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Chapter 42 - 41. The End? (Part 3)

Hong Kong Royal Palace hotel:

The floor was cluttered with huntsticks while Trixie and Spud were hunched over those things trying to inspect them. " Okay, can someone please tell me what's going on? Where's dad and Jake?" Asked a distressed Susan. " Well, G has been kidnapped by the dark dragon who is also forcing Jake to slip in a mind controlling potion at tonight's dragon summit. So, Jake went to get Rose to help him save the dragon council from being brainwashed." Replied Fu dog.

" Oh, you would think I would get used to these things by now." Said Susan while making an annoyed face. " Where is Jake? He was supposed to be here with Rose hours ago." Asked Trixie." I don't know but I better practice my fight moves." Said Haley as she turned into her dragon form and at that moment Jonathan walked in.

Everyone was surprised and Susan in an attempt to salvage the situation started saying," It's a mirage.You're dreaming!!! It's… it's my side of the family. We're dragons. I just never knew how to tell you honey." " Yeah, I know honey. I blew up your family. Also your dragon form is more beautiful from up close Haley." I said.

Now they are even more surprised and Susan asked, " Honey, you're not surprised? And what do you mean you blew up my family?" I raised an eyebrow and said," You're family made a deal with the CCP where they would collect and sell information about all of us including you, Jake and Haley. I dropped a 500 kg bomb on them in a fit of rage. Also, surprised by what exactly? The fact that I married into a family of magical reptiles? That you threw me on our wedding cake because your family was too sloppy to keep your secret? That almost everyday for two years my 13 year old son who is now 14 is tasked with policing and fulfilling absurd requests and tasks of the entire US magical community? The girl who my son loves unknowingly tried to hunt my son and wear his skull as some form of sick trophy for an entire school year? That he nearly collapsed the fabric of time and space to save the girl he loves? That our dog is nigh immortal and can talk?"

" Dear god, John. Just how much do you know?" Asked Fu dog. " Enough to know that my son is currently at Victoria Peak and is in danger. Also drop those sticks they are worthless." I replied while making my way towards my attaché case which I activated and I was encased in my black A.S.H.T.A.A while I sent a message to the Armoury which read," Send Package SLL-1, APS-2, TC-3 along with armament package Alpha.

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Three attaché were teleported containing the Helljumper pattern MJOLNIR Assault Armour along with a case containing photonic mid range assault rifles, revolvers and tactical knives. " Click the buttons on the handles of your attaché's." Instructed Jonathan in his deep machine voice from the armour. The three of them did and they were wrapped in the Helljumper pattern MJOLNIR Assault Armour. " This is the Helljumper pattern MJOLNIR Assault Armour, the version made for non augmented personnel. This version is predominantly used by the Terrasentries but these are tailor made by me for you three specifically and have especially made combat data tailored to your needs based on your mannerisms preloaded in the suit system making it one of the most powerful variant of MJOLNIR in terms of raw power output and only Rose's Hellcat pattern outclasses yours because of her skills and her neural connection with her suit. I used Star metal as the armour plating instead of the standard Nano crystalline alloy.

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Now time for weapons." I opened the weapons case revealing three futuristic assault rifles, three futuristic revolvers and three combat knives along with 15 matte black cylinders." Jonathan picked up an Assault rifle and said," This is a Type-45A Solar flare variant massified photon accelerator weapon. Basically a very bright flashlight that can vaporize almost anything in 1 to 5 shots. The standard Type-45 fusion powercells can provide enough energy for 800 shots. 15 mags can be carried excluding the one in the weapon but this one I'm holding is powered by a wavemotion energy cell giving the Type-45A unlimited ammunition while the structure made of non conductive material ensures the rifle maintains optimum structural integrity."

