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Chapter 491: 491. To Mars

This fic is over, you can read it in advance on -patreon.com/misterimmortal.

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1999,

The year when Magnus was supposed to head to space had come up. Adam had finished the construction of the first version of the AM engine. It took the work of 500 of the world's most intelligent scientists and gallons of lucky potions.

It was made to be safe, not fast. The ultimate AM engine was going to be much faster but to make that they needed more time. For now, they did what they could.

The current ship to Mars will not have a whole hadron collider on it to create infinite anti-Matter. Instead, it will have a limited supply of it. Nasa and FutureTek had come together to design it, but FutureTek was the only one responsible for making it.

It had been constructed on the Moon, as it would've taken too much fuel to get the ship into space first. The problem with Antimatter was that it explodes strongly, so it was not advisable to be used on Earth's surface.

While on the Moon, they can first put the aircraft in space on normal thrusters. Besides, the main body of the spaceship was in the orbit of the Moon, assembled right there piece by piece.

Magnus and Ragnar were going, there was no denying that. He had promised Ragnar that he would show him Mars. Besides them, there were 2 scientists from the US, a geologist and a biologist. Then there were two more people, both were wizards. In total, a team of ten was heading out, 4 of them were wizards, the rest were from the US, UK, Japan, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

There was a short press conference before everyone would head to the Moon. But in reality, they will go through portkey. Who would want to sit on a rocket from Earth and go through all that exhaustion?

"Is everyone feeling okay? Don't worry if you have to poop or pee, we've got enough space for that in the rotatory living quarters." He joked.

They were all wearing their spacesuits right now. They were designed for Mars especially. The average temperature on the red planet is minus 60 degrees Celsius and the atmospheric pressure was also not like Earth's. Though a being like Magnus or any other wizard who knows the right charms could live on the planet without any kind of spacesuit or helmet.

The Moon Colony was in pretty good condition, the giant Moon City in the crater was still in development. So far, 5,000 people living on the moon worked from the giant hub of moon capsules. It was like lego, they kept on adding more blocks and making the colony bigger.

A major construction site was built for the development of the Destiny One spaceship. The entire thing was already in Moon's orbit, going through the last checks.

Magnus, Ragnar and the remaining 8 astronauts sat in a small shuttle that would take them to Moon's orbit. There was no lack of fuel on Moon at this point, as they had two Fusion Reactors working at this stage. They were able to create fuel for propulsion in space from that energy.

"Crazy how much change I was able to bring just by forcing the world to focus on science and development rather than petty politics," Magnus muttered, looking out from the space shuttle's window at the men at work on Moon's surface.

"What are you so excited about?" He looked at his brother sitting beside him.

Ragnar giggled like a girl in love with her high school crush, "I am excited about going to Mars, I can only imagine the minerals, the raw materials I can find there. Then their application in potions, maybe I can develop something great, maybe your cancer drug that you're stuck on."

"Well, a cure to fix my condition would be best," Magnus muttered sadly. Over the years, he found it difficult not to use magic to his fullest. And that has gradually increased the dragonification of his body. His body was in constant pain as if something was trying to rip him apart. He just tried not to focus on it.

Ragnar, saddened, said, "I will try to. But you mad fool, stop using that magic of yours. You know what, when I return, I will make a device that will sting you so bad you will remember mum and not use the magic. Just think about Athena, brother, don't you want to see her grow?"

"I do, the thing is, I know I have a few more decades of life left, Rag. It's just that... this uncertainty that I can die at any time keeps me frustrated. But I do hope you can get me that device. Anyway, forget about all that, let's go to Mars." Magnus put all the worry out of his mind, the current mission mattered the most.

It was a long process to leave. Hundreds of safety checks, millions of things to be kept in mind. The cockpit was now like a luxurious cabin of a holiday bus. Comfortable leather seats and such were in abundance. There was enough food to last them 2 years.

Magnus and Ragnar were not going to be in charge of manoeuvring it, rather it was another wizard from FutureTek Space who was trained in doing so for years.

