Dan's Wheel of Magic
Copyright© 2025 by Pars001
Chapter 10
Kim’ta looked at Gre’ta, then slightly bowed her head. “You have no longer to fear that I will complete my mission. That young girl that he saved is my niece. I haven’t seen her in a long time. I thought she’d passed,” Kim’ta said.
Gre’ta’s eyes narrowed at the assassin for a moment, not believing she’d switch that easily. “I know that family is all to the light Elfs, you are a heartless assassin. I find it hard to believe.”
Kim’ta bowed her head to all of them, “Family is everything to us. What he has done has freed the first one of my family in centuries. I will follow and serve him, especially if he can find more.”
All but Ella and Bell’s mouths dropped open upon hearing what the assassin had said. They were both mumbling under their breath about going home and a promise.
They were lucky that none of the others heard what they had said. They realized that they would have problems if the others realized they were human witches.
Two hours later Dan awoke and looked around, his hands suddenly glowing with a lot of power.
“I told you that I will fight you if you try to hurt me and mine. I have far more power than you think,” an angry Dan said.
No one said anything for a moment, then all seven of them looked at each other, then bowed to Dan. WHAT!? Wasn’t expecting that, Dan thought.
Gre’ta spoke up first, “Sir Dan, I was sent to ask for your help, as I am sure the rest of them have. Since the humans were driven from this place, a great sickness has befallen the land. You were told of this earlier: the dragons, mer-people, Golems, Felychs, Succubus, all are sick.”
En’tra took over, “actually it is almost all races, even the light elves are suffering. Much as we suspect that they are now developing the disease.”
Dan was nodding as he listened, “So what does this have to do with me?”
Tygan then spoke up, “There was a prediction from a seer not long after the humans were driven out. In it, it was said that a human would appear with no power and would gain great power quickly. They would also have the power to heal the world of the malady.”
This got Dan’s attention. “Are all of you afflicted with this?”
He looked at all the eight faces around him, now that he noticed they were all somewhat poorly looking.
“Even the both of us are feeling it Dan,” Ella said with Bell nodding her agreement.
“So how,” Dan started when Marlena suddenly stood still, a look of concern on her face. “Marlena? Are you alright?”
“It’s my father, he’s, he’s free of the disease! How?” Marlena said as she stared at Dan. She then bowed to him, causing his face to grow red. “Sir, I will do anything for you.”
Dan reached to her to help her stand after he told her not to bow. A thin light appeared around her as her mouth fell open. Her skin’s sickly color faded as she stared wide-eyed at him.
The other seven women’s mouths dropped open. Both Tygan and Kim’ta passed a hand over Marlena. “She’s completely free of it,” Tygan said, turning to Dan. “Please touch Kim’ta she has it worse than any of us.”
Kim’ta backed up a look of true fear on her face. “Just because he healed her, doesn’t mean that he can heal all races,” she said, still moving back.
All of the females and Dan turned to look at her. “I will not do this if you are afraid, I won’t make you do something you don’t want to,” Dan said.
Kim’ta laughed haltingly, then stood up tall, “I am not afraid.”
Dan nodded as he stepped next to Kim’ta, then whispered to her. “I meant what I said: I am not a tyrant, I will not make you do something you do not desire.”
This caused Kim’ta to stand defiant, then she grabbed Dan’s arm. Dan nodded as he patted her arm briefly, causing a light to outline her body for a few moments.
Kim’ta backed away from Dan as the light was only there for a few moments. They were all amazed as half the scars on her faded. Her skin became healthier looking, though not completely.
Kim’ta’s mouth dropped open again, she stared at her arms that were almost scar-free. Tygan passed a hand over her as she nodded, “More than half the disease is gone. You should let him finish.”
Kim’ta was still in shock as she nodded her head, though she was still not moving.
“Would you like me to finish?” Dan asked, a small smile on his face.
Again, Kim’ta could only look at her arms, then Dan, nodding her head. Dan smiled bigger as he laid a hand on her arm, the light reappearing. Less than a moment later Kim’ta looked almost entirely different.
Dan then moved through all of the females with him. First Tygan, whose eyes got large, then both the twins who could only stare. Next, the Harpy Shae’ten, then the dark elf En’tra.
Finally, he stood before Gre’ta, “I know that I do not deserve the healing, I understand,” then was quiet when Dan kissed her.
All the females there gasped when the light grew bright around the both of them. When Dan released her, she gasped herself, as the scales on her human form turned healthier.
All of them had tears in their eyes as each one kissed him with passion. Again, all of them bowed to him. All of them pledging themselves.
“Why are you all bowing? I am still the same human that I was,” Dan said confused.
