. If you blow through this you

summon more of those creatures," Percy grinned, "maybe we could

use them to blow off some steam."

Artemis looked at the horn and smiled, "maybe," she took the blue

potion from before and uncorked it. Before Percy could say anything

she chugged it down emptying it in one gulp.

"Why did you do that?!" Percy yelled out in a panic.

"I WANTED EVERY PRIMADOX IN THIS FOREST TO HEAR MY

CALL" Artemis responded in a tone so loud Percy winced as he

covered his ears, "OH, SORRY, WAS I TOO LOUD?"

"Stop talking!" Percy yelled as he waited for his ears to stop vibrating,

"you need to be more careful , just blow the stupid horn."

The Goddess nodded, she placed the tusk on her lips, took a deep

breath, and let loose.

BROOOOOOO

The ground in front of Artemis erupted as the vibrations from the tusk

exploded outwards shattering the tusk, turning it into dust.

'Pop' that was the sound of Percy's ear drums exploding. The son of

Poseidon went deaf at the sound of that horn. He felt blood leaking

down his ears as he tried his best to stay on his feet. 'Stupid Percy, you

should have fucking backed up!'

Artemis ran to Percy's side, she helped him stand still, Percy could see

her lips moving but he could hear shit. Panic rose in Percy, but just as

quickly it was squashed away. Gamer's mind took over, it helped him

think thought this problem of his.

Immediately Percy's hands glowed gold as he placed them over his

ears curing his deafness.

The shriek of the real world hit him hard as Percy heard Artemis's voice

again, "Percy? Percy are you okay?"

"Stop talking," Percy grumbled as he wiped the blood from his ears,

Artemis was controlling her voice, but it was still far too loud for his

delicate newly created eardrums.

Artemis nodded as the two waited for a few seconds for Percy to get

his bearing back. He quickly shook his head, "maybe I should have

stood a little further away."

The Goddess sighed as she smiled at him nodding her head.

"Sorry about snapping at you before," Percy said rubbing his head, "I

was kind of in a lot of pain." The Goddess smiled and waved her hand,

"well glad to see you forgive me. Anyway I'm guessing we are going to

be swarmed with a huge wave of those Primadox monsters, you

ready?" The Goddess grinned and evil smile as she readied her

weapon, Percy didn't need to guess what her answer was.

A few minutes later;

Percy stood in the middle of the clearing with Waverider in it's trident

form.

Crash!

Percy looked in the corner of his eyes and saw three Roaring Primadox

charge out of the trees and make a line straight for him. The demigod

smiled as he waited for the monsters to attack.

The Paradox in the lead jumped into the air and brought down it's fists,

Percy extended a single arm and grabbed the creature with his

telekinetic powers. The monster looked confused as it floated in the air,

Percy smirked as he threw it into one of the other Primadox.

The third one saw what happened to it's brothers and roared in anger,

it charged Percy but before it could even raise it's mighty fists a silver

arrow embedded itself into it's skull dropping it like a sack of potatoes.

Percy moved away from the disappearing corpse of the Primadox and

looked out the two that were slowly getting back up. He didn't let them

get on their feet. Percy took Waverider and threw it at the two, peircing

one in the head;

Critical strike!

100,000 Attack X 2,500 times = 250,000,000 Attack

The monster didn't stand a chance.

Percy then gathered a large amount of mana into his right hand and

created a ball of energy. He launched it at the remaining Primadox

ripping a perfectly round hole into it's chest.

Critical strike!

100 Attack X 2,500 times = 2,50,000

The remaining Primadox vanished into nothing as well.

Ping!

Total Exp gained: 1,000 Exp

Percy summoned his trident to him using his telekinetic powers and

once when it is in his arms he channeled the feeling of greed through it

activating it's Greed Mode. Percy thought of all the times he wanted

something, a kiss from his girlfriend, more money to buy things, more

power to save his friends, and slowly the white lines running along the

trident turned orange;

Special mode Activated! Emotion: Greed

Greed- 5 X Loot, special ability - causes automatic gathering of

loot.

Percy clicked his teeth, 'Shit, I should have activated this before I beat

the shit out of them, that way I would have gotten more loot! Sigh,

maybe next time.'

Waverider glowed with an orange aura as it automatically targeted the

fallen loot items. Said items, which were mostly just money or tusks of

the fallen Paradoxes, glowed orange before automatically disappearing

into Percy's inventory giving him a notification;

Items obtained;

10,000 $

1 Roaring potions

20 D

1 tusk of Primadox

Percy wiped the screen away and waited for the next wave. He didn't

have to wait long as soon another wave of Paradoxes broke through

the tree line charging right at him. Percy counted 12 of them, he

lowered his trident and with a vicious grin charged, "come on you dead

fuckers!"

Chapter 635

The son of Poseidon leapt into battle without a second thought. He

moved his trident as if it was a part of him. Every swing of the weapon

caused a Primadox to die. Percy was having fun, he was finally able to

let loose after so long.

