Son of Odin

One To One

Percy hated to admit this, but aside from the very few individuals, the Greek elite group was far more promising that the Romans were, but to be fair to the Romans, Jason should have been in this group. Percy had specifically asked for Luke to be involved with this training group, even if he wasn't a standard initiate for the legion yet.

"I am going to be showing you a variety of different things. Firstly, I am not Roman, I am a Norse demi-god, yes we exist, well actually, I am the only Norse demi-god, but I am proof that there are a people that can still kick your Roman asses. Any questions?" Percy bellowed out to the group. He had Reyna standing by his side and he knew exactly how Romans did things, there was no place for weakness in the Legion, and that Percy respected. No one dared to raise their arguments against the towering figure with huge black wings, one of which kept brushing past Reyna who was starting to get aggravated by that. Percy noticed this and forced the wing away from Reyna. Who gave him a confused yet grateful look. Percy would have to explain later that the wings had a mind of their own for the most part. Looking back to his new trainees he noticed that they were quite mismatched in their own right but all looked like they could at least hold their own with each other, that was a start.

"You there." He pointed at one of the Centurions that Reyna had picket. He stepped forwards. "State your name and who your godly parent is." Percy demanded. The kid stepped forwards with a sugar stained mouth. "Dakota, son of Bacchus." Percy nearly grimaced. The idiot God that was stuck in camp half blood? He felt sorry for Dakota, but he looked more combat ready than the others, and certainly more so than Octavian, whose presence Percy knew was done purely so that Reyna didn't have to put up with his idiot argument.

"Right, Octavian, come here. You told me earlier that you're the greatest warrior this camp has, so try to fight off both myself and Dakota at the same time. Ready?" Percy asked, Reyna put her helmet on to hide her humongous grin that had begun to rage across her face when she saw Octavian pale at once. Octavian stumbled up to the area in front of them where Percy himself took up mantle. Percy didn't even have a weapon handy but they all knew that he wouldn't need one. Octavian began to mutter something before Dakota rushed forwards and ducked under Apollo's Legacy's strike before reaching up and upper cutting Octavian, thrusting his hand out from underneath the augurs legs and taking his weapon away from him.

"Right, now that he's been taken down a peg or two, would anyone like to try that on me? You will keep trying until you successfully topple me, each time I see a flaw in your plan, I shall correct it." Percy couldn't help but notice that his 'lessons' were exactly the same for the Greeks and Romans. He decided that things might need to be spiced up a bit. "Except I'm going to fight back. Praetor Reyna, you seem to be a worthy opponent, would you care to show your soldiers how it's done?" Percy asked with an amused glint in his eye. Reyna was glad that she still had her helmet on, her blush from his compliment was evident. She merely nodded, pulling out a golden gladius and a shield. Her stance was perfect and her technique was flawless.

"You said you'd fight back, where's your weapon?" she asked him, not taking her eyes off of him for a moment. "Silly me, I must have forgotten. Just so you know praetor, I can be a little bit erratic in battle. You've been warned." He told her which left hushed whispers going around those that were quickly gathering. Word had gotten out that Reyna was fighting the Champion of Chaos and soon enough most of the legion were gathered to watch. Percy brushed his watch slightly, watching Yggdrasil morph into a gleaming axe that was clearly not a metal of Olympus or Earth. He wasn't done there though as he held his hand high into the sky as if awaiting something. It had taken a few seconds at most before an object came booming down from the heavens above and landed comfortably in Percy's outstretched hand. There he stood holding onto two beautiful axes. Reyna knew that it would be a long day, she'd never fought against someone who was capable enough to dual wield two axes at the same time. Not even when the legion raided Saturn's temple.

Reyna charged in and kept her footing constant and strong, Percy found that he had to sidestep a decent amount before he swung one of his axes that embedded itself happily in the edge of Reyna's shield. He proceeded to rip the shield away from her grasp. She didn't give him the satisfaction of a job well done however as she pulled another identical golden gladius from her waist and wielded the two with equal skill. Percy grinned as he held Yggdrasil and Baninir in an identical stance to the one that Reyna had adopted. It was an enduring fight for the praetor but eventually she managed to somehow gain the upper hand, she knew that Percy was in no way trying his hardest, but she had still managed to chisel a way in his defenses. With a quick kick to the back of the legs, she had felled him and instinctively rolled onto his body with a foot either side of his body, pinning his arms down to keep his axes at bay with her own swords sitting comfortably either side of his throat.

"Very well done praetor, you are an exceptional warrior. I found no faults at all in your fight. You fought perfectly. Rarely seen at all nowadays." Percy smiled at her.

"Well, it wasn't exactly easy. Not sure if you noticed, but your wings are made not of feathers." Reyna muttered, the aggravation those blasted black feathers had caused her during the fight was astronomical.

"Actually, they have a mind of their own except for when I control them to fly. They do as they please, much like they seemed to be trying to touch you earlier. It's strange, they don't usually do that." Percy frowned before looking back to his class of elites, there wouldn't be enough time to teach them all today, not if he wanted to play in the siege games, "You're all dismissed. I'll be back to train the rest of you on a separate date. Praetor." He bowed before he leapt into the sky. He'd come back later for the siege games, but right now he felt like he'd been missing out on something important to him; Artemis.