In a room, a man dressed in black, half good-looking, sees the "Mission Failed" message. It doesn't take him long to understand that the Khurana family must be involved in this. No other reason came to his mind. Why his man, who was at the fifth level of the starter rank of cultivation, had failed—it was clear that the Khurana family had a hand in it.
He immediately calls the manager of his company. He says, "Your information is wrong. Behind that person, it's actually the Khurana family. No one from our team will take this mission, and one of our men is already caught up in this mess. I'd even say you should abandon this mission too. If the Khurana family comes after us, we'll end up losing everything we have."
Hearing this, the manager breaks into a sweat. He takes a handkerchief from his pocket and, wiping his sweat, says, "I understand. The one who gave the mission provided us with false information. So then, we are dropping this. Now, no member of our organization will pick a fight with them."
Saying this, the manager hangs up. Just then, he recalls the time when the Khurana family wasn't so famous and the family was still in hiding. Once, some terrorists had taken over a school. They had taken the children there hostage, planning to secure the release of their comrades.
But among those children was a boy from the Khurana family. He was only 8 years old, but he used his powers to defeat 50 to 70 terrorists. In this incident, 10 terrorists had also been killed.
When the police arrived to investigate the school after the incident was over, they found several walls broken and traces that couldn't have been made by any military weapon or ordinary object. Even the terrorists themselves didn't understand how they were defeated.
Although the entire incident had been recorded on the cameras installed there, a member of the Khurana family entered the school at that very moment and erased all the evidence. Even if the general public wasn't aware of these things, the news had spread in the underground world. It was in this way that the Khurana family emerged as one of the five biggest families in the country.
When people discovered this truth, the Khurana family stopped hiding and gradually began to come out into the open. That manager and his organization couldn't even think of going against such a family.
It is said that after that day, even that terrorist organization was wiped out within a week. In their company, this mission was placed on a blacklist—meaning now, if there is any mission related to Dharma Khurana or the Khuranas, it will not be accepted by this company. If someone wants a mission done, they should go elsewhere.
And on this side, when the demon leader attacks the coiled serpent with his spiked hammer, the strike directly hits the cave wall. The snake's eyes open just before the demon leader's weapon lands. This serpent, years ago, after being chased away by a human who struck it with a stick, had arrived at this place in a wounded state through a rat's burrow.
When it saw the purple pond, it felt a strange attraction towards it and came there. Gradually, while lying there, along with those skeletons and that burrow, due to this poisonous environment, it began to undergo changes. It had become three times its original size, and its speed had also increased dramatically.
Today, when it was attacked, it saw the attacker and, while falling, dodged the sharp spikes of his tool and slipped between them. It swiftly clung to that weapon.
Before the attack could hit the ground, the serpent had already climbed onto the weapon and, with its great speed, began moving forward. As soon as the demon leader's attention fell on the serpent, which had now come almost within reach of his hand, he immediately released the weapon from his hand.
However, the snake had already lunged forward with its mouth open. The demon leader pulls his hands back, but the back part of his palm gets grazed by the serpent's fangs.
Even though the snake hadn't bitten him directly, the scratch from its fangs was not something he could ignore.
He drew the sword strapped to his back with lightning speed, and before anyone could comprehend what was happening, he severed his own hand just past the palm, separating it from his body.
As soon as the severed hand fell to the ground, it began to turn black, making it clear how deadly the serpent's venom was. The demon leader had seen such injuries before, but what angered him more was that this snake proved to be cleverer than he had anticipated.
"It seems a human must have injured it and let it go. It has evolved by absorbing the divine power here. However, now that I am on this island myself—I no longer have to lower my defense to attack it."
His hands had now also stopped bleeding. Perhaps this wasn't a very difficult thing for a cultivator to do.
He points the blade of his sword towards the serpent and, with his eyes turning red, says, "You little snake! You will be punished for this insolence."
On this side, the serpent, seeing the edge of the sword, flicks its thin, pointed tongue. The demon leader grows even angrier at this sight.
His severed hand, his pain, and alongside that, the serpent—all of this was fueling his rage. Gripping his sword firmly in his hands, he swings it with a glint of vengeance in his eyes. Just then, a voice echoes from the final entrance of the cave—
"Is it becoming for an elder of a semi-demon family to torment a mere creature?"
As this voice arrives, two humans appear at the final entrance of the cave.
They were—Manasdev Khurana and Rakesh Khurana.
Hearing their voice, the leader of the demons, who is the 9th Elder of a semi-demon family, turns his attention towards Rakesh Khurana.