Queen Maia claps her hands for some wine. Villagers bring food and drink to the table. All the Guardians of Mysteria sit around at the table, waiting eagerly to hear my reply.
‘Alec, Reaper and I stopped by Moon Crest Castle. We wanted to make sure our loved ones were okay. Although they haven’t been fed much or given much water. They are so far unharmed. Thypon was there. He was furious as he had tried to leave Mysteria to go to the Celestial realm before coming back to finish his chaos here. He obviously couldn’t get through and knows he is trapped here for now. I think he has a fair idea that Atlanta may have tricked him or has done something to keep him here.’
‘What happens now?’ Maia asks.
I slide the trinket box to Yiselda, ‘As you all know, we need somewhere or something to seal Thypon in. I searched every place I went to and found this at the Covenstead.’
Yiselda nods at the trinket box and then at me, ‘This will do perfectly,’ she assures me.
‘Now that I have everything. We need to work together to restrain Thypon while I activate the sceptre and cast the spell to seal him into the trinket box.’
‘You never told us what the sceptre does,’ Yiselda says.
I gaze at Alec, and he nods at me reassuringly.
I turn to face the guardians once more and say, ‘We cannot defeat Thypon. Only a god has the power to conquer another god. Making one of us one of them is the only way our deities can aid us and give us a chance to save Mysteria.’
The guardians gasp and look around at each other in shock. I stand, and they stop talking and look at me.
‘Even when I become a Goddess, I may not be as strong as Thypon. I will need all of you to work together with me. As one, we can do this. We can defeat Thypon, free our people and restore Mysteria to how it once was!’
Everyone stands and cheers, throwing a fist into the air.
Kadva makes eye contact with me, ‘When do we attack?’ he asks.
‘Tonight,’ I smile.
Queen Maia claps her hands for some wine. Villagers bring food and drink to the table. All the Guardians of Mysteria sit around at the table, waiting eagerly to hear my reply.
‘Alec, Reaper and I stopped by Moon Crest Castle. We wanted to make sure our loved ones were okay. Although they haven’t been fed much or given much water. They are so far unharmed. Thypon was there. He was furious as he had tried to leave Mysteria to go to the Celestial realm before coming back to finish his chaos here. He obviously couldn’t get through and knows he is trapped here for now. I think he has a fair idea that Atlanta may have tricked him or has done something to keep him here.’
‘What happens now?’ Maia asks.
I slide the trinket box to Yiselda, ‘As you all know, we need somewhere or something to seal Thypon in. I searched every place I went to and found this at the Covenstead.’
Yiselda nods at the trinket box and then at me, ‘This will do perfectly,’ she assures me.
‘Now that I have everything. We need to work together to restrain Thypon while I activate the sceptre and cast the spell to seal him into the trinket box.’
‘You never told us what the sceptre does,’ Yiselda says.
I gaze at Alec, and he nods at me reassuringly.
I turn to face the guardians once more and say, ‘We cannot defeat Thypon. Only a god has the power to conquer another god. Making one of us one of them is the only way our deities can aid us and give us a chance to save Mysteria.’
The guardians gasp and look around at each other in shock. I stand, and they stop talking and look at me.
‘Even when I become a Goddess, I may not be as strong as Thypon. I will need all of you to work together with me. As one, we can do this. We can defeat Thypon, free our people and restore Mysteria to how it once was!’
Everyone stands and cheers, throwing a fist into the air.
Kadva makes eye contact with me, ‘When do we attack?’ he asks.
‘Tonight,’ I smile.
We laugh with him before sneaking up to the low stone wall. I gasp as I see all the men are no longer in the cages but in chains on the ground. Most of them are covered in cuts and bruises. The werewolves’ wounds aren’t as bad as the vampires, though. Werewolves must heal faster. They must have been in a worse state earlier.
The women and children remain caged.
‘Can you see Damon?’ Queen Maia frets.
‘No, I can’t see Magnus either,’ I say as I scan the men.
Minotaur walk by the men and shoves them over. Some spit at them as well.
We attack the minotaur and use our fire spells to melt the chains and free the men. Queen Maia tries to heal as many of them as she can. The healed werewolves shift into their wolf form to help defeat more minotaurs and harpies. The vampires become raged as their nails extend into claws and the veins along their necks and faces become visible as their eyes darken.
We hear a loud growl and know it’s Thypon approaching. As Thypon becomes aware he is under attack, he slithers from behind the castle with his staff in one hand and long chains in the other.
‘You think you have any chance of defeating me?’ he laughs, making the ground shake.
My eyes follow the chains he holds to see Magnus and Damon chained around the neck on the other end. Their hands are also cuffed together. They are barely conscious and covered in blood. Thypon drags them across the ground, laughing.
‘Damon!’ Maia shouts.
‘Magnus!’ I shout.
‘After much torture, my minotaur made your men endure. They had your people confess to who ruled here and had the highest ranks,’ Thypon says and yanks the chains, bringing Magnus and Damon in front of him, pointing his staff at them.