Chapter 127


    #127 The Battle Cry


    Cassandra had seen enough horrors for one day, and yet it seemed like all this nightmare was far from


    over. Just when an adult, purple Dragon was slowly walking her way, she heard its master’s voice


    stabbed the soil next to her cheek. She red at Lephys. She hated that man perhaps even more than


    Vrehan if that was possible. His face was deformed by anger, and he had blood running from his


    temple to his chin. Cassandra had no idea if he had been injured in the explosion of the wall, by one of


    the Dragons or because of the siblings, but she thought he deserved more suffering than that. The


    sight of that monster pushing her sister’s defenseless body down the stairs was something she wasn’t


    going to forget.


    “You damn bitch… No more Kairen or Dragons to protect you,” he hissed. “I’m going to get rid of you


    once and for


    you.”


    Strangely, Cassandra answered his words by a chuckle.


    Maybe she was too tired of all of this, but sheughed nervously at his words. Cassandra knew she


    might be about to die, but after everything she had already gone through in thest few hours, it was at


    the very back of her mind. She had just seen her lover being dragged back inside the Throne Room by


    a furious dragon, she had no idea if her baby was safe, and this Empire was about to be overthrown by


    a mad man. She just was witnessing too much for one day. Having Lephys appear now was like a


    nightmare’s new twist.


    “Stopughing you crazy woman!”


    Cassandra’s nervousugh wasn’t that long, but she had no strength to get back up. She was beyond


    exhausted. Lephys’ furious expression was what kept her up, though. That was another monster that


    needed to disappear. When he rose his sword again, she got ready, and using all of her strength, she


    rose her arm to stter him with water, and some mud and small rocks she had grabbed. That attack


    took him by surprise, and he groaned, having gotten some in his eyes. Cassandra’s reflexes came


    back the second she realized she had a chance. Ignoring the pain, she actually grabbed his sword by


    its de and kicked him in the nk.


    The fifth Prince wasn’t a fighter. That kind of move wouldn’t have worked with Kairen or Vrehan, but


    Lephys was surprised by her sudden kick and made the mistake to lessen his grip on his weapon for a


    second. Cassandra took that opportunity, and sent the weapon flying, having it fall into theke. She


    knew she hadn’t time to turn it around and use it herself, but at least she could get rid of it.


    His eyes red of all the dirt he had gotten in, Lephys fell on his nk, but he got quickly on all fours to


    wrestle Cassandra. He was even more furious that she had even managed to pull this kind of trick on


    him, and made him lose his sword so easily. He rose his hand and pped her furiously. Cassandra


    felt the pain resonate through her whole body, and her cheek burned. Lephys chuckled from hearing


    her in pain, and quickly got back on his knees to pin her down, and p her more. It wasn’t just about


    killing her now. He wanted this woman to suffer, for the humiliation she had just caused him. His eyes


    hurt, she had just made a fool of him, and he hadn’t forgotten she had stabbed him either. He kept


    pping her furiously, yet not putting as much strength that it would have her pass out. He wanted her


    to suffer some more before he killed her.


    * You damn bitch. You’re nothing but a useless woman! You think you can hurt me! You think you can


    touch me! You slut! You’re just a damn, wicked bitch! A witch! A rotten ve!”


    With each sentence came a new p, and Cassandra couldn’t even pass out. Her whole face was


    burning, and she could feel the taste of her own blood in her mouth. She tried to struggle, push him


    away, but no matter what, Lephys was a healthy young man, stronger than her. She could only raise


    her arms to try and protect herself, but even so, he was having fun hitting her wherever he could. She


    felt his ps turn into fists when he started knocking her arms, yet she endured it. She held on to the


    thought that she had gone through worse, that she had to make it through for her baby. For Kassian.


    “You’re so weak! You think you can y strong? Do you think you can survive this? You’re just weak,


    useless!”


    Cassandra’s eyes turned towards the Lake, and the purple dragon that wasing their way. She


    could hear Krai’s


    furious growls above, as he was wrestling with the chains on the roof, and the soldiers trying to injure


    him with whatever weapons Vrehan had gotten ready. Cassandra had to do something. No one was


    Kairen would have a better chance.


    That’s all she needed to focus on right now.


    She purposely let Lephys have his fun beating her some more, but she was thinking. She knew what to


    do, she hadn’t gotten closer to the Lake by mistake. Protecting her face as she could, she took a deep


    breath.


    “Sometimes it’s not about strength,” she whispered in her native tongue. “It’s about courage.”


    “What are you saying, woman!”


    Just when he had stopped to try and understand her words, Cassandra used both of her hands, with


    her joined fingers, to punch him in his jaw. It wasn’t that strong, but it was surprising. Lephys let out


    another painful groan, holding his jaw with a shocked expression.


    Cassandra then turned towards the Lake, and started chanting, as loud as she could, in her native


    tongue.


    “What are you…”


    He had expected her to try and run away, to crawl maybe, but this woman was singing loudly,


    something he couldn’t understand. For a few seconds, the fifth Prince got worried, but then, he


    understood. She was just crazy. Heughed, finding this way too pathetic.


    “What are you trying to do, witch? Ask the fish for help? Is that all you can do?”


