Chapter Six: Turning the Tide
Thanks to everybody for reading my story and a special thanks to my readers who sent a review, I will follow your advices especially the writing advices from Thracer. Again sorry to everyone from Belgium especially the city of Namur for the inaccurate portray of the lands geography.
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Omniscient and omnipresent narrator.
January 5, 2003
This year had started as a very gloomy year, the war hadn't spared any part of Europe and although the wizard alliance army's numbers had gone up to a fifty thousand the enemies numbers had gone over two hundred thousands troopers, mostly Bakhtaks and vampires and there was no hope this war was going to end any time soon. Harry had been getting richer during this war, when he was informed that he owned a fortune of seventeen billions of galleons he though it was a joke from one of his friends but then he rationalized , "Moody" had invented three warding systems already and they were bought by every witch and wizard in the whole world, the MEF had been paying him a small fortune every month for every spell that he had invented to aid the war efforts (or at least "Moody" had) and his duties as an ambassador and his family had always been rich that without taking in count the Blacks and Dumbledore family fortune so it was possible and he decided he would use his wealth to help in the rebuilding of Magical Europe after the war ended.
During this months he had learned many things about his allies and was surprised that no one had ever heard of them or at least knew this secrets, the Veelas were once human nearly two thousand and some years ago but had created an ability (they can be created like spells and rituals only they are more complex, he even had given himself psionic abilities but they were rather weak for now) which gave them all their abilities and they had been inherited through the generations gaining more and more strength, the Goblins were not greedy per se but actually they needed gold and jewels to reproduce and not lose their powers and die but the wizards wanted to keep them all for themselves hence the reasons of the goblins uprisings, in the end they decided to become bankers in order to have enough gold and jewels to keep their race from dying (yeah wizards were jerks).
The Manticores were here even before mankind let lone wizards came to walk upon this world(I think we were still apes) and the reason the hated the Bakhtaks and the Antero Vipunen was because they came from another dimension and they wanted to conquer this world and live no place for the native races and according to them they were disrespectful to their Elders (aka Manticores), Manticores were quite peaceful when and if they survived their first century during which they were according to them in phase of rebellion and because of that they learned to value the life of every creature (except for creatures that were not native to this universe).
Dactyls have been around for fifteen thousand years since they were created by the Atlanteans (yeah the guys of the city of Atlantis) to serve in their massive magical forges until ten thousand years ago Atlanteans decide to go to war with the Dark Gods (the Manes had told nothing else about them except that even their weakest was stronger then the Big Three of the Greek gods) and lost quite spectacularly with the city itself being thrown to the end of the ocean, creating what humans know as the Mariana Trench the deepest part of the ocean, and then the city was atomized, there were very few survivors mostly those who were not in the city and some others who were lucky enough to evade the Dark Gods attention, the Atlanteans, having lost a great portion of their knowledge and powers keeping only a part of their arithmancy, reproduced with the normal human population creating the seed of what is know now as the wizarding world, the Dactyls were then "adopted" by Hephaestus to work in his forges alongside the Elder Cyclops.
This guys must have the worst luck possible because two thousands years ago all the gods lost their anchor in this world (human faith and prayer) due to the widespread of Christianity and were forced to leave this world or risk their essence being torn apart (they didn't have souls) so the Dactyls were left alone again and sought comfort in transforming Hephaestus old workshop into a gigantic city and that's why they feared going to war especially since the vampires were creations of the Dark Gods.
The Manes were in his opinion the most interesting because they had achieved dimension (because worlds and dimensions are very different but that will be explained latter) jumping abilities although at the price of being trapped in their ethereal (ghost-like) form forever, before they came to our world they had built a great cities out of the crystals which were native to their dimensions, their architectural feats were incredible even if magic was involved but their only flaw was that they were to peaceful and didn't know war so when the Antero Vipunen, which were their equivalent of nomads which consumed every crystal in one area and then moved on and returned only when the crystals had grown back (yeah in their dimension magical crystals grew instead of plants and they were the food source of the Antero Vipunen while the Manes feed on the excess energy released from the crystals) attacked they were defenseless and they were slaughtered in millions, it was genocide, only three hundred thousands remained and they finally learned how to fight but they were outnumbered at least ten to one and instead focused on escaping. Finally they found a way to escape to our world and they took it but the price they payed was thatthey were stuck in their ethereal form forever. They finally had a chance to recreate their civilization but the Antero Vipunen found their portal and came through it to a new world to consume. The war between them restarted and this time the Manes responded in full force but they were still being slaughtered, that was until Merlin found them and he together with a tribe of druids (who were not as peaceful as the rest of their people) fought the Antero Vipunen back and even started to do to them the same thy did to the Manes (guess they pissed him off a lot) but stopped after the Manes begged him not to exterminate them all and just to close the portal to their dimension (in a few centuries they developed the ability to travel at will, I guess from the magical radiation of the magical portal ) and that's how they came to be in his debt.
