Chapter 118. Not Wanting to Be Apart

“So how?” he asked again.

“The trick is, you have to stab yourself with that trident,” Claudia answered.

“What? No kidding, Claudia!” he cried.

Winona was surprised to hear that.

“Claudia, please be serious,” Drew said.

“I’m very serious. That’s the way it is. The trident can purify Richard’s energy. By using the proper spells and the ordinance that I am about to describe, Richard will not die, but his negative energy will. But if there is the slightest mistake, he will really die,” said Claudia.

“Is there really no other way?” asked Winona in a trembling voice.

“It’s the only way. He dies now or dies later, or maybe he will survive. That’s the only option,” Claudia answered with a shrug.

“He won’t lie because he got the order directly from Poseidon,” Drew said while reassuring Richard.

Richard nodded. He felt for himself what Poseidon commanded when he held the trident. He knew what it felt like, and as a sea creature, Claudia c