Chapter 333: Desperate Measure
After Elaron, Edith, and Cyrus became a part of Cursed Castle’s residents, everyone once again started practicing day and night to train themselves. With more people joining, the Cursed Castle became a livelier place with the buzz of people all the time.
Annalise either spent her days training in physical combat and weaponry with Ezra, Leela, Marley, Damien, Kenric, or Silas, or she would learn spells and master her powers under the guidance of Valerius, and the other light guardians. Everyone seemed to be doing their best to teach Annalise to the best of their abilities.
The days became so busy for Annalise and everyone around her that they barely had any free time to sit down and talk about anything else other than their training or their new findings regarding spells or the dark energy that seemed to have gone completely dormant after the incident in the Sky Palace.
Despite several attempts, there were no findings regarding the attack on the night of Winter Midnight Ball and no new information about their enemy, leaving the high council with few options, Hence, the rulers decided to put their attention on securing the safety of their people.
As for Annalise, her husbands, friends, and light guardians were not the only ones training her, Esmeray and Ascher were also doing their best. She had mastered the teleportation spell, healing spells that were proving a good help along with her healing elixir, protection spells, warding spells, purification spells, formation spells, and currently, she was working on the portal-creating spell. Esmeray guided her through every step of the training with patience and full dedication.
Also, every evening, Annalise spent nearly two hours with Pristine as the two of them worked on their potions that would prove helpful for their army during the final battle. Leela also joined them every now and then, providing her help.
Since she had to take days off from her regular training every week to train with Esme, she had already informed her husbands about Esmeray’s existence in the secret realm and also about his true identity. It took her a while to make her husbands believe that the King of Darkness was not a foe but a friend, and only when she revealed Esmeray’s past story, did the Dark Lords allow her to continue her training with Esme.
It was already the beginning of the last month of the year but there were around four entire months left before the winter would come to an end, and these four months were what they all had in their hands to prepare for the upcoming war.
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The dimly lit chamber within Esmeray’s house in the Secret Realm was filled with an aura of anticipation. Annalise sat cross-legged on the cold stone floor, her eyes closed in deep concentration, while Esmeray, the King of Darkness, sat opposite her. Their hands were gently pressed together, a connection that allowed their powers to flow and intertwine.
Annalise could feel the energy coursing through her veins, mingling with Esmeray’s dark and potent magic. It was an intense and intimate experience, one that had become a regular part of her training routine. She had come a long way since her arrival at the Cursed Castle, and her progress had been remarkable.