Occasionally an arrow would fly out from the trees tops, Artemis acted

like his support firing arrow after arrow in rapid motion. The monsters

went down with an arrow sticking out of their head, they didn't even

realise they were dead.

Soon more and more Paradoxes came, and they all feel to Percy and

Artemis. Soon the clearing became filled with golden sand as the

monsters disappeared one by one. Percy's arms grew heavy, but he

wasn't tired, no, not one bit. If anything he felt like this was just a warm

up.

A pair of Paradoxes charged Percy from either sides, the son of

Poseidon jumped up and floated in the air as he sent two energy blasts

at the beasts killing them both.

"ARGH!" A third Primadox jumped at the floating Percy with it's arms

spread out, Percy gracefully moved away from the monster's attack

slicing Waverider through it's neck. The Primadox turned into dust by

the time it reached the ground.

Total Exp Gained: 21,000 Exp

Ping!

You leveled up!

Percy Jackson

Health- 15,400/15,400 (+2000) = 17,400

Mana- 8,325/8,325 (+2000) = 10,325 (+20% more mana, +1,865) =

12,190

The Gamer

Title- Son of Poseidon

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

Level-49 Exp- 2,050/150,000

Race-Demigod

STR(Multiseal– 6) - 2.89 (+20 + 60+5)= 92.89

VIT-109(+11+20+5)= 145

DEX-56(+11+20+5)= 92

INT-120 (+5) = 125

WIS-62 (+5) = 67

LUC-100 (+5) = 105

POINTS- 228

Percy looked at the points he had, 'maybe I should spend some of

these things, if Kronos is coming for us I need to be on my A game.'

Percy pushed the notification aside, he would deal with that later.

The demigod turned to the tree Artemis was firing from, "I think that's

all of them," Percy said as he floated down landing in the ankle deep

golden dust currently occupying the clearing.

"I believe so," Artemis said as she jumped down from the tree she was

hiding in. She smiled as she looked at Percy, "I almost thought you

were going to break a sweat there."

Percy chuckled, "me? Neah, you're thinking of the other teenage son of

Poseidon."

Artemis rolled her eyes, "seriously Percy, I was worried. I didn't know

you could fly."

Percy blinked, 'oh shit…..fuck me' Percy rubbed his forehead, "shit….it

was supposed to be a secret. Fuck my life."

"I won't tell anyone Percy, I swear," Artemis assured him, "I'm assuming

you particularly don't want my father to know, yes?"

Percy sighed and nodded, "yeah…..I discovered I could do this just a

few weeks ago. Thalia has been helping me with it, but we decided it

would be best if people didn't realise I could do this, you know? A son

of Poseidon that could fly, that would definitely cause heads to roll, and

in this case I'm worried that the head in question might be mine."

Artemis nodded, "my father is a very vindictive person. If he knew you

could travel in his domain...well rest assured I certainly won't be

mentioning this to him. Though I would suggest you try and hide your

secrets better."

"Yeah, I will. I am usually better at hiding things, but...I don't know,"

Percy shrugged, "guess you just seem trustworthy. I don't really feel

like keeping things from you Arty, I trust you."

The goddess blushed gold, but she turned her face away before Percy

could spot it. "R-right. Now what do we do?"

Percy looked at the loot he obtained from the fallen monsters. Including

the stuff from before he now had;

105,000$ (X5 due to Greed bonus) = 525,000$

70 Roaring potions (X5 due to Greed bonus) = 350 Roaring

potions

9,000 D (X5 due to Greed bonus) = 45,000 D

34 tusks of Primadox (X5 due to Greed bonus) = 170 tusks of

Primadox

4 Bottle of Forest essence (X5 due to Greed bonus) = 20 Bottle of

Forest essence

Percy grinned, "we got a lot of loot from that round," Percy then began

to list all that they had gathered, each item listed caused Artemis's

mouth to open lower and lower until it almost look unhinged.

"How did you get so much?!" Artemis shrieked the moment Percy was

done, "Hades! I didn't even see you collect all that!"

Percy pointed to his trident that glowed orange, "Waverider has a

special mode called 'Greed'. When active it automatically gathers all

loot dropped and will increase it by 5. Pretty cool huh?"

Artemis blinked in disbelief, "you are impossible."

Percy chuckled, "yeah," he quickly took out all the money they got

along with the drachma. There was so many he had to use his

telekinesis to carry them all. He floated them to Artemis, "here, it's

yours."

The Goddess looked at the money and did a quick count, "but Percy

this is all the money that was dropped."

Percy shrugged, "I don't really have need for money anymore."

"And yet I insist we share," Artemis took 250,000 and 20,000 D and

snapped her fingers vanishing it, "you will need it in order to help build

your Haven."

