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Chapter 13 - THE MEETING

Outside of Kingdom Rashtrakuta

A desolate place with open ground stretched for miles. No one can be seen in this place.

A space tear appeared in this area , with a group of elfs coming out of it.

Soon a elf brought out a box type thing from her storage ring. She took out some mana crystals and placed it on top of the box thing. The mana crystal dissolved like ice under the heat. The box thing started expanding, it stopped only when it reached the size covering the 300 meters of the ground surrounding it.

It had transformed into a luxurious camp suitable to hold the meeting.

The servant elves soon went inside the camp to set things.

They quickly brought out a huge table, chairs , lamps arranging them. Looking at the appearance, they were sparkling, attractive, and expensive. The inside of the camp looked the same as a luxurious room inside a palace.

The servant elves soon went out checking everything was right.

" My queen everything has been set up inside" a servant spoke.

Dhanya quickly told all the remaining elves who had remained outside to enter the camp.

They were her cousins from the neighbouring elf kingdom of her. Today was when the meeting had been arranged to discuss about Maurya with all the kings and queens.

Five elfs along with Dhanya entered inside the camp, while the remaining five stayed outside. They were the personal guards brought together by them.

The five elfs who entered inside along with Dhanya went to take their seats.

The first to sit was a female elf queen, her name was Hanya. She took the first seat as she was the strongest among all the other elfs present there.

The second to sit was also a female elf queen, her name was Ianya. She took the next seat. She was the second strongest.

The third seat was taken by Dhanya.

All three elf queens were so similar to look only their expression on their face made them look different to identify.

Next two male elf kings took their seats. They were twins named Lohit and Pohit. They too were similar to look.

One female elf just stood behind facing all them, she was Ranga known by everyone as ' Fortune teller'.

Hanya with her cold face spoke first

" Ranga are you sure about your fortune on that bastard's son. I don't want to get involved with his matters unless it is true"

Ranga got nervous hearing these words from the elf queen Hanya. Although she was 100% sure on her fortune about him, she quickly used her ability on Mahi remembering his face again.

Her eyes turned green and a deck of cards appeared only to her with a card coming out of it slowly. The card had the same picture , a blank paper and a pen.

Ranga seemed tired after using her ability but didn't dare show it on her face to the elf queens and kings present there.

" It's same as the last time my queen. Maurya is starting this upcoming war because of that boy".

Dhanya quickly reassured the same to her cousins about the incident.

" It's ok Hanya we'll get to know about this matter from Maurya himself" , Ianya spoke with a playful expression on her face.

Everyone nodded their heads and waited for other's arrival as they had come earlier than everyone to set things up as they were the host of this meeting.

The people invited were the goblin king, orc king, dwarf king and finally Maurya.

There were other species along with them whom Dhanya had invited but the chances of them attending the meeting was very low since their kingdoms were far away from theirs. And what Maurya said had nothing to do with them. Even if he starts the war they would only take it seriously after all the kingdoms of elves, orc and goblin were conquered.

After a short while

Soon three space tears appeared .

The Dwarf king ,Goblin king , the Orc King came out with their personal guards.

All three of them entered the camp one by one. The orc king entered with his tall height , big build green body half naked showing his muscles. Everyone inside the camp looked at him with their heads up.

Next the goblin King entered, he was shorter than the orc king. He had normal cream colour body with a small round face and a extended nose. Everyone inside the camp looked at him with their heads straight.

Next the Dwarf king entered, he was even shorter than the goblin. He had huge body but it seemed compressed with his height. Everyone in the camp had to look him with their heads down.

Three chairs were placed opposite to the elfs one taller, one shorter and last one being normal.

The three of them sat on the chairs which were opposite of their heights.

Dhanya had already briefed the situation to them in the letter they recieved.

The orc king was about to speak something , but all of them sensed another space tear near the camp.

One word came to their minds, ' Maurya is here'.

Maurya came out the space tear along with Chanakya and another male , he was the one who used his ability to open the space tear. His name was Dev a space type ability user and a commander in the border camp.

Maurya entered the camp while the other two stayed outside.

Everyone inside the camp looked at a human entering inside with a smile on his face showing all his teeth.

Maurya was so happy seeing all of them together a smile had appeared on his face unknowingly.

Ranga for a moment thought as this was a friends reunion party.

