Peremis Timeless

Chapter 17: Hunter Camp

Percy POV

I made my way towards Artemis' hunt, only to be greeted by silver arrows and a group of angry hunters.

"Leave now, or prepare to die boy." One of the hunters hissed. She looked around 12-years old only. Must be in the hunt for quite a while to have that kind of guts to a 17-year old. I raised my hand up in defeat, and hopefully, they will put down their bow.

"I'm here to meet lady Artemis. I suppose she has told you to let a male named Percy Jackson through?" I didn't see any of them letting go of their bow; on the contrary, they seemed fiercer. They immediately pulled back their string and fired arrows straight towards me. I dodged the arrows and immediately pulled out riptide. More arrows came on my way and I deflected them. I went to the defence as I didn't want to hurt them.

"Stop. I'm only here to see lady Artemis. I mean no harm." I shouted at them. apparently, they took it to the latter and fired, even more, arrows at me. So much for being Mr nice guy. I couldn't use my time power since it hasn't healed yet, the water source was too far away, I wasn't able to go near them either, there were just too many arrows. My only option left was to try out my new firepower, which I didn't know how to use at all. Yes, I know that I have used it in the contest between me and Ares, but that time I was furious. I was actually surprised that I could suddenly use it too.

"just concentrate on the place you want to lit up," Hestia said in my mind. Ok, that sounds simple enough. Well here goes nothing. I rolled over and concentrate hard on their bow. Immediately their bow lighted up in flames and the hunters immediately let go of their bows. Their bows turned into ashes soon enough as the hunters were buying tending to their scaled hands.

" I didn't know you could do that with fire powers." A voice came from behind the hunters. She was about 12-years old and could have fooled anyone as a little girl. Her auburn hair and silvery eyes were the only indicator for me to identify her.

"Artemis, can you explain to me why your hunters were shooting at me? You didn't tell them about my arrival?" I questioned.

"They simply wanted to see if your swordsmanship were as good as I say. Apparently, it wasn't as someone decided to cheat and used his power." She replied, still glaring at me.

"How is having four hunters shooting an array of arrows at you a fair test?" I retorted.

"So you admit you are not as good as they say." She replied, with a slight grin on her face. I didn't want to say it, but she forced it.

"Well, at least I am good enough to save you when you were being forced to marry Ares" I argued. Normally I wouldn't want to brag about it but when you are arguing with a stubborn woman like Artemis, it's only seemed fair to do so. With that said, Artemis was boiling in rage, you can tell she was trying to counter that, but failing to do so. Finally, after some moments,

"We will see who has the last laugh in the future. You are now staying in MY hunt, which makes you under MY command. Now follow me and don't try to do anything stupid." She said, turning around and walk away. I could have sworn there was an evil grin creeping up her face. I was taken into custody. I wasn't in the cuff or anything, but having 2 hunters walking in front of me and behind me doesn't make a difference. I was given a short tour of the place- the dining area, archery range, and the campfire site. As I was walking, I noticed many hunters looking towards me in distaste." Touché hunters, you think I like hanging around girls are what happened to me?" I thought but didn't say it out loud, didn't want to cause more trouble on my first day. I followed on to the outskirt of the camp, where I saw a small tent pitched.

"And that" Artemis said pointing to that tent," will be where you will be staying. Do not enter the camp unless necessary. For meals, you will come in at 8am,1pm and 7pm- an hour after we dined. We will be nice and leave you some food to eat. Report to me at 10am tomorrow in the morning for your duty."

"wait I have duties to do?" I questioned.

"of course, you think you are going to live here for free?" she said, with a sly smile on her face.

"and since you can't hunt, I guess I can only put you on laundry and sentry duties." She shrugged. She obviously planned this. I couldn't argue with her, I agreed to stay in at hunt, I should have expected it, but I came here for training. At least she was nice enough to give me the rest of tonight off. She went off with the rest of the hunters. I was surprised she didn't place hunters around me to monitor my every movement. I went inside the tent and wow, it's a lot bigger than it looks. Does it contain a king sized bed, a closet, mirror and a writing desk? I decided to check my tent for any traps, you can't be too cautious with the hunters. Everything seemed fine, I was surprised to see the closet filled with clothing that actually fits my size and style. Maybe Artemis isn't that bad after all. I still couldn't understand, why was she so nice to me last night, she even kissed me, but now she was so harsh. This really really messes with my seaweed brain. I decided to call it as a day and went to sleep.

