CHAPTER 10: LION

That moment Xie and Yadav noted each other. The moment of confrontation between the two lions. When a deer fights a lion the deer might have its end but nothing is decided in a fight between two lions. Soon Yadav disappeared out of Xie's sight, the same happened with Yadav. But in their minds, the faces were crystal clear and with a certain resolution to finish each other. Xie thought to himself," When I enter a turf I am the strongest and if there is someone stronger than me then I will take the spot by ceasing his existence." Yadav took the rich man to his house. The man introduced himself as Qi An, a businessman from the state of Chu. The man invited Yadav to his house. It was a large house, a traditional Chinese house. An gave him some tea and Chinese snacks. After seeing those Yadav's mouth was watering and started eating everything in a hurry. The man was glad to see that. Subsequently, Yadav talked to the man about Chu and all other states. He also asked about the king and talked tons of things about China. An heard a momentary disturbance, he checked out. Some people in golden dress were standing in front of his house. Some Chinese men knocked on the door and An opened the door. They came with large sums of money as an apology from the General. They were muscular and nails were sharp. In a single sight An understood that those were soldiers. They asked if, in exchange for this sum of money, An could provide them with some necessary information. One of them was looking all over the house. An replied that he accepted the apology from the General but he didn't have the info which they were seeking. He refused the money and thanked the men. He closed the doors and shut every window and curtains. He ran to Yadav and told him that he had to escape from this city. Yadav asked the reason he said like that. An said," Xie is in search of his prey and that is you. He wants to kill you along with your comrades. Those soldiers who came now were certainly searching for you and they suspect me of hiding you." Yadav said that he had to leave now to check on others. An told to calm down and he would check on others. An left the house and went to the location where the group's tent was located.The tent was empty and there was a not in it. He read it and it said," I came here and took everyone along with me. All of them were to be killed for the crime of bringing in someone stronger than the ruler into the city." An dashed to his house, and on the way the soldiers were standing. They witnessed his actions, they pulled out their swords to kill An. The moment they swayed their swords they were slashed from the back by Yadav. An gave the note to Yadav and he was enraged by seeing that. He noticed something that he had never seen within anyone. The aura around Yadav enveloped him and got dark, his eyes resonated with the true determination from the darkness in the form of the reflecting moonlight in his eyes. Yadav said," Sorry An I have to leave early but this is something that I have to do. Can you please tell me where the castle is?" An said that they would not be in the castle but they would be killed during the festival that would happen in two days. They will be killed as a sacrifice for the heavens, it was a festival that the people in Jin used to get the blessing from the heavens." Yadav asked in an enraged tone if there was no way to find them now. An said that it was impossible to do that. Yadav sensed that someone was fighting somewhere near, Yadav's senses were keen like an animal. He could perceive everything. Yadav dashed to that place and Rakshak was fighting against a commander from Xie's army to defend the children from being abducted. Yadav saw the injured Rakshak who had not even healed fighting for someone else. Yadav shouted," Rakshaaaak, thank you for fighting for my friends. Now leave him to me." Yadav mustered all his force on the hand he held the sword, muscles, and veins sprouted out of his legs, and in his eyes was the rage. In an instant, he appeared before the commander and swayed his sword. The commander blocked that, but his blade broke due to Yadav's power due to the rage. The shattered pieces fell and Yadav slashed the commander on his face. The commander fell to the ground while mourning due to the pain. The children came running to Yadav and they were crying. Yadav asked Rakshak if he could fight alongside him to kill Xie Hong. That time Rakshak saw the rage in his eyes, the darkness inside him was waiting to erupt and to devour his enemy. Rakshak agreed to it. Yadav walked away, with the frustration of not finding the group which was his family. He went back to the tent and he found Guang's and Sen's swords on the ground. It was covered in blood, which indicated that both of them fought till their body faded out. Yadav picked both of the swords and held them in his hands and made a vow that these two swords would penetrate through the evil general's chest and destroy his heart of the devil. There was a forest behind the tents. Yadav took the sword and went to the forest. An came running and asked where he was going. Yadav said that he will disappear for 2 days. An didn't say anything and Yadav disappeared in the forest. The fog was thick and it engulfed Yadav when he entered the forest. It was the daybreak, the sky was red due to the sun's presence and An came running to the tent. He saw something that he hadn't seen ever before. The trees of the forest were chopped in half and this was done with a sword. An ran deeper into the forest. There was only a trunk of the trees and the upper part was on the ground. Several trees were down, more than what a human is capable of doing. Finally, after running for a while, he saw someone sitting near a lake. With scratches on his whole body and clothing over the injuries. He didn't have a shirt, it was used for covering his wounds. The veins from his head were spouting out and clothing was covering his wound in the forehead. The blood from the wound dripped from his eyebrows to the ground. The eyes were bloodshot and his palms were draped in blood and the handle of both the swords were red due to the blood. He looked toward him and An thought this wasn't the Yadav that walked into this forest yesterday night. An asked if his disappearance was over. Yadav didn't reply to that and moved into deeper forest again. He crossed the lake, and the moment he set foot in the water it became red due to his blood. He went to the other side. The first day ended and it was finally the second day. The day of the festival. The city centre was full of other generals and commanders who came from Jin. They were invited by Xie to the festival to enjoy the accomplishment of invading an Indian Kingdom. It was evening and the crimson red color in the sky persisted. The fires were ignited in the city center and the tribes from China started dancing around it. They were saying their local language," Gushawhada Gushwahada Ralqiyiqishiku." Howling these words while drinking liquor and dancing more. The generals were watching this from their thrones. Xie was on the top as a Golden General the others were silvers and commanders. After the tribal ritual, the dance begins with exquisite music from China. The renowned dancers from Jin arrived for this and started performing. Xie noticed something strange, the moon was red and a storm of clouds was approaching from the East to cover the moon. The clouds were too dark and beyond his perception, it was as if the clouds would cover the red moon forever. Making it unable to shine the red again. Rakshak and An stood on the opposite bank of the lake Yadav had gone to the east of the forest and was coming from there. Soon a shadow appeared on the trees on the other side of the river, and in the red light, he appeared. He kept his foot on the lake, but this time there was no blood but a a black substance from his body was making the water black. They thought that it might be the dirt but it was far from that. He crossed the lake and kept his foot on the ground, that time the presence of an 11-year-old kind was like a beast that was going to hunt his prey, the black clouds reflected in his eyes making them even dark.