The next day, the whole clan base was bustling with the excited sounds of the young people, as today the clan tournament was about to be held. Although people can take part in it if they want, most of the younger generation members must take part in it, to get competition and force themselves to the edge. And even if not taking part, one can challenge someone specifically for a duel, in that tournament.
The large training ground of the skambha clan was filled with people. The whole area was paved with smooth stones. Surrounding the field, there were bleacher stairs where people sat waiting for the tournament. Most of the seats were filled by the younger generations.
But Rudra was sitting in a corner alone, trying to avoid the trash talks of those people upon the topics, of who is the strongest and who will win and who will not.
"Brother!", at the same time two lovely voices fell in his ears.
Anya and Kavya then approached Rudra and hugged him tightly from both sides.
"What happened?", Rudra asked.
"Thanks for this beautiful space bracelet that you gifted us!", Kavya said as she raised her left hand, and on her wrist, there was a golden shining bracelet. Same did Anya as she also lifted her left hand.
"by the way brother where did you get these space bracelets aren't these expensive.", Anya losing herself to curiosity asked.
Space bracelets are just like spatial bags, but less expensive and have less storage space in comparison to spatial bags. But even after that such a thing is very rare, and in the auction house, its price would of course be touching the skies.
But fortunately while roaming to search for something good for their sisters, he met this guy who was in urgent need of some green line flower and spiritual somna fruit, and also some iron shillings. Therefore, as he was seeking a chance, he immediately initiated the exchange with that guy and got two space bracelets.
As for his elder sister Mayra, she already had a space sack bag, which was much better than these two.
"No, as long as you two are happy, I also have no regrets!", Rudra said.
"That's so sweet of you.", two long and soft white arms wrapped around Rudra.
Mayra then sat beside him as she asked, "Who told you to buy an intermediate-level type 1 technique for me?"
"It was a gift!"
"I know that! But how much more expensive it would have been.", Mayra said.
"in front of my sisters those shillings are nothing!", Rudra said in a voice accompanied with pride. His chest straightened up, puffed with honor.
But then, interrupting him in his thoughts a hand slapped on his head, "How much did it cost? Where did you get all that money to get these things for us?"
Upon hearing Mayra's question, Sweat started to stream down Rudra's head.
"Hehe, I just found a rare herb in the forests and sold it, thankfully I was paid quite a high price for it.", Rudra immediately thought of a pretext and served it to Mayra.
Mayra frowned upon his answer. Rudra realized that he had done what he shouldn't have done to make his sister question him for so much money.
"Really, what was that herb?", Mayra asked.
"Black grass seeds!", Rudra said.
Mayra thought and nodded, then a charming smile appeared on her face, "Why did you spend so much?"
"Please accept it!", Rudra requested. Mayra chuckled as she hugged Rudra very tightly, and so did Any and Kavya.
"Brother can I and Anya take part in this tournament!", Kavya asked with her shining eyes.
"Sadly, you can't you two are only fourteen, you know still why do you want to fight in the tournament?", Rudra questions.
"because, according to them in one month they will achieve the practitioner level.", Mayra explains.
Rudra looked at those twins with shocked expressions, at the age of fourteen reaching the practitioner level, was the most genius thing to do after Mayra reached that level at thirteen. Before Rudra could say anything the crowd shouted as leader Vihaan and the elders had arrived.
Rudra looked in that direction to see his grandpa and the three elders walked to the special huge chairs at a stage little higher than the arena and seated themselves. Very soon the mage guardian entered with a small piece of spiritual stone with him.
He chanted some mantras and then went to the table and kept it upon it in front of the leader and elders. That guardian then nodded his head looking toward the leader and took out a scroll.
Upon opening that scroll, it revealed to be a huge list of names. Those were the names of the top ten strongest new generation people, one by one he began to call all those names to come on stage and check their level to get the challenges accordingly.
And in one of those names, Rudra heard a familiar name, that he hadn't heard since a year, "Sohajan!", the old-aged guardian called out the name.
Sohajan, 16 years old, was the grandson of the elder Sohaj. He was actually an adopted kid, that elder Sohaj had found with a little girl holding that baby in her little hands abandoned, in the way when he was out of the skambha clan on a venture.
Sohaj brought them back with him and nourished them as his own children. After Sohajan's test was over another name similar to that was called out.
"Sohika!", this was the little girl who held the little baby Sohajan in her hands when Elder Sohaj found them.
