As the days went on, the armies of the empire grew greatly in number and in strength, so did the magicians grow, because the training of the young magicians were working as planned although some students dropped out because they did not have magic in them although they were from the magical clan. Even so, Verona increased in strength, because she was still preparing and waiting for her time to come.
But despite the preparations by all parties, they were still unable to distinguish who the special sorcerer was, because, of all those who they were training, none seemed to possess the kind of powers which the great magicians were looking for, but still they tried their best to keep hopes alive. Even as the training of young wizards and witches were going on, most of the elderly magicians wer
