"As you said yourself, let's play a little," he said with a gentle and relaxed tone.
As soon as the man finished speaking, a black veil covered the entire city of Nottingham almost instantly.
For the first time, Asterion showed a dignified look. He could do something similar, but not at such a frightening speed. This only showed that the opponent's mastery over barriers was extraordinary.
But showing seriousness towards the enemy did not mean that Asterion was afraid of the man standing in front of him.
"Play? Yes, let's play," Asterion spoke sarcastically, forming a seal with his hand. Eleven gigantic whirlpools made of the purest darkness manifested above him in an instant.
The massive amount of negative magical energy soared to terrifying levels, to the point where it was already affecting the world, making the environment within the Veil even darker and more obscure.
As long as one was on the island of Great Britain, the summoning of the eleven cursed spirits was felt by any wizard of Grade 1 and above. Almost like a beacon in the dark night. The entire Ministry of Magic was thrown into chaos by the alarm, showing the emergency of the situation.
Asterion expended a huge amount of magical energy to summon Eleven Special Grade Cursed Spirits!
Looking at the pairs of red eyes through each whirlpool of pure darkness, the man spoke with sincere admiration. "Eleven special grade cursed spirits, add that to your pet dog, twelve. I must say, besides Corvinus, none of your ancestors could maintain twelve special grade cursed spirits."
"I'm curious, are you also following Corvinus's plan?" The mysterious man asked curiously, seeming not to care about the twelve special grade cursed spirits above him, as if he didn't care about the danger he was currently in.
Asterion tensed upon hearing this, unable to help but look at the man with a shocked expression.
As if seeing the shocked look on his face, the man spoke gently. "Don't be surprised, I was the one who gave the idea to Corvinus, he just perfected it."
He continued speaking, unfazed by the surprised look on Asterion's face.
"Do you know the reason for Corvinus's monstrous hatred against the Cursed Spirits? Believe me when I say it's not just because of racial differences."
"Corvinus had a twin sister. Unfortunately, she was killed by a cursed spirit when the poor girl awakened her magic. Corvinus witnessed his sister's death and awakened his Innate Technique; he unconsciously used his sister's soul and turned it into a Cursed Spirit."
"The cursed spirit was powerful, perhaps the most powerful I've witnessed in the two thousand years I've walked this world. Unfortunately, he hid the cursed spirit well, as I never saw her again." The man spoke with a disappointed look, looking at Asterion.
Asterion couldn't help but think of the statue at the entrance of Black Manor. Could it be Corvinus Black's twin sister?
But, in the Book of Heritage, Corvinus only mentioned that it was an extremely powerful cursed spirit, so powerful that the Black ancestor died shortly after sealing the cursed spirit in the statue.
"Because of the hatred he felt at that moment, he always sought to eliminate all cursed spirits from the world, an ideal to cleanse this dirty and corrupt world. Corvinus was not the first to think like that, but he was the craziest, as he tried to do what I theorized to be impossible." The man showed a smile, as if remembering something interesting.
"You don't need to tell me if you are trying to achieve this goal successfully, I can see it in your eyes. You have the same hatred and will as Corvinus, I really want to see if you will be able to achieve Corvinus Black's ideal." He spoke gently as he looked at Asterion, his gaze full of excitement and a touch of madness.
"I think we talked too much, let's get to the point, shall we?" He smiled and elegantly bowed.
When the man finished speaking, a crimson shadow surged towards him at a frightening speed.
The man jumped into the air, grabbing the shoulder of the Cursed Spirit representing the pollution of the world, avoiding Nidhogg's enormous mouth.
"An interesting Curse, Asterion." The man spoke, observing with interest the enormous body of Nidhogg. "Did you use the body of a Basilisk as the main idea or an Eastern dragon?"
Asterion just coldly huffed and remained silent, feeling like things were slipping out of his control. The mysterious man using the body of another Special Grade Wizard was too calm even surrounded by twelve Special Grade Cursed Spirits.
It was as if he could escape at any moment.
But even if he lost all the information the man possessed, Asterion was determined to kill both the Special Grade Curse and the mysterious man.
