No More

Chapter 26: Boom Part 8

Sometime in the far future

So Jennifer and her aunt walked away from the empty shell of Boom Town, to her aunt's home.

"Did Magnus ever came back here?" Jennifer asked her aunt.

"No, he didn't, and neither did Axel." Her aunt replied. "I think that deep down they thought I was still here, waiting, hiding, and ready to pounce at a moments notice."

"Really?" she asked her aunt.

But her aunt just shrugged. "Better than the other stories about this place."

"What kind of stories?" Jennifer asked curiously.

"The kind about me."

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"As my first order of the ruler of Boomtown," I say out loud, for everyone to hear. "I hereby banish Magnus from Boom Town!" I declare as they let out gasps, and talking feverishly among themselves.

"Did she just say that?"

"Is she allowed to do that?"

"What'll she do to us?"

"You can't do that!" protested Axel, making everyone go silent as they look at him while he and Magnus stand in the front of the crowd. "Magnus founded Boomtown, he owns it!"

"I can't?" I rhetorically asked. "Magnus created a rule that whoever defeats him; will become the new ruler of Boomtown." I said, much to his anger.

I then turned to Magnus. "Or are you such a sore looser Magnus that you would use your status, and your biggest fan, to undermine a someone's victory against you?" I asked, raising an eyebrow, everyone watching.

"Clearly you're using poor Axel here to fight your verbal battles for you." I accuse, pointing at Axel. "I understand that you can't even accept the concept of defeat." I taunted, making him even more upset.

Magnus stepped forward, fists clenched. "You cheated!" he shouted. "You used your monster to do the dirty work-!"

"And weakened you, killed you, and took your position of power." I finished for him. "It's called strategy Magnus, or is that a word you can't understand?"

"Hey, Magnus is right!" shouted Axel. "You're just a cheater!"

"Oh, I'm the cheater?" I ask. "You mean how Magnus was hiding safely away inside that giant, obsidian tower full of traps!" I say, pointing at the large black tower as the crowd, even Axel, was shocked.

I lifted the obsidian tower out of the ground, unfolding it, bringing it closer towards the center platform for everyone to see Magnus's secret hiding room, the runes, the traps, and everything else that proves him guilty.

"If that isn't enough proof, and if you really are skilled like you all claim to be, the Scribe this." I say, placing the portal rune and the control orb in front of everyone as Magnus's eyes widen in fear.

If they don't take my word for it, they can look for themselves. After all, Scribing allows one to get information by looking at objects or people.

So I'll let them discover the truth, sit back, and watch the results.

Everyone who was able to see the objects channeled Mana towards their eyes, Scribing the two objects and gasping in shock.

"It's true!" a grifer shouted.

"He really is a cheater!" another screamed.

Even Axel had a look of surprise and disappointment on his face. "Dude..." he looked to Magnus, fear across his face, "is this true?"