Percy raised an eyebrow, he wanted to tell her how he could just

summon gold out of the Earth if he wanted, but doing that would raise

suspicion. And Percy may trust Artemis, but he wasn't stupid. So he

just nodded his head and put the money away for later.

Percy gave Artemis a couple of Primadox tusks, they were useless

now, Percy was sure they would have probably cleared all of the

monsters in the area and then some. So for now the tusks were just

decorational. Artemis also took half of the roaring potions, something

about scaring the shit out of her Hunters, Percy was honestly

surprised, he didn't think the moon Goddess had a mischievous bone

in her body.

However all of those loot items were basic, not really worth noting. The

main attraction now however was the 20 'Bottle of Forest essence'

Percy obtained;

Bottle of Forest essence;

Will allow the drinker a permanent +5 to all stats in the forest. Will

also enhance the user's senses when in the forest.

Percy had waited for over a year to drink the first one of these he found

because he wasn't sure it was safe. The first time this was a loot item

he got from defeating a Gergosa, so immediately he was on alert. He

didn't' want it to turn him into a monster or something. But now he

knew what it could do, and there was no reason to hesitate.

Chapter 636

'No...wait,' Percy turned to Artemis, she was the Goddess of the Hunt,

of the Forest, she would probably sense it if he grew stronger because

of the forest. So Percy sighed as he made a mental note for himself to

use the essence the first chance he got.

"So now where do we go?" Artemis asked.

"I think that way," Percy pointed at the direction from which most of the

Paradoxes charged from, "since the monsters came from that direction

I'm betting we'll find the boss there as well."

Artemis nodded as the two began walking deeper into the forest. Percy

was having fun, but this dungeon crawling just didn't feel exciting, not

when he first started. He remembered the very first dungeon he hoped

into, Gods that felt like so long ago.

He was so stupid back then, he just jumped in without a care in the

world. The only thing he had to protect himself was a sword, a shield

and the ability to control water. And with that he took down Zed, his first

servant. It was a proud moment of his life, one he won't forget. And by

the way things are going, he probably will never replicate.

Things have, for a lack of words, been getting boring lately. Percy was

quite frankly far too powerful for these normal dungeons. He killed all

those Paradoxes without breaking a sweat, and not just that he wasn't

even trying now. In fact he could have just killed them all with his tactile

telekinesis alone, just rearrange all their molecules and rip their hearts

out.

Percy sighed, 'this just isn't as challenging as it used ot be.'

"Something the matter Percy?" Artemis asked noticing her friend's low

spirits.

"Nothing Arty it's just….sigh, that back there didn't even feel like a work

out, you know? It just felt so easy, their broke down like they were

nothing, hell I didn't even use a quarter of my power!"

Artemis chuckled, "and now you know how a God feels.

Congratulations, welcome to the club."

Percy sighed again, "how do you guys deal with it? With all this

power?"

Artemis shrugged, "honestly? I don't know. I was born a God, I've

never had to contemplate mortality or anything of the sort. But I did ask

my hunters, the ones that became immortal, how they felt. They said it

was similar to moving to a new town, everything will be different, but at

the same time it will also be the same."

Percy rolled his eyes, "yeah but I'm different from your hunters, they

can't do the things I can do, Hades, they can't even come close. Ah, no

offence."

"None taken, you were simply stating the facts," Artemis shrugged as

they passed a small stream devoid of any life forms drinking from it.

"Thanks….but I think you were right, about it being like moving to a

new neighborhood or something. Except in my case it's a new planet

and my neighbors all happen to be Gods."

Artemis nodded, "true….you know you could do what Gods do."

"And what's that?"

"Seal away some of your power," Artemis explained, "our true form

contains all our strength, it's what we can truly do. This form you see

now is….well it's only a fraction of what we can do."

Percy frowned, "I see….sealing your power….intresting….maybe."

"Well whatever you plan on doing I suggest you hold off on it for some

time, at least after Kronos is dealt with, then you can-"

Artemis stopped mid sentence as a gasp escaped her mouth. Percy

and the Goddess looked with open jaws as the forest gave way to what

looked like a valley. In the center of the valley was a tree so big it

dwarfed Olympus. It's vines were the size of skyscrapers and it's

leaves the size of cars. And surrounding this behemoth of a tree were

thick forest the kinds Artemis hasn't seen since the dawn of man.

"B-beautiful," Artemis exclaimed as she looked at the trees and the

forest surrounding it.

"I-I didn't realise there was a place like this," Percy said in blunt

truthfulness, "if I did…..damn, now I'm wondering how the others might

look."

The two quickly continued their walk into the new denser jungle. Every

tree they saw was teaming with life. As when before everything was

dead, here there were bugs and other creatures of the forest. Birds,

monkeys, snakes, Percy swore he even saw a tiger once.

The branches of the giant tree covered them and blocked out the

moonlight. Percy snapped his fingers summoning a fireball, it

eliminated the area around them, but not much else.

