The next day Krish woke up in better health and started his journey. He was at least a week away from reaching his destination, The Kingdom of Gilash.

Following the river, he reached the forest densely packed with vines and bamboo. He had to cross this area to move forward. The only problem was that the vines were very thick and bamboo had also become as sturdy as rocks. The bamboo had become a hundred times more elastic than before. When Krish tried pulling a bamboo he was unsuccessful. Now he understood why people didn't leave the village often.

He took out the knife Riana had given him and observed the trees closely. He was sure that cutting those bamboos and vines was not possible with his strength. He racked up his brain but to no avail. While thinking he just started swinging the knife, fidgeting with it. Without thinking he began to swing it in patterns. All of this was involuntary as he was still looking at the dense forest.

"I think the knife will break if I try to cut with it. " Krish thought but still struck the bamboo in front of him. The blade cut the bamboo like butter. He didn't feel any resistance. He looked at his hand with his mouth agape.

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"H-How is this possible? "

He now started swinging the blade and performing intricate movements with it. He felt the blade was like an extension of his arm. Even though his leg movements looked a bit amateur, he was getting a hang of it slowly. He closed his eyes and felt every muscle in his body moving.

He finally stopped and looked at the forest ahead of him. He swung his blade cutting down five bamboos at the same time. He swung again cutting down more bamboo and trees along the way. He kept doing this for hours until he was out of the dense forest. He huffed a little tired from his strenuous work. He turned back to look the way he came and saw a straight path cleared of the trees and bamboo as an elephant had rampaged through the forest.

He looked at the knife and a smile formed on his face. He now was able to make out that it must be the ability of the man with sickles he had killed. Now it was Krish's ability.

Suddenly Krish fell down on his knees as a familiar voice came into his head.

"You have acquired his ability. Now complete his dream..... Kill Haasha, the masked leader. " The voice of the curse faded after the revelation.

Krish lay on the ground covering his eyes with his hand.

"Shit." He thought. He remembered the guy that was using the earth magic that day. Even Riana with her magic couldn't do anything against her. Krish had no hope for the future now as he sighed.