“You are a hero to all of us. We are all now free of a disease that kills slowly and very painfully. We have all seen those that have succumbed to it, not a good way to go,” Gre’ta said, more tears in her eyes.
Dan was speechless as he could only stare at his companions. He then nodded as he looked at Kim’ta.
“Perhaps we can start with all the people from this city that are left,” Dan said.
Kim’ta stared at Dan, then almost absently nodded her agreement. Dan had En’tra see the place where the people were as he touched her head.
He nodded at her, then everyone grasped their hands, and they all vanished. They appeared miles away outside an encampment with several hundred people.
Many recognized Dan and they were afraid. It took quite a while for a now healthy Tygan and Kim’ta to calm them.
A great distance away, the Elven king was shocked that only one of the 25,000 soldiers that he’d sent in survived.
The king listened to the leader of the now, all dead, troops.
“It is always the duty of a leader to bring his soldiers back alive. You Commander, have failed miserably,” the king said.
“Sire,” the one-armed elf started, “let me go after them with better troops. I won’t fail you again.”
“Oh, I know you won’t in five thousand years, no light elf army has been defeated. A declaration that you can claim solely,” the king said.
“Sire, I know that I can defeat this threat, even if he has six aspects of magic,” the commander said.
“Hmmm,” the king said. “Six aspects of magic, that’s good to know. Do you know what they are?”
“Sire, I saw fire, water/ice, two aspects of light, dark and air. Those are the ones he attacked with,” the commander said.
“Ah, so I see. This will make defeating him easier then, the information was useful”, the king said.
“I just need stronger troops, that way we will not lose again. I will not fail you again sire,” the commander said.
“Oh, I know you won’t commander, as a matter of fact, you have earned a special reward. Arise to receive it commander. You lost all your soldiers, and you alone survived,” the king said.
The commander stood tall as an extremely hot wave of solar heat instantly dissolved the man. The floor where the elf had been standing had also melted, so quickly that the commander hadn’t even screamed.
The king smirked as he said, “There commander, you can honorably join all those that died and you didn’t. That I feel is all the reward that you deserve, a one-armed, pathetic, loser.”
The king called all his advisors who had been cringing outside the room. They had heard what had taken place and were afraid that they were next.
The King turned his slightly maddened gaze upon those that entered the room. His gaze was slowly drifting back toward sanity, relieving those present
“I want you to gather a small army of a hundred thousand. It is time that we take out this human before he gains more power. It seems he has two witches, a light and dark elf, a Harpy, a dragon and a mer-person. I want all of them, and the human especially, dead as soon as possible,” the King spit.
“Sire,” a somewhat muscular elf said, stepping up. “If they are as dangerous as you have seen,” the elf started.
“They are dangerous, far more dangerous than anything we have faced in over five centuries! Never doubt my word! I was there when the last humans were driven out, they are nothing but evil,” the King said.
“Yes sire,” the large light elf said. “Should we not surround them with 100,000 troops on each side? That way, they cannot escape before they are dead.”
A truly evil smile came to the king’s features, this was a sound plan. “Yes, that is a great plan, I am so glad that I thought of it.”
“Yes sire,” the large elf said, trying not to sound exasperated. To do so was instant death, not even his superior magic was a match for the King. “I will assemble the troops as soon as possible.”
“Yes General, you do that, this plan of mine is perfect. Do all that you can to stay hidden, the human can use shadow step,” the king sneered.
“I will do all that I can, Sire,” the large elf said.
“Yes, you do that, we don’t want to lose another commander, do we?” The king asked, looking at the melted marble spot on the floor.
The large elf shook a moment, then nodded, then smirked. “No Sire we do not.”
“Good, I am so glad that we understand each other,” the King said with another evil smile.
The large elf left as soon as possible, feeling lucky that he had survived. Especially as soon as the last commander had been vaporized.
It took well over three hours for Dan to heal all there. An hour of that was just calming all there down.
He was glad that Kim’ta got to visit with her niece and the girl’s mother. It was then that Dan found out that most of her family were prisoners of the elf king.
Apparently, they were the insurance to keep Kim’ta doing the King’s bidding. Dan had a hard time keeping his temper at bay the more his anger grew.
They had moved closer to the dark elf mountains as they were not far from the dragon’s keep. Not far past the dark elf cave system, the Dragon queen called.
Your majesty, Gre’ta, bowed. I was about to call you, we are on our way to you.
Queen Ad’ella gasped when she saw Gre’ta’s healthy skin. He has healed you, hasn’t he? Has he agreed to help all in the Dragon keep?
A wide smile spread across Gre’ta’s face as she nodded. He has, especially when he said that the Dragons are more in need than any other race.
Oh, thank the Dragon Lord! Please tell him, the queen started, then was interrupted by Dan.