Chapter 18

                                    

                                          

Alexander:
I slowly scrolled through the options that Uriel had listed for me to choose from. Honestly, though it was a bit disappointing.
In truth, there weren't many weapons that fit the category of being a lightning sword. Uriel had noted that and had also listed other weapons that while they weren't swords, did have their abilities connected to storms and lightning.
There were a couple of hammers and a bow that while did catch my eye, simply didn't fit my style. Plus the two main ones such as Thor's hammer Mjolnir and Indra's bow Vijaya were kinda off limits considering they were still in active use and possession of said gods.
I was somewhat confident I could pull a victory over a minor god or goddess at this point if I had the element of surprise, but the more powerful divine beings were way above my weight class. Especially two that were at the tops of their pantheons.
My mother barely had to use even a fraction of her power to smack me around and that was just her training me. I wouldn't stand a chance against warrior gods who knew I was out for their weapon.
It wasn't worth the trouble. Hell even if I did somehow defeat Thor I had no idea if I was even worthy to lift Mjolnir.
All that said, I was left with one feasible option. It was a sword connected to a storm god and one that hadn't been in their position for thousands of years.
Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi: Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven.
It had a bit of interesting history and had passed through multiple hands throughout its lifetime and was given multiple names as well.
Originally it was the personal sword of the Japanese storm god Susanoo. He had claimed it after slaying some evil dragon and finding it inside its corpse. After that, he seemed to have gifted it to his sister Amaterasu as a peace offering for pissing her off at some point.
After that, it was passed down to her mortal descendants and the Japanese Royal Family.
One thing I noted about it that I quite liked was that it wasn't part of the Katana family, as it was based on older Japanese sword designs. Meaning it wasn't curved at all.
I wasn't a fan of single-sided blades so this worked out perfectly. In fact from the pictures, Uriel had provided it kinda reminded me of the Fate version in terms of design. Though there seemed to be some sort of Kanji script running all over it instead.
A sword connected to a god of storms was a double-edged and a straight sword and had no gods currently claiming it.
It was perfect.
But that was for later, for now, I had to once again destroy the timeline the books had set up.
"You're sure you don't need our help? They've already been there for almost 70 years. They can wait for a week if you want to wait for Percy and me to get out there." Annabeth suggested from her end of the Iris call.
It had been about two months since our little tour of the country came to an end once summer ended. Percy had returned to his mother and had started the school year at a new school while Annabeth was at camp again.
Honesty I'm sure half the reason she was calling was that she was probably bored to death already.
I waved off her concern, "I've slipped out of their Hotel undetected before, there's no reason I can't do it again. Besides, there's nothing in their myths that suggest they have any other powers or abilities other than their mind magic. Something I'm immune to."