Rishi walks through the hallway, still covered in blood from earlier, the Katana still in his hand. He wasn't really in the mood to talk today.
Agastya walked through the hallway, looking at all the bodies down there. He scoffed when he saw the kind of havoc that Rishi had unleashed.
Manav screamed as he tried to break the chains, but it made no difference.
Rayan went and sat on a rock by the beach, he smirked and murmured to himself "Agastya and Rishi face each other, Agastya tries to interrogate, Rishi is in no mood to answer, they fight, Agastya kills Rishi and with that goes Achyut's greatest tool ever before Achyut even had a chance to use it. My debt is repaid, Achyut's plan is foiled."
He bursts into laughter, proud of himself.
Rishi and Agastya keep walking, slowly, they both start hearing footsteps of each other, getting louder and louder.
Then finally, they both reach a garden. The garden was beautiful, filled with flowers, glowing under sunlight. But the two, only looked at each other.
Agastya's eyes narrowed, he asked "You're that guy with Adyant from that day, aren't you? And I also saw you with Aditya. I guess I was wrong to think you aren't a part of all this."
Rishi tilts his head, he speaks with menace "I wasn't until I was made to be. And I am sick and tired of being caught up in the middle of this. So, either I die today, or you die."
He lifts his Katana and aims it at Agastya. Agastya scoffs "So death it is then. Fine, I'll make it slow and painful for you!"
Rishi's eyes start glowing red, Agastya takes the same form. The red energy filles the area. Both of them charge up, violently, blowing the plants away. Burning the grass, heating up the air, melting the glass.
Rishi lifted his sword came charging at Agastya and jumped up, Agastya dodged the clean slice, Rishi swung the sword again, Agastya dodged again. Rishi wasn't being rational at all, he was just swinging again and again, aiming right for Agastya's neck. Agastya was dodging again and again, his movements were almost instantaneous, even for Rishi.
Rishi screamed, his red aura turned blue, he swung the sword again, Agastya still managed to dodge, easily.
Rishi pulled the sword back, pointing it towards Agastya, holding it with both hands, he pushed the sword ahead, hoping to stab Agastya through the neck, Agastya dodged that too.
Rishi felt a hand around his throat, a tight grip, choking him. Agastya titled his head, looking at Rishi. He spoke "You reek of bloodlust. What a monster!"
Rishi answered back "Look who's talking!"
Rayan entered the chamber, Manav was still tied to the chains. Manav sneered and growled at Rayan. Rayan just chuckled.
"You must have heart the noise. Rishi is moments away from death. The tool, the weapon that Achyut was raising, nurturing would soon be destroyed at the hands of Agastya himself. Achyut won't let Agastya live after that, would he?"
Manav's eyes widen, worry on his face.
Rayan chuckled again "You know, I wonder. Who are you worried for? Agastya killed Rishi? Or Achyut killing Agastya? After all, I did have a lot of time to wonder about how you know Agastya if you didn't know that he was The Anomaly?"
Rayan pushes his hand into the pocket and pulls out the dagger, the dagger that Manav had been carrying this whole time. Rayan smirks and speaks "This dagger, belonged to the Clan of Death, one of the five big clans. So you are the lost elder prince, huh, Manav? But I also heard that the elder prince was termed a disappointment, a weakling. But the younger prince however.... he was something both his parents were proud of. The strongest in the death clan for a long time."
Rayan kneels down and reaches Manav "Manav, you are the elder prince. And Agastya, he is the younger prince. Your younger brother. That night when Achyut killed your entire clan, he separated you from each other and made both of you think that the other one is dead. Isn't that correct?"
Manav growled loudly "LET ME GO YOU SON OF A B-"
Rayan burst into laughter.
"And Rishi..." Rayan speaks with menace "Well, he is the last living descendant of The Clan of Fire. The most powerful clan among the five. Isn't that why, Achyut wanted him so desperately? He is Achyut's last hope against Hades."
Manav shouts at him "If anything happens to either of them I swear to god I will kill you so painfully you will beg for death."
Rayan laughs "Your brother almost did, long ago. That's the entire reason why we are in this situation."
Manav's eyes start glowing red as he charges up in rage. Rayan laughs more "It is adorable how you are trying to break the chains. They won't break. I doubt even your brother could break them at this point."
Manav growled "Who gives a sh*t about these chains of yours?"
Rayan's eyes widen as he notices the blood. Manav was forcing his hands out of the chains, his thumb was breaking, his wrist was bleeding, his hands were being torn apart.
Rayan stepped back "What are you? Crazy?"
Manav screamed as he pulled with all his strength, ripping his thumb off from his right hand and half the hand off from the left one. He stands there panting, exhausted from losing so much blood, still his eyes were fixed on Rayan.
Rayan tightened his grip on the knife, his eyes narrowed "I guess I have no other choice."
He raised the knife, got into the stance and spoke "Sorry Manav, but I cannot allow you to interrupt my plans."