A shocking revelation came to Harry through the Manes, Merlin had invented by the time he met them a form of the pensieve computer which was astounding because even him had created it based on the Muggle computers, which made him think he must have encountered an Atlantean archive (and had the same idea as him) because they had a super advanced technology as well. "Moody" works by copycatting a person's knowledge on a subject and than it solves problems based on how that person would have (in this case Harry) only faster and easier because it didn't have human need to understand everything, for it was just enough that it worked, how could be found later, a greater ability is its ability to work on a theoretically infinite number of problems at he same time without it affecting the speed with which this problems were solved because what really mattered was the complexity of the equation and the Manes informed him that Merlin's computer was more advanced than "Moody" even after all the upgrading that he had done to it o the Atlantean arhive was the only logical explanation.
Spell making was only about creating a structure which was then filled with power from a wizard's core in order to achieve the desired result and it was possible to perform magic without a structure, which came in the form of spells, but the result of it would be totally random even for one with the strongest willpower. The more powerful the number the more powerful the structure and less energy was needed as well as allowing for greater feats of magic to be achieved although it may seem as this greater feats required more magic power in reality they required less than if this same feat was made with the less powerful numbers.
The next big shock was learning the difference between worlds and dimensions. A dimension was a plane of existence which was infinite in size but it never grew and it was connected to the universe which on the other hand grew in size and if the universe ended so did the dimensions but if a dimensions was destroyed or ended the universe was practically unaffected, dimensions are all connected naturally to the universe but not all dimensions are connected to themselves naturally. Worlds were the entire thing universe plus its dimensions
And with this knowledge still trying to settle in he went to the MEF headquarters in London which had become their main base since the vampires and their army had yet to create a foothold in the island and they were trying to keep it so. When he entered he noticed immediately that there were more guards than ususal in the interior and he simply changed direction towards the war room before the goblin in the reception could inform him. As he entered the war room he saw a map of continental Europe and the Goblin king, Alexandru Damian prime minister of MEF, the Veela lord commander or in this case lady commander Annette Boudin, the Manticores Master Father Foulwing (it must have been a nickname because its wings were no different than the other manticores wings), a Dactyl who seemed really ancient and kept the title of Master of the Underground (officially he was here as a private consultant on the engines that were sold to the wizard's) and the Manes representative Fleet general (which was their greatest rank after the seven councilman's because they led their crystal ships through the dimensions and at the same time led a part of their infantry) deep into discussion.
"You could have informed beforehand of this"-Harry said as he bowed to the different representatives of the different allied races.
"Sorry Master Mage Potter but we were informed of this barely half an hour ago ourselves"-Foulwing said bowing his head as a sign of respect toward the great wizard.
"So what's up"-He said pointing at the map.
"You give yourself too much importance youngling"-said the Dactyl.
"You forget he is still officially an ambassador so that can be taken as an offence toward his government and as consequence as an offence towards his allies, and I don't take offenses lightly"-said Elliot Frozenshimmer the Manes Fleet general while releasing a trick they called "Aura of intimidation"
"Don't worry Elliot I'm sure he didn't mean to offend you, only me and normally I would challenge him to a duel but we still need him"-Harry said while sitting down and he heard Elliot whisper "for now" and judging from the Dactyl face he heard it to.
"Enough bickering like little children we have more pressing matters at hands, or claws"-said Foulwing apparently trying to mimic human humor and lighten up the mood.
"Okay, we have a vampire army of about eighty thousands nearing Belgium and we just don't have the numbers to stop them without weakening our position in most of Europe"-said Alexandru and pointing in the map at a red line which showed their movements.
" To make it worse it is rumored that a Blood Warlock is leading the army, and for those who don't know what that is, a Blood Warlock is vampire who uses dark Blood Magic"-said Annette.