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Then Jonathan picked up a revolver, a knife and said," Type-02 Breacher variant hardlight pistol. Firing Hardlight rounds which can be set as either Armour piercing, explosive or incendiary rounds. Each mag can provide 30 shots before needing to recharge using heat or radio waves. Each mag can recharge itself in 7.36 minutes. You can carry 45 excluding the one in the gun. Finally is the Type-65A variant multipurpose combat knife. A simple monomolecularly edged blade capable of slicing through any material known to the common man like butter. I am arming you three not only for throwing down with the dark dragon but also the army he has summoned. My air, land, sea and space assets are already in position so that they could attack and repel at a moment's notice. Take five of those cylinders which are multipurpose grenades. Also Haley, you get a forcefield generator."

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An Ashbird came beside the window of our suite. I jumped in and said, " Let's go to save Jake and my father in law." All five of them jumped in and the Ashbird flew away towards Victoria Peak.

JakePOV:

Jake mixed in the potion while Councillor Andam was giving his speech and poured the wine in the wine cup of every dragon after Councillor Andam finished his speech. The dark dragon watching from a cliff said in his dark, raspy voice," Yes!! The boy is slipping in the mind control potion just as we commanded." " Jake, no!!!" Exclaimed Lao Shi weakly. " Quiet old man, his love for his family is his weakness." Said the dark dragon.

Councillor Andam raised his glass and said, " And now we toast to another thousand years of peace and prosperity throughout the magical world." Everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine while Jake tossed away his. The moment they finished drinking the dark dragon arrived in a flash of dark lightning on the courtyard alongside Chang who had Lao Shi in a Sphinx hair laced fishing net and Bananas B.

" Greetings my dragon brothers and sisters now allow me to propose another toast to dragons ruling the world." All the dragons activated their dragon form in preparation for battle. " Fools, it is useless to fight me!!" Exclaimed the dark dragon. " The dark dragon speaks the truth. All of you are under our mind control spell that you cannot resist." Exclaimed Chang.

" You can thank the American dragon for slipping the surprise in your drinks." Said Bananas B smugly. " Jake!!" Exclaimed Sun Park. " I had no choice, he has grandpa." Said Jake. Lao Shi materialised in the dark dragon's hand in flash of black and red thunder. " Ooohh, go ahead double D make them do something." Said Bananas B.

" Very well. Korean dragon, I order you to destroy Councillor Andam." Ordered the dark dragon. Sun Park clutched her head but instead of attacking she grew two enormous ears? Everyone present was so surprised that they had their jaws agape including the dark dragon and Chang.

Suddenly all the dragons present started turning into various creatures in puffs of colourful smoke. " That's not exactly what I had in mind." Said Bananas B. " What's the meaning of this!!!" Yelled the dark dragon. " I simply ditched the mind control potion and slipped in a little bit of local specialty. Transformation tea." Explained Jake. " I have given you all a chance to join me but the American dragon has sealed your fate." Exclaimed the dark dragon.

Jake turned into his dragon form and declared, " If we had to choose between joining you we would choose destruction gladly." " Very well, I will destroy you all starting with your grandfather." Said the dark dragon as his left hand lit up with lightning which was poised to strike Lao Shi but suddenly the net was severed by an orange fireball which freed Lao Shi and Lao Shi took a fighting stance.

" Hey big, ugly if you want to touch my brother and grandpa you have to go through us." Said Haley through a smoking hole that was blasted through the door of the first dragon temple. " All of us." Said a deep mechanical voice. Behind Haley were three people wrapped head to toe in futuristic armour and they were carrying rifles that had glowing blue accents and behind them was a man who was wearing a eight feet tall super heavy armour which had a grin made of uneven teeth painted on it.

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Jake squinted his eyes and saw the name tags of the three shorter person and their name tags said Susan, Trixie and Spud. The dark dragon roared in rage and summoned hundreds of shadow demons which started attacking the dragons. There was no sound just bright flashes caused by the impact of massified photons. The shade demons kept disappearing in the flash of bright lights.

Jonathan lit up the lights hidden around the A.S.H.T.A.A and charged towards the dark dragon at such speed that the ground got cratered with every step. " Move son!!!" I yelled through the built-in speakers. Jake and Lao Shi moved away as my monstrous armour impacted the dark dragon with 1,039,593.36 joules of kinetic energy which caused the dark dragon to shoot out of the temple.

