"I-I still demand a fight."
Percy's eyes glowed red as he smiled, "fine I acc-"
Thalia hit Percy upside the head startling the boy, "knock it off sea brains."
Percy looked at Thalia and immediately the aura of anger and the Blood lust all went away. Percy rubbed his head, "that hurt Thalia."
"Yeah, it should," Thalia put her hands on her hip, "we came here to get their help, not fight them."
"But he insulted my dad!"
"So you were what going to kill him?" thalia asked putting Percy on the spot light.
"No…..just beat him up a bit. Maybe break a bone or two."
Julia were taken back by what just happened. Julia couldn't stop Rob from running his mouth, again. It was true that the Romans didn't care for Neptune, but they still gave him respect out of fear. Rob however went overboard with the insult and had pushed their guest. Julia was at first worried for Percy, Rob had been known to hurt people that insulted him in anyway, and Percy had just insulted his dad, who Rob looked up to.
But the moment Percy opened his mouth she stopped being scared for him, and started being scared of him.
The way the anger and Bloodlust poured out of Percy was just phenomenal. The power he radiated was almost toxic, it called to her and Julia for a split second felt like she would be lost in those red eyes. She felt a wave of overwhelming power that was almost seductive in nature. But just as it came it left. All it took was one look from Thalia and that powerful and dangerous person she saw disappeared replaced with the guy who was currently getting scolded for over reacting.
Thalia sighed, "look I get it okay? But you can't just go around beat the shit out of people we are trying to be friends with."
Percy lowered his head, "I'm sorry."
Thalia then turned to Rob, "and you," the Praetor yelped, "don't even insult a God in front of their child. It doesn't matter who it is, Olympian God or minor God, don't do it."
Rob nodded, "yes ma'am."
Percy glared at Rob, "don't think this is over asshole."
Rob gulped. Julia sighed, "maybe we can settle this some other way."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "how so?"
"A test," Julia supplied, "a test between you and Rob. You both will wager something and the winner gets all. This way you two can work out your issues before it becomes a problem in the senate floor."
Percy and Rob glared at each other. Now that Rob didn't actually have to fight Percy his confidence was back. He knew that Percy was probably more skilled than him, judge by the power he radiated. But Rob had one skill he knew Percy couldn't beat him in.
"I have an idea for a challenge," Rob said with an arrogant smirk.
Percy nodded, "what is it?"
"A test of strenght," Rob smiled, "we see who's stronger."
"And the wager?"
"I wager my spear," Rob said motioning to his weapon, "it was given to me by Mars himself."
Percy nodded, "must be pretty confident huh?"
Rob grinned, "I am the strongest roman in the camp. I was once told that my strength was nearly Herculean."
Percy narrowed his eyes at the Praetor;
Robbert Bigwheel, Son of Mars
Lv- 21
HP: 1,500/1,500
MP: 200/200
Race- Demigod
Str- 49
Vit- 32
Dex-22
Int-12
Wis-7
Luc-1
The son of Mars, Robert was raised by a single mother who sent him off to camp at the age of 8. He rose through the ranks and eventually was raised to be a Praetor in the middle of a battle. He is known to be impulsive and rash but inside he cares about his fellow demigods beyond anything else.
Likes: Mars, Julia, Rome, Training
Dislikes: Greeks, Percy, Anchovies
He hates Percy and wants to humiliate him
He is feeling excited and confident
Percy scoffed at his strength level, for a demigod it was impressive, but nothing compared to Percy, "fine the. A test of strenght. I agree."
"What's you wager?"
Percy opened his inventory and looked for something to give. And suddenly he spotted just the thing. He smiled as he reached inside and pulled out the shield of Ares, he got it in during that time in the amusement park and he had it ever since.
Shield of Ares,
It is the shield of Ares which is charmed to be unbreakable and can withstand godly amounts of force. It is also charmed to give the wielder a + 20% on all attacks.
The shield itself was plain made out bronze with the omega symbol etched onto the surface. "The shield of Ares," Percy said holding it up, "I got it after doing your dad a favour. He tried to use this to start a war, luckily I was there to stop him."
Rob grumbled, "I'm, going to enjoy taking that away from you."
Julia however was more concerned about where he pulled the shield from, "where did you store that shield? I didn't even see you pull it out."
"I have the ability to create pocket dimensions," Percy explained, "I use one to store items for safe keeping. Think of it like an inventory you would find in video games."
Julia nodded, "I see….do you have a limit?"
Percy shook his head, "nope. I can store anything, along as I can move it inside I can fit it."
"So you mean you can only store things you can lift?"
Percy nodded, "yeah."
Julia nodded as she got up from her seat, "interesting. Tell me more about this as we go."
"Go?" asked Percy, "go where?"
"You didn't actually think I was going to let you have your competition in here did you?" Julia asked looking amused, "we are going to the field of Mars, our training ground. You can fight there."
They nodded and soon the group set off once again. This time they were taken through the back of the military encampment. People were looking curiously at the sight of the two Praetors leading the Greek demigods so slowly more and more people started to follow them.
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