From the communicator, Bobby's voice came, "You guys ready to make this 3-month journey? I hope you all don't end up eating each other to death like in those space horror movies."

A round of laughs resounded in the cabin. Magnus replied, "Don't worry, I will try my best to make you feel jealous of not being among us,"

"I already do," Bobby muttered. But chirped, "Anyway, you will be connected to the broadcasting station in a minute, address the planet Earth before you head out,"

"Got it," Magnus waited a minute. Soon, the light turned green on the communicator machine. He spoke without much preparation, "Good day or good night, the Planet looks the same to me, it's very bright. This view is the only thing I would say is more beautiful than my most beautiful wife. On another note, I'm happy I won't be returning home for months, hopefully, she won't be angry by then.

"I am 39, will be celebrating my 40th birthday on Mars. But I am more interested and excited about welcoming the new century on Mars. Let it be known, that the 21st century will be the century of space and peace. May God bless us all, take care and wait for our arrival to Mars." He pressed the switch to end the transmission.

He stared out of the screen in the front, Earth was visible, shining like a beacon of life, ~I hope I can see Athena grow into a fine woman and then bring her up here. Show this view to her. What my whole life's work has been about. I hope I'm not a shitty son, brother or father.~

Ragnar noticed his eyes, "What's the teary eyes about?"

"Nothing, I'd say you're a heartless bastard if you don't get teary-eyed from this view." He said.

Ragnar chuckled, "All right, I'm a heartless bastard then. But let me tell you, I am ready to die and destroy the world for my family, and yes, that includes you,"

"I would you have kissed your cheeks if you were not wearing the helmet and had a decent looking face," Magnus tapped on Ragnar's head.

Ragnar scoffed, "Bitch, what do you mean by a decent face? Look at my beard, my jaw, my dick, it's all top-notch. Every woman I've been with keeps calling me to just sleep with me. You can not even fathom my biggus duckus powers,"

"Bwahaha... you should do stand up comedy, you'll make millions." Magnus laughed heartily. Ragnar was always the best when it came to boosting morals and mood. If there was anybody depressed, just lock them with Ragnar.

This was a change that appeared in Ragnar ever since he exacted his revenge on Rodolphus and Voldemort. He became much more free-minded and cheerful, all he cared about was himself and his family, rest can go to hell.

"One minute until the first ignition," the pilot notified them.

Everyone strapped themselves into their seats tightly. The first jump of the journey is always bumpy due to the rapid acceleration. Once they were at the maximum speed, however, they won't feel anything, as there is negligible friction in space. For breaks, there was a way to reverse thrust the engine.

"10"

"9"

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"3"

"2"

"1"

"IGNITION!" All it took was one press of the button to let the antimatter engine make its first blast.

*WOOSH*

Inside the cabin, Magnus and the rest felt their bodies get thrust into the leather chairs. But they were made so comfortable that they didn't even feel any pain.

It took them only 5 seconds to reach maximum speed. Pilots and other engineers quickly completed the post-flight checks. Soon, they reported to Magnus as he was the mission commander, "Sir, the integrity of the ship is retained, no damage to be reported."

"Great, let's go to the gravity quarters and get some rest. We will take turns in the pilot cabin in pairs." He commanded.

It was going to be a long journey of 3 months before they reach Mars. This was a lot of time to be doing nothing, hence there were all kinds of recreational facilities in the ship, from a gaming station to a gym.

[You can see Mars Spacesuit and the Destiny One on Discord - https://discord.gg/DgHkrAn OR see them on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mister_immortal_novel]

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Special thanks to *DougErNuts* *Oluwatimileyin Olayemi* *BirdRant* *Franklin Walley* *Brennan Tubbs*


Chapter 492: 492. Happy 21st Century

This fic is over, you can read it in advance on -patreon.com/misterimmortal.

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The time spent in the spaceship was boring. There was nothing to do except exercise, eat, sleep and talk to families back home. Thankfully, the spaceship was also supposed to lay down a major communication system that would allow near-instantaneous transmission from Mars to Earth.

