The Undying Magician - Book 3 - Chapter 34 - A Meeting of Nobles (Patreon)

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A Clearing Several Dozen Kilometers from the Battlegrounds
                              Year 2850 | Month 9 | Day 4

Baron Henry Cavendish taps his fingers on his arm, his arms crossed in front of him as the other barons all stare off in the direction of the battlefield. The Undying Magician having already left.

None of them have said much since the battle, merely lost in their own heads while trying to figure out a way to pin down the Undying Magician.

But Henry knows none of them are going to figure out a way on their own. It’s why he invited them all here to watch.

To convince them to work together in this endeavor.

But even Henry felt surprised when he saw the battle. Because Cedric wasn’t the only one who had forgotten the physical advantages of a vampire.

Henry and – judging by the looks he saw on the faces of the other barons – the others had all forgotten as well.

They were all too stuck in the mindset of magicians. Where magic is everything.

And this battle has snapped them out of it.

I need to put in more research on vampires to prepare for our assault.

Henry’s eyes narrow slightly at that thought.

What he remembers about vampires generally comes down to a few facts.

Vampires are naturally physically stronger than humans. They have to feast on blood to survive, but also grow stronger when they do drink blood. Natural and fresh blood works better for them than older previously shed or artificial blood. And vampires don’t age.

He disregards the last one due to the Undying Magician’s immortality, and he also puts the ‘needs to feast on blood to survive’ out of his mind as well. Unless that’s just a method for him to regenerate.

His eyes narrow at that thought.

Feast on blood… wait, maybe that’s how he regenerates from anything? Maybe he has to have a certain amount of blood… but where would he get that blood?

Henry marks that as something to consider in the future, but not a likely fact. Since he hasn’t heard of anyone disappearing from the Undying Caverns without notice. Or anyone feeding him their blood willingly.

The only things he’s heard is about some people donating some of their blood and putting it in vials for him. But the amount he heard they give him shouldn’t be enough to sustain a vampire.

But after thinking about it for a bit longer, he shakes his head and steps forwards, turning around to focus on all of the barons and baronesses around him. Each of whom turn to look at him at his movement.

Then he says, “I think we’ve been brainstorming for long enough. Does anyone have any ideas on how to capture the Undying Magician?”

Silence fills the clearing as all five barons, including Henry, stay silent. Not a single one having figured out how to capture the Undying Magician on their own.

Henry waits for a several more seconds before stating, “Then do you now agree with me that we must work together to capture him?”

“I agreed from the start,” Baroness Elara Nightshade says with a shrug, making the other three grimace.

But they all nod their heads afterwards.

“I’ll admit, it doesn’t look like we have much choice,” Baron Crall Vorsh says, the poison affinity magician narrowing his eyes through his black cloak’s hood. “I will work with you.”

“This one agrees,” Baroness Dotty Helmuth says, the illusion affinity magician speaking in third person as she always does.

Then the four turn to focus on the last baron of the group. Baron Val Crimson. A fire affinity magician, and the most powerful of the barons.

The closest one to being Class A.

Henry watches in silence as the man wearing a set of crimson metal and artificial fiber armor continues to stare off in the direction that the Undying Magician had gone. Then, after several seconds of silence, he turns to look at Henry and says, “I’ll see you again soon.”

And without another word, the man turns around and begins to leave the clearing while coating his entire body in flames with a spell, allowing him to move faster than should be humanly possible.

The four remaining barons and baronesses stare in silence at the trail of flames the man left behind him. But none of them are too surprised by the turn of events.

Because Val was always an oddity amongst the barons.

The group turns to look at each other again, not mentioning what just happened. Since if he said he would see them again soon, it likely means he’ll be working with them.

“Do you have any ideas for capturing him with all five of us working together?” Baron Crall asks with a frown.

Henry nods his head, saying, “I do. But we’ll need all five of us to pull it off.”

“The reason you informed all four,” Baroness Dotty says while staring blankly at Henry with that emotionless gaze of hers. Her purple eyes unnerving Henry ever so slightly.

But the baron nods his head anyways, “You’re correct. We’ll need your illusion magic to pull him into a trap. Baron Val’s fire magic to suppress his own. And Crall’s poison magic to make a spell together with my own metal magic.”

Baron Crall’s eyes narrow ever so slightly at the mention of him working together directly with Henry.

A few seconds pass in silence before Baron Crall says, “Very well. I will assist.”

“This one will as well,” Baroness Dotty declares with a nod of her head. Then light pink and purple spell circles appear around her before shattering, making her form blur, the illusion she was using to cast her image into the clearing fading away now that the spell is gone.

“I was already planning to assist so long as our time with the boy is split up equally,” Baroness Elara says while folding her arms and looking over in the direction of the Undying Caverns with a sick smile on her face.

“Then we have an agreement,” Baron Henry declares. “We will work together to capture the Undying Magician.”