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Chapter 171: 171. Pride, Pain and Power

"Where the hell are we? This place looks more like a graveyard." Ragnar wondered.

"Yeah, graveyard of mice." Magnus sarcastically replied.

Severus looked around, "Where did Myrtle go? I don't think she will be able to return without our help."

Magnus grunted in annoyance, "When I asked her, she didn't come, now she's lost. I hope she does not find her killer first."

So, they started looking around, to find a way. It was obviously a very old unused sewage route, as there was rarely any water there, and only dirt and more mouse skeletons were around.

"MAGNUS! Look, isn't this snakeskin?" Ragnar saw a big structure, which initially seemed like a natural forming but when he saw the head they realised its reality.

Magnus stopped to admire it, "It's a pretty big snake. That Salazar really didn't leave any stones unturned to make sure the world hated him."

"Well, we got our little dragon Magnus to fight this big snake, I'm sure we will win." Ragnar jokingly said. Magnus hated this name.

"Heh, of course, I will defeat this snake." Magnus boasted as he felt he had made a foolproof plan to deal with the basilisk.

After walking for a few minutes, Magnus and the others arrived at a big iron door, it was closed and had a snake pattern on it everywhere.

"OPEN..." Magnus said in the Dragontongue. Quickly the snake pattern started to move, depicting that the lock was opening with loud metal sounds.

"Didn't Salazar know that there are people in India who can also speak parseltongue? What if a student from there opened this place?" Ragnar wondered.

"I read that these parseltongue speakers are mostly scattered tribes and they don't really mingle with the mainstream magical community. So I don't think there is any way they would come to this school." Magnus reasoned.

*CHE-CHE..." With a metallic screeching sound, the door opened. Magnus walked forward to see what was beyond, and it was breathtaking. Calling it the Giant hall of Narcissism would have been better. There were so many head sculptures of Salazar Slytherin. The man was self-obsessed to the limit.

But, putting it all aside, he finally saw the snake. It was silently sleeping in the middle of the hall. "Let's see if it's awake."

Magnus picked up a stone from where he was standing and threw it at the snake.

*BAM*

It directly hit the head. But the snake didn't even move.

He took a sigh of relief, "So my theory was right. These Snakes are supposed to live only for a few hundred years. The fact it's still alive means it was in some kind of comatose state. The last time it wreaked havoc was in 42-43. Since then, someone has put it in this state again.

Let's go, first deal with its eyes." Magnus proceeded to go down towards the hall.

Warily, Ragnar and Severus also followed. Magnus fearless went very close to it. It didn't even feel like it was breathing, it just existed there. But it was terrifying, its big head and spikes over the front were scary enough. The jaw was big enough to swallow them whole too.

Without wasting any time, Magnus took out the glasses with straps he had made. It was like ski goggles. They had black glasses and didn't let anybody see inside. This would make sure nobody can look into Basilisk's eyes.

To Ragnar and Severus' shock, Magnus jumped onto the head of Basilisk and started to put it on. Its strap was made of strong rubber. This way the strap would forever stay in position unless purposefully taken off. Even the glass was magically reinforced to withstand heavy force.

It took him about 15 minutes to completely put it on, tightly tying it around the head of Basilisk.

"Ta-daaa... This way, we can look at him and still not get affected. Well, yeah his eyes will be worthless now but that's a plus for us." Magnus muttered and got down from it.

He stood right in front of the head and looked at his friends in pride, "What do you think? Isn't this an amazing creation of mine? Let's wake him up."

Magnus knew he needed to communicate with the snake in order to make it follow his command, but it wouldn't be possible without waking it. Also, he couldn't use legilimency on it, because he needed to look in the eyes for that and here, he'd rather not do that.

But, amidst all this self-thinking, he failed to hear some very serious warnings.

"MAGNUS...RUN!" Suddenly Ragnar shouted.

Magnus, confused, looked back. The giant snake had somehow woken up now, and it shook his head to get the weird thing off of his face. He could still see though, just barely.

He noticed Magnus right in front of him and went into attack mode. He threw his head at Magnus at a very fast speed.

"HISSSSS... GRAAAAAAAA..."

*BAM*

Before Magnus could even react, the Snake had seamlessly bit Magnus' arm, though Magnus was able to make sure it did not bite his head. But the bite was strong and the snake lifted him in the air, then it started yanking him like a ragdoll.

Left, right, left, right. Magnus shouted as the painful rollercoaster ride wasn't coming to an end. Seeing no other way, he took out a wand from inside his pocket, then transferred it to the hand still stuck in the mouth.

"BOMBARDA MAXIMA!"

*BOOM*

The loud explosion occurred right in the mouth of the snake, dark red flames came out of it. But, it didn't have too much effect on it. But Magnus was freed from the jaws of the snake.

"BLOODY MAGIC RESISTANCE!" he cursed, seeing how strong the snake was.

He fell to the ground with a thud. His left arm was heavily injured and it was oozing blood, plus the venom was burning his skin and rotting the wound, turning it black. If he did not heal it would spread around his body and he'd die a very painful death.

