Rudra found himself in a black space. It felt as if he was standing in the air. Suddenly with a burst of light, a lot of energy flew out in that space, as a lot of texts forming some mantras, and some human figures showing some specific postures flew in front of him.
At first, all those words swirled around him so fast and kept shining, but Rudra couldn't keep pace with them and was unable to read them, then he decided to use his spiritual energy. As soon as he did it, even at such speed, it felt as if the speed of these texts was reduced.
Spike Drill magical skill
'Intermediate level 1st tier.'
It was a magical skill of a drilling technique that would launch at the enemy once cast through magic and would cause the enemy spiritual damage, but if the opponent was weak they would even collapse. Its mantra was written right below the contents.
With the help of his spiritual energy, he was able to understand the mantra and remember it quite easily, but here Vihaan stood outside the house, and he waited there while worrying for Rudra. Soon, the door opened, and came out Rudra. A deep sense of weakness was visible on his face as if he was very tired.
Vihaan seemed to be very concerned, "Rudra were you able to get the magical skill?"
"Yes, but now I feel so tired, I think I need to stay here to meditate for a while to recover my energy. You can go back if you want..", Rudra said.
Vihaan had a tense expression on his face, "Fine, I will send someone to look after you and pick you up from here."
Rudra nodded to Vihaan and closed the door, Vihaan knew that Rudra wanted some time therefore he sighed and walked back towards the mansion. Now he had trust in Rudra, that he could protect himself when alone.
Here Rudra kept reciting a mantra and formed specific mudras with his hands. He was trying to cast that magical skill, although because of his first time casting a magical skill, it was hard but finally Rudra was able to manipulate his spiritual energy separately for techniques as well.
A lot of spiritual energy gathered in front of him taking the form of a very small stone spike and then.
*Boom.
A loud sound of a collision was heard, and as Rudra opened his eyes, all he saw was a hole in the wooden floor in front of him. Rudra knew that even though he was now able to use this skill he needed to practice more to use it at full potential.
Rudra was very excited when he exited the wooden house and walked on the trail leading towards the cities, but then something clicked in his mind and he changed his direction and walked towards the marketplace in the city.
Rudra thought today was the right day to pay back everyone's debt, as he had unlocked his first chakra. After walking through the busy and narrow paths of the market, he finally arrived in front of a specific shop. He looked beside that shop and saw another monument was being built for a luxurious shop.
He walked inside and saw a boy sitting on the counter, but this time the boy's shop was more crowded than usual, scattered in the shop they were viewing different items. Rudra went to the desk, where that boy was reading a book.
"Hey!", Rudra called that boy very calmly.
The boy raised his head, and moving his book aside he asked, "Yes, sir what would you like to buy?"
But then seeing the familiar face he realized something as he exclaimed, "Wait, are you Rudra?"
Hearing this noise everyone in the shop turned their heads, but the boy very soon realized his mistake and very carefully handled the situation as he told all the people to continue their shopping.
"Maybe we should talk alone!", the boy said.
Rudra nodded and followed that boy to the room behind the counter.
"Congratulations!", Rudra said after entering the room, as he saw a lot of boxes covered with a cloth.
"What for?"
"It's for the profit you are having after getting most of the loot that we robbed.", Rudra said.
"Hehe, thanks to you and Miss black cloak! By the way, Miss black cloak said that you had taken something from the loot as your share, is that right?", That boy laughed out.
"Yeah, I just took a pair of Ayurvedic ingredients nothing else. But can you now tell me about the location of the mystical fruit?", Rudra tried to cover up the matter of the loot.
"Sure! Why not?", that boy paused and then said, "Listen carefully, in a nearby city Samarpur, there is a cave hidden near a cliff, that cave is said to be the base of a group from the black mask, and that group has recently obtained a mystical fruit, according to the rumors but I am not confirm about it!"
But Rudra didn't care about it, as he had already gotten the Mystical fruit previously. But still, he had to act like he was interested.
"How do you expect me to find the cave, don't you have any map of that location?", Rudra said with a tense expression.
"Yes, but it's a bit incorrect, it can misguide you! Do you want it?"
"Yeah"
"Fine then.", the boy said as he took out a piece of paper with a few images drawn on it.
It was a map. Rudra took that map and took out six iron shillings, "Here, have all your money for the information."
That boy smiled as he grabbed those coins, and thanked Rudra, and then Rudra out of curiosity asked, "Can I know your name?"
