Chapter 88: Chapter 87: War
The day of destiny, November 30, 1997
All the wizards at Hogwarts were tense. Children and the elderly who had no power to fight were trembling in the depths of the multiple layers of defense. Students and adults at Hogwarts who were deemed able to fight were gripping their wands to protect the non-combatants. The surviving members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Aurors were standing around the fortress-like school building, intending to defend it with their lives.
Hogwarts Castle was fortified with defenses created by Leo and Dumbledore. The grounds of Hogwarts were also covered with a triple-digit number of magical barriers specially made by Leo. These barriers, which prevent any kind of magical creature from teleporting, reflect, absorb, block, and defend against all kinds of magic, and are physically difficult to break through, were deployed in more than a hundred places. Except for one entrance. Only one section directly in front of Hogwarts Castle was without a barrier. It was clearly a trap to lure the enemy in. But it was also a fact that the only way to attack here was to break through that hole. Everyone was holding their breath, thinking that the enemy might charge in from there at any moment.
"Well then, take care"
"Yeah, I'm going."
Leo approached intending to hug, but was gently stopped by Hermione.
"That's for when you come back. Do your best."
"Got it. Maybe I'll get a reward if I do well."
Hermione was staying behind in the safest study room, which was isolated from space. Leo and Kuu, who were completely unaffected by the tension and fear of everyone else, stood a distance away from the school building and waited for the enemy.
"Master Leonard, it is now past 19:00. No attacks on the barrier or enemy shadows have been confirmed at this time."
"I see. It's getting dark now. Is it about time?"
About ten minutes later, when the sun had completely set, a wave of blackness that could be mistaken for darkness itself surged in from the front of Hogwarts Castle. The wave was a gathering of hundreds of Dementors. Thanks to the defensive barrier, there was no effect from the Dementors, but the sight of them attacked the hearts of the people in Hogwarts Castle with great fear. A large black wall was formed to cover the hole in the barrier, as if to make sure that no one could escape.
Then, as if pushing through the black wall, a large number of undead invaded and headed straight for the castle.
"That's a lot of them. Let's use the defense system."
When Leo signaled, the defense system was activated using the magical power of those in the castle. The extermination magic Interitum was released from the top of the tower, wiping out the swarm of the undead. Although there is a limit to the number of times it can be used, this device alone would probably repel most enemies. However, the enemy must have bet everything on this battle. No matter how many times they were shot, the enemy kept coming. Finally, they reached their limit.
With the stoppage of the defense system, the next enemy advanced. The last of the genuine giants, over 30m tall, specially made and packed with the results of insane research, about 10 of them. In the air, various kinds of dragons were dancing. These too had been transformed into existences that could not be compared to normal ones due to drugs and modifications. There were also griffins with the head and forelegs of an eagle and the body and hind legs of a lion, manticores with human heads, lion bodies, and scorpion tails with deadly poison needles, and skin that repels most spells. In addition to that, trolls armed with Muggle weapons and large snakes appeared one after another from the wall of Dementors like a spring. All of these were forces to destroy Hogwarts, the resistance. They were marching for the sole purpose of killing a single individual.
"It's a spectacular sight. Kuu, remove the limiter. The order is to annihilate them all."
"Understood."
Leo put his hand inside Ku's body and released the magic formula that had been suppressing the upper limit of Ku's cells. Freed from the shackles inside his body, Ku took flight. As he landed in the midst of the approaching horde of magical creatures, his body liquefied and spread out. The liquid spread rapidly, covering the entire grounds of Hogwarts. The liquid was pitch black, as if all the colors of the world had been mixed together.
The magical creatures continued their march, undeterred by the black ground or the substance sticking to their feet. Their only target was Leonard Taylor. They knew nothing else, understood nothing else. Their only reason for existence was the command engraved in their souls: kill Leonard Taylor, kill the intruders. That was their only proof of life. They had been remade that way.
And Ku-Leo's masterpiece was to destroy that absolute command. Its power had already been unleashed. From the black ground, countless dragons, basilisks, and armored Ku's appeared. Even grotesque beings that looked like a mix of multiple creatures appeared. The black liquid itself turned into sharp-bladed tentacles and various weapons and began to attack.
"For Master Leonard Taylor!"
Dragons fought each other with cursed flames. Snakes entwined and devoured each other. Trolls were cut to pieces by black-armored warriors. Countless Ku's were crushed while attacking giants. They were pierced by poison needles, beheaded, bitten off, and burned. A hellish battle, a war between magical creatures, had begun.
Leo was fascinated by the battle that would leave anyone with a normal sense of aesthetics speechless.
(Amazing... The vivid colors of the magical creatures are dancing. I may never see anything this flashy again.)
He wanted to watch this spectacle a little longer, but he had to deal with the guest of honor who had appeared. The Dark Lord, who seemed to have no interest in the battle between magical creatures, was slowly and leisurely approaching, looking only at Leonard Taylor. He was alone, without a single subordinate.
"Good evening, Lord Voldemort. Is there anything you've left undone?"
"Good evening, my greatest obstacle, Leonard Taylor. You must have a lot of things left undone, don't you?"
"Of course. The research on magic is still in progress. The goal is far away, or there may not be a goal at all."
"That may be true. But you won't reach that goal. Here! Today! You will disappear from this world!"
Voldemort bowed deeply, looking into Leo's eyes. Leo responded with a bow of his own. When they raised their bodies, the battle that would determine the fate of the magical world truly began.
"Stupefy Magi Maxima!"
