Chapter 22 - Greek Demigods and the Rush (Patreon)

"It is the homeland of powerful Magic and opportunities. Established by His Royal Majesty, Yhwach Adnyus, on the islands of Solitas and Anima, with some territories on the island of Sanus.

Lucis, the kingdom of the Magic and the Arcane, was created by the remnants of their old world and ruled by those of the Golden Lineage. In terms of the population, Lucis is one of the smallest of the Kingdoms as not many survived the Planemeld between the Draconic Deus and Nirn.

Yet, the Lucis is recovering and prospering in the Alliance and regaining its lost glory and strength."

- On the topic of Lucis

***

Yhwach looked at the duo of satyr and centaur with some wariness, as the centaur specifically was pretty powerful, and if he decided to fight them, it would be rather troublesome.

Though from what he knew about Chiron, he knew that the man was very calm and rational and wasn't known for picking fights. Another thing that was making him rather oddity among his race.

Nevertheless, this was at least a good one.

"What are the Asuran God, Dragon, and Monkey Yokai doing in the heart of the Gree Territory?"

Mr. Brunner or Chiron asked as he pushed his wheelchair to them. None of the three who were tasked said anything as Yhwach then stepped forward and spoke with the immortal trainer of the heroes.

Meanwhile, the satyr that was standing nervously next to Chiron looked even more nervous because this was the line-up that was several times above his pay grade.

"Poseidon contacted my father to arrange protection for the boy and find the thief of the bolt."

Yhwach said as he then produced a sheet of paper and passed it to the Chiron, and the centaur in question read every single line attentively. He looked almost aghast at the content that was written on it.

It wasn't every day that one could meet such prominent guests, as the names of the people who were participating in the mission were clearly displayed.

Only for his eyes, but he knew that the son of Shiva, who was a powerful God on his own, even without his father's backing, or the next Monkey King, were not really the people that were good news for the Greek Pantheon.

Their presence here complicated things even more than the previous time.

However, if there was anything positive out of this entire endeavor, then at least they would provide security for Percy Jackson. All three of them were beings of considerable power, so no average Monsters and Supernaturals would be able to do anything to do boy under their watch.

"So you will take him to Camp Half-Blood?"

Chiron asked as Yhwach nodded to the question because it was the truth, which was the first part of the plan for the time being. But not the last one, that was for sure.

"Yeah... also, I should probably inform you that a few God-Kings are not really satisfied with what your childish facade of Pantheon is doing right now, you know? If the dumb and dumber start fighting, it would take us all to fuck."

Yhwach said as he barely hid his contempt for the Greek Pantheon, something that didn't escape Chiron's attention as well. And it was true, because Yhwach had a very bad impression of the Greek Patnehon due to a plethora of things and the behavior of their leading Gods, the Olympian was...

Absolutely pathetic.

"You don't really have high meaning above our Pantheon..."

Chiron sighed but didn't say anything more because this was neither the time nor the place for such discussions.

"Can we go already? Or at least fighting something more powerful than the fury? And also... why is the Son of Poseidon so weak? Shouldn't he be dunnoo... at least on the level of the High-Class beings, considering that his father is one of the strongest High Gods in the entire Pantheon?"

Valiana didn't let herself wait for long, as she had already made herself known because she was bored. She wanted to fight some of the more powerful Greek Monsters or beings, not to be stuck guarding some kid who didn't know where the north was.

"He wasn't supposed to know yet..."

Once again, the centaur sighed as the boy in question looked rather confused about everything that was happening, as everything was happening at a very, very fast pace.

"Not my problem... We are to guard him, not to handle emotional baggage or deal with your stupid rules. Heck, even Dragons have better parenting methods than the Greek Gods."

And when he said that, he really meant that, because from his point, even the Evil Dragons were taking better care of their offspring than the Greek Gods... at least they were doing something compared to the Greek Gods that were prenteing that their offspring didn't exist until there was need for the Quest.

