The Sea of Valour -The Ocracidia Series 1 by Lottie F Yinka Read Free Book Online Page B

body. He wasn't sure
what he was doing would work, but he kept his fingers crossed
    Cezar closed his eyes, for
moments, he visualised Clawrion’s tail coming back together with
its body and becoming one.
    He opened his eyes and touched
Clawrion’s skin with his magical sword. A spray of magical sparks
flew around turning Clawrion's end into a bright, orange, coloured
gluey point.
    Cezar quickly stuck the tail
on, joining both ends together. ‘Does it hurt?’ he asked
Clawrion.
    ’ No, but it
tickles a lot,’ Clawrion giggled moving his body.
    ‘ Hold still,’
Cezar commanded ‘or you are going to end up with a very crooked
tail, which I'm afraid will be of no use to you.’
    When Cezar was sure that the
tail had stuck, he asked Clawrion to move his tail.
    It took a little while and then
Clawrion’s tail slowly began to move again. Without warning the
tail flicked up and Cezar jumped quickly out of the way as the tail
came lashing past.
    ‘ I’m sorry,’
Clawrion said Cezar; ‘I didn't mean to strike out at you
again.’
    ‘ That's quite
alright,’ Cezar replied.
    ‘ Thank you
great Warrior,’ Clawrion bowed. ‘Now climb aboard; it is my honour
to carry you wherever you wish.’
    Before Cezar could climb onto
Clawrion, a massive sea horse balanced on a long snake like tail,
with a very, long neck appeared before them and charged at
Cezar.

Chapter 10 Adonijah

    Clawrion stepped protectively
in front of Cezar.
    ‘ You will
have to go through me first, Adonijah;’ he called to the sea
horse.
    ‘ I'm glad you
remember my name,’ the sea horse replied; ‘because your allegiance
to your people seems to be forgotten. You were to destroy the boy
not make him your master!’
    ‘ Adonijah is
Talori’s second defender;’ Clawrion whispered to Cezar.
    Cezar had almost forgotten that
he must battle three of Talori’s defenders and that Clawrion was
only one of the three.
    ‘ As I am
sworn to serve you human warrior, it would be my honour to fight
beside you,’ Clawrion said to Cezar.
    Cezar shook his head. ‘No my
friend this is something I must do alone. I therefore release you
from my service.’
    ‘ What does
that mean?’ Clawrion asked.
    ‘ It means you
are free and do not have to fight with me;’ replied
Cezar
    ‘ Are you
sure?’ Clawrion asked. The look on his face told Cezar he did not
really want to leave.
    ‘ You will
always be my friend,’ Cezar replied; ‘now, go quickly, I don't want
you to get hurt.’
    ‘ Thank you,’
Clawrion replied and slowly left.
    Adonijah towered massively over
Cezar. Cezar wondered how he would defeat Adonijah who seemed all
bent on killing him.
    Cezar knew that Adonijah was
going to try and surprise him with an attack and he was right. Just
like Clawrion had done, Adonijah rushed at Cezar and when Cezar
tried to avoid him Adonijah grabbed Cezar by the legs, yanking him
up into the air.
    Cezar’s red shiny sword tumbled
out of his scabbard and clanged to the ground.
    Adonijah tossed Cezar around
like a beach ball and Cezar felt quizzy and faint.
    Cezar was thrown into the air
and then caught on Adonijah nose over and over again, as if Cezar
was a trapeze artist at a circus.
    Desperate to get out of
Adonijah's hold, Cezar rubbed the red amulet thinking it might
present him with another sword or weapon but the red amulet did not
change. 
    Then, as Cezar was thrown up
into the air again; instead of landing on Adonijah's nose, Cezar
jumped onto Adonijah’s back, slid down huge round rings on the
seahorse’s trunk and landed on its dorsal fin.
    Cezar grasped firmly unto
Adonijah’s skin, which was thick, slimy and very difficult to
hold.
    Adonijah wriggled about trying
to shake Cezar off its dorsal fin but Cezar held on firmly.
    From where he was precariously
balanced, Cezar saw his shining, red, sword staring at him from the
ground. He thought of jumping off Adonijah to get his sword, but he
knew Adonijah would get to the sword before he could.
    I wish I had
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