Chapter 16
A/N Sorry I know this took a while but I kind of ran into writer's block for a while there,
Percy's point of view
My plan was straightforward enough but whether it would work was still yet to be seen. Once I was sure that no demigods were out where they could get hurt I took on my true form. That was the first step in my plan, a few monsters and macahi who happened to be looking in my direction at the time were disintegrated when they saw me transform, but obviously I didn't care about that since they would have eventually been killed anyway.
The next step would be the hard part, I summoned the staff of Cronos to my hand in hopes that it might prevent me from completely draining myself. Once that was done summoned all my strength and attempted to slow down Nyx as much as l could, trying not to completely drain myself in the process. She was definitely powerful and it took a lot of my strength to slow her down since she was constantly fighting against my power.
Not only that but although I hadn't tried to attack her with riptide my guard was still up since although Hemara and Aether were still fighting her she could still end my control over time if she just tried to attack me rather than them. I was hoping that Hemara and Aether would manage to finish her off while she was slowed down before I was completely tired out.
She was too powerful for me to freeze her completely so I wasn't entirely surprised when she attempted to attack me. While trying to maintain my control over time I managed to raise riptide and blocked her attack but I knew I was weakening and if Nyx wasn't defeated soon I would either have to return time to normal or maintain my control over it for as long as I could until I either ended up in the same state I'd been in not too long ago or worse.
I could feel myself growing more tired by the minute but finally, when I began to think that I was going to pass out Aether finally got the better of Nyx and made the fatal blow. Once Nyx was gone I could see in his and Hemara's faces that they wished this could have ended differently but I knew that there was no way they could have changed Nyx's mind and made her see that what she was doing was wrong. Despite how tired I was I knew that there were still battles going on and my help would be needed.
It wasn't long before the other gods had finished off the rest of our enemies and it was once again safe for the campers to come out of the cabins. I was trying to decide who to help next when I noticed Amber coming toward me. We hadn't really gotten a chance to talk since before my fall and based on her expression she wasn't exactly pleased with me and I guessed that it was probably due to the plan I had just used to help defeat Nyx.
"What were you thinking?" she asked, sounding annoyed. I guessed that she'd figured out what I had been doing and knew that it could have been suicide. Despite her obvious annoyance I stayed calm and said, "I know that plan was risky but I couldn't see any other options, we can argue about this later the battles aren't over yet,"
She replied, "Fine, but you should stay here or go to Olympus, you look like you could pass out at any moment,"
I replied, "No I can't I 'm the king of the gods I have to keep fighting, but I'll be careful,"
She eventually gave in despite her reluctance and I suggested that most of the other gods should help Camp Jupiter since I could tell that the situation there still wasn't good. Just before we were going to go our separate ways Hades, Persephone, and Chaos returned, apparently having won the battle for the underworld.
I wasn't that surprised considering how powerful Chaos is. After they got back we all talked for a minute discussing who was going to help where, and then we went our separate ways. Most of the others went to help at camp Jupiter but Amber, Chaos and I went to help my dad since I knew that he would probably need it considering what he was up against. Sure I knew that Thalessa was already there but so were Pontus and Hydros as well as Thaumas who was a sea god that dad had defeated ages ago, but it had been so long since then that the other gods thought he might have faded by now. Apparently, he hadn't, and now he was helping Pontus and Hydros as they tried to retake control of the sea from Dad.
As I entered the domain that I shared with my dad some of my tiredness began to fade. I knew it would be a while before I was back to full strength since I had used up a lot of my energy, but I thought it would be enough for now. Not only were we facing Pontus, Hydros, and thumas, there were also quite a few sea monsters helping the primordials, Due to that, we had a force of mermen, as well as a force of cyclopses fighting them.
Tyson was once again leading the Cyclopses, but he hadn't been spending as much time in the forges anymore since he spent most of his time with Ella. My mom and Brother were also fighting along with Thalessa. Just like the last war I also spotted Briaries fighting a rather large sea monster. When the rest of my family saw me I think they were concerned, but they didn't stop to argue with me so I just joined the ongoing battle.
I knew that Amber and my Parents were just concerned about me, but I felt that I still had enough strength left to help, and I was pretty sure that my help was needed based on what we were up against. As we fought I tried to stay close to Amber just in case something went wrong. I certainly wouldn't want her to get hurt or worse, have to reform.
Sure I knew that she'd been trained so she was fully capable of defending herself now, but we were up against some pretty tough opponents so I didn't want to risk leaving her on her own without someone to watch her back. Chaos went toward Thalessa, and the enemy primordials since at that moment Thalessa was trying to fend off both Pontus and Hydros, and it was obvious that she was finding that task rather difficult. Dad was fighting Thumas, and everyone else was fighting the various sea monsters who were helping the primordials.