Though most of the Pantheons and Gods in general were not known for being responsible, it seemed that only the Greek Gods were this kind of stupid among all kinds of stupid. The Greeks ignored their Demigods and kept them ignorant, which was a state that could be mainly attributed to Zeus's paranoia.

"Grover, go with them and lead them to the camp. And be careful on the journey... it seems that the number of the monsters on the way will be higher than usual."

Chiron sighed as he told the satyr among the group to lead the group to Camp Half-Blood.

"What is Camp Half-Blood?"

Both Percy and Valiana asked at the same time; one could be understood as he didn't have the possibility of knowing, but he certainly raised his brow at Valiana because it seemed that somebody wasn't looking at the information about the Greek Pantheon.

Yhwach even made pamphlets for Valiana and Biukou with the basic information for that purpose. However, he wasn't really surprised that the only thing that Valiana paid attention to were monsters, and he most probably ignored the landmarks, important recent historical events, and a few other things.

Camp Half-Blood is a Greek demigod training facility located on the north shore of Long Island. The camp is located in Montauk, at the end of Long Island. The Camp Half-Blood was protected by a very powerful Magilca Barrier strengthened by Mist, which protected the inhabitants of the camp from the Monsters and everything that was in the outside world.

"Sanctuary for the Demigods, a safe place to train, prepare for the future, and educate themselves."

Chiron said as he then reached into the suit and took out a small object.

Pen, to be precise.

"Here. Use it only when you are in great danger, and be careful when using it."

It looked rather nice, but it still looked like an ordinary pen to anyone else who was looking at it. 

"That's pen... You know that?"

Percy asked as Chiron sighed as he pushed the button on the pen and it somehow transformed.

"Anaklusmos, or in English, Riptide. Made from Celestial Bronze, it can hurt, destroy, and kill Monsters, Immortals, and anything Supernatural, but at the same time, it cannot be used to hurt or kill ordinary humans. If the blade was accidentally or even intentionally swung at humans, the blade simply passes through them."

In its dormant form, it's a disposable ballpoint pen that reads Anaklusmos on the side when not in use. Once the pen is uncapped, it transforms into its true sword form. Riptide is about 90 centimeters, including the hilt, and weighs about 2,5 kilograms with perfect balance.

"Now that you gave him the weapon, we can get going. I don't have the entire day for this, and time is short."

Yhwach said as he already wanted to leave because of the time, and while he wouldn't really admit it out loud, he was too beginning to get bored by doing virtually nothing at all.

I swear that some of Valiana's habits are latching onto me...'

He thought as he dispersed the thoughts, as Chiron said a few final words to both Percy and Grover. The satyr guardian would be leading them to Camp Half-Blood, albeit when Yhwach looked at the young satyr, he noticed that he was pretty nervous.

Indeed, for the average Demigod, his strength as a guardian would be sufficient, as the strength of most of the monsters in the Greek Pantheon does not cross Level 2, and most of them could destroy a few smaller buildings with their sheer physical might.

But that was all...

The number of the Monsters that were at Level 3 dropped sharply, and those were the most famous ones, and the ones that were above Level 3 and were the City-Destroyed were exceedingly rare, mostly the ones that were spawned directly by the Echidna or her descendants.

Or some cases that were created naturally...

"Let's go..."

Yhwach said as Bikou grabbed Percy and dragged him with them as they slowly exited the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art. The moment they exited the building, Yhwach cast a detection spell as he detected many other monsters. 

"Fallen? What the hell do they want here..."

One of the things that disturbed him was the presence of the Fallen Angels... the powerful presence of the Fallen Angels, one that wasn't weaker than his own, which could mean only two things.

The first was that one of the powerful Cadres was enjoying some free time in New York... which was rather improbable.

The second was that one of them was here for the Demigod of Poseidon for whatever reason.

The Fallen of Grigori was not the most trustworthy bunch, and Yhwach knew that Azazel's personal control over the Grigori wasn't really the best one. The man was too engrossed in his research, something that he could understand on a personal basis, but it came at the cost of detachment from the affairs of the Grigori.

