XXIV

Percy cursed, albeit without sound. A monster attack. The monsters marched in a synchronized manner, all of them forming ranks upon ranks. Percy saw monsters as far as the eye can see. But the numbers weren't the most troubling part, the fact that they were all organized. It was what Percy was concerned about. Usually monsters were barbaric and ate almost everything they saw, but this army, they were stoic and cold, they marched with discipline. Percy growled silently as the monsters came to a halt.

Tense silence came about. Percy turned behind him and saw the demigods looking wide eyed at the amount of monsters. Percy estimated it was around ten thousand. The demigods fumbled to get their armor on, each of them strapping on their breastplate and grabbing their preferred weapon, be it sword, spear, and bow. Percy turned to the monsters, the demigods still trying to regain their bearings.

Silence, that was all that Percy could describe, absolute utter silence. It didn't change for long, at the front of the monster army appeared a figure dressed in all black, smoke seeming to gather around him. Percy felt the cold presence of the figure even from a mile away. The demigods turned pale, as if they just experienced their worst nightmare, like they're were living their greatest fear. Percy turned to Merlin and gave him a small nod, as if talking silently. Even though Merlin didn't read Percy's mind, they still could communicate even without using sign. They are best friends after all.

The figure examined the demigods, as if finding their very weakness. Percy felt uncomfortable to say the least. The figure snapped his fingers and pointed at the demigods. The monsters charged, the hellhounds up front and the rest of the monsters at the back. Percy turned to Merlin, seeming to have a silent conversation. Merlin snapped his fingers, a sword appearing on Percy's hand, as much as possible, Percy would refrain from using Excalibur.

Merlin snapped his fingers, a light blue barrier appearing out of thin air, shielding the demigods from the incoming arrows. Percy Merlin, and Elizabeth were the only people outside the barrier.

"Well crap." Elizabeth said.

"Don't worry, Percival's got this, we're only here for support." Merlin said with a smirk. Elizabeth widened her eyes.

"That many monsters! Are you insane!" Elizabeth said, turning to Percy. He rolled his eyes and charged.

"The blokes daft, I'll tell you that." Merlin said, his British accent slipping for a second. Percy slashed and slashed, he was a monster in the battlefield, a monster amongst monsters. He kept breezing through the monster army like it was nothing, leaving but a trail of dust. At the corner of Percy's vision he could faintly see the lightning bolts striking down from the heavens and disintegrating groups of monsters. At the other side of his vision, Merlin levitated in the air, using his magic to send the beasts back to Tartarus.

Percy kept slashing, killing monster after monster with each swing. Percy didn't notice the hellhound sneaking behind him. The hellhound jumped at Percy, ready to end his life then and there. A bolt of lightning seemed to blast out of nowhere and pierce the hellhound. Causing a chain of electricity that disintegrated the monsters around Percy. He turned towards Elizabeth, mouthing her a thanks. She smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Percy ran towards Merlin who had no trouble at all dispatching of the other monsters. Percy lightly jogged towards Merlin who was smiling a lot. Percy raised an eyebrow, curious as to why Merlin was so happy.

"What?" Merlin said with a smirk, as the hellhound behind him disintegrated.

"It's not everyday I get to use my powers in battle." Merlin said with a smirk. Percy nodded and slashed at Merlin, he ducked right on time, the blade piercing a monster behind him. Merlin looked at Percy with wide eyes, his mouth agape.

"I could've died there!" Merlin said gobsmacked as he snapped his fingers, tendrils of blue energy forming in the ground and tying the surrounding monsters and strangling them to death.

"But you didn't." Percy signed. Merlin shook his head in exasperation.

"Lets just end it now." Percy signed, Merlin nodded.

"Agreed, it's getting a bit boring." Merlin added. He chanted silently, as power and energy flooded the battlefield, Merlin formed an energy link as Percy smirked at the energy and power being transferred to him. Percy readied his sword and slashed. His sword cleaving through all of the monsters, a large purple slash of power and energy surging throughout the battlefield, killing all the monsters in its path. Percy turned to Merlin who was smiling.

"Just like old times."

The battlefield was littered with dust and weapons, nothing was left but the figure. Percy was confused as to what its intentions are. Percy raised an eyebrow. The hooded figure raised its hand, smoke gathering onto him, a sword materializing in his grasp. The sword was midnight black and seemed to radiate power. Percy felt a slight thud in his chest. This wasn't good, not good at all. The figure suddenly disappeared into smoke, leaving nothing in its wake.