"Blood Magic is just a myth to scare little children"-said Urmolin, the Dactyl Master of the Underground
"That's where you are wrong Urmolin because I'm living proof that Blood Magic does exist"-said Harry while showing his scar from which powerful magic still resided-"I thought that you having lived with the Atlanteans and Hephaestus would have taught you a few tricks"
"How did… How did you know that mortal"-said the dactyl fury and surprise showing in his voice and the listeners looking at him stunned at such a revelation.
"What the name or your races story"-said Harry calmly which only served to infuriate the Dactyl further.
"Both, you idiot"-said the furious Dactyl
"While I would like to gloat about reading your mind the truth is that your name is written in ancient Aramaic (old Hebrew language) and I can read it, as for your races story the Manes were kind enough as to share it with me"-Harry said calmly.
"It wasn't your right to tell"- Urmolin said turning toward the Manes Fleet general.
"It was his right to learn"-Elliot said while contacting him mentally.
"I'm sorry Master Mage for being angry at you for your blood right"-the Dactyl said while bowing to Harry, a sign that he was sorry for his misconduct, apparently being the Merlin spawn gave you some leeway with many races but what baffled Harry was the "your blood right" part but he would ask latter.
"You already are and as for that little vampire problem give me twenty thousands warriors and I will solve it here"-said Harry pointing at a field three miles west of a city in Belgium named Namur.
"That's half of what we planned to send against them and how do you exactly plan to do that"-said Alexandru looking interested in my proposal.
"Oh, I'll just use my new invention, golems and repeat a muggle battle, the Battle of Marathon"-Harry said with a smirk.
"Even if our Mane allies have so much faith in you why should we give command of so many soldiers to one so inexperienced"-said Foulwing.
"Because I will assist him"-said the Mane Fleet general.
"Well that's resolved now to the problem of our supply lines in Ukraine"- said Alexandru.
January 12, 2003
It was a rainy day as the wizard army was taking the position for which they had been trained to do since they arrived in this position five days ago and they had learned that in the opposing army were seven of the most feared vampire clans (Nightmare Association, House of the Phoenix, Tormented Covet, Grave Phalanx, Night Ancestors, Limbo's Birth, Annihilation Legion) whose fighting prowess was feared even among the most powerful of wizard's. After three hours of standing still they heard a rumbling noise coming from the underground which was a trademark of the Antero Vipunes passage, then there was an explosion noise and the entire army came to this dimension minus the Antero Vipunen who were being entertained by five hundred Manes at the moment. The vampire army quickly assembled into a formation roughly the same as theirs only larger and more imposing.
For ten minutes none moved only eyeing their opponents before a small group of vampires detached from their main body and headed for the center of the zone between the two armies waving a white flag. Soon a group of wizard's and Veelas moved too toward the spot where the vampires had stopped. In five minutes they got there and from their groups two individuals moved forward.
"Flee little wizard's and you may live a little longer"-the vampire leader said.
"That won't happen, we just came here and we haven't yet had a chance to have a picnic in this lovely place, Blood Warlock"-Harry said while copying the tone of voice used by Dolores Umbridge.
"Names Retroz, foolish mortal, you will die last because I want to study that little piece of blood magic and you shall also suffer for your insolence"-he said pointing at Harry's forehead
"We shall see who die's first and even if you studied it for a thousand years you will never understand it because it was made from the love of a mother"-he said.
" There is no love in involved in Blood Magic only blood and power"-he said
"You are wrong Warlock love is one of the humans greatest power just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it doesn't exist"-Harry said calmly.
"Enough with this small talk, since you refused my merciful proposal I shall march upon you and exterminate you all like rats"- Retroz said with a maniac gleam in his eyes.
"Let's go this warlock doesn't want to parlay but to tell jokes because no one has ever succeeded in exterminating all rats"'-Harry said turning around with a dramatic wave of his hand.
As soon as he returned to his encampment he turned around and glared at a soldier of his entourage.
"Did you see through their glamour's"-Retroz asked.
"Yes master, barely a glimpse but I saw that their center has less numbers"-he said with a smile thinking on the reward he would get.
"Good there we shall concentrate our forces and we shall crush them"-Retroz said.
"But there they must have concentrated their best wizard's"- one of the commanders near him said.