( The armour increased its weight to 1000 kg with a graviton generator and moved at 102 mph.) The dark dragon despite being mangled beyond recognition for a few moments but the dark powers coursing through his corrupted veins fixed him but this time Jonathan picked up MAHDMG ( Magnetically Accelerated Heavy Duty Machine Gun ) and discharged 2000 rounds of FerroTungsten slugs towards the dark dragon which shredded him like boiled chicken.

The dark dragon unwilling to bear such humiliation let out a loud roar. I got a notification in my HUD indicating that a combined force of trolls, giants, Hobgoblins, mountain trolls, Avemetruses and Kelpies were coming towards the Victoria Peak and they were 100,000 strong. While a large army of the same configuration except adding the Sharkmen, dark mages and Vampires who were serving as commanders were making landfall at the Victoria Harbour. They were already engaging the Terrasentries at combat while receiving support from the 2 M.A.W.S team and 1 platoon of prism tank support.

Legionnaires are killing off the more strategic targets like giants, Avemetrus and Kelpies either through Close Quarters Combat or mid range suppression fire. While Stormtrooper sharp shooters are picking off vampire commanders with invisible Volkite long range weapons which were setting the vampires on fire on a cellular scale. The Beta and Gamma level psykers were systematically destroying the necro warriors, demons and chimera beasts unleashed by the dark wizards.

While the Alpha level psykers were erasing the mind, body and soul of the dark wizards present. Nigel wearing a black trench coat was directing the psykers against the dark mages. The battle would be over in 4 hours while the cleansing would take another three. The human residents and neutral magical residents were transported to the mirror dimension unbeknownst to them by Nigel.

Now the entirety of main dimension Hong Kong is seeing the largest concentration of military might unseen since World War 2. Marines, PLA, Spetsnaz, Terrasentries supported by M.A.W.S and prism tank units and the Arsenal bird were obliterating all those who took the side of the dark dragon.

The Electro Psionic chi jammers, normal jammers and mana blockers had the entirety of Hong Kong surrounded making contact with the outside world impossible.

Thefirstdragontemple:

The sky above Victoria Peak lit up as fiery balls of doom were descending from the heavens. The horde of vampires that came to support along with the trolls, mountain trolls, giants nearing the temple were suddenly blown to bits by something slamming the ground as a mass of fiery death. Those were the drop pods containing the Primaris Legionnaires in heavy Eliminator Armour.

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Each pod carries 12 Legionnaires who were armed with Rapid fire Ion bolt guns, chainswords and Superheated Plasma Incinerators. A total of ten pods carrying 120 Legionnaires created a perimeter of impenetrable death around the first dragon temple. The flying vampires and mountain trolls seeing the futility of a ground assault chose to strike from above resulting in them engaging them with the dragons in aerial battle.

The dragons while not as many as the attacking forces made up for it with raw power, cunning and teamwork. Lao Shi, Jake and I kept pummeling the dark dragon but since none of us bears the mark of the slayer our damages are not permanent. " To think a day would come I would miss the Huntsclan." Said Jake.

" Relax Jakearoo, Rose is on the way and I also sent a little present for her." I reassured her. The dark dragon started to absorb the life force of his followers and started to grow larger. My shoulder opened up to reveal a rectangular barrel which started to glow in an unnatural hue of white. " Jake, dad. MOVE!!!" I roared. As soon as they moved I fired it.

It was a concentrated pulse of Tachyon shot at faster than light speed. The moment the pulse of theoretical particle shot towards the dark dragon for a brief moment the universe itself was confused before for a brief second there was a tear in the fabric of reality where the pulse had passed and when the pulse made contact with the dark dragon's body the area of reality occupied the dark dragon became asunder as the universe felt incomprehensible as the Tachyon pulse disregarded the rules of Physics as if those rules were mere suggestions made by a fool.

