Chapter 15
A/N I know this took a while guys and I'm sorry about that but I've just been really busy and I kind of ran into writer's block on this story for a little while
Percy's point of view
How Were we doing against the primordial goddess of night and her minions, well, I think we were weakening her but it was an extremely slow process and we needed it to speed up if we were going to defeat her before sunset. Gradually as the monsters and Machahai were being defeated some of the other gods had come to help us but even with Apollo and Artemis firing arrows at her she wasn't making it easy for us.
Apollo's arrows seemed to do slightly more damage than Artemis' but even still the fight certainly wasn't over yet. Even Aether and Hemera had been injured during the fighting despite them being the strongest out of all of us not counting Nyx herself. Despite all that, we hadn't given up, and we certainly weren't planning on doing so, after all, we couldn't afford to let Nyx and her allies beat us since I could only imagine what they would do to the mortal world and everyone in it.
Hades even Chaos had sided with us so obviously, he had a pretty good idea of what they would do and had gone against them even if that meant turning against his own children. I knew that couldn't have been easy for him since I was sure he still cared about them even if they were making the wrong choices. I was sure that if you could just abandon your kids and stop caring about them you certainly weren't a good parent.
That's one of the reasons why I Hate Ares, after all, it seems like most of the time he has no problem with doing that even though he could do more for his kids if he wanted to. Sure I'd originally had to leave Amber and basically abandon Luke but I hadn't wanted to do it. It was the last thing I wanted to do but unfortunately, it was the best option to keep them safe, and it had been extremely hard to stay away from them as long as I had. Now Amber and I are married, and we can see Luke whenever we want as long as we're not too busy.
Even though I'd made it possible for the other gods to see their kids and help them more, Ares seems to have stuck to his old ways, paying attention to his kids only when they get a quest or do something impressive in battle. I think most of his attention seems to go to Clarisse and her kids, she's clearly his favourite and I can guess why since Clarisse was and still is one of the strongest demigods I know. She may not have any special powers but she didn't need them she could take down just about anything with her spear or if she could get away with it, her fists.
Being a parent myself I had a pretty good idea how hard it must have been for Chaos to side against his kids but somehow he still had and we were certainly grateful for his help, especially since we most likely wouldn't have stopped Typhon without him. I knew he was helping Hades to defeat Erebus but part of me wished he could be here helping us since defeating the primordial goddess of night was proving to be a difficult task.
As we continued to fight Nyx I noticed when one of the minor goddess' appeared not too far away. To be more specific it was Hebe and she was wondering how they should help now that the monsters in Greece had all been defeated. While still attempting to concentrate on the ongoing battle, I told her mentally that she and the rest of the minor gods should take the demigods who were still in Greece and go help Camp Jupiter. She agreed and left again so I assumed that they were going to do what I asked.
The one thing I didn't realize was that sending the minor gods to camp Jupiter also meant that one of my daughters would end up getting distracted and get injured as a result. After Hebe left the battle carried on like she hadn't even been there, we did everything we could to weaken and hopefully defeat Nyx but it was taking a long time and I was no longer certain if we would be able to defeat her before night fell and she became even more powerful than she was already.
Luke's point of view
Eventually, we defeated the last of the monsters so we started to wonder what we should do next. One of the minor gods must have gone to camp to find out since word soon spread that we were being transported to camp Jupiter so we could help them defeat Eris, Dysnomia, and the many monsters that were attacking the camp. I didn't know what exactly to expect since the Roman demigods might have managed to defeat quite a few of their enemies themselves since I knew the Romans could certainly take care of themselves.
I hadn't been to the Roman camp that many times but even after being there a short time I found I preferred the Greek ways. That was probably just because I was a greek demigod since dad spends almost all his time in his Greek form. I knew I had nothing against the Roman demigods and actually had a couple of Roman friends so I was certainly willing to help them if they were in trouble.
When we got to the camp I could see that the Romans definitely didn't have it easy since there were a lot of monsters, not to mention the two minor goddesses. I saw The Praetor Reyna trying to take on Eris herself and her fellow praetor, James, was trying to take on Dysnomia. Meanwhile, the rest of the Romans were battling the numerous monsters that were coming at them almost nonstop.
I knew that Reyna was strong, and even before she'd had the powers dad gave her she'd been a strong fighter, but now she seemed almost unstoppable since she took advantage of all the abilities she had as long as she had enough strength left to do so. Despite that, it seemed like she was having a tough time taking on Eris practically on her own since the rest of her forces had their own problems.