"Dad, I just won the world school quidditch championship, I caught the snitch and defeated Ilvermorny School." Athena was now in her 4th year, growing marvellously.

He cheered her, "That's amazing, dear. I used to play quidditch in school too. I was so good that I decided to step down and not play."

"Hehe, I know that, you are a legend around the world. The quickest quidditch game, the quickest catch of the snitch. I love it, but sadly, no matter how much I try, I can't seem to do better than you," she pouted while saying it.

Magnus smiled, looking at her face on the screen. He would have hugged her and caressed her face if he could. "My little Athena. You don't have to live in my shadow. My circumstances were different, I pushed myself beyond any would because I needed to survive, just in the first week of my entering the school some wizards tried to kill me. I made the choice for which I am still suffering from consequences. You don't have to do all that, little one, dad will make sure you never have to. Just study hard and be a good wizard, that's all you need to do."

Athena felt he didn't sound right, but she had too many things to do. She had to go back to school after talking with him and get back to studying and preparing for the 4th year ball night. So she didn't try to ask him more, "I will, dad. I will be a wizard you can be proud of,"

"I already am, sweetie." He said and saw her leave the screen. Emma sat down after that.

"She went back to school. Who knew, the little girl who didn't want to leave us now can't stay away from her school," she muttered.

Magnus shook his head, "It's not her fault, Emma. We were like that too, school is just so much fun. How are you? Do you miss me?"

She scoffed, "Huh, I have not forgotten the speech you gave two months back. So I'm less beautiful than this planet?"

He wanted to hold her and kiss her right at that moment, "No, my love, I was just trying to say things to motivate the people, you are still the most beautiful in the universe for me."

"Hmph! Like I will believe you now. I will remember this, be prepared to get thoroughly punished in our bedroom, I want that month-long vacation you promised." Her voice and words didn't match, she sounded too loving.

"That I promise. How is everyone else? Aurelia, Clementia and Max... mum and dad?" He asked further. Now Ragnar also joined as they will be talking to the rest of the family.

Like this, they spent the remaining one month too. Soon enough, the red planet came into view and with each minute it became bigger. Everyone got into their suits and prepared to deaccelerate.

"Strap yourself in, folks. We will experience just the opposite of what we did when we started this journey. The change in our velocity will be noticeable, a lot." The pilot warned them and prepared to start deaccelerating as soon as they reach the distance from which they can move safely to Mars.

"In ten seconds,"

"10"

"9"

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"1"

"BRACE!"

In an instant, the whole spacecraft came to a near stop. Everything stopped that was one with the body of the craft, but Magnus and the whole crew were independent bodies, their momentum didn't stop with the craft. So they felt as if they were being pulled out of their seats, only the straps helped them stay in place, or else they would have smashed their heads open on the control panel.

This lasted for just a few seconds and they had trained for this in the labs already. Nobody vomited or got sick due to this. They looked out of the front screen, the red planet was pretty big, they were close enough to see all the patterns on it.

"It will take us a day to reach orbit and synchronise with the landing spot. The current Coordinated Universal Time on Earth is 9:00 PM, 29th December 1999." The pilot briefed them.

They didn't move however, this was the most important stage of the mission, they needed to dock the whole ship in geostationary orbit and then take the landing rocket to the surface.

All the members onboard were doing something, looking at the various instrument clusters, making sure everything was fine. They didn't want any miscalculations about the orbit.

Just like that, whole days passed. Soon, the moment of truth came and the pilot adjusted the spacecraft's position by using pressure thrusters. The AM engine was not useful in small manoeuvres.

"IT'S DONE!"

All okay signs got exchanged by each and every crew member. Everything looked fine. Magnus took the command from there, "Everyone, quick, off to sleep. We need to be at our best when I attempt the landing."

He and Ragnar alone remained in the cabin as they didn't need to sleep as much as the others, thanks to their superhuman body. While Magnus had nothing to work on, Ragnar was busy packing all his testing kits into his magic pouch.