"This is all so beautiful," Artemis spoke as she looked at it all. She

approached a bush of roses and plucked a single flower, "such beauty."

"Yeah," Percy observed each animal here and found they were just

that, animals. They weren't monsters to kill, they didn't offer an Exp

points, well they did, but enough to warrant their death.

"We must come here more often Percy," Artemis almost pleaded with

him as she took a deep breath stretching her arms out wide, "truly a

place of wonder."

Percy nodded, "sure, why not? Maybe we can come here every other

week or something, should be fun."

Artemis happily agreed as the two began to walk further into the forest.

They quickly came across a big river that seemed to go underground

towards the root of the giant tree in the center of the forest. Percy

figured a tree of that size would need a lot of water to keep it alive, this

river might just be one of many other water sources the tree draws

from.

Artemis and Percy jumped across the river and moved forward. Percy's

eyes were finally getting used to the darkness, he might not need the

fire ball in a few minutes. Heck maybe-

"GRRR!"

Percy and Artemis were immediately on high alert. Percy readied

Waverider and Artemis nocked an arrow. The sound came from all

around them, for the life of him Percy couldn't pin point where. The

trees took on a wicked tone now, every shadow held death, every

noise sounded like danger.

Chapter 637

"This way," Artemis started walking one way, Percy wasn't sure if this

was where the sound came from, but he trusted the Goddess knew

where she was going.

"GRR!"

The sound directly behind them, Percy turned and launched the fire

ball in his hand. It flew through the air as the thing that growled at them

jumped with a yelp.

Percy readied his weapon to attack when Artemis stepped in front of

him, "wait."

Percy blinked but didn't move, he looked to the beast and was

surprised by what he saw. It was a green tiger with yellow strips. It was

as big as a bear and was covered with wounds left and right. One of it's

eyes were shredded into pieces and it's right leg looked like it was

broken in several different places.

Percy quickly observed the creature;

Dirtiger of the Forest

Lv- 21

HP: 150/15,000

MP: 300/300

Str- 32

Vit- 43

Dex-23

Int- 14

Wis- 12

Luc- 3

A member of the proud Dirtiger family, this creature is known for

its ruthless attitude and it's dangerously sharp fangs. It is often

known as a pack hunter but can also fight solo for its meals.

Kill to gain- 1,000 Exp

"It's dying," Percy stated as he noticed it's HP drop by 5 points every

second.

"We need to help it," Artemis said as she slowly put down her bow and

arrow approaching the beast with open arms.

The Dirtier saw her and growled. Artemis stopped and put her hands

up, "it's okay, it's fine. I promise you, I'm not going to hurt you."

The beast however didn't believe her, he jumped forward and swiped

with his paw scratching Artemis's open hands.

"Arty!" Percy moved to her but the Goddess shot him a look. The

demigod paused, he knew a warning when he saw one, and the last

thing he wanted was for Artemis to be mad at him. He stayed back, but

tightened his grip on Waverider.

Artemis turned to the tiger, golden ichor running down her hands. She

looked at him, "it's okay," the Dirtiger growled, "everything is going to

be fine."

The goddess reached out once again. The cat looked at the hand, it

tensed, Percy thought he would have to step in, but the moment

Artemis's fingers touched the monsters green fur a weight had been

lifted. The cat fell down to the ground collapsing where it stood, it's

body finally giving in.

"Percy," Artemis called him over and the demigod was by her side in an

instant. "Can you help him?"

"Goddess I can cure cancer," Percy smirked as he put a hand on the

dirt tiger's head activating his powers. Slowly the wounds on the tiger

began to close itself as more as it slowly grew to normal. Percy's

healing also restored 25% on his HP and MP, it was well on it's way to

recovery.

"That's an amazing power you have Percy," Artemis whispered in awe

as she saw it in action.

"Thanks," Percy's hands stopped glowing. He ran his hands along the

tiger's fur and smiled "he'll be fine."

"Could you please put him in your inventory for me?" Artemis asked as

she got up.

"Ah yeah but….well I…." Percy groaned, "why do you want me too?"

"We can't just leave him out here now can we?"

"Yes but...you do know that none of this is real right?" Percy asked.

"What do you mean?"

"This, this forest and the animals, none of this is real Artemis," Percy

explained, "it's just an illusion the Fates created. It's kind of like a

virtual training ground with everyone else acting like a supporting

character."

Artemis frowned, "then….what about those servants of yours? The

ones you got from here?"

"Well…..I honestly don't know," Percy groaned, he had never stopped

to think about it. Where the things in this place alive? Was Percy killing

things that had life? In truth he didn't want to know the answer, he was

afraid he might not like it.

Percy sighed, "fine, I'll put him in my inventory, but it won't help. He will

essentially be frozen in time, he will still need to recover when we take

him out again."