Most of the work in the Grigori was carried by the Baraquiel, Shemhazai and Penemue as one of the most powerful Cadres.

Then there was very strong factionalism of the Grigori spearheaded by Kokabiel and his war faction, and Satanael, who had his own faction within the Grigori. Both of these Fallen were extremely powerful Fallen Angels that were 10-Winged Fallen Angels.

A Peak Level 5 being.

Both of them. 

Perhaps even stronger with some forbidden methods.

Both of them were pretty mad about such an approach.

"We cannot teleport or use a portal... There are some pretty powerful people in the background observing us, and they would be able to trace us through spatial Magic. Let's mingle among the mortals for now."

Yhwach stated that, as he told Valiana and Bikou, as long as they were among the normal humans, the possibility of those who had real power attacking them was much lower. It was a matter of self-preservation; revelation of the Supernatural World would cause all of the faction to gang up on the perpetrator.

"Ts... then we take the car or whatever..."

Valiana flinched because she wanted to teleport directly to Camp Half-Blood or whoever it was and be done with it. Now it seemed that she would need to be locked in a tiny space for more than a few hours until they arrived at their destination in this terrible traffic.

But she didn't really say anything about it, because she knew that it was for their own good.

"We need to get my mom first... we can't leave her here alone and not with Gabe."

Everyone turned to Percy as he said that, though various people had various reactions.

Grover looked at him with concern, Bikou with disinterest, Valiana with annoyance, and Yhwach like someone who forgot to do something.

Of course, the boy wanted to take his mother with him.

"Very well. Where does she live? We will pick her up during the journey to the camp."

The Asuran-Seraph Hybrid said as soon as a luxurious-looking car of the Bentley brand arrived, and the driver of indian descent wearing an orange turban and black suit opened the doors for them.

"It is an honor to meet you, My Lord."

The man was one of the human worshippers aware of the supernatural as Yhwach nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he sent a bit of his Celestial Force to the Bindi on his head as the man's eyes visibly widened because he could feel the Divine Blessing.

"Not far from here, we could be there in half an hour."

Everyone needed they get into the car, and the driver, who was now ecstatic from receiving the Divine Blessing, took them to the address that Percy gave them.

Divine Blessings were something that the Gods gave to their worshippers, thug not limited to the Gods alone, as even the other beings of considerable power could mimic the process and give someone Blessings of their true power. 

"Sooo... what is Asura and Yokai? And are you really a dragon? You look surprisingly human to me..."

His question caused Vlaiana and Bikou to look at him with interest, while even Grover, who was sitting next to them in the background, looked intrigued. Not many were aware of the other Pantheons, as the Greek Gods were deliberately keeping this piece of knowledge from their Demigods.

It wasn't something that they were supposed to know at all.

Partially due to heightened worship, their subjects thought that they were ruling the world, and another reason was their method of control.

Paranoia and ecatera of other reasons.

"I am not just any Yokai! I am Bikou, descendant of the Sun Wunkong, the Monkey King, and the next Monkey King!

Bikou shouted in excitement and full of energy, which in truth wasn't anything unusual, because he was usually just full of energy and excitement. "

"We Yokai are a supernatural race originating from Asia, mainly Japan and China, and there are hundreds of subspecies of the Yokai in the world. Most of us are very closely aligned with nature, like your satyr friend here, so you won't be seeing many, if any, in the big cities or urbanized areas."

The Heir of the Monkey King said as Grover understood exactly what he was saying. Satyrs, too, preferred to be in the places where nature was untouched and strong. For that reason, their communities were often located in the depths of the wild and untamed nature.

"And we Dragons possess shapeshifting. We can take different shapes and form with our Magic and appear as a Human, Devil, Angel, or even a Satyr if we wish... it's nothing complicated or challenging thing to do."

Valian explained that because she was technically a Devil Dragon, who was born as a Half-Devil and Half-Human Hybrid, but that was right now, past, and also an inconsequential detail.

