Chapter 4

                                    

                                          
Percy's POV
Tartarus looked much different than I imagined him being, less teeth and more face. 
His face had no scars or deformities, and his teeth weren't sharp like I imagined them being. They were perfect and straight. I stare stunned for a while until he moved and I got into a defensive stance. His armor disappeared and I loosened confused and then he smiled brighter than Apollos, but less blinding. 
"I see you lost your sword" he said and I growled cautious and uncomfortable, "Okay I know that the last time we met it wasn't exactly good," I sputtered laughing. 
"Wasn't good!? You tried to kill me and my girlfriend!" I shouted harshly and he shifted uncomfortably this time. 
"Okay look, I am sorry for trying to kill you truly I am, and I cannot explain it but I wasn't myself then." He said looking down solemnly and I relaxed slightly becoming curious.
"What is this about?" I lowered my hands
"I want you to become my champion, and since you have been banished here only I can let you leave. So if you accept you will be able to got to the surface but you have to find some monsters that have betrayed me. I want you to hunt or capture them and send them to me. If you don't then you can wander your way through my body until you have it and every monster and their spawning placed memorized."
I tiled my head, a chance, I mean I would get to see the beautiful green world again and I would be able to do whatever I wanted, at the price of hunting a few monsters, something I was going to do anyways. I nodded and he came closer and touched my head. 
I felt a pain worse than that of my transformation, I felt my blood and bones changing again and my powers growing stronger. I felt knowledge of how to use a bow, knife, spear, and dual wield swords without needing to practice. I felt a weight on my back, hips, legs, and a line being drawn on my chest. 
Then I felt a new connection, a connection to fire, all fire: Greek, normal, and enhanced types. As well as a connection to metals mainly gems but some like silver, and uncommon metals needed for killing. I felt Tartarus take his hand from my head and I almost fell to the ground, putting a hand on my knees to steady myself. 
"I see that they also made you a monster," he said and I chuckled before smiling wryly. Then I felt a strange area of metal that I've never felt before. Tartarus seemed to notice because he stood smiling and put his hand on my shoulder.
"That is Red Silver, a metal that my body produces like a cyst, and I believe that has been waiting for a person that it sees as worthy," he said and I looked at him seeing the longing in his eyes. 
"But it's in your body so you own it technically right," I said and he shook his head which confused me. 
"No it doesn't like me and every time I reach for it, it shocks me saying plainly saying that it will not be mine to use," he said sadly and then he looked at me, "but maybe it could be yours, just reach for it and imagine what you want it to turn into." 
I closed my eyes to sense my surroundings. I pushed beyond the area around me and tried to search for the source. When I found it I reached out and imagined it being a set of twin swords to replace my own. One having a hilt of fire and the other that of ice. I felt my swords slide from my sheath and shoot into the ground towards the source. 
When the point reached the Red Silver it seemed to burn away the other metals and mix into the ones it seemed worthy to stay before twisting and forming into patterns just as I wanted. Then they stopped and the swords came back to me leaving a big black hole in the area which closed up not soon after. 
I held out my hands and my new swords shot into my grip. I opened my eyes and gasped in awe as I saw them enchanted glistening ice with the red silver glowing in the center. The other being of pure Greek fire that turned darker as it climbed up to the tip of the sword where it was midnight black. 
I got this long to admire them before they started to burn my hands. I fell to a knee gritting my teeth in pain as I felt them become a part of me. After five minutes it was done and I felt no more pain, but a I felt a new connection to these weapons a deeper one than them just being my soul bound fighting partners. 
It was a part of Tartarus' domain had fused with my own, but it was like he were the Earth itself, as Gaea had controlled. I could feel every living creature within miles and every hidden  gem and metal in his entire body. Then I turned and followed him sheathing my new swords in the process. 
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It's been about three hundred Tartarus years since I was reborn down here and I've completed the challenges and training of becoming Tartarus' Champion. Mastering my powers and my wolf form which I could change into at will. I looked a bit like Tartarus now with a little gold, silver, and black in my hair now too. I still can blend in perfectly with my surroundings despite the colors though, and tonight was my first hunt. The first time in a long while that I get to go to Earth again, and hunt the puny monsters that dared defy my father's orders and go against him. 
"Okay I know that the Manticore is my first target but Artemis and her hunters are after it right now. What happens if they try to capture or kill me?" I asked looking at Tartarus. 
"Don't let them. If they manage to get lucky and corner you your strong enough to where none of them can harm you. I wouldn't worry about the gods because their chains can't hold you. 
If you can defeat me while using only your chains, of which you barely understand yourself. Then you can destroy them in an actual battle, but don't scare them too much we do need them alive after all," he said and I growled. 
"Yeah yeah, you don't want to deal with mortals and their problems, and that'll happen if I kill all of the gods" I grumbled, "so annoying." 
A portal opened up showing the forest, "good hunting and have fun," Tartarus said as I stepped through the portal still grumbling about not being able to kill those petty deities. I stepped into the forest and the air rippled behind me before disappearing. I shifted and went to work picking up the Manticores scent. It took me a second but I smelled the Hunters almost right behind it but not shooting it, but stalking it seemingly. I grinned and shot in their direction. 
Thanks for reading, I have been on a roll today 😅 
Their older chapters so I have more to work with...*pleasedontkillme*
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the new changes and I hope to make this story flow much better than it has. 
- Revised 2-18-22
P.S. - Does this count as my 5 chapter release for reaching 100k? 
No? 
*Sigh*