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M.A.G.I Hunters 3 (M.A.G.I. Hunters), page 1
M.A.G.I. HUNTERS 3
D. LEVESQUE
CONTENTS
M.A.G.I. Hunters 3
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
About the Author
Where to find me
Chapter 1- Elemental Summoner
M.A.G.I. HUNTERS 3
By D. Levesque
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CHAPTER ONE
“Come in and have a seat,” my father-in-law says.
Targun, once we are sitting down at his dining table, sighs deeply and says, “This is one hell of a pickle, as you humans might say, Kevin.”
That might just be the biggest understatement I have ever heard from him.
“No shit,” I tell him with a scowl. “But we need to get this right. From what Li is telling us, she isn’t the only one of her kind who feels that what these Black Guards are doing is wrong. But, that means we’ll still have to contend with this king and queen, too.”
Targun nods absently. “What kind of weapons do they have?” he asks, turning to Li.
The Dark Elf, with some nervousness in her manner, nods quickly at the question. “Mostly swords, pikes, lances, and daggers.”
“No Magic?” Marrisa asks her, surprised.
“No,” she says, shaking her head. “Only those who are Tops-Siders… and the personal guards of the king and queen. Oh, and human weapons. Though those are rare, but some guards do have them.”
“What about these Dark Guards?” Tallen asks her.
Li turns to him nervously and nods. “They do get access to stones with Magic in them—but only once they are Top-Side, themselves. The king and queen only trust their personal guards down here… err, I mean down there,” she corrects herself since she is now Top-Side herself. “As they fear some may turn on them.”
“And these personal guards won’t?” Carmen asked with a raised eyebrow.
Li shakes her head. “No. The royal personal guards are raised from childhood to be loyal to the crown. I guess you can say they are brainwashed.”
“That’s fucked up,” Carmen mutters.
Li nods. “It’s been like this for more generations than I can count. The kind and queen’s guards and staff are fanatically loyal.”
“I guess we need to figure out our next steps, then,” Tallen adds, then the vampire frowns. “Fighting underground isn’t my forte.”
“I’ve had some guerrilla warfare training,” Carmen says. “But it’s mostly theoretical knowledge—the M.A.G.I. have never actually had to use it to fight any enemies. We learned it in case we ever had to fight humans. Sorry,” she adds quickly, looking my way.
I shrug her way with a smile. “No offense taken.”
Marrisa’s dad, Targun, coughs to get our attention. “There might be someone who can help you fight underground.”
Everyone looks at him, confused.
I just look at him, interested. “Who would that be?” I ask him.
“The dwarves, of course,” the Mage says with a laugh.
Marrisa rolls her eyes. “Dad. We haven’t heard from the dwarves in centuries. How do you expect them to help us? We don’t even know where they went.”
Instead of responding, his grin only grows.
“No fucking way,” Tallen growls at him. “You know where they went?”
Targun nods quickly, looking like a man with a secret he can barely keep. But then his eyes dart around the table with a stern glare. “But this needs to be kept a secret between us. I, and only one other member of the Council, even know this secret.”
“Dad, are you saying that you KNOW where the dwarves went?” Marrisa asks him incredulously.
“Sweetie,” he smiles at her. “I’m the most powerful—for now, at least—” and here he looks at me, “Magus and Councillor. When I was young and felt I had something to prove, I went around trying to find everything I could about them. Well, I found them after a good decade of searching for clues. But, there’s an issue.”
“An issue?” I ask him.
He nods and sighs deeply. “They don’t want to have anything to do with us above ground.”
“Then why do you feel they would help here?” Tallen asks Targun with a frown
Frowns appear on everyone else’s face, including mine.
“What’s the point of asking a race to help, if they don’t want to have anything to do with surface dwellers?” snorts Carmen.
“Easy,” Marrisa’s dad says, looking around the table, “these Dark Elves are underground. Knowing that an old enemy is hiding there, how would they think they will take it?”
“Damn…” Marrisa says with an open mouth. “They’ll go ape shit!”
“Exactly. So, my thinking is… if we send a representative down to them and ask them for help, they might gladly do it.”
“Or they might gladly kill you,” Tallen says worriedly. “I’ve heard stories of their battle prowess.”
“Yes. They are quite strong. But, you have an ace up your sleeve,” he says, looking directly at me.
“Me?” I blurt out.
“Yes, you. You know you’re more powerful than me. I might have much more experience, but from the couple of battles you have been in, now, you have shown repeatedly just how resourceful you can be. And with my daughter at your side, and your other beautiful partner,” and here he bows to Carmen with a smile, “you are the most powerful team in all the worlds right now.”
