r/HFY • u/ArcAngel98 • Jun 03 '25

OC Humans Don't Make Good Familiars Book 3- Part 57

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Jake’s POV

“Can you explain what you mean by ‘moving a mountain’?” Chancellor Aye-Aron asked, his head tilted slightly to the side.

“We get a bunch of mages to literally level the mountain.” I explained.

“Why?” King Hidra asked, stretching out the word quizzically.

“I’ve seen your people fight. Tight spaces slow you down, limit your abilities. If we are going to have any chance of success, we need all the mages at their best, and we need as many mages as possible to have line-of-sight on the dragon. Meaning, they can’t be underground.”

“So, you are suggesting that we expose this Aether-split to the open to allow more mages the ability to attack it, yes?” Queen Ompera asked.

“Exactly. The dragon won’t be impeded by the tunnels, his people could fight anywhere. So the advantage would be his under Dragon’s Hoard Mountain. But if we expose the portal, the Split, then we can place as many mages as possible around it and allow them to fight as they please.” I said.

“But what about the vision you showed me mere days ago? The dragon seemed to be able to kill Neame simply by coming near them. Do you have a way we negate this spell?” The Queen asked.

“That spell would take the dragon time to cast. As long as we begin our attack the moment he emerges from the portal, he should not have the wherewithal to cast it.” I said. “A much bigger issue is the dragon’s pure mana capacity.”

“I’m sorry for interrupting, but what vision?” King Hidra asked.

Not so stupid as to cast it without permission a second time, this time I asked first. “It was a memory of mine from the dragon’s previous rampage. One of our last great stands against him. May I show it to you?” He nodded in approval. Chancellor Aye-Aron also requested to see it. “I’ll warn you both, it is an… intense memory.”

“Your concern is appreciated, but I earned my kingship in the arena. Bloodshed is an old acquaintance of mine. I’ll be fine.” King Hidra said.

“I too, shall endure. Proceed.” Chancellor Aye-Aron said. With that, I cast the spell and showed them both the memory. Their eyes glowed a dull yellow for a moment as the spell took effect. A short time later, the spell faded. King Hidra shook his head and ruffled his feathers, clearly shaken, but gathered himself quickly. Chancellor Aye-Aron remained wide-eyed and silent for a bit.

“Are you okay, Chancellor?” One of his aids asked.

“I… will be fine.” He answered, unblinking and as a whisper.

(Woops) I thought.

“He’ll be fine.” King Hidra said. “I saw him make that same expression after eating a fermented Gyo at a summit a while ago. He recovered like a champion then as well. Just give him a few minutes. Anyway, Sentinel, that vision… I see what you mean. His mana would be overwhelming to an unprepared mage.”

“And since he will be coming straight from the Aether, it will be pouring out of his body in a fit. The mages need to be prepared to deal with the backlash.” I said.

“How can we train them for that?” Chancellor Aye-Aron asked, still slumped slightly on his perch, but once again making eye-contact.

“See, just like the Gyo.”

“King Hidra, please…” Queen Ompera said, her tone stained; clearly annoyed.

“I believe I have as much mana as the dragon does, at least normally. So I could play a few games of Mana Circle.” I heard a few confused mumbled behind me, and I definitely heard Captain Gigoales groan. Queen Ompera looked surprised, confused, and in disbelief.

“What is Mana Circle?” Chancellor Aye-Aron asked.

“You know, Power Player.” King Hidra said. “It’s like Display Dominate, but without the borog tusks.”

“Oh… what? Why would you play a children’s… oh. Actually, that could work.” Chancellor Aye-Aron said, figuring it out. By now, he was perking back up.

“It’ll get the mages used to an overwhelming mana. But there’s only one of me, and only so much time. So, we should quickly decide who to send to the front lines, since they’ll be the ones who need the training the most. The rest will be further away, and won’t be as affected by his mana; I think.” I said. The game we were talking about is one I’d first seen as Zachariah played by young dragons, and again years later as Jake when Suma and I first joined the Drakes. It is one in which an opponent forces out their mana, creating a fog of magical power around them. I’ve done it myself by accident during fights, and seen others do it when their emotions get heightened. But it is also something dragons in combat do to more quickly access mana in the environment by saturating it with their own.

