Olympia : Expansion Arc

Chapter 19

After their tiring Dungeon raid, the group settled in for a quick break at the Orphanage.

It's kind of funny how the Orphanage now serves as their hangout spot. Not that Percy had any complaints about it. It's close to his house and it keeps Hestia company all the time.

Rachel and Mia became the highlight of the raid, with Mia being in the spotlight. Not everyone could lead a team with such confidence and precise tactics, especially at a young age. Mia was indeed a prodigy.

The only person who felt bad after their raid was Annabeth, who had let her fear of spiders compromise her leadership. Although everyone told her that it's fine and that no one blamed her, she was beating herself up over it.

"So," Nico took a bite out of his sandwich. "How are we going to divide the loot?"

Like all raids, the loot that they got from the raid will go directly to the party leader, which was Rachel at the time. Although Mia took charge at the last second, Rachel was still the party leader after they changed from Annabeth.

"Took a look at it." Reyna said as she sat cross-legged on the floor. "Honestly, you guys can have it. I'm in it mostly for the hidden class."

"Same here." Piper said. "I'm here just for the fun of it. Plus, I already got the Archangel from the Muspelheim raid."

The Arachne Dungeon gave them a Summoner class. Summoner is an all-rounder class, capable of dealing damage, healing, and tanking. Summoners have little to no spells of their own, except for summons. They could summon a variety of beasts, monsters, and creatures to do their bidding. A 'Phoenix' to help heal their team, an 'Ice Golem' to help tank damages, a 'Leviathan' to dish out heavy damage, and so much more. While it can be considered as a Support class, Summoners can fulfill all roles easily.

And based on what Poseidon showed Percy a while ago, the Summoner class in the right hands can take on Kampe - one of the hardest World Bosses in the game - by themselves.

Which is ridiculously overpowered.

The only person who seemed psyched up about having that class was Mia, who looked like she'd found her dream class. She was intently studying what the class does and how it functions to the point that Percy was sure that she wasn't listening to anything they said.

"Me too." Annabeth sighed. "I don't deserve any loot from that raid."

"Oh chill out, Wise Girl." Artemis patted her back gently. "You did great."

Annabeth didn't look convinced. Percy stretched his arms as he stood up. "I'm gonna get some fresh air. You can count me out from the loot distribution as well."

Percy walked outside and took a deep breath. Dawn was approaching as they sky was slowly turning into blue. There were only a handful of people miling around, going to places they needed to be.

He started to reminisce about how his life would've been if he hadn't fought Luke. Needless to say, his life had been eventful after that. Percy sat down at the front steps, like he always do whenever he just needed to clear his head.

Percy thought about what he's about to do after this. Normally, teenagers at his age would be worrying about homework or being a good child. They would stress about exams and talk about the latest trendy thing. They're not supposed to think about taking down a criminal organization.

Theseus had been their major first step. They were getting closer to taking down the group of mercenaries. How they were going to do that, Percy had no idea.

He was deep in thought when suddenly he was interrupted by Annabeth sitting next to him. "Hey." She said.

"Hey." Percy managed. Things between them are still awkward after what happened between them. They haven't had the chance to properly talk about it ever since he'd been busy with helping Rachel. "How are you holding up?"