Chapter 74 - 74 The Fall of Genosha.

Ninety miles off the coast of Genosha was a ship on its way to the port off Genosha's coastal city of Hammer Bay. Erik Lehnsherr was both thrilled and apprehensive about what was to come. The ship contained every member of the Brotherhood of Mutants and a large amount of equipment.

In one of the larger rooms however was four couches, twelve flat screen TVs, and a snack table. Other than Magneto himself, this room did not contain any other members of his brotherhood. Instead it contained his daughter, his son-in-law, his son-in-law's other women, and three ugly Goblins.

This room was both the command center of the battle that was to come and an entertainment room. The picture from the TVs came from the several hundred flying drones over Genosha which were enchanted to be invisible. Considering the number of mutates in Genosha, there could have been a few capable of detecting the shrouded cameras, but this was not the case.

The mutates of Genosha were, for the most part, not naturally awakened but artificially engineered and weaponized. Every mutate had a power which fell into one of three categories: Tracking, Amplified Attack, and Anti-Mutant. Over the last few months, a very large list had been made of the power possessed by the various mutates and it was chilling for Magneto. Over a dozen mutates with powers that could negate the powers of other mutants were on that list. There was even a mutate who could emit 'Anti-Magnetic Field' Waves which not only negated magnetism, but also corroded metal. That one had Magneto wonder about the goals of this island.

The Tracking category mutates were for those who wished to escape from the island. The fact that news of the atrocities of this place was not well known was evidence enough about the effectiveness of the tracking team as Erik had never heard of this place before Harry brought it to his attention.

Knowing with every cell in his body that this place must be wiped from the map, he was truly looking forward to the upcoming show. The War Party Commanders already confirmed that the Mutant power nullification had no effect on Goblin Magic and even the corrosion effect of the Anti-Magnetic Field Waves would not harm enchanted Goblin Silver.

A beeping sound from the other end of the room confirmed that the third bag of popcorn had finished in the microwave. Erik could only sigh at that. Leave it to Harry Potter to turn the achievement of his life's work into the equivalent of a movie night.

Not that he could really complain. Every aspect of the battle to come had been planned out and settled by his son-in-law, so Erik had no room to argue with how the Wizard enjoyed the process.

After handing a bowl of popcorn to the Goblin Commanders on the couch and sitting down with his girls, Harry asked, "Everyone ready?"

Jade, Rogue, Wanda, and even Jean was present for the show. Harry had sent her a message about the timing weeks ago and she'd used her Portkey to return home for the war since it sounded like fun.

The TVs were all on and changed to different perspectives on a certain guard post in the northern part of Hammer Bay. The sky was dark from the heavy cloud cover and half an hour prior, a deluge of rain started pouring from the sky. With such weather, everyone who didn't have to be outside would definitely return inside meaning the possibility of civilian casualties was greatly reduced. All Goblin armor and weapons would be charmed with the Water Proofing spell and their boots would have no issue traveling over slippery or muddy terrain. This setup was approved once they confirmed a lack of Hydrokinetic Mutates on this island which was surprisingly to say the least.

A series of green check marks appeared on one of the screens showing the Hacking attempt made to disable all outward communication and security had succeeded, thus signaling the start of the operation.

Harry created two portals off to the side of the room which were adjacent to one another. He couldn't make remote portals but he could line them up. The first portal led from the ship to the area the Thunder Breaker War Party was preparing to set off from and the second portal from from the ship to the space two hundred meters in front of the guard post. In the pouring rain, the shining silver portal was difficult to see even if you were looking for it, much less at that distance. The invisible drones had a spell which caused water to pass around them so they were not revealed from the water splatter. Special cameras in the drones also allowed the picture to basically filter out the rain and show a clear view of the battlefield.

Hagglefin's Thunder Breaker War Party of fifty armored Goblins charged through the silver portals towards the guard post. Lights off the structure reflected off the shine from the Goblin's armor but that was fine with the attacking party. They wanted a battle, not a ȧssassination.

A number of shouts echoed back and forth and an alarm buŧŧon was pressed, causing a siren to blare. Such alarms were always simple analog designs and could not be prevented without cutting the line or the power. This woke everyone at the guard post and called them to their stations.

