The Rise of Harry Potter by ZaneT69

Chapter 31

August 18th, 1998.

It was finally time for me to start this war in earnest, and I had already been abducting and sacrificing Olympians and their descendants during the build up, but I still didn't have enough power to defeat them. I sacrificed Phobos and Deimos, the deities, I hadn't resurrected any Megalos'. I killed Enyo, Eris, Hebe, Hypnos, and Morpheus; all via sacrifice. Hypnos and Morpheus were caught putting women to sleep, so that they could rape them. I was all too happy to punish them and save some woman the shame of bearing their worthless children. Of them all, only Eris had power of note, she was merely a tier-three Magus.

I killed hundreds of former Athens Academy students, robbed them too. The sad part was that the school was massive and had thousands of students, so I still had a lot of work to do.

Which was the reason I was currently in Greece. Alone. I just bypassed the possibility of being denied by my allies, and didn't even ask them for aid. I assassinated Aleksander Vann, and then exiled Bitencourt and Abreu from the group, while planning their deaths and the destruction of their legacies. I would be tending to them when I had time, but killing Vann was easy to do. He was enjoying his status as a hero and living in luxury in his mansion, and didn't believe that anyone would dare kill him. I dared and I killed anyone who knew about me and then erased all evidence of my groups existence. I transferred Vann's power to James as a small gift, elevating him slightly past Mage status and slightly helping him in his Mastery studies in DADA and Transfiguration.

I hoped to give my excess power to my family, to keep them alive and powerful. I had already augmented my parents powers to Sorcerer level, but I also restored my grand-parents youth, with what I got from Hebe. They were now in their fifties and had their aging halted, I stopped the aging of my parents too. In time, all of my loved ones would become ageless. But that was for another time.

I had eyes on my first targets: Dionysus and Ariadne. They apparently thought that visiting a winery was an activity meant to take place during a war. I easily got my restraints on them, before they could fight, and teleported them to Black Manor. I teleported away, after my second targets, while silently thanking romantic couples for being illogical. I was going to inflict major damage to the Olympian ranks because of them.

I arrived near a restaurant where Eros and Psyche were dining in a private area. Which was extra stupid, considering the war. I restrained them and teleported them to Black Manor.

My next targets were Nike, Tyche, Iris, Nemesis, Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hestia. They were all easily captured and sent to Black Manor. It was highly beneficial for me to target the weak or arrogant ones first. Their numbers were now greatly reduced and they were far more vulnerable to direct attacks, and once I added the powers of my prisoners to my own, I would strongly consider that. I teleported back to Black Manor.

When I arrived, I was immediately receiving glares from all of my prisoners. Though, Aphrodite looked incredibly sexy while glaring, but I think sexy was her default setting.

"Now, you're all here to die. It's nothing personal, but, apparently, you all aren't dust in a tomb somewhere. Since things have escalated, I have to wipe out your pantheon and possibly every other pantheon as a precaution. I might keep some of you ladies as pets, but the men will be dying." I placed Eros, the most powerful of the men, in the ritual circle.

"Potentiam, tuam accipio, ut mihi." I said, with a smile. I felt his knowledge enter my mind, as a wave of energy was released from him. I felt his knowledge enter my mind and become mine. I felt my body absorb copies of his skill and experience, but I passed out while my body grew accustom to it's new power level.