Artemis nodded, "that is fine. Please do so." Percy complained and

after storing away one large and heavy tiger the two were off once

again.

"That was a pretty big tiger," Percy commented, "I wonder what could

have done that to it."

"A Primadox?"

"Not likely," Percy shook his head, "they only go after Hind's, plus

Dirtigers hunt in packs, a single Primadox wouldn't have the guts to

take on an etier pack and hope to survive."

Artemis sighed, "and how exactly do you know all this? If I recall

correctly you insist you have never been here, you act and react like

you have never been here, and yet you know so much about the

creatures and their lives."

Percy sighed, "it's a long story. And I told you, I can't tell you."

Artemis rolled her eyes, "fine, fine, everyone has a right to keep their

secrets. Just don't bottle them up too much."

"I won't, promise" Percy smiled, 'after all I have Thalia to talk too.'

"But if what you said is true," Artemis glared, "then something other

than a Primadox attacked the diretiger, and whatever that something

was probably took out an entire streak of tigers." Percy nodded in

agreement, whatever they were hunting for was powerful. Hopefully it

would be strong enough to make Percy work up a sweat.

Soon they reached the roots of the giant tree, which Percy took to

calling 'Stumpy'. The roots were above ground creating a virtual system

of caves in the ground. Percy could barely see inside them, even with

his 8.0 Eyesight. If he was a betting man he would say those root

caves housed the monster they were searching for, which means…

"We have to go inside the roots," Artemis stated.

Percy sighed, "it's dark in there, I can barely see out here, one can only

imagine how"

Snap!

Artemis snapped her fingers and summoned a ball of light that floated

above them shedding silver light on everything.

"Huh….never mind," Percy and Artemis walked forward into the cave

like roots. Darkness took over as the ball of light Artemis summoned

did little to lighten up the path before them.

TICKOO!

Artemis and Percy came flying out as something knocked them outside

with a swing of its mighty arms. They flew across the air until they

crashed through several trees before they managed to get onto their

feets slowing themselves down.

Artemis wiped the ichor from the edges of her mouth, "that hurt."

"Yeah," Percy didn't even have time to react to the monster's swing,

even his area scenes didn't pick up on it.

Remaining defence - 485,000

Percy was really glad now that he had improved on his marble skin

defence points. That attack was fast and powerful, it took out 15,000

points in a single shot, definitely not to be taken lightly.

Chapter 638

"GRA!" the roots began to rubles as a blue hand grabbed the edge of

the wooden cave opening. Slowly a beast bigger as big as Cerberus

pulled itself out of the roots. It stood on four legs resembling a cross

between a dog and a gorilla.

It's fur was blue and covered with bony white spikes running along it's

back and crowing its spine and joints. It's face was that of a cat's with

large black whiskers, it's eyes were black and it's teeth were tainted

with the colour of blood and green fur.

Rumbling Baloth

Lv- 78

HP: 500,000/500,000

MP: 10,000/10,000

Str- 350

Vit- 120

Dex- 50

Int- 80

Wis- 67

Luc- 0

The Baloth is a vicious and dangerous killer that cares for nothing

and no one. It often huts for larger prays and is known to hunt for

sport relishing in the kill.

Warning! If you see it's fur turning red, run!

Kill to gain- 90,000 Exp

Percy grinned, 'this is exactly the kind of challenge I'm looking for!' He

got up and took off into the air flying around the beast, "hey ugly! Over

here!"

The Balmoth turned to Percy and growled, "GRA!" a blast of blue

energy exploded out of it's mouth flying towards Percy.

Warning! A ball of mana-

Percy didn't bother reading it as he managed to maneuver away just in

time to avoid the monster's blast. He grunted as he felt the energy roll

off of the passing ball of energy, it was very, very powerful.

'So I'm dealing with something that can use mana, nice,' Percy readied

his trident as he hurled it at the beast with all his might. The blue trident

flew through the air but was knocked aside by the monster's armoured

fists.

Percy grinned, 'oh hell yes! Now this is what I'm talking about!' Percy

gathered mana into his arms and sent energy blast after energy blast

at the monster. It didn't look like they hurt one bit, but it served to drawn

the beast's attention.

"ARGH!" It opened it's mouth sending a blast of energy at Percy, who

easily dodged it.

"Ha! You're going to have to do better than that if you-" the creature

spun flicking it's tail at Percy.

SMACK!

Remaining defence - 481,000

The demigod sailed through the air and into a tree. He shook his head,

"okay, maybe I should dial back the over confidence by just a little bit."

Artemis looked at Percy flying across the sky and sighed, 'he might be

amazing, but he is still a man,' she turned to beast and quickly fired

several glowing arrows at it. The arrows detonated on impact shocking

the beast making it turn to Artemis.

"Grr…." the bones on it's body began to glow as it drew energy from all

around it sending out a huge blast of energy at the goddess.

"Tsk," Artemis jumped away clearing the 500 meter big ball of death.

