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As Dev's servants poured in from every direction,
Their red pendants glowing faintly with the signal of their master,
Junoo's brow furrowed.
Frown~
"____"
She wove her illusion again and again, threads of dreamlike magic ensnaring minds through Maya Astra—
Some fell still, some stumbled in confusion—
But the tide was unending.
For every one she bound, three more emerged, abandoning their scattered fights to converge upon her.
Her breathing quickened, sweat dripping down her temple.
"____"
She knew it—
Alone, she would soon be overrun.
MOOOOO!!!
Just as the ring of foes began to close in, the battlefield shook with a sudden deep, resonant moo.
A blinding blue radiance burst forth, forcing the men of Dev to stagger back.
A colossal astral projection of a divine cow, woven from pure shimmering energy, strode into the fray.
Thud. Thud.
Its hooves thundered with each step, parting the flood of enemies like grass before a storm.
Inside the radiant form stood Anish Shetty, his eyes glowing with a celestial blue flame with Nandi Astra's energy. (Cow Based Astra)
His presence pulsed with calm, protective power as the cow's aura spread wide, shielding Junoo.
From above, the sky cracked with light.
Mohan Bhargav descended like a comet, his form encased in the golden brilliance of his Vanar Astra. (Monkey Based Astra)
A vast, towering astral monkey shimmered around him, its fists clenched and aura vibrating with unrestrained might.
Quack!
The ground quaked as he landed within the cow's protective sphere, his eyes sharp and ready for war.
"Junoo, you've held long enough,"
Mohan's voice rang like a bell, steady yet fierce.
The enemy lines faltered,
But the tide of Dev's servants was far from broken.
Their red pendants pulsed faster, their cries rising in unison.
Before they could surge again, two more figures joined the defense—
Guru Arvind and Amirtha, freed at last from her captivity.
Their presence burned like a beacon of reassurance.
Moments later...
A ripple of raw might shook the ground.
Tejas and Meena, side by side with their father Rajandra, emerged in their Shima Astra transformations.(Lion Based Astra)
The air itself seemed to tremble around them as their combined energy tore through the approaching hordes like a divine storm.
The battlefield shifted in an instant—
What had been a looming tide of despair now burned with the brilliance of strength walking the earth.
Junoo, her chest heaving, steadied herself inside the radiant shield.
"____"
For the first time since the illusion broke,
A spark of relief glimmered in her eyes.
Amidst the chaos,
Dev's bindings shattered under the force of his servants' relentless arrival.
Huff~ Huff~
He staggered forward, chest heaving,
But his lips curled into a calm, almost mocking smile.
Drawing in a long, steady breath, he summoned the power within.
A green shimmer rippled across his body as a healing Astra awakened.
Threads of emerald energy spiraled like vines around his frame, knitting torn flesh and restoring drained veins of energy.
His once-worn aura surged back to life, burning brighter with every passing heartbeat.
Though his men were being repelled by the combined astral projections—
The cow, the vanar, the shima's fierce transformations—
Dev did not panic.
No flicker of fear touched his eyes.
Instead, his gaze shifted to his front…
There, in a column of golden divine radiance, a colossal lotus projection bloomed, its petals gleaming like forged sunlight.
At its heart, upon the glowing seat, sat a boy, serene and unmoving, his aura was calm.
The golden light poured upward, connecting earth and sky, a pillar of the Brahmastra's glory.
"____"
Dev's lips parted, marvelled at the display and his expression darkening with something between greed and defiance.
Slowly, almost reverently, he stepped toward the lotus.
Each pace carried weight, his servants and the battlefield fading from his awareness.
"____"
"____"
"____"
When he reached the radiant bloom, he lifted his hand and pressed his palm toward the golden surface.
The instant his skin made contact—
A violent surge erupted.
ZIIPPP!!!
A wave of golden fire tore through him, searing flesh and spirit alike.
AHHHHHH!!!
His arm jerked back involuntarily,
And a scream cracked the battlefield's air as pain scorched through his nerves.
When he looked down, his once-proud palm was now charred black, burned by the sacred purity of the Brahmastra's energy.
"____"
His face twisted, not in panic, but in fury.
His eyes locked again on the boy seated upon the lotus, untouched and unwavering, as he was nothing but his frat.
Dev clenched his scorched fist, his voice low and venomous.
"So… even the Brahmastra looks down on me… This time for sure."