“And, there’s me,” Tallen says.
Here, Targun shakes his head. “You’re a Count, my friend. You can’t be going on such adventures. What if you were to be killed?”
Here, Tallen lifts an eyebrow at Targun. “No offense, Targun. But I’m the Count of Earth, not of Vamir. Besides,” and now he studies me, “there’s no way I’m not going. I have a lot to learn, it seems, and I can learn quite a lot from Kevin, here.”
He grins ruefully. “Already I’ve learned more about Magic in the last two weeks with Kevin than I have in a decade. When was the last time a new spell was ever created? And here our little human friend keeps doing so—over and over. No. I’m going.”
“He has a point, dad,” Marrisa chimes in. “Kevin is turning the Magic world upside down, and not because he’s the first human to do Magic. But because he is making new spells—or using spells in a way that we never even thought of. Hell, even I’m learning stuff from him! And I’ve been around Magic my entire life.”
“That still doesn’t make it safe,” Targun says with a sigh. “But… as a Count, I suppose you can do what you wish.”
“Excuse me?”
We all look at Li, who had spoken up hesitantly.
I smile at her and nod. “What’s up, Li?”
“These dwarves? Are they small in stature but wide of shoulder, with long hair and beards and skin darker than mine? Almost like the black of night?”
Targun nods at her slowly. “That would be them. Your people have had run-ins with them?”
She shakes her head, causing her spiky hair to flop around. She no longer has an illusion spell on her. “We have stories about them. There is a rumor that, years ago, one had been captured. But it might be just that—a rumor.”
“Where did you find the Dwarves, Dad?”
Targun nods and takes a deep breath. “I need you to all swear to secrecy that you will not allow this to go beyond this room. That includes you, young lady,” he says sternly, looking at Li.
The small, curvy, Dark Elf nods quickly, her eyes wide, swallowing hard at his intense stare.
“Stop it, Dad,” Marrisa says, slapping her father’s arm. “You’re scaring her.”
“As long as she understands that this cannot leave this room,” he says.
“Sir,” Carmen tells him with a laugh, “which would be the bigger secret? Her… or the Dwarves?” she says, pointing to Li.
Here Targun opens his mouth to respond, but then closes it with a clack. “Right. Her.”
“Where can we find these dwarves?” I ask him, repeating his daughter’s ques
“New York City.”
We all stare at him in shock, except for Li, who probably knows the names of any human cities—or any city, really, Top-Side.
“New York?” Tallen blurts out in disbelief.
“Well, not New York above ground, but deep underground. If it wasn’t for the underground train systems that the humans built there, I would have had a harder time finding them.”
“You mean they are in the subway system?” I ask, my tone disbelieving.
“Well, below that… actually, quite a way below that… but that is where you will find them. I will give you details on where, exactly, to find them. Though you might have to sleuth some, as I’m sure things have changed some in the last few decades.”
“And you actually met one?” Tallen asks him.
Here, Targun shakes his head. “No. I stayed hidden. But they are there. You will need to figure out on your own what to say to get them to aid you. But, hopefully Kevin and his power will help you get your foot into the door.”
“Or get us killed,” Tallen says with a snort. “The dwarves who stayed on Earth are not like the dwarves from Rima—at least the dwarves from Rima haven’t closed off their world completely. These dwarves from Earth have cut off contact completely with the Top-Side, and in quite a violent way. The last time I think I remember hearing about one coming to a Council meeting, here on Earth, that is—that was well over a thousand years ago, if memory serves me right.”
Targun nods. “That sounds about right. My old teacher mentioned that he met their king once, back when he was quite young.”
“Fucking hell, he must still have been breastfeeding!” Carmen snorts.
Targun smiles. “Close. He was only four years old—and my mentor was quite old when he took me on.” He closes his eyes and sighs. “May the gods bless his soul.”
“So, I guess we are heading to New York City, then?” I ask, looking around at the faces around the table.
“What about her?” Carmen asks, nodding to Li.
“She will, of course, go with you,” Targun replies. “She will be proof that the Dark Elves are back. Kevin can use that illusion spell on her again, to disguise her.”
“Dad,” Marrisa says slowly, “I’m not sure putting her in danger like that is a good idea.”
“I’ll do it,” Li blurts out.
We all look at her curiously, and with all the eyes on her, she lowers her head, a blush showing up even on her gray skin. “I want to help. It’s the least I can do for your saving my life. And I… I want to help Kevin.”
