Chapter 74 - SHEILD

Ch-74

Shakti, elders, and the king and Queen were present in the ground. At that time, Bhairava entered the arena. 

Seeing his arrival, Shakti got up from her seat and walked to the middle of the ground. 

Shakti was wearing a maroon color, nine feet silk saree which has a mango design on it. She wore a gold necklace which was adorned with the fire opals. Her forehead was beautified with red vermilion making her look like goddess Parvathi! As she took a step forward her anklets made the sound "gal-gal-gal" in the deadly quiet arena making others gulp their saliva. If not for her icy look and the powers she owned many men would line up for her beauty. Shakti was a beauty in the Basilisk empire that everyone would wish to possess. She was not fair but her features were exquisite. Many men wanted to chase her but no one could match her power. She stood on the top of the hill making those men look inferior to her! Men don't like when they are lower than a woman. They have an ego called I am a man! Why should I bow to her! This ego overpowers them. They say, "In the end, she was still a woman! Who has to carry our child!'' This was the sentence Shakti heard from many men. And age is not a factor to her. Because she was already eighteen hundred years old. In their world, only power matters, and age is just a number to them. 

Shakti reached the middle of the ground. She crossed her hands in the form of an X-mark as she closed her eyes. She took a deep breath as she calmed her brain and started gathering the energy around her using the three elements around her. Suddenly everyone can see the air shield surrounding her. The air around her started to surround in a circular form while spinning around her. Everyone watched her as she attracted the air energy to her. This was not great to the elders because even they can do it. But what shocked them was the air started to turn into fog! This cannot be attained easily. In another few seconds, the earth element, the soil was attracted to her body. It directly stuck to her body soiling her skin, but in another ten seconds, it also started spinning around her while it mixed with the air. The soil was peeled from her skin while hurting her. Shakti felt her skin was peeling off, but she was used to the pain. If she can't even endure the pain she wasn't called KALI! Every single soil grain was peeled off from her body and rotated around her in the circular. She looked like a divine being to the onlookers as the white and brown layers started revolving around her. And not long after, trees peeled off with the roots and started spinning around her. The combination of white, brown, and green made her look like a goddess of power. 

"AHHHH!!!!" she screamed as she straightened her hands and kept them straight to the sky. Her palms were looking at the sky. She directed all the accumulated energy around her in the form of a shield around the whole arena. The arena was hundreds of hundred acres in width. If the elders and Bhairava fight, they would surely use the magic power. Basilisk people can withstand but there were normal people in their kingdom they can't withstand! So, she was making a shield using nature! So that even if they went out of control the shield would swallow it! When they are done fighting Shakti will let the shield infuse in her body. This shield since it was made of nature and can cover a large area, it contains a large amount of energy, this can increase her power! 

Shakti used her power to make the shield when she directed all the energy that accumulated around her in the sky, the shield was formed finally. But due to the shield, the whole arena was turned dark. 

"Haah!" she growled sending some power from her mouth to the shield. Soon, the shield turned transparent. 

Shakti left the ground after she was done with her work. She stopped in front of Bhairva and gave a smile. 

"Weakling, let's see how strong you were!" she said. 

Bhairava clenched his fist and gave a challenging look to her. "I will win!" he said through his gritted teeth. 

Bhairava entered the ground and took his stance. Shakti signaled the elders to go. 

"Elders! Everyone go! It's a battle of 1 vs 10!" she said with a mocking smile as she looked at Bhairava.

"Daughter! Were you trying to kill him?" Her mother asked. 

Shakti turned her sharp gaze towards her mother. 

"If it was not for you, would he turn out like this? Shame of you as a mother! You never cared about me! I thought you would change, after his birth! But you were the same! Since you failed to teach him! I am teaching him! You! The person, who never shared a single moment with their children doesn't have the right to order or question! Since you liked to be a glass vase behave like that! Don't question me!" she spat out viciously. 

The Queen was so angered to the point her eyes turned red. She tried to whip her, but Shakti was faster than her. She swished her hand and turned the whip turn into ice. The Queen felt her whole body was turning into ice! The Queen felt her cold was traveling to her bones! She can feel every cell inside her body turning into ice. If this goes on it doesn't take much time for her to die. It's a matter of seconds! 

"Shakti!" Shakti can hear her angry voice of her father. She retracted the energy she was using. 

"Royal Father! If she has not gone against their marriage! Bhairava would not be like this. Do you know what the priest said!? Huh? He said if Raudramukhi becomes the wife of Bhairava! There would be no clan who can go against our clan. Raudrmukhi was born with the blessing of the Goddess Shakti! Do you know there was a tattoo of goddess shakti on her shoulder! If she becomes a part of our clan, she would give birth to a child with the blessing of goddess shakti and shiva! Do you know what kind of loss the queen has brought to the clan!?" Shakti questioned fiercely. 

Her sound can be heard in the corners of the ground. She looked like the real goddess Kali! The elders, who heard her words stunned. 

The elders were displeased with the Queen's actions. All the eyes on the ground turned to her making the Queen shiver in fear. Actually, she liked Raudramukhi but that girl has a history with other man.. Even so she still disregarded it, but that girl refused to bow her head to her. How dare a mere human doesn't bow her head to her!? And she was her mother-in-law! She should listen to her and work like a slave to her! But she refused! She did things the way she wished! When she was dead, she was so happy that she doesn't need to have Raudramukhi as her daughter-in-law! But now the things were turned out in different way! When all eyes looked at her in an accusing way, she felt anger arousing from her veins! For fucksake! She was the queen of the Basilisk! Even though Shakti was the strongest in the clan! She was still her daughter! How dare she raise her voice against her!?