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Chapter 9


 It was the day of the battle, Percy and his forces were assembled not far from Camp Half-Blood. He stood at the front of his forces, looking forward to the battles that would soon begin. Khione stood by his side, where he was certain she would be safe. Perseus walked the rest of the way to Camp Half-Blood, and his forces followed him. They halted at the base of Half-Blood Hill, Percy began walking up the hill, His army stayed back a bit because he didn't plan on attacking immediately, and some of them wouldn't be able to pass through the camp's barriers. Perseus would take care of that problem when it became necessary.

Perseus reached the top of the hill, Peleus eyed him suspiciously but he passed through the barrier without any issues. Moments after he reached the top of the hill, the camp's alarm horns blared and The campers began gathering expecting a fight. It wasn't long before Chiron trotted up the hill as well. Perseus, the demigods and Centaur stood facing each other, Neither group attacked just yet. Facing demigods who had once been his friends, Perseus spoke, " I do not want to have to kill you, but if you insist on fighting for the Olympians I will. If you won't fight for me, just don't fight. Stay here, make the Olympians fight their own battles for once. What have they ever done for you?

Perseus could see that the remaining seven were at the front of the group of demigods, so were the three Avengers. The Hunters of Artemis were also present, and it seemed they had gotten tired of listening to Perseus. One of the older huntresses spoke up, "Enough! We will not help you stupid male. We will never turn against Lady Artemis!"

Perseus wasn't really surprised by the huntress's actions, and when he was about to continue speaking He noticed a silver arrow flying toward him. He didn't have to worry, he simply dissolved his body into water droplets, and the arrow went through him harmlessly. He also gathered moisture from the air and used it to stop the arrow completely before letting it drop to the ground. He could control anything that contained water, and the air had plenty of it.

Perseus spoke again, "Any of you who want to side with me or stay neutral in this war simply say so, but if I find out later that you didn't keep your word and helped the gods I won't hesitate to kill you, As for that sexist little brat,... He focused on the Hunter who had spoken up against him, Concentrating, Perseus used the moisture in the air to lift the girl into the air. He didn't even break his concentration on the girl as he stopped several more arrows that were flying toward him. That volley of arrows, however, contained some that were silver, as well as some that were made of celestial bronze.

Perseus wasn't certain which demigods had shot the arrows, but he suspected it was at least one of the hunters, as well as either Clint Barton or one of the Apollo kids, although it could have also been Chiron. Perseus could tell that Thalia and Jason were using their power over the air to try and free the hunter. Tony stark was also flying toward her in his suit, hoping he could free her, but he also had no luck. None of them could ever be strong enough to overpower the primordial. After they failed to save the girl, four separate loud cracking sounds were heard. Many looked around in confusion before looking up at the hunter as a pained scream escaped her lips. It took everyone a few moments to realize that Perseus had broken all the girl's limbs using some new power that they had previously been unaware of.

Under different circumstances, Perseus would have kept torturing the girl even longer, but he had an audience who might try to attack him at any moment. He couldn't afford to get distracted. Due to that, he decided to just kill the girl. This time he concentrated on choking her. At first, the girl cried out, but it wasn't long before she was no longer able to. She wheezed and choked, desperately trying to breathe but the pressure Perseus was keeping on her throat prevented that. He could see that many of the demigods were holding their weapons, preparing for an attack.

Once the girl died, Perseus let her body drop As it was falling, Tony flew under it and caught her. He carried her to the ground, but either way, there would have been no saving her, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

It seemed the campers had given up on using arrows against him, and most of them were moments away from attacking him. Perseus spoke again, "Fight me, Stay neutral or join me, it's your choice, The gods will die either way I'm just giving you the chance to save yourselves,"

As he was finishing that statement, Perseus dissolved his body into water droplets once again, before reforming it near Thalia's tree. He caught Peleus by surprise, and just as the dragon was about to bite him Perseus sliced its head off with his sword. Peleus quickly dissolved into gold dust as Perseus grabbed the golden fleece. He sent it to his Palace, where the demigods couldn't get it back unless he wanted them to. Perseus turned away from the tree and came face to face with a scowling Jason Grace.