"I wonder how good magic will work on this planet," Ragnar wondered.

"Better than Earth. The atmosphere of Mars is much thinner than Earth's. The average surface pressure is only about 610 pascals (0.088 psi) which is less than 1% of the Earth's value. This means that Mars' atmosphere is more open to space than Earth, hence there will be more dark matter. But be prepared, your eighty-kilo body will only weigh thirty kilos." Magnus briefed him about the situation.

FutureTek had already sent hundreds of rovers and satellites to Mars. They pretty much know about its crude composition.

"The only major threat we face on Mars is planet-encircling dust storms that occur on average every 5.5 Earth years. The last one occurred just a year ago. But good thing, they never get as strong as Earth due to weaker atmosphere." Magnus added.

"Nice, we're wizards, we can most likely survive any storm. But if what you said makes sense, the best place to set up a base on Mars is underground." Ragnar suggested.

"That's what we're here to do, brother. First, we will check out the surface, the soil, how's the underground. We need to be careful, we don't know much about this place, even less than what we knew about the moon at the first landing."

Slowly, the time passed. After 6 more hours, one by one the crew started to wake up. Magnus meanwhile went ahead to prepare the rocket that will bring them down to the Mars surface. It was similar to the reusable rocket they used for Moon, but this one was much more advanced.

They quickly ate food and got into their suits. Only four people will be going down on the first try. It was Magnus, Ragnar and the other two wizards. The only reason Magnus took wizards was that they had the least chances of dying even if something unexpected happened.

By now, most of the astronauts know about the wizarding world under a strict contract agreed by world governments and ICW. Hence, it was very easy to operate with magical items. The plan was to send only one group to the surface, then they would put a portkey and allow the remaining crew to freely come and go. The geostationary orbit of Mars was at 13,634 kilometres, it was well within the range of Portkey.

"Everyone, time your watches. I will take my step on Mars at the exact moment it is 12:00 AM Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Earth. With that, the new century will begin," he briefed them before the commencement of the landing.

After they had done all the flight checks, they got into the attached lander rocket. It was reusable 30 times. But it depended on the atmosphere, it was reusable 30 times on Earth, here it would be much more.

There was no countdown for deployment this time. The rocket simply detached itself and started to fall down towards the Mars surface. The rocket had computers to make sure that it stayed in position.

It started to fall vertically for the landing. *WOOSH* Everyone felt the vibrations inside the small cabin as the thrusters fired up, telling them that they were close to the surface.

Then, before they knew it, they felt a loud thud and all noises started to die down. They felt no movement either.

"A-Are we on the surface?" Ragnar wondered.

Magnus immediately fiddled with the computer to make the cameras outside give the output. Yes, they could see land and a cloud of red dust just settling down.

Magnus took a glance at the clock, it was 11:55 PM. Just 5 minutes until the New Year, the beginning of the 21st century.

He quickly opened the hatch and climbed down. He didn't step foot on the sand however, he needed to time everything out while keeping in mind the delay of 3 minutes, which means he had to step out at 11:57 PM.

"The signals are up," Ragnar notified him.

Magnus took a long breath, he looked around for the first time, "It's... all red," he muttered to his crew members.

"GO!"

Magnus didn't waste a moment and stepped out, plastering his shoe mark on the surface of the red planet. The first man to step foot on Mars was Magnus Grant Emrys Pendragon, the King of the United Kingdom. A name that shall be immortalised for as long as Earth shall remain.

Knowing he had to say something, Magnus quoted what he wrote before, "Three hundred million miles away from home, this is the colossal leap for mankind. No longer are we spectators on a small blue marble, we are humans, out to conquer the cold dark Universe.

Happy New Year, Earth. Happy 21st Century, humanity."

[You can see Mars on Discord - https://discord.gg/DgHkrAn OR see them on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mister_immortal_novel]

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Special thanks to *DougErNuts* *Oluwatimileyin Olayemi* *BirdRant* *Franklin Walley* *Brennan Tubbs*


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