Perc still couldn't believe what he was reading. This man was just further proof that the biblical hell existed in this world. First there was Marcia, then came the map to hell, now the child of Pestilence itself. Did the immortal Jew also have something to do with this? After all they basically dealt with the same God.
"Ah, Percy?" Thalia asked, snapping his attention from the man, "are you alright?"
"Yes, what happened? Unable to read me?" Patrick asked with a sad smile.
Percy shook his head, "no, no that's not it. It's just I… I have never thought that Pestilence could have a child."
Patrick's eyes shot wide open as a wave of whispers fell down on the group.
"H-How did you know?" Patrick asked.
"You felt like death, but not actually death, like you were dying. And you felt…. Powerful, more powerful than the average demigod. And you felt….like you belong to the Christian pantheon. Your aura reminds me off a demon I faced a year ago," Percy finished.
Lie Successful!
Patrick looked amazed, "incredible. What else can you tell me?"
Percy shrugged, "that's all I can do."
Lie successful
Just then The Immortal Jew spoke up, "you mentioned a demon you Perseus. Do you happen to know it's name?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, she was called Marchais."
Another murmur went through the crow as Dalen spoke up, "impressive, but….still not proof enough."
Percy sighed and then turned to The Collector, "how about I tell you your name?"
The group around them seized all talking and simply looked at Percy in surprise.
"W-what?" Edward asked in surprise, "P-Percy are you serious?"
Percy nodded, "yup."
"Bullshit," Dalen said, "you don't know the names of people, you said you could only feel them out!"
"And based on that I have a pretty good idea on who 'The Collector' here is."
Lie Successful!
A wave of murmurs went through the crowd and Michael and Thalia looked nervous. Percy had said everyone here was dangerous, and he wasn't even here for an hour and already he was causing a ruckus.
"Very well," The Collector said with a smile, "please, tell me who you believe I am."
Percy approached the monster and the vampire bent down. Percy leaned into the man's ear and in the lowest tone he could manage he whispered, "The Immortal Jew, Joseph Ahasver."
The pale man shot up in surprise, "h-how did you know?!"
Percy smiled, "it's one of my gifts."
"Wait this kid actually knows who you really are?!" Dalen asked in total surprise.
"Yes, he does," The Collector was in shock.
"Kid I'll pay you a million dollars to tell me who he is," Harvey said immediately.
"I'll pay 2 million!" Dalen said next.
"3 million!" another man said.
"10 million!" Patrick yelled out.
Percy backed up, "ah, what is going on?"
"Enough!" Joseph said shutting everyone down, "I will not have any of you harass this child. Yes, he knows my name, and that means he is the victor of the challenge, no one else."
Percy blinked and turned to Edward, "Ed, what is he talking about."
"I have no idea," Edward said just as confused as Percy and the other demigods.
"It is because of a deal I made years ago," The Collector spoke, "it was a challenge to find my real name. The winner could ask me anything they wish, money, power, items of great value. That was why everyone wanted to know who my name was. But you figured it out first, hence you get the prize."
"But Collector he isn't even part of the Abyss!" Dalen complained, "he is a stranger Edward, someone who just recently joined, invited!"
"It matter's not," Joseph said turning to Percy, "he won. He get's the prize."
Several people groaned in the group as several others sent dark glares towards Percy. The demigod could feel the Bloodlust rolling off of them and he gulped.
'Great I was supposed to just come in and protect Ed, now I have to deal with a room of powerful crazy people who all hate me. Just what I needed.'
The Collector approached Percy and the demigod gulped, "ah, we aren't going to have any problems are we?"
The pale man smiled, "only if you tell other people who I am."
Percy nodded, "sounds reasonable."
The Collector reached into his coat pocket and took out a pure black card with a red border line on it, "here. This is my Abyss card. It is similar to a hand held mobile device, use it to call me whenever you wish to ask your favour. Oh, and please do be reasonable."
Abyss Card: The Collector,
Serving as a device to connect to the particular person it is bounded to.
Note: This card has a tracking device on it allowing the bonded individual to track user.
Percy looked at the card, 'so he wants to track me huh? Good Luck with that.' Percy took the card and put the card away in his inventory. The Collector narrowed his eyes at the card disappearing into thin air but said nothing.
'If my theory is correct he can't track the card inside my pocket dimension, meaning I just pissed him off even more.'
"Ladies and Gentlemen," a hypnotic voice spoke out distracting everyone. Percy and the others turned to the middle of the room where the platform raised up by a foot showing the holographic projection of a woman with blond hair in a neat business suit, "please sit. The auction will start momentarily."
Edward turned to Percy and the others, "you guys go to the back and stay on look out. Remember, the Agent is targeting the people who want to by the Scent Destroyer, meaning he is probably going to try and kill us when the auction is going on."
Percy nodded, "right, be careful Ed."
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