"True but great numbers can overwhelm even the most powerful of them or are the Grave Phalanx afraid of giving their lives for our great cause"-said he while glaring at the commander.
"No, sire"- the commander said.
"Then take with you thirty thousand bakhtaks, Annihilation Legion and the rest of your clan's warriors and crush their center"-he said with a smirk without realizing that they had just walked into a trap.
In the wizard and allies army
Harry and the rest of the commanders were seeing right through the vampires wards and saw the vampire army readjusting their formation accordin to their plans
"I was afraid we made the wards a little too powerful to bypass"-said Elliot with a smirk.
"I thought that too but luckily that apprentice was strong enough"-Harry said looking at his new armor Dawns Whisper.
"Stop staring at your armor, its great we get it but I still don't understand why you let that Dactyl go away with just this little gift"-Elliot said with a look of anger when he spoke of the Dactyl.
"Because then I would be a hypocrite because his reaction was the same I would have if somebody discovered a secret of mine, since it is their custom to make a gift to a person they have offended who was I to say no"-he said the last part with a shrug.
"Sir, the vampire army is about to move against us, what should we do now?"-a young officer said.
"Hold your positions and keep them, Elliot take command of the right flank and Yvone (Veela) take command of the left flank I will take command of the center"-Harry said preparing to "Slip"
"You shouldn't take such a risk, Harry"-said Yvone.
"She is right, if something happens to you it will be our doom, the army will scatter and the battle lost"-Elliot said.
"No it won't they have been trained well and if something happens than both of you know what to do"-Harry said "Slipping"
"Good luck Harry I hope you are right"-said Elliot before teleporting away followed by Yvone "Slipping' to the left flank.
The center of the army was buzzing with excitement which comes before a battle and then Harry appeared in the front. The entire was quiet preparing to hear a speech like it was customary for a leader. Harry really had hoped he won't have to give one, he was really rubbish at giving speeches, "Here goes nothing" – Harry thought to himself.
"The time is now near at hand, which must probably determine whether wizards, Veelas, Manticores are to be free from their slavery; whether their houses are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves killed in the most inhuman of ways. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, , on the courage of this army and every individual in ti. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of a brave resistance, or the most submitting to Oblivion. We have, therefore, to fight, or to die. Our own honor calls upon us for and if we now fail, the whole world as we know it will cease to be. Let us, then rely on the goodness of our cause, to give us the strength that we need to win this battle
Let us, therefore, a encourage each other, and show the whole world that free creatures , fighting for their country; for their loved ones is superior to any number of soulless beings who only love power if that can even be called love. The enemy will endeavor to intimidate by the use of their numbers; but, remember, they have been repulsed on various occasions even if they had superior numbers. Every good soldier will be silent and attentive and will wait for orders, and whatever Superior being is out there I hope is with us today."
The vampire and allies army propelled itself forward with their immense speed and then when halfway across the field their speed was reduced to that of a normal human and yet the wizard army didn't move standing still as the superior in numbers army came towards them. Harry stood there watching the vampire army rushing toward them and then with a signal he said Piertotum locomotor and at the same time seven hundred wizards and Veelas cast the same spell and thousands of steel statues came to life and rose from the ground where they lay to protect those who summoned them. Hundreds of balls of venom were launched but most of them were to far to even reach the wizards and their statues while some lucky ones splashed harmlessly against the metallic statues, a moment latter three thousands wizards and Veela said Repellum Nox, and foused the spell into being forward moving, thousands of light waves crashed against the enemy army overpowering the vampires and bakhtaks anti-sun wards.
The momentum carried the vampires and their allies to impale themselves into the statues special steel-silver alloy spears and hundreds burst to dust but in less than two minutes the Bakhtaks sharp claws cut right through the statues despite them being able to move more freely than stone ones and being commanded to avoid being hit as much as possible and found their way into the front of the army, in the center the statues were almost overpower entirely and many vampires and bakhtaks came in front of the wizards who started firing spells with a precise order, three hundred launched Repellum Nox while the rest just fired whatever charm or curse could damage and kill their enemies without killing their allies. Harry felt a pressure in his ears and he understood that manticores were using their magic since his psionic powers were especially attuned to manticore nature magic, a scream was heard from the vampires rear and they saw as hundreds of scorpion-men's were being crushed by an invisible force that they couldn't stop. Harry returned towards the enemies closest to him and shouted geli ignis and a pale blue flame shot out from his hand (he had created a way to keep a wand inside an object , like a ring, to keep it protected and that would allow them to cast spells who seemed to come just out of nowhere) and it caught a group of vampires, in a few seconds his Frost fire spell overpowered their wards and turned them into a pool of goo, fulminis he cast and a massive surge of electricity covered a nearby group of bakhtaks and they exploded into dust almost immediately.