    Yet, Cassandra ignored him, and kept chanting, loudly, her eyes closed. Lephys stoppedughing and


    frowned. What was this, anyway? It looked like her song from the Celebrations, with that same strange


    cry. A chill went down his spine, and for a full minute, he wasn’t so sure. Her singing had him worried,


    yet he couldn’t understand why. He couldn’t be afraid of a weak woman’s singing!


    Cassandra stubbornly kept going, her arms still protecting her face, her voice getting deeper and


    louder. The fifth Prince was torn. While he didn’t want to be afraid of that woman, he still couldn’t ignore


    this very uneasy feeling growing, as if something dangerous was about to happen.


    “…stop,” he muttered. “Stop that!”


    “Hisiren da altere, bato… Ya men guerra, ten guerra… Alra mien shin da, almere, li shin, li shin… Oh,


    God of Water, rise for your daughters, rise for those they murdered, rise for your daughters’ blood…”


    Cassandra kept going, uttering her words loudly and fast, her song echoing all around them. Lephys


    found himself staring at the surface of theke with that worried feeling that wouldn’t go away. There


    was something wrong going on, something about to happen. However, the surface of the Lake was


    very quiet and calm, and he couldn’t understand why he was finding himself so worried about some


    stupid woman’s singing.


    “You foolish woman… You’re going to die, this time! I’ll…”


    Lephys rose his hand, but just as he did, something suddenly flew out of the water. Arge shadow


    covered them, and for a second, the Prince though a bridge had appeared above. However, it wasn’t a


    bridge. It was a humongous, reptilian body. It was just so big that it easily overshadowed them before


    touching the ground on the other side. Like a gigantic snake, it came out of the water, very slowly. More


    and more of this reptilian body came out, seeming endless. Lephys waspletely frozen, thinking he


    might be hallucinating this. Yet, what he first took for a giant snake kepting out of the water, and


    it’s long body crawled on the grass, circling them in its rings. It’s small but palmed front pawsnded in


    the grass very close, making him realize this wasn’t a giant snake.


    Suddenly, a head bigger than any dragon’s head he had seen turned to him. The young man didn’t


    even dare to lower his arm,pletely frozen. He was just shaking, horrified. Not even had was


    this big, and this Creature’s head was awfully close. It seemed trapped with them under the grid on the


    roof, with just enough space. The


    Creature looked very calm, but even the purple dragon looked worried and retreated slowly. Everything


    but what was going on in the Throne Room got horribly silent around them. Lephys was still holding his


    arm high up, ready to hit Cassandra, but with that thing watching him, he didn’t dare move a finger. He


    could tell those white eyes were fixated right on him.


    Under him, Cassandra had stopped chanting, but unlike the fifth Prince, she wasn’t scared to move.


    She pushed him away from her, and crawled away,ying her body into the water. It had a terribly good


    cooling effect on her painful cheeks, and she let the water wash away the dirt and blood on her arms


    for a few seconds. Above her, she heard Krai growl again, and it made her re-open her eyes.


    Cassandra knew she still had to move. She turned around, got back on all fours, and slowly stood up.


    Just when she staggered and thought she was about to fall, a sturdy scaled body appeared in front of


    her. She chuckled and leaned against the Water God’s body to stand up properly. She turned towards


    the Creature’s head and smiled at him. It was strange how calm the Creature was, and how he made.


    Cassandra feel so much calmer. too. Yet, this fight wasn’t over. Next to her, Lephys still had his arm


    held up, he still hadn’t dared to move. He looked funny like this, but he was ring at her.


    “You damn witch…” He hissed.


    Cassandra ignored him, turning his head up. Krai was still blocked up there. She took a deep breath,


    and turned towards the Water God, addressing him in her native tongue.


    Lephys couldn’t understand any of the words she uttered, but he was speechless when it actually made


    the gigantic Creature move. Under his eyes, the water Dragon slowly extended his body up, until he


    reached the chains. With his little ws and his fangs, he started pulling on the grid. While they had


    barely moved under Krai’s attacks, the long metallic chains couldn’t resist the Water God’s strength for


    long. They heard the stones they had been fixated on creaking horribly, and a portion of the roof


    crumbled, leaving one side of the roof open.


    Krai flew in immediately, with a furious growl. He was injured, two arrows having pierced him under his


    left-wing, but that didn’t even seem to slow him one bit. Compared to the calm Water Dragon, the ck


    one came in like a big raging hurricane. Krai jumped on Lephys’ dragon, all fangs out, and the two of


    them started fighting furiously. While he had stood still in front of the Water God, the purple dragon


    couldn’ty down while being attacked, and the two dragons started fighting furiously.


    That battle scene seemed to wake Lephys up.


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    “No!” He screamed.


    The difference in strength was obvious between the two. While his dragon had been safe under the


    chained roof, he was nowpletely at the mercy of Krai, despite his attempts to fight the ck


    dragon off. For a few seconds, it looked like an easy win for the ck dragon, who was so much bigger


    than his younger brother.


    However, Lephys’ furious eyes turned elsewhere.


    “Come out, you cowards!” He yelled.


    Cassandra turned towards the shadows he was yelling at, from one of the Pce’s corridors. What


    was he nning now…? One after another, she saw multiple pairs of little eyes lighting up. She


    shivered, understanding slowly what was going on. Young dragons lined up in the shadows.


    Lephys was calling out his sons’ dragons to help him.