Chapter 13
Declaration Of Victory
Under the red sky two dark forces stand facing each other. Bhairav runs fast and kicks the shadow directly on his chest. That shadow does nothing but just stands there.
Bhairav says in surprise, "Nothing happened?"
"Now my turn."
That shadow attacks Bhairav with both its hands.
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A lot of centipedes start gathering in front of Anbu. Within no time, small centipedes join together to form a huge centipede.
"What is this now?"
Seeing this, Ambu starts running but then a lot of small centipedes come in front of him.
"Now we will have to fight."
The brightness of Ambu's yantra starts increasing and Varun Dev's yantra appears on his back. Slowly Ambu's hands fill with water.
"Take this."
Two spheres made of water go towards the big insect. That insect escapes from both those balls. Then moves towards Ambu at high speed. Ambu releases many water balls from his hands towards the insect, some of which hit the insect. That big insect again divides into smaller insects.
"Oh! Wow."
But then some new small insects come together and form that huge centipede.
"Oh! No. Not again."
Again Ambu releases many water balls from his hands towards him. That insect also leaves many thick thorns from its hundreds of hands. Those thorns move towards Ambu, stopping and slicing those balls of water.
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Dhruv stands up with a smile and increases the fire in his hands. The man runs towards Dhruv and is about to kick him in the face but Dhruv catches his leg and starts releasing all his fire on his body.
He screams loudly and hits Dhruv on the head with his other leg. Due to the sudden attack, Dhruv loses his grip.
"Oh! No."
That person starts moving away from Dhruv. Dhruv also goes after that person.
While running away, Dhruv is firing fireballs at the man from behind but he escapes from all of them.
"Just wait once and then I will tell you. One second there is a trick."
Then Dhruv climbs a tree and the man keeps running to escape from Dhruv. Dhruv finds that person and says
"When you hit me on the face, I understood this only when mud got on my face."
Dhruv jumps into the air from the tree and while coming towards the ground, like a falling star, starts showering all the lava inside him directly on that person.
Dhruv says while shouting
"Now show it with a smile."
Due to excessive heat, the person is unable to move and freezes at the same place. Gradually his sand body starts turning into glass. The pole coming from the sky hits his head directly and it breaks into pieces.
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Bhairav gets scared after seeing two big hands and quickly dodges a blow from that shadow.
"It is very powerful. I will need some time to think of a solution."
Then Bhairav sees a big mountain and starts moving towards that mountain. That shadow also starts following Bhairav.
Then Bhairav sees a path made of some stones on that mountain, he climbs those stones and with their help he goes into the trees of that mountain and goes silent. The shadow also starts climbing that path, but due to it being raw, the rocks start breaking and the shadow falls down on the ground.
"How long did Bhairav survive?"
Saying this the shadow starts laughing loudly.
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Many thorns come towards Ambu and he quickly hides behind a tree but still some thorns get stuck in his hands. Then Ambu's eyes fall on that river and he goes into that river like a strong gust of wind.
"Now the power of that yantra will increase further."
That insect again rains a lot of thorns on Ambu. Ambu creates a wall of water with his hands and escapes from those thorns.
"Now I will take revenge on thorns with thorns."
Ambu takes out many water drops from that river and gives them the shape of thorns and leaves them on that insect. All the thorns enter that insect. The big centipede screams loudly and dies after some time.
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Gradually the rays of hope start dissolving in the darkness of grief. Due to increasing darkness there, the shadow starts laughing loudly.
"I told you Bhairav, you cannot win by your luck. Now it will become dark and you won't even be able to see me. Now it is impossible for you to defeat me."
Bhairav is sitting behind the tree listening to everything and thinks "What should I do now, I don't have all my tantric powers now. How will I beat this? Is this my end?"
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Anil, Abhay, Bodha, Vedha, Dhruv, Ambu are talking to each other outside the cave.
Feeling worried, Dhruv says
"Where is everyone else? Why haven't you come yet?"
Anil places his hand on Dhruv's shoulder and says,
"I can understand your pain, but the truth is that they have not come out of this cave yet."
Ambu is thinking something in his mind while looking down. His eyes fill with tears as he thinks. he says in his mind
"I knew they wouldn't be able to get out."
Bodha and Vedha are explaining to each other, "Don't worry, there is still time for the exams to end and Bhairav will definitely come."
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Bhairav thinks in his mind "I can't lose like this. Darkness is also increasing".
Then Bhairav comes into meditation posture and the glow of his yantra starts getting brighter. Gradually the brightness of the yantra starts increasing and Bhairav opens his eyes. His eyes turn red and he thinks
"I can see that shadow now. I can see in the dark. Straight on his head. Yes, I am ready."
Then Bhairav gives his hand the shape of a thick pointed thorn and jumps from the top of that mountain. Without making any sound, he directly attacks the shadow on the head from behind and the shadow screams loudly.
Bhairav also peels it with force and cuts it in the middle.
"Without action, you cannot achieve what is written in your destiny and today victory is written in my destiny."
