paktothebottomoftheke.Theforcesofthetraumatigetotheearth’scrustwhichhadpushedherintothewaterandcarriedherfurtherandfurtheraway,suddenlyreversedcourse.Astrongsupulledhertowardstheterofgravity.Viledagainstitfrantically,knowingthatifsheletherselfbepulleddownintothisdeadlywhirlpool,thispoolofwaterwouldbeehergrave.Justatthismoment,sheheardthesoundofneighingandsawthehandsomewhiteflyinghorseriseupfromthewavesfppingitswings.KingDimitri,withhismagicswordheldbetweenhisteeth,gotonhishorseandtheyflewaway.ViokhenthatitwasDimitriwhohadcausedallthosedrastigestotheearth’scrustbutshecouldn’tfigureouthowhedidit.Extremelyangry,shetookthemagicbowandarrowfromherbadletitflystraightatDmitri’sback.Butjustthenahugewaveroseupandcrasheddownonher,fhertleforherlifeuoseewhethershesucceededinhittiargetandwhatbeitri.

    Quickaslightning,themagicarrowflewstraightatitstarget,butastheairwasfilledwiththeaftermathofahugeearthquakewiththewindshowling,wavescrashing,anddeafeningsoundsofmountainsbreakingup,Dimitriwasnotawarethatsomeonewasungasurpriseattackathimbehindhisback.Theflyingarrowwasindeedamagicarrow.Asitgotoitstarget,itbecameawarethatitwasitsmaster,KingDimitriitwasshootingatandatoncegedcourse,streakedoodestinationsunknown.KingDimitriflewintotheskiesandsoondisappearedfromsight.Thiswideexpanseofkewatersawthegeographiomenaofahquakefollowedbyatsunami.

    Vileddesperatelyintheingwaters.Herstrengthhadbeelydepletedbythesteepclimbupthecliff,butnowiremelycriticalsituationshefoundherselfinshewasforcedtousethestremnantsofherstrengthtotinueswimmingusingbothhandsa.Shekhatifshestoppedmovingforwardshewouldbepulleddownintothebottomofthekebythewhirlpool.Herlimbsweresore,frozenandnumbbutshepersistedinswimmingonnonstop.Whatscaredhermostwasthefactthatwitheachstrokesheswam,herbodyseemedtoshrinkaninch.Assheswamonherbodyshrankinchbyintilitresumeditsinalsizehanafithispivotalmomentwhenherheartandherbodyalmostgaveoutinfatigue,herhandtouchedsomethingliveandslipperylikeafish’stail.Sheclutchedatitfranticallywithbothhands.Likeher,thefishwasstrugglingagainstthewaves,tryingtoswimforwardandnottobecaughtinthewhirlpool.Viomaograbholdofthefishfirmlywithherhandsandreoment’sreprieve.Severaltimestheushedthemtowardstheoppositeshoreandthenpulledthembackagaiugofwar,buttheroilingwavesgraduallycalmeddown.Thefishseemedtohaveetotheendofitsresources.Ittailflickeredforthesttimeandmovednomore.Clutgthedeadfishwithadeathlikegrip,Viofloatedoerwithit.Asluckwouldhaveit,theyfloatedtoshoreandwerecaughtbythemakeshiftpoleMr.Fihrewoutintothewater.ThusViohadanarroeandwasientlysavedbyMr.,Finger.