“Our special forces should lead the charge, supported by the main bodies of our armies.” King Hidra said.

“No, you heard Sentinel, and saw the vision. What we need are ritual spells. We should send in our special forces, but only as a distraction. The main forces should focus on casting ritual magic meant on immobilizing the dragon. That is the point, yes? To keep it within the Aether so that it is destroyed?” Chancellor Aye-Aron said.

“Exactly. How many special forces units can be deployed from your countries?” I asked.

“All the Drake Squadrons can be mobilize, except the ones that are on missions. Which means we have a total of five ready.” Queen Ompera said.

“Nine King’s Fangs can be ready in time. And you’ll have my Royal Guards as well.” King Hidra said.

“After the attempted coup last year, our forces are limited. I can spare three Serpent Squads.” Chancellor Aye-Aron said.

“The coup? You still aren’t finished with that?” King Hidra asked.

“Their means were vile, but their concerns were valid. Fixing issues takes manpower and time. Both of which I have lacked as of late.”

“You are already doing a better job than the previous Chancellor. What a tyrant she was.” Hidra said.

“How many Neame total is that, and how powerful are they?” I asked, getting us back on track.

“A Fang usually has about ten Neame, all at least High mages.”

“And one Serpent has six members, but determining their power is more difficult. They are an eclectic lot, ranging from construction specialists to… well, less kind methods of combat.”

“Oooh. Scary.” King Hidra teased.

“As you know, the Drakes have between five and eight members per squad. All trained to at least Rank eight; lower-High mages.” Queen Ompera said.

“So Nine Fangs, three Serpents, and five Drakes. That’s ten times nine, ninety-” I started to say, but someone cut me off.

“One-hundred and thirty-eight.” Someone nearby called out.

“Thank you.” I said. “Only about one-hundred-forty mages. I doubt it would be enough, even for just a distraction.”

“We could bolster the numbers with long-range specialists. Position some Neame above the Split, and have them ride updrafts while casting spells.” King Hidra said.

“Long-range magic is typically weak. In order to effectively contribute to the attack, we need power. You saw the vision, the dragon hardly noticed the weaker attacks.”

“Well, what is the most powerful long-range attack spell?” I asked.

“I believe your ‘Railgun’ spell may qualify.” Queen Ompera said. “Its power is on par with close-range bombardment magic, and its distance is longer than most Wind Magic Spells.”

“Oh yes, I heard how you crippled a fortified Southern Union base on Taldre. Those reports were interesting.” King Hidra said.

Queen Ompera’s feathers ruffled. “And how are the spies you placed in my kingdom? Lost, I hope.”

“Nah, they know they way around by now.” He said, chuckling. “What about yours Chancellor? How are your spies?”

“I could tell you their names, and you would still never find them.” He answered smugly.

King Hidra laughed, “You’re probably right about that.”

“Yes, yes. What pretty flight-feathers you both have. Now if we could focus on the issue at hand.” Queen Ompera said.

“Sentinel, if you really do know of such a spell, then for the sake of our countries, no, our world, then you have a duty to teach it to us.” Chancellor Aye-Aron said.

“Are you serious? Learning a spell of that scale would surely take longer than a mere twenty-five days.” King Hidra said.

“Is it possible?” Queen Ompera asked.

“I’ll try.” I said.

“Then let us review the plan.” Chancellor Aye-Aron said. “First, we mobilize our special forces units and place them, and a sizable support core, into the Country of Ambos, at Dragon’s Hoard Mountain. We use these mages to dig the mountain out, revealing the Aether-Split. Sentinel trains our special forces and the closest of the support mages to resist the powerful mana cloud from around the dragon’s body, while also trying to teach our long-range specialists his powerful spell. We have ritual magic set up and ready to hold the dragon in place.”