Percy widened his eyes and turned to Elizabeth, seeing the figure appear behind her, she instantly reacted as lightning filled the area, the figure disappeared again, only to reappear next to her. Percy threw his blade, aiming for the hooded figure. It turned to the sword and slashed, the sword being cut into three pieces. Percy widened his eyes. Merlin snapped his fingers as Elizabeth was sucked into a portal and transported behind the barrier that Merlin conjured up.

"Merlin, get to the barrier." Percy signed, a sword appearing in his hand, courtesy of Merlin.

"But-"

Percy pushed Merlin away right as the figure almost cut him in half, Merlin snapped his fingers and was instantly transported to the barrier. The figure disappeared back into smoke, leaving the battlefield silent. Percy was careful with his movements, he couldn't afford a mistake, it could cost him his life. His senses perked up, he immediately raised his  sword and blocked the midnight black blade that collided with his. The black blade split Percy's sword in half. Percy widened his eyes and moved just a bit, the black sword hitting the ground, avoiding Percy by mere millimeters, or so Percy thought.

Percy could feel a slight cut open up in his cheek. Percy gasped as pain flooded his senses. The figure disappeared again as Percy kept gasping silently. It was impossible to describe, Percy felt horrible to say the least. Percy steadied himself and looked around, trying to ignore the pain. Percy perked up again, but this time, he was ready. In an instant, the battlefield shone bright yellow, midnight black colliding with bright yellow. The two blades collided with each other, as if trying to cancel each other out.

"Countless millennia I have been defeated." The figure said in a deep demonic voice.

"But not anymore." The figure said and sent a barrage of slashes towards Percy. He widened his eyes and blocked each one, Percy was a god tier swordsman, but even he was being pushed to the defensive by this figure. Percy barely blocked and dodged all of this attacks. Percy couldn't even land a single hit towards him. Percy moved and raised Excalibur, the blade colliding with the figures. A deafening ringing echoing through the battlefield. The demigods couldn't even keep up, all they could see was black and yellow colliding, sparks flying, and blurs of colour.

Percy turned to the figure who appeared mid air and sent a slash of smoke. Percy blocked the slash, the attack had enough force to push Percy a few meters, Excalibur shined brightly, giving Percy at least some vision in the smoke.. The smoke disappeared, the figure appearing in front of Percy. The midnight blade plunging into Percy's abdomen. Percy gasped in pain, he could feel the sword draining his energy. Percy could feel the smile appearing on its face. Even though it was shrouded in shadow.

Percy smirked, his mind knowing the appropriate words. "Fuck you."

Excalibur suddenly sent out a massive yellow slash that sent the figure flying, it was the same slash that it sent to Percy, except Excalibur absorbed it and sent it back with more force. Percy dropped to the ground with a thud, the figure was nowhere to be seen. Percy lay on the ground, trying hard not to pass out, except he couldn't. He felt exhaustion grip him, his wounds and injuries were draining him. Percy felt his eyes close as the world turned black.

Merlin instantly rushed forward to his best friend. Looking at the gaping wound in his abdomen.

"Fuck." Merlin cursed, the wound in his abdomen had a black tint that surrounded the injury.

"Shit, shit, shit." Merlin said, he turned towards Elizabeth.

"Get ready, hold his hand and ready your powers." Merlin said.

"Wait, what the hell happened to him? His wounds are abnormal." Elizabeth added looking at the wound.

"That's because he's been poisoned, it's not the normal poison." Merlin stated and made a small chant, a circle of magic appearing on the grass.

"It's a type of poison that quickly shuts down the whole body in a few seconds so we need to be quick." Merlin said in a rushed tone, making hand gestures as he chanted.

"Solace I need you here right now." Merlin shouted. Will looked shock but instantly rushed beside him.

"What do I do?" Will asked.

"Stabilize him, his heartbeat will get incredibly low, try to slow down the spread of the poison." Merlin stated. Will nodded and placed a hand on Percy's forehead.

"Elizabeth, when I say go, you send an electric shock, got it?" Merlin asked, Elizabeth nodded. Merlin snapped his fingers, Percy squirmed and thrashed, a sizzling sound emitted from Percy's wounds.

"Now!" Merlin said as Elizabeth sent a shock of electricity that coursed through Percy's body. A puff of smoke seemed to exit Percy's body, the smoke itself seemed to be alive. Merlin chanted silently, the poisonous smoke suddenly disappearing within a flash. Merlin sighed and dropped to the ground. He was exhausted.

"That depleted my energy real quick." Merlin said in between breaths. He painted as Will took care of the rest. Percy's wounds seemed to close up, other than his pale face, he looked normal.

