Using his hand that was still intact, Cy chalked out the route that they were supposed to take to get back if they were flying back. Fine white lines appeared in front of him. He named every part of the forest that they go through. Although Vikra knew the forest like the back of his hand, Reese didn't know and so the route that Cy had created in the air was extremely important for her. As Reese studied the route, Cy addressed his concerns to Vikra. "I know a lot about the wizard kingdom, and I know that you are already aware of it, but the point is that I will only give enough information as needed from time to time. You will have to take care of me. When the time comes, I will also have my family here."

"I agree…" said Vikra as he floated out of the hall, leaving Reese behind to study the route in detail. As soon as she had read through it properly, she left the hall and went to find Vikra.

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"We don't have much time," she said in an urgent tone.

"Gather five thousand neotides and take them to the place from which the wizards will enter the kingdom. You will stay on the ground and lead the neotides. I will take them in the air." After saying that, Vikra started laughing. It had been a long time since he had fought a battle with his kind.

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As the werewolves' pack ran on the ground, the wizards and witches flew above them at the werewolves' speed even though they could fly faster in order to shield them from any untoward situations. At one point of time, Ed became restless and communicated to Adrianna that they should go the kingdom through a portal. Both Ed and Howard were eager to see Adrianna's coronation.

But Adrianna was reluctant. She disagreed with him and continued to ride her alpha. She could also shape shift and run with him, but riding Dmitri was better. She snuggled herself into his fur as he ran with her sitting atop him.

"How am I going to see you if the crown accepts you?" he asked.

"Let us cheat and make the crown believe that I am not the queen," she replied as she hugged him tighter.

"Can we do that?"

"Hmm… let's think of a plan."

"Why don't we just turn around go back?"

"I would love to Dmitri…"

As they were talking, they heard loud growls from afar as though thousands of wolves had gathered at a place.

Fleur told Liam to communicate to Dmitri that they would reach the periphery of the wizard kingdom in about ten minutes. As Liam communicated this to him, Fleur's attention was diverted by the rumbling of the ground a far distance away.

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They were less than ten minutes away from the wizard kingdom when the wizards and witches saw a ghostly figure standing in front of them. Howard raised his hand to halt their movements.

"Vikra!" Howard shouted. "Go away or we will make sure to take you with us back to the wizard kingdom and imprison you."

Vikra laughed a hollow laugh and pointed to the neotide army below. Howard looked down below and was shocked to see that thousands of neotides were running towards the werewolf pack that was still running on the ground. Howard's skin was lined with goosebumps.

"Give me Adrianna!" Vikra whispered. His whisper was audible to everyone.

Howard was quick to realize that Vikra was trying to entangle them and detain them with conversation. He threw a large bundle of blue light at Vikra to make the air hazy. He turned to his team and asked them to deal with Vikra as he tilted his broom towards the ground. He signaled for ten wizards to follow him. Although he was approaching the ground at a very high speed, the neotides were also quickly nearing the werewolves.

Adrianna and Dmitri could sense that something was wrong. All the werewolves surrounded their queen and alpha as they kept running forward while Fleur followed just above them. She released her broom into the air and it started flying parallel to the ground. Then, she stood on Liam's back and hopped from his back to mount her broom.

She created a mist around them so that no one could see them. She wasn't able to comprehend as to where was this noise coming from. They must have been only five minutes away from the territory when suddenly she saw Howard flying towards them, followed by ten wizards.

Before she could question him, all the werewolves stopped. She looked in front of her and her eyes became wide. There were thousands of neotides in front of them and they were slowly closing in on them from all sides.

Adrianna narrowed her eyes as she dismounted Dmitri who came and stood by her side. How dare they? Her attention was then brought to the skies where she saw bolts of blue, red, and white lights being thrown around, making the skies gray.