Capítulo 100: Chapter 97: Percy biggest oopsie
(Magnus POV)
"We won!" I cried out and raised my hands. Blitzen looked stunned by the announcement.
She shouldered through the crowd, her headscarf pulled low over her face. Her jacket was dusted with ash, as if she'd spent the night in a chimney.
"You're alright?" Percy asked Sam,
"Little scuffle,' she said. 'No worries. Let's watch the judging."
Hearthstone jumped up and down and made the ends of his scarf to the wave. It was the most happy I've ever seen him.
Junior scowled at his fists as if deciding whether to hit himself. "Fine," he growled. "Take my head! I don't want to live in a world where Blitzen wins crafting contests!"
"Junior." Blitz said, " I don't want to kill you."
Despite his win, he didn't sound proud or gloating. He looked tired, maybe even sad. Junior blinked. "You – you don't?"
"We just want the weapon," Percy said.
"And the replacement cord and a public admission that my father was right about Gleipnir all along. You should have replaced it centuries ago." Blitzen added.
"Never!" Junior shrieked. "You impugn my father's reputation! I cannot –"
An Ice sword had formed in Percy's right hand, "Well, I needed some practice anyway."
Junior gulped. He looked longingly at the bulletproof necktie. "Very well. Perhaps … perhaps Bilì had a point. The rope needed replacement."
"And you were wrong to tarnish his reputation."
The old dwarf's facial muscles convulsed, but he managed to get out the words. "And I was … wrong. Yes."
"Was it really that hard to admit?" I asked.
Junior groaned and snapped his fingers, one of the bodyguards stepped forward and held a metal suitcase in his hand.
He opened it and inside it had a metal ring with diamond strings intertwined with the metal wires.
"I think it's mist or something." Percy said as we studied the ring in Junior's hand.
"It is not, right Junior?" Blitz asked.
Junior nodded, "This is not just some magic. This is high quality metal that's able to shrink into a smaller form."
"What is its true form?" Sam asked.
Junior handed me the ring and gestured me to put it on my finger, I did as I was told and in my hand the ring transformed into a large spear.
The spear had a shaft made of some kind of metal, the tip had a golden glow and it was so large I stumbled forward due to its weight.
Percy caught me and helped me to my feet, "It's heavy!" I cried out.
Junior pulled the ring of my finger and the spear disappeared. "It's meant for Allfather. He will be able to use it."
"So what does it do?" Sam asked curious.
Junior twisted the ring in his finger, "It's deadly to monsters, even deadlier than bonesteel."
"And?" Percy asked.
"That's it."
"That's it?" Blitz asked.
"I hoped it would be able to fly or something." I said, "That would be cool."
The pendant hummed a little and I almost thought it was glowing.
Junior gave Blitz the ring. "Well it's all I could manage in such a short time, why alfathers wants a spare spear is a mystery to me but you need to tell him that there's no way it would be able to replace Gungnir."
I was kind of surprised by this news, apparently Freya had not told Junior about the fact it was supposed to replace Gungnir.
"Now the cord?" Sam said.
The bodyguard tossed him a ball of silk kite string.
"You're joking," I said. "That's supposed to bind Fenris Wolf?"
Junior glowered at me. "Boy, your ignorance is breathtaking. Gleipnir was just as thin and light, but its paradox ingredients gave it great strength. This rope is the same, only better!"
"Paradox ingredients?" Percy wondered.
Blitz held up the end of the rope and whistled appreciatively. "He means things that aren't supposed to exist. Paradox ingredients are very difficult to craft with, very dangerous. Gleipnir contained the footfall of a cat, the spittle of a bird, the breath of a fish, the beard of a woman.' "Dunno if that last one is a paradox," I said. "Crazy Alice in Chinatown has a pretty good beard."
Junior huffed. "The point is, this rope is even better! I call it Andskoti, the Adversary. It is woven with the most powerful paradoxes in the Nine Worlds – Wifi with no lag, a politician's sincerity, a printer that prints, healthy deep-fried food and an interesting grammar lecture!"
"Okay, yeah," I admitted. "Those things don't exist."
Blitz tossed Percy the ball, "Put it in your backpack kid. This is not something we want to lose."
Percy nodded and threw it in his endless backpack.
"Now we only need to know where Fenrir's island is," Sam said sounding relieved, "And we can go."
"I don't know." Junior said reluctantly.
"But-"
"Yes, I said I checked on the rope from time to time. I lied! The truth is, very few gods or dwarves know where the Wolf's island appears. Most of them are sworn to secrecy. How your father found the place, I really don't know, but, if you want to find it, the best person to ask is Thor. He knows, and he has a big mouth."
The moment Junior mentioned Thor Percy paled slightly.
"Well, thank you." Blitz said and Junior snarled before leaving with his two bodyguards.
When Junior the other dwarves left too, apparently disappointed because I heard some of them mutter they had hoped for a good decapitation.
We sat down on the grass and let out a sigh of relief. "Well, this was surprising." Percy chuckled as he gave me a sandwich.
As we were relaxing I took off the pendant and studied the sword of summer, I thought about how it seemed to hum when I remarked how cool a flying sword would be.
