315 Third Stage of the Competition (20)

Lile was jumping around in water flipping her fins. The audience above gasped. They all held their breaths. Dmitri was looking as pale as a ghost. His heart reached out to his wife, but she couldn't listen to him. There were too many spells around the segment. Ed and Cora choked on their words. Was this Adrianna's end? So soon? This is how the competition was supposed to end? 

Isidorus looked at the sea and kept waiting for Adrianna to come out of it. There were smiles on the faces of some ministry people while the others knew that this was the end. The wizard kingdom would now fall into the hands of the most vicious power. Vikra had won. 

Every person in the audience was quiet. It was as if they all knew what was going to happen to them in the next few days. For Isidorus it was the worst thing that could happen. His last chance to save his world had failed.