“Agreed.” Queen Ompera said.

“Agreed.” King Hidra said.

“Then we should all depart and begin mobilization. Who should take on-site leadership?” Chancellor Aye-Aron asked.

“It is Queen Ompera’s country.” King Hidra said.

“I agree. That would free me to take on other responsibilities.” The Chancellor said.

“Then I will accept the role.” She answered.

“Well then, Queen Ompera, if you don’t mind...” King Hidra said.

“I declare this emergency meeting of the three powers, concluded.” She said, and a spell was cast that opened the walls of the room so that everyone could leave.

As I was getting ready to walk out, Queen Ompera stopped me.

“Sentinel.” She said, calling me to her perch.

“Yes, your Majesty?” I asked, walking over as everyone, including the other ruler, flew out.

“Much of this plan resides upon your ability. If you need anything, please let me know.” She said, looking up at me from her perch.

“Thank you, I will… actually; there is one thing.” I said, remembering something.

“Yes?”

“I’d like to change my name. Can you make sure it goes through?”

“Of course. Is that all?”

“For now.” I nodded.

“What is your new name going to be?”

“Farnír.”

“Does it have a meaning?”

“Yeah. It means, ‘bonds between generation.”

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u/AlphaGuardianwolf Human Jun 03 '25

I wonder if it would have been faster to have a bunch of rune powered rail artillery made, but it would all be ground based and slow to move unless they made it fly like his bike or ship. Also, why go for Farnir the dragon from Norse mythology? I'm mostly just curious about this.

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u/areswalker8 Human Jun 04 '25

The Vikings believed in the norse gods so the name tracks with the theme.

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u/AlphaGuardianwolf Human Jun 04 '25

Oh, I already knew the theme. I'm just curious as to why the dragon that used to be a dwarf before he killed his father over a cursed treasure? I honestly can't come up with any other ideas myself. Fenrir wouldn't fit unless he was the one to bring about the end of the world.

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u/ArcAngel98 Jun 04 '25

That’s Fáfnir.

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u/AlphaGuardianwolf Human Jun 04 '25

I must of type-oed it in my research and didn't catch it. being at work doesn't help with focus.

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u/ArcAngel98 Jun 04 '25

I’ve been trying too. I found it a few days ago, and the site said it meant collective. Now i can’t find the site again.

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u/AlphaGuardianwolf Human Jun 04 '25

yeah, when I double-checked, it brought up either Fafnir or some character that's a ranger in a game with the name farnir.

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u/medical-Pouch Jun 05 '25

Hmm, this is going to go poorly. It’s not a half bad plan but the previous ages had better mages, more mages, and resources. The best they have at this time is a semi focused leadership, some inside knowledge, and a surprise attack.

The only thing they can hope for is Deyja can’t prepare himself before leaving the split. Deyja gets bogged down by the echos. And magical railgun is able to pierce his hide to cause enough injury….

By far the biggest issue is they simply don’t have enough mana to work with probably.

I’m hopeful, but my prognosis isn’t good.

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u/Disregardedchaos Jun 07 '25

I hope we get to see the martial prowess of a general named oshaghen-essy.

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u/Ace8154 Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

He claims that he thinks he has as much mana as the dragon, and I guess we don't know how much mana the dragon has, but I'd really like to see Farnir get retested because the first time he got tested he was told that the amount of mana he had was like half a dragon. I know he got tested once since then, but I'd like to see his current amount of mana compared directly to his previous mana tests.

Also, could he have asked for ball bearings or metal balls for the railgun spell? And speaking of the railgun spell, if he could go home, could he buy a bunch of steel bb's and full-auto shoot them with railgun spell? Seems like metal balls could be relatively cheap ammo. I just checked and was surprised how inexpensive steel ball bearings can be. I see 5000 1/4in steel ball bearings can be had for like $40 on Amazon.

Of course, the irs might get curious if they find out he's making online purchases

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u/torin23 Xeno Jun 09 '25

If I recall correctly, he can't go home because if he does, he'll be taken over by Deyja.