“Are we all enough or do you want to add someone?” Anik asked looking at Ashleen but he meant it for the demon. Anik thought of bringing Gayatri along for two reasons; first, she might create trouble behind their backs, and second Ashleen still doesn't know the truth.
Ashleen eyes turned red as her facial expressions changed to match that of a villain planning to kill someone.
“You are enough, ‘Lost Successor of Medicinal Valley of Ladakh’”
“Now listen carefully,” he said looking at Gayatri, “You’ll go to the Tibetan area, and you have to find ‘The Five Rulers of the Elements’,” This was all a cover-up. The demon had no intention of telling Gayatri and Anik anything about his actual plan. They would have to work their way out on their own.
“How are we supposed to get there and; why is it ‘you’ and not ‘us’?”
“I can help you get there but things after that are needed to be handled by yourself. Tell me when you are ready.” Suddenly Ashleen eyes turned black again, she stumbled and was quickly supported by Anik.
“He said-“
“I’ve heard that all, but 5 elements I thought there are 4. Fire, water, earth and air”
“And void,” said Gayatri.
“It must be the most useless one haha, void, what can it even do?”
“Yeah, it must be the most useless one…”
Gayatri is the Void, and the most powerful, given the incarnations this time are the ones who wanted to escape. You all must have some dark past. Void is a mental skill for her.
Ashleen’s eyes widened as she heard this, she’s the void?? I thought she was someone from a good alignment but she seems to be the darkest one of all.
Don’t make it too obvious idiot
“We need to do everything alone!! Why won’t the demon help us?” she said covering her expression up.
“I don’t know either,” said Anik letting go of her as she was standing stably now.
“Tibetan area? What do you think our journey would be like?”
“I don’t know that either, but I promise we’ll be back in a single piece.”
“And I can help you guys find ‘The Five Rulers of the Elements,” said Gayatri.
“Woah, you know them?”
“Somewhat”
“Okay then, when should we depart?” Asked Anik.
Tomorrow
“Day after tomorrow”
“Okay then, I’ll start with getting something to learn from the healer lady and Gayatri, can you help me with my skills?”
“Yeah”
“Then you guys go ahead, I want to sleep.”
Anik smiled and went out with Gayatri.
Why the day after tomorrow?
No reason. But what do you mean by you won’t be with us? She asked laying down in the bed.
...
The day of their departure arrived and the three of them looked at each other and went out of Ashleen’s room after a basic discussion.
As they reached the ground floor, they were greeted by Akansha, her partner, and the lady.
“I got the throne without revolting,” Akansha said smiling at Anik.
“You are a lucky one,” he said.
“you guys, rest assured, you will get your kingdom in a single piece,” said her partner.
Ashleen: hope so. By the way, what is your name?
Dhruv: it’s Dhruv.
Ashleen: Ohh! Dhruv used to name of my one of my favorite TV character.
Anik: should we get going??
Ashleen: Oh yeah! Let’s go! Mr demon, make your move.
Ashleen’s eyes turned red as a strong wind separated other the ones going from the ones not going forming a defensive barrier around the three. A red flame-looking aura engulfed the three and it stayed there for a while, after it dissipated there was no one to be found.
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Even before Ashleen opened her eyes, she knew something was wrong. She was sitting, most probably on the ground. But what beneath her was too soft to be bare ground. She clenched her fists near herself hoping she didn’t land on some wild animals, and slowly opened her left eye to look at the surroundings.
It wasn’t some wild area, instead, it was too dark to understand where she is. She looked beneath her. “OH, MY GOD!! What the hell… Are you…Are you okay… sir??”
There was a man beneath her, lying face down. She quickly got up and poked him a little. This guy was healthy…umm a little chubby fat. “Sir…”
Anik and Gayatri were nowhere to be found, but she wasn’t surprised at all. The demon had warned her this much. But she was rather worried about Anik being mind washed by Gayatri, after all the relationship between Gayatri and the demon was not good at all.
“Oii Fatty!!” she heard someone shouting, it was a voice of a man in his late twenties.
If her guess was right then she already know who this ‘fatty’ and this man were. The batch these guys came here was the batch that brought story characters in this realm. This is what Demon told her the day before yesterday when he was deciding places to lure other masters out. All he had to do was to leave his essence. Just how badly would these masters want the demon dead given that they'd personally come to the place where they felt his essence? If her guess is right then there is no need to be worried about these people.
“Here!! Your friend is here.” I shouted. I don’t know what is going on and if the complete trio is here or just these two like most of the time.
These guys should be from a well-known Chinese novel. The novel was so well written that I just can’t bring myself to forget about it.