Weeks passed

Why did I decide to become their guardian OMG? (N/A Sorry guys, lazy to type it fully) All I did every day is laundry then cooking then sharping arrows. I couldn't understand why do I have to sharp arrows while their bows can automatically making it. Huh, way to torture me.

Right now I was sitting on the bench for night duty. Yeah cool right, I wondered why would they give me a tent and bed even though I cannot sleep in it. If this is not about Artemis's safety, I would've gone somewhere else to enjoy my God life. I don't really care about my training, I've already good with it. About Artemis, she has been acting cold toward me lately, I don't know why. Whenever I tried to say hi, she just ignored me like I'm an invisible man. What did I do wrong anyway?

A sudden growl came out from the forest. It made me come out from my thoughts and I sprinted out there.

The night is the time that monsters would likely to attack. I expected there was just a few of them, but this time, there was an army. I didn't have time to run back and ring the alarm. So I chose the stupidest decision, I charged at them. I don't know who born these monsters. Every five minutes or so I have a monster coming after me. Geez, do I give off such a strong scent like demigods? I've just slayed a giant who dissipated into gold dust in front of me before I crumbled and lay flat on the floor. Gods I'm so tired. I've used a lot of my power. Now I have to play melee with them cause I couldn't use my time power anymore. I could fade.

After few minutes of fighting, I've finally managed to push them back. Well, it wasn't that hard, though, except I nearly lost my arm. I was about to walked away, but I heard a sound from somewhere close by. I instantly pulled out my pen and uncapped riptide. The sound was getting louder and louder. Great, just what I needed, another monster attack. Then , I heard more sounds approaching, it seems there is more than one. Before I realised, I was surrounded by monsters, among them was a drakon and a basilisk.

The Cyclopes began hurling rocks at me, forcing me to duck and roll around. The drakon and basilisk began attacking me from two sides. When did monsters be able to come out with such attack plans? I pushed that thought aside and summoned a hurricane around me, forcing the monsters to back off from me. Don't ask me why I can use water power so easy. It just the feeling I have each time I want to use it. I began to feel my surrounding for any water source and found a river close by to my right. I began to feel that familiar tug in my stomach as I started to pull the water from the river. It began to form a 15ft wave which came crashing towards the sea of monsters. The Cyclopes stumbled and I took the chance to charged forward and whirl my blade at the Cyclopes. One by one the Cyclopes disintegrated and before stands the darken. It swung its tail at me, forcing me to backstep. It began to lunge forward, swiping me with its array of claw attack. I parried most attack but one managed to hit me flat in the chest. I stumbled backwards and the drakon took the opportunity to swing its tail, sweeping me onto the floor. When it was about to open its mouth, I took the chance I throw my sword straight towards its mouth. Riptide flew straight into its mouth. The drakon stumbled back and didn't die. Great, now I'm fighting a drakon without any weapon. What a lucky day. The drakon pulled the sword out of its mouth and threw it behind him. It let out an ungodly roar and looked at me straight in the face. I averted looking at him, and he took the chance and lunge at me, forcing me to stumble backwards. It began to move forward. At this point, I felt a weight in my pocket, yes riptide had returned to me. I reached into my pocket and held the pen but didn't pull it out. I waited and waited. Until the drakon charged at me, I instantly pulled and uncapped riptide and plunge it straight into its chest. The drakon roared in pain before turning into dust. I used riptide as support while trying to catch my breath. It was then I realised, the basilisk was still lurking somewhere. When I tried to turn around, it bit me on the thigh, causing me to fell to one knee as I yelled in pain.

"my Lord will be so happy. You will be a great sacrifice for him." It hissed. Sacrifice? What is the monster talking about? And who is this "Lord", not that it matters. I'm dead anyway. My vision was blacking, my limbs felt like lead. The pain was surging through my body. The God of time Percy Jackson, fallen in battle while trying to protect his crush huh. Just before I black out, silver arrows pierced through the basilisk...

Third person POV

Far away to the West, cross the Golden bridge, there laid a mountain. The place where the immortal tree was grown, where the dragon slept. The place where once called the capital of the Gods. Deep down, through the obsidian walls, a man sat on his golden throne. He was twelve feet tall with the golden toga. His face was covered by the darkness that could scare the king of the Gods.

"Have you brought him here?" his voice was cold and ancient.

The poor demon stuttered, seemed to be choking out every word "No no my lord, w-we've missed him"

The man just smiled. His evil smile that could hold many powers. The demon suddenly disintegrated into gold dust.

"Percy Jackson, I'm waiting for you."