Chapter 76.1- Doom Days

“Yeah, it’s kind of retarded that you thought that introducing me to the people you were planning to fuck over and betray was anything close to a good idea” I said, shaking my head at hum even as I walked deeper into the room.

“I did not anticipate that Nicholas would tell another his secrets, much less one such as you with such suspect motivations. No one knows what you are or what you believe and yet Nicholas felt fine giving you the secrets of the Philosopher Stone. He has proven me correct once again. He is not the right person to be trusted with stewardship of a treasure like this one.” He said, reaching over to pick up the stone. His hand froze mid-air as I showed that while he was fast, my draw and cast was faster still— my piercing curse sailed through the space between him and the stone, making it clear that I would be tolerating no bullshit here.

“Stewardship? What a silly word to use. Flamel made the stone. It is his to use as he sees fit”

“Then by that same argument would not this particular stone be mine to use as I see fit?”

“Don’t be pedantic. Nicholas designed the runic matrix you used here. He came up with the idea, he figured everything out. Your hands might have done the physical laying of the bricks but can you truly say you made that stone? If I wiped this all away, would you be able to make another one?” I asked.

“It matters not. Nicholas Flamel is a scourge upon this earth, and it will be better without him. Now tell me what is it that he offered you? Some vials of the ellixir? Gold? Definitely not gold then. The elixir. If it is the elixir, then I will double whatever Nicholas promised you.” He said.

“Well, that’s interesting. Convince me then. If Nicholas Flamel, the maker of the damn thing, does not deserve this stone then why should you?” I gave myself more than good odds against Russo in a duel, but there was no need to force things now when I could get even more information about this whole thing. Like in the first place how the hell did Nicholas Flamel even get involved with this Julian Russo fellow in the first place.

“Because I will use this properly. Do you know what this stone truly is? It’s more than just a source for the elixir. It is a magic battery of a grade so high that is allows you break any of the laws of magic. You could raise the recently dead with this just as surely as you could turn lead to gold. You could use this to solve famines all over the world. You could put an end to wars, strife, hunger, all that. And Nicholas Flamel uses it to extend the life he and his wife enjoy while the world suffers around him. Two thousand years here and nothing. No good has come from his life here, and nothing will come from it if we just let him continue on as he always had” He sounded so passionate. Like one of those activists from my old life who genuinely thought the world could become a better place if they just shouted at enough people loudly enough. But unlike them, it didn’t reach his eyes.