Chapter 22

  The Last Sacrifice

  Part Three

  By combining all the disasters, she crafted a force of successful strength that halted Trishark’s movement for her last offensive.

  When she chose the Trishul ability, a small cube containing blue energy appeared in her hand. She gave Yajvan a furious look.

  “Woman and their unnecessary demands,” Yajvan said. “It’s never about size.” He moved up his arm, his fingers mimicking the motion of someone zooming in on an image. The cube increased in size so much that she had to use both hands to hold it. She again met his gaze.

  “Look one more time and I’ll launch it at its current destination,” Yajvan said.

  Controls of the cube appeared. One has to set a location they want Trishul to travel or cause destruction. Without hesitation, she marked the location past the final alien heavath. Which would destroy both the remaining angels and her current obstacle.

  Once the cube reached the location, a wave of blue electric discharge spread beneath. Energy from all directions was merging. Blue static charges now enveloped the water below. As if the ocean got its own veins, much better and calmer than of a human.

  “1 minute left,” Yajvan said.

  She ensured that Trishark could not leave the area she had worked so hard to trap it in. To immobilise her completely, she fired many energy orbs and gravity shots. With an eerie smile, Trishark vanished.

  “That’s quite a fascinating trick you are pulling off, human,” Trishark appeared before her.

  As she tried to aim, a sudden resistance in the air trapped her again. Because of consuming extra energy, her injuries only healed about 10%. If her SL gets removed, she would die within seconds. And the Trishul has contributed to the slowdown of the healing process, with 75% of SL’s energy centred on its effective operation.

  “Struggles of the final being of this planet,” Trishark said. “You should take pride, human. I pity your circumstance and the unfortunate chance that led you to cross paths with me.”

  “Last being? Don’t you see that idiot?”

  Trishark inserted a hundred white energy-covered needles into her arm. With each passing second, the crucifying pain travelled upward from her arm to her shoulder, intensifying with every heartbeat. “Don’t dare to speak ill of the master in my presence,” she giggled. “What more could one expect from humans, manifestations of foolishness?”

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  “Well, spending half a day with beings such as yours, what can one expect?”

  A powerful rush of blue energy emanated from the ocean, electrifying the air. With the sounds of someone crunching on handfuls of popcorn.

  Trishul’s middle tine emerged from the ocean, accompanied by the other two, their energy causing a mesmerising dance with the rippling water.

  Manya made some progress, but still far from getting completely unstuck. However, when she attempted to touch the arm with the needles pouring in, the same thing began happening on the other arm.

  The view of Trishul against the backdrop of the ocean was a breathtaking sight.

  Trishark formed an eerie smile. “All this effort for a mere toy? It pales in comparison to the divinity of angels!” With a firm grip on Manya, Trishark ascended into the sky, manoeuvring between the path of the Trishul. “Allow me to demonstrate true power to you!”

  Trishark again launched a divine punishment. And within a few minutes, the size of Trishul started diminishing.

  “Why?” Manya whispered.

  “Because you are weak,” Yajvan said.

  Next second, Manya got imprisoned in the torment of immense divine punishment. Her cries were noiseless. Within the nerve-wracking energy beam, she caught sight of a blue energy offering her a glimmer of relief. As the beam ended, a miniature Trishul grazed Trishark’s abdomen, leaving an incurable wound.

  Amidst the intense suffering, a smile crept Manya’s lips. Although seeing her enemy didn’t speed up the healing process of her wounds, it brought her a sense of satisfaction. Losing most of the SL particles, she began her descent.

  Trishark’s rage transformed into multiple orbs of dark energy, soaring towards the sky in an instant.

  Krishna! Please end this.

  The needles in her arms had disappeared, but she could still feel a painful breeze and a tingling in the areas where they had inflicted damage. SL had focused on treating the most critical injuries first. To calm herself, she took a deep breath, only to be startled by the sudden appearance of several heavaths emerging from a black portal.

  In the next moment, her eyes widened over energy beams taking shape in each of the heavaths. Now, she had to handle seven beams like that. “Every time I think what the worst could happen, you surprise me, Krishna. If not for mamu, I would have thanked you for such a death, but now I want to live.”

  She stopped her healing halfway and collected the particles to propel herself towards the safest location away from the beams. But Trishark followed her.

  “You are nothing but a vile species,” Trishark said. With a swift motion, she charged at Manya, her hand reaching out to grab her throat. “Your existence only holds significance because the master commanded your demise.”

  “How is someone who’s against your kind, is your master?”

  “Against us? It’s your wisdom that betrays you, mortal!”

  “Time’s over,” Yajvan said. “Trishark, I am not your master anymore, as you have failed to perish this filthy human for the duration.” And he disappeared.

  Fury blazed in Trishark’s eyes. Her grip on Manya’s throat tightened with an intensity that seemed tenfold. “Because of you!!”

  Trishark throw Manya at the centre where all the energy beams would collide. Are you seeing this Ira? Not one but 7 divine punishments. “But? How much of an evil does it make me?” A smile spread over her face. “Mamu, if you hearing this or hear it on replay. Wasn’t this war the father of every difficult scenario we faced together?”

  Despite the energy beams being only seconds away, she closed her eyes, preparing herself for the awaiting burst of light. Tears flooded down her cheeks, a testament to the countless obstacles she had overcome to locate and rescue Atharv. “I wish we shouldn’t have met at the entrance, Ira and If I hadn’t approached Dhruv or let Raisha had him. Both of you would have been alive.” A strong, familiar pressure she had just endured started whispering to her pores. “I know nothing about you guys. But I hope I’d got to live with you in heaven,” she giggled. “The real one. I am coming Mumma, Papa.”

  “What about my goodbye?” Yajvan said.