Percy arrived in the Arena where he kept all the defeated demigods and he put Thalia with them. "Line up," Percy said as all of them slowly gathered into columns and touched Percy. Percy lifted his hand up, 'ID Escape!'
The red sky shattered and the entire group was brought back to Arena where their training session had started. Percy motioned all of them to sit down which they all did quickly, they were exhausted beyond belief.
"Do you know why I didn't warn you about the Knight?" Percy asked looking at the demigods.
"You wanted us to be thrown off our game," Thalia muttered out, "and we were."
Percy nodded, "right in one sparky," Thalia grumbled but did nothing else to object to the nick name which told Percy just how disappointed she was. Percy sighed, "look this is nothing to be afraid of. You guys are progressing nicely, I'm sure you yourself can tell. And relax, this was not an enemy you could have defeated quickly."
"So you set us up for failure?" Nico asked.
"That's not fair!" a demigod yelled out
Percy nodded, "yeah, it's not fair. But neither is life or war so get used to it. You all had a pattern, first you would fight your way out of the forest and then meet up in the center of the camp to fight of the zombies. You would then stay together in the center and work together to kill them all. Now I'm not saying teamwork isn't important, it's one of the only things that will guarantee that you will not end up as monster food. But predictability is a disadvantage."
"The Romans were predictable," John spoke up, "they had rules and they followed them methodically. The had one of the most powerful empires to date"
Percy nodded, "yes that's true, but understand that we are not Roman, we are Greeks. We are the unpredictable, that is what makes us dangerous. The Greek were known for many things, and most of those things was because we thought outside the box. The Greeks were the best at inventing new things and that is because in our very soul. There is a part of us that yearns to be different."
"So you're saying that our strength lies in our unpredictability?" A son of Ares asked.
Percy nodded, "yes. But unpredictable to our enemies, not our allies. If the zombies we fought had any brains or a proper general they would have easily separated and killed each of you one by one."
"When did you defeat it?" Thalia asked surprising Percy, "I mean when was the first time you fought it?"
"A year ago."
Thalia's eyes widened comically, "you fought that thing over a year ago?! How powerful are you now?!"
Percy shrugged, 'let's see I was level...10? And now I'm level 39, almost 40.' "I think I'm at least four times stronger now."
"Wow!" Little Percy exclaimed.
"Just how powerful are you Percy?" Bianca asked surprised beyond belief. The demigods gathered quickly went into discussion. They had all fought and lost to that thing, some badly. If Percy could have beaten that thing a year ago, and if what he claimed was true, only now did they have a proper measurement of Percy's power.
Thalia growled in anger and got up. "Where are you going?" Percy asked.
"I'm going to train some more," Thalia said before leaving Percy and the others alone. Percy sighed, 'her pride must be bruised. Well, I can't do anything to help with that.'
Percy then dismissed the demigods, it was around 1 in the afternoon and everyone was hungry.
Percy and the others entered the Mess Hall and they all quickly began to pile on their plates. After sacrificing a small amount to his dad Percy and John sat down in the Minor Gods table along with the rest of the demigods.
The minor God's table was a new addition to the Mess Hall. Since the table didn't actually belong to one god the rule that restricted demigods from sitting with other demigod didn't apply. This caused the minor Gods' table to become a hotspot of activity.
There were 4 in total and every meal was literally a competition to get a seat on the table. The minor demigod kids obviously got them first, Percy had his reserved because he was basically the reason it existed in the first place, and everyone else had to fight of theirs.
The Minor Gods table was quickly filled with different demigods that wanted to sit with each other but couldn't do so before. Percy's small group of friends usually gathered here and ate meals together while they talked about the things they did that day.
Percy sat down next Annabeth with Michael and Nina opposite them. The seat groaned under Percy's additional weight, this was the negative side to the weighted armbands, it was a pain in the ass to find a place strong enough to hold your weight.
"Hey guys," Percy said as he began eating, "what's new?"
"Nothing much," Michael said, "got a few new recipes to try out as a healing potions. We keep trying to replicate those potions you keep getting in the ID's but somehow we keep failing. There must be something we can't detect inside the potion that makes it work in the first place. If we can't find that..."
Percy nodded, "right and here, before I forget," he opened his inventory and pulled out the potion he got today, "today's spoils."
Michael accepted the potion and put it away.
"So you had to get involved today?" Nina asked surprised, "I thought the Jackson squad was getting stronger day by day."
Percy groaned at the nick name his students had gotten, "I hate that name."
Nina giggled, "well everyone else likes it."
Percy huffed, "well no, they did today. But they started to get comfortable, so I shook things up a little. I introduced a new monster and they got their butts kicked and then whined about it not being fair."
"HEY!" Half the minor god's occupants shouted at Percy's last comment.
"It's true shit stains!" Percy yelled back, "and stop eavesdropping on others conversations!"
Michael laughed, "like student like master."
Percy grumbled and nodded, "yeah. Oh and Annabeth I think I may have pissed off Thalia."
Annabeth sighed, "again? I really wish you two would get along!"
Percy shrugged, "we will, give it time. Anyway Nina what's new with you guys?"
Nina shrugged, "nothing much. Just work like usual. Charles almost blew us all up today, idiot."
Percy smiled and turned to Annabeth, "and you?"
"We have been trying to figure out where Kronos would strike next," Annabeth admitted, "we also tried to figure out whether or not he would try and attack us. After all one Titan managed to almost kill us all, and he would have if you didn't stop him."
Percy nodded, "yeah, but we are stronger this time. And so am I. If Hyperion shows his ugly mug around here I'll make sure to send him to Tartarus."
Annabeth nodded, "yeah we took that into account as well. So far we think that Kronos will wait, for possible half a year before he strikes."
"Why half a year?"
"December is Thalia's birthday," Annabeth informed him, "if Kronos is going to attack us it will be when Thalia turns 16."
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