The sun had gone down but a small part of the forest was illuminated by blue light. Riana had been fighting for hours straight now. The masked men were also getting tired but with numbers, they were fighting her and resting alternatively. Her feet were still in the ground and it felt like the ground was swallowing her as half of her body was submerged in the ground.

If it was anyone else the fight would have not lasted more than five minutes. But because Riana knew a bit of wind magic, she was propelling her body upward and was close to getting out of the earth trap many times. But because of this long battle of attrition, she was tired and was soon about to fall.

"She is going to fall. Capture her. " The man with earth magic said after seeing the dimming of blue energy around Riana's body.

"What about that other guy? " One of them said while the others tied unconscious Riana.

The man with earth magic looked at Krish and their fallen comrade beside him. He had seen that Krish was the one to deliver the final blow.

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"Cut all his limbs. I think that's what he would have wanted anyways. " He said while looking at his fallen comrade. He knew his comrade had a twisted personality and he loved torturing, so this was his final gift to him.

A man in a mask approached Krish and unsheathed his sword. He grabbed one of Krish's limbs and wound up his sword to strike down.

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On the other side of the jungle. Alcaz was hiding in the shadows and following a man and his two servants carrying a woman, Agatha.

This was the first time he had a helpless look on his face. The man in front of him was a menace. He had long uncombed black hair which gave him a look and aura of a lion. He was donning red armor with his hands behind his back. He was the advisor of the King of Gilash, Dharma.

Alcaz had been following Dharma since the blast had happened. He has seen this kind of blast before too. He shivered remembering the incident. He closed his eyes for a moment and took deep breaths to calm himself down. It was hard to calm down but he was able to do it because of his 'previous life'. He opened his eyes and was shook to see that the man had disappeared and only his servants were there. His calmed heart was again in a frenzy.

"So you were here, Little Prince. " Alcaz heard a whisper in his ear and fell down on his knees.

"Good thing now I can complete my mission. " Dhorma said with a smile.