Successful Rescue

Both Aarv and Malik Kafur looked at each other. Malik Kafur was also shocked by the power exerted by the youth in front of him.

'We need to get rid of him quickly…' Malik Kafur thought as he quickly rode his horse towards Aarv's direction.

Aarv did not even look at him as he rode his horse towards Alauddin's camp. Seeing this, Malik Kafur quickly followed behind him, but it was useless.

"Your opponent is me…"

A roar came from the side of Malik Kafur. Naga, as previously instructed, quickly came between Malik Kafur and Aarv blocking Malik Kafur.

Angrily, Malik Kafur lunged toward Naga while slashing with his half-moon blade. Naga looked at the incoming sword strike and slashed with his talwar.

"Clang…"

Malik Kafur's half-moon blade bounced back because of the sheer power behind Naga's attack. Malik Kafur looked at his blistered hand with shock. This was the first time he had been injured in a battle.

Looking at the surprised face, Naga grinned from ear to ear as he quickly attacked Malik Kafur. He did not want to give him any fighting chance at all.

"Clang… Clang… Clang…"

Sword clash after sword clash was heard as Malik Kafur retreated from Naga's attacks. The Khilji soldiers who looked at the scene felt dejected too making the army morale quite low.

On the other hand, instructor Shyam also found his target and started to fight him. He was the second general under Alauddin's command, Ulugh Khan. Surprisingly, both men used maces as their weapons.

Unlike swords, maces were weapons that required a lot of strength and control of your upper body. In ancient India, maces were originally called Gada. It was said the design of Gada was inspired by the interlocked petals of a lotus making it one of the heaviest weapons in Indian history.

"Bang… Bang…"

Every time both of them clashed, there was a loud sound of the collision making the soldiers around them deaf. Both of them had solid foundations and kept themselves steady while attacking their opponents.

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While both instructors found their targets, Aarv along with Instructor Vijay made their way toward Alauddin Khilji.

Alauddin Khilji looked at both of them and spat on the ground while drawing his sword. He directed his horse in Aarv's direction. From his initial understanding, he knew that Aarv was weaker in comparison to the other person. He aimed to eliminate the weaker opponent before clashing with the stronger opponent.

How could Aarv not notice this? He quickly prepared himself to receive Alauddin's attack.

"Clang…"

Aarv only saw a white light before him as he was blown away more than 5 meters along with his horse.

"Neigh…"

The horse wailed painfully as it struggled to get back on its feet. Aarv quickly patted his horse to soothe the horse. Alauddin did not give Aarv a chance to fight back at all as he quickly caught up to him swinging his sword the second time.

"No, you don't…"

Instructor Vijay quickly made his way towards Alauddin's side attacking with his sword. Alauddin could only retreat his sword attack to meet Instructor Vijay's attack.

"Clang…"

This time, Alauddin Khilji was blown away more than two meters by the attack. He looked at Instructor Vijay with shock…

'You have already reached that realm…'

Instructor Vijay did not say anything as he attacked Alauddin Khilji once again. This time, Alauddin did not dare to stay behind and quickly retreated to the back. He did not want to fight with an anime that was stronger than him.

As Instructor Vijay was going to follow after him, He heard the sound of Shankha…

"Pwwwww…"

The sound was indicating that the king of Mevad, Maharawal Ratan Simha was brought to safety. After hearing the sound of Shankha, Aarv quickly ordered his guards to retreat…

"Retreat…"

All his guards quickly retreated inside the forest.

Instructor Vijay however still looked in the direction where Alauddin Khilji had escaped. Unwillingly, he took a deep breath and turned around. Aarv looked at his dejected look and said,

"Don't worry, we still have many ways to kill him…"

Although he wished that he could kill Alauddin here but he knew that the 120,000 Khilji forces were still standing behind the crown of Delhi. If one Alauddin died he would be replaced by the other. Aarv knew that if he wanted to defeat the Khilji dynasty, he had to kill them by the roots.

The Khilji forces looked at the retreating Aarv's army and wanted to follow behind them but were stopped by their generals. They knew that the forest was unfamiliar territory to their soldiers. If they went inside the forest, they will only be sending themselves to death.

The generals ordered their soldiers to quickly get rid of the deceased soldiers they did not want to stay at this place for a bit. While ordering, they quickly stole glances at their king, who was quietly looking in the distance.

With Maharawal Ratan Simha's rescue operation, their King's plan to obtain Rani Padmini had failed. Malik Kafur cautiously approached Alauddin Khilji and said,

"Sultan… we will take revenge for today's loss with interest…"

Alauddin did not say a thing as he kept looking out in the distance. Inside he was still thinking of the attack that made him retreat. Even against Mongol generals, he did not feel the same kind of power that he felt today…

After a while, he turned towards Malik Kafur and said, "We need to prepare.... I want to capture the kingdom of Mevad even more now..."