Killing is not one of the least of its powers. Your first task is to befriend the sword. Have you done this? Freya had asked me.
It had guided my hand at the bridge and helped me cut off Surt's nose.
"You are a pretty awesome sword." I complimented the sword.
Yeah, okay. Mmm-hmm. The sword hummed a little in my hand, it almost sounded like it was saying something.
"That's a cool sword," Percy said as he noticed me talking to the blade.
"Yeah," said a disembodied voice.
Percy and I made a squeaking noise, and I dropped the sword.
Instead of hitting the grass the sword floated mid-air, a few feet above the ground.
"Dropping me already?" the sword said.
Percy's expression told me I hadn't imagined hearing the sword's voice.
I stared at the blade, "You can talk? I mean … of course you can talk. You have many, uh, incredible abilities."
"That's what I've been saying." the sword said.
The sword's voice was definitely male. It emanated from the runes along the blade, which vibrated and glowed with every word like the lights on a stereo equalizer.
The others had noticed I had a disco sword and approached us carefully. "Why is it floating in the air?" Sam asked.
"It's the true power of the sword." Percy said with awe.
"Id did the sword just talked?" Blitz asked.
The sword talks? I can't read his lips Hearth signed.
"Did your elf just talked? I can't read elf hands." The sword said.
"This is sumarbrander," I introduced the sword to my friends.
"Hello," Summer brander said.
"Hi," My friends said awkwardly.
"You know, Sumarbrander is a really long name, and I've never liked it much."
"Okay." I wasn't sure where to look when addressing the sword the glowing runes? The tip of the blade? "What would you like us to call you?"
"What's your name?"
"Magnus."
"That's a good name. Call me Magnus."
"You can't be Magnus. I'm Magnus."
"Then what is her name?" The sword asked pointing at Sam.
"Sam. You can't be Sam, either. It would be too confusing."
"What's the name of the Greek?"
"Percy Jackson," Percy said frowning.
"Jack's son?" The sword said with confusion.
"No Jackson." Percy corrected the sword.
"'Jack!" the sword cried. "Perfect!"
"Bu-" Sam stammered, not knowing if the sword was being sarcastic.
The thing about talking swords … it's hard to tell when they're kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.
"So … you want me to call you Jack?" I wondered.
"It is a noble name," said the sword. "Fit for kings and sharp carving implements."
Sure Hearth signed with a sarcastic look.
"And now!" Jack said booming, "I want to fight the Greek."
"My name is Percy," Percy said sounding annoyed.
"Why do you want to fight Percy?" Sam asked, "Not that I would mind getting him beaten."
"Haha," Percy said, "Fat chance."
"I'm a bit rusty," Jack said but I wasn't sure he was joking or not. "And the Greek has potential."
Jack flew into my hand, "Now let's go Magnus. Let's practice."
"But I suck at swordplay." I protested.
"Yeah," Percy said, "this is not a fair fight."
"Come on!" Jack said, swinging itself upwards, forcing me to move along. "It'll be fun. How else would you get to learn how to wield me?"
"The sword has a point." Blitz said, "Sorry for the joke but you need to learn how to wield it."
"But have you seen Percy fight?" I protested, "He's like a demon."
"I promise to take it easy on you Magnus." Percy said as he took out his pen and uncapped it, it transformed into a 3 feet long bronze sword. It had a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs.
The watch on his right hand shifted into an ice shield.
"What a beauty!" Jack cried out, "Can I please have a talk with her after the fight?"
"Are you asking my sword out on a date?" Percy asked confused.
"Oh, man. It's getting hot in here!" Jack said, his runes glowing in all the colors of the rainbow.
"This is so weird." Sam said.
"I agree," Blitz muttered.
Percy took a defensive pose, and I lunged at Percy.
Percy blocked the attack with his shield…
Mistake…
A big mistake…
A blinding knocked everyone down, Percy and I were knocked down. Second an ear deafening bang followed.
The dry explosion sound filled the air.
I rubbed over my ears, trying to get the annoying beeping sound to stop.
In front of us a crack had appeared into the air. It was like the computer had glitched and the effects were materialized in full 3d.
The cracks began to spread through the air, ripping apart the foundation of the world.
A figure had appeared next to Percy. It was a girl around Percy's age.
She was beautiful and gave me the feeling I was nothing more than just a mere ant, she had a long purple hair that was constantly changing shade. Her eyes had an entire galaxy in them, making them look infinite and endless.
She wore nothing more than a simple black dress but it suited her better than everything.
She stared at the spreading cracks with a worry, she waved her hands and the cracks seemed to close a little bit, the holes were closing themselves and the fallen pieces flew back but something went wrong, the cracks suddenly came together and began to form a black orb.
The hole was like a black hole, no matter how hard I focused on it, it was almost impossible to determine it size or dimensions, it began to expand to and became bigger.
Then it blasted everything to pieces, and I was blown away.
I blacked out.
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shit's getting wild. So here are two questions, who knows the girls identity (shouldn't be hard) and what happens during the match between Percy and Magnus?
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