“What happened?” Drishti anxiously grabbed Arav’s shoulder;
“Marichi’s signal…the forest was invaded..” Arav spoke while getting up, the three elves felt their heart sank;
“We should Immediately move..” Yaksh said while taking hasty steps, but after not hearing anyone accompanying his movement, his heart got engulfed in rage. With burning eyes, he forced his head to turn back;
“We will rescue the elves tonight, and the elves in the town are safe.” Arav said while his eyes answered Yaksh’s gaze.
“HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?” Yaksh angrily took a step towards Arav without realizing;
“Marichi is still alive.” That answer appeared to be enough, as suddenly Yaksh’s expression somewhat calmed down. Their attention turned to Drona, who stepped in front of Arav.
“Haah…I know, by now you all know about it, but Arav, I want gurudakshina from you”
{GURUDAKSHINA:- In ancient India, disciples gave something to their teacher upon completing their education, this usually involves a request or materialistic donations.}
Arav looked at Drona, with his eyes showing a hint of awareness about what he’s about to request;
“Give him a chance..” Drona spoke, with the last word causing his voice to break down, as he failed to contain his emotions.
“I promise..” Arav spoke while turning his head away from the man, who looked at him with eyes filled with envy.
“What will we do now?” Yaksh calmly asked,
“We found that they are planning to move them tomorrow early morning.” Yashi quickly jumped in front of Arav and explained;
“So up until now, all of the elves would already have been brought there.” Drishti spoke after her. Arav listened and thought for a moment;
“I will attack the place from the front..” Arav spoke;
“WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?” Yaksh exclaimed;
***
{In the castle}
Usha sat on the throne, while clouds of fear surrounded her expression. Vijay brought a glass of water, placed on a golden tray with a red silk cloth covering the upper part.
“Mother..” Vijay whispered in a concerned tone, while stretching the glass of water towards her. Usha momentarily glanced at the glass then shook her head. Vijay placed the glass back on the table,
“Mother..why do you have this portrait here?” Vijay asked while looking at the painting,
“I placed it to show that bitch every single day, that I have the position and power that she once was so proud about..” A weird smile appeared on Usha’s face while her eyes stayed on the painting.
“About the forest..”
“That place is right beside our castle, and is infested with wolves. The chances of someone living there are low....But, that’s what I thought this whole time..” Usha got up from the throne,
“Hahahaha..I am truly stupid..” She began laughing while placing her hand on her eyes. Vijay got confused;
“What do you mean mother?”
“We looked far into the lands in search of elves, but never realized that they lived under the shadow of this castle this entire time.” Usha slowly moved her hand away from her face;
“Go there tomorrow and search every nook and cranny of that place, I want results before ‘they’ arrive.”
[CLAP…CLAP]
Three mass of purple energy appeared in front of her, three men having half of their body of a large snake appeared and bowed;
“You two will aid him in this journey, and you go inform father to prepare.” Usha ordered while her hands pointed at them one by one, Vijay didn’t appear even slightly surprised by the men. As he calmly listened to her speak.
***
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The moon was hiding behind the clouds, with only a few stars visible. The roads and alleys around the town were quiet. Dogs cried in the distance, with occasional hooting of owls. The trees stayed still, as the breeze had stopped, seemingly aware of the upcoming travesty.
[FSS…SSR..]
The grass produced a faint sound, as four people rapidly moved through the city, silently stepping on grass. Their eyes appeared determined, while staying on the golden statue. They stopped on the roof of a building, with one of them standing in the front. Their faces were covered, with only their eyes visible. He looked around the statue, and found a few street lamps illuminating the area. His eyes stopped on a small building, right beside the statue’s feet.
He turned back and raised his hand with two fingers sticking out, he shook his had twice, followed by the three nodding.
[THHP]
“Hmm?” A soldier holding a spear heard a faint sound, he walked away from the building while his curious eyes scanned the area. His brows got closer while pointing his spear forward;
“WHO ARE YOU?” He exclaimed in an arrogant tone, as he saw a man standing a small distance away from him. Another soldier, who stood opposite to him got alarmed by his voice. He too raised his spear in the same direction.
“SCRAM....THIS PLACE IS OFF LIMITS!.”
Arav looked at the soldiers, then glanced at the building behind them. He slowly raised his right hand with two fingers sticking out and moved it towards his left, touching his chest.
[SOOP..]
Within a split second, his hands moved with the fingers creating a trail of sharp yellow energy that rapidly moved and grew towards the soldiers.
[SLASH…CRASH..BOOM]
Before they could react, the energy blade cut through their bodies and crashed into the building, causing the front half of it to fall on the ground,
[BHRR..]
The ground trembled with the building slowly crashing down,
“Haaa” Citizens around the place woke up and began running away in random directions. Arav’s still eyes stayed on the building.
