Back in Vikra's cave a messenger had informed them that a wayward neotide with golden yellow eyes had killed the wizard.

"The wizard was killed by a neotide that had gone insane. Although it was grey in color, it had golden yellow eyes according to other neotides. They said that the neotide had all of a sudden started running in the opposite direction to attack the wizard and Reese. One of the generals in the army saved Reese although he was also killed by that neotide. Reese has been saved but she is lying in the jungle, still hidden beneath the rock because her movements are arrested. It seems that she has suffered a stroke," said the messenger.

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Cy looked at the messenger and shouted, "Go away or I will kill you!" he was shocked to hear that his fellow had been killed by a neotide.

"Can't you even manage your neotides?" he said looking at Vikra. "We don't have wizards left. That one wizard was equal to five thousand neotides, and yet he gets killed by one of yours! This is unacceptable. Can you imagine the loss?"

The messenger started to leave out of fear. Who would even think of talking to the mad wizard with an iron hand in front of him?

"Stop!" ordered Vikra to the messenger. The messenger froze thinking that he would be sent to death for this message.

"Master, I only got the message. I did not kill the wizard. I don't even have to capacity to kill neotides, let alone a wizard. Master, save my life!" he started crying.

"Why didn't the wizard defend himself?" asked Vikra. How was it possible that a wayward neotide would kill a powerful wizard like that in now time? It didn't make sense.

"They say that even he suffered a stroke and his movements were arrested," replied the messenger.

Vikra looked at Cy and said, "How is it possible that two people will suddenly get a stroke? And what kind of stroke? They are not humans to suffer from heart stroke or brain stroke. They were a wizard and a neotide!"

Cy looked at him with narrowed eyes. His mind started running thinking what could have happened. "Explain everything in detail!" he ordered the messenger.

The messenger poured out all the details that he knew.

"Can a neotide have golden yellow eyes?" asked Cy after the messenger finished speaking.

"No, that is impossible because once you become a neotide, your eyes become a dull grey just like your fur…" replied Vikra.

"That means that it was a werewolf – a pure blooded werewolf. And which werewolf could enter so boldly within neotides?" asked Cy wondering about the valor of that wolf.

"Unless that is Adrianna…" whispered Vikra.

Cy looked at Vikra in shock. "Do you mean ...? B- but how can this be possible? She is the queen. They would never allow her to get out of the kingdom!"

Vikra turned his head towards Cy and looked at him through the hollow of his eyes. "She is too powerful... We need her to get the Wizard Kingdom in our hands. I need her to get my human body back. It is time that Adrianna sacrifices for her Great Grandfather…"

"G- Great Grandfather! You are Adrianna's…?" Cy was falling short on words. That was the most shocking revelation! While his great granddaughter was the queen of the Wizard Kingdom, he was her most powerful enemy. What a paradox?

"Hmm…" replied Vikra feeling proud of his gene pool. "I think she is even more powerful than me. The best of the family!" Vikra started laughing. Imagine what will become of me, when I will have her in my hands. I will rule the world!"

Vikra looked at the messenger and snapped his bony fingers. The messenger found himself in a cave filled with hungry serpents. In no time, a serpent wrapped itself around his body and swallowed him. His shrieks died inside the serpent's stomach.

"What do we do now?" asked Cy feeling that they lost a huge chance to capture Adrianna. The neotides were so dull. They concentrated on attacking the wall of the kingdom when in fact all they could have done was to capture Adrianna and that would have been the end of the battle.

"You should now go with the next batch of the neotides. This time you should go with the other wizard. Remember only three wizards are left in the army. We have to be very careful," said Vikra.

"Okay!" replied Cy and left. He was feeling energized wondering that if he got an opportunity like this again, he wouldn't leave it. So many ideas were forming in his mind to trap Adrianna. According to the messenger, she came out to stop the wizard from doing any further magic. He now knew how to lure her out.

Vikra had gone to his dungeon and then went underground where his men were making sharp weapons. There was metallic sound everywhere. Fire was burning through pits and swords and javelins were getting hammered to become sharp. He decided to take all of them with him a day later.

Meanwhile, Cy informed the generals of the batch that were supposed to accompany him to march towards the Wizard Kingdom in an hour. He would make them walk through his portal and reach the place soon. He was expecting that Isidorus would have already cast more spells and must be recreating the wall.

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The healer attended Dmitri's wounds. He knew that being a werewolf, his wounds would soon be healed, maybe by morning. He had applied lots of herbs and tied a neat cloth around it. All other werewolves had to be attended also and they had been admitted to the infirmary. Adrianna took Dmitri to the bedroom. It was almost 4AM in the morning and she had to make sure that he slept.

Adrianna curled her arms around him and they slept off. The canopy was formed around the couple and a yellow flower blossomed.