Percy's P.O.V.

As I was looking up into the faces of three people with intentions of killing me, I realized that I never had a chance to uncap riptide. I couldn't sense any kind of water on this planet so that was out of the question. The only thing left to do was talk which had already gotten me this far. I tried again anyway.

"Wait... Before you kill me..... give me a chance to fight with a sword of my own. You..... You are swordsman right? You should be...... be able to understand that it's only right......t-to give me a chance to fight." My vision was starting to get hazy, but I could see the three backing up out of respect. It was highly unlikely that I could win this, but I had to at least stand on my two feet.

I rolled over and pushed myself up with my arms. Now on my knees, I was able to plant one foot on the ground. Pushing myself up with that leg, I was standing. Blood still dripped down my legs and and off of my chest. Uncapping riptide, I realized how badly I needed a new sword. It was too dirty to clean. There were scratches all over it. The poor sword was chipped in a couple different places and it wasn't as sharp as it used to be.

After finding out about the two swords I'm now after, I decided that I'd spend all of my time getting those weapons. So I never took the time to get my sword cleaned and fixed. It was good enough to defend me in battle when needed so it's not like I was putting myself in danger.

Anyway, as soon as Riptide transformed into my weapon, the three muscly men returned to their battle stance. Then I had a mental face palm moment realizing that I could've healed myself at any time.

Manipulating the water from one of the bottles I always brought with me, my wounds were covered in water and healed a second after. My opponents seemed surprised but did not back down. I smiled, coming up with an idea.

"If I beat all three of you at once, you have to answer my question. Deal?"

"Only then will we give you your desired information, yes."

"Great." Me being the one to make the first move this time, I disarmed the leader and kicked the legs out from under the wise one. The leader also fell to the ground as he was hit in the head by the flat of my blade, Riptide. That left the one who had been silent this whole time.

I sensed that he was the most skilled out of the three. He was a little shorter and not as muscled as the other two, but that meant nothing. I wondered why that other guy was the leader when he seemed to be the weakest of them.

My last opponent broke me out of my thoughts as he got into his stance. What is up with these people and their dramatic stances? I just simply lunged at him to see how he would react. He crouched down and got in close swinging his blade at the left of my stomach since my sword was held at the opposite side. Prepared for this, I swung Riptide at his sword, the force of the attack blowing his whole body back. He quickly regained his balance and charged me. This time I allowed our swords to meet with a clang. I swung at him and he once again met my attack with his sword.

"Your not bad." I grinned, enjoying a decent fight for once.

"And I see you must've been off guard when we attacked you earlier." I shrugged in response and jumped back a couple steps. After feeling his sword against mine a couple times, it was obvious there was nothing special about the sword. This guy needed to be shown that he shouldn't fight with such a poor quality sword.

I slowly brought my sword arm up and over my head. When he came closer I sliced down with lightning speed onto his pathetic excuse for a weapon. Riptide went straight through, cutting the blade clean in half. I then proceeded to spinning kick my opponent in the head. The attack brought him down to his knees and I pointed the tip of my sword at his face in victory. In response he looked down to the ground in defeat. His two friends decided to get up and try to attack once again. I sighed and struck them both down in a second.

"I've defeated all of you. So how about we have that little chat, now?" I realized that the stronger guy that I had a one on one duel with really was the leader. That other dude must've been acting the part. I was surprised that the real leader let this loser act like he was the best.

"Very well, warrior. Come with me." The leader turned and started walking towards one of the homes. I smiled. Finally, I was making some progress in this place.

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Wassup peeeeps. And yes I know this chapters a little short but HEY I wrote two chapters in one day so it's alllll good. Make sure to vote if you liked and some comments would be nice! BA-BYE

-Percy's real Dad