MTL NOVEL Chapter 3: The Death
[1500+ Words]
Scotland
BlackCrown
-POV Vazquez-
Today was finally day of the exchange, my men and I went to the warehouse in the port and arrived there 1 hour before the agreed time to meet the Russians, but there were Russian vehicles outside the warehouse already.
'They have the advantage in any conflict... for now...' I put the thoughts in my mind aside and got out of my vehicle and my men got out of their vehicles one by one, alert.
I signaled to one of my men and he checked how many people were in the warehouse with his thermal scope.
''20 people, sir.''
'At least they didn't come with more men than we agreed on...' I thought as I started walking towards the warehouse.
When I entered the warehouse, I saw Dmitri, the Russian representative, already sitting comfortably at the two-seater table in the warehouse.
''You're early,'' I said as I sat down on the other seat at the table, my men already lined up behind me.
''Let's just say a bird told us to come early,'' Dmitri said in his English with a distinct Russian accent.
I just smiled wryly at his choice of words, one of my men had leaked information.
Deciding not to dwell on the betrayal of one of my men for now, I abandoned my plan A and switched to plan B, I snapped my fingers and one of my men dropped a leather bag on the table.
I opened the bag and turned it towards Dmitri, it was filled with wads of dollars.
''Don't make any more treacherous plans, Vazquez, or you will incur our wrath,'' Dmitri said coldly as he closed the bag full of money and handed it to one of his men.
Just as I was about to respond to Dmitri's threat, the lights in the warehouse suddenly went out, and when they came back on the next moment, Dmitri's body, which had been completely intact until a moment ago, was now missing his head, and blood was flowing onto the floor of the warehouse like a waterfall...
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-3rd POV-
Dmitri's sudden death in the 1 second the lights went out caused everyone to freeze in place and stare at his body with shocked eyes.
At this point, the lights went out again for a second and when they came back on, they saw Vazquez's body split in half, falling to both sides of the chair he had been sitting on until a moment ago, and staining the ground with his blood.
Some of the men who witnessed this scene had survival instincts and tried to run away from the warehouse, while others, still in shock from the incident, just stood there watching them from where they were.
The lights went out again, but this time they stayed off for a longer time than before, and when they came back on, they saw that all of the men who tried to run away were lying on the ground covered in blood.
After what they witnessed, the men belonging to two different criminal organizations must have thought that their only chance for survival was to work together, so they gathered in a tight circle formation and stood alert with their guns drawn.
But this was the biggest mistake they could make because the shadows beneath them formed a large circle and suddenly sharp spears emerged from the shadows, ending the lives of all the men in an instant.
The shadows in the warehouse suddenly merged and took the shape of a figure of 155-160 tall, dressed in pitch black with iron details on his clothes, wearing a hood and an iron mask that hid his face.
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This figure was Edward William BlackHeart, and he was on one of his nightly hunts.
''Looks like it's going to be a productive night.'' Edward thought out loud as he gathered the souls of the 42 men he killed in his palm.
'Although Anacalagon's growth is low due to the limited amount of magic in human and animal souls, human souls are still quite nourishing for him.' he thought as he turned the souls gathered in his hand into a sphere and showed off his masterful control over the souls.
After turning the souls into a sphere, Edward threw the sphere into the air a few times and caught it back as he left the warehouse, while his shadow expanded and swallowed all the blood and dead bodies in the warehouse.
After stepping outside, Edward examined the surroundings and used his magical eyes and the thermal vision in his mask to confirm that there was no one outside, then released a wave of magic and temporarily disabled the technological devices around him.
He did this easily because it was quite simple to disrupt the technologies of a society that did not know about magic with a small wave of magic.
"Ancalagon," Edward whispered, and his shadow expanded in front of him and took the shape of a 10-meter-tall dragon.
The dragon had black scales that looked like the abyss itself, and its eyes were a predatory purple.
[Author: Wyverns = 2-legged / Dragons = 4-legged]
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Edward threw the sphere of souls in his hand into the air, and the dragon happily swallowed the sphere immediately.
The effects were immediate as the dragon swallowed the sphere of souls, the dragon was now 42 cm taller and Edward could feel the change and strengthening in his dragon in every sense thanks to his magical eyes.
''1042 souls... It seems we still have a long way to go before you become a giant dragon, my son.'' said Edward, as the dragon bowed its head obediently and allowed its master to pet its head.
After stroking the dragon's head for a while, Edward pulled the dragon back into his shadow and disappeared into the shadows himself.
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''Yes, dear viewers, the Serial Rapist Killer Jimmy Watson, who has been evading the police for a long time, has finally been caught...'' said the announcer of one of the popular news channels.
Edward received this news from one of the giant screens in the city square while sitting on the edge of the roof of one of the buildings in the city square.
'It looks like you have someone else to harvest, brat!' Edward's so-called guide Aurelion called out, his voice echoing in Edward's mind.
'You know you're sealed in my body, stupid lizard, no need to shout.' Edward responded mentally as he stood up.
The shadows wrapped around his body and swallowed him, and in the next moment, Edward found himself in the shadows of the prison where Jimmy Watson was said to have been transferred, rather than the BlackCrown's square.
Edward had used his ability to teleport in the shadows, after his 2nd magical awakening, he had become capable of teleporting long distances in the shadows.
Edward, moving in the shadows of the prison, was searching for Jimmy Watson's cell with his magical eyes, and when he found the cell a short while later, he saw the notorious criminal lying comfortably on his bed, reading a book.
Edward covered the entire room in darkness and disabled the hidden camera in the cell with a light wave of magic.
Jimmy, surprised by the sudden darkness in the room, stood up and kept his guard up.
"Who's there?!" Jimmy said half-questioningly and half-shoutingly.
"Death..."
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Scotland
BlackCrown
Palace of BlackHeart Dynasty
In one of the underground training grounds in the palace, Edward was practicing his swordsmanship early in the morning as usual.
It had been 2 days since McGonagall's arrival and his nightly hunt.
After defeating the last of the 10 shadow knights he had summoned, Edward stabbed his sword made of shadows into the ground and sat down.
'The knights I created by combining human souls are still pretty low-quality, but at least they are numerous...' Edward thought as he sent the shadow knights back to his shadow, and therefore to his own shadow realm.
Edward now had 100 knights in his shadow, and all of them could be considered an ''E+'' rank, because Edward had created each knight by combining 10 Muggle souls.
McGonagall had given him a good insight into what the magical world was like now with her long and detailed explanations, so much so that McGonagall, who arrived at noon, could only leave the palace in the evening because of Edward's endless questions.
But Edward didn't really regret what he did, even though an old lizard like Aurelion was his guide, Aurelion's knowledge of the magical world was not what Edward needed right now, as it was from 1000 years ago.
"Hey old lizard! Start talking about my ancestor already, you've been sleeping for two days.''
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Author:
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