One-Faction-Down (I) [Chapter 195]

‘Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!’ Jacklyn cursed inside her mind as she ducked under a Killing Curse cast by the person she intended to kidnap. He was the last one standing from his side, but he wasn’t making it easy for them to knock him out. She could have killed him easily, but Harry wanted him alive even though she really wanted to kill him to avenge her fallen comrades, especially Himera.

She had no idea who was responsible for beheading the woman, but she was holding Karkaroff responsible for killing Himera… Fuck! Harry was not going to be happy with her. Himera wanted to call off the mission from the start, but she kept pushing it and now Himera was dead! Jacklyn was feeling horrible… Even though she wasn’t very close to the older woman, they were still friends and Harry cared about her.

Though Himera wasn’t the only one who lost her life, three more of her group have lost their lives and Jacklyn intended to mourn for all of them, but not right now… Right now, she needed to beat the person responsible for their deaths and take him back to the Malfoy Manor to punish him and his associates appropriately before the Aurors could catch them.

“The Aurors are almost here!!” Some exclaimed from behind and once again Jacklyn cursed inside her mind.

“Hold them back!” Jacklyn screamed back as she cast a Body-Bind Curse at the man, but the man simply ducked under the Spell, and then all of a sudden, his body froze up.

“So, what exactly happened here?” Jacklyn heard the question and she felt several chills run down her spine. She slowly turned around only to find Harry staring at her expectantly with a cold look on his face. She had no idea when he arrived, but she already knew that she was screwed and not in a good way… “Well, are you going to explain?” Harry asked coldly and Jacklyn gulped down nervously.

“Umm… Boss, the Aurors are almost here” The Witch helping them with the Wards pointed out nervously while holding her side with her other side.

“Hmm…” Harry simply hummed and a portal, leading to the infirmary of their temporary base opened beside him. “Don’t leave anything behind and take all of theirs too” Harry ordered as he glanced at the side. Except for the meat crayon decorating the wall, everyone from their side was still alive, and some of his men, including Himera were dead. Someone needed to pay.

Harry then glanced toward Karkaroff from the corner of his eyes and the man slumped down like a lifeless doll, but Harry didn’t kill him. He was going to die, but his death was not going to be quick… “I will handle the Aurors” Harry declared in an indifferent tone before he started to walk out of the room, but he left the portal open so that the others could leave.

‘Harry, we are cornered’ He received a message from Gellert and he felt his temper flare. Nothing was going according to his plans and that irked him. This was the first time he lost men today and even though he wasn’t close to any of them except for Himera, it stung. It was a matter of principle for him and all of his problems somehow stemmed from the fact that the Ministry forces showed up too early to save the day.

How did they manage that? He knew not, but in the end, he decided to admit his own mistake… He never considered the Ministry forces to be a threat to his forces as he never expected them to arrive so soon, but he should have taken everything into consideration… It was a mistake he wasn’t going to repeat. While the Ministry forces didn’t have a strong leader to lead them, they could surely make that up with their numbers.

‘Hold on, I will be there’ Harry replied darkly as he decided to pay his attention to the Aurors and the Hit-Wizards.

“Harry Potter, drop your Wand and surrender yourself or we will be forced to take lethal action against you” The Auror at the front declared as he signaled everyone behind him to halt. They were in a narrow halfway, so there was not much space to move.

“Then let me return the favor to you” Harry declared as he started to ramp up his Magic and his eyes started to brighten. He wasn’t in a good mood and this was probably the best time as any other to completely crush one of the Factions. “If all of you drop your Wands and surrender to me, then I will let you live to see another day” Harry declared and the Aurors and Hit-Wizards were completely stumped at his audacity.

The Aurors and Hit-Wizards have seen what he was capable of, but to threaten so many of them so boldly was simply unfathomable… There were probably fifty of them… Maybe forty since some of them were helping the students and a couple of them went to St. Mungo’s along with the Durmstrang students. The Auror leading the group glanced to the side and gave a subtle nod.

