Chapter 5 The Revival of New priesthood

Lord Meldus! Land ho!!" Said the witch on the highest deck of the ship.Meldus slowly rose from his seat to give the final orders on the ship.

"Once we touch the harbour, kill all wolves and charge east until you see a giant statue of a wolf."

The witches try to mutiny and complain that the terrain is not favourable. The Theo clan's territory is entirely filled with trees. It limits the types and power of spells they can cast,so as not to harm one of their own when the spells cut the trees. "Silence",Meldus roared;" is this how you serve your leader? Has she not handed over your lives into my hands, so that we may conquer the lofty throne of my brother? Never has anyone besieged the throne from an active king, we will be the first!"

The ship starts to slow down as it approaches the dock, some witches jump off before the anchor is dropped and kill the werewolf coastguards. They charge into the forest only to be decapitated by specially crafted traps. Each trap, different from the others. "They expected us", Lord Meldus grumbled. "We will fish out this traitor later, for now, there are bigger things ahead of us! Thread carefully." They proceed into the forest, with at least one witch dying every couple of minutes.

They finally arrive at the statue, but there is one problem. From the point of the statue, they spot four more statues, one to the north, one to the south, and two further east, adjacent to each other.

"We may need to camp here lord Meldus", a witch suggested. Lord Meldus responded," Is it now that the enemy knows of our coming that we will camp? Do you want us all to die when we are ambushed at night? Their numbers and coordination will quickly wipe us all out!

We will strike now!" The witches then argued,"Do you enjoy the sight of our sisters, falling one by one beside us?." Lord Meldus responded,"Consider their deaths the price for our victory!" We will charge to the highest point of this forest. If I remember correctly, that is where the king's palace is. Once the king dies, all other werewolves will surrender automatically, and crown me the new king.

They march towards the hill and find it with few soldiers. They start to attack immediately and kill all the werewolves, soldiers and workers. The rear down the Theo clans flag and raise a new flag, a purple one, and inscribed in it are the witches,mages and werewolves symbols.

"For freedom!" Lord Meldus roared,and the surviving witches roared back in response. A witch grabs a soldier, just about to lose his breath and asks, "where is your king?" The soldier casually responds, "there he is," and he sarcastically nods towards Lord Meldus. The witch proceeds to torture him to death, she phases through his body and rips out his organs, one by one,his heart being the last. Lord Meldus then spots an area from the hill, a valley filled with suspicious activity.

Lord Meldus, along with the army, charges towards the valley. Now, when a good number of the witches had already gone halfway into the valley, huge logs of wood with metal spikes suddenly popped out of the ground. Twin axes swung from the trees. Most who escaped the rolling logs were decapitated by the axes.

One of the witches then casts a skeleton spell, and the logs hit the skeletons and bounces onto the axes,causing the axes to fall off, and the logs to derail from their tracks. Lord Meldus, a werewolf, used his physical advantage to manoeuvre to the bottom of the valley, and he found a lever. He pulled it and the axes stopped swinging, and new logs ceased to emerge. Suddenly, werewolves of great numbers began to attack Lord Meldus. The witches rushed down to his defence, and more of them Began summoning skeleton spells as well.

The skeletons disabled most of the traps with their lives,though they were barely living. The witches found a large number of Theo soldiers defending a hidden chamber. For 7 hours, witch after witch, wolf after wolf fell in the valley. In the end, the witches prevailed, the wolves were outnumbered. And the king was left defenceless.

Lord Meldus then proceeds into the chamber and finds the king, sick, weak and feeble. At least so he thought. The witches followed lord Meldus in order to do as they had planned.

They cast a spell of illusion on the king, and the king saw his son, Naku leading the rebellion, planning his death,raiding the castle, and killing his people. Lord Meldus wanted the king to curse Naku, because a cursed werewolf can never ascend the throne, nor can his progeny for eternity. However, the king refused to curse his son. Lord Meldus then tortured the king with physical pain, and it were as though it was Naku causing him all these pain. The king reached his threshold and was about to give up his last breath. The king Blessed his son, and then said,"Meldus,my brother,Into the hands of the witches your heart will be, and they will control you until the day you die,only death will free you from their grasp,copka, criflus elias",..Lord Meldus,extremely shocked that the king can cast spells,iimmediately chokes the king so as to stop him from speaking. The witches behind him complete the spell," gorus fini," the witches chorused.

As the king fell, Lord Meldus was crowned king. And all the surviving werewolves surrendered. Back at the lighthouse,inside Naku's lonely prison,he feels a surge of energy, and his father's voice repeats the blessings to him. Naku is sealed as king of the wolves. And every discerning werewolf who sets his eyes on naku,knows that he is king. However, the mages and witches are not on his side. He must earn their trust if he is to take his rightful place as king. "The last place I can fo that from is a prison cell!" He says to himself.