[The Next Day's Battle]
The next day, after sunrise… Guru Vishrayan – "Agni and Neer,you two go and slay those demons. Dhara, Vayansh, and Aakash will also be with you."
Guru Vishrayan: "They will all help you in facing those shadows and in destroying them. They may not be able to end the shadows themselves, but they can certainly assist you. These people will protect you from those shadows and spirits, and they will distract and divert their attention so that you can destroy the shadows and return victorious."
Neer: "But Gurudev, I am here for Agni's protection."
Guru Vishrayan: "Yes, Neer, you are. But shadows and spirits are cunning. They can take many forms and can go to any lengths to destroy all of you. That is precisely why I am sending all five of you there."
Aakash: "Yes, Gurudev. We will definitely protect Agni, as you command."
Vayansh: "We will support Agni, Gurudev. Please give us your blessings, O Guru."
Dhara: "Gurudev, we will all pay attention to everything you have said and will abide by your wishes. We will definitely return after destroying all those shadows and spirits. Please do not worry."
Guru Vishrayan: "I have complete faith in all of you. You will surely be successful. My blessings will always be with you."
All the disciples bow to the Gurudev and take his permission to depart.
Guru Vishrayan gives them his blessings and grants them permission to leave.
The five bow to the Guru and set out for battle. A short distance from the Gurukul,in a forest, some demons were standing with swords. Agni and Neer reach them and warn them– "Return willingly, otherwise you will lose your lives."
The demons laugh – "You children will kill us?"
Neer lifts his sword and strikes with lightning speed, and the heads of two demons are severed from their bodies. The remaining demons attack in anger.
Vayansh tosses them into the sky with the speed of wind and smashes them to the ground. Dhara and Aakash together attack with lightning and stones,but the demons come back to life after dying.
Neer – "Agni!Use the bow! Gurudev said they can only be killed with this!"
Agni summons his divine bow; as he draws the string, arrows wrapped in fire emerge and end the demons. Vayansh,Aakash, and Dhara – together with Neer, create a bond of the four elements so that the remaining demons cannot escape. Agni slays them all.
[Arrival of the Black Shadow]
Just then, a black shadow appeared and began to attack Agni. Neer summoned his water element and created a protective shield around Agni on all sides, ensuring he remained safe and no evil force or dark shadow could harm him.
The dark shadow made many attempts to kill Agni, but it could not pierce Neer's armor. Furious, it began to tremble. In its rage, it changed its form, creating many copies of itself and transforming into numerous shadows.
The shadows now began to laugh. Aakash attacked these shadows and spirits with his element, raining down lightning upon them. The shadows and spirits would vanish for a moment but then come back to life and attack again. Aakash kept fighting with his powers.
Meanwhile, Dharya also began to fight the dark shadows and spirits. She used her earth element to rain stones down upon them, trapped some within walls, and crushed others with rocks. However, her efforts were in vain; Dharya too could not end them.
At the same time, Vayansh tried to destroy the spirits and shadows with his wind element. He used his power to stop them mid-air, trapped them in one place, and created pressure to push them away from Agni. But the shadows would not give up; they kept attacking and laughing.
They taunted, "You cannot destroy us! In fact, you are all insignificant before me. I won't be destroyed so easily!"
Just then, Agni, with his Agnyastra (fiery arrow), unleashed a rain of thousands of arrows upon the many shadows. Many shadows began to be destroyed and started screaming, "Nooooo!"
Many shadows, pierced by the sacred arrows of the Agnyastra, began to burn and dissolve into the air. All the shadows and spirits were incinerated by the Agnyastra, dissolved into the air, and thus met their end.
While Neer had become a protective shield for Agni, Dhara, Aakash, and Vayansh destroyed many demons and spirits and distracted the enemies.
One of the shadows, flying into the air, began to say:
"This is not the end,Agni! This is only the beginning of my wrath! You cannot escape my fury! I will return! He is watching you, the one who is hunting you all! He will never let you go; he will definitely come to end you! He will come soon to destroy you all!"
Having said this, the shadow disappeared into the air before Agni could fire an arrow.
Everyone looked at each other and checked to see if all were safe and if anyone was hurt. Everyone was fine.
Aakash asked, "Agni, is it all over? Is everyone okay? Are you alright?"
Agni replied,"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, friends, for helping me."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Agni looked towards Neer, and Neer smiled back at him.
As the battle ends, everyone returns to the Gurukul, Everyone looked at each other and started walking back towards the Gurukul.
Vayansh: "You finished them all off, Agni."
Agni: "But you all handled the situation very well and supported me completely. If you all hadn't been there, I don't know if I could have managed to defeat them all."
Vayansh: "Yes, maybe. But the one who helped you the most was Neer. He used all his power to create a water shield around you and stopped every spirit and every shadow from reaching you, so you wouldn't get distracted and could focus on destroying them all properly."
Dhara: "Yes, Agni. Neer used all his strength to protect you. He maintained his elemental shield around you until every single shadow was destroyed."
Agni looked towards Neer, and Neer looked back at Agni. Their eyes met, and they both smiled at each other.
Aakash: "That's true. Neer did it, and we all showed what we're capable of."
Dhara: "Yes, Aakash. We all proved ourselves and destroyed them all. Gurudev will be very pleased."
Everyone began to smile.
where Guru Vishrayan and the Acharyas welcome them.
What will happen next? Will Guru Vishrayan be happy?
Have the shadows been destroyed?
Will the shadows return?