The battle however soon turned into melee, and Harry brought out his newly made blade, forged from adamantium and layered with the most powerful magic he knew, It was as long as Zar'roc but its blade silver where Zar'roc was red, its handle was expandable to be used with two hands or one as the need arise and he named it Epilogue as it was to be upgraded as his magical repertoire grew. The blade swung among enemies furiously and was lit aglow from the magic that was layered into it and was now for the second time since created active and many fell to it oh he was glad to Brom for his lessons and to "Moody" for creating a magical enhancement spell which gave them a chance to mach vampires and bakhtaks speed and strength. The enemy finally managed to kill some wizards and Veelas who in their defense took down quite a few of them before falling, in the center the causalities were even greater than on any other part of the army, luckily most of them were golems filled with conjured blood and given a little sentience, enough to fool the enemies into thinking they were real while in reality two thousand wizards, witches and Veela were standing hidden behind concealment charms in the wizard & allies camp awaiting the signal to join the main body of the army for the last push.
For an hour Harry fought and he started to feel his arms go heavy and his throat go sore from casting spells aloud and his section of the army had retreated enough to give the impression of defeat, The vampire Blood Warlock had finally entered the battlefield considering it safe enough to enter it, the fool he just fell into his trap without realizing it, he only regretted the fact that he wasn't in his prime so that he could defeat him easily but he would make do. He proved an worthy opponent, surrounded from thirty bakhtaks he rained destruction upon every wizard on sight, even a Manticore had fallen to his magic and he couldn't take it anymore concenturiolucis hastae he whisperedand a hundred spears made of pure light pierced the bakhtaks surrounding Retroz and Harry neared him with the sword aglow.
"So you come to your death"-said Retroz.
"No, I just came to test if you were so strong as everybody said, although I must say you don't seem like much to me"-Harry said preparing himself to cast.
"Fool, you came to your own death, -said Retroz and cast interitus obsero .
A bolt of red energy came toward him and would have hit him if he didn't block it with the blade of his sword, the sword pushed violently against him a testament of the strength of his blood empowered magic. Harry moved towards Retroz with a great speed but the Warlock simply avoided his swipe and retreated casting interitus obsero again and this time Harry chose to avoid it but in doing so Retroz took advantage and moved using his vampire speed, which wasn't nullified due to his personal wards, and grabbed Harry by his throat and looked him in the eye before biting him in the arm and then retreated screaming because Harry had injected some garlic in his bloodstream as had done all soldiers in the army.
"Fool you must have foreseen that I had taken such precautions"-Harry said looking in his eyes and understanding that now he was overcome with bloodlust.
"That was nothing compared to what I am going to do to you before I decide to finally kill you"-he said launching himself forward and screamingignis potentis.
The powerful flames hit the shield Harry conjured and he was surprised at their potency because those flames were as powerful as Dumbledore's himself and that was quite a feat, then he saw it a flask attached to his belt, from there rose drops of blood which then evaporated, he couldn't resist for long under that torrent of flames so he did the only thing that he could do probus energiae radiare and a beam of pure white light made of positive energy, matching his own magic color shot out of his hand and destroyed the flames who were imbued with dark energy drawn from the pain of those from whom he had taken the blood and Retroz own anger, and hit Retroz squarely in the chest but strangely he didn't burst into dust like a vampire hit by that spell should.
Retroz didn't speak but he attacked with a blade made of obsidian, which baffled Harry since last time he looked at his opponent he didn't have any sword with him, but what could he do so he parried his attack and started attacking him but he was to fast and then Retroz pointed at Harry and said sanguis energiae spaera and at the same time a tiny globe of blood evaporated right in front of him and an orb made of red energy came for him but he stopped it with a shield but what shoked him was that his shield almost failed him so he decided to attack "solaris ignis spaera" -he screamed and from his hand a small orb made of plasma went for Retroz but he simply said sanguis aegis and a red shield, which was unlike any shield he had seen because it fluctuated and seemed to spread even its light in mall waves, appeared between him and the plasma ball and it strangely stood even when hit (since plasma spells seemed capable of draining even the most powerful shields).