Marrisa and Carmen both look at each other and then at me. I lift my eyebrow as if to ask, ‘What?’ But they both grin at me instead. Carmen even goes so far as to roll her eyes at me. Thankfully Li’s head was still down, her staring into her lap nervously.
Fine. I do think that Li is cute, and her curvy body is rather nice. But I’m not looking for a third in this relationship. I’m still getting used to the idea of being married to Marrisa, and having Carmen as a lover, too.
And now they want me to add a third to our group? How about I get used to two women, first!
“Right,” Targun says, clapping his hands. “Let’s have a good meal and a decent sleep, then you can all get going in the morning.”
“Preeka!” he shouts, making everyone jump, especially Li.
“Yes, Master?” says the goblin, who suddenly pops up in front of him.
“Have the kitchen prepare a meal for us, and you can get rooms ready for our guests. I would say a room for Tallen, one for Carmen, and one for Marrisa and Kevin…” He paused. “And one for our lovely Dark Elf, here, as well.”
“Actually,” Carmen says with a smile. “I will be staying with Kevin and Marrisa.”
Targun looks between Carmen and Marrisa, but he must have sensed something since he just nods. I notice he has a grin on his face, though.
“Very well, so just the one room for my daughter and her companions, but give them the room with the gigantic bed.”
“Can I stay with Kevin, as well?” Li asks nervously.
I start to say that might not be wise, but before I can respond, both Carmen and Marrisa exclaim, “Yes!”
I frown and look between them both, trying to figure out what they are up to, but Marrisa puts a hand on my arm and leans in, whispering, “She’s afraid. I think having her sleep with us will help her to feel safe.”
I look over, and I see it’s true. Li is looking around nervously, some fear in her gaze.
Right. She’s technically in enemy territory and probably scared out of her mind. She probably doesn’t want to be in a room alone. I mean, Targun did say to give us the room with the gigantic bed, so I’m sure there will be room.
“Sure,” I say with a nod. “Li can stay with us. I assume the bed is large enough?” I ask Targun.
When he nods, he tries to keep the grin off his face, but the wagging of his eyebrows isn’t fooling anyone. “Yes. There’s more than ample room for your…” He coughs. “… team.”
CHAPTER TWO
“Are you sure dis is okay?” Li asks, her accent becoming more pronounced with her nervousness.
We had finished supper, which was quite the feast. It seems that feasts were the norm in the Magical world. The spread was just as good, if not better, than what Targun normally set out when we came over to eat with him.
We walk into the room that Targun supplied for us. It is not a fucking room—it’s a suite of rooms. I mean, there is only the one bed, but it was massive! I have seen a California king bed once, and this easily put that to shame.
There are also two doors—well, three if you count the door we just came through into the room. One door, when I peek in, contains a small kitchen of sorts.
Marrisa, who had gone to the other door to check it out, yells, “It’s the bathroom, and it has an enormous tub!”
“You don’t know the rooms in your dad’s house?” I ask her, arching an eyebrow.
“Please,” she snorts. “He has multiple homes. He has only been living in this one for about a decade. I have seen his lab, his study, his living room… and maybe one or two other rooms.
“Well, I’m not a fan of a cold bath,” Carmen admits with a sigh. “So, I will pass.”
“Maybe Kevin can heat the water?” Marrisa says, looking my way. “I can heat maybe a large bucket of water with my magic, but that’s the extent of my power.”
I frown, and dredge up the information in my head. I see there is a way to heat up the water, but it’s expensive—well, the cost of the energy required is huge.
“I can, though...” I frown, trying to think this through. “Actually, I might even be able to alter the tub itself, so that it slowly keeps it hot as well.”
“Of course,” Carmen says, rolling her eyes.
I look over at Li, who is still standing in the doorway, looking nervous and unsure.
“Come on in, Li,” I tell her softly with a smile. “You’re safe here.”
“I do not wish to burden you,” she says, eyes downcast.
Carmen goes over, puts an arm around the dark elf’s shoulders, and brings her into the room, kicking the door shut behind her with her foot. “Come in Li,” she says. “We don’t hurt you. We wanted you to sleep in the room with us so that you would feel comfortable. Don’t worry, though. We aren’t trying to do anything to you.”
“Oh… because I’m a Dark Elf?” she asks, looking up at Carmen quickly, averting her eyes afterwards.
Carmen snorts. “No. Because Kevin only recently married Marrisa, and I just became his lover. We aren’t looking for someone to add to Kevin’s harem.”
“For now,” Marrisa adds.
“You know I’m standing right here, right?” I growl, looking from Carmen to Marrisa.