"Yeah, myself Nishaank.", Nishaank replies. Rudra nodded his and turned back as he was ready to go to his next destination.
"Consider visiting us next time, whenever you need some information!", Nishaank said.
Rudra without replying walked out of the shop and walked towards the blacksmith section of the marketplace. But when he came out of the shop he spotted a shop filled with jewels, bracelets, and different garments.
But Rudra's attention was sucked by a small necklace, after staring at the necklace Rudra remembered that whenever he came here with Jahnvi, she always used to look at it with very desiring eyes. Rudra decided to buy that necklace as a gift.
"Excuse me, how much for this bracelet?!"
The shopkeeper looked at Rudra and said, "Four iron shillings!"
Rudra gave four iron shillings to the shopkeeper and took the bracelet in exchange. Then, he walked towards the blacksmith section and after walking for a minute, he finally arrived there with shops filled with weapons, armor, different gears, and blacksmiths.
Rudra crossed that section of the Marketplace and followed the way that led out of the marketplace. After taking a few turns, Rudra entered into a huge street, and at the other end was the main base of the Storm Forge clan.
Rudra crossed that street which was filled with people going to the marketplace and arrived at the main base of the Storm Forge clan, which was surrounded by huge black stone walls. Its entrance was marked by a stone gate. The gatekeepers stopped him at first, but upon showing the badge of the skambha clan they let him in.
Of course, as an act of friendship between the two clans, they let each other's members enter their clan bases. Upon entering those black walls, he was welcomed by a huge courtyard paved with smooth flat stones and a beautiful fountain at the center.
Around the courtyard, pillared verandahs stretched out, each leading to various chambers that housed the clan's activities. Whereas, the main hall of the clan lay exactly opposite the entrance, an open wide hall with wide carved black pillars, with a sloping roof.
The whole courtyard only consisted of a few people as the rest of the people and members seemed to be busy with their blacksmith work in the forging area, which was located beside the courtyard after the Verandahs.
The whole Storm Forge clan was a clan that depended upon blacksmiths, they used to forge weapons, armor, and gears, and capital was earned by their trades, their clan lacked warriors, But Jahnvi, Vahajan's daughter, who was the leader of this clan, had potential in both blacksmith and combat.
Also, she had an exceptional energy talent for combat talent, therefore she was considered a lot potentiate by her clan and was valued a lot, her clan elders focused a lot on teaching and guide her, this was also one of the reasons why Jahnvi was sent to the royal academy, so that their clan could have their talented warriors.
The people in the main yard stared at Rudra as if he was a mystical beast, but the reason behind this was that they still considered Rudra weak, they didn't know about his latest news.
"Hey! Look at him, isn't he Rudra, who is considered the weakest person!", a boy said to his friend.
Those words fell in Rudra's ears too, but he avoided them. Some people had shocked expressions whereas some not realizing the truth kept laughing at him. But then a young man came and stood in front of him. He seemed a little bit older than Rudra.
"He-He, Rudra I heard you became even more weak, then how did you get the strength to come here on your legs, you know no one will pay any attention to you now."
"Thanks for your concern, but I am alright as I came all the way here by my legs", Rudra said with a polite smile, "it will be better if you clear my way."
Rudra tried to walk away but he was blocked by that man.
"I don't think I will let you go without providing a dose of beating.", That guy rubbed his hands as an evil smile spread on his face.
'Bhavan', the guy who always wanted to bully the weak for no reason. But he had messed with Rudra this time picking up on him. He was too mistaken to consider Rudra weak right now.
"I think you are mistaken to pick me on.", Rudra said.
"You dare to say that I made a mistake.", it seemed as if Bhavan's ego was hurt.
"Yes.", Rudra went straight forward without any hesitation.
"Then let's see what are the consequences for my mistake.", saying this Bhavan threw a punch at him.
Seriously, the weakest cannot be saved from bullies no matter where they are, whether in their home clan or some other clan. Rudra moved his hand and grabbed that punch amid its trajectory.
"With the strength of just an edge beginner you dare to act like no one can beat you.", Rudra smirked.
Rudra delivered a punch of his as a countermeasure, although it was not that powerful, it was enough to knock Bhavan out. Everyone couldn't swallow the fact that Rudra had knocked out Bhavan. After all, for one year, whenever Rudra visited the Storm Forge clan, he would always be bullied by someone if there was not anyone to protect him.
But this time it seemed as if himself was bullied instead.
"How dare you?", a sound roared through.
As the sound fell in everyone's ears they very soon realized who it was.