Kalshrung went out that night! He needed to hunt.
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Setupati and Vishwaprit left the Aashram with their companions in the evening. They were all silent on the road. Everyone was in deep thoughts.
Setupati was sitting with closed eyes, trying to concentrate on the sounds bombarding in his head, in the search of something useful against the enemy.
Vishwaprit was looking outside the window, feeling the evening breeze on his face. He was trying to analyse all that happened. All the visuals from past few days ran in front of his eyes. Now he had understood the reason behind every phenomenon that occurred into his life. How his mother & father sacrificed themselves in order to give him birth and set this world right. He felt a lot of responsibility on his shoulders.
Before all of this, he was only the lord of Vijaypath, but now he was the promised one, the saviour of the world. Setupati's presence was giving him assurance that they might have a chance against the enemy.
Vishwaprit looked at Setupati, who was sitting with closed eyes. Setupati heard his thoughts into his mind, so he opened his eyes and looked at Vishwaprit. He smiled silently and closed his eyes again.
They reached their home after sundown. They all wanted to rest now. They walked into their respective rooms and no-one said a word.
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It was nearly midnight. Setupati was resting in the balcony, trying to focus into his mind. Suddenly he noticed the frequency shift in the middle of the city. Something or someone caused to disrupt the regular energy level, and it suddenly skyrocketed. He suspected, something was wrong. He wasn't going to take any chance about Vishwaprit's life from now on. He decided to check out the area. He focused into his mind using all his skills and found the exact spot of energy disruption. There were few people, dressed like assassins, discussing about their attack. Setupati tried to check their minds, but they were almost empty. They were not people, they're were soldiers, made to fight and obey.
He realised, something was going seriously wrong. Their enemy was making another move. He was trying to suffocate them by attacking from every way. First there was the mist and bloody massacre of innocent people by innocent people who were born with the unlucky fate. Then, the attack on the Vishwaprit in the realm of minds. And now this. The enemy was trying to destroy and distract them by any means, so that he can fullfill his motives.
Setupati stood up silently and walked towards Vishwaprit's room. He reached him in his mind before reaching his door and intimated him about his arrival. Vishwaprit opened the door before Setupati got a chance to knock. Looks into Vishwaprit's eyes were not scared this time. He was determined and fearless. He asked Setupati,
"Where?"
Setupati looked at him with serious expressions and said,
"In the middle of the city. I tried to recognise their motives into their minds, but I couldn't. They're his soldiers. They're protected by him. I cannot read their minds. But I found their location. We need to move now."
"How many men do we need?" Vishwaprit asked.
"Few will be handful. More men will cause more attention and more problems. And the soldiers are few I guess. We can take them down."
Setupati explained.
Vishwaprit nodded and left to gather his men.
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Few minutes later, Vishwaprit and Setupati left the house, in the middle of the night, with few of their men alongwith them.
The night was dark and moon was nowhere to be found. The cold winds were blowing steadily, as if they were not in hurry to go anywhere. There was silence in the vehicle, no one was in the condition to start any communication. They were hoping that they will fight the enemy bravely, defeat them and return home safely. But nobody knew who was the enemy. They definitely knew that these were not the monsters whom they defeated few days ago. These were soldiers, probably trained in fighting and killing. It was going to be difficult to fight them, but with enough numbers, they could take the enemies down.
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An hour later, they reached the suspected area. They Stopped the vehicle half kilometre away from the spot and decided to walk the way, so that they can attack the enemy in surprise and defeat them before they realise what was happening. That was the plan. They all were carrying rods and other suitable weapons to knock out the enemies.
They reached the suspected crossing of buildings after 15 minutes walk. The block was silent. There was no movement in the area. Setupati had his eyes on the enemy in his mind. But the enemy's movements were not visible for Setupati now. They were not on his radar. They were blind now. Setupati hoped that this was not a trap. He didn't want to lose like this. He looked here and there, trying to find the enemy's presence, but there was noone to find. He looked at Vishwaprit and said,
"Vishwa, I have gone blind, I can't find them. We need to be alert."
Vishwaprit looked serious but he nodded in response and tightened his grip on his weapon. He hadn't brought his sword, as they thought they could defeat those soldiers without shading blood. But he was carrying a bow and arrow, for safety. The one his father had gifted him.
Vishwaprit looked at his men and said,
"Stay sharp guys."
They responded as fast as possible. Bhishu was standing beside Vishwaprit, to protect him, as usual.
They all were looking into the darkness, waiting for the enemy to attack. Their surprise attack element was into their enemy's hands now. The enemy was powerful than they calculated.
Few minutes went by. They all were getting nervous. Their hands were getting colder by every second. Movements were getting nervous and miscalculated. They were losing focus and fear was taking over their minds. Uncertainty was making Setupati's mind go mad. There were thousand screams into his mind, but he wasn't able to find the enemy in front of him. It was frustrating.