A dozen ripples blasted through the air as sonic shock waves generated by the mutate guards patrolling the top of the wall struck the Goblin War Party. Their armor however was charmed against sound attacks and the rain heavily weakened the sonic attacks. Every War Party Commander knew what mutates would be at which guard post when the attack was declared and each Commander prepared their War Party accordingly.

The Thunder Breaker War Party had fifty Goblins and through a series of prior battles, they had been awarded the Honor of First Blood. After the Sonic attacks signaled the start of aggressions, a dozen Goblins took out crossbows from their backs and fired them at the wall. The crossbow bolts shined with blinding light after being released and at the moment of impact the walls exploded in a deafening blast that shook the entire base.

First Blood had been drawn for the guards atop those walls did not survive.

From his seat on the couch, Erik asked, "What were those?"

One of the Goblin Commanders answered, "Arrows made from an ancient, magical species of tree I'm certain you've never heard of."

Harry added, "A few centuries ago, Wizards invented a spell which can banish arrows back in the direction they came, so these Bolts have been sitting in storage for centuries, waiting for a good chance to use them."

The cruel smile the Goblins gave Erik showed the Leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants how much these bloodthirsty creatures really wanted to use them. The fact that these Bolts didn't have any metal in them also seemed to be a direct message to Erik as well as these Goblins obviously made this plan knowing Erik would be watching the battle and wanted to put a bit of fear into the magnetokinetic.

From the rubble of the base, dozens and dozens of guards emerged. A very large number of mutate guards had basic physical enhancements such as super strength, augmented healing, and the like. These guards that survived the blast and threw off the rubble charged the Goblins much to the latter's delight. Not bothering to reload or even put away their crossbows, the Goblins simply dropped them to the ground and charged the guards with weapons drawn.

It was at this point that Erik and those who had never seen a Goblin fight before learned a very important fact about Goblins. They were fast. Erik had seen his son's speed and though the Goblin's movement speed could never catch up with Pietro's, the speed at which they attacked when up close neared his son's superhuman speed.

This was of course not the normal speed of a Goblin. Goblins were in fact very fast, but the armor worn by the Thunder Breaker War Party enhanced their speed even further.

The invulnerable skin of the superhuman mutates could not stand against the enchanted Goblin Silver blades which cut into their muscle and struck their innards. The guards however did not flinch even when they sustained a mortal blow. They struck the closest Goblin which was usually the Goblin attacking them and many of them sent the nearby Goblins flying with a swat.

Erik frowned at the guards. The reason they were unaffected by the attacks was that all the guards were basically brainwashed and half brain dead. There was nothing left to save which was why there would be no mutate prisoners at the end.

Reinforcements arrived for the guards which included dozens of men with high powered laser rifles. The island's technology was far more advanced than the rest of the world but it was of little use. The Goblins brought out their buckler shields which easily deflected the laser rounds. Several Goblins got out staves and started casting.

This caused the Goblin Commanders at the side to grin, and only Harry knew why. Wizards created a law that prevented Goblins from using Wands and Wand Makers refused to share their craft with Goblins just as Goblin Silversmiths refused to share their crafts with Wizards. Goblins could in fact cast magic without a wand and use spells similar if not identical to a Wizard. However the power of a Goblin's spell would rarely exceed the power of a seventh year Hogwarts student's spell meaning that spell for spell, Goblins were inferior in power to Adult Wizards, forcing Goblins to rely on enchanted armaments when facing off against Wizards in battle.

The problem was that a full set of Goblin equipment was far more difficult for a Goblin to acquire than it was for a Wizard to acquire a wand, meaning the average ȧduŀt Wizard was stronger than the average ȧduŀt Goblin in combat. Without enchanted armor and weapons, a simple Disarming Charm, a second year spell, could leave a Goblin without a weapon to attack with regardless of how fast they were.

Then Harry started paying Goblins in Metagems. Through a great deal of experimentation, Goblins had discovered ways of making magic staves using Metagems that were not inferior to a well fitted Wizard's Wand.

