Resentment (II)

As he continued to speak my heart ached for the pain of that little girl. A mere slave appointed to guard her can sense her innocence but the one who called himself her father could not feel her.

And I wonder what has gotten into him! I agree that he is not connected to her by blood but the bonds built in these year, at the bare minimum he could consider that.

I am weak and I have my situations so I am helpless. But what is he holding back. He is in his own territory, has power, he is no ordinary human, he is a dragon warrior.

I feel like ripping him off out of that so called fit body of his. He is trading his delicate daughter like a lifeless object to a demon. I cursed him in my mind for his act.

I could not figure out what was the need of bringing Sanaita in between. She was a just a child. Then abruptly a thought hit my mind she was a scared sacrificial boon. She might have a connection to stones or else he would not offer her.

Adara broke his silence explaining Sanaita was the one holding onto a protective barrier around stones. Her very existence is maintaining the balance between blood stone and seven stones of creation.

As soon as he finished his sentence, he fell down as if he was out of his possession. Until now I have no clue of the thing happened to Adara.

A sorcerer came by to extract the energy residing inside the soul of Sanaita. They pulled her in the centre, she was crying continuously and I intervened in the middle to rescue her.

A strong punch on my head and I fell unconscious. My subconscious mind heard the screams of pain. The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Adara embracing the lifeless body of Sanaita with tears of pain constantly flowing down his eyes.

Her giggles, cute little pouts, playful acts everything vanished in a go. I could not blame anyone for the act because I myself was responsible for this act. For the first time ever in my life I tried to rescue a person leaving aside my desires. I failed in that too.

Adara on the other hand lost whole thing a snap of his finger. I later realised that he was being possessed by some evil spirit under the control sorcerer of Kalhar.

Both of us where equally devastated by the precious person we lost. We planned to avenge Kalhar. We wanted to see him bleed. We wanted him to suffer the loss of our pain.

I was sure he changed his way of thinking the other day after the taste of betrayal. But never thought him to be this cruel and willing to go for any extent to obtain ultimate power.

He sold his soul to the devil losing the sense of righteousness.

I went back to Crystal palace to take Kalhar back to my confidence. Adara was waiting outside the demon kingdom for my signal.

This time entering the crystal palace was different Khalida was killed by his own son Kalhar. He declared himself as the Demon God, the ultimate ruler of demons.

Ruva his first love, who cheated him, turned his path was also beheaded brutally in the middle of his court in the presence of hundreds of demons.

Now he had no enemies to compete. The blood stone accepted him as his master binding deep into his souls which increased his power many folds.

I was welcomed by Kalhar without any hesitations. He kept his promise. He gave me immortality a pinch of his power and I accepted as I needed to survive to kill Kalhar.

I spent months observing the moments of Kalhar. Some days after he acquired the blood stone, he started running wild. The evil energy of blood stone surging within his veins craving for blood and power amplified. He started killing the people as the sacrifice.

The more the purity of soul, the more power it would yield. His corrupted mind turned into a maniac beast thirsty of blood. Analysing his power I realised that we were no match for him.

Me and Adara parted our ways to find a way to seize the powers of Kalhar. Wandering without a destination I travelled miles in search of a solution. I met many people of wisdom, read numerous literatures, I did every possible thing I could.

Finally, I got a solution.

"What?"

"What was that?"

Desperate kids questioned.

It was all of you. Protectors. The only way to stop Kalhar is controlling the Seven stones of creation.

"Where the stones are?"

"Do Kalhar have them?"

Luckily he doesn't.

"Then where it is?"

"In the realm of Reanu"

"How to get there?", Zesiro questioned

Okay. Before reaching Reanu you all protectors have to transform into Kritants. In order to do that, first head to the temple of Kritants. Find the doors of your respective stones. Since your souls are connected to them, you all will surely find the gates.

Every time you cross a hurdle the symbol on your wrists will automatically move up to your forehead. The moment it fixes on the forehead it will generate chakra that will completely bind your souls to stones. This will make you the masters of stone.

Using the power of stones to create a complete chakra around the blood stone will seize its power.

I only can abbreviate the things as a small help because I don't know either what you all have to face. But I am sure of the fact this journey will not be easy. The unexpected obstacles will find your way.

Everyone heard the story and words of Wakuba were engraved in their head. Handling on a road map to the temple of Kritants, Wakuba bid the farewell to protectors for the last time.

As he bid his final by he thought to himself, "May you all find you strengths soon. I am glad I met you all here. Our next meet will not be this pleasant as we will face each other in battle field. Zesiro, my child you had and will have the hardest journey.

Zesiro in his mind, "Something is off about him. In the first place how did we all end up here at the same time. Weird!! We have to be more careful".