God of night

Chapter 9

Artemis' eyes widened, "Champions?"

Perseus smiled, "Of course. Bianca and her brother Nico needed a patron god since there is no way their father or I will send them to that worthless camp so Zeus or someone could get to them." He said before nodding to Bianca, "Sorry for grabbing you without notice Bianca. You can go back to the Underworld, I will come see you and Nico soon cousin."

Bianca smiled and ran off into a shadow.

"Cousin?" Artemis asked.

Perseus shrugged, "She is our cousin, isn't she? You should remember I don't consider there to be a difference between gods and demigods other than lifespan."

Artemis smiled at his words, "Come Percy, let's get back to the hunt. I know a couple more girls that are going to be thrilled to see you."

Perseus grabbed Zoe's hand while Artemis put a hand on Phoebe's shoulder as they flashed to the hunters' camp where all four paled at what they saw.

The hunter's camp was in utter chaos. Tents were on fire. Huntresses lay wounded on the ground, some not moving. A small resistance of uninjured hunters had put up a defensive wall around the wounded ones.

Perseus looked at his sister and saw a look of horror in her eyes. She was at a loss of what to do. No immortal beings were around leaving her restricted by the ancient laws.

Perseus snapped his fingers as a shadow appeared behind him. Out of it solidified two figures with a look of confusion on their faces. Perseus waved his hand, covering them in pitch black armor.

"Nico, Bianca. Help defend the wounded hunters." Perseus ordered.

Both children of Hades quickly gathered their wits. Nico pulled out a three foot Stygian Iron blade that was black as night while Bianca twisted a ring on her finger as a bow appeared in her hands.

Nico drove his sword into the ground opening up a crack in the earth as skeleton warriors began to claw their way to the surface and charged into the fight while Bianca began firing off arrows as fast as she could.

Nico charged forward, swinging his sword in a downward arc and severing a Cyclops' arm from its body as it attempted to crush a wounded huntress. Nico wasted no time in driving his blade into the monster's stomach, his weapon sucking the essence of the Cyclops out of it before it dissolved into golden dust.

Bianca was shocked at her speed and skill with a bow. She had been practicing a lot but it suddenly felt like she had been doing it her whole life. Her pitch-black arrows where joined by the silver ones of the hunters while they slowly began to stave off the charging monsters, stopping them from gaining any more ground and getting to the injured hunters.

Nico's body seemed to have gone into autopilot as he met every monster who made it through the onslaught of arrows. He knew he had been getting better with his swordsmanship but he was utterly confused as he ducked under an Empousai dagger before spinning and slicing the monster's head off with a quick and powerful strike.

Perseus was watching his two champions with pride. They were new to combat but the blessing of the god of heroes made up for their lack of experience, allowing them to forget their fears as well in improving their skills with their weapons of choice. He looked to his left as saw Zoe and Phoebe firing arrows at uncanny speeds as they bought their sisters a little extra time to regroup and help the wounded.

Perseus turned back to the children of Hades only to have an arrow imbed in his shoulder. His eyes widened before he smiled evilly. He looked around to find the monster foolish enough to attack him but couldn't pick out the culprit making his smile grow.