JACG Chapter 72 (Bout 2 electric boogaloo) (Patreon)

The Dark Lord’s eyes shined as he realized something he really should not have. He did not know the most important truth but he knew enough that I wanted to wipe his mind of the last ten minutes. An automatic defense that does not need the user to be aware of problems is incredibly powerful. 

There would be war in magical society and it would not even be because of any long held beliefs. No, it would be much more simpler. Greed would be the reason thousands would fight tooth and nail. They would hound me for the rest of time and they would not even be aware of how valuable the prize was in the end.

I bit my lip in indecision. The Dark Lord clearly had doubts about how I was affecting him. It was only a matter of time before he found out something. Perhaps it would not be the whole truth but he would find something to hound me over.

Was it worth showing my hand to get me temporary peace? I might as well just kill him and get it over with. It would save me further problems and honestly be for the better of everyone. I hate having to make a split second decision but sometimes it has to happen.

Fuck it, I don’t have an eternity to ponder. I had to act now and figure shit out as I go. 

I sent a barrage of stunning spells at Tom. The red bolts of magic were numerous and powerful. They sped through the air like bullets leaving a Gatling gun. Dumbledore taught me how to incapacitate perfectly so I was going to use that knowledge. Having the Dark Lord unconscious at my feet would help me in making a decision here.

Tom’s eyes morphed from gleeful exhilaration to narrow slits as he took in my barrage. Tom may not have expected the sudden barrage but he was a Dark Lord for a reason. He sprang into action at a lightning pace. His wand spewed out a dark orange bolt that seemed to turn into a black hole that swallowed my barrage of spells.

Before that effect became clear he sent his own barrage of spells. While Dumbledore would not risk killing me for the secrets I held Tom apparently did not have the same qualms. The glowing bolts of magic that traveled through the air promised pain and gruesome wounds.

A curse that would have my insides become my outsides. Another spell that would have my stomach acid boiling. So many vile and dark curses that would almost instantly kill me in the right context. Still, I was sure if he hit me with one of them I would go down fairly easily. So maybe that was his strategy in incapacitating me.

He was not throwing around the killing curse after all. I used the principles behind his first spell to have a black hole absorb the hundreds of curses traveling toward me.

Tom was in the middle of casting another barrage when he dodged to the right with serpentine grace. A shelf that was holding some of the ridiculous enchanted items fell right where he was standing moments before.

The look he sent me told me he knew exactly why that was happening. The glee returned in his eyes as if he suddenly found out he won the lottery.

“Fascinating, It takes effect rather quickly. It does not even look like it took any effort from you!” Tom shouted out in manic glee. I hated fighting someone who could understand what was actually happening. Fortuna did not have to take action before because Dumbledore was using kid gloves. Tom was not playing the same game.

I tried to mix principles to incapacitate him. The magic that formed the stunning spell mixed with the concussive force House Elves used for fucking cooking. Waves of bright red Mana emitted from me as it tore through the store trying to both harm him and knock him the fuck out.

The room blasted apart as the concussive force acted like a makeshift bomb. The Wards that tried to lock me in here falling apart like butter with another snap of my fingers. The wards were capable of doing more than contain so I should shut them down before anything drastic happened.

Tom's eyes shined with fascination again as he took in the force of energy I was sending against him. He sent a wave of force from his own wand that tore his side of the store apart, it was not designed to stun but it delayed the force I sent.

With that delay, he ran out of the now wrecked and ruined door leading towards the street. A playful smile lit up on his face as he left.

I furrowed my brows and chased him as fast as I could. As I was leaving the store I slipped slightly which had my body tumbling forward awkwardly. That little accident saved me from sudden decapitation as a severing curse flew over my head.

Tom was standing in the street with the same playful smile on his face. He almost decapitated a teenager and he was standing there without a care in the world. Another gleam appeared in his eyes as he looked at me awkwardly tumbling.

“That was not an attack on me,” Tom spoke out with his mind running at the speed of sound. Mother fucker was still learning new shit from me. Killing him was sounding better the more he pried into my secrets.

I growled at him, I did not want to give him even more information that he could infer with.