Forming another seal, Asterion murmured:
"Mesarthim-Adamas."
From another vortex of pure darkness, another figure emerged, resembling a gigantic sheep with bright blue eyes, but instead of wool covering the animal's body, it was ten thousand diamonds.
Asterion felt the magic from his body being drained relatively quickly; he estimated it could supply the magical energy of three Special Grade Cursed Spirits for a few hours.
As the mysterious man looked confused at the enormous sheep covered in diamonds, his face drastically changed upon seeing a colossal cloud of sparkling particles approaching from all directions at an alarming speed.
The man didn't hesitate; he threw the Special Grade Cursed Spirit in his hand and used it as a shield while quickly drawing a wand.
Pointing it towards the cloud of tiny diamonds that seemed to penetrate everything, the man murmured in Greek:
"αλλαγή"
(Note: Means "Change" in Greek)
When he chanted the spell in Greek, a field of energy manifested around him. As tens of millions of tiny diamonds collided with the force field, they transformed into feathers, gently brushing against the man.
As the man was about to exit the force field, massive crimson bolts bathed the ground in pure destruction and ruin.
Looking up, he saw the enormous six-eyed, two-mouthed Eastern dragon manipulating an infinite amount of lightning bolts.
"Damn it, Corvinus, Salazar, your descendant is an interesting one," the man cursed, though there was a playful smile on his lips.
Suddenly, the man's face changed upon seeing both of Asterion's hands coming together to form a very special seal.
Asterion joined both thumbs, index fingers, and pinkies, forming a seal very similar to the one Sukuna used when activating his Domain Expansion.
Looking coldly, Asterion sarcastically smiled; he knew that Adamas and Nidhogg's attack couldn't kill the man, but it could delay him enough for Asterion to finish casting the ultimate technique of an Inborn Technique.
Asterion murmured calmly.
[Domain Expansion - Dark Side of the Primordial Universe.]
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Throughout two millennia in which he wandered this world, Herpo understood an unwavering truth: in the face of the omnipotence and omniscience of magic, the fragility of the human body was undeniable. On his quest for truth, he witnessed the devastating power of magic, capable of reducing physical existence to nothing.
Confronted with a Special Grade Sorcerer's Domain Expansion—a force so brutal it disfigured reality, tearing apart the very fabric of reality—he knew, with a cold and cruel certainty, that in the face of such power, even the most resilient of bodies would be erased from existence itself.
However, Herpo, forged in the wisdom of two millennia, recognized a truth: only a Domain Expansion could oppose another.
With the imminent danger looming over him, he reacted as quickly as a mere blink of an eye, discarding without hesitation the threats of the cursed spirits that surrounded him, his total attention and being focused on Asterion.
Forming a seal with his hands, he murmured calmly.
"Domain Expansion – Workshop of the God of Creation!"
"Domain Expansion – Dark Side of the Primordial Universe!"
Both, unwavering, unflinching, materialized their innate techniques, their souls laying bare within the barriers forming around both of them.
Asterion's expansion emerged as a dark vortex, an abyssal expanse cold and lifeless, swallowing all the malice and sins accumulated by humanity, a pit of all conceivable evil.
In parallel, Herpo's expansion unfolded like a desolate desert, under a sky dominated by titanic gears, spinning tirelessly in a mechanical symphony, a clock marking the end of times.
And then, like two ancient gods in battle, their domains collided, a dark universe against a desert, the primordial darkness against a clock of the end times.
In an instant — no longer than a blink of an eye, a mere millisecond — a blinding glow marked the clash of worlds.
And, despite the chaos, both Asterion and Herpo felt a profound tremor, a dizzying sensation that the heavens and the earth were inverting under the overwhelming impact.
Yet, both stood immovable as mountains in the face of the magical fury that was the collision between two Domain Expansions; they persisted, their domains continuing to collide, a dance of destruction and creation.
Suddenly, everything disintegrated, the walls of Asterion's Domain Expansion broke!
With no more impediments, Harpo's domain expansion advanced!
