4) First battle

"You..... You, what kind of demonic power is that? "

Shubh immediately exclaimed in surprise. 

And the reaction of everyone else wasn't much different either. 

The reason behind all this is not because of how gruesome it was. In this age, there are a lot more gruesome and disgusting ways to kill someone and being a warrior, they weren't afraid of this.

What surprised them was the fact that Aryan could actually summon these magical vines with a flick of his spear. 

It's not that there aren't any magical powers in the world, in fact there are many, almost innumerable. After all, this is the age of Gods. But the problem is that humans can't use such powers without using an Astra. 

"Why? Are you scared? "

Aryan asked provocatively. 

In fact, he had long ago thought about this problem. So naturally he had also thought up of a solution. 

"And yes, you're right. These are indeed demonic powers. One of my ancestors was actually a demon and thanks to that our people can use some special abilities. "

"Hmph, you think I'll be scared of such cheap tricks? I'll show you what real power is. "

After finally understanding the reason behind the anomaly, Shubh calmed down instead and retorted arrogantly. After all, unknown is more scary. 

Subsequently, Shubh held up his bow and pulled back the bow string. At the same time as he chanted a mantra, an arrow magically appeared in it and after pulling it to the back, Shubh let go of the bow string. 

* swish *

As soon as the arrow left the bow, it divided into multiple arrows, showering down on him like a hailstorm. 

But Aryan didn't panic after seeing this. He remained calm and after swinging the spear a few times, he threw the spear into the air. 

"Form Five : Increase! "

The next moment, Moksha glowed momentarily before it actually multiplied into an army of small kunai-like spears. And with a wave of his hands they collides with the arrows head on. 

* Boom * 

After the explosion, although Shubh was surprised to see someone using a spear like this the first time, he reacted immediately and fired another arrow. 

This time, after the arrow multipled in numbers, they all turned into large rocks. 

After the spear once again returned to his hands, Aryan also changed his tactics . 

"Form four : Sunflower! "

The spear slowly floated out of his hands and submerged into the earth. The next second, a gigantic shoot emerges from the earth, towering over enemies, as a flower bud blooms and shoots several energy projectiles that are capable of a great amount of destruction.

The moment they collided with the rocks they were completely crushed into dust particles. But this timr it didn't stop there and continued shooting at Shubh and his accomplices. 

While Shubh was able to resist for some time, his accomplices were instantly blasted into smitherens in just a few seconds. 

And after about one minute, Shubh also wasn't able to hold on as a projectile bypassed his defense and blasted the bow out of his hands . 

Seeing this Aryan deactivated the fourth form and used the second form. Moksha turned into a brown plush bear who nimbly approached Shubh and restricted him with its bear hug. 

"There, it's all done. "

Aryan intentionally walked in front of Shubh and dusted the non existent dust off of his clothes. 

"Hmph, do you dare to kill me? "

Shubh said defiantly as he roared in shame, since for a warrior, being captured is more shameful than being killed. 

But before Aryan could say anything, Princess Bhanumati stopped him.

"Please stop great warrior. "

She walked out of the formation and approached Aryan. Afterwards she politely bowed in front of him to show her gratitude. 

"First of all, I would like to thank you for saving my life. And second, I would be a little rude to request you to hand him over to me. "

Bhanumati said in one go and even after she finished speaking, she didn't lift her head. 

Meanwhile seeing a beautiful princess bowing in front of him, Aryan was in a trance for a second before he came back to his senses. 

"It's no problem. You can have him, I don't have any use of him anyway. And please stand at ease, you don't need to perform these formalities."

Aryan replied casually and helped her stand straight. 

"Thank you very much. You have my sincere gratitude. "

Bhanumati said with a beautiful smile on her tired face. 

After that, the situation turned a little awkward.

"Ummm, Prince Mahendra, I would like to invite you to our palace and meet my father, King Chitrangad. I don't know if you have time? "

Bhanumati spoke softly, breaking the silence. 

"Yeah, why not? I was going to visit Rajapura anyway. It would be even better if I have the company of a beautiful princess on this journey. "

Aryan agreed to her offer . 

Hearing his praise, Bhanumati blushed slightly but immediately hid it skilfully. 

Subsequently they once again returned to the main road in the forest and started walking towards Rajapura. While Bhanumati and Aryan travelled on their horses , Shubh was knocked unconscious, tied up and hung on the back of another horse. 

During the rest of the journey, Aryan talked with Bhanumati about a lot of interesting topics and before long they became friends. 

At the same time, Aryan also got some information about the treasury from Bhanumati without letting her feel suspicious. And through this information, Aryan realized that although he has grown stronger now but it's still not at the stage where he can face the whole army on his own. 

Although his spirit spear Moksha is very powerful, but Aryan's weakness is also very obvious. His attributes are too low and he has no combat skills at all. As long as someone manages to tire him out or approach at close distance, forcing him into close combat then he would be easily defeated. 

This Aryan came up with another plan.

He was going to lurk in the Royal palace itself as a guest and the princess's saviour. This way, he can make a more fullproof plan with minimum risk. 

After around half a day, before it got completely dark, they finally arrived at the gate of city entrance.