Karan invoked a wave of darkness and suddenly a crowd or black dark flame army appeared and they started attacking Shiva and his companion the army was strong and they immediately caught Ansh, Tara and Kavi.
Karan said to Shiva – No, now it is your turn. You cannot hide your real form, who are you, I cannot sence divine or dark powers from you, your powers look like they are not borrowed from here but seem to be human or a god who hides himself in a mortal body.
No you cannot be God because if you were a God I would have died already , Karan said but whatever you are you are very interesting, why don't you join the army of darkness, Shiva surrender and join the dark army, and I promise I leave your friends .
Shiva tells Karan that he would rather die than harm humanity. Karan gets angry and takes out his God Slayer sword given to him by the Dark King. Shubho uses it with the Body Reinforcement Technique and moves towards Karan. Karan attacks him with the sword. Shiva is hit by a ghost while cutting his sword reinforcement technique and Shiva gets badly injured.
Shubhu, panting, tries to stand on his feet with his injured body. His spirits start gathering around him, they try to heal his body, but it was not enough to defeat Karan.
Karan keeps attacking him and says, I am sure that you are not an ordinary human, he almost kills Shiva and says, now it's about your friends,
Shiva looks at him angrily, even after getting injured, and says, "Karan, leave my friends.",
Karan jokingly says, The rope got burnt, but the force did not. , and as he reaches Tara, he attacks with a dark wave through Tara and then at the same time Shiva's eyes start shining in golden colour and golden patterns start appearing on his body. He was able to see everything. Time itself slowed down around him, all his wounds started to shrink, he started feeling the power of time - and with in just 1 second the whole dark army disappeared and a knife penetrated Karan's heart, no one could understand what is happening here and Karan immediately started turning into old, Karan's body started turning old, his once young skin became wrinkled, his strength started fading with the effects of time.
But just as Shubham was about to strike the final blow, he felt a sharp pain in his head. His nose began to bleed, and his vision blurred. Using the powers of time was too much for him.
Karan, gasping and weakened, staggered back to his feet. "You… you almost killed me," he said, trembling with anger. "But now, I will make you pay the price."
Before Karan could attack, Ansh, Kavi, and Siya, who had now fully recovered, launched a combined attack. Ansh's water froze Karan's arms, Kavi's knife sunk deep into his chest, and Siya's flames consumed him.
But after all this, Karan did not die and looked at Shiva for the first time and smiled. "It's not over yet, Shiva. We'll meet again."
With that, Karan disappeared into the shadows, leaving only the echoes of his laughter behind.
Shubhu collapsed on the ground exhausted, but alive. Ansh ran to him and gave him a health recover potion. "Shiva, you saved us. Without you, we wouldn't have survived."
The group returned to the guild, their hearts heavy but grateful to be alive. Once they arrived, they told everything to the guild assistant Maya, who apologized for Karan's betrayal and offered compensation in the form of a rare guild pass for a month.
As Shubhu returned to his room, he couldn't get over the feeling that Karan knew more about him than anyone. Who was he, really?