Chapter 259

"What…what are you doing to me?" he stuttered out, trying to keep his balance.

"Showing you power," Harry said, letting a hint of his Bloodlust ability slip into his voice, "Real power. There are a hundred different ways I could end your life right here Lucius. There are a hundred reasons why I should. Be grateful that I'm choosing not to. Go home. Take your time. Try out some more of your pathetic manipulations. And when you fail, learn to embrace the future."

With that, Harry let go of his control over Malfoy's blood.

Ping!

Due to repeated use, you have levelled up a skill!

Wandless Magic Lv- 12 (2%)

Allows you to control your magic in without a conduit. You can try to use it in anyway you wish and it will obey your every command. Has various discoverable branches.

Branches:

Hydromancy: Allows you to control water in any form.

Cost-65 MP per minute

Pyromancy: Allows you to control fire in any form.

Cost-60 MP per minute

Geomancy: Allows you to control earth in any form.

Cost-70 MP per minute

Aeromancy: Allows you to control air in any form.

Cost-80 MP per minute

Ping!

Skill leveled up twice due to ruthless use!

Blackmailing Lv- 12 (18%)

This is your ability to make another person do something you want by expressly using some sort of leverage against them. The higher the level, the more chance of success!

(26 + Lv of Bullshitting)% chance of success, less based on how extreme the demand is.

Ping!

You have leveled up a skill once by concentrated use!

Politics Lv- 6 (12%)

This is your ability to maneuver in political situations by methods of persuasion, blackmail, guile and manipulation. The higher the level, the more chance of success!

(Lv of Lying + Lv of Bullshitting)% chance of success, less based on how extreme the motive is.

Ping!

A skill has leveled up due to ridiculous overuse!

Theatrics, Lv- 10 (30%)

You have a penchant for the grand, a wish to bedazzle and the desire to intimidate. This skill helps you achieve it.

Harry waved away the windows, idly musing on how ridiculous it was that he got more level ups to skills by blackmailing Malfoy than knocking out a sixty foot basilisk and taking down the spirit of a Dark Lord.

At least the amount of exp he'd gotten for that was humongous.

It took Malfoy moment to compose himself, after which he promptly got up from Nicholas's seat and left, drawing quite a few eyes when he almost stumbled and fell on his way out of the Waiting room.

Harry watched him leave with muted satisfaction.

"Are you sure you want to let him be?" echoed Hedwig's voice in his mind, scaring the shit out of Harry, who had almost forgotten that she was even there, "He could make things really hard for you"

"Let him try it," Harry said with a smile once he recovered, "The only thing hard about it is going to be his life if he makes a single move against me."

"It's not a joking matter Harry," Hedwig's voice was reprimanding as it echoed in his mind, "He seems dangerous."

Harry shook his head, before giving her a serious reply, "As dangerous as he is, I am more so. I wasn't kidding when I told him that there are a hundred ways I could end him. If not anything else I could just drop him into a zombie ID and leave him there. We'd see how Lucius Malfoy fares against a Legion zombie or a Dementor."

"So why not end him now? He is a greedy, power-hungry politician and unrepentant murderer who is also an alcoholic and beats his son. Even I have no wish to see him live on."

"I know," Harry said, frowning as he tried to think of how to best verbalize his intentions, "But I'm thinking long term. He seems on the fence about following me, and when Voldemort comes back again he could be an important asset to have. So far whenever I've met Voldemort, I've had the element of surprise. Next time he'll be prepared, and I need to be too. Lucius is part of that preparation."

"So we are overlooking the bad things he did in favor of the benefits he can give? For the…greater good, so as to speak?"

The accusatory tone in Hedwig's voice was subtle, yet it hit Harry hard.

He had been disgusted at first when Professor Snape had told him about Dumbledore working for the Greater Good when the Headmaster had tried to test him by manipulating him into going after the Philosopher's Stone back in his first year. He had even told Hedwig about his discomfiture with the idea.

How was he any better?

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