Those problems included everything from Cyclopses to Centaurs so as much as they might want to the others couldn't do much to help Reyna. I was just about to go and try to help her when I saw a woman who looked kind of like her walk up beside her. I assumed the woman was probably her mother, The goddess Bellona. I also spotted my sister Zoe and she seemed to be looking at Reyna as well until she looked away returning her focus to the monster in front of her.
I knew that Zoe and Emily were extremely close, but then again they were twins so that might have something to do with it. Regardless of how close they were, they both loved to tease me and they would quite often bring up the argument about who was older just to get on my nerves. I tried not to let it annoy me so that they would stop but that was basically impossible. The only time they don't usually bring it up is when dad's around probably because of what happened the last time he heard them do it. I think he was more exasperated than annoyed but I could easily remember what he'd said to us about it.
The twins had already gotten me annoyed so I couldn't help but argue against all their comments. When we were basically in the middle of it dad showed up and after he realized what we all were saying he said in exasperation, "Stop it, All of you, I hear enough of that from Apollo and Artemis. I don't need to hear it from you, besides Luke is obviously the oldest,"
Ever since that day they've resorted to bringing that up only when dad's not around. I know they know full well that I'm the oldest they just do it to annoy me. I noticed Zoe was glancing toward Reyna again but before she could fully return her attention to the battle the dracna in front of her managed to stab her with its spear. After this, she killed the monster but the damage was already done. I couldn't be sure due to the distance between us but I was pretty sure that once this was all over she would recover reasonably quickly, especially since she was a minor goddess.
Unfortunately, though I saw that there were others who weren't so lucky, There was a force of veterans attempting to protect New Rome but unfortunately, they had already lost some people. I couldn't tell who they all were from this distance but I guessed that some of the Romans that my dad knew when he was my age were probably headed to Elysium. The battle continued as we helped the Romans defeat the monsters who were attempting to defeat them.
I still couldn't help but wonder how the battle at camp was going, especially since the gods obviously didn't want us to help there. Sure Camp Jupiter needed our help, but as far as I knew so did Camp Half-Blood. I knew the gods might have defeated the monsters that were there but that still left Nyx and I knew she wouldn't be easy to beat in battle.
Despite the help of the minor gods plenty of demigods were still falling either dead or injured. Some of those demigods were Greek while others were Roman. I didn't know how long it would take the gods to defeat Nyx but I knew it would have to be reasonably soon since Nyx would only get stronger when night finally came, and if the battle did take that long she would be nearly impossible to kill.
This battle was fairly normal with the exception being the Roman eagles and the gorgons fighting in the air. I was starting to wonder how much of a chance we really had in this war, after all the primordials were attacking so many different places at once that our forces had to be spread between the different battles, which also meant they were spread thinner.
Obviously, I hoped we would win but I was no longer sure if we could. I just hoped that my dad and the other gods could pull through and win so they would be okay and we could have some peace at least for a little while.
Percy's point of view
I knew we had to win this war, after all I doubted what the primordials would do to the world if they got control over it would be pleasant. I had come up with a plan to defeat Nyx but unfortunately, it was extremely risky for me. If I was at full strength I might be able to do it without having to worry but after fighting Typhon, plummeting to the ground, and then the battle in Grece I was weakened and that made my plan a whole lot riskier.
I knew I was risking possibly having to reform or even fading, although I doubted that last one would happen. In the least, it would take me a few years to reform and then I'd be back again No matter how much I didn't want to leave everyone I cared about I didn't have any better ideas. If I was lucky I would just end up being really tired and maybe go back into the same state I'd been in after the fall but at worst I would have to reform or if I was wrong possibly even fade.
Just wanting the battle to end I didn't tell anyone what I was planning to do and I just gathered my strength to attempt something that could save us all, or if I had seriously bad luck just cause me to have to reform. I knew that if my plan failed Amber and some of my other family members would probably be angry at me but I would deal with that when I had too.
Before I went ahead with my plan I looked around to make sure no demigods were disobeying Chiron for some stupid reason When I determined that everyone nearby were either gods, Mkahai, or monsters I carried out the first steps of my plan. I knew it would be extremely hard to freeze time for as long as I was planning to, especially with the other gods and the primordials there but I knew I had to try since I knew that was the easiest way to beat her before we ran out of time. I knew that if I did manage to defeat her without weakening myself to the point of reforming Amber and my Parents would probably want me to stay out of the other battles but I knew I wouldn't do that. Everyone else would still have to fight until all the battles were won so I wasn't going let them do it alone.
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