Soon a beautiful 17-year-old girl, covered with elegance, wearing a black dress that increased her beauty even more, with light brown skin, and eyes with discipline like a silent lake, came out. She walked to that spiritual stone.
Actually, both of these brothers and sisters were out on a journey to a few different cities for one year but had to return after the emergency call from their clan, regarding the mystical beast attacks in the nearby cities.
After the tests of most of the people, including elder sister Mayra were finished. Sohajan while sitting with his sister heard a few guys talking, "Hey, you know what, I heard elder Sohaj telling the other two elders that Rudra unlocked his first chakra!"
"What? Be serious he must be trying to prank them!", the other guy said.
"Hey! Did you really hear grandpa saying that?", Sohajan walked to those boys and asked.
Those boys seemed to be feared of his sudden appearance and stuttered while saying, "Yes-yes yes, I-I heard elder Sohaj talk about this with the other two elders."
Sohajan frowned and went back to his seat, meanwhile, here those boys kept arguing and one of them who was at the ninth stage of beginner level went ahead to challenge Rudra, "I don't know why but he still doesn't believe me!", one of those boys said.
"I know, do you remember about Jahnvi?!"
"Oh! That fairy girl!", the other one said very passionately.
"Jahnvi always follows Rudra and tries to stay with him, while Rudra doesn't even value her, that guy is jealous due to this, that Jahnvi doesn't value him, but prefers the one who doesn't even care for her!"
Here that boy walked to the stage and challenged Rudra aloud, "Rudra, I Mihidh, challenge you to fight in this duel."
Rudra looked towards Mihidh, and a smile appeared on his face, in a moment he realized that people didn't know about his recent achievement, considering him weak they intended to bully him through a challenge.
He had decided that by showing a little glimpse he should teach these monkeys a lesson, 'Guess you guys still underestimate me, let's give others a warning', Rudra thought as he stood up and walked to the arena.
Rudra and Mihidh were instructed to first check their power level through the spiritual stone, if they wanted they could deny the challenge after the test. Mihidh's level was the ninth stage of the beginner level. But as soon as Rudra kept his hands on the spiritual stone, the text that appeared caused the mage guardian's eyes and jaws to be left wide open.
"His kundalini had reached the first chakra, the fire energy talent has reappeared and the condition of the energy channels is extremely good."
Soon, a blazing fire engulfed that small stone, everyone was stunned to see this fire, and very soon that fire let out a radiant light that blocked everyone's vision, even the elders weren't able to see anything, and within that radiant light, lightning sparkles covered the crystal for a moment and disappeared with a snap.
"He has the purest fire talent in our whole clan.", the elders discussed.
As soon as Mihidh listened to this, he didn't believe in his ears, what did he hear, at first he thought of quitting, but then he dropped that thought, and with the determination that he could defeat Rudra, he went on to the arena.
Mihidh stared at Rudra and with his determination gathered the courage, "Today I will teach you a lesson!" he ran towards Rudra to punch him.
*BOOM
The very next moment, Mihidh was thrown away and fell out of the arena. It was a huge insult for him, but, all he could do now was to kiss the ground. The fight was ended in seconds.
Rudra just casually walked out of the arena and back to his place, while the whole crowd sat there dumbfounded. Even some of the people who had bullied Rudra for one year taking advantage of his weakness coughed out blood. They were now afraid that the boy who they had bullied and beaten for a year would beat them to a pulp with such talent.
Everyone looked at Rudra and some even thought to apologize on their knees, but then they were interrupted by the mage guardian who called out for the next participants of the tournament. Here Kamlaan who sat right beside Sourav clenched fists as he said, "Should I challenge him?"
"No!"
"Just a single chance I will show him his place", Kamlaan gritted his teeth.
"You can't see what I can, now it is impossible for any of us to beat him alone, we have to wait.", Sourav explained. Kamlaan couldn't do anything else except clenching his fists.
Here, Rudra sitting with his sisters, felt a cold stare upon him, when he looked in that direction, he found Sohajan. With such a stare, Sohajan was looking at Rudra as if he had been waiting for this chance to arrive for a long time.
"Sister Sohika, after these many years, he has finally reached that stage, maybe I have gotten my chance!", he said with a tint of excitement in his eyes.
"Wait, even if he has reached the first chakra, he isn't as powerful as you! You are in the third stage of the practitioner level! As a rival, this won't be a fair match for you and him."
Sohajan laughed, "Haha, Sister, you don't know the real extent of Rudra."