Of course, Metagems were worth a very large amount of Gringotts gold but that just meant they had to work harder to be paid using such. Harry wouldn't allow them to make an unlimited amount for themselves after all and Goblins weren't inclined to do so either. That was like trying to create Gold, there were massive problems if done too often for too long.

Transfiguration, conjuration, and animation spells were fired one after another and golems of mud and steel created through Goblin magics charged the enemy's reinforcements. The cameras showed multiple Mutates pointing at the Golems in what appeared to be Mutant Power Negation attacks but the Goblin Magic fueled golems were unaffected forcing the reinforcements to attack using other means. Several streams of fire and lightning shot out from the guards but the fire died and the lightning was directed harmlessly into the ground due to the rain.

Several monitors showed more checkmarks and Harry made another pair of portals. The Thunder Breaker War Party was given the Honor of First Blood and the purpose of getting the enemy combat ready. Once it was determined that the other bases were armed and prepared for battle, the next War Party was given the go to ȧssault another guard post.

The second group was the Metal Eater War Party of one hundred Goblins and their target was the main guard post in Carrion City, the second of the two main cities of Genosha.

Hagglefin's War Party was probably the second best armored in the Goblin ranks so other War Parties had greater numbers to account for lesser equipment.

The casters of the Metal Eater War Party transfigured the soil into metal rods which were magically lifted into the air and dropped upon the enemy base. At the moment the metal rods pierced through the roofs, another round of spells were shot at the rods to enlarge them.

The expanding rods shattered the guard post's foundation and the buildings collapsed one after another as the hundred Goblins charged forward against the super powered heavily armored guards. Goblins lost their lives when laser fire struck their unarmored eyes or when a guard with super strength crushed the unarmored Goblins, but for every Goblin lost, a dozen mutates were slain.

Harry and the girls could feel the slowly building blood ŀust from the Goblin Commanders watching the battle. The longer the watched the more they wanted to fight. The enemy was caught off guard, completely unprepared, and outmatched, but they still fought and died valiantly. The Goblins slain in the battle died with honor and would be remembered.

Another series of Check marks appeared and Harry made another set of portals. The Skullcrusher War Party contained two hundred of the most savage Goblins of the Goblin Nation and the portal led them directly into the heart of the main Security base where many of the strongest Mutates and their generals were stationed.

Each of the Skullcrushers only wore equipment that increased speed, they did not don armor and were instead armed with a blade in hand and an extra to their side in case their main blade broke off in an opponent's skull or spine.

Though violent and merciless, the Skullcrusher War Party had spent the last month learning the faces and abilities of all Mutates in the main security base and learning the layout as well. Hackers from the Cyber Detonation War Party would ensure that the doors were open or closed when needed to control the battlefield and allow the Skull rushers to slaughter to their heart's content.

With another series of Check Marks, Harry created a dozen portal pairs leading to the various sites in the island. The main force of five thousand Goblins was now pouring through the portals to the various strongholds of the island. The first three forces were simply Goblins who earned an opportunity to fight against a higher number of worthy opponents. The main force however was the actual conquest force. Even if every Goblin from the first three forces died, it wouldn't have changed anything.

It took a full five minutes for the dozen portals to transfer the five thousand Goblins. At this point there was only one target left.

Harry turned to the Commanders at the couches and said, "The Blood Drinker War Party is ready for your Command." He then created a portal in front of the couch and the three Goblins jumped in. Harry then created another pair of portals to lead the dozen members of the Blood Drinker War Party to the secret stronghold under the island.

Of the twelve TV screens, eleven were from drones and cameras buŧŧoned onto the Goblins around the island. The twelfth however actually showed an underground bunker style area with its own security monitors. Sitting in front of the monitors in that room was a being who was grotesque even by Goblin standards. The being was about seven feet tall but had no head. Instead, his ċhėst and torso were massive in size and upon his ċhėst was a massive set of eyes and where his stomach would be was a massive snarling mouth and nose. The creature had four arms and at the top of his torso was a set of horns.

According to the files recovered by the Goblin Hackers, this being called itself Sugerman, and was the true ruler of Genosha. Harry discovered using his own means that this man once worked for Mr. Sinister before stealing a lot of his research and escaping. He arrived at Genosha about fifty years ago and during that period, he used the tech and genetic data he stole to advance Genosha into one of the most high tech countries in the world.

