"Tell me what happened?"
Viktor calmly asked. To Viktor's knowledge, the vampires shouldn't be able to put up a decent fight with the wolfmen as they are virtually indestructible with their regeneration plus their equipment and so he was shocked to hear that Golie and Warwick encountered some problems in their supposedly easy mission.
"Almost half of our wolfmen unit is wiped out by an unaccounted nuclear explosion, the information failed to report the existence of a nuclear warhead in the possession of William's coven. Some wolfmen sustained damage but they will surely be fine with a little bit of rest and medical attention. We managed to salvage some good samples for experimental testing but William's and most of the elder's bodies are unfortunately lost to the nuclear blast. The most problematic thing is that we can't just cover up for the explosion as almost everyone on the planet has at least one of their eyes on the site. What's good is that the explosion also erased all the evidences that can be traced back to us."
Golie was kneeling in front of an empty throne in Viktor's Castle as he reported today's incident with a heavy heart as he knew he should never have underestimated the enemy even with all the cards in his hand.
"What is the reaction of the wizards?"
"The ministry is strangely quiet but have made many summons since the news of the incident. Information about the event is strictly being controlled by the ministry and its leakage amongst wizardkind is very minimal with just the higher nobility being a little bit more informed than the others. To most of them, it was just a slight tremor that they felt. Rumors began circulating around about some kind of prophecy about the mass extinction of magical beings, also Mr. Grindelwald strengthened his campaign and gained much support from many noble houses in Europe."
"And how are the muggles coping?"
"They are completely baffled by how, who and why the nuclear blast occurred. Romania is of course subject to much investigation and many are speculating as evidence also support it highly that it was the result of nuclear research, many muggles died and the rest who are anywhere near the site have already been evacuated by the muggle government. Many of the politicians who wants to make a comeback are pushing for an all out nuclear war with their long time enemies, but no one is brave enough to pull the trigger and fire as it may all lead to their own extinction."
'Hahahaha it would be a sight to watch them then. Their faces would be priceless... They want to use their nuclear weapons? Hahaha if they still have those then I wouldn't be even be able to sit still right now, those idiots may blow up the whole planet for their own hypocritical beliefs.'
Thought Viktor as he listened to Golie's report.
"Alright, ignore the muggles. We have enough efforts on that side. Quickly replenish our troops with some criminals from the muggle world using alpha venom, just make sure to mark them carefully as some of these muggles are showing some mutations with unknown effects. You know what... Double their number this time, maybe we'll have a use for them. As for other matters such as your failure or anything similar, I hope you are prepared for your punishment after this scuffle is over."
"Yes milord, I will accept the punishment that you have deemed appropriate for this one's slight of judgment at such a critical mission!"
Golie together with the other restored elves are very loyal to him and this only made it harder for Viktor to pose punishment to them but as a parent figure to all of elfkind, he made it a rule to give them an appropriate punishment whenever one of them made a mistake like this.
'Plus, he is very pleasant to the eyes. Nepotism is bad for governance.'
*sigh*
Golie could easily pass for the seat of the most beautiful man in the world, if there is one like that. After returning their magic and their appearance, the elves treated Viktor like their self made/proclaimed God. The elves are naturally beautiful as the legends says, they also have a very long life span and their magic spells are more versatile and powerful than those cast by normal wizards. He treats them like his own children, and have great plans for them unlike the expendable wolfmen and the future blood legion who are simply tools for the completion of his plans.
'Being a fake God is hard. Thus I will become the real thing. Soon... '
"I hope you will learn and grow from this. Remember that failing does not make you a failure, giving up does. Don't let this hinder your progress."
"Yes milord!"
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"A mysterious explosion of nuclear origin occurred in Romania earlier this evening, scientists says that the explosion must have occurred due to a problem in an unauthorised nuclear research that is being secretly done in the area. Many families are still unaccounted for and many people also fell victim to the aftermath of the blast. The UN..."
