Space tears ran from one end of the sky to another.
Pieces of the sky fell like drops of rain. Hidden within them, a tiny figure of a golden-haired girl also fell, her eyes closed, and her uniform torn here and there.
Grindelwald and Dumbledore couldn't believe their eyes… or their luck.
Never had they thought that a miracle would happen, saving them from this certain doom.
Dumbledore limped his way forward several steps and raised his wand, putting a stop to Darcie's fall.
When she landed, he approached her and checked her pulse.
Then he looked back and smiled at his old friend.
Then… his eyes widened. "GRINDELWALD!!!"
Squelch!
Two swords ripped their way through Gellert Grindelwald, shattering his heart.
Blood foaming out of his mouth, Grindelwald looked over his shoulder and saw those demonic eyes, a chill running down his shattered spine.
Black pulled the swords out and kicked the dead wizard away.
How could he ever let go of such a sweet chance?
If Grindelwald had sided with him, then it wouldn't have mattered.
But the combination of Dumbledore and Grindelwald would have affected his plans just too much for him to ignore it.
It was best if both these wizards died here before the Timeline could restrict him with the Timeline Backlash.
Boom!
Black boomed out of existence, saying nothing. There was no exchange of words or gazes. When it came to killing, the best way to do it was to just do it.
Fury danced on Dumbledore's face as he prepared himself for death.
Suddenly, the hair on Black's neck stood up.
CRACK!
Black shifted himself right, sensing the incoming curse.
A red bolt of the Killing Curse cracked just inches away from him.
If it wasn't for the Observation Haki, then despite him being buffed to the teeth right now and having the Hogwarts Uniform on him, he would have lost his Quality for certain.
Stunned, Black looked back and his eyes shook.
The dead wizard, Gellert Grindelwald, had stood up, holding his wand, his skin rotting visibly.
Oh, yes, Black realized soon enough. He is a skilled Necromancer as well.
Magic boiled as Grindelwald disapparated, appearing right in front of him.
Black hacked, surrounding the blades with Telekinesis. Grindelwald waved his wand, bending all rules within the Reality Marble.
Over their heads, the final piece of the sky fell, the yellow stars blurring out of existence.
BOOM!
…
Black shook his head as he came back to his senses.
Everything below his waist, and a part of his left hand and his chest, had disappeared. On the rest of his body, thick, black veins were oozing out blacker blood, reeking of rot.
After thinking over it, Black refrained from regenerating flesh for now.
He levitated off the ground and looked around. The Reality Marble had indeed disappeared before 30 seconds, it seemed.
However, the real tragedy was that he couldn't finish Dumbledore in time.
Crack!
Cra-ckkk!
Cra-ccc-ccc-cck!
Hundreds of Aurors, and even more wizards from the Ministry, began appearing all around them.
The stage was set.
…
[Activating Cosmic Authority…]
…
"Ha-Ha-Hahahaha!" The Yellow Warlock laughed like a maniac, rising high and high in the air.
Behind him, a legion of Dementors rose, too.
The twelve remaining level 1 Dementors each carried a Hogwarts Student hostage, grabbing them by their heads. The students' soulless bodies dangled freely in midair, their eyes wide; hope lost.
And just behind Kai, the level 2 Dementor, standing over 3 metres tall, held two students by itself, its deathly grip making their heads bleed.
From somewhere, he pulled out all the pieces of Ekrizdis, which began revolving around him, taking the form of a petrified statue.
In the next moment, Ekrizdis came alive, taking his place behind the Yellow Warlock as well.
…
[Outer One Title confirmed…]
…
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"Wonderful performance," the Yellow Warlock said, his voice booming across the space as he clapped. "I lost my control over the Obscurus for a moment. Forgive me. Ha-Haha!"
The lie was enough to secure Darcie's fate for years to come.
Dumbledore, missing his left hand and left leg, eyed the students in the Dementors' grasps, holding Grindelwald's rotting corpse in his hands. Tears overwhelmed his senses before getting evaporated by his burning wrath.
…
[
Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn…
You have orchestrated a new Lore
]
…
The students, burnt and broken from here and there, looked at the sheer destruction and then their gazes fell on the dangling bodies in the sky.
Some cried. Some screamed. Some just stared at the yellow thing, levitating amidst a hopeless blackness.
No matter the students or the newly arrived Aurors and the Minister, they all knew what kind of abomination they were looking at.
Yet, the Minister of Magic couldn't help but stutter out in disbelief… "Who… are… you?"
The dark wizard lifted his hands as if embracing the world, taking in the despair filling the space around him. "I am…"
…
[
Cosmic Authority: Outer One (3/3)
— The Evil Pokemon of Alto Mare
— The Demander of Truth
— The Yellow Warlock
]
…
The name seeped into the bones; like fear.
Dumbledore looked at the students and then at Grindelwald with the most pained affection.
Then he pushed himself to his feet and eyed The Yellow Warlock, his wrath reaching limits he had never thought himself capable of. "What… do you want?"
The Yellow Warlock laughed as if he had never heard a more obvious, foolish question.
"Death…" he declared, rocking the souls. "Destruction… Madness… Doom…"
…
[
Lore of The Evil Pokemon of Alto Mare, The Demander of Truth, and The Yellow Warlock confirmed:
The Devastating Despair
The Blue-skinned Demon
The Unforgivable Cursed One
The Scion of Death
The Crawling Chaos
]
…
The Yellow Warlock grinned. One could see it; even in the darkness. It felt evil beyond words.
"I just don't like the definition of the peace in this world… It's… rotten… full of hypocrisy… I will create my own world… my own peace…"
"You… are mad!" Dumbledore snapped.
…
[
Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn
Your Cosmic Authority of Outer One is manifesting into an Eldritch Title…
]
…
"Ha-Ha-Hahaha!" The Yellow Warlock laughed again, raising his hands outward. "Who isn't?! Today… I declare… war… upon this entire world… Let the fun… begin!"
And the Dementors dropped the bodies, melting into the yellow shadow.
"A… A… Attack!" the Minister of Magic ordered, shaking in fear.
All eyes got overwhelmed by the sheer number of blinding, magical attacks.
But when the sky regained its peace, The Yellow Warlock had already disappeared.
In the sky, like the most ominous sign, the Dark Mark still shone ghostly green, a serpent tongue hissing, slithering out of a skull.
Then, two crossed swords appeared behind the skull, all the greens becoming a hideous yellow.
The 2nd Wizarding War… had officially begun!
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