I would have gone to try and help Dad, or possibly even Thalessa and Chaos, but I was still pretty tired from the fight with Nyx so I decided that for now, I would take on the monsters and if I was eventually needed elsewhere I would see how I felt then. Although I had chosen to help Dad I still couldn't help but be concerned about the battle at Camp Jupiter.
Last time I checked it still wasn't going very well despite the fact that some of the Greek demigods and some minor gods were helping. I thought that maybe now that some of the Olympians and primordials were also there they might have a better chance but I was still pretty concerned. I couldn't really afford to worry about them though since I had to concentrate on the battle I was currently involved in.
I helped the others cut through the force of sea monsters without too much difficulty, Although I was still pretty tired the sea monsters weren't as tough opponents as thaumas or the primordials would have been so they were easier to defeat. Although I probably could have taken on Thuamas Dad seemed to be handling him pretty well on his own. Since I was still tired I tried to keep use of my powers to a minimum to save my strength and just used riptide.
As I fought I eventually saw as someone else joined the battle. It didn't take me long to realise who the new arrival was even though he seemed to have changed since the last time I saw him, but he didn't look that different physically, it was his expression that made me realize that he'd changed. Triton might not be as powerful as he used to be but he still came to help and he was now helping dad with Thuamas.
I got the feeling that he'd regretted his choice to betray us during the last war, either that or he was just helping in order to get his powers back. Technically he couldn't get his original domains back since his punishment had been having those taken away, and Andrew had taken them on when he was old enough.
Now I wasn't sure exactly what Triton wanted, or what would happen to him, but as long as we won the war we would find out soon enough. Considering how things were going so far it seemed that the war was going in our favour, but I also knew that it wasn't over yet and the primordials had surprised us already so they might do it again.
It was definitely still too soon for anyone to be celebrating a victory. Between all of us, we did eventually defeat all of our enemies. And Amber and I decided to go see how camp Jupiter was doing. But I still wondered what dad was going to do about Triton. It seemed like he was trying to redeem himself but that didn't mean everyone would let him. But then again it seemed like dad was rather fond of most of his kids so maybe he will give Triton another chance.
When Amber and I went to Camp Jupiter to see how Everyone was doing it quickly became obvious that our odds seemed to have improved quite a bit. With most of the other gods helping as well the number of monsters had dropped quite a bit and the two minor goddesses who had led the army had been captured so we could decide what to do about them later.
While all that was good I could still see that far too many demigods and legacies had died before anyone could help them. Since all that was left of the army was monsters it wasn't that difficult for all of us to deal with them. Not just because of the number of forces we had now, but also because most monsters just aren't that smart.
Once the monsters were gone we stayed a while longer since everyone who was injured needed to be taken care of, and so did everyone who we'd lost. I eventually learned that one of the people who we'd lost was someone who I'd known during the brief time I'd spent at Camp Jupiter, and I'd seen him a few times over the years since then but we'd never been all that close.
That didn't mean that I wasn't saddened when I'd learned that He'd died though since he'd helped make me feel welcome in the fifth cohort even though it obviously wasn't the most popular cohort at the time. Dakota was a bit odd mainly due to his cool aid addiction, a habit that he'd never quite been able to break, but he was a good person and a pretty good leader despite his flaws so I was sad to see him go.
Once everyone was taken care of we all started to leave camp Jupiter although I thought that I might return so I'd be there for Dakota's funeral. There was a bit more to ancient Roman funeral rituals than there is to the Greek ones that are used at Camp Half-blood, but I was pretty sure that the Roman demigods don't take them to the extent that rich ancient Romans would have.
In fact, I was sure that they wouldn't do as much as the Ancient Romans would since like practically everything else in ancient Rome Funerals were also taken to the extreme. Musicians or other entertainers were often hired, and quite often extra women were hired to act as mourners even if they had no connection to the person who died.
It sounds nuts but that's just how the rich ancient Romans were when they had wealth they wanted to show it off and made those who didn't have as much obvious. Regardless of all that this wasn't ancient Rome and I think that it was still sinking in for most of us that we had just won another war. I was obviously happy to know that it was finally over and all the people I was closest to had made it through without serious injuries.
There'd been that pretty close call with Piper but thankfully I'd managed to save her before she had to reform. Don't get me wrong I considered Dakota a friend but I was sure that it would have been a lot worse for me if I'd lost Luke or if Amber or one of the twins had to reform. Thankfully that hadn't happened so I didn't have to worry about that.
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