Magnus was in real pain right now and knew he had to do something quickly or he won't win this. He bit his teeth and ran to his suitcase to open it. Severus and Ragnar seemed frozen.

"STOP STANDING AND DO SOMETHING!" Magnus shouted at them.

Ragnar stepped out of his fear and took out a big flask from his robes and threw it at the floor from where the snake was supposed to come.

It was some kind of a green liquid. It spread around everywhere on the floor. The snake didn't even see it and continued on to it.

"SEVERUS! FIRE!" Ragnar shouted.

"Incendio!" Severus sent it to the green liquid, and soon enough it all caught fire, with the Basilisk in the middle of it. The fire was green and very hot.

"HAAAA..." It hissed in pain, but it was still moving towards them frantically.

"MAGNUS! Get that rooster out quick." Ragnar reminded him.

Magnus was just using one hand now so it was taking him some time. But, he was having trouble finding the rooster.

"Where did the rooster go?" He asked Duck, looking at Magnus from inside the case.

Duck just made the chewing action and it was now clear. Duck had eaten the rooster.

"Ah, you fools. Come out now and help me fight the Basilisk." He called Duck out. But Chad and Summer also followed, though as soon as they saw the crazed snake they just kept their heads out of the suitcase and looked at everything.

Meanwhile, Duck with a powerful mighty roar flew out of it and landed in front of Magnus.

The first thing it noticed was the heavily injured arm of Magnus. "QUACK?"

Duck was very concerned for him and quickly looked at the wound from close. His eyes showed his worry that something bad might happen.

*Pat Pat*

"You just hold off the snake, I will heal myself in no time," Magnus tapped on Duck's nose and made him focus on the enemy.

Duck nodded and looked back at the Basilisk, anger raging in Duck's heart, seemingly saying, "HOW DARE YOU HURT MY DAD?"

*ROOOAR*

His heavy booming roar was so loud it made a few statues of Salazar break down from the sound waves. The Basilisk finally stopped in its tracks, seeing a worthy and life-threatening opponent.

But the Basilisk was not that dumb either, it knew that on a dragon, its best weapon was its eyes. Salazar had taught him this much.

So the Basilisk changed his direction and ran to a wall. *BOOM* It slammed its head on it, trying to break the object covering his eyes.

*BAM*

*Crack*

Cracks started to appear on it. *BAM* It took just one more slam and it shattered in pieces. Its yellow eyes were now clear for all to see.

"DON'T LOOK IN THE EYES!" Magnus reminded everyone loudly.

Summer and Chad scaredly ducked inside the suitcase, Ragnar and Severus started looking at their feet. Magnus too looked down.

But Duck was still there, proudly standing in front of the snake, seemingly looking down on this Basilisk.

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Chapter 172: 172. Lessons

"Duck, don't look it in the eye," Magnus shouted to him.

But, Duck actually didn't even feel threatened by this snake. He was looking straight into the eyes and all he felt was a tickle on his body that was soon washed away. He did not understand why Magnus was telling him not to look.

"HISSSSS!" The Basilisk slithered towards him.

Duck, with the pride of a mighty dragon, just waited for the snake to come close. He was not a simple dragon, after all, he was different from the rest. All others were wyverns, but everyone called them dragons. Those were foolish yet prideful beings. But not as strong.

While Duck was a full-fledged great dragon, with four limbs, intelligence and power. He was a mystery in this world.

*PAAAA*

As soon as the Basilisk got closer, Duck turned around in quick speed and whipped his tail directly at the Basilisk's head. The snake screamed in pain, as this was a purely physical attack.

Duck did not give up, he flew over the snake and slammed his hind leg on the neck of the snake, while with his forelegs he held the head tightly.

In a quick move, he opened his mouth and threw flames directly down at the snake's head, "GRHAAAA..."

It was a great fight, and Duck's mock battles with his big friends in Camelot was coming to use here.

The snake finally felt pain now and tried to get out of Duck's hold.

...

At the same time, Magnus had taken out a small vial of Phoenix Tears. He quickly poured it on his wounds, and soon it started to magically heal.

"You were overconfident and not careful, just as the case in that duel and right now. I told you your overconfidence will get you killed." Merlin's voice resounded in his head.

Magnus knew Merlin was right. He finally realised that he was getting too cocky and that his power was getting to his head.

"A king is no king if he's always flying in the sky with ego, and history is known to bring down such kings with a very damaging force. You are supposed to be a people's person, like how Arthur was. He loved his people and never stopped being vigilant." Merlin lectured him.

"Think about them. Your body is stronger than an average human, but what about them? They are normal kids, and you brought them here? To fight a beast known to be the most dangerous? A beast to whom many master wizards have died without even realising what killed them, you brought children along?

"LOOK AT THEM! They are afraid, but they are fighting because of YOU. You are their leader. You are the king. The round table is your responsibility, their safety is your responsibility.

"You yourself couldn't defeat the Basilisk alone, what made you think they could? So stop being stupid and cocky, and start acting responsibly. Because death often comes secretly. If you aren't prepared, you wouldn't even know what hit you. Now do as I say if you want to stop that Basilisk"

Magnus sadly looked down at his healing arm. ~This could have been my neck, nobody could have saved me then. It would have been instant death.~

His face turned white realising this. No, he didn't want to die so early. He had never felt this much fear till now because in all his previous fights he could overcome with his mastery over Charms. But here, the Basilisk was immune to magic attacks. His charms didn't matter at all.

