"Commander! What should we do now? Cosmos kingdom is on their way here and yet we don't have any information that they are joining us."
"What if they are marching here to take advantage of the situation and lay hands over the Jasmine kingdom?"
"Commander. Just give the order, we are in position to attack!"
"No wait..! If you look at the soldiers count, it is clearly just a part of their total army. It means they are not exactly marching to take over this kingdom." Shilpa started calculating the possibilities.
"If by any means, they wanted to support the Rose Kingdom, they would be waiting for us there but won't come here because nobody knows we're attacking Jasmine. Hmm, something is missing."
"Maybe they went to the Lotus kingdom extending their support and thus they got information from our King that we are here.." Shilpa stated.
"Yes. This is a possibility." Shilpa said.
"Commander! They are waving the Lotus Kingdom Flag!!" one of the soldiers in the front, cried.
"What?" Shilpa looked carefully at the army.
"Yes. Like I guessed, they are here to help. Let's go, invite them in!" Shilpa informed and went towards the army.
MEANWHILE Raghu took advantage of Maira fighting with Khan and leaped into the insides of the palace in search for the King and the Queen.
On his way, a group of armed men blocked him. Raghu stopped in his tracks and took his stance.
The one leading the group took a few steps forward, removed the cloth covering his face and smiled.
"Long time My friend..!"
Raghu was shocked and surprised to see the person standing in front of him. It was his best friend and partner in the army.
He relaxed and walked to his friend. "Dil.. Dilip.. How are you??" Raghu stuttered with happiness.
Dilip's eyes gleamed by seeing his friend after so many years.
"We are.. just leave about me. How are you doing? Where were you all these days?" Dilip asked.
"Well.. I will answer all your questions later. Now let's help our Princesses of Jasmine," Raghu informed.
"Yes. We got the message from the King." Dilip stated.
"Good! Now let's get our Kingdom back!" Raghu said with determination.
"Dilip, help me find our King and the Queen. Let the rest go join the fight," Raghu stated.
"Everybody! You heard him! Hail the Jasmine!!" Dilip shouted.
"Hail the Jasmine!!" Everyone shouted and dispersed in a flash.
Dilip and Raghu started walking to the gate of a secret passage in the palace that leads to the outskirts of the Kingdom. Raji, along with a few other people, entered the passage at the other side and started moving towards the same gate.
"The Royal couple is held captive in a very small room in the highest tomb of the palace which is also the highest point of the Kingdom. It has two windows, the one in the west looks over to the ocean and the southern one, to the forest. The messenger pigeons are trained to use the west window so that no one catches the sight of it. And the room is no less than a prison. After all these years, the soldiers became way too lazy to go up there regularly and take any proper care of them."
"So the room is often not at all guarded. In that situation, one of our men working as a guard here provides the King whatever he needs. He does it without raising even a speck of doubt in the rest. These dumb guards never knew what is going on since last 20 years. But escaping them is impossible, considering the number of guards appointed there," Dilip explained.
"But they maintain the place clean because the King Surya often comes here and visits Queen Aaradhya,'' Dilip informed.
"What?" Raghu stopped in his tracks.
"Yes. He visits our Queen whenever he comes here," Dilip replied.
'That bast*rd'
"Raghu, be careful. The place is heavily packed from here on." Dilip instructed.
"That is fine! The thing is, I am ready. Are you?" Raghu asked with a smirk.
"I am born-ready my friend..!" Dilip replied with a smirk.
As they said the words the guards came running towards them and started attacking. The friends defended together and retaliated hard, getting the ground covered with dead bodies in the blink of an eye.
Raji has reached the palace and is waiting on the other side of the door at the passage. Raghu and Dilip found it from the inside and cracked open the locks without any trouble.
Upon opening the door, "Raghu..!" Raji called and leaned towards him.
"You came. Come on, let's go" Raghu instructed and everyone moved towards their King's room.
Raji looked at Dilip and recognized him in one glance and nodded her head in greeting. Dilip replied back with a nod.
WHEN minister Damu ran towards Vijay with his sword held stiff, Vijay slid on his knees piercing the glutton's stomach. Blood spilled all over Vijay the moment his sword touched Damu, leaving the impression that Vijay is the one who got his throat cut.
All who witnessed the battle shouted in agony but to their astonishment, Vijay smiled. He stood up raising minister Damu into the air by the sword and threw him away. Damu's troops who saw their minister's death tried escaping from the place but they're chased and taken down.
"Come on. Let's move to the main palace" Vijay informed aloud, wiping his face with his hand. everyone did as he said.
SHILPA got down and went towards the Cosmos army who were already approaching. Noticing the Lotus kingdom's flag with Shilpa's troop, the army stopped in their steps after coming close.
The leader came forward and stood in front of Shilpa. He is wearing a helmet so the face is not visible.
"The Cosmos Kingdom extends its help to the Lotus Kingdom. Here are the orders.'' the leader said and one of his men handed a scroll with a Lotus seal on it.
Shilpa opens the letter and finds the King's statement.
"Cosmos Kingdom has a reputation for its values for Justice. We are honoured and grateful that you chose our side." Shilpa said politely.
Before the leader replied, another person in a helmet came forward and ordered Shilpa to move. Shilpa frowned listening to his commanding voice, yet obeyed and led the way.
'I heard this voice before. Where is...' Shilpa thought to herself and led them towards the gates of Jasmine's fort.
PRATHAP had his fun playing with his new toy.
'Now it's the time to get real!' Prathap thought to himself and striked Varma.
'Clang'
The intense fight started. Prathap aimed for the critical points in the enemy's body. In no time, Varma got paralyzed and dropped on his knees.