She landed on a tree branch and turned to see the monster launching

another ball of energy at her. The moon goddess cracked her neck,

she threw her bow to the side and charged head on. Her hands glowed

silver as she drew them back and double punched the ball of mana

deflecting right back at the monster.

"GRAA!" the monster jumped away so fast Artemis couldn't believe it.

The monster was huge, it shouldn't be able to move that fast, it defied

the laws of physics. The ball of energy collided with the roots of the

tree burning away a lot of the wood, it didn't damage the giant structure

much but it hurt Artemis nevertheless to know that she caused that.

"Okay how exactly did it do that?" Percy asked as he floated next to

her with Waverider back in hand.

"I don't know, it shouldn't be able to move that fast," Artemis sighed as

she summoned back her bow. The monster growled at the two before it

moved once more charging at them.

"I got it!" Percy launched himself at the monster. He quickly released all

of his strength seals increasing his power through the roof;

STR- 2.89 (+11+20+75+2+5) = 115.89

Seal Release: Layer 6, Time: 1 month 12 days

STR- 133,171 (+11+20+75+2+5) = 133,279

Body form activated: Full Body

STR- 1,332,790

Percy plumbed into the blue monster like a bullet. The force of impact

sent the monster flying back and into one of the root caves as Percy

floated triumphantly away, "and stay down!"

Baloth's HP: 434,000/500,00

"GRAAA!" the monster burped out a ball of energy that flew across the

land throwing up a ton of dirt. Percy figured it was trying to hit him, but

it was so disoriented that it missed.

"Percy stand back!" Percy turned to see Artemis drawing back a giant

silver arrow. She looked like she was straining to control the power,

Percy could see it vibrating in her hands, he couldn't even begin to

guess the amount of power it held.

Percy immediately flew away and the moment he was clear Artemis let

the arrow lose;

BOOM!

The arrow hit dead on sending the Baloth flying through the air. A small

portion of the tree was also destroyed, but Artemis didn't care, this

thing was far more dangerous, besides the tree could take care of

itself.

BOOM!

The humongous Baloth rolled across the ground kicking up dirt

everywhere. It looked broken, dying. Percy looked at it's health;

Baloth's HP: 210,000/500,00

'She did over 200,000 points of damage with just one arrow?' Percy

was stunned, even for him that was overkill, 'guess the Gods are in a

league of their own.'

"It's not dead yet," Percy went to Artemis who was panting with sweat

coming off her bow, "you okay?"

"F-fine, it's just," she took a deep breath, "it's been a long time since

I've had to do that."

Percy nodded, "right, well hate to break it to you, but it's not over, not

yet. That thing is still living, but I'm sure a few more of those arrows

and it'll be down for the count."

Artemis shook her head, "no can do, one is my limit. Sigh, I guess I

have been neglecting my training. Before I could fire hundreds of these

without issue, now…."

Percy patted her on the back, "don't' worry about it," he gave her his

patented 'don't worry about it' smile, "I've got this."

Chapter 639

Percy floated down to the half dead Baloth and sighed, he really

wanted this to last longer. 'What's wrong with me? Why the hell am I so

obsessed with fighting? Sigh, maybe they're a little too much Ares in

me after all,' Percy pushed the sadness to the back of his mind, right

now he had a boss to finish.

Percy pressed his hand on the monster's back and began to focus on

his molecular manipulation. He focused and slowly he obtained the 3D

image of the creature's entire body. He now knew it immediately, and

he knew how to destroy it.

Piece by piece the monster began to break down at the bones. First it's

arms and then it's tails. It's flesh literally dropped right off it's bones as

it's bones broke into dust.

"Grr," the monster roared in pain, but Percy didn't stop. He literally

destroyed it from the inside out, destroying it's skin.

"GRR!" The monster tried to move, but Percy grabbed it with his super

strength and held it down. More of it's body turned into nothing, Percy

was slowly destroying it, and he honestly felt horrible about it, but he

knew he mustn't stop.

Baloth's HP: 200,000/500,00

Baloth's HP: 190,000/500,00

Baloth's HP: 180,000/500,00

Baloth's HP: 170,000/500,00

Baloth's HP: 160,000/500,00

Baloth's HP: 150,000/500,00

"GRA!" a blast of mana caught Percy of gaurd sending him flying back.

He pulled himself out of the wreckage and started as the blue beast

slowly turned red. Percy remembered what he read, 'Warning! If you

see it's fur turning red, run!'

"Fuck this," Percy threw his hands open sending a blast of ice towards

the monster. Ice sicles pierced the monster pinning it to the ground.

Percy jumped up with his trident ready to end this with a stab to the

head, but the monster broke free easily swinging at Percy with what's

left of it's arms sending the demigod flying back.

"Percy!" Artemis shouted as she ran to his side. She helped the

demigod up cursing her own lack of power, if she had just had enough

power to fire another arrow this wouldn't have happened.