The leaders of the country were merely pawns to Sugarman and it was this mutant which created the process to induce directed mutations to weaponize humans with an unawakened X-Gene into super powered, brainwashed, loyal soldiers.

Sugarman's own command center and lair was deep within the bowels of the island and was very stereotypical for an evil lair. There were racks of devices that looked well used for both experimentation and torture. There were liquid filled cylinder vats containing heavily weaponized human mutates floating in suspended animation. There was a deep hole in the center of the room the mad scientist made just so he could toss failures into. And there were lots and lots of weapons of every type hung on the walls.

Within Sugarman's command center were dozens of red lights showing multiple alarms going off. His security cameras brought up images of the Blood Drinker War party entering the passage leading to his true lair. The hideous creature snarled and started typing at his command center with all four hands. The vats containing the human mutates drained and released their occupants.

Rogue pointed to the screen and said, "Bring that one up and turn up the volume."

Harry said, "Alright, boss battle time." He used his technopathy to address the system and the twelve screens were now acting as a single massive screen showing the Blood Drinker War party.

Sugarman's crackling voice could be heard on the monitor, "I don't know how these creatures made it into the bunker, but they'll never survive the traps."

From Sugarman's console the monitors clearly showed the advancing Goblins. The four-armed dictator typed in a few commands and the walls started closing on the Goblins and flame throwers appeared from the walls and doused the hallway in fire.

The sinister looking Sugarman rubbed his hands together and with a vicious smile said aloud, "Even if you vermin can survive the crushers and the flames, the oxygen in the hall will be completely removed by the flames and you'll pass out or suffocate to death!"

Jade asked while watching, "Who the hell is he talking to? He doesn't know anyone is watching and he's just talking to himself?"

Magneto actually answered, "He's completely frantic at the moment and trying to convince himself everything will be alright. Hearing the words said aloud, even if from your own tongue, can be more ȧssuring than thinking them to yourself."

Wanda snickered and asked, "Done a few of those private villain monologues yourself old man?"

Erik turned away with just the bȧrėst hint of red on his cheeks causing the girls in the room to do their best, and fail, to suppress a giggle.

Rogue asked, "Will they be alright?"

Harry said, "I'm not spoiling it for you, have some popcorn." Harry passed over the bowl which magically stayed heated and Rogue took it without complaint.

The Goblins were fine of course. Besides hoarding Gold and slaying enemies, there was one other profession that Goblins had been doing for thousands of years. Tomb Raiding. The Blood Drinker War Party were among the greatest Tomb Raiders and Warriors of the Goblin Nation and had every piece of equipment one would need to break into and pillage the most secure of wizard tombs. Unfortunately for Sugarman, tech based traps were nothing compared to the magic based traps of Ancient greedy Wizards. Equipment enchanted with a bubble head charm that recycled its own oxygen was standard equipment for Tomb Raiders. Many tombs collapsed and one would run out of oxygen anyways. Wizards loved fire traps since it was a cheap and easy way to kill in enclosed spaces by removing the oxygen with fire.

Sugarman shouted, "Impossible! I designed those traps myself!" On several of the monitors were battles and explosions. The Goblins were taking casualties but they were few and far between, while Sugarman's mutate army was being slaughtered. "No! This cannot be! My Army!"

The mutates he awakened from stasis were armed and Sugarman said, "Guard the door! They'll never get through."

Wanda asked, "Why not just portal them into the chamber?"

Harry answered with a shrug, "They wanted to make an entrance."

Six Goblins lined up six enchanted spikes and with a unified motion, drove them into the door. The combination spell caused the massive door to liquify in a large scale Transfiguration spell. Tombs without magical defenses were too easy for such an experienced party of Tomb Raiders.

Sugarman stared down the Goblins and shouted, "How dare you disrupt my work! My Army was meant to destroy Humanity! Not fall to such grotesque creatures!"

Harry chuckled aloud and the girls laughed as well. Wanda gave Magneto a side glance which had the Master of Magnetism sigh. It seems everyone and their dog was out to use mutants to destroy Humanity these days.

Sugarman pointed forward and shouted, "Kill them!" He then grabbed two hammers and two axes off the wall and charged forward himself.

