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Chapter 22 - The Golden Trap

Virat lies there exhausted, weeping continuously, and muttering under his breath, "Forgive me... forgive me Anya.." Seeing Virat in this state, Ayaan speaks in anger, "Shiv Thakur... whatever you have done... you will have to pay for it..."

Rishabh says in a serious voice, "It's not as easy as you think..." Ayaan sits down, taking a long breath, and says, "I have... a plan..." Pankaj looks towards Ayaan and says, "And what... is that...?"

Ayaan raises his head, staring at them, and speaks in a heavy voice, "Sit down first..." Both of them stare back at Ayaan and sit down. Pankaj says with a bit of irritation, "Now tell us, sir... what is your plan? Or do we have to massage your feet first?"

At Pankaj's remark, Ayaan glares at him, closes his eyes, and taking a long breath says, "Shiv must be sleeping in his room right now... we just need to find out where he has kept Anya... after that, we will go there... take Anya out of there... and move into our pocket dimension... and Virat will handle Shiv."

After thinking for a while, Rishabh says, "But... even then..." Just then, Pankaj stops Rishabh, closes his eyes, and after some time says in a calm voice, "Anya... is in the room near the stairs. It's dark in the room... Anya is tied with 'Holy chains' ."

After locating Anya, both agree to Ayaan's plan. The three of them stand up and start walking. After a step or two, Ayaan stops. Pankaj speaks in an annoyed tone, "Why have you stopped now? Why are you wasting time?"

Ayaan looks at Pankaj with a sideways glance; irritation was visible on Ayaan's face. He speaks out in irritation and anger, "You idiots... do I have to tell you everything? We are in Virat's pocket dimension... only he can take us out of here." Pankaj says laughing, "So what's there to be angry about? Virat will get us out."

Saying this, Pankaj looks behind... the laughter disappears from his face. He looks at the two of them in shock and says, "Virattttt... where did Virat go? He was right here... Ayaan, Rishabh, he is not here." Ayaan and Rishabh slap Pankaj on the head and say together, "We can see... that he is not here."

And the three of them start searching for Virat... but there was no end to that pocket dimension, only red and black light could be seen spreading far and wide. Neither was there any sense of direction nor any idea how to find Virat. After wandering in that infinite pocket dimension for nearly 2 to 3 hours, the three of them sit down exhausted, their breath heavy. Rishabh, panting and wiping his sweat, says, "Did... did he leave us here and go? Are all these 'Land of Warrior' people like this?"

Pankaj closes his eyes... and after nearly 15 minutes, opens them and says in a tired voice, "I... couldn't find him anywhere." Rishabh looks at Pankaj, takes a long breath, and says, "Give some good news for once... you omen of bad luck."

After resting for a while, the three of them again start searching for Virat in that strange pocket dimension. But there was only red and black light spreading far, and a mind-numbing silence. Only the sound of their breathing and heartbeats could be heard. Suddenly, the entire dimension starts trembling. Sounds of explosions occur one after another; seeing this, they understand nothing and start running away from the sound.

After some time, everything becomes silent again, but now, piercing that silence, the sound of falling water could be heard. The three of them start feeling the sensation of damp air. They follow the coming sound. After walking for a while, in the smoke of that black and red light, they see an open sky and a waterfall falling from a hill.

The place they were seeing was the same one near Virat's house in the forest. Seeing this, they become very happy. Pankaj says, "It seems that... because of those explosions and tremors, the pocket dimension broke. And we have come out." The three of them go near that waterfall and move their hands forward to drink water. But they were unable to touch the water.

Rishabh says fearfully, "Are we dead?" Hearing this, the three of them start crying. Just then, suddenly they hear the sound of another explosion. When they look the other way, Virat is using his power to create new places there. The three of them understand that this is just an illusion and they are still in the pocket dimension.

The three of them run towards Virat and Pankaj says angrily, "Are you crazy? We are planning there... and you are flexing your powers here." Virat looks at the three of them and says in a calm voice, "I once fought them in anger without knowing my power... and I lost everything. I don't want to make that same mistake again. One should know the enemy's weakness and their own strength... and I know their weakness but not my own strength... so I want to know my power."

Hearing this, Ayaan says calmly with a long breath, "But... we cannot waste time here." Virat says laughing, "Time doesn't pass in this dimension... understand it like this: one hour spent here won't even be equal to one second in the real world."

Hearing this, the three of them pretend to be shocked, and Rishabh thinks to himself, "He really knows nothing about powers." The three of them sit there comfortably and tell Virat the whole plan. Virat sends the three of them out of the pocket dimension and stays there himself.

They come out of the pocket dimension; it is still night, a white full moon is out in the sky. After some time, the three of them are standing outside the room near the stairs where Anya was kept. The door of the room is closed, and there is a layer of golden light on it.

Rishabh looks around and closing his eyes, places his hand on the door. Green light emerges from his hand. When Rishabh's power clashes with the power on this door, a pressure builds up, and in a short while, that shield made of golden light breaks, and the door turns into a liquid-like state.

As the three of them pass through the door and enter the room, the entire room fills with golden light, and the sound of laughter begins to echo...

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