He glanced at the unnerved Ragnar and Severus. They were barely holding on. ~They are so courageous, to have come with me. Heh... they should have been in Gryffindor.~

But he was very sorry, to have put their lives in danger. Sure, they were members of Round Table and meant to fight alongside him, but they were not ready yet, and neither was he. He was still too naive.

He got up, still not looking at the Basilisk's eyes.

*CLANK*

He took out his swords. If the magic was useless on the snake, perhaps this was the time to get physical.

"DUCK! HOLD HIM RIGHT THERE!" He commanded.

Next thing, he dashed at full speed. Duck, as if knew what was going to happen, moved his big tail towards Magnus.

Magnus didn't stop and climbed it, continuing to run. He reached the head of Duck and from there he leapt down at the head of the snake with his sword, Despair, plunging it into the snake's skull.

But killing the snake was not Magnus' agenda. He had stopped the sword just 1 inch from the brain. Now, he started talking in Dragontongue. Only the Basilisk and Duck could understand him.

"Stop, if you move even an inch, you will die," Magnus warned the snake.

The snake did as asked, knowing his life was at risk. It looked at Magnus with his tilted eyes, but Magnus avoided it.

"Now, I did not come here to kill you. So why are you attacking me?" Magnus inquired.

The snake slowly slithered his tongue and replied, "You are not pure! My master has ordered me to kill the likes of you."

Magnus did as he was instructed by Merlin. He cut his palm and poured his blood into the eyes of the snake. Of course, he kept his own eyes closed all the while.

"Feel that? Do you recognise this blood now?" Magnus asked him.

The yellow fierce eyes of the Basilisk slowly lost their colour and started to turn dark green. Maybe Salazar had put some kind of mind-control magic on him, that could be the only reason why only the heir of Slytherin control him.

"Do you recognise that blood now?" Magnus asked again.

The Basilisk carefully nodded and replied, "Merlin?"

"No, Merlin is dead, just like Salazar, but I am Merlin's descendant. Now tell me, do you still want to kill the muggle-born students of this school?" He asked.

The snake sounded confused, "Why would I? I was just sleeping all this time."

~So he does not remember anything that happened during his mind control phase.~ Magnus concluded and pulled his sword up.

"Duck, release him." He ordered.

Soon, the Basilisk slowly rose up, the pain from the lashing he received from Duck was still hurting him though.

Then the Basilisk slowly brought his head down, near Magnus to see him and talk to him. Magnus softly lifted his hand, trying to touch his face without looking in the eyes.

"Don't look at any of us with your eyes. Wait, let me fix those goggles on your face. Reparo!" He used the charm to fix and broken glass.

"As long as you keep that on, nobody will be harmed from your eyes, understood? Now, what do you want to do?" Magnus asked the snake.

"I don't know. I am very hungry. It's like I have not eaten in years. Can I eat that bird?" the Basilisk pointed at Summer.

*BAM*

Duck slightly slapped the Basilisk with his forelegs and talked with the snake "Don't dare to even think. Summer and Chad are families. We don't eat our friends and family. About your hunger, I know a place where you can get food and not have to fight over it."

"Really? Then take me there. I don't like this sewer." the Basilisk replied excitedly.

"WAIT! Duck, you can speak, why didn't you tell me?" Magnus realised that Duck was making such complete sentences.

Duck looked at Magnus and nodded, "Yes, but you never tried to talk to me."

It was true, he never tried to talk in Dragontongue, and neither Duck. He always Quacked.

Magnus sighed, this was all for the good, everything was coming to an end, this could have been a tragic day today if not for Duck.

The mind control was lifted from the Basilisk, and true to words, a Parsletongue could talk to him.

"Do you have a name?" Magnus asked the Basilisk.

The big snake nodded and replied, "Yes, Merlin gave me one, he used to call me Cuddles because I liked to hug him a lot, but he would then get angry and say his bones would break."

Magnus facepalmed, ~Now we have another idiot in the group.~

"Get inside that suitcase, I will take you to the new home. And remember, you are banned from taking those goggles off and eating anybody but the food given to you." He warned him with a threatening tone.

Cuddles scratched his head with the tip of his tail and felt the wound where Magnus had thrust his sword. He felt that Magnus might really kill him if he messes up.

"I got it, no cuddles and no eating friends." he agreed.

Next, Magnus went to Severus and Ragnar, "Sorry, guys. I dragged you into such a risk. Let's go to Camelot, I will treat you to a meal there."

"THAT WAS SO AWESOME!" Ragnar all of a sudden exclaimed, jolting Magnus.

Severus nodded, "You did well. We couldn't even move due to fear of mistakenly looking in his eyes in the water reflection by mistake."

"And what kind of name is Cuddles? Seriously, your name sense came from Merlin, it seems." Ragnar made fun.

Magnus chuckled, "Hehe yeah, Cuddles, as a name for a snake is really... scary but appropriate at the same time."

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