"I'm fine," Percy grumbled as he got up, "but I think we are going to be

in for one hell of a ride."

The monster got back on it's feet, it's limbs slowly forming back. It

slowly stood on two legs bringing its head up to it's full height. Drool

gathered around it's mouth, Percy swore the thing looked like it had

rabies or something.

It's fire became red, redder than blood. It crossed its arms over it's

chest and threw them open sending wave after wave of mana pushing

Percy and Artemis back. The two warriors held on, but couldn't do

anything as the beast slowly changed into something else.

And then it exploded.

Warning! Baloth is going to explode!

Percy knew what was going to happen even before his area sense

kicked in. He grabbed Artemis and summoned a telekinetic force field

around them in the form of a ball. The ball was sent flying through the

air with the two inside. It felt like a carnival ride, up became down and

vise versa. Soon they crashed into the ground and Percy finally let it

down.

The two quickly got off each other and found themselves deep inside

the forest surrounding Stumpy, and everything in front of them was now

turned into dust, thrown into the winds by the mana pouring out of the

Baloth.

"Okay, we definitely fucked this one up," Percy gulped as he watched

the destruction the Booth's transformation caused. A huge chunk of the

giant tree was broken, it's layers burnt off, Percy knew Artemis was

feeling horrible about that part. But that wasn't their problem right now,

Percy was far more worried about the Baloth.

It grew bigger and bigger. Soon it stood at 80 feet tall with a bigger

body and sharper spikes. It's fure now glowed red to mimic it's

madness and rage. It looked at Percy and Artemis and snarled,

"GRAA!"

Rumbling Baloth X-Mode

Lv- ?

HP: ?

MP: ?

Str- ?

Vit- ?

Dex- ?

Int- ?

Wis- ?

Luc- ?

Why are you even reading this? This doesn't matter, you have

fucked this up so bad, like seriously, so fucking bad. Stop reading

this and run, run and hide, hide behind every tree, inside every

shadow, and maybe, maybe, you won't die.

Kill to gain- 120,000 Exp

Percy gulped, 'okay, I really should watch what I ask for.'

"It's gotten much stronger," Artemis stated as she looked at the beast,

"I'm not sure it would be wise to challenge it now."

Percy shrugged, "not really. It just grew a little bit bigger that's all."

"KRAA!" The Balmoth smashed it's fists into the ground grabbing a

huge chunk of the earth and lifting it over it's head. It drew back it's

arms and threw the 30 foot long boulder at Percy and Artemis.

Percy grabbed the goddess in his arms and ran away at full speed

narrowly avoiding getting flattened like a pancake.

He skidded to a halt putting the Goddess down, "okay I may have been

a slight bit delusional."

"You think?" Artemis asked rolling her eyes. Percy let her down and the

two stared at the giant red angry Balmoth, "I'm guessing we follow the

same strategy?"

"What? Hit hard and hit fast?" Percy grinned as he tightened his grip on

Waverider spinning it around, "I like that plan."

Artemis grinned, "agreed."

The two moved as one. Percy kicked off first charging at the beast with

his impressive speed. He pierced the monster's chest with his trident,

blood flew out, but the monster didn't even seem to notice. It simply

grabbed Percy with its flaming hot hands and threw the demigod away.

Percy quickly stabilized as he floated away just as Artemis sent down a

rain of arrows on top of the Baloth.

"GRA!" the monster roared as it lifted a hand to cover its face. The

arrows didn't look like they did much, but the monster did look a little

more pissed off. It then opened it's mouth spewing out a huge amount

of green hued gas that spread around the field.

Chapter 640

Percy coughed the moment the gas hit him, "what is this?"

Artemis's eyes widened, "Percy look-"

The Baloth's fur suddenly exploded into flames which caused the green

gas around them to light up causing an explosion big enough to blast

away the very Earth around them.

BOOM!

Percy got hit with the full front of the attack as he was sent fling across

the air. The Goddess watched in horror as a stream of blood trailed

across his path, he he collided with Stumpy's trunk burying deep into

the wooden body.

Remaining defence - 468,000

"Percy!" Artemis cried out, the Baloth turned to her and growled. It lept

into the air and brought down it's fists. The Goddess of the moon

turned to the beast and suddenly time seemed to stop for the monster.

It watched as slowly the look of horror on Artemis's face turned to one

of anger. Pure unfiltered rage. Her eyes glowed silver as she raised her

hand up sending a blat of silver energy directly at the monster.

It tore through the beast's lungs sending him flying back into a root. It

layed there on the ground as blood pooled out of it's body, dust was

kicked up cloaking him. It held it's chest as it wheezed air out. Slowly

the dust settled and the beast saw Artemis walking towards him.

"You made a mistake beast," slowly the Goddess started to glow

brighter and brighter, "you hurt someone I love," she slowly shed her

mortal form turning it an older woman of 18. She wore a greek toga

with a crown on her brow and a simple pair of sandals on her feet.