Percy and Grover looked then at Yhwach but noticed that he was reading a book, one that looked pretty old and even creepy, though Grover could discern that it was most probably some kind of Grimoire or Magic Tome, as he could sense Magic from the book.

"He won't react when he is reading... he is in his own world right now. Yhwach is the son of Shiva, the God of Destruction of the Hindu Pantheon, and one of the strongest Gods in the world, and 1st on the Top Ten Strongest List, and his mother is Thashamal, Seraphim of Doom and Damnation of the Biblical Pantheon."

Valiana proceeded to explain to the duo of Demigod and Satyr, as neither of them had any idea of what the hell the Top Ten Strongest List was, and their knowledge of the different factions and Pantheons was limited.

"You don't even know that? I could expect that from the water boy, but from the satyr? Damm, the standards of the Greeks are really low..."

The Devil Dragoness looked annoyed because even though she wasn't any kind of genius, at least she knew the basics of the world. 

"Well, then listen... The Greek Pantheon is not the only one in existence; there are tons of them, and in fact, the power of the Greek Pantheon is on the bottom of the ladder, nowhere near the truly powerful Pantheons. Top Ten Strongest List is the ranking list of the strongest people in the entire world, and Yhwach's father holds the 1st seat."

The young Lucifer then proceeded to explain the basics of the basics to them, to which she wasn't at all pleased because she was taking the role of the teacher or something like that. Which wasn't really up to her taste, but she went with it nevertheless because at least she was killing some more time.

Valiana gave them a crash course on the various Pantheons and Factions that existed in the world and the other things that were considered "common knowledge" in the entire Supernatural World.

She found it rather humiliating that most of the Greek Pantheon, especially their Demigods, were like country bumpinks when it came to that, as they lived in their Camp, which was protecting them from Greek Monsters.

"It's rather ironic... most of the Monsters that are hunting you are the descendants of the original Monsters created by the Greek Gods either through the Curses or some experiments gone wrong."

What Valiana spoke was indeed the truth, as a somehow unposken thing in the Greek Pantheon, because approximately 80% of the Monsters that were pursuing the Demigods to death were actually created by the Greek Gods by themselves.

It was rather an ironic situation, and it also explained the great deal of hatred by the Greek Monsters for the Demigods. If the Greek Gods were not so petty or stupid, then many of their problems wouldn't have existed.

But being wise wasn't the strong side of the Gods in general, as the Gods were rather arrogant beings.

Soon enough, they arrived in front of the building where they were to pick up Percy's mother, Sally Jackson, as Yhwach sent Bikou with Percy to bring his mother with them.

He wasn't going by himself for sure, and he also knew that Valiana wouldn't really go even if he told her, so reluctantly, Bikou went with the young Demigod and Grover. He continued reading his Grimoire for the time, as he wasn't bothering with anything unless they were attacked by someone or something powerful enough to warrant his attention.

Valiana was meanwhile looking outside of the window and observing everything around her, as this was rather new to her. Certainly, she found the entire human civilization rather interesting because the Supernaturals were in much smaller numbers than humans in general.

And they rarely lived in highly urbanized areas and cities.

While there were some exceptions, they were exceedingly rare.

Soon enough, they returned with a rather strikingly beautiful woman with a smile as warm as a quilt and sparkling blue eyes that changed color in the light. Her hair was long and brown, with a few streaks of grey hairs, among them mixed in.

"I see that you are back... we can go."

Yhwach stopped reading the Grimoire and motioned for the driver to start driving again toward Long Island, where Camp Half-Blood was. Due to the traffic, it would take them a few hours, as he had returned to the reading of his Grimoire.

"Thank you for saving us... Percy told me that you were the one who saved him from the monster."

Percy's mother said as Yhwach raised his brow at that and gave the woman a subtle nod.

"His father paid for the protection of his person. And he paid a for that... because well... your son is in huge trouble."

He stated that the young Demigod grew more solemn, and with him, Grover as well, because the satyr understood the gravity of the situation very well. Meanwhile, his mother looked concerned at her son because she understood the implications. 

She knew that he was the son of God.

