"Uhh! I am really tired after chopping the logs. Have not I chopped a lot? But this body is really good it is way more powerful than my previous self."
"It's not like I am the only one who is more powerful the people of this world are also more powerful than the average person on Earth." I thought myself.
"I really am tired after chopping a lot of woods in the forest. I'm really feeling sleepy right now. Let's take a quick nap and then return to home. Cecilii will be happy to see me with a lot of logs as I worked hard today." I fell asleep on the soft grass on the forest while thinking.
Suddenly a loud noise woke me up from my sleep. The sound was came from the direction of the village. I looked at the direction of the village quickly. The black smoke has already covered the blue sky. I got worried. The fear of losing someone strike me for the first time. I dashed towards the village. My mind is in chose at the point of time. I can not think properly. I am just thinking why is this happening to this peaceful place. After running straight for a while I came out of the jungle but my eyes popped out and my heart began to scream with pain.
In front of my eyes there is a sea of fire. Everything is burning in fire. Buring corpse of the villagers, domestic animals are on the road. There is a horrific flame in front of me instead of the beautiful village. As I gathered my courage and began to walk through the road the scene became more horrible. The beautiful clean road is filled with the cut down limbs of the villagers. It has painted red by the blood of the villagers. The brown road has beame the graveyard for them. I was stricken by panick and hurried towards the house of the Elder. As the distance became shorter and shorter I began to witness the horrific scene of massacre in the village.
"I hope Cecilii will be alright."
But the situation made me chaotic. But when I reached the place my body became heavy. I dropped on my knees. The Elder's place is on fire in front of my eyes. And in front of the burning house there is a cut arm on the road. I looked at the arm and recognise immediately. The arm lied on the ground is Cecilii's. I picked it up and saw the ring that was given to her by Vasusena. The moment I picked it I couldn't stop my feelings anymore. I cried out like I have lost everything. My screaming echoed back to me and I fell helpless. After crying continuously for half an hour I took out the ring from her hand. I have lost any reasoning and started to wander around the village with a hope to find a survivor holding the cut hand of Cecilii. After sometime I searched for a while in a depressed mind I saw the village Elder sitting under the tree which is placed exactly in the middle of the village. I rushed towards him.
"Elder, what happened here?"
"Who did it to our village?"
"Oh, you are alive then."
His voice has no feeling in it. It was just like an empty husk.He is looking fine although the whole village has destroyed. When I see him unscratched I lost all the reasoning and shouted him in anger.
"Are you the one who did it?"
He looked at me and said, "ASHVAMEDHA."
"What? What are you saying?"
"What do you mean?"
"ASHVAMEDHA, A horse sacrifice ritual."
"What ritual, Elder?"
"It is a horse sacrifice ritual. In the ancient era it was used by the Gods and Devils to mark their territory. But the Kings or Emperors also started to do same thing. In the past over thousands years ago it was used by the Kings to prove their Imperial Sovereignty. A horse accompanied by the King's warriors would be released to wander for a period of one year. In the territory traveled by the horse, any rival could dispute the King's authority by challenging the warriors accompanying it. After one year, if no enemy had managed to kill or capture the horse, the horse could be guided back to the King's capital and It would be sacrificed and the King would be declared as an Undisputed Sovereign."
"What!!! Why is this ritual for?"
"The horse to be sacrificed must be a white stallion with black spots. The horse is addressed as a God in the ritual. The horse was worshipped and was then set loose towards the north east to roam around where ever it chose for a period of one year. The horse was associated with the Sun. If the horse wandered into neighbouring provinces and they are hostile toward the sacrifice, they were to be subjugated. If the horse entered a foreign country, it's ruler had either to fight or to submit. Where ever the horse travelled through the year without any hindrance are belongs to the King. Somehow the horse has fled into our village and unknowingly Putul captured it yesterday night. Because of this the warriors came to subdue the village and turned it in to a graveyard."
"For the expansion of the Kingdom the Kings are doing this type of rituals. They are ruthless and cruel."
"No, my son. The one who has Power has the ability to judge over other's life. Powerless can never oppose the Powerful."
"But it is unfair. It is injustice. All men should be equal."
"Vasu, listen carefully I have a little time to live."
"What do you mean by that? You are absolutely all right."
"No, Vasu. My soul and my life is connected to the village. Once the village destroyed I will lose my life as well. That's why I am the Elder of the village."
"Listen my boy. In this world everyone has born equally but their status, process of thinking, hardwork made all the differences. Powerless man can not uphold the justice. Only Powerful man can uphold it. You know great things are coming when everything seems to be going wrong. It's eerily calm before the storm strikes and when it does, it will shake the world. However every storm has survivors. And when you are the one of them, you will thank it one day for giving you endurance and making you stronger than ever. You can not calm the strom. So stop trying. What you acn do is calm yourself. The storm will pass. You are the only survivor of the village. Life is unfair but it always give a chance to everyone. You have got the chance. So don't waste it and live well. Become powerful and help the helpless. Take care."
After telling me the Elder passed away under the tree. The tree began to burn and turned into ash in an instant. I was speechless and have no idea what to do.
"Only Powerful has the right to uphold justice." That's right. Only a person with power can rule the world. No matter it is right or wrong no one can question you if you have power.
"I Vasusena have received love and care from this village and it's people. I have died here with my fallen village. From now on my name will be "ANGARAJ" as the lord of the the graveyard. I will become the strongest and one day I will take my revenge. I swore it under the heaven."
The warth within me started to consume me. I left Cecilii's arm near the Elder. A ray of light came under ash of the tree. I looked at that purple light and started to move towards the light. I found a purple stone under the ash. I wrapped it with a piece of cloth and bowed down to the Elder. I was furious but my mind was calm because of my wrath. I put on the ring on my right hand middle finger and put the stone which is as big as a big ball on my back and decided to leave the village. As l started walking I remembered how much I have gotten from the village and it's people.I promise that I will become the strongest human on the world and will make justice for everyone.