There were three main characters, all guys, and most of the time only two of them can be found. The third one is just too mysterious that even the writer can’t seem to decipher what he is up to. And that mysterious guy is too memorable to forget because… he was my topmost favorite character of all time. I will not ask anything at all from these people if I can see that guy smiling. Just thinking about it makes chills run down my spine.
“Who?” The sudden torchlight made my eyes uncomfortable and made me come out of my fantasy world in an instant.
Even before I brought myself to speak I felt a cold blade on my throat. It should be my favorite guy for sure. The trio is all here. I don’t know whether to cry or laugh. Fatty is called fatty and the guy with a torch is ‘alien’ although I don’t find him that weird anymore after the third volume, anyways for these guys, he’ll always be different. And this guy, the one who won’t think twice before fighting dragons, leave alone killing a human is ‘Ta Ge' meaning older bro. Although he looks young he is about ten thousand years old.
“Calm down Ta Ge (bro) I didn’t do that on purpose. I mean, I might have crushed him a bit. But I don’t think it was enough to kill him.”
“Ta Ge?” The Alien guy’s eyes twitched.
“I know you guys very closely, and I mean no harm,” I said trying to push the blade away lightly. There was no moment by the guy holding the blade. If I tried pushing it anymore, I’d end up slicing my finger so I raised my hands giving up.
The Alien guy looked at me, then at Fatty. He shook him for a while, took a bottle of water from his backpack, and sprinkled water on his face.
“Who the mf- tried attacking this old man? Are you seeking death?” He said even before trying to understand the situation. I smiled and brought my hands back to the normal level.
“It’s-... me” I paused when I felt the blade tighten but continued nonetheless.
“You son of a… you are a girl? What do you eat sis, you are pig heavy”
“Ohh that’s disappointing, I thought I should be heavier than it”
“Ge, let her go. She doesn’t seem to pose a threat.”
I felt the blade go away from my neck and sighed a sigh of relief. I sat down cross-legged but after I saw even Fatty get up, I quickly got up, only to be greeted with a stare from ‘ta ge’. Leave alone seeing this smile, I better hope I can get out of here in a single piece. I still can’t seem to calm my curiosity bug down.
All three of them moved to nearby rocks in this den-looking place. I too did the same. The Alien guy was talking to a fatty in Chinese. He turned the auto-translate off provided by the system on purpose. I couldn’t understand everything but given a word or two I understand I deciphered what they were talking about.
The alien guy was asking Fatty about what happened. They should be aware I am not Chinese as they spoke comfortably. He said that I appeared out of thin air. I chuckled, seeing your favorite characters talk in real life was such a surreal experience, leave alone them talking about you. I soon felt a cold stare at my back and I quickly withdrew my smile and turned to look at ta ge.
I wanted to ask him if he was back from the bronze gate, or if he was still planning to go there secretly. I don’t know what part of the story is going on. I need to go beyond the door to free the queen. In the novel, he said that beyond it was the ultimate, end of everything. I can’t help but feel that the ultimate might be referring to the five elements. After all these elements are said to be the building blocks of everything; and if every end is a new beginning then at least one of these five elements should have something to do with this ‘ultimate’.
I was suddenly woken from my thoughts by a sudden hit in my back. It was fatty,
“I know our bro is handsome, but don’t stare for too long. He’s not going to take an interest in you” I found myself staring at him.
Fatty sat near me and asked how I came here.
“I don’t know”
“What are you talking about? First this alien and now you, can’t you guys remember the path where you came from, we need to find a way out.”
I looked around quickly to understand the situation, there was a swimsuit on the side. Looking closely, fatty and ta bro had small beards growing on their faces.
“Don’t tell me…” I got up quickly and stopped big bro who was trying to light a fire. He looked at me. But I was too anxious about this situation to feel scared of him anymore.
Anyways I don’t know how long they have been trapped here. After a week or two of being trapped there, Mr. Alien found a sign saying danger, and then some weird unending creatures controlled by weird insects started attacking them.
I tried to ignore the deadly stares and started swiping the soil little by little from the nearby area. This den-like place was not a den, but an underwater tunnel mistakenly discovered by Fatty. This place was not too big, after a minute or so I found the sign which was supposed to be found by Mr. Alien guy in the novel.
I very silently called them over. Bro naturally wasn’t interested in what I was doing but still followed the other two guys, most probably trying to ensure nothing goes wrong.
The alien guy bent down and looked at the sign, “danger?”
All three looked at me. I don’t know how I am supposed to explain this. I know this next segment of the story very well but will they even believe me? If they did it’s just good for me. Because if they decided to wait for the creatures to attack not trusting me then it’ll just be me who’ll die. Bro and Fatty would be injured but at least all three will survive. I think they wouldn't think they should have a problem believing that there indeed is danger, after all this sign looks years old.
“It’s a trap”
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