The Sinister Four: Chapter 7

Josh's P.O.V

We ran towards the top of the mountain in lines. Artemis is leading the demigods to the left flank, and Apollo is leading the demigods to the right flank of the mountain. Monsters saw us, and the monsters began to attack us.

It was a fierce battle between the two sides, especially when Gaea had the demons defending this area as well. Just like the last time, the demons didn't think, they just charge at the demigods. The demigods, including myself, anticipated this type of attack and sidestepped and sliced at the demons chest, and the demon disintegrated.

More monsters ranging from Empousa's, Laistrygonian Giants, Telkhines and Scythian Dracaenaes begin to attack. They are more aggresive than the last time, but we demigods have trained and practiced to be more aggresive than the monsters.

Just then, the 9 feet tall giant came into view. Its build is much much more bulkier than I had seen when I was in my dream. The guy was ripped to its fingers. This guy can take down us demigods with relative ease.

Apollo and Artemis ordered us demigods to fall back and face the monsters that are behind us, as they engaged the 9 feet tall giant. We then came across Kampe, the woman that imprisoned Briares and other Hecatoncheires, and the early Cyclopes. She had the head and waist of a snake, and scale legs and arms. Kampe held two poison daggers that melts as if a strong acid or oxidant had come into contact with it.

"Guys!" Percy said. "Avoid the dagger. It's very poison can..."

Just before Percy can finish what he was about to say, Kampe sliced overhead and we were forced to duck. Apparently there's one small variable that we had not taken into account, and this proves very deadly indeed. The small sword was able to emit corrosive pinkish liquid that spreads all over us. Thankfully, Melody put up her magical shield that shields us from the effect of the liquid. The pink liquid fell to the ground, and it made a nice steam upon contact to the ground.

Melody removed the magical shield, and within seconds, the air appears to be contaminated with sulfur. I took a few steps back to get some fresh air, and once I am in the fresh air, I took a deep breath, held it, and charged at Kampe.

I barely missed getting mutilated on my right arm, and I stabbed Kampe on her right leg. Kampe hissed in pain, and I rolled out of the way. Kampe swung her sword at me again, and that gave Percy a window of opportunity to kill her. Percy jumped towards Kampe, and plunged his sword in her back. Kampe hissed, and she disintegrated, leaving two corrosive knives.

Just then, I saw the gods. The gods have been badly beaten. Apollo's blazing arrows have no effect on him, Artemis' arrows also have no effect on him, despite the fact that she had been scoring a direct hit on his eyes and his forehead. They are bleeding golden ichor, the blood of the gods. Apollo tried to scoot away from the 9 foot tall ultra-strong giant, but it was futile.

Then, I glanced back at the corrosive daggers that Kampe had left. Corrosive.....

I had an idea. This must have been the stupidest idea ever, because the hilt of the dagger is covered with pink corrosive sulfur, so I summoned a weak plasma golden sword, and carefully tosses it at Artemis because she's the closest one to me. The acid corrodes away my plasma sword, and I abruptly make the plasma golden sword disappear.

Artemis was scooting on her legs to get to the corrosive dagger, and as soon as the big guy sees this, he instinctively ran towards Artemis, and as soon as Artemis gets the dagger, she plunges it at the guy. Artemis scoots away and gets on her foot as the guy was suffering really bad from Kampe's poison.

I watched as the guy's chest was rotting to blackish color and he was screaming in agonizing pain. Slowly, his body corrodes and after a while, there was nothing but ashes.

A cheer went up on the demigods, but that was shortlived because just then, giants started to rise from the ground. Some of them I recognized as Porphyrion, Polybotes, Alcyoneus, and their minions.

(WIP)