She Belongs To The Devil

"A lot of them? How many?" Evans scrunched his brows and asked Gina.

He was thinking that 'a lot of them' meant some 10 or 20 witches and wizards at most. The Mihir side had just brought one witch with them so, 20 sorcerers sounded like a lot for Evans.

However, Gina's answer shook him to the core, as if he had just been hit by a hammer in his brain. "I can sense the presence of more than a thousand of them."

"What? That's impossible!" Evans shouted in disbelief. "The witches and wizards are from Frostford and we are the ones who have support from Frostford. So, there's no way that the sorcerers are on Wyverndale's side. That also a thousand of them!"

Gina gave a little shrug and replied, "I'm telling what my senses are telling me."

She had a gift of clairvoyance, an ability to perceive things that were beyond the capabilities of normal sensory organs.

She held her stomach as it was twisting very badly after she used her ability to see beyond that deceptive barrier. And she gritted out the words, "And not just the witches and the wizards, I am sensing something even more powerful. I don't know what exactly they are but I can tell that they don't look like humans at all."

"How many?" Evans growled while giving a piercing gaze to that poor witch.

Gina tightened her clutch on her stomach and replied while a tinge of fear swirled on her face, "A-Around five hundred of them."

Evans breathed in sharply and nervously ran his fingers through his blonde hair. "Must be the damned werewolves! I can tell it from their stench!"

"Werewolves?" the vampires as well as Gina, they were confused with the conclusion of Evans.

Evans then asked in haste, "And what about the humans? How many are there behind that barrier?"

Gina tried to use her clairvoyance again but due to over-exertion, she ended up vomiting instead. She shook her head and looked at the General with teary eyes while replying, "I can't say for sure. I have reached my limit."

Evans was maddened by that response from the witch. He suddenly grabbed Gina by her neck and shook her, "If you've reached your limit then push yourself. If the Wyverndale armies are already here then they must have got tips about our attack early on. That means they must be well-prepared for the war. So I need to know exactly how many soldiers are standing out there!"

"Evans!" Reginald swiftly came in like a gust of wind and slammed Evans down on the ground. He glared at Evans with angry eyes and shouted, "What the hell were you doing to her? You know that she holds the key to our trump card, right?"

Evans clenched his teeth and knelt down in front of his King. And he replied without meeting the King's eyes, "It seems like we are already surrounded by our enemies. So, I got a little worked up. I'm sorry."

Reginald was stunned to hear the news. He kept on glaring at the General for an explanation but he didn't know if they had any time to spare for some explanation when they were already surrounded.

So he cleared his throat and then shouted an order, "Then what are you waiting for? Order everyone to get ready to strike! We attack all at once."

"But it's still dark. The human soldiers won't have a similar advantage as us!" Evans tried to remind his King that humans didn't have as great of eyesight as them.

But Reginald was already enraged after hearing that they were surrounded. His perfect plan to surprise attack Wyverndale had already failed.

"Must be that Devil's doing," he thought to himself that Theodore had informed the Wyverndale soldiers at the border and they had made the first move.

"But we will still have the advantage of number," Reginald thought that even with the Devil by their side, Wyverndale wouldn't be able to bring hundreds and thousands of soldiers to the border within a day.

He then pointed at the moon and the clear winter sky and said, "This much light will suffice. And it's not like the soldiers of Wyverndale can see at night. They will as equally be at a disadvantage as our human soldiers. So, there's nothing much to think or discuss."

Reginald clenched his fists and said with a determined look on his face, "We go all out."

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On the other side of the barrier, the Wyverndale's armies and allies were already ready for the battle by now.

At the front of the line, 500 werewolves were already standing by in their werewolf form.

Behind the werewolves, 1300 witches and wizards had lined up. All of them were mounted on horses. Here, they were not going to play the supportive role or the role of the healers.

All of the witches and wizards were going to play an offensive role because they had to go against around 2500 vampires, and the werewolves alone wouldn't be able to complete the task.

Apart from the werewolves and the sorcerers, three divisions of Wyverndale's armies were also already present on the battlefield. The armies included the archers, the foot soldiers, and finally the cavalries.

Tabitha and Nigel had imparted their battle experience on the east to Theodore, things that worked and that didn't work. And Theodore in turn had passed on the message to the sorcerers and the werewolves.

The sorcerers already knew what spells were the most effective. Likewise, the werewolves also knew what they needed to avoid and what they needed to do to get an instant kill.

"I hope they aren't aware of our presence yet," Adeline spoke with General Osmond, who was now standing beside her.

The other two Generals were also standing by her side in their respective horses.

General Osmond narrowed his eyes towards the barrier and replied, "I wouldn't be so sure about that. They could very well be aware that we all are waiting for them here."

General could feel that Adeline was a little nervous now that the inevitable clash was getting closer. So he said to her in a calm and low voice, "But it doesn't matter. We all are already prepared for anything that they might do.

Whether they send the vampires first… or all of their soldiers at once… it doesn't really matter as we all are prepared for any kind of situation. And in my opinion, the sooner this war starts, the better."

Adeline heaved a deep sigh and nodded. "I think that's also true. The sooner all this is over, the better."

The Queen of Wyverndale then looked at the great number of soldiers in front and around her. They were all ready to fight.

As Adeline already had anticipated that Reginald would be sending the vampires first, she had planned for the werewolves and the sorcerers to jump at them the moment those bloodsuckers would cross the barrier.

And after finishing up the vampires, they were going to ambush the human soldiers right where they were camping.

Adeline exhaled deeply. She was still pondering if trying to attack the enemies while they were unprepared for the battle was the right call. But then she recalled everything that Reginald had already done and had planned to do.

And she thought, "I know I am playing dirty. But so is he."