The reporter on the television stuck to her report and people who cared shook their heads being unable to do anything while thinking why this kind of thing is happening around the world when they can all live in peace, those who didn't give a damn simply ignored the news while thinking what to have for dinner or where to go to get laid tonight, some religious cultists are singing for the end of times and some groups are strangely rooting for the coming of the annunaki or some other race of aliens.
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[Meanwhile at the magical world...]
"William's coven is undoubtedly far stronger than we have first assumed, they have surely conspired with the muggles to develop such weapons of mass destruction. When our ancestors established the statue of secrecy and separated the muggles from us the noble magicals, they must have not taken into account their capacity for growth in the field of technology and left them to their own folly of self destruction. I regret to say it, but it seems that what Grindelwald foretold about how the muggles may just come to fruition if we don't act first and fast. The muggles are strong, even with our abilities I believe we can not hold a long standing war against all of them especially if we left their weapons development technology unhindered or unchecked... "
The speaker paused and looked at everyone in the room.
"I propose that we make amendments to our rules and let some of our kind take up power in the muggle world. It would be a long shot as we know little to none about the muggles but we have to take this step as it is now necessary for our survival. Now let us come to a vote, those who support the implementation of this plan raise your wands..."
It was a dark room hosting twelve seats around a huge marble table with ancient rune engravings. The man who spoke sat on the host seat with an aura that is filled to the brim with matchless grandeur and heroism, his manly face and golden hair only served to make him look like an envoy of the holy ghost. This however is not enough to mask the ugly look of fear from his eyes. The nuclear bomb exploding in their backyard have roused the sleeping dragons of the magical world, the people here who existed mostly in legends of old are more real than anything else.
Who would ever believe that the King of old and his knights are alive to this day, existing behind the scenes to control magical Europe's course, and fate? Would anyone believe it if they were told that the legends are real? Or at the very least some of it? Who would be able to take that and not call for the mental hospital for help? After all, not even Viktor who had a vast network of spies knew about these well hidden powers.
All eleven raised their wands except for one.
"Lord of the lance, may we know your concern about this matter? The reason for your refusal?"
"I don't know... ever since Merlin disappeared we seem to have lost our ways and stagnated into a mess of pride and over confidence that is brought about by our special status as magical beings. The new nobles simply became too conceited to accept that we were once upon a time oppressed by the very muggles we look down on only to ignore the threat they pose to our existence. Our magic dwindled into teaching what is safe instead of seeking for the truth like we wizards have always aimed to do. Let's face this reality, we have declined to where we are right now partly because of our inaction so this is partly our fault. My king, we have been alive for very long, and look at where we are now. Watching our descendants fight amongst themselves, rotting in their laziness, while most are living in a completely stupid way of being in poverty due to the abuse of power of the ones in the position to serve. I am not against your plans, I just believe that we have to change our line of thinking first before we go out to challenge our traditions that Merlin himself held faith in."
Everyone on the round table nodded their heads. Even the leader realised how wrong his line of thinking was while he listened to the lord of the lance. Injecting wizards into muggle society is easy, but would dominating it to the point of supremacy be that easy when they know close to nothing about the other world? He was simply talking fantasy if he thought that everything can be solved with every flick of his wand. The process will surely take a huge amount of time and effort to seamlessly merge the two worlds and gain control of their society. They would have to work on the wizards first before introducing them to their future tasks.
"You speak with sense my old friend. Now that I heard your point I think that this is very hasty of a plan as well."
Lord of the bow spoke in support to the Lord of the lance. He was shaken by the power of the powerful weapon at the hands of the muggles and wanted to immediately take control of it immediately but now that he thought about it he found it being too hasty.
'Maybe it's time I am forced to break my vow to you old man. I have to act this time, I can't just sleep here in this time frozen body all the time while all of my people are in danger.'
"Alright let's do it this way then..."
The king and his knights talked about plans for the future of magical England. This time, the muggles are the center of their plans.