Voldemort cast a paralysis spell. Normally, he would use the killing curse Avada Kedavra. But that would be meaningless against Leonard Taylor. That's why he cast a paralysis spell to hinder his actions.
"A spell that paralyzes magic itself, not the body! Nice!"
Leo easily dodged it. To the current Leo, ordinary magic was not a threat. Numerous defensive formulas not only defended him, but his body itself was an invincible armor. But he dodged it. That's because the Dark Lord's magic was a spell that nullified that defense itself. They both cast spells and dodged them. The one-step-forward, one-step-back battle continued. Even though Leo moved at high speed, Voldemort dodged it with his years of combat sense. But something was strange. Could he really dodge Leo's attacks, who was no longer human, so easily? They both stopped moving for a moment.
"Dark Lord, you've also modified your body, haven't you?"
"Of course. To defeat you, who are no longer human, I too must transcend humanity. But my power is not just this!"
The Emperor's eyes glow green. The moment Leo sees it, a heavy pressure is applied to his entire body.
"There's an opening! Stupefy Magi Maxima!"
The magic hits Leo, who has an opening. He avoids the following attack by teleporting and regains his posture.
"No way! I'm surprised! A basilisk's eye, of all things!"
"Indeed, it won't kill me... But, I've crushed one of your defensive spells! How many more are there? How long will it take to recover?"
"Well? Well, it's fine. What else do you have? Please use it as much as you want. After all, today is the end."
The historic one-on-one battle between the Emperor and the abnormal existence Leonard Taylor continues. At first, it was even, no, the Emperor was in control of the game with momentum. But as he showed his power, he was gradually cornered as it was analyzed and responded to. The Emperor of Darkness, who is battered but never fades, shows his unyielding spirit.
"Defend Ratio, spatial rupture!"
However, finally, he falls apart, split in two from the torso along with the space, his organs spilling out. Everyone in Hogwarts who was watching the battle cheered.
"Guh! You... Damn it!"
The Emperor, who was split in two from the abdomen and whose organs were spilling out, continued to emit a murderous intent towards Leo that never faded. Thanks to the Horcrux and body modification, there is no sign of stopping. However, Leo looks at it with a bored expression.
"Is that all? Then let's finish this."
"...So, I can't win. Ah... That's right. I admit it, you're strong. I can't win alone, not alone!"
"Stupefy Magi Maxima!"
Magic attacks Leo from all directions. Leo avoids it with physical enhancement and full power body function enhancement magic. Leo, who has regained his posture, saw a group of masked people, Death Eaters. However, what Leo's "eye" saw was different.
"Wow! I didn't expect you to go this far! Good, today is the best!"
The group of masks reveal their faces all at once. All of them had the same face. A well-featured face, jet-black hair, a man in his 50s to 60s.
"Tom!? No, it can't be! That's impossible!"
Dumbledore, who had been watching the battle, was astonished. He recognized the faces of those men. One was his former student, now the worst dark wizard, Voldemort, who had become Tom Riddle. His appearance was as if he had simply aged. It reminded him of the current appearance of Tom Riddle before he became the ugly figure due to his soul being chopped up by the Horcrux.
"We'll take over for the second round. From now on, we'll be your opponents."
The men declared the continuation of the battle in place of the Dark Lord, who had been split in two.
"Of course. But is this a further development from the Horcrux? Taking over others and multiplying oneself. Reconstructing oneself from the slight self that dwells in a fragment of the soul... It's an extraordinary spirit. As expected of the emperor."
Yes, these men were indeed the Dark Lord himself. They were beings that had multiplied by embedding a fragment of their soul in others, like the Horcrux, and devouring the souls of those humans. Their number exceeded ten, and they kept appearing one after another.
"Let's go!"
"Hahaha! Show me more!"
The battle between the emperor, who had multiplied himself, and the genius who had become a non-human being, was moving on to the next phase.
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Hogwarts Castle is extremely well fortified.
Specifically, it's a super-upgraded version of Leo's ring. It operates on the magical power of the humans inside the castle.
Hermione is in an even safer place.
Even though she has become immortal, Leo has no intention of letting her participate in the war.
Dementors and the undead are intended to be disposable vanguards.
They were sent to charge first, anticipating the defensive devices that would attack them.
The extermination magic has a set number of continuous uses, but it's highly powerful. If they had used dragons or something like that for the first charge, the Voldemort faction would have suffered heavy losses.
Ku, limiter release.
Now he can use the endlessly multiplying cells to create clones, summon dragons and basilisks, and perform various attacks. The image is like the River of Death in Ar**rd.
The great disaster, the Great War of Magical Creatures, has begun. But it's just a background.
Voldemort enhancement.
He has reflected the results of magical creatures and human experiments on his own body.
The basilisk's eye was reproduced from the shed skin of the basilisk, which was collected from the secret room when the hair ornament was collected.
The way the Voldemort is going to defeat Leo is like this:
Disable defensive magic → Destroy the body to the point of non-regeneration → Seal → Disable complete
If the body can be completely destroyed, the soul can be sealed
Since they don't fully understand Leo's physical specs, they're thinking of disabling him rather than killing him.
Voldemort's defeat.
Leo is still superior in terms of physical specs. But...
Voldemort, but more powerful
I thought it might be possible because Riddle's diary was gaining power by eating souls.
Destroy the minds of captured Muggles and Muggle-borns and implant a fragment of the soul.
Eat the soul and gain the power of one person, modify the body → Voldemort completed!
Next time, Voldemort VS Leo!
So, stay tuned for the next chapter.
I first posted this story on May 2, 2017.
It's almost a year...
I wanted to post the final chapter as a one-year anniversary, but it seems impossible.
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