The suddenness of the old man's appearance and his cryptic words left Arun reeling.
He struggled to make sense of what was happening, but the vacuum-like environment he found himself in made it impossible for him to speak.
Instead, he could only listen as the old man explained the nature of their reality.
"So it's you, whom he talked about"
As the old man spoke, Arun's unease only grew.
The urgency in his voice was palpable, and the sense of terror he exuded was infectious.
Arun couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding about the situation.
The old man's explanation about the manifestation of reality did little to alleviate Arun's concerns. Instead, it only added to his confusion.
"He said to me that one day a person would come to me, in order to get the answers to his questions and I have to show him the way to find it"
But the old man seemed to be in a hurry, warning him that they didn't have much time.
Arun's mind raced as he tried to process what was happening.
Was this some kind of hallucination? Or was it possible that what the old man was saying was true? He couldn't be sure, but the sense of danger he felt was real.
As the old man continued to speak, Arun's curiosity was piqued.
Who was this "he" that the old man was referring to? And who or what was the source of the danger he seemed to sense?
Arun's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden tremble in the old man's voice.
It was as though he was struggling to maintain his composure.
Arun could sense that something was amiss, and he began to feel a rising sense of panic.
"You are probably wondering with so many questions and you are hoping that I could give you the answers" The urgency in his voice was getting faster.
Arun tried to exert all the force to speak but even though no matter how much he put the divine effort that he had, not a single word came out somehow the old man can predict his thoughts, and he knows
"But I can only tell you the things which I know, so listen to me very carefully because it can find us, at any moment"
As he mentions someone, Arun's mouth exaggerates showing his curiosity about the thing which he mentioned
As the next word came out from nowhere, a sudden wave of unsettling feeling waved over him.
"It is always watching over you"
"It is trying to devoid you"
"It is trying to use you for his own selfish dark interest"
"ASHUR"
"Yes, we call him ASHUR"
Before Arun could fully process what he was hearing,
The void began to collapse around them.
He could see the fabric of reality tearing apart, and he knew that they were in grave danger.
"It found us," the old man gasped, his voice barely audible over the cacophony of destruction.
Arun realized with a sickening sense of dread that they were trapped and that there was no escape from whatever was coming for them.
As the conversation between Arun and the old man reached its climax, a sense of urgency and fear filled the void.
The old man's voice began to tremble and distort, suggesting an outside force was trying to interfere with their exchange.
"You need to find him"
"The #$@..."
"$&%#@!"
The voice glitched whenever he tries to call out his name, the outside force trying to stop him in order to not say that particular name.
Despite the interference, the old man desperately tried to convey a message to Arun, his voice breaking down as he struggled to pronounce certain words.
Arun strained to hear and understand, his mind racing with questions and curiosity.
Who was this mysterious figure the old man spoke of? And what did he have to do with Arun's reality?
The tense atmosphere made it clear that time was running out, and Arun needed to act quickly to unravel the secrets of this enigmatic encounter.
Within a fraction of a second, the whole void starts collapsing, and Arun can clearly see the surrounding starts tearing apart.
"THE YOGI" his low-pitched strained voice mentioned this word.
"You need to find him"
As Doctor Lavanya and the old man's son tried to calm the situation in the house, the events that followed left them in complete terror.
The old man's body shook uncontrollably as dark patches appeared on his skin. It was as if an invisible force had taken over him, causing chaos in the room.
The door began to open and close on its own, objects falling to the ground as if thrown by an unseen hand.
The room was filled with eerie silence, except for the sound of the old man's labored breathing.
Despite their efforts, Doctor Lavanya and the son could only watch as the old man's condition worsened.
His body began to tear apart, and blood gushed out from his wounds.
The son's tears flowed uncontrollably, but he was powerless to do anything to save his father. It was as if they were watching a nightmare unfold before their very eyes.
As the chaos continued, Doctor Lavanya tried her best to contain the situation.
However, the inexplicable events were beyond her comprehension.
She had never seen anything like it before, and her medical training had no explanation for what was happening.
All they could do was wait, watching in horror as the old man slowly bled to death.
The atmosphere in the room was thick with fear and uncertainty.
The events that had just occurred were beyond comprehension, and it was as if they had been transported to another realm, a world beyond their understanding.
He seems helpless, all he could do is just watch his father bleed to his death.
In the midst of the chaos, the old man struggled to convey the location where Arun could find the truth about his reality.
The name of the place he mentioned was the Satpura Range.
Despite the impending collapse of his manifestation, the old man managed to utter his final words to Arun.
With a pause, he said, "Arun, I want you to tell my son something. Tell him that I am sorry for what I did to him. Ask him to forgive me, Arun."
With the old man's final words echoing in his mind. For a couple of seconds, things were calmed down.
As Arun realized that the conversation was coming to an end.
He was suddenly sucked into a distorted black hole at an incredible speed, his body almost tearing apart.
The surrounding light faded into pitch-black darkness as he was hurled back into his current reality.
Here in the Room, things finally started to calm down. Doctor Lavanya breathe a sigh of relief.
The door and the other things inside the room stop reacting on their own.
Arun begins to regain his consciousness.
His eyes were opening closely.
Both of them finally felt peace, now everything was turning back to its normal form.
After more than twenty seconds, The old man released his grip and made Arun's hand free.
Arun finally gained consciousness and now he can clearly see everything around him
As Arun finally regained his senses, he turned his head towards the old man lying on the ground.
But it was already too late, the old man had passed away, and the pool of blood around him indicated the immense pain he must have experienced during their conversation.
As Arun tried to console the man, he couldn't help but feel the weight of the situation on his shoulders.
He knew that the old man's last wish was for his son to forgive him, and it was up to him to ensure that it happened.
The son's tears were a testament to the pain and guilt that he had been carrying all these years. Arun gently put his hand on the man's shoulder and continued speaking.
"I know it sounds strange and although I don't have any explanation right now, Your father wanted you to know that he was truly sorry for what he did to you.
He wanted to ask for your forgiveness," Arun repeated, hoping that it would somehow lessen the man's pain.
The son looked up at Arun, his eyes bloodshot and puffy from crying.
"I never understood my father," he said through sobs. "I always blamed him for everything, but I didn't realize how much he loved me."
Arun nodded, understanding the weight of regret and guilt that the man was carrying.
"It's never too late to forgive and let go of the past," he said, hoping to offer some solace.
The man wiped his tears and looked at Arun with a newfound sense of hope.
"Thank you for telling me this"