Awakening the Divine Within

At some point in time, the third eye emerged on his forehead and shined with a golden light, along with the formation of tripund on both sides. As the tripund shone, Stefan's sanity was brought back from that night, and he opened his eyes, only to realize that he was surrounded by these entities from all sides while they were only getting closer.

With Stefan's consciousness back, he changed back to his real appearance, and on the back of his right hand the 'trishul' emerged. As the Trishul emerged, a person appeared, more specifically a girl. Stefan could not see the appearance of the girl since her facial features were blurred, but what was glaring was the golden light on her forehead that represented the same tripund.

Before Stefan could be surprised by her sudden appearance. The girl spoke as if already aware of his situation.

"Since he has chosen you as his devotee, I shall guide you to him. But remember never to underestimate his self and influence, for those who do so shall suffer the consequences of the same."

Although Stefan was astonished by what she said, what made him the most puzzled was, "Who is he?"

"The Lord of all Gods" 

"Shiva"

Just these words seem to clear a part of the negativity in his mind. Stefan who was suddenly feeling more clear-headed seemed to understand his situation well, knew, that now only this girl can help him get out of this predicament, and so he did not hesitate to ask for help from her, "Can you please help me? I can promise you anything you want. I can also....."

"No need. Since you are picked by him, naturally you have his protection. For you to get his protection, he wants me to guide you to reach him, so follow my words."

namami-shamishan-nirvaan-roopam

vibhum-vyapakam-brahma-veda-swarupam

nijam-nirgunam-nirvikalpam-niriham

chidakasham-akasa-vasam-bhaje-[a]ham

Stefan followed her words almost instinctively and was surprised to find himself chanting in this strange language fluently as if it was tailor-made for him.

nirakar-omkar-mulam-turiyam

gira-gyaan-goti-tamisam-girsam

karalam-mahakal-kalam-kripalam

guna-gaara-sansar-param-na-to-[a]ham

As he continued chanting, he felt a strange power in his hand. He seems to be holding something in his hand. His gaze followed his hand and the gradual formation of a weapon, also the symbol on his forehead radiated warmth and gave the illusion of carrying immense power.

Confused, he looked towards the girl only to realize that she was disappearing slowly. As Stefan stretched out his hand, the girl left him with some words to ponder.

"Feel this power. Materialize this power, and you shall be free from your predicament."

"Wait a minute!! At least tell me what is the meaning of these lines?", asked Stefan anxiously.

" Hmm? It's something you need to unravel for yourself.

Disappointed, Stefan continued, "I.. I see. Then, will you guide me if I encounter a problem?"

What responded to him was the gradual materialization of the Trident. Stefan realized that the array has resumed glowing eerie red and those entities were sucked in it. Only now did Stefan notice that time seemed to have stopped when he was talking to that girl.

Stefan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He reflexively looked ahead and saw the mysterious cloaked man who killed him.

For some reason, this time, he did not feel dread after seeing him again.. There was something that was guiding the power in his body towards the trident, which eventually shone on all three pointers.

Stefan lunged towards the mysterious cloaked man, only to find him making clones of himself to isolate him.

As he watched the clones coming closer to himself, he observed that no matter how many times he tried to hurt the man, it was becoming difficult for him to find the real him.

Once again, Stefan chanted and closed his eyes.

namami-shamishan-nirvaan-roopam

vibhum-vyapakam-brahma-veda-swarupam

nijam-nirgunam-nirvikalpam-niriham

chidakasham-akasa-vasam-bhaje-[a]ham

nirakar-omkar-mulam-turiyam

gira-gyaan-goti-tamisam-girsam

karalam-mahakal-kalam-kripalam

guna-gaara-sansar-param-na-to-[a]ham

This time he saw clearly where the real him was. The astonishing fact was that Stefan never actually opened his eyes. So to say, the reason he was seeing the real him was because of the power that was flowing through his body, and that part of it was concentrated on the tripund on his forehead.

When he opened his eyes, he knew where exactly to throw it to. Since he didn't have much experience in using the trishul, he relied on his instinct and made an attempt to throw it to the closest one.

Just when the mysterious man thought, he once again deceived Stefan. Stefan stealthily changed the direction and threw the spear[trishul] towards the center of the array!

As the Trishul got embedded in the eye of the array, various voices of agony and pain screeched and caused Stefan to stagger while holding his ears..

Trying his best to stop the influence of the sonic attack to provide a steady stream of power to the trishul, he suddenly remembered what the girl said.

"Feel this power. Materialize this power, and you shall be free from your predicament."

The voice seems to ring in his ears continuously. Gradually, he understood what she was trying to tell him. He tried to feel the power. Next is materializing it....

'How do I materialize it?', thought Stefan in contemplation.

'How about.. I just imagine that I have something in my hand?', Stefan thought so and did so.

Slowly but weakly, he could grasp the actual power in his hands... He closed his eyes and put both of his hand towards both of his ears consecutively.

After some time, he really started feeling warm in his ears and gradually the effect of the attack dissipated. However, he continuously faced attacks from the clones.

Stefan tried to use his power in the same way and directed his materialized power into the middle pointer of the trishul.

As soon as he attached his materialized power, the trishul seems to give a shine.. But before he could observe carefully.... he saw that the power he attached divided itself into three parts and attack intensity of the trishul suddenly became stronger..

It slammed itself into the eye of the array once again and completely destroyed it!!!!

After a moment of silence, Stefan walked towards the destroyed array, but suddenly the trishul started vibrating and flew back towards Stefan's hands. He reflexively caught it but realized that it had started disintegrating into the void...

Stefan tried to materialize his power and keep it, but it gradually disappeared before his eyes....

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