    DwarfMickeywatchedasDimitri’sretreatingfigurehurriedforwardwiththelittledogandsoondisappearedfromsightatthebendofthereet.Heshookhishead,sighedandsmiledsardonically.Theexpressiononhisfacewasveryplicated.Hewasthinking“Isitallworthit?DimitricreatedtheKingdomofDreamsforhimself,butithadalshthimalotoftroubleandworries.Iswhathegotfromitworththetroublesandworries,orisitveryhardtodecidewhethertheplusesandmiuallybreakeven?Perhapslovingtopymi

paktothebottomoftheke.Theforcesofthetraumatigetotheearth’scrustwhichhadpushedherintothewaterandcarriedherfurtherandfurtheraway,suddenlyreversedcourse.Astrongsupulledhertowardstheterofgravity.Viledagainstitfrantically,knowingthatifsheletherselfbepulleddownintothisdeadlywhirlpool,thispoolofwaterwouldbeehergrave.Justatthismoment,sheheardthesoundofneighingandsawthehandsomewhiteflyinghorseriseupfromthewavesfppingitswings.KingDimitri,withhismagicswordheldbetweenhisteeth,gotonhishorseandtheyflewaway.ViokhenthatitwasDimitriwhohadcausedallthosedrastigestotheearth’scrustbutshecouldn’tfigureouthowhedidit.Extremelyangry,shetookthemagicbowandarrowfromherbadletitflystraightatDmitri’sback.Butjustthenahugewaveroseupandcrasheddownonher,fhertleforherlifeuoseewhethershesucceededinhittiargetandwhatbeitri.

    Quickaslightning,themagicarrowflewstraightatitstarget,butastheairwasfilledwiththeaftermathofahugeearthquakewiththewindshowling,wavescrashing,anddeafeningsoundsofmountainsbreakingup,Dimitriwasnotawarethatsomeonewasungasurpriseattackathimbehindhisback.Theflyingarrowwasindeedamagicarrow.Asitgotoitstarget,itbecameawarethatitwasitsmaster,KingDimitriitwasshootingatandatoncegedcourse,streakedoodestinationsunknown.KingDimitriflewintotheskiesandsoondisappearedfromsight.Thiswideexpanseofkewatersawthegeographiomenaofahquakefollowedbyatsunami.

    Vileddesperatelyintheingwaters.Herstrengthhadbeelydepletedbythesteepclimbupthecliff,butnowiremelycriticalsituationshefoundherselfinshewasforcedtousethestremnantsofherstrengthtotinueswimmingusingbothhandsa.Shekhatifshestoppedmovingforwardshewouldbepulleddownintothebottomofthekebythewhirlpool.Herlimbsweresore,frozenandnumbbutshepersistedinswimmingonnonstop.Whatscaredhermostwasthefactthatwitheachstrokesheswam,herbodyseemedtoshrinkaninch.Assheswamonherbodyshrankinchbyintilitresumeditsinalsizehanafithispivotalmomentwhenherheartandherbodyalmostgaveoutinfatigue,herhandtouchedsomethingliveandslipperylikeafish’stail.Sheclutchedatitfranticallywithbothhands.Likeher,thefishwasstrugglingagainstthewaves,tryingtoswimforwardandnottobecaughtinthewhirlpool.Viomaograbholdofthefishfirmlywithherhandsandreoment’sreprieve.Severaltimestheushedthemtowardstheoppositeshoreandthenpulledthembackagaiugofwar,buttheroilingwavesgraduallycalmeddown.Thefishseemedtohaveetotheendofitsresources.Ittailflickeredforthesttimeandmovednomore.Clutgthedeadfishwithadeathlikegrip,Viofloatedoerwithit.Asluckwouldhaveit,theyfloatedtoshoreandwerecaughtbythemakeshiftpoleMr.Fihrewoutintothewater.ThusViohadanarroeandwasientlysavedbyMr.,Finger.

    DwarfMickeywatchedasDimitri’sretreatingfigurehurriedforwardwiththelittledogandsoondisappearedfromsightatthebendofthereet.Heshookhishead,sighedandsmiledsardonically.Theexpressiononhisfacewasveryplicated.Hewasthinking“Isitallworthit?DimitricreatedtheKingdomofDreamsforhimself,butithadalshthimalotoftroubleandworries.Iswhathegotfromitworththetroublesandworries,orisitveryhardtodecidewhethertheplusesandmiuallybreakeven?Perhapslovingtopymi