Bhairav starts coming near the cave panting and then he sees that the cave slowly starts collapsing.
"Oh! It doesn't seem like there's much time left."
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Everyone standing outside the cave gets surprised after hearing that sound. Everyone is very worried about their friends.
Bodha says,
"What is happening? And why has Bhairav not come yet?"
Vedha says,
"It seems time is about to end."
Dhruv says,
"Nothing is going to happen now. Now no one else will probably be able to get out of this cave."
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"No matter what happens today, I will get you out of this cave."
Then Bhairav reaches the end of the cave but suddenly many leaves fall in front of his eyes.
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"No Bhairav."
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"No one can stop me today."
Shouting loudly, Bhairav breaks the stone wall and comes out of the cave. Dust starts flying everywhere and the cave collapses completely. Bhairav's yantra stops shining and the black color on it also disappears.
Bodha and Vedha are very happy.
"Yeah, hoo, yahoo, you are here Bhairav you are here."
Both of them embrace Bhairav. Dhruv and Ambu are not happy to see their happiness. Just then the arms come there.
"Oho! Wow Bhairav, good to see you outside the cave."
"Your blessings are there Guruji. I thought I would not be able to come but I did not lose courage."
Dhruv says angrily,
"But one of your disciples remained inside, aren't you sad about him?"
"Look Dhruv, I know that yours and Ambu's friends were left inside. I am also sad about this. This cave allows only those children who are capable of going on that journey to come out."
Ambu says crying
"Which journey? For how long have you all been saying this? What journey is this?"
"Now the right time has come to tell you all why you were made to undergo so much examination in this Gurukul and what was the purpose of this examination.
Some years ago, Tantrik and Mantrik forces used to live together but one day something happened that some bad Tantriks started harassing the general public and when the Mantrik people protested against all this, they caused a lot of harm to them too, hence all this was stopped. You all have been chosen to stop and protect the ministers."
Abhay says
"Guruji, I also want to ask a question that when I was in that cave, my eyes got poisoned, but as soon as I came out of that cave, how did my eyes suddenly get better?"
"When you all go towards the second stop in this cave, then whatever creature you meet is just a fear in your mind and you fought this battle in your mind only, so nothing happened to you."
Dhruv says
"And what about those who died in that cave?"
"No one can die in that cave, he can only feel the feeling of dying. As soon as his body no longer has the strength to fight, he will reach the place from where he was brought."
Then the arm makes a big hole in the air. From that hole they all reach the Gurukul directly.
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They see that the Gurukul has been decorated with lots of flowers and leaves. As soon as they come inside, their Guru welcomes them all with garlands.
Indra says smilingly,
"You all must be tired now, so have your food." After that you all will be rewarded for passing the exam."
Ambu says in his mind,
"I don't even feel like eating food for the first time."
Dhruv thinks
"What fun is it without friends."
Indra says "Dhruv, Ambu you should not be so sad now. Now Bodha, Vedha, Bhairav, Abhay, Anil are your new friends."
Ambu says
"It is nothing like that. I do not consider this Bhairav as my friend."
Bhairav says,
"Forget what happened earlier. Your doing so will only weaken our group."
Dhruv says,
"Both your friends are with you. You cannot understand our pain."
Looking down, Bhairav says with a smile,
"Rightly said."
And thinks,
"They don't know that I have also lost a friend."
Indra says,
"No problem, you all have food and then we'll talk."
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Everyone is sitting to eat. That blue fire comes to Ambu and says
"What will you eat for dinner today?"
Ambu says angrily "You will get poison."
"Absolutely."
"Yes, bring it."
That blue fire starts going and then Ambu says
"Oh! Wait, I don't know if they will actually bring poison. You do one thing, just bring roti and sabji."
Dhruv says, "I am also not very hungry, bring roti sabji for me too."
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Then after eating they all reach Indra. All the seven gurus stand with Indra. They all give brightly colored water to their disciples. The colour of everyone's water is like that of their instrument.
Bodha says "What is this shining in this water?"
Bahu says, "This water contains pieces of a very special and mysterious stone smaller than glass."
"Which stone?"
Indra says, "Long ago, seven sages lived on this earth. He used to do meditation all the time. So in the cave where he used to meditate, there was a special kind of stone.
This special type of stone is called quartz. It collects the waves around it inside itself and increases their power a thousand times, hence this water will be poured into your yantra.
Then this yantra of yours will be able to absorb the metals around it like water, hot energy, light, air etc.
Bhairav says, "Can we lose our lives fighting these evil Tantriks?"
"Okay, Bahu told you everything. Yes, it is true but you must have enough strength to defeat them all. Now all of you go with your Guru who will increase the power of your Yantra and then your journey will start tomorrow morning.
You all have reached here, it means that you all have a very special reason for going on this journey."
Everyone becomes serious after hearing this last sentence of Indra. Bhairav thinks in his mind
"Yes, I know that on this journey I will find out who has given me this power and these nightmares and what is the use of this power?"