That day certainly hadn't been going the way that Clint Barton had expected. He knew that a battle would most likely begin soon, but he hadn't expected to have to listen to Perseus's monologue for so long before any violence occurred. He'd expected Perseus to come charging into the camp with his army and attack everyone. Instead, he tried to convince them to either join him or stay neutral.

Despite this Clint quickly realized that Perseus was just as twisted and evil as Chiron had said he was. Clint could kind of sympathize with Perseus considering that both of them had hard lives, but he wouldn't compare himself to someone who thought it was alright to sadistically torture and kill someone. Having a difficult life didn't make it okay to kill people. Sure Clint had killed people before, but usually, he had no other choice, and they were bad people who probably deserved it. Not children who hadn't even gotten the chance to live their lives. Due to that, Clint tried to stop Perseus after he started hurting the hunter who had spoken up against him. His attempt was futile however, as Perseus avoided all his arrows easily. Clint put aside his bow for the moment, deciding that he might have more luck with a different weapon. Natasha was also preparing to attack, and Tony was back in the sky, trying to decide how he could help with this fight.

Clint and Natasha hurried toward Perseus, swords in their hands. Although he preferred to use his bow and arrows, Clint was capable of using many different weapons, including swords. Before they could reach Perseus they were forced to stop and fight as some of Perseus's forces made it through the camp's barrier. These forces included demigods who had turned against their parents, as well as minor gods who were still dissatisfied with how they were being treated.

Clint was face to face with a dark-haired goddess who had a smile on her face, snow also swirled around her. Clint wasn't an expert on Greek mythology. The only reason he was able to guess who she was, was because Chiron had mentioned her when he was explaining about Perseus and the war. He guessed she was most likely Khione, the snow goddess, who was apparently also Perseus's girlfriend.

Clint stood, prepared to face her. He swung his sword toward her, but as she blocked his blade she spoke up, a smile on her face. "If I was you I wouldn't bother trying to stop Perseus, you should be more concerned about Thanos,"

Clint looked at her in confusion, he had no idea who Thanos even was. Had she just made that up to trick him, or was there actually someone else called Thanos who was more of a threat than Perseus?. He pushed the thought aside for the moment, he couldn't afford to get distracted. He also doubted that there was anyone he needed to worry about more than Perseus.

Perseus rolled his eyes as Jason tried to attack him. The demigod didn't even stand a chance against him. Perseus summoned his sword before he easily blocked Jason's sword. After that, he retaliated with a strike of his own. Jason managed to block the blow, but it was clear that it had been difficult for him. As they fought Jason was quickly tiring while Perseus felt just as strong as ever. He could have easily killed Jason, but he decided to give the demigod a chance to change his mind. Well, that and one of Leo's conditions that Perseus had agreed to was that he would spare the last of the seven.

Although he could have just killed Jason and gotten away with it, Perseus decided to just keep up his end of the deal and spare the son of Jupiter, for now at least. Instead of killing him, Perseus simply knocked him unconscious with the butt of his sword. Before anyone else could distract him Perseus dissolved his body into water droplets once again before reforming it in front of the Athena Parthenos. He eyed the large statue, it was the only thing keeping the rest of his forces out of the Camp. He placed his hands on the statue before using his powers to send it somewhere where no demigod could retrieve it. His power was greater than that of the statue so he had no trouble sending it away.

After the statue was gone monsters began rushing into the camp to join the rest of Perseus' forces.

Now that all his forces had entered the camp, Perseus also re-entered the fray defeating anyone who dared to face him. Some demigods were choosing to surrender and Join Perseus, turning against the rest of the camp. The battle was pure chaos, yet no-one believed the Olympians would come to help their children. Of course, they knew of the situation at Camp Half-Blood, but none felt it necessary to got to the camp and help. Besides, The ancient laws prevented them from interfering although they could alter those laws if they felt it was necessary. Even Artemis made no move to help her hunters, even after she observed what Perseus had done to the girl who had spoken up against him. Although the battle was going well, Perseus was slightly disappointed, none of the demigods were even close to being a challenge for him. He looked forward to when he would strike Olympus itself, Yet the Olympians probably wouldn't even be a challenge for a primordial like Perseus. 

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