Chapter 354: _Take The Fight To Him
Just when I thought my life would flash before my eyes, my husband came in clutch with the perfect timing.
Kaelos was by my side in a second, raising his hands to the sky as the large ball of flames hurtled toward me.
’Cover your eyes!’ he yelled through the mate bond and I did just that, keeping the force shield spell I had on the human woman and her children active.
And then—
BOOM!
A large explosion sounded, so deafening that the mere thought of opening my eyes again was terrifying. I felt a rush of wind that made strands of my hair blow around my face.
When the noise of the explosion faded, I willed myself to open my eyes and was stunned by what I saw.
Kaelos had used his silver energy to create a thick force bubble several meters in radius around us.
His fangs were bared, his shoulder-length hair whipping around him as the flames left behind by the explosion outside slowly died down into nothingness.
"Are you okay?" He glanced at me and asked, his silver eyes softening.
I smiled, nodding. "I should be asking you that, Superman. You know I could’ve protected myself before the hit, right?"
The silver force bubble finally blinked out of existence, revealing to me the human family I was protecting.
Fortunately, the force shield I created around them was still active, only flickering slightly under the brunt of the flames which had ravaged several meters around them.
I waved my hand at them, causing the shield to disappear.
"Head to the manor!" I placed my hands beside either side of my mouth and yelled out, causing the woman to swerve her head to me.
She had a grateful smile and bowed her head to me before grabbing her children and running into the manor compound.
When I confirmed their safety, I raised my head, squinting at the battle between the coven leaders and the artificial hybrid.
The fact that he was giving them such a hard time was alarming.
"At this rate, they’re going to destroy the entire city," Kaelos muttered, stepping forward and seeming like he was about to jump into the air.
But then...
"Tell Ryker he’ll have to do a lot more than this if he plans on taking over this coven!" An all too familiar voice boomed through the city.
I glanced over my shoulder just in time to witness Althea levitating into the air, her hands glowing with a blinding white light. She pointed her hands at the artificial hybrid, activating a spell.
Suddenly, Arachne and Nimue backed away from the man, clasping their hands in front of their faces like they were conducting a prayer on his behalf.
But this was no prayer.
I subconsciously grabbed Kaelos’ palm, my jaw tightening as the air temperature suddenly dropped by several degrees.
The clouds rumbled as snow began falling, slowly at first. But soon it became so heavy that I had to scrunch my nose from the chilling cold.
Meanwhile, the artificial hybrid was in a pinch, placing a black force bubble around himself.
But when the three most powerful witches in the Luminari surround you with a spell of unknown power, even that wasn’t enough.
"Shatter!" Arachne yelled with a domineering voice, activating the first layer of the spell when the falling snow reached its zenith.
No sooner had she said that than a crystalline layer of ice coated the force bubble surrounding the artificial hybrid. A powerful vibration followed, causing the bubble to shatter into thousands of shards made of pure crystalline ice.
The man used his arms to cover his face, his grunt echoing from hundreds of meters above.
"Pierce!" Nimue continued with the second layer of the spell, stretching out her staff and clenching her free left hand into a fist.
My lips parted with awe as the shattered shards of crystallised ice converged, levitating around the artificial hybrid who seemed cornered.
And then—
The ice shards suddenly merged into hundreds of large crystallised white blades, each larger than regular knives.
"Looks like the old witches don’t need our help after all," Kaelos remarked, sounding both impressed and cautious as Althea rose higher into the sky until she was levitating right above the artificial hybrid.
Her eyes flashed with a bright blue light, the clouds rumbling even louder as she slowly pointed her outstretched right hand at the man.
"Obliterate!" Althea yelled out like a goddess, her robe flapping erratically alongside her lush black hair.
With her command, the floating ice daggers fell in unison, heading straight for the man.
The whole sequence took a few seconds but the results were devastating.
"Ahhhh!" The man released a blood-curdling scream as the ice daggers reduced him into minced meat and a rain of blood that fell to the city ground like a cursed offering.
I blinked, stunned while the coven leaders levitated to themselves, holding hands and fixing their eyes on the artificial hybrids still fighting against their soldiers on the ground.
"Sisters!" Arachne pointed at the hybrids, acting as a signal that made them charge.
.
.
The aftermath of the attack was in favour of the Luminari witches.
Arachne, Althea and Nimue gathered in front of the manor with solemn expressions while Kaelos and I stood beside them.
"This attack wasn’t random." Nimue broke the silence, clutching her staff tightly. "And from the look of things... It was merely a distraction."
Arachne shook her head. "Not just a distraction. It’s also a wake-up call. We might have a traitor in our midst. The protection wards not reacting to the presence of the artificial hybrids is beyond a red flag."
I glanced at Kaelos who seemed unfazed. But the storm brewing in his eyes told a different story.
"If we want a chance of winning this war, being on the defensive wouldn’t cut it." He finally blurted, keeping his chin high. "Which is why we’ll have to take the fight to Ryker."
My eyes widened, my nerves aching with tension.
This is it.
"We’ll continue speaking with the High Council," Althea said solemnly, her eyes lingering on me briefly. "In the meantime, you need to begin war plans. Let’s end this once and for all."