The mutates transformed into various monstrosities. Some turned into hulking creatures, some turned into ribbon like constructs, some into the elements themselves.

The three Commanders who shared the couch before struck against Sugarman while the remaining Goblins battled against the monstrous mutates.

The leader of Genosha was no slouch. He was able to increase and decrease his size at will, his speed nearly matched the Goblins and his four arm attacks allowed him to hold his own against the Goblins. His strongest attack however was a tongue that extended out like a spear and moved like a whip and clearly had the power to puncture steel and stone.

Fifteen second after the battle started, it was obvious that the Goblins were losing. The mutates were all incredibly powerful and Sugarman had a healing factor that Harry felt would give Wolverine a run for his money.

The command center was trashed but the Goblins fought on without failing back or staying down.

Rogue, who was the most experienced when it came to hand to hand combat among the girls asked, "What's happening to those mutates?"

Jean asked, "What do you mean?"

Magneto, who had more battle experience than any of them answered for her, "They are slowing down."

Harry said, "Goblin Silver can carry enchantments better than anything else. Their weapons are very specialized and all the enchantments are for a single thing. Killing immortals."

Jean asked with a bit of shock, "That's possible?"

"With stackable curses and poisons it is. Their blades have multiple poisons ȧssimilated into them and inflict cursed wounds. The wounds may look like they are healing, but the curses are piling up." Curses could affect anything and even the elemental mutates were affected and slowly being overwhelmed. Some tombs contained the living forms of sealed wizards so powerful, they were said to be Gods of their time and Goblins knew how to slay them.

Soon the battle reversed. The mutates were slain one after another and before he could even notice, Sugarman was left alone. The massive creature suddenly fell to his knee and returned to his normal size, though not by choice. His wounds were bleeding and they were not healing anymore.

The Commander of the Blood Drinker War Party stepped forward and said, "We are of the Goblin Nation. By our laws, you must be presented with a chance to surrender before we destroy you. Will you surrender or will you die?"

This had Sugarman stunned. "Goblins? But, Magic creatures? No, this goes against the Statue of Secrecy! You will be exterminated for this!"

Rogue asked, "Does everyone know about that?"

Harry answered, "Anyone who has led a country for a long enough period knows about magic."

The Commander answered, "Negative. Genosha is not a part of the United Nations and as long as there are no witnesses, we have broken no laws."

Sugarman gritted his teeth and said, "No witnesses? This is crazy! This is blasphemy! This is Madness!"

A gleam of light shined in each of the Goblin's eyes. The Commander stepped forward and said, "Madness?" He raised his weapon and shouted, "THIS. IS. GRINGOTTS!"

The Goblin leapt forward and kicked the weakened Sugarman back where he fell directly into the massive pit in the center of the room. He fell screaming all the way to the bottom.

Everyone on the couch looked at Harry who shrugged and said, "What? They love that movie."

Three Goblins took out what appeared to be explosives and tossed them down the hole. A few moments later, the bottom of the hole brightened and the tv screens whited out for a few seconds. Harry smiled at that. The Goblins have seen his guns and it didn't take too long and too many dead experimenters to figure out the trick to magic bombs. Sugarman's flesh and even his skeleton wouldn't have survived that.

Harry made a portal for them to return through and the three Commanders returned to the couch where they directed the remaining Goblin forces.

From the Thunder Breaker War Party's dispatch to the final resistance being taken out, the Battle of Genosha lasted about an hour. After that was two hours of hunting down guards that slipped through the cracks and when that was over, the Goblins located the bodies of all of their dead along with any fallen or discarded Goblin weapons and returned through the portals back home.

Harry then took out a vial of Swooping Evil venom and charged it with magic before tossing it into a portal above some clouds. He then took out a dozen more vials and did the same. After a few minutes, the heavy rain clouds contained a light saturation of Swooping Evil venom and over the course of ten minutes, the venom would spread to every inch of the island and ensure everyone who witnessed what happened and survived would lose their memories of anything involving magic. Even if they stayed in door, the humidity in the very air would contain the venom and affect all those who breathed it in.

