Mani as well as Neely and the rest of the villagers had gone into hiding.
Living in such unfavorable environments made for adaptations to living circumstances.
For example, every home in the village had a bunker they could hide in.
In fact, they was a certain web of passages underneath the village.
This was were the villagers went to hide.
However, unlike the rest of them, Mani as stubborn as he was choose to hide from a point in the ground that he could observe the happenings outside.
It was while hiding and watching that the soldiers blasted the old man, his father with spiritual energy.
This agitated him and he wanted to rush out and fight.
However, he managed to hold himself back.
One of the soldiers alighted from his big mount.
He walked up to the old man one step at a time.
"Hey, old man, do you think we are stupid or what? It's clear that this village was lively until a few minutes ago. Where are all your fine young daughters, huh!"
