Chapter 386: Overwhelming force

Chapter 386: Overwhelming force

The island was only a few miles across so it didn't take long for Nick and Lucas to arrive at the outskirts of the battle between Seram and the intruder. 'You have got to be kidding me!' Nick thought with a dumbfounded look at the scene that greeted them upon arrival. Standing at the cliffs edge was a small old man that looked frail enough for the wind to blow over that had shoulder length thin white hair. In the mans hand was a pale white wooden wand that had a blood red stone the size of a quail egg affixed to it's base.-

The crazy part however was that Seram was fighting a dozen stone soldiers that were clearly giving her a run for her money if the injuries on her were any indication. As if that wasn't bad enough whenever she would tear one of the soldiers apart the old wizard would merely wave his wand and the soldier would be repaired. "You two help the manticore fight off the stone soldiers! Lucas with me on the wizard!" Nick barked out commands to the atronachs and Lucas before sprinting towards the old man.-

Not well enough that the wizard wasn't showing signs of struggle however as he fought against the torrent of flames. Nick cut off the flames as he was running out of breath before moving his wand "Reducto! Bombarda maxima! Hydrae fumicant!" The first and second spells forced the wizard to leave the shield or risk getting blown to pieces while the last was Nicks personally modified toxic smoke spell. This would force the wizard to try and get rid of the horribly corrosive smoke or risk getting eaten to the bones. -

Just like Nick planned the wizard dodged out of the way of the first two spells and hurriedly dealt with the third spell. At this point a mist reformed behind the wizard as Lucas used the difficult to spot mist form to sneak up on the wizard. "Expeliarmous!" he spoke and the wizard was unable to react in time from the sudden attack in a different direction thus losing their wand. Nick wasted no time at all tapping his wand on the ground and transfiguring the ground to swallow the wizard and his wand while having several sharp spears of metal pressed against his body from all angles.-

Seram and the atronachs made quick work of the stone soldiers at that point as the wizard couldn't restore them anymore. "Wonderful! simply marvelous child! To think I would be caught off guard in such a manner, I'm truly embarrassed!" the wizard said with a laugh from his hole in the ground. "Who are you and how did you find this place?" Nick asked seriously with his wand pointed at the man threateningly. "Oh good my new cloaking enchantment is working then , your help was invaluable to make it you know. "I admit that I may have miscalculated on the reaction you would have when planning this little surprise." the man said with an awkward chuckle.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.