Chapter 363 - Battle Between Wizards And Neotides (14)
Adrianna was beginning to feel feverish. She wanted to stay alone and Dmitri could see that her body was now revolting slowly to turn into a werewolf. Her body's temperature had increased considerably. Her face was flushed and she was beginning to lose her vision. Things were becoming blurry in front of her.
Isidorus was left in the main hall sitting alone and wondering what to do next to save the baby. He felt strongly for the next heir. He didn't feel this kind of protectiveness and will to serve the previous heirs that were unborn, not even Adrianna, but he was feeling as if he would not be able to leave Adrianna even for a minute until she conceived. On a quick thinking he decided to go with her to the Werewolf Realm and stayed there to protect her.
Since he couldn't tell about her condition to anyone, Dmitri asked Isidorus to create the portal for Adrianna to enter the Werewolf Realm. It was already twilight and Adrianna could feel that every cell in her body was about to explode. The process was painful. She felt that she was about to faint as she was quickly losing her sense of the surroundings.
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In Vikra's cave, the army had gathered. They were laced with the latest weapons that they had created and were eager to reach the Wizard Kingdom's periphery and be ready for the attack. This had been the purpose of their living. This is what they wanted for the life. This is what they were groomed for always. Now was the time to show what they had in them to attack and show their solidarity to their master.
When it was twilight, Vikra created a portal for all of them to enter the jungle. Thousands of them waited for their turn to patiently enter the portal. When the last one of them entered, it was already more than two hours and Vikra walked through it in the last. As soon as he entered the portal closed and now no one could go back unless he wanted them to go back. He flew on his broom right to the wall where Reese was standing along with many generals of the army. She saw him and immediately all of them knelt on the ground to greet him. Vikra merely looked at them and went to the wall. He started breaking the wall with full concentration, as the neotides surrounded him. He was determined not to break his concentration while breaking the wall learning from how Cy was conned by Adrianna.
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Adrianna was getting restless by the minute. Isidorus had communicated to Dmitri that he would join her during the night but Adrianna gave strict instructions that he had to stay in the Kingdom and keep a watch out on Vikra. She was sure that Vikra would attack the wall that very night. She hoped that he would take all night to break the wall so that as soon as the dawn broke, she would be able to face him as a wizard. She hated the timing of her curse but then she knew that she had to manage everything even though she was under that curse.
Isidorus was very adamant initially but because of Adrianna's persistence, he had to stay back. Now it was in his hand to tell others as to why was the queen absent during this attack. He hoped to not let Vikra break the wall so easily. He went to Mihr and they formed a strategy along with Ziu and other Mozias. Getting out of the Wizard Kingdom wasn't an option because the messengers had informed them that Vikra's last batch of army was marching towards the kingdom.
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Along with Dmitri, Adrianna walked out of the portal. However, this time she walked out to one of his hideouts. They were in a cave where Dmitri had brought her when they were on their honeymoon. The cave was hidden behind a curtain created by a thick waterfall. Hence it was safe as no one from outside could see it. Since it was beginning to get chilly, the temperature only soothed her but still she could feel that she needed to go out and be next to the moon. Dmitri sat down on the green grass of the cave and held her in his arms for a long time in order to soothe her. He would stroke her hair, her skin or her back only to make her feel that he was there. However, Adrianna went into complete daze as the sun started to set. She stared into blank. It was simply too unbearable.
Suddenly, she lost all sense to the world. Pushing Dmitri away Adrianna got up from his lap and ran outside the cave through the waterfall. Dmitri ran after her and when he walked through the waterfall, he saw Adrianna shape shifting into the rogue werewolf. She leapt almost twenty feet in the air and she was a wolf when she landed on her paws. She ran to the highest peak that was in the vicinity and looked at the moon. She howled filling the valley with the sound. The moon was attracting her. She wanted to merge with it, she wanted to be with the moon, so she ran again to find a higher summit.
Dmitri had to force her to go towards the place where the battle was about to begin, according to her plan.
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Outside the kingdom the neotides witnessed rays of several lights of lethal energy coming out from Vikra's wand. Each time they struck the wall, blasts would occur. He was a powerful wizard and at one point of time he had contributed in creating that wall. He knew all about Isidorus' magic. Although it wasn't easy to break the wall, he was succeeding in breaking it slowly bit by bit. Often the neotides would growl and howl loudly to encourage others and build the rage.
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Inside the kingdom, Isidorus, Mihr, Ziu and others had collectively thrown spells on the wall to maintain the force from inside. They knew that Vikra was a powerful enemy and the only wizard who could take him down wasn't there. Every time a spell broke, a blast occurred on the outside, which would also have some effect on the inside. Their wands would stop functioning.
Out of frustration Mihr asked,
"Where is the Queen?
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