𝐕𝐈. 𝐍𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐄 ➵ 𝐏𝐉𝐎 𝐱 𝐇𝐏

016.

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⟻ NEPENTHE ⟼

016.

the throwback.

——— ☾𖤓 ———

"Lilith. You know your future. You know what you must do."

"I understand, My Lord." Lilith bowed. "You will find yourself." He promised.

"Do what you must." Chiron nodded sternly.

Lilith took a deep breath and nodded, she then stepped forward. She closed her eyes and lifted her hands down to the ground. Soon enough, her magic flowed through her body and onto the ground.

Then, her magic flowed through the rest of the campers, who were staring down at their body in shock. "It's..." Lilith stuttered when she was done, all the campers were surrounded by her magic.

"It's a protection spell. It'll make sure none of you get killed." She breathed out.

Using that type of magic drained her. She had used half of her strength and energy for that spell. Everyone nodded gratefully at her, before focusing back.

Lilith held herself against a tree, taking a deep breath to force the exhaustion and nausea away. She closed her eyes for a brief moment before letting out the breath she was holding. "Okay. Let's do this."

The first thing they saw were a dozen Laistrygonian giants erupting from the ground, yelling so loudly. They carried shields made from flattened cars, and clubs that were tree trunks with rusty spikes bristling at the end. One of the giants bellowed at the Ares phalanx, smashed it sideways with his club, and the entire cabin was thrown aside, a dozen warriors tossed to the wind like rag dolls.

"Fire!" Beckendorf yelled. The catapults swung into action. Two boulders hurtled toward the giants. One deflected off a car shield with hardly a dent, but the other caught a Laistrygonian in the chest, and the giant went down. Apollo's archers fired a volley, dozens of arrows sticking in the thick armor of the giants like porcupine quills. Several found chinks in armor, and some of the giants vaporized at the touch of celestial bronze.

But just when it looked like the Laistrygonians were about to get overwhelmed, the next wave surged out of the maze: thirty, maybe forty dracaenae in full battle armor, wielding spears and nets. They dispersed in all directions. Some hit the traps the Hephaestus cabin had laid. One got struck on the spikes and became an easy target for archers. Another triggered a trip wire, and pots of Greek fire exploded into green flames, engulfing several of the snake women.

But many more kept coming. Argus and Athena's warriors rushed forward to meet them. Annabeth draw a sword and engage one of them. Nearby, Tyson was riding a giant. Somehow he'd managed to climb onto the giant's back and was hitting him on the head with a bronze shield— BONG! BONG! BONG!

Chiron calmly aimed arrow after arrow, taking down a monster with every shot. But more enemies just kept climbing out of the maze. Finally a hellhound—not Mrs. O'Leary—leaped out of the tunnel and barreled straight toward the satyrs.

"GO!" Chiron yelled at Percy.

He drew Riptide and charged.

An enemy halfblood was fighting with a son of Dionysus, but it wasn't much of a contest. The enemy tried to stab him in the arm, but Lilith's magic had interfered. Briefly distracted by the magic, he then grabbed his sword and plunged it deep into the enemy's abdomen.