For a brief second the dark dragon ceased to exist but a little bit of the tail remained which was enough for the dark dragon to spawn back to existence. " You can't defeat me. I am darkness manifest." Exclaimed the dark dragon while letting out an evil laugh.

Spud yelled through his helmet in a loud voice, " You may be unkillable but that evil laugh is still cliché." " The mortal is right. He's just too powerful." Said Councillor Kulde. I was about to German suplex the dark dragon. But at that moment a resounding " HAIYAHH!!!" was heard. Rose entered by performing a drop kick on the dark dragon's enormous head which was accelerated by the Gravpack.

For the first time since the beginning of this battle the Dark dragon roared in pain and an injury that didn't heal appeared on the dark dragon's body. " Look, it's a slayer. Who is it?" Asked Councillor Kulde. Jake's eyes became teary but he still replied with emotion in his voice," Let's just say she's an old friend." Rose revealed her new staff which was beautiful to say the least. A beam came out which vaporized the back of the dark dragon.

" Mr. Long, thanks for the upgrades." Said Rose while she gracefully landed beside me. " Well, I couldn't send my son's girlfriend to fight the incarnation of darkness in a Gen I platform now could I?" I replied. The temple started to phase in and out of reality. Fu dog said," Guys hurry up, if we don't get out of here now we will be stuck in here for the next thousand years, agoo goo." Everyone started to leave but me and Rose as we were too engrossed in fighting the dark dragon.

Jake when he came out of the temple saw Rose's legs being buried in large amounts of rubble which Rose couldn't lift up. Meanwhile Jonathan was not letting the dark dragon attack Rose. In order to restrain the overgrown lizard I performed Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees.

Trees burst forth from the stone ground which started to ensnare the dark dragon in speed faster than the dark dragon could rip them apart. The chi absorbing properties of the wood release held the dark dragon at bay. Jake was trying to lift up rubble and set Rose free but to no avail.

JakePOV:

I came out of the temple but I saw Rose and dad holding the dark dragon at bay so that we may retreat but suddenly Rose's legs got buried beneath a lot of rubble. I was about to go back but suddenly G grabbed me by the shoulder and said, " Jake you can't. It's too dangerous." " I'm not losing her again." I said with unshakable conviction in my voice and I flew back in at the temple. Rose was trying to use her spear as a lever but the rubble was too heavy even for her powered armour.

" Jake, get out before it's too late." Said Rose whose face was now seeable due to the helmet retracting back into her suit. I looked her in the eyes and said," Dream on, love." Suddenly I saw dad clap his hands and yell, " Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees." The effect was immediate as the dark dragon was ensnared in rapidly growing vegetation. I was surprised because that was one of Sage's techniques.

Dad came running towards Rose and his armour enhanced bulk easily lifted up the rubble. " Come on kids, let's get out of here." I said while the grinning helmet retreated into the suit. Both of them nodded. Suddenly the darkness burst forth from the dark dragon. " If I'm going to be locked into another dimension then I will take you three with me." Said the dark dragon in a booming voice. The dark dragon ensnared dad into his shadows but dad halted it by clapping his hands.

Dad turned towards me, Rose and said, " My son, I hope you will lead a life that you will be proud of when you turn back and relive your memories about the past. Also I hope that Rose will be by your side in those memories."Don't worry son, I'll be back." Dad suddenly grabbed his glasses which he shoved in my hand and lifted us both up and hurled us out through the closing dimensional portal. " Sage Art: Gate of the Great God, Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands Buddha, Sealing Art: Eight Trigram chi sealing formula." Are the final words that Jake and Rose heard before the dimensional portal closed for the next thousand years.

" Where's Jonathan? Asked mom with a quivering voice. I couldn't reply as I looked at the ground and the soil was getting wet due to my tears. " No, no, no. JONATHAN!!!!!" Yelled mom while the denial at first started as a whisper. The councillors along with G were barely able to hold back mom in her powered armour. Me, Rose, Haley, Trixie and Spud just looked at the empty clearing where the dragon temple was with empty, grieve stricken eyes.

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