"Incredible it took quite some blood to stop that one, it means I will have to take you alive but not necessarily uninjured "-he said before dropping his shield and attacking with his obsidian blade.
Harry couldn't continue like this for long, his body was tired and sore from using that much magic since the battle started, he didn't even have the energy to cast the more version of the plasma spell then an idea came to him but it would be a far fetched scheme but even if it didn't work he would take that bastard down with him. Harry "Slipped" a hundred meters away and said Accio Flask but the flask didn't move, in a second Retroz speeded right in front of him and grabbed him by the throat and then he lifted him
"Fool did you think that I would have not protected my flask with wards, now you pay the price"-said the bloodlust crazed vampire.
"No, now you do probus energiae displosionis"-Harry said and a massive surge of white light explode in middle of the two combatants.
Both of them were thrown ten meters away from each other, Retroz tried to add strength to his personal wards using the blood in his flask but found he couldn't and in the last moment before his wards failed he cursed himself for falling for such a trick and then he felt immense heat in his chest. Harry got up and looked at his armor and was glad he had worn it for that armor saved him from being fried from the power of his spell and then he saw in the direction of Retroz and saw he was up and his eyes were a blood re color and his chest was totally charred and his vampire healing wasn't kicking in, such was the effect of positive energy on a vampire as evil as him.
"You really think that would have killed me"-said Retroz while laughing.
"Yeah but I took your flask so bye bye blood magic"-Harry said smiling.
"Fool but I don't need blood magic to take down a weakened you"-he said.
Retroz tried to attack him with his vampire speed but found he couldn't and Harry just sidestepped him and thrust Epilogue right into his chest and as the sword began to glow again Retroz looked him in the eye.
"What did you do to me"-Retroz said as his magic tried to fight both the wound and his sword's magic.
"The same thing that we did to your brethren, no personal ward, no powers"-Harry said.
"Isn't it a bit anti-climatic, we didn't fight a legendry magical battle"-he said chuckling and finally succumbing to his wounds and Epilogues magic
"True, totalus scientia transduco"-said Harry.
He felt all of Retroz knowledge on magic including blood magic rush into his mind and at the same time being transferred to "Moody" , the spell was a bit to near to the dark arts for his liking but he needed to know his enemies in order to fight them so he would care for that latter so he sent the signal to the camp and sensed with his psionic powers as two thousand wizards "Slipped" into the battlefield on both the right and left flank. In the next ten minutes the enemy army was routed in the flanks and the center soon found itself under heavy fire from both flanks. Harry moved quickly into the confusion of the battle and killed many enemies but his mission was to kill as many scorpion-men's as he could and even used Blood magic, that still felt weird but he at least drew power from the positive emotions of the creatures whose blood was in that flask and wasn't as surprised when his magic came out even stronger than Retroz's blood magic after all good emotions always trumped bad ones.
After a while he saw a vampire coming for him and he raised his sword and prepared to fight him with his blade. The vampire proved to be an excellent fighter and he wasn't in his best condition right now so he had to use magic and pretty strong one. Astringere ut hic locus and he drew a drop of blood from the flask, which he suspected was enlarged in the inside, and the vampire was pined to the ground unable to move.
"What's your name vampire"-Harry asked him.
"My name is Ernoul leader of the Grave Phalanx and yours Blood Warlock"-he asked.
"Mine is Harry and I'm not a Blood Warlock I'm just borrowing a few spells from our mutual friend Retroz"-he said.
"So you killed him didn't you"-he asked surprised that Retroz had fallen.
"No I just asked him nicely and he became dust, now to business take your clan and leave now if you don't want to die here today together with your clan"-Harry said.
"Why are you doing this wizard"-he asked.
"Because I won't to fight you in other circumstances where we both will be in our best not like this, like a coward"-he said gesturing to him being bind to the ground.
"I didn't expect such a honor code from a mortal, a wizard non the less"-he said surprised-"and what if I refuse"
"Then I will let you here defenseless for any one to kill you, I will not take your life for the reasons I told you before but neither will I let you go so that you can kill more of my soldiers"-Harry said shrugging.