The sudden explosions and waves of magical spells had the street filled with screaming and panicking magicals. Sure, Knockturn was filled with the less desirable but they were not battle hardened veterans. They could panic just like anyone else would be doing. At least they kept their distance from Borgin’s as that was where the explosions were coming from.

I turned the street below us into several chains that were enchanted to send terrible shocks to anyone who even touched it. Then I animated them to act by themselves as I sent more and more stunning waves at Tom.

He must have gotten a read on what I was doing with those concussive waves as he threw up a shield that absorbed the energy. He then summoned Fiendfyre in the streets.

The hungry flames screamed their displeasure at even existing. The massive flames morphed into giant snakes that hissed as they swallowed the chains I sent at him. I could see that the flames wanted to devour everything even their own caster. It was only Tom’s immense will that was holding it back from spreading out and devouring the rest of the alley. The amount of control he had over something that by its nature was uncontrollable was remarkable.

He sent the flaming beast at me likely wanting to swallow me whole. I used the soft flames I learned from Fawkes to infect the beast before me. The flames turned the towering hungry flames into something far more docile. I then produced that water dragon once more to take care of the flame.

The street filled with a massive amount of mist as my dragon took care of the flaming snake. That was what I wanted, as I needed the cover of the mist to surprise Tom. I flashed in a bout of flames to appear behind Tom.

Using the elve’s popping would not be fast enough so I had to use another trick in Fawke’s bag. Even with the enhanced speed Tom still turned around quickly his mouth already in the action of casting another spell. Then he bit his own tongue and his hand managed to cramp the exact moment he needed to cast his spell.

I used that small window and finally stunned the Dark Lord. The first spell was not even enough to fully knock him as it only slightly dazed him. It was a good thing that I sent another full barrage at him. With that many stunning spells, I managed to knock him out.

As his body hit the street I let out a sigh of relief. Fortuna had to take a far more active role in this fight but the one between me and Dumbledore was an entirely different situation. I was not looking for new spells with Tom I wanted to deal with him and I wanted to deal with him now.

I now had the Dark Lord lying at my feet. I opened his eyelids and erased our encounter. He would obviously know something was up but there was no hiding that. He came here with the expectation of confronting me and too many people knew that fact. Our battle in the middle of Knockturn was also going to be fairly obvious as well.

Even if he did know that something was up he could not do anything about it. With a regular Obliviate spell the target might be capable of recovering their memories but mine was not so ordinary. I truly and utterly erased our encounter from his mind.

Again I let out a sigh of relief. Now I just had to decide if this was all I was going to do. Tom was not someone I could joke around with. His mentality and abilities were a real threat to me if he uncovered what was happening. Was it really worth keeping this threat alive? I did not want to deal with these fuckers but that was not that viable. Not after something like this.

Was he really all that much of a threat? I took him out with the help of Fortuna but I could certainly do it again. I also did not use all of my cards when fighting him. I still had Star Burster Star Blaster up my sleeve. That particular item would make dealing with Tom much easier later. So he was not that much of a threat now that I was thinking calmly.

It was just his dissecting of my thoughts that had me on edge. He had a read on me that no one else could possibly have. The similarities between us were also bothering me. The only difference between us was that I wanted to love and trust others. I was alone far too much for me to be comfortable by myself any longer.

Before I could reach a definite conclusion I heard several pops around me. Two groups appeared suddenly without any warning. The Aurors were expected me and Tom did fight in a fairly public area. It was only a matter of time before someone called the cops on us. The Death Eaters were not something I expected to show up. Then again I did have their leader currently napping at my feet.

I looked over at the tense crowd that was waiting for the other party to make a move. I just realized that Tom was probably not even wanted right now. He has not played his hand just yet so he was still that upstanding citizen as far as the law was concerned. Even if everyone knew that he was the leader of the Dark Faction.

Well, now they could pin fighting in a public area on him. That had to be illegal. Then again the Purebloods could probably have those charges waved with enough bribes. 

There was still a small amount of mist hanging in the air, so they had not gotten a good look at me just yet. I’m sure it would get out eventually but I did not want to deal with this right now. So I popped away. Tom’s life was saved for now. If he managed to push my buttons again it was unlikely to stay that way.

Now I had more places I could teleport to but there was something I wanted to do. The magical animals could wait. It had been long enough, it was time to see my mother.