Before Ananya could extract the cursed bullet from Rudra's neck, a violent, earth-shattering tremor rippled through the ground. A horrific, grating sound echoed directly from the twisting trees of the Doom of Forest domain. The gnarled branches began to warp and bend as a massive, invisible demonic presence materialized within the thick fog.
The entity began to speak. However, its voice didn't sound like ordinary speech. It was a guttural, terrifying sequence of cosmic glyphs and ancient noises:
"đ©” đ©Č 𩧠𩊠𩱠𩫠𩀠𩯠𩩠đ© đ©ș..."
The eight wives covered their ears, their faces pale with confusion. To their ears, it was just chaotic, maddening noise. None of them could comprehend a single syllable.
But Rudra's eyes narrowed, his body freezing as the words translated perfectly inside his mind.
"Rudra..." Isha yelled over the noise. "What is that thing saying?!"
"It says... 'Start running,'" Rudra commanded, his voice dark and deadly.
Rudra stepped forward, his aura flaring into a pitch-black, primordial energy. He looked directly into the abyss of the forest and roared back, "I am Rudra! The King of this realm! State your business!"
Isha looked at her husband in absolute shock. "Rudra! How on earth do you know what it's saying?! How can you understand that noise?!"
Before Rudra could answer, the entire forest seemed to come alive, enraged by Rudra's defiance. The trees lashed out, creating a massive, explosive shockwave of spiritual energy that swept through the clearing. The force was so immense it literally threw Rudra, Ananya, Isha, and the rest of the wives completely out of the forest domain.
Thud!
They crashed down safely right outside the threshold of their estate.
As the wives dusted themselves off, still shaking from the encounter, Rudra stood entirely still, staring back at the dark tree line. He began to think deeply. Why am I the only one? Out of everyone here, why did those chaotic words make perfect sense to me?
Ananya stepped up beside him, her Finder skill buzzing with cosmic data. "That language..." she whispered, her voice filled with sudden awe. "That was the Bala Tano Demon Tongue. It is an ancient, forbidden language. Not even high-level spirits or common monsters can comprehend it."
Rudra turned to her. "Go on."
"Only a great, high-level entity can truly grasp it," Ananya explained, looking at Rudra with a newfound sense of reverence. "In fact, the lore states that only a True Demon God can speak it fluently."
Rudra's expression remained stoic, though a storm was brewing in his mind. "I see. If that is true... then what am I?"
Isha walked over, frowning deeply. "Wait a minute, Ananya. I have demon blood in my lineage too, but when that thing spoke, it just sounded like static and screaming to me. I didn't understand a single word."
Ananya shook her head, clarifying the brutal truth of the cosmic hierarchy. "There is a massive difference, sister Isha. You are a standard demon. But the Bala Tano tongue is exclusive. Only a Pure Demon God and the highest-ranking elite soldiers of his direct bloodline can naturally understand or speak it."
The heavy silence returned. Isha and the other wives looked at Rudra in a completely new light. Rudra wasn't just a powerful king with divine connectionsâhis very bloodline held the ancient, primordial authority of a Pure Demon God, an origin that even the 500 million ghosts in the fores
t might truly fear.The morning brought no peace, only messages carried on wings. While the family was recovering outside their estate, a swift messenger bird soared through the sky and landed near Rudra. Tied to its leg was a letter from Amar Raghu, confirming that his faction had successfully infiltrated their destination kingdom.
Before the bird could even take flight again, a second, larger bird descended rapidly into the courtyard. This one carried an urgent distress note from Pravalika, Rudra's cousin-sister from the second wife's lineage. The parchment read: "Brothers, we have hit a catastrophic roadblock here. We desperately need the legendary Naga potion to survive. Please send it immediately!"
Recognizing the gravity of her situation, Rudra didn't hesitate despite the shifting family dynamics. He retrieved the potent Naga potion from his treasury, securely fastened it to the messenger bird, and sent it back into the sky. "Tomorrow morning, we move out to join them," Rudra announced to his wives.
As they walked back inside, Aarini pulled Rudra aside, her voice laced with sharp suspicion. "Rudra, I have a massive doubt. If that forbidden Bala Tano tongue is an ancient secret that only a Pure Demon God can comprehend... how does Ananya know so much about it? Who exactly is she?"
Rudra looked back at Aarini, his expression unreadable. "Go and sleep, Aarini. We have a long journey tomorrow."
That night, sleep brought no restâonly a horrifying nightmare. Deep within his subconscious, Rudra saw a vision of his son, Karna, being brutally struck down and killed by a monstrous, towering demon. The agonizing sight ripped through Rudra's soul.
BOOM!
A massive, real-world explosion shattered the night, shaking the entire estate and jolting Rudra awake. He raced outside, his heart still hammering from the nightmare, only to find the dark horizon engulfed in a sea of blood-red flames. A rapid, cursed fire was spreading at an impossible speed, conquering the entire Doom of Forest domain and burning through the 500 million ghosts.
Staring at the blazing inferno, Rudra's eyes flashed with primordial fury. He crossed his arms and roared an ancient incarnation:
"MáčgaPrÄpti váčkah dama!"
Instantly, Rudra tapped deep into his soul, calling forth his Inner Wolf. A powerful, cosmic wolf spirit manifested within him, turning Rudra's irises into piercing, predatory wolf eyes.
"I am ready, Rudra," the inner wolf echoed in his mind.
"Karthik! Assemble!" Rudra commanded, summoning his loyal divine beast. "Karthik, become my wings!"
With a flash of blinding light, Karthik fused onto Rudra's back, morphing into a pair of majestic, powerful wings. Rudra launched himself into the sky, soaring straight to the absolute apex above the blazing forest.
Looking down at the ocean of fire, Rudra unleashed his ultimate elemental authorityâhis Rukshi.
"Snow Rain! Descend!" Rudra roared into the heavens.
The dark, smoky sky responded instantly. Heavy, swirling storm clouds materialized out of thin air, freezing the atmosphere. Within seconds, a colossal, freezing downpour of ice and razor-sharp snow rained down from the heavens, instantly suffocating the cursed flames and bringing the massive inferno to
a grinding halt.