Suddenly they heard the movement from every side. The masked assassin type soldiers attacked them from everywhere. They had the sticks in their hands, which were electrocuting the opponents. It was painful to bear. Vishwaprit, Setupati and Bhishu realized enemy's weapons and attacks within few movements and they didn't let them electricute. Still Setupati had to bear it twice because of his misjudgement. But he knocked one enemy down with the rod in his hand. He grabbed the electric rod of the enemy, and started using it against them. Vishwaprit saw his trick and he also grabbed one by knocking out one of the enemies. Bhishu got electricuted multiple times in order to protect his lord. Vishwaprit saved Bhishu multiple times from getting hurt, but Bhishu was still trying to take all the attacks on himself. It was pointless to ask him to stop, hence, Vishwaprit ignored it and focused on defeating the soldiers, who were quick and smooth in their attacks. His men ge brought along, were also very good fighters, but the attack so sudden that they couldn't get any time to realize what was going on. Few of his men fell unconscious because of electric shocks. Others were trying to stand against the enemy.
The soldiers were knocking down Vishwaprit's men, one by one. He was getting worried. Setupati could feel Vishwaprit's thoughts clearly. But it wasn't in his hands to make this better.
Suddenly one of the soldiers knocked Bhishu down and attacked Vishwaprit from his left. Vishwaprit was busy in fighting with the enemy. He couldn't dodge the attack. Bhishu screamed loudly, but Vishwaprit couldn't hear his words. The current ran through his body and his brain got all dizzy. It was full powerful electric shock, which hit Vishwaprit. He immediately shaked his head and attacked the soldiers with all his senses left in his body. He didn't realise he had smashed his brain to pieces. The immense amount of body power overtook him. His body got stronger in order to protect him. Setupati noticed the change inside Vishwaprit. But his mind got distracted because of the presence of an unusual dark energy around them.
Setupati looked towards the source of dark energy. A shiny gold sword, which was emitting smoke, caught his gaze. It looked like an ancient weapon, to destroy gods, created by blood magic. The big muscular soldier was holding the sword into his hands as if it was a toy. He looked like an experienced fighter. He was staring at Vishwaprit. Expressions in his eyes were getting aggressive.
Setupati realized his intentions, and he screamed,
"Vishwa, save yourself."
Vishwaprit was not able to understand Setupati's words, but he saw the fighter moving towards him. He wanted to move his body but his mind didn't respond. He kept looking at the fighter holding the sword in his hands, now running towards him. Setupati hit the soldier in front with all his power left and ran towards Vishwaprit, to save his life. But the fighter was faster than Setupati, who reached Vishwaprit before him and he attacked Vishwaprit with all of his inhuman physical power. Setupati jumped towards the fighter to stop him, he was late. He fell on the ground, but his eyes were focused on Vishwaprit.
The sword emitting smoke reached Vishwaprit within few seconds and its tip tried to penetrate his chest. But instead the sword disappeared and went into nothingness. Everybody who saw this happening, couldn't believe their eyes. Setupati gathered himself back, stood up and tried to hold the big fighter who was moving towards Vishwaprit.
Vishwaprit's senses were coming back to him after the sword's disappearance and he realised that the fighter in front of him was seriously trying to kill him. He shaked his head, held his weapon properly and attacked the fighter who was choking Setupati to his neck. Vishwaprit reached him within seconds and attacked him on his head. But it didn't affect him. He losened his grip from Setupati's neck and threw him away. Then he moved towards Vishwaprit, to finish his mission. The other soldiers were still fighting with Vishwaprit's men.
Vishwaprit realized that the fighter in front of him was at whole another level. But he had to finish him before he finishes Vishwaprit.
Vishwaprit lifted his weapon high and attacked. The fighter stopped him with bear hands and punched him in the guts. It hurt too much to Vishwaprit. He was able to feel the fighter's physical power. He was an enhanced human being with black magic. Vishwaprit's transformed body wasn't even capable of holding him back. But he still marched on him in the hope that he could beat him with his mind and tricks. As soon as Vishwaprit reached him, he attacked Vishwaprit before his weapon could reach the fighter.
Setupati was feeling lifeless, and he couldn't see his friend getting beaten by such a neasly creature. He tried to get up, but he has no strength. He closed his eyes and scanned the surrounding. He realised that someone's powerful entity was moving towards them with High speed. He realised who is coming and he smiled to himself.
Suddenly someone landed on the ground from tall building beside them. He was no other than 'Kalshrung'.
He looked at Setupati and then at Vishwaprit who was still fighting with that immensely powerful dark fighter. He jumped towards the fighter and attacked him with his electric rods. The fighter realized the presence of Kalshrung and he got frustrated with another person who was destroying his mission of killing Vishwaprit. He tried to throw him away with his attack but Kalshrung missed the attack by jumping here and there and kicked him in his guts out of nowhere. The fighter got surprised by Kalshrung's sudden movements and he got confused for a moment.
Meanwhile Vishwaprit caught the fighter's confusion and attacked him with his rod. Vishwaprit attack was so powerful this time that it almost killed the fighter. Even Vishwaprit got surprised with his strength. He was getting stronger after every fight. He made sure the fighter has totally stopped moving then he focused on other soldiers. Kalshrung also saw the soldiers he fought before, and attacked.
They finished knocking them out within few minutes and stopped. They looked at other smiled. Vishwaprit looked at Kalshrung's masked face and said,
"Thank you very much for saving our lives."
"It's Kalshrung's pleasure." Kalshrung replied with smile.
Setupati stood up from the ground and reached them limping. He looked at Kalshrung and realised he was Raghav. But he didn't say anything. He just smiled and said,
"Thank you very much. This was really an unexpected meet. It was nice to meet you"
Kalshrung replied with smile,
"It was nice to meet you too."
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