Chapter 31 Melchior Receives Instructions and Enters the Portals.
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A few weeks later, Melchior was overlooking his vast army, numbering almost a million men gathered close to the portal in Rashidium. To his great satisfaction, the spineless cowards in the Terran Council had bent over backwards to fulfil his demands, and they had delivered enough food and supplies to last for a long campaign on the other side. Clearing the minefields and booby traps near the portal had been trickier, but it was all done, and his army was ready to move.
Suddenly, Melchior got an overwhelming feeling that he might have forgotten something important and that he needed to communicate with Rangda before leading his army into the portals. He called one of his captains over to his side:
- Captain Rodovic. I need to eat, and my cravings are for a young one.
Captain Rodovic:
- There is a Terran Council operated orphanage not far away. We have stayed clear of it to avoid confrontation with Terrans as you requested.
Melchior Dorevitch:
- Good. Go there and bring all the children to me. Leave the employees unharmed. I want to avoid conflict with the Terrans for now, but my inner circle and I need to eat.
A while later, Captain Rodovic and his men came back, with a truck full of orphans. Melchior approached them:
- Did you acquire the children without incidents?
Captain Rodovic:
- Yes. We bribed the warden and his staff. A 1000 Terran Credits in gold coins per child.
Melchior scoffed back:
- 1000 Terran Credits for a street urchin? Those Terrans are indeed greedy.
Captain Rodovic:
- Yes. But we also bought their silence, the employees will cover up what happened until we have entered the portals and left Earth. Besides, what use has gold on the other side? We are not greedy like the filthy money-grubbing Terrans.
Melchior:
- Good. I’ll pick that child for myself. You distribute the other children among the men.
A while longer after consuming the youngest child, Melchior was licking the blood of lips and started communicating with Rangda.
Melchior:
- We are ready to enter the portals, Mistress Rangda. I had an overwhelming feeling that I had missed something, which is why I contacted you.
Rangda:
- Good. Trust your feelings. You need to make sure that the portals close behind you. I suspect that the Terrans only want your troops away from their cities and they plan to launch a counterattack, striking us in the back as soon as they feel safe.
Melchior:
- But why would the Terrans attack us in the Divine Dimension?
Rangda:
- They are no fools. They must have figured out our connection somehow.
- Having figured out our connection, they know that you will attack them at some point.
Melchior:
- Yes, so let’s attack them now. Commit your Xenos to a full-scale invasion!
Rangda lashed out with a psionic blast knocking Melchior to the ground. Then she screeched at him:
- You fool. If I commit all the Xenos to an invasion of Earth, the bloody Zetans will come and attack my flank.
- Follow my plan, it will work. I have foreseen it, and I have something you lack: Premonitions and foresight.
Melchior spew up all the blood he just had ingested and spoke with a weak voice:
- Yes, mistress Rangda. I am sorry for my foolishness.
- But how do we reopen the portals if we close them?
Rangda:
- Since you are bringing materials and fuel to the Divine Dimension, we can power up the portals from our end.
- Now, hurry up and set the portals to close after your men have walked through them. I will transmit the instructions to you telepathically.
After saying this, Rangda transmitted the instructions to Melchior. He would have to reverse the steps Keila had done when she opened them. The portals would close one day after the reversal leaving Melchior more than enough time to lead his troops through the portals.
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