Hunt for Survival

Second Last Level

No one’ s POV

He was sitting on his throne and was enjoying the game which he was playing in front of him and he was in glee at seeing the two people who are the pawn in his game pawns. There is still a difficulty and that is that they were not really a pawn, but the fighter who had come so far. That is one of his concerns.

Someone came inside the room where he was present and when she entered she saw that the king was enjoying the show, but she also knew that this was just a mask behind his terror. She came forward and saw what the king was looking at and she got it that it was an illusion trap which was set up by the king and this is one of the powerful illusions which only the king knows and he is the specialist in, and this illusion trap can never harm him, because he knows the antidote to this problem.

This illusion trap is not at all a normal one. Even the people living over there can never get out of this illusion. This illusion uses feelings and traps them when they are unable to understand if what they are seeing is true or false. If they can’t differentiate, then the illusion makes them faint or puts them in a coma but never kills them instantly. After a certain day, they automatically lose their life if they do not wake up in that period and that is 12 days.

“My lord, they have got inside the trap.” She said and the king also heard her, but the amusing thing which was present in front of him wasn’t ready to make him leave.

“They are already in my trap but it is still not confirmed if they will eventually come out or not.”

“But my lord, your trap is the most powerful one, it uses their deepest pain to control them and…” He cut her off.

“Uh..huh...everyone knows that everything has its pros and cons and even if my trap is the most powerful one, then it also has one of the weaknesses which people rarely possess and that is controlling their emotions and differentiating between the real and fake. They both have just entered and I think that they both are as sensitive about their pain as I think.” She is aware of this weakness but till now there was no one who had been able to come out of it or even from the coma. This is naturally the king’s win.

“My lord, as you have experimented in the past, there are none of the results which were positive. There was no one who was able to come out of this, so I think that it is natural that you are winning.”

“Don’t be so impatient, my dear little minister. The result isn’t still in our hands. I won’t make the same mistake as the previous one made. He had underestimated me but he saw where he had landed, under the ground. I won’t make the same mistake and think that they are feeble men who can’t even differentiate between them.”

“What if they both come out of this trap?”

“Then I have to be prepared for the worst. None of my army was able to bring that knife back to me. I want that knife so badly.”

“What if one of them comes out?”

“If one of them comes out, then I have another plan with me, but I prefer that this boy who is carrying my knife should be the one to fall in a coma, then it would be easy for me to take away the knife from him and before you. As to what would happen if none of them came out, then the answer is that it would be very easy for me to destroy them.” She didn’t say anything. Even though this king is purely evil, he still is the most intelligent one and checks his every move. But these two were the ones who had crossed half of his trap, but now they are in the biggest trap, though there are more traps ahead, but this trap is one of the most dangerous ones.

“Prepare the troops of mine. If they fall in a coma, then bring them over here and put them in the cell. This illusion will fade away when they fall into the trap or come out of the trap. If they come out, then attack them instantly, without giving them a single chance.” If there is nothing more then, you can leave. I still have to see my fun.” She bowed while the king once motioned his hand and she went out of there.

She knows, in fact, everyone in the castle knows her desire for the deity knife. There is one person who doesn’t know about this and even a newcomer knows about this. The giant who had been taking care of this, was repeatedly threatened to hand over the knife, but he didn’t budge from his decision and kept firm on his words and never handed the knife to the king, and the king also couldn’t do that, because there was a spell which was bound to both of them. If the knight is to die, then the knife will also destroy itself until it finds its known owner and this spell was given by the deity itself. They couldn’t take away the knife because the knife was possessed by the evil powers as well and the evil powers were way too heavy on them and that is why it is still over here in this forest.

“There lies death in greed and he is aware of this and yet he is willing to walk on this. There was a motive in his heart or he really desired that he could really possess the knife.” She said to herself, and went back to her work while the king was still looking in the water where he could see both of them, and while looking at them losing their, was, the great entertainment for him, and when he, that Prash, had let, his emotion win, there, he started to, sunk in the trap and there only he fell into the coma but on the other side the king was concerned and was also worried because Shaurya wasn’t allowing himself to drawn in the pain which he had received in his past. He was determined and had also found that it was just an illusion which was holding him back and, after that, when he fought with those illusions, he found the way to come out and there a lot only knew that this person was the one who was rare and had the stamina to defeat him.

Though this would scare him, he felt pleased with Shaurya’s performance and was ready to face him.

“This boy is something. He possesses some power which he doesn’t know. That is why, without knowing what could be the antidote to this illusion, he was able to come out of this illusion. He can control his emotions and knows that his past is just brought the past and people in the past can’t be brought into the present, but I feel pity for the other boy, though he is also strong. But he is sensitive because of the deprived love of his parents. No problem, you will my bait for the other. If the fight has to be begun, then let’s begin with this. This is the second and last level of yours and the final level will be played in this castle only. I won’t kill you in between, but I want to enjoy this show more. Let’s meet up at the final level Shaurya Trivedi.” He said and laughed like a maniac.

“I guess now we should execute our plan as we had decided for every circumstance.” He heard a voice and looked at her and he smirked. He stood up from his throne and went towards her and put his hand around her waist and pulled her closer.

“Why not? I am eagerly waiting for their death.”

“I know that my king would be the one who would win this game.”

“For you, I will win this game.” After that, he left her and went forward and stopped on his way.

“Wait for a few hours, I am going first. Then, when I signal, then only you would appear.” She smirked.

“As you wish, my lord.” She bowed while he didn’t even glance at her back. She is used to this coldness of his, but she knows that as much as he tries to show that he is cold for her, he is warm and will always remain warm and, even if the end result doesn’t be in their favor, then the show would love to be with him at his death as well.

Their love might not be so much in public and she is hidden beneath his image, but she is satisfied with it. As long as she can be with him, she is okay with anything. Only the castle people know her and recognize her as queen and the outer world is still unknown about this fact.

The king was coming out of the castle and was enjoying everything. Though he knows that the survivor of his illusion is not an easy person, as he knows that any enemy of his can’t be underestimated at all and this one can’t be at any cost. He also knows that the last level of this whole thing would be out of anyone’s imagination, but he is preparing himself for then.

“Now that you have come out of my illusion, then I won’t be taking you as a mouse, but I am taking you as only myself. This second, last level, it all depends on you, though I don’t want to kill you on this level, as I desire you to come to the final level where the real battle will emerge. But this is also not. It, because this level will be easy or hard, surviving or dangerous,, conflicting or saving, it all depends on you and even if I won’t be able to kill you further so what I would readily enjoy seeing you die.” He smirked and said a few spell and a light come out of him and then he was transformed into someone else and that someone else wasn’t anyone but Prashant only.

“You have broken open my illusion of emotions now. I want to see if you can make yourself escape from this illusion of mine and if you won’t be able to, then I am afraid that your friend, you won’t even have twelve days with you but an instant death.” He mumbled and even the guards who were hearing him were shaking with fear. They all know where their boss lies and up to what he is capable of and none of them has that kind of power by which they could defeat him.

There are people who are tired under his rule, but even the sweat is afraid to come out when he is around. Those people are just hoping for a miracle to come and seeing the spell which he had used just now indicates that their miracle is soon going to be fulfilled. There is actually someone who is threatening him.

“Shaurya Trivedi, Now the game is about to begin and I will help you reach the final level.” He said to himself and laughed evilly. “Though I don’t know what would happen, I would surely help you, getting dead in between, but, would also try to save you so that I could have some fun for myself.” After saying that he went away in the direction from where he will execute his plan.