‘He grew like a monster’ Yaksh jumped down the roof and climbed up a tree meters away from the building;
“DAMN YOU!!!!” The soldiers rushed towards Arav from all directions, he moved his hand again, sending a blade slashing through them.
[THUD…THUD]
Bodies kept falling, with screams of people echoing throughout the town.
[BOOM]
The debris of the fallen building got blown away, with a man wearing metal armor appearing out of it. His eyes burned with rage while furiously glaring at Arav.
“HAAAAA!!” The man raised his sword, and it began gathering energy;
[THRRR]
He thrust the sword down,
[GRRRR]
Four golems made of mud tore open through the ground and rushed towards Arav;
“Hmm..” Arav raised both of his hands and quickly moved them horizontally, ending two slashes of energy towards the golems.
[BOOM]
They got blown apart the moment the sword touched them, the man’s eyes shook, as he saw parts of mud golems falling back on the ground.
[SWIIP..]
Hundreds of arrows rushed at Arav,
[HUM!]
Arav raised his hand, creating a shield of energy around him, that completely negated the attack.
[THUD…THUD]
[GRRR]
The man summoned the golems again and they rushed at Arav. Yaksh quickly nocked an arrow, as he felt Arav getting surrounding, then suddenly,
[HUM…]
Yaksh’s eyes widened, as he slowly lowered his bow. The entire sky appeared to be filled with countless arrows, the man in metal armor gulped, while stretching his arm towards Arav, sending his golem to attack him.
[SWOOP]
Thousands of arrows rushed down, hitting every single soldier and the golems with pinpoint precision, leaving not a single survivor around them. Hundreds of soldiers got their bodies torn apart, as they fell on the ground with an agonizing scream. Blood splattered all around the area, the place turned into a hellscape in just minutes. The man in the metal armor dropped his sword, while he heard his soldiers fall down one by one. Arav forwarded towards him with a slow walk.
“D…dem..demon.” The man uttered while shaking to his core. Arav looked him in the eyes, without showing even a hint of mercy.
“Where is Digvijay?” Arav spoke in a cold tone, while holding the man’s hairs.
“T..to..to the..HULGH..” Arav quickly jumped back, the man’s entire body turned purple with his forehead veins bulging out.
Yaksh jumped down the tree, and in a split second, the branch he previously sat on melted down.
“K….Kill..kill me…” The man began tearing the skin of his face with his own hand.
[HISS]
Yaksh shot an arrow towards his right, he did not hear a sound in response. The dust still floated around and covered the area, but Arav could see a shadow of a figure made by the remaining street light.
Arav’s eyes went dark, seemingly having realized the identity of the entity approaching.
A man with half of his body that of a snake appeared, his wicked smile radiated confidence and mockery, as he showed his hand holding Yaksh’s arrow.
“SSS…It seems you really have returned..” The man spoke while smiling wickedly at Arav,
“A naga?..What business do you have in human territory?” Arav asked with a serious expression, while his eyes scanned the man.
“What good would it be for you to know?..When you’re about to DIE!!!” The naga jumped towards Arav;
[SMACK…THUD]
A heavy strike threw him several meters away from the place, upon lifting his head, he found Yaksh nocking an arrow while glaring at him.
“The third party you spoke of?” Yaksh asked while shooting the arrow that got caught by the naga effortlessly. Arav nodded;
“Quite an accurate guess if I’m honest..” Yaksh said and instantly jumped towards the naga;
‘There’s no need to hold back..’
[WOOOSH]
Yaksh’s eyes began glowing green, his clothes changed their color to green while ears got pointy.
[SWOOP]
“Heh..usele…huh?”
[BOOM]
The naga tried to catch the arrow, but it exploded the moment it touched his hand. Blowing it apart;
[DRIP..DRIP]
“Let’s fight you slimy bastard.”
[SWOOP….SWOOP….BOOM..BOOM]
Within a split second, two arrows got shot at the naga back to back. Explosions overwhelmed the naga, as he could not see what’s happening around him.
“Psst…here you bitch..’’ The naga’s eyes widened, Yaksh’s whispered in his right ear from behind his back,
[SMACK…CRASH]
The naga got struck and hit his head on the ground. He tried to move, but Yaksh’s feet on his tail stopped his movements.
[SWOOP…BOOM]
Yaksh jumped away from his tail and shot an arrow, blowing it apart.
“UGH!!!” The naga grunted in pain, his eyes filled with rage glared at Yaksh, who had already nocked another arrow to shoot at him.
“ENOUGH!!!!!!!!”
[BHMM!!]
Intense purple fog surrounded the naga, with his body beginning to float.
“SSS….YOU FILTHY RAT!!!...HOW DARE YOU DIRTY MY BODY BY YOUR TOUCH!!” The naga spoke while his body began changing rapidly;
[SWOOP…SWOOP]
Yaksh kept shooting arrows at the naga, but they melted the moment the fog touched them.
“HEHEHE…SSS…TIME TO DIE RAT BOY..”
[Chapter 11: END]