Suddenly a long crescent shaped bow appeared in front of her, Artemis

reached out and grabbed her divine weapon.

She aimed the bow at the monster and snapped her fingers

summoning a silver arrow. The Goddess drew the bowstring back and

aimed it the monster. It whimpered for mercy, however it knew that it

would receive none.

"Now die," the goddess let the arrow loose sending it through the

monster's skull causing it to exploded into a pile of gore and brain

matter.

Artemis closed her eyes and calmed herself down. She banished her

divine bow and retrieved her normal silver one. The Hunter then turned

to the crater Percy landed in walked up to his unconscious form.

He looked bad, parts of of hair was burnt. Artemis looked at his

unconscious face and slowly her face turned gold. She looked at his

lips, they were so red, so kissable, she couldn't help herself as her

heartbeat started to raise. She bent down, she smelt him, the scent of

of the ocean after a storm mixed with the smell of something burning.

But as Artemis was inches away from his face, Percy's eyes shot open,

and Artemis drew back knowing her chance had slipped passed her

fingers.

"Shit," Percy removed many a splinter from his hair and body, "and

here I was thinking this was going to be easy."

Artemis chuckled, "yes, many things in life aren't quite so," she put

away her bow, 'like the fact that you couldn't have been unconscious

for a few more seconds?'. Artemis sighed, "are you hurt?"

"Not that badly," Percy assured her as his hands glowed gold healing

himself, "there, good as new."

"Good," Artemis smiled in relief.

"So where is that thing?" Percy asked looking around for the monster.

"I took care of it."

"Ah man," Percy groaned, "I wanted to have some more fun."

"You nearly got yourself killed and you wanted to have fun?"

"Hey I can handle myself, and yeah, I wanted to have fun," Percy

grumbled, "either way it doesn't matter, how did you defeat it anyway?"

"I used my divine form," Artemis stated as she looked around. She

quickly spotted several items the Balmoth left behind, "there, our loot."

Percy turned and smiled, "oh this is just perfect." Wave Rider's 'Greed'

mode was still active, and since technically speaking Percy did fight the

monster, and now that the monster was dead, there was now 5 times

the normal loot.

In front of them was a single scroll, Percy figured 5 scrolls with the

same spell would just be redundant. A couple of potions, 5 skill disks

with the number '10' on them and 5 red fur coats;

Giant Growth Spell Scroll,

A spell that will allow the user to temporarily increase the size of

their body.

Health Potions (High Grade) X 10

Restores 95% of HP

Restores 65% of MP

Skill Disk Level 10 X 5

Coat of the Baloth, X 5

A coat made of the fur of the Baloth. It is resistant to fire and

extreme weather conditions. It grants the wearer a minor boost to

hunting skills and gives a 50% nutrition bonus to all meals made

from hunting kills

+ 10 STR

+10 VIT

+10 DEX

Percy whistled, "okay now that is impressive," Percy put away

Waverider and took the potions handing them to Artemis, "here, you

will need these."

"What are they?" Artemis asked as she looked over the potions.

"They are health potions, very usefull, saved a few of my friends lives

on more than one occasion," Percy admitted remembering that time

Luke and the monsters stacked camp and Nina was basically on her

deathbed before he came along.

"But what about you? Surely with the war coming the camp will need

these as well?"

"The camp has plenty on store, we go on these types of hunts all the

time and often get potions as a reward. Plus I'm there with them, I'll be

able to heal them in case we run out or something," Percy scratched

his head, "and if I recall correctly the Apollo kids are currently trying to

replicate the potion's effects, you know, so that we can mass produce

them. But so far we haven't any luck."

Artemis nodded, "thank you Percy, this is very kind of you."

Percy shrugged, "think nothing of it," he then grabbed the scroll and the

skill disks, "if you don't mind I would like to take these things as my

loot."

"What are they?"

"This is a skill disk," Percy pointed at a golden disk, "it's something only

I can use, so it won't really be useful for you."

"And this is a spell call Giant's growth," Percy pointed at the spell, "it

can increase the size of the user. If I can learn how to use it we could

find a way to level the playing field against the Gergosas, you know,

fight fire with fire. Plus it would be extremely useful against the Titans

as well."

Artemis nodded, "very well, take them. I have no interest in the spell,

and if you can learn it and teach others then that's good enough for

me."

Percy nodded, "great," he turned to the red fur coats, "guess that

means those belong to you."

"What are they?"

Percy quickly explained the coats powers to Artemis and she became

very impressed. Percy picked up one of the coats revealing a small

little blue creature hiding underneath it. It looked like a smaller cuter

version of the Balmoth they had just fought. It had black beady puppy

dog eyes with small soft bones protruding out of it's body. It was not

bigger than Percy's fist, barely bigger than a full grown rat.