Harry said, "The rain will dissipate in an hour. Once it does, you can land the ship, take credit for what happened, and take over. Call me or Charles if you need anything."

Harry then made a portal and along with the girls, left the ship and returned home. Just to be safe, he then wrapped everyone with the Timer Turner and went back three hours. Harry then took the girls out shopping and to get a nice dinner in a few places he'd been seen to ensure he had an alibi. The fact that he just so happened to have an alibi for the moment Genosha was attacked when he was usually impossible to find would probably raise some suspicions, but that wouldn't matter.

Muggle Governments did not work with Magical ones. They were aware of the latter's existence, but Magical Governments would not willingly disclose information if it was not needed. That meant that uncommon information, like the existence of Time Turners, was not something any Muggle Government knew about. Not too surprising since their creation was dangerous and their use heavily restricted. Telling muggles about the ability to travel backwards in time was a terrible idea no matter how you consider it.

The following week was mostly boring. Every single one of the Genoshan civilians agreed to have their 'Undiscovered X-Gene awakened' so they could become citizens of Magneto's Mutant only Genosha. Turns out that living as a powerless human human under a corrupt government instilled a thirst for the power to protect yourself which was why they agreed so easily. Harry already prepared a gene therapy solution that would give and awaken the X-Gene in humans without it and Magneto's ship was full of it. The solution would expire in a week and had a spell on it that would render it inert if taken off the island after it got close. That would prevent someone from stealing any and using it to turn random nonmutants into mutants. Of course, that wouldn't stop it from being used on people visiting the island, but Harry and Magneto agreed that the island should go into a one week lockdown after the invasion to ensure a proper change of regimes. It would take less time than that to turn the citizens into mutants and in a week, the any remaining solution would be useless.

Harry couldn't do much himself during that week. The students had their finals so Harry just sat at his desk during those classes and watched to make sure no one cheated.

Once everyone was seated, Harry wrote on the board, 'To prevent Cheating, the room will be shielded from outside signals.'

Without raising her hand, Liah immediately asked, "What if there is an emergency and someone needs to contact us?"

Already prepared for that, Harry opened a window and tied a basket to it. He said, "Then turn your cellphone's ringer to the max and place it in the basket. If you hear your cell phone ring, you can turn in your Final and leave the classroom with your phone. To prevent cheating, no one is allowed to leave the classroom and return to continue their finals. Any other questions?"

Liah looked furious and from the other end of the room, Polly looked amused. The mic and camera in her glasses wouldn't work and she had no real way to cheat besides trying to copy the answers off the people next to her. Not that copying would work either as every test was different.

Harry wondered if Shield or anyone else would try to send in more spies since they wouldn't be able to get to the advanced classes without actually learning the material.

Once the class was over, Harry put the papers into his inventory and paused so he could go over each of them. He suppressed a chuckle when he saw that Polly's paper was filled with doodles of accurately drawn mockingbirds. He was tempted to pass her since he didn't mind her just being there to protect Fitz and Simmons. He'd see how many applied for his Advanced Metaphysics Class in the fall and contact her about it then. If he didn't get a full class, then he'd ask if she wanted to be invited back.

Once the week was over, Harry took a plane over to California to attend the Gala. He'd made a large donation to get an invite which was how such functions worked. He asked if any of his girls wanted to come of course, but the lot blatantly refused due to the boring nature of such a function and Jean had already returned to space to burn more planets. She'd gotten three so far and would hopefully finish off the last two within a year.

Harry had no idea how long his business with Stark would take so he booked a week at a fancy hotel. He wouldn't stay of course, he'd portal home each night, but at least on paper it would look like he spent a week in California. For some reason, Harry didn't think his stay would be as boring as his girls said it would be.

*Author's Note. Sorry for the delay. Turns out, Massive battles between fully armed Goblins and super powered parties are not as common as one would think in the realm of Fanfiction so I didn't have much to reference from and had to make up this stuff from scratch. The tricky part wasn't the battle, it was figuring out how to describe the best parts of the battle. Eventually I settle on the Entertainment room idea and though perhaps not the best, I'm happy with it.

Oh, that THIS IS GRINGOTTS thing literally just came to me the other day and I cackled like a mad person when I thought of it.