And the fact that he was in the presence of the supernatural meant that something had gone terribly wrong. She kept this secret for his entire life because she didn't want to reveal the truth of his heritage to him to protect him from the more dangerous world that was hiding in plain sight.

"What happened for my son to be in danger?"

His mother was naturally pretty much concerned about the well-being and safety of her son.

"Well... the King Ever-Paranoid thinks that your son stole his Divine Tool and Symbol of Power, the Masterbolt. He blamed your son and Poseidon for the theft, and right now, both of them started fighting a lot... do you think that those earthquakes, tornadoes, and lightning bolts around the United States and Canada are totally random? That is the showcase of their powers and strength. Oh... by the way, I am Yhwach, son of Shiva, and this is Valiana."

Yhwach said as he looked at Sally Jackson, as the woman gulped down nervously. Indeed, who would not, because of the revelation that he presented on the table? When he introduced himself, he deliberately left out Valiana's surname because he didn't really need to deal with the name "Lucifer".

Too eye-catching and problematic.

Not to mention...

He somehow doubted that most Americans were even acquainted with the Hindu Pantheon at all to know the weight of his heritage, and in fact, he was rather proud of the fact that he was the son of the God of Destruction.

Additionally, the woman in front of him was something akin to a mate to the God.

Or at least she was in the past.

"And since Zeus thinks that you stole the Masterbolt... well, he would do anything to get it back. Not to mention, your own father is too prideful, too, cause some talk would at least smooth things over, but I guess that's not really the strongest side of you Greeks. And Zeus's paranoia is no joke either."

The Son of Shiva explained to the three people of the Greek Pantheon one way or another.

"So, the recent news about the various disasters were...?"

She asked with a gasp, as everyone in the car nodded.

"Yes... Those two were fighting with each other over some stupid things..."

It wasn't really that surprising for most of the people sitting in the car. Even though neither Zeus nor Poseidon were among the stronger Gods out there, they were still geniue Level 7 High Gods, and their full power could affect entire continents. 

Even though the two of them started fighting, nothing bad actually happened yet, at least for now, but that was only a matter of time. Those who had insight into the situation knew that it was only a matter of time until they started fighting for real.

Poseidon had already closed off Atlantis, and the armies of Atlantis started gathering and preparing for the war, together with them various sea and ocean monsters and even some of the Titans that served in the Titanomachy in the ancient past.

The situation on Olympus wasn't much better, as Zeus ordered Ares to gather his forces and prepare for the war. 

Neither of the Gods seemed to care about the consequences or anything from their own actions, as the only thing that mattered to them was their pride and arrogance. He really wondered how they planned to deal with the aftermath of the fallout.

War of such caliber would project into the non-supernatural world as well, and it would be extremely destructive and result in the complete revelation of the supernatural to normal humans.

Which was something that nobody wanted... right now, at least.

***

New York, Long Island, Near Camp Half-Blood

The journey to Camp Half-Blood was smooth most of the time, which was rather unusual, considering the fact that they were being watched the entire time of their journey by some powerful beings from a safe distance.

Nothing was able to escape Yhwach's detection capabilities, as he was monitoring everything with his Magic and [Ultimate Skill Hastur the Lord of the Unspeakable Lore], which was helping him monitor the area.

Some of the Sub-Skills of the [Ultimate Skill Hastur the Lord of the Unspeakable Lore], like Analysis, were very good for the detection of changes in the Mana Particles in the environment, so he could exactly pinpoint the location when someone was casting some kind of Spell.

At least nobody was attacking them during the journey, but what was equally disturbing were the numbers that started gathering near Camp Half-Blood.

Yhwach had detected several hundreds of energy signatures near the vicinity of Camp Half-Blood, and they were increasing at a staggering rate.

Most of them were Monsters, but he registered a good number of the Magicians, some Stray Devils, Rogue Fallen Angels, people from the different Pantheons, mostly the Banished Ones, and other criminals.

The Banished Ones were the species and members of the different Pantheons that were banished from their original pantheon for something bad or for some crime that wasn't serious enough to warrant an execution but needed some exemplary punishment.

