It had been three days since the Monastery incident. It was about to be evening. At home, Vidhan was sitting alone on a cot under the neem tree near Ruby. The wounds on his body were still aching. He did not tell anyone about the Monastery incident except his mother and Sattu.
Anyway, who else was there in his life except his mother and Sattu? Ever since he started training in weapons, he would spend his entire day in the Monastery.
Slowly, he lost contact with other youths of the village. Sattu would bring him information about the events happening around him. When his mother heard about the Monastery incident, she was terrified. She took a promise from him at that very moment that he would not go out of the house.
But how is it possible that he would sit at home all his life? Anyway, his mind does not tell him to go anywhere. His heart was aching with the memory of Guru Kan. Sudas's picture kept appearing in front of him again and again. His body burned with the fire of revenge. He was trying to connect the events to find out what enmity Sudas could have with Guru Kan, but he could not find any answer. He looked at his strong arms and solid thighs, they all seemed meaningless. What kind of strength is that which cannot protect anyone?
Then he saw dust flying in the distance. He became a little suspicious. The village was very big, but due to the small number of houses, all the houses were located very far from each other. If something happens in one house, the other would not even get a clue. He got up and stood at the courtyard door. By putting a lot of effort into his eyes and focusing his vision, blurred figures started appearing in the dust storm. After a few moments, it became clear that those figures were of horse riders. Then he felt that some flying object was coming towards him. His mind became alert, he quickly moved to the right. A whistling arrow passed through his side and got stuck in the courtyard door made of bamboo. He became sure that whoever they were, they were enemies.
"I swear in the name of Guru Kaan, if these are Sudas' soldiers, not even one of them will return alive, he hissed to himself. But if he stayed there, the whole house would become a battleground and it was quite possible that pregnant Ruby would also be harmed. He thanked God that his mother was not in the house.
Just then another arrow came and pierced the ground near his feet. He thought of only one way to shift the battlefield elsewhere if he could drag those horsemen into the forest.
That way their speed would reduce due to the density of trees and he would also be able to escape the arrows. He started running towards the forest from the right side of the house. The archers sitting on the horses were coming closer, they were continuously shooting arrows. He was running at full speed. Some arrows were passing by touching his ears, some by his waist, even after evading a lot, an arrow entered his right thigh. But he did not reduce his speed.
There was a canal eight feet wide in front of him, the boundary of the forest would start as soon as he crossed it. Coming near the canal, he took a superhuman leap and crossed the canal in a single leap. He did not even look back to see how close the enemies had come. He wanted to reach the forest as soon as possible. He was about to reach the boundary of the forest when some other horsemen appeared in front of him. He felt that he had been surrounded. Now there was no other way except to face them.
He saw that a strong warrior with armor-protected body was sitting on the horse at front of the line. Vidhan had only one chance, if he stopped for a moment, the arrows coming from behind would pierce him. He increased his speed and jumped astonishingly high. In the air itself, he aimed his punch at the face of Mighty warrior sitting on the white horse and as soon as he came close, he threw the punch.
The powerful punch was about to land when that huge warrior suddenly extended his hand and grabbed his throat. Vidhan's whole body swung in the air. He had not anticipated this at all. The grip of the hand was very strong, he felt as if his breath was stopping. The next moment, the great warrior with a huge body threw him on the ground.
Lying on the ground, Vidhan's mind started spinning. The pain of the arrow in his thigh was increasing. With his eyes closing, he saw that the archer horsemen stopped as soon as they crossed the canal and also stopped shooting arrows. One of those archers who was not in military uniform, went ahead and said some curse words in a loud voice and then ordered the archers to return. The soldier standing behind Mighty warrior on the white horse wanted to chase the archers, but he did not permit it by gesturing them to Stop. The next moment, Vidhan's eyes closed due to the terrible pain.