“I warn you again, drop your Wands and surrender, I will let you live” Harry declared smoothly as he stepped forward and the Magic in the air started to thicken as he stopped holding back his Magic. The Aurors and the Hit-Wizards trembled as their knees went weak in the face of overwhelming might. A few cowards looked around before they tossed their Wands on the ground.

“I surrender!” “Please let me live!” “I surrender!”

Screams like that started to ring throughout the hall as Aurors and Hit-Wizards started to drop themselves down to their knees with their hands in the air, surprising their peers, who were ready to fight, but when so many started to surrender, some who were prepared to fight and die due to peer pressure, also started to surrender, leaving only a handful Aurors and Hit-Wizards standing.

“Do you still fancy your chances?” Harry asked in a mocking tone as he took another step and the Magic he was releasing increased, making the ones who were already kneeling use their hands to support themselves and the ones who still wanted to fight dropped to their knees due to the overwhelming pressure. “What about now?” Harry asked in an amused tone and the ones who were kneeling right now looked completely aghast.

“If you kill us then the Ministry will come after you. The Wizengamot will brand you as a Dark Lord” The Auror at the front breathed out with a lot of difficulty, in an attempt to scare Harry. They couldn’t believe how much power the boy possessed, but that was for later… The boy needed to be stopped at any cost. He was young so he thought that maybe he could scare him.

“My… My… Your diplomacy needs work, but sadly, you won’t be able to work on that” Harry declared with a chuckle before pointing his index finger at the man’s head, and moments later, a lightning bolt shot out of his finger and pierced the man’s head, killing him right on the spot. The lightning bolt pierced through the back of his head, but since everyone behind him were on their fours, the lightning bolt passed over them harmlessly.

The others who were on their knees screamed at him in rage and tried to stand up, and Harry allowed them as he wanted to give them a fair chance to fight back. He stepped aside to dodge a couple of Spells and hit a man on his right with a gray Spell and the man turned into a stone. Then he raised his hand and blocked a barrage of Spells with a translucent shield before he struck down the last two men on his right with a flame whip.

The flame whip cleaved right through their bodies, killing them instantly… Then Harry was forced to bat away a Killing Curse with Sorcery… He was overwhelmingly strong, but he wasn’t foolish enough to try tanking a Killing Curse with his body… The remaining fighters were taken aback by that sight, but Harry used this chance to hit one of the Hit-Wizards with a vertical killing Curse, bisecting his whole torso along with his head from the middle.

He batted away another Killing Curse before killing the person who cast the Killing Curse at him with an Entrail Expelling Curse… Well, the man still wasn’t dead, but he was busy vomiting out his intestines, so he was going to die pretty soon. With him experiencing one of the most painful ways to die, only two more Hit-Wizards and Aurors were left standing to continue the fight.

Someone among them banished a spear at Harry with the intention to impale him, but Harry simply turned around on his feet and caught the spear with his hand… He had no idea where the Hit-Wizard got the spear from as it didn’t look like a Conjured spear, so he decided to return the spear to the Hit-Wizard. He was just that good…

Harry twirled around his heel and launched the spear at the Hit-Wizard at blinding speed and the man was pinned to the wall with the spear stuck in his chest before he could even realize what was happening. Without wasting any more time, Harry killed the last Hit-Wizard with a Bone Breaker. The Spell caved the man's skull inside and the body dropped to the floor with a loud thump.

Harry turned toward the last survivor… The Auror fell back on his ass in fear and tried to crawl away, but he couldn’t since he was surrounded by the ones who surrendered. His Wand arm was shaking like a dry leaf, but he still held his Wand in his hand. “I was-was simply following orders” The Auror blurted out in fear.

“That is the lamest excuse I have ever heard” Harry groaned before hitting the man with a Killing Curse. Since the man was already broken, he decided to kill him with much fanfare. “Now, what to do about the rest of you…” Harry trailed off loudly as he tapped his chin thoughtfully and everyone tensed at his words.

“Okay… All of you may leave” Harry ordered, surprising all of them, but the next moment Harry was gone in a flash of flames…