Relief rippled across the battlefield the moment Dev recoiled in pain—
His scorched hand proof that even he could not touch the Brahmastra.
Amirtha exhaled sharply, clutching her water trident she created using her Jel Astra(Water Astra) tighter,
Sigh~
"____"
"____"
While Junoo's weary eyes softened with the faintest flicker of hope.
'If the piller repelled him… then Rudra is safe.'
But their relief shattered in the next heartbeat.
KUku...
KUkuKUkuKUku....
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
A low, jagged laughter tore through the air, echoing with unhinged madness.
Dev staggered upright, his lips curled back in a bloodied grin,
And his eyes burned with a feverish gleam.
Then—
He summoned.
One after another, glowing sigils flared into being behind him—
Twenty Astras, each pulsing with divine resonance.
Their projections clashed in the sky: fire against water, wind against stone, celestial against infernal.
The air itself quivered, strained to breaking as Dev began channeling them all into his own body.
Creak~
The earth cracked beneath his feet.
His veins lit like molten rivers, bulging violently as though they might burst through his skin at any moment.
Ahhh!
Blood streamed from his nostrils, his lips, the corners of his eyes, mixing with the sweat pouring down his face.
The battlefield could hear his bones creak under the strain,
Yet still he endured—
Fueled by madness, obsession, and something darker.
With a guttural snarl,
Dev staggered toward the radiant lotus once more.
SSSSHHH!
The hiss was deafening as he pressed both hands against the golden pillar.
The flesh of his palms sizzled, burned away in an instant, but he did not let go.
"____"
His teeth ground so hard blood spurted between them as he roared, veins snapping under the impossible pressure.
Around him, the twenty Astras' projections turned violently inward, their radiant beams colliding and lashing out as he forced them to obey.
Streams of raw energy slammed against the golden pillar, sparks and shudders racing along its flawless surface.
For the first time since its descent, the golden pillar trembled.
Dev's cracked voice thundered, half in agony, half in triumph.
"EVEN IF THE HEAVENS DENY ME—I WILL RIP OPEN YOUR DIVINE WALLS!"
The twenty beams of Astra energy, chaotic and unstable, fused against the Brahmastra's shield, hammering it relentlessly.
Thud. Thud.
The battlefield lit up with violent gold and searing multicolored light as though the world itself was being torn in two.
The ground quaked under the combined charge of Amirtha, Arvind, Junoo, Mohan, Anish, Tejas, Meena, and Rajendra.
Their weapons gleamed with divine energy, Astra projections shaking the very forest as they surged toward Dev like an unbreakable wall of will.
But then—
CRRRRREEEAAAK!
A spine-chilling sound groaned from Dev's direction, like the heavens themselves were tearing apart.
All eyes snapped to him.
"____"
"____"
"____"
The golden pillar, glowing with the Brahmastra's impossible purity, cracked.
For one terrifying instant, it seemed Dev had succeeded.
KRAAAAAASH!
The pillar shattered, exploding into fragments of golden brilliance.
Shimmering dust rained from the sky, cascading like a thousand falling suns.
Rudra's limp body, dislodged from the lotus, descended slowly and struck the earth with a dull thud.
Thud.
—still unconscious, still untouched by awareness.
"____"
But what followed froze even Dev's grin.
Instead of fading, the golden fragments swirled together, twisting into streams of living light.
The particles converged, weaving themselves into a shield—
A golden transparent dome that sealed him and Rudra within.
The surface rippled like liquid fire, radiant, impenetrable.
Dev's twenty Astras shrieked in defiance.
One after another, the divine weapons he had forced into himself were pulled free,
Torn from his aura with violent snaps of energy.
CLANG!
SWOOOSH!
WHHHHRR!
They spun wildly, orbiting the dome like a hurricane of blades, spears, bows, and axes—each screaming with raw power.
"____"
Dev stumbled forward, disbelief etched into his bloodied face.
He reached out, calling them back.
His voice cracked into madness.
"COME TO ME! OBEY ME!"
Nothing.
"____"
The Astras ignored him, whirling faster and faster, trapped in the golden vortex.
The very weapons he had enslaved rejected him now, refusing to answer his call.
Thud.
His palm slammed against the dome, only for the radiant surface to pulse and throw him backward, sizzling his skin once again.
"____"
CRASH!
Dev's bravado faltered.
All his astra where refusing his call.
'Everything is this kid's fault.'