"What the fucking hell." Elizabeth cursed, looking at Percy.

"That, I have no words for that." Elizabeth said shaking her head. Merlin gave off a small nod.

"This war is going to be different." Merlin stated.

"This, thing, it's not a god, it's not a Titan, it certainly isn't a Primordial. But hell its as powerful as one." Merlin said exasperated.

"He's alright for now, he just needs to recover, his heartbeat is normal, his vitals are fine, there's nothing else I can do." Will said, Merlin nodded.

"Well, thanks for helping." Elizabeth said. Will gave off a small nod and went back to the campers who were murmuring about the battle, all of them were anxious, all of them were scared. Merlin could sense it. Percy bolted upright, his face pale, cold sweat on his brow. Percy turned to Merlin with wide eyes, his eyes showing dear and shock. Merlin was startled by Percy's sudden jump scare.

"You all right?" Merlin said to Percy through their mind link.

"No I am not alright, I am very much not alright." Percy stuttered out

"Why? What's with your relation to the hooded person?" Merlin asked, Percy gulped a bit. Memories suddenly flooding through him.

"Fuck."

"Mate tell me." Merlin reasoned.

"He's the person, he's the person behind all of this, he's the one who planned all of this out." Percy said, gripping Merlin by the shoulders.

"He killed Arthur." Percy stated. Merlin stepped back in shock.

"What! No, it can't be, Arthur was killed by Mordred." Merlin said in the mind link.

"Merlin, he is Mordred." Percy said silently in the mind link

"Or rather, Mordred, is him."

"Wait what!" Merlin said.

"I'm cutting off the mind link, I need to think about this." Percy said. Merlin sighed turning to Percy. It all made sense now. Every life, every fucking resurrection. Percy was resurrected to fall in love, defeat the villain, and get his heart broken. It all repeated, but now, Percy clicked the puzzle pieces together. Every tyrant he fought, every criminal he faced, he thought they were different people, but now, he realized they were all the same. The figure knew he couldn't beat Percy, so he bid his time, he lost because he knew he couldn't won, he used little energy and slowly gained power. The Heroes Curse meant that Percy would always win.

But that wasn't the case now. For the figure has finally gained his full power. The Curse would always make Percy win, like a cyclical hell. But now, he was more powerful than the Curse. He had the power to change literal destiny. What's there to stop him from literally destroying the entire universe. The curse was a powerful thing, gifted to the gods by the primordials. The figure had powers equal to that of the primordials, which surpassed even the curse.

Percy snapped himself back to reality, he was anxious, scared, and mad, not mad, he was furious. He remembered Mordred, the way he laughed when he killed his best friend Arthur. He remembered the tyrant king who ordered the execution of the Crihorns. The Crihorns themselves were only killing for self defense. Percy balled his fists, he remembered the memories. It hurt to say the least. To see your best friend die, to see your 'love' betray you. He remembered Guinevere, he remembered Edeline. Everyone.

The only sanity Percy had left, was because Merlin promised to always find him in every life time. Merlin knew he was cursed, Merlin knew he would always be reincarnated, but he did not know that he would always get betrayed, and was destined to destroy an evil, over, and over, and over again. Percy wanted to tell him, Percy so badly wanted to tell his best friend of his suffering, but he couldn't, he couldn't bear to say the words. It resurfaced to much memories, it opened stitches that never healed.

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"I knew it!" Zeus boomed as thunder struck overhead. The Olympians were discussing about the recent developments, they watched the battle unfold and watched everything that happened, without even laying a single finger to help.

"Brother, it's the past, you need to learn to let go of your grudge." Poseidon reasoned out.

"Why? What did this demigod do?" Artemis asked.

"He killed a god." Zeus stated.

"A minor one?" Apollo asked. Poseidon shook his head. Demeter was pale. Hestia was looking at the hearth with a glazed look. Hera was abnormally silent. Hades had a look of deep thought.

"No." Demeter replied.

"It wasn't a minor God." Hera stated.

"It was a major one, a son of Kronos, our brother." Hestia said silently. The Olympians turned to her with a look of shock.

"I haven't heard of this God before." Athena stated.

"That is because you weren't alive then." Hades said, everyone turned to him.

"When Zeus freed us from father's stomach, we hid to recover from out injuries, all seven of us had children." Hades said.

"Seven?" Dionysus asked.

"Our dead brother." Demeter added.

"There was this demigod named Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon, he helped defeat Kronos at the first Titanomachy." Hades explained.

"However, I was walking with him one day when he heard someone screaming for help, naturally, he ran to check it out. He saw our brother forcing himself upon a woman." Hades stated. Artemis clutched her bow angrily.