"I will take your offer but don't expect mercy from me when we met net time"-he said.
"I shall not"-Harry said releasing him and adding a modified version of the unbreakable vow which would compel him to keep his word, it never hurt to be on the safe side.
Ernoul kept his word without his spell having to interfere and Harry waited for a minute for them to go far enough and then he prepared to cast the spell which would seal the fate of this battle. The death of Retroz, the coming of the reinforcement, the Grave Phalanx having fled and with the Manes now having returned from their underground and dimensional battle victorious had caused most of the army to flee but they were still some pockets of vampire resistance that were stopping the army from attacking the retreating enemy army so he levitated a small sphere of blood and cast probus energiae undae and the sky was lit by a white glow, the physical manifestation of the positive energy wave spreading over the battlefield, he felt every vampire presence in the field disappear and knew the spell had done its work and the sphere of blood in his hand evaporated as it was drained by the spell.
January 21, 2003
The battle was a total victory, after his spell had killed according to Elliot a thousand five hundred vampires the army had been free to chase the retreating army and they had decimated it completely, over sixty thousand had been killed in the vampires side and two thousand four hundred on our side. Harry felt sick with himself, he knew it was a victory, he knew many more would have died if he didn't come up with that strategy but he couldn't just shake the feeling he could have done more. He was being called a hero, the Vampires Bane, word of the spell he had cast in the end had spread like wildfire and he was being hailed as the next Merlin (if they knew how close to the truth they were) and when he had told them that the spell was Blood Magic they were surprised because according to them mastering Blood Magic took many years of practice even if you knew the spells but then I was supposed to be the Merlin spawn.
Harry was heading in the war room after the celebrations had finished, not even his friends had succeeded in the task of lifting his spirits and as he entered he saw that only Elliot was already there the others had yet to arrive.
"Hello harry how have you been"-he asked.
"Been better, by the way its good to meet you here alone, I wanted to ask you want did Urmolin mean when he said it was your blood right"-Harry asked suddenly remembering the question that had been troubling him.
"He meant that you are a descendant of Merlin Emrys and Morgana Le Fay as all the Potters are"-he said-"you see she was the apprentice of Merlin and latter on his wife the whole fight thing was who was better suited to rule Camelot, Arthur or his cousin Mordred, the point is that they had two children Avalis Dumbledore and Brandennan Potter, the first inherited part of their powers thanks to Merlin since he didn't want to take the chance that one of their descendants might became a dark lord with powers equaling his while the Potters took their intelligence and he and his wife foresaw that one day a descendant from this lines would become the Merlin spawn. Another thing you must know is that Merlin had many wives during the one thousand years that he lived in this world and over sixty percent of the wizards in the world have some of Merlin's blood but none of this bloodlines were as strong as to overcome the spell that Merlin made except for the Dumbledore and Potter line after all they were descendants from the most powerful magic-users to ever walk the earth, in comparison you are still beginner.
"Well that's a lot to digest"-Harry said trying to come to terms with this new information.
After a few minutes they heard noises coming from the hallway and saw them coming in laughing. They all were seated before Alexandru stood.
"Harry let me express our gratitude for this wonderful victory"-he said-"before we start official business there are two participants in our council who would like to say something"
"Master Potter I would like to offer my apologies to my offense toward you last time we met and my doubts in your leadership skills"-Urmolin said and he sat avoiding eye contact with Harry
"I would also like to apologies for my doubt in your leadership skills and say that every manticore will from now on obey to you as if you were a brood commander"-Foulwing said bowing his head a sign of great respect for an individual into their society.
"Let the past be bygone and thank you Master Foulwing for the great honor you gave me"-Harry said and then he sat.
"Now that this is over this has been a matter greatly discussed, yesterday we finally arrived at the conclusion that you would be the best individual to command the siege of Karthamere keep"-he said-"the Keep is located in the Italian alps and is the center of military movement of Europe and if that keep was to fall we would gain a great advantage over them, what do you say Harry"
"What can I say, yes but I get to chose who will be lieutenants"-Harry said thinking "So trouble keep following me and I wont run from them anymore"
"Good who do you choose"-Alexandu said.
The rest of the meeting was filled with informing Harry of the terrain, enemy forces, the Keeps defenses, and with Harry choosing his lieutenants