The-Surprise-Visit (II) [Chapter 263]

~~Unknown Warehouse~~

Rachel Node nursed the drink in her hand with a grim look on her face. She was mature enough to understand that a mission could go sideways anytime, but watching one of her subordinates being dismembered while unable to do anything was a different pill to swallow altogether.

However, that wasn’t the end of her concerns… The problem was that the rest of her subordinates weren’t killed, they were captured. Yes, the Oaths would ensure that they wouldn’t be able to reveal any information regarding their organization to the enemies, but she wasn’t sure whether that was going to be enough or not.

After all, SHIELD Agents, who were working alongside her organization were also captured by the enemies. Unknown to the SHIELD Agents, she had used a nifty piece of Magic on them, which would muddle their minds and stop them from revealing their secrets to the enemy, but Harry Potter and Gellert Grindelwald were anything but simple enemies.

There was a good chance that either of them might be able to undo the Magic she had used on them with given time…

That was the crux of her problems. If Potter or Grindelwald decided to be petty and reveal their existence to the ICW, then a simple War was going to be the least of their issues. A War between Muggles and the Wixen would become an inevitability… That was not something she could allow to happen, but at the same time, all of her cards were already on the table.

Rachel chugged down the rest of the drink in her glass before grimacing at the bitter taste of her drink… ‘I think it is about time I cut my losses’ Rachel mused as she started to nurse the empty glass in her hands. Previously, she had said that Harry Potter was a threat to the Royal Bloodline, but that was a complete lie.

The only reason she was here was because she was ordered by the Queen to help MI6 and SHIELD get rid of a troublesome element and the reason she lied was because she didn’t want to reveal the fact that the Queen had her own personal army when she was only a Constitutional Monarchy.

‘I think that’s the only way we can avoid the catastrophe’ Rachel mused internally as she finally placed down the glass on the table. While usually, she was oath-bound to carry out the orders given to her by the Queen, there were ways she could go around them or completely disregard them in some instances.

For example, if the said order could lead to a War or the said order to expose their existence to the wider world… Currently, both of those outcomes are quite plausible. While she didn’t like disregarding the Queen or her orders, she was sure that the Queen would be able to see the bigger picture.

So, with a heavy heart, she decided to reach out to Potter and cut a deal… Yes, the mission was a catastrophic failure and she lost a few of her subordinates, but it was not an unsalvageable loss… This wasn’t the first time the Royal Mages were going to make a deal with the devil. If it meant their continued survival, then there was nothing Rachel wouldn’t do…

The protection of the Royal Bloodline was their priority… Everything else was secondary…

With a determined look on her face, she stood up to grab a parchment and a quill, but then all of a sudden, the whole building shook and when she finally managed to regain her bearings, she paled… The Wards, they were gone only to be replaced by someone else’s Anti-Portkey and Anti-Apparition Wards. They were under attack and there was only one person who came to her mind.

Rachel immediately lunged toward the alarm and pressed the button… Alarms started to blare, but it was already too late. Another explosion shook the whole warehouse and moments later, Rachel was already rushing toward the command center…

It didn’t even take her a minute to arrive at the command center only to find that Peggy and Derrick were already there. “We are under attack. We need to get out!” Rachel screamed hurriedly, trying to convey the urgency.

“We know” Peggy admitted as she pointed at the screen. Harry Potter was standing at the edge of their camera range and he was casually flicking Spells at the warehouse and killing anyone who tried to stop him. From the looks of it, he didn’t seem to be in any kind of hurry.

“Then what the hell are you doing?! We need to leave right now!” Rachel screamed with a look of panic on her face.

“And what? Miss the chance to kill him? We have at least a hundred operatives in here even if we exclude your Mages” Derrick scoffed at her before Peggy could say anything. Just before Rachel arrived, Peggy and Derrick were arguing if they should evacuate or if they should try to kill Harry Potter.

Rachel blinked in bewilderment before she stared at Peggy and Derrick. “Are you two fucking serious?” Rachel asked with a growl. “He had subdued a hundred Wixen in one go without even trying, and you think a hundred operatives can take him on?” Rachel asked incredulously. While Peggy seemed to completely agree with the younger woman, Derrick seemed to be ready to argue, but the two of them were saved from saying anything as Harry finally started to speak.

“SHIELD, MI6, and Royal Mages… Such an interesting crowd. Honestly, I didn’t know that I was already so famous around the world” Harry paused. Even though they were inside the warehouse everyone could clearly hear his voice. It felt like he was standing right in front of them even though he wasn’t… It was extremely confusing for all the Muggles and some of the Wixen.

“However, you people have done something you shouldn’t have and now, you are going to face the consequences” Harry trailed off in a casual tone, but from the Magic he was releasing, his inner feelings were anything but casual.

“So, this is what’s going to happen. I am going to attack your base and all of you are going to try to escape. Let the hunt begin!” Harry exclaimed cheerfully before blasting a hole in the side of the warehouse…