"He-" Hades stopped, as if contemplating whether to say what happened, "-killed him."

"Wait, killed? As in, no resurrection?"Apollo asked. Poseidon nodded.

"How? That's impossible!" Ares shouted.

"That's what we though too, until it happened." Hera said.

"So Zeus being the brat he is cursed Percy with the Seal of Silence and the Heroes Curse. The seal of silence gave the cursed immortal silence, the Heroes Curse is still a mystery, we don't know what it did." Hades said.

"And for killing a god, he must pay for it with his blood." Zeus boomed.

"Father, it will not be wise to simply kill him, he is an important asset to the demigod army." Athena stated. Hades was silent, his suspicions were confirmed.

"I do not care, he will die, here and now, we will capture him and have his head." Zeus said and flashed out, lightning striking the center of the throne room. Hades shared a look with Poseidon.

"You know this isn't right." Hades said, Poseidon nodded.

"Anyone who wishes to have Percy's head raise your hand." Poseidon said, most of the council members raised their hand. Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and Hestia were the only people who didn't raise their hands.

"It's Zeus we're talking about here." Hephaustus said.

"He'll have our heads." Dionysus added. Hades sighed. Slowly, everyone who raised their hands flashed out of the throne room.

"Let's hope they make it out alive." Hades said with a sigh. Poseidon nodded.

"Is the demigod that powerful?" Apollo asked.

"When he was cursed no, not at all." Poseidon shook his head.

"But knowing him, he's now more powerful than ever, Percy is not the type to give up, in search for a way to end the curse, he involuntarily gained more powerful." Hades explained.

"May Chaos have mercy upon them.

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Zeus and the rest of the Olympians appeared in front of the battlefield, each of them wearing battle armor. Everyone except Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Apollo, and Artemis.

"Percy Jackson, we meet again." Zeus said, turning to Percy. He turned to Zeus with wide eyes. He knew. Merlin turned towards Zeus with wide eyes. Merlin was extremely confused as to what was happening right now.

"Father what are you doing here?" Elizabeth asked.

"Step away daughter, I'm going to kill that bastard demigod." Zeus said with anger.

"No, father he helped defend the camp!" Elizabeth reasoned, Zeus scoffed and flicked his wrist. Elizabeth was sent flying back, Elizabeth thankfully cached herself. Percy balled his fists. Merlin sighed standing up and cracked his knuckles.

"Guess we're going to battle the gods again." Merlin said cracking his knuckles.

"Time to be fugitives again." Merlin smirked. Percy shook his head and stood up, Merlin turned to Percy with a raised eyebrow.

"Dude, you're still weak." Merlin said. Percy nodded and walked towards the Olympians, his fist still balled. Percy couldn't help it, but it was instinct to always protect her, even if she was going to break his heart.

"Come to embrace your death I see." Zeus smiled.

"I'll make it quick and painless Jackson."

Percy gritted his teeth, clutching the sword on his back, he unsheathed Excalibur, the power emanating from the sword making the Olympians step back a little.

"Wait, that sword-" Athena was cut off.

"Do not talk daughter." Zeus boomed. Percy gritted his teeth and charged. A bright yellow light filled the area, Merlin was blinded temporarily, everyone looked away from the light. From the yellow light, specks of silver suddenly erupted out of nowhere, the area suddenly flooding with power, Merlin widened his eyes at the sudden energy. Dust started to gather, and as soon as it began, the battle was over. At the ground lay the Olympians, all of them bloodied and bruised, but not dead. Percy unsheathed Excalibur, the power disappearing. Zeus gasped for breath.

"You are a monster." Zeus gasped out, Percy approached  Zeus and nodded. He punched Zeus in the face, instantly knocking him out. Percy wasn't joking around anymore, he was serious.

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A/N

Hey hey hey hey

Yes, this is the real one now.

Quarantine is, awesome actually. Even though there's nothing to do, I have plenty of free time for myself.

School sucks arse, we're in the middle of a fucking pandemic and they're all like, here take this test. Fuck off schools. So like, why didn't I upload for a month? Well, I dunno actually. I lost motivation, and I still am losing motivation. But right now, I think I'm going to finish the book. The books is going to end in chapter 26, so last two chapters left until the end. There are still many mysteries left, I hope I can explain them on the next chapter.

I am so so sorry for not updating, I'm just bored as fuck. I have writers block which sucks. Hopefully in the next week I'll be able to upload, don't count on it tho.

But other than that, I have nothing else to say, stay safe guys.

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