During the entire journey to Camp Half-Blood, Percy was having a somewhat heated talk with his mother about his own origins and his father, as his mother was rather informed about the topic, most probably by Poseidon himself.

Which was...

Rather surprising to Yhwach, as he didn't think that some Greek God would be providing a rather concrete and precise explanation to his own situation.

One could even argue that this was rather out of their character.

Nevertheless, they spent the entire journey talking about the situation, while Valiana and Bikou occasionally chimed in when the young Demigod son of Poseidon started asking questions about the Supernatural World.

Unfortunately for the satyr, he too couldn't answer many of them as he didn't hold the knowledge to answer them.

"Stop the car."

As they were already pretty close to Camp Half-Blood, Yhwach suddenly said as he put away his Grimoire and told the driver, who immediately stopped the car. Valiana and Bikou looked at Yhwach seriously, and even the Guardian Grover noticed that something was wrong.

"We would be going the rest of the path on foot... There are too many enemies. Valiana and Bikou will take Percy to Camp Half-Blood, and I will go to play with our guests a bit. Miss Jackson, I will open the Teleportation Portal right now, which leads to India, to one of the Temples where you would be safe from any harm, and you will stay there until everything is taken care of."

Yhwach said as everyone knew what to do, even though it was evident that Percy was much against the distribution of the roles, and even though Grover knew that he was a guardian, if there were indeed so many enemies, then it would be more prudent to list and do as he was ordered.

"Start moving... not to mention, your mother is mortal, she wouldn't be able to pass through the barrier that is protecting the Camp Half-Blood, which is only letting in those affiliated with the Greek Pantheon or those who were personally allowed to enter by one of the Twelver Olympians."

Yhwach said as he then created the portal for Sally and disappeared from the car, heading toward the group of monsters and god knows what else that was hiding in the shadows and preparing to strike.

The Asuran-Seraph Hybrid unleashed four pairs of his wings, which were golden in color but with crimson-red feathers in the end. The golden color symbolized the [Divine Authority of the Golden Grace] and also the heritage of Yahweh, while the crismon colored feathers symbolized the [Divine Authority of Destruction].

He looked at the area, as there were several hundred monsters of various species and members of the different factions, as all of them came here for a very simple reason.

To catch the Lightning Thief, obtain the Masterbolt and sell it.

Yhwach didn't really bother to talk with the monsters or anyone for that reason, as he used the [Divine Authority of Destruction] to create the huge wave of crimson-black energy that was sent like a tsunami toward the people hiding in the shadows.

In a split second, the tsunami of the [Divine Authority of Destruction] obliterated everything from existence as not even a single creature and being that was in the place was able to resist the might of the [Divine Authority of Destruction] from him.

He flapped his wings as he flew around and turned his sight to the west, noticing the shadows that were congregating on the ground as several figures started exiting the shadow-like pool.

All of the figures that existed were considerably powerful, and many of them were even at Level 4. At least five of them were at Level 4, and the remaining several tens more than one hundred were at the peak of Level 3 High-Class.

'Grim Reapers.'

Grim Reapers, as always they were dressed in dark robes decorated with ornaments that vary depending on the individual, though from glimpses, they appear to have skeletal bodies.

Those at the Level 4 Ultimate-Class Grim Reapers were wearing ornament masks, and one of the Grim Reapers, the one that was on the front of the formation, was wearing even partial armor made from the mixture of gems, Imperial God, Stygian Iron, and bones.

Executive-Class Grim Reaper.

This was the Grim Reaper at the peak of Level 5.

Much more powerful than the average peak Lesser God.

"So Hades made his move? And all of this for just one Demigod who may or may not have stolen Masterbolt?"

Yhwach stated while he landed down in front of the group of the Grim Reapers.

"Move aside, Son of Shiva. This matter doesn't concern you."

The leader, Grim Reaper, pointed his Death Scythe at Yhwach and said with a raspy voice that would send chills through lesser beings.