But before it could touch Asterion, a huge serpent with two silver heads emerged from the space, with grace and beauty, it appeared and swallowed Asterion, then emerged back into space.
Looking out over the vast, lifeless desert, for the first time in many centuries, Herpo was confused; he was about to envelop Asterion with the Domain Expansion, then, by Zeus, how had he disappeared!
Upon dispelling his own expansion, an insatiable curiosity made him look up towards the sky. And there, in the depths of the sky darkened by the veil, an unusual sight surprised him, bringing a smile to his lips — A huge two-headed serpent. In one of the serpent's mouths, was Asterion!
"Space..." Herpo murmured, looking at the Cursed Spirit in the form of a two-headed serpent.
Seated in the jaw of Al-Meissa Mercury, the Dimension-Devouring Serpent, Asterion cast a cold glance at the mysterious man.
He never expected that in such a short span of time, the man would be capable of executing a Domain Expansion. What he despised the most was losing in a competition of Domain Expansions, revealing an abysmal gap in experience and technique between him and the mysterious man.
"I must confess, it has been ages since I resorted to my own Domain Expansion." The man's voice resonated, joyful and carefree. His eyes sparkled as he fixed Asterion in the skies, as if witnessing something extraordinary.
He continued speaking, his voice tinged with sincere admiration: "I thought your domain expansion would be similar to that of Corvinus, who creates a sea of colossal monsters, but unexpectedly, you used negative magical energy as a base and created a domain expansion focused on negative emotions. Any other mage would have gone mad if they fell into your Domain Expansion. Honestly, you are a genius, Asterion."
Glancing suddenly towards the North, Herpo showed a look of disappointment and spoke looking towards Asterion in the sky. "Unfortunately, we have company. I hope to meet another time for a cup of tea."
Taking what was left of the Cursed Spirit that represented the pollution of the world, Herpo apparated away.
Asterion did not stop him; he did not have enough magical energy at the moment. He had to reevaluate the consumption of their summonings and domain expansions, both of which used up vast amounts of magical energy.
As Asterion analyzed the combat, reflecting on the mistakes made, the veil that shrouded Nottingham dissipated, and the temperature in the region experienced an abrupt increase.
Turning his gaze towards the arrival of the man, Asterion spotted Albus Dumbledore, enveloped in white flames. Even from that distance, it was possible to feel the searing heat emanating from the flaming white flames that surrounded the man.
Dumbledore looked at a third of the city destroyed and focused his gaze on Asterion, in the mouth of a two-headed serpent.
He appeared instantly in the same mouth of the serpent where Asterion was, looked at the thirteen-year-old boy with a serious gaze, and asked, "What in the name of Merlin happened in this city?"
Asterion did not hesitate to respond, at this moment, given the current concerns, they were not enemies. "I was about to exorcise a Special Grade Curse when I was attacked by a man I presumed to be Mustafa Al-Husseini, but it wasn't him, it was someone using his appearance, or his body. We fought, and I lost. By his words, he knew my ancestor Corvinus, though I do not know if his words were true."
Dumbledore remained silent for a brief moment, before responding in a cold tone, "I will communicate with Israel personally. If it is confirmed that Lord Al-Husseini attacked, we will declare war."
Asterion looked at Dumbledore surprised, but was relieved; anyone would be furious with their home attacked.
"If you need my presence to press Israel, you can call me." Asterion spoke before gathering all his cursed spirits and apparating away.
Looking at the destruction in the city, Dumbledore knelt down to the ground level and looked at the remnants of magical energy. His face turned grim observing the familiar magical particles in his hands.
"Horcrux." Dumbledore murmured, feeling the same dark magic he once sensed in Voldemort.
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Author's Thoughts: Making Asterion lose left a bitter taste in my mouth, but it was necessary. A thirteen-year-old boy winning against a wizard over two thousand years old was too unrealistic. If anyone is wondering how Herpo has survived for over two thousand years, he is my version of Kenjaku. Before his current body dies, he kills another wizard and takes over their body using a Horcrux. As the creator of the Horcrux, I felt it was quite fitting for a villain. Let me know what you think, your comments help me a lot. :D
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