章節 88: DA : Chapter 88: Third Front V
She looked at him for a few moments of silence before breaking out in a grin and nodding enthusiastically.
"So my little Raven it is then," he stated, his newly named daughter beaming at him as she shuffled her arms until the turned back into regular arms in a few seconds.
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"I like it," she chirped happily and he was about to introduce her to Rhea and Hestia properly until he sense a familiar presence approaching.
He reacted in reflex and covered Raven as she turned to look at the spot most likely meant for the arrival but Percy wasn't willing to test if she could stand the sight of a primordial. In a few seconds a bright flash lit the room before fading to reveal a newly arrived Nico.
However, this was a newly formed and currently bloody Nico. His distinctly skeletal and Hellfire wings shuffling slightly, the now hundred foot god covered from head to toe in grim and black, sludge-like blood along with a few scrapes showcasing his own platinum ichor.
His sword was held at his side and he looked remarkably tired, the atmosphere quickly sobering as everyone recalled the feeling they'd gotten late into the night.
It had been faint but even while sleeping, they'd felt Tartarus passing. Percy wasn't really surprised, knowing Tartarus and how he would prefer a quiet passing rather than the rather showy departure of Nyx and the others.
Before Percy could ask Nico how he was holding up he caught the sound of clacking heels and all turned their gazes to the throne entrance as Phoebe ran in, growing by the step until she stood beside the newly arrived Primordial of the Pit. Without precursor her eyes glowed in an eerie green light as she spoke.
"Hail, Nico Di Angelo, Primordial God of the Pit, Judgement, and Evil!" she declared as a wave of power rolled of Nico.
Percy flared his own power to coat Raven and protect her from the aura of malevolence and fear coming off their newest and last member of the primordial council.
Nico gave a nod to Phoebe and took his seat quietly, leaning his claymore against the side as his white marble throne turned into black bone and brimstone with licks of Hellfire coming off the backrest. Phoebe took her seat as well, beginning to session for the morning.
Percy glanced at Raven in his hand, deciding to complete introductions later and carefully tucked into a newly formed coat pocket right over his right peck.
It seemed like a good spot rather than constantly worry about his movement and accidently making her fall off or something and he didn't want to send her out after just meeting her. She squeaked in surprise but her head quickly popped back out of the pocket as she sent him a questioning look.
She didn't press the issue though as she turned to the far more entertaining meeting about to begin, even going as far as snuggling around until she was comfy within his coat of darkness.
With that settled her returned his attention to the floor and noticed that they were waiting on him. Clearing his throat he turned to Nico first, bringing him up to speed and leaving the matter of Tartarus alone. If Nico wanted to talk about it, he would bring it up, otherwise it was best left unsaid.
"Nico, I don't know if you were informed since you seemed … preoccupied, so just to let you know, several titans have gone off grid. Namely Hyperion is free again and Pallas had surfaced recently but he's out of sight too."
"And I couldn't find them either," Phoebe added as she bit her lip in worry. "I was hoping to find Koios too but he's hidden from my sight as well."
That did not bode well, not at all. It was once thing for a god or titan to hide their aura as much as possible and minimalize their presence or erecting a barrier to hide themselves but it was a completely different task to simply disappear from all their combined senses around the planet.
The simple matter of the fact was it takes a primordial to run interference with another primordial, and that was something the new council had hoped to avoid at all costs.
"So … they are moving as well," Jason surmised as he looked around, noting the thin set lips and narrowed eyes of the council.
"I thought if we stayed out of his turf he would leave us alone for now," Thalia growled as her fingers crackled.
"Ideally but as Tartarus said last night," Nico cut in, his voice sounding far more tired than usual. "Things are moving faster than we could have anticipated. We know that he didn't approve of us the minute Gaea was defeated and that he would try to throw his weight around."
"Yeah but was it too much to ask for him to wait until we get rid of our pest problem first? Of course, he'll give us all the time in the world, I mean, it's not like we're all immortal and he hasn't interacted with the mortal or mystic world in millennia since naming Oceanus his favored nephew," Styx said sarcastically.
"With our luck, anything that has a chance of going wrong will in some way."
"Someone's being oddly pessimistic," Hestia muttered before focusing on the whole council. "Regardless, it would seem that Pontus and Thalassa are becoming active participants in our war and from the looks of it, they're gathering their own support now."
"So a third party huh?" Rhea commented as she ran a hand through her deep brown locks. "Perfect. Like it wasn't tricky enough with fighting the Olympians while trying to spare as many demigods as we can and trying to reintroduce ourselves into the mortal world."
"If we are fighting and running socio-political marathons with the mortals at the same time, we're going to be as subtle as the Minotaur in a china shop," Thalia commented dryly. "So not much chance for all covert operations and slowly ripping apart the Olympians from the inside out."
"I wouldn't say that," Percy replied with a smirk as his eyes glowed with anticipation. "We'll just need to be more creative is all.
As far as we know, right now Pontus might be collecting some of the hidden titans and other monsters that managed to escape the Pit in the last few months with Tartarus weakening but he will have to deal with possible interference from the Olympians as well."
He then paused as he glanced down at Raven to see her watching all with rapt attention, before he turned to Phoebe. "Phoebe … release the barrier hiding our presence, I think it's time that they all know exactly where we are."
"They're going to be on our doorsteps soon enough," Phoebe sighed as she absently waved her hand and a wave of pressure rolled off the mountain, acting like a beacon to every divine being and monster alike saying the same thing. 'We are here, come and face us if you dare'.
Percy couldn't keep the predatory grin off his face as his anticipation grew. He then looked to the ever silent Lupa, the loyal goddess in her wolf form having laid at his side from the moment he arrived to the room.
"Lupa, gather the pack, we're heading out within three days," he ordered, watching as the goddess' ears perked up before she stood, bowed to him, and leapt away in a burst of shadows to gather his strongest wolves from across the globe.
His personal pack, 25 strong and each on par with a minor god, with the strongest four and Lupa being near or on Olympian level respectively.
"So we can finally join in on the action huh?" Jason asked as his normally cool exterior started to thrum with pent up energy. "So … what's first?"
Phoebe's knowing grin quickly drew their attention as she smirked before answering, "Well, it looks like the huntress is getting ready to take her little band out to New Rome via her chariot. Wouldn't it be a shame if something happened along the way?"
The downright malicious smirks were her only answer …
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