Maurya sat on his single chair towards the centre of the table glancing on each face present inside the camp.To his right were the elves , while to his left were the goblin , orc and dwarf.

It was like a interrogation setup for Maurya.

Maurya after looking around , he starred at Dhanya for, a second more taking his gaze back to the elf standing which was Ranga.

" You didn't come to take your fees you know. I was waiting for you with my arms open to welcome you, if you had come" , Maurya said in a mocking tone to Ranga.

Maurya didn't know why but among everyone present there he hated this elf the most. Because she had read his fortune in turn becoming a major reason to lose the war.

Dhanya hearing this remembered the incident of him threatening her to take her head.

" Maurya do you think you are great again because of your damn son. You are the loser here , you better have not forgotten it" Dhanya exploded with anger which she had suppressed from that day.

Everyone in the room didn't speak any words as they were eager to see what Maurya would say.

Maurya sat still on his chair as if thinking something.

" Don't worry I have not forgotten it. Since I am meeting you personally after many years I brought gifts to my dear elf and her servant" he said pointing his finger to Dhanya and Ranga.

He quickly took out something from his storage device.

The corpse of the elf teacher came out laying on the table motionless.

The elfs were a little angry seeing their own race killed. Since he was a spy it was a guaranteed outcome if he got caught. They couldn't ask Maurya why he killed him. So they kept the words inside thier mouths.

Maurya looking at their no response, looked towards Ranga tossing something towards her very fast," I prepared a special gift for you".

The thing Maurya throwed went so fast it reached Ranga in a second, she had to lift her hands to catch it.

After she catched it, her hands trembled with fear seeing a heart beating in her hand spilling blood.

After a few seconds the heart too became silent.

Everyone looking at the heart saw the elf body and knew it was his heart. The heart had chain marks on it. They thought Maurya had killed the elf by plucking his heart out .

Ranga who was holding the heart was having a mental breakdown as she was already tired using her ability before. She had seen blood from the sidelines in the war, but had never participated in combat much less kill others.

She just fell straight ,unconscious on the ground dropping the heart.

The elves now had a frown on their heads seeing Maurya acting arrogantly even though he was not strong when compared to all their strengths together.

Dhanya rose from her seat , " Are you fucking with us, don't you dare think you are the same Maurya we feared back then. If we fight you now , you'll be killed in a minute ..."

As she was speaking continuosly she had to stop as someone from the outside interrupted her.

" A second" , Chanakya had entered the camp speaking in his high voice

" Give me a second"

The elves , orc , goblin starred him with angry eyes remembering the past for a moment seeing his face.

During the past in the war they were ready to surrender in front of Mahi when he had shown his strength.

But once learning he had a weakness they fought together by making a alliance and came to know he was a broken variant.

Since Maurya became a fangless lion in their eyes they couldn't accept the fact they would surrender to him. Once they worked together to fight him they turned into a lion , while Maurya became a sheep. They suppressed him after a long battle and finally found a opportunity to kill Maurya. This became a reality untill Chanakya came out of nowhere disrupting all their efforts.

They couldn't believe what they saw , Chanakya was as strong as Maurya or even a little stronger than him.

They both quickly worked together to retreat back to their kingdom.

If both Chanakya and Maurya worked together they were sure they couldn't kill Maurya. So now they had to discuss things peacefully instead of pressuring Maurya with their combined strength.

After Maurya saw their reactions and satisfied with the result he nodded towards Chanakya.

Chanakya quickly took the corpse and the unconscious Ranga in both his hands. After seeing there was still a heart lying on the ground he kept staring it for a while. Then as if he found a answer he kicked it outside the tent using his leg. Satisfied with the outcome of taking the heart outside the camp he left .

Everyone inside for a moment became dumbfounded , even Maurya too as this was not in the script of his what he had told Chanakya.

Chanakya handed the unconscious Ranga and the corpse to the elf guards. And again kicked the heart towards the elf guard , he caught it and placed the corpse along with it in his storage ring.

' I should have someone teach him common sense while he is free' Maurya thought embarassed at the actions of him.

He quickly recovered from his thoughts focusing on the matter at hands.

" Let's start the meeting", Maurya said with a serious face as he knew, from now on there was no room for jokes.

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Volume 2 begins 🤗🎊

Things are getting heated up.

Chanakya seems to be getting promoted from a side character to one of the main character.

What impact will it have on the story?