BXBX NOVEL Chapter 620 - Hypogeum
Chapter 620 - Hypogeum
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Archdemon Empress Luna
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Princess Ourania whistled to get the attention of two ravens soaring above them.
Their black feathers on their spread wings were a stark contrast to the blue sky.
One screeching raven heeded her call and descended towards them, standing at the center of the colosseum, growing larger and larger when it flew nearer in Princess Ourania\'s face…
No.
Its sharp talons didn\'t claw at her face.
It flapped its large wings and carefully settled on the Summer Princess\' left shoulder while its feathers fell and swirled around her.
The gusts of wind coming from the wide expanse of the bird\'s wings messed her hair up that Luna had to hold onto her long silver hair to keep them from whipping her face.
At least the strong gale kept her vampire\'s vessel cool under the sun, or else she would melt.
Luna saw Princess Ourania gazed at the raven in silence while the animal stared back at her.
Both appeared like they were talking with their eyes.
Sir Tristan waited patiently beside her, not interrupting their silent conversation for a minute.
After that, Princess Ourania allowed the raven to jump on her forearm before she catapulted it upwards to gain momentum.
All of them watched the raven as it flew into the direction of the Summer Castle.
Of course, Princess Ourania sent the raven to the Summer Castle, carrying the message to announce the duel involving the Summer Princess and the Empress from the Vampire Realm.
She figured out that the Summer Fair folk would be entertained from their duel, amused at the two Monarchs with their respective champions.
She bet that they had no idea that it was going to be a fight to the death.
Well, they wouldn\'t care as long as the dying in a terrible, gory, bloody death didn\'t involve them.
The weather was determined to torment her as to how standing in her killer\'s vicinity did.
A couple of feet separated the two from their band.
At the moment, all Luna can do was give Apollyon\'s mother the narrow-eyed death stare as well as Sir Tristan when they started giving her and Sloth sideways glances as they size them up.
Trickles of sweat already dripped from her forehead and her back which made her body less hot.
Yet, it was as uncomfortable as the sun rays, which felt like tiny needles dipped in boiling water before they prickled her scalp and pores.
As she breathed even harder, the head-ache inducing heat and the dust inside the arena made her place a hand over her eyes to shield them from the sand particles merging with the breeze.
Sir Tristan, Princess Ourania, and their group were asked to follow a Fae Sentinel towards a hidden trapdoor in the arena to descend beneath the colosseum.
He led them to a maze of underground chambers, cells, tunnels, and passages.
The underground had a little natural light in the morning.
It wouldn\'t hurt the vampires.
Nevertheless, it was cooler here than above, but she hated these suffocating tunnels.
It was smaller in comparison to any other caves she had been in.? She recalled when she went to the caves of the Valley of Kings and got possessed by the demons.
It was the first time she met the Archdemon of Lust—who later became his undoing.
The Fae Commander in charge of the colosseum walked ahead in their little expedition, followed by Sir Tristan and his fiance.
Princess Ourania and Luna were set apart by his husband to protect her just in case his mother attempted a sudden attack.
Ravin and Sloth flanked behind her like two large ominous shadows.
Both weren\'t talking for a change.
They kept their mouth shut without her verbal command.
Luna looked sideways.
It made her wary that they weren\'t chaotic—so well-behaved that goosebumps broke out of her skin.
They were merely observing their dynamic in silence.
She told them beforehand not to arouse suspicion from the Summer Fair Folk of their kind, and they followed it without question.
They passed by a hundred wild animals inside their pens for show fights as they navigated inside the tunnels.
The stench of dried blood and death dripped from the grounds and walls even if each cell was cleaned by pages and squires training to be Faerie Sentinels in the Summer Courts.
Their group started searching the place to look for the men-at-arms in charge of bestowing them the black-and-gold armor for the Monarchs and the swords used during the duel.
They found the men-at-arms organizing and rearranging things in their steel cabinets.
When they entered the room, both of them bowed respectfully.
Few words were exchanged between them as the Sentinel pointed at her and Sloth to provide them the necessary equipment for the duel.
They unlocked the large treasure chests with magic and rummaged with care.
Seconds later, they gave each expensive luxurious piece of their armor with reverence.
Princess Ourania and Sir Tristan were also given armor suits other than what they wore.
The men-at-arms went to another room and visited the Armamentarium and presented them the four identical swords.
Before Sir Tristan and Princess Ourania separated from their group to search for a chamber to change into their plated armors peacefully, Apollyon asked permission from the men-at-arms to check theirs and their opponent\'s weapons just in case they had something special in them.
His request was met with their opponents\' disapproval, but the Faerie Sentinel allowed it to avoid cheating.
\'It sounded like the Monarchs had little power in the underground,\' Luna surmised.
Princess Ourania smirked in satisfaction when he found nothing dubious.
Was she was happy that she wasn\'t caught?
Luna glowered at them.
Apollyon carried her armor plates for her while Sloth had his in his arms as they went to separate rooms to change.
When they found one, Apollyon shut the door and locked it with Fae Magic.
"I don\'t want you to? return to the arena, wife." He whispered.
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