Dev looked at the Rudra who was slumbering peacefully with hatred.
Dev's chest heaved, veins still bulging from the overload of twenty rejected Astras.
His skin blistered, his blood boiled,
But through the chaos, one flame refused to abandon him.
The Agni Astra.
A living flame, bound to his soul, loyal like his own shadow.
Hiss~
Fire hissed and curled in his palm, brighter and hotter than ever before.
Dev's lips peeled back in a savage grin as he reached down and fisted a handful of Rudra's hair.
Grin~
The boy's head lolled, his unconscious face serene despite the danger.
Dev's crimson eyes narrowed, madness dripping from his muttering.
"What does this boy have… that I do not? Why would the Brahmastra choose a child over me? I—who bent twenty Astras to my will… I, who proved myself greater than any of them! Yet it chose… him?"
The fire in his hand roared, a miniature sun caged in his fist.
His smirk twisted into rage.
Smirk~
"NO MORE!"
With a snarl, Dev's fist slammed into Rudra's face.
The Agni Astra ignited with the blow—
BOOOM!
The impact hurled Rudra's body like a ragdoll, flinging him across the dome until he crashed into its golden wall.
The shield trembled with a resonant hum as Rudra's frame slid down and crumpled motionless, his clothes scorched, his skin seared.
Inside, Dev stood smirking, chest rising and falling, a conqueror's madness on his face.
Smirk~
But outside—
"No!"
Amirtha's scream tore the forest air apart.
Her hands flew forward, Astra energy exploding around her as her Jal Astra(Water Astra) surged to life.
Water coiled and hardened into razor-sharp blades, each one gleaming with lethal precision.
With a flick of her wrist, the blades whipped forward, slashing against the golden dome.
CRASH!
CRASH! CRASH!
Each strike sparked showers of light,
The sound of crashing waves mixed with shrieking steel.
But the dome held, unyielding.
Her voice broke into fury and desperation as she shouted at the monster inside:
"DEV! DON'T TOUCH HIM! DON'T YOU DARE LAY A HAND ON HIM!"
Her eyes were wild, brimming with panic.
Beside her, Junoo's red aura blazed, illusions spiraling around her as if ready to rip the entire battlefield apart.
But helpless.
The others tightened their grips on their weapons,
Their hearts pounding against the wall of divine light that separated them from Rudra.
And inside, Dev—
Smirking, fire licking across his knuckles—
Smirk~
Slowly turned his gaze back to Rudra's crumpled body feeling pleasure on the helpless look on the Amirtha's face Dev felt happy.
Dev's face twisted as he threw his arms wide, both fists clenched tight.
"BURN!"
The Agni Astra roared.
Fire surged out like a tidal wave, twisting and writhing as if alive, bending at his command.
The inferno gathered into a blazing sphere that swallowed Rudra whole—
WHOOOM!
The blast detonated.
A pillar of fire tore upward inside the dome, rattling the golden walls.
The explosion thundered across the battlefield;
The flames swelled until they blotted out Rudra's form completely.
Smoke thick and black churned upward, smothering every trace of the boy.
For a heartbeat, there was nothing but roaring flame… then silence.
"____"
"____"
"____"
Dev exhaled, shoulders sagging with relief,
The corner of his mouth curling into a savage grin.
Grin~
He turned away from the inferno, muttering under his breath like a victor proclaiming his conquest:.
"It's over. The Brahmastra's choice ends here."
Outside the dome, all eyes locked on the smoke and flame.
The battlefield had gone still—
The clash of Astras halted, even the wind seemed to have died.
A heavy silence pressed down on everyone.
Junoo's crimson eyes trembled, her illusions faltering at the edges as her lips moved soundlessly.
Amirtha's hands dropped halfway, her Jal Astra blades melting into harmless water as her chest tightened like it was being crushed.
Her breath came out broken,
Her voice cracking under the weight of despair.
"Rudra…"
Junoo's fingers dug into her palms until blood trickled from her nails,
Her body quivering between rage and grief.
For both women, their hearts felt heavy—
Too heavy—
As if the world itself was collapsing on them.
Was that truly it?
Had the man they swore to protect… been consumed?
Around them, even Guru Arvind and Mohan Bhargav stood in grim silence, their weapons lowered ever so slightly.
Meena and Tejas stared wide-eyed, horror etched on their faces.
The golden dome still shimmered.
The fire still smoldered.
But the battlefield… was mute.
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