Father and son

Above Vimana, the omnipotent God sensed something amiss. It was like a flaw appearing in a perfect piece of jade, or a venomous snake swimming into a school of fish. The God carefully examined his own power and determined the problem: he himself was still flawless, but a deficiency had appeared.

Did the Ashwatthama fail?

The god murmured to himself, then cast his gaze upon the Daichi beneath his feet. His emotionless mind calculated, weighing the pros and cons.

"The remaining three generals, move out. We don't need you anymore."

"Hey, is this really a good idea? In this situation, continuously deploying troops isn't exactly good news, is it?"

"No need to worry, the calculations are already done." The black God of the End reached out his hand, the light contracted, and a pitch-black vortex gradually emerged.

"You don't need to defeat it, you just need to eliminate it."

The man holding the crossbow looked at the thing, grinned, and sighed, "How heartless. Well, what can you do when Heroic Spirit are like this?"

A flash of light, and the three figures vanished.

On the road outside Sweetness City, Nan Di, galloping Duryodhana on his horse, was extremely anxious. He dared not imagine what would happen if Yudhishthira reached Hastinapura. Putting aside everything else, his throne would be absolutely in jeopardy.

No matter how much debate there is, it cannot defeat the visible hand of Bhishma.

Therefore, I must be quick. Yudhishthira didn't bring Arjuna and Bhima, so he definitely can't be fast. If I can catch up and kill Yudhishthira, there's still a chance.

The next moment, a sharp arrow came flying. Duryodhana's pupils contracted sharply, and he grabbed his iron pestle to knock the arrow away. But at the same time, his warhorse let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground with a thud. An arrow had pierced through the throat of Duryodhana's warhorse from the front.

"Damn it, archers again! How many archers are lurking in these godforsaken mountains? Karna, come out here! Stop hiding! You're already stronger than me, and now you're resorting to sneak attacks! You bastard, you've gone too far!"

Duryodhana roared angrily, and soon, a strange sound rang out. It wasn't the sound of human footsteps, but the sound of a snake. Duryodhana looked up and saw a half-human, half-snake figure appearing in the tree, holding a longbow that looked quite extraordinary.

"Takshaka?"

"Yes, you idiot, you actually think that person will attack you? You're incredibly stupid."

"You were the one who attacked me last time? Snake King, how dare you challenge Duryodhana, even attacking the Crown Prince of Hastinapura? Aren't you afraid my Hastinapura will raze this place to the ground?"

Takshaka times, his face filled with mockery and contempt:

"So you do know that Khandava Forest wasn't conquered by an army. You recklessly dumped Karna here, treating my ancestral homeland as a piece of land you arbitrarily granted." Takshaka threw the scroll that Dhritarashtra had written for Karna years ago in front of Duryodhana.

"That Karna fellow is alright as a neighbor. But that doesn't mean I forgive the King of Hastinapura for his stupidity and offense."

And you, how dare you just swagger in like that? What do you take me Takshaka? Air?

"Foolish thing! You're only concerned with what's in front of you and can't even think further. I thought that the Hundred Sons of Dhritarashtra was opposed to the Pandavas of Pandita, would be someone capable, but it seems he's nothing more than a naive infant."

Duryodhana staring at the scroll before him for a long while, he let out a sneer.

"Ha, what is it? So it was all because of this? You bastard, you made me go through all this trouble, and it turns out it was you."

The veins on Duryodhana arms and legs bulged, and in the next moment, he unleashed tremendous power. His war pestle moved in Takshaka's arrows. In a single exchange, Duryodhana was directly in front of Takshaka. The Serpent King stretched out his hand, his arm transforming into a venomous snake, and bit Duryodhana's chest. Takshaka's venom was extremely potent, and seeing that this attack had succeeded, he immediately revealed a confident smile.

He wasn't the only one to show this smile. With a soft sound, Duryodhana's clothes were torn open, revealing a suit of golden armor that blocked the serpent king's poison.

"What..."

"I had to go through a lot of haggling to get this from Drona, you idiot! Standing in front of me like that, do you think I'm someone easy to deal with? Die!"

As Duryodhana's iron pestle was about to fall on Takshaka's face, suddenly, a bolt of lightning, like a javelin, struck Duryodhana. His whole body trembled violently, and his bones could be clearly seen in the lightning. With a loud bang, Duryodhana was sent flying.

"Damn it... who?"

"Damn it? Is this your prefix for God? Demon incarnation." A cynical voice rang out, and Duryodhana broke out in a cold sweat. Looking at the god-like man before him, he belatedly realized why Khandava Forest had never been attacked: because the snake king Takshaka there was an ally of Indra.

"That's outrageous! I clearly won just now. Don't you have any shame? You actually used the power of a god during the battle."

"I'll return those words to you verbatim: Who rallied the gods and sought their power to attack Sweetness City?"

Duryodhana clearly hadn't expected this Heavenly Emperor to be so eloquent, and was immediately speechless.

"If you allow yourself to squander your wealth to acquire the power of the gods and use it in human wars, then don't blame others for doing the same. If you fight with knives and bare hands, then don't expect your enemies not to carry knives... Forget it, it's a waste of breath to talk to someone like you."

So, do you want to continue? Fight with me.

Duryodhana the slightest hesitation, he fled without looking back, his speed even faster than when he was riding a horse.

Upon seeing this, Indra's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He wanted to kill this scoundrel sent by the evil god Kali to wreak havoc on the world, but in the end, he shook his head.

"Killing a child in front of his parents is a sin. Let this guy face his retribution. You did very well, Takshaka." Indra casually put away the precious bow. This thing naturally did not belong to Takshaka, Takshaka did not know how to use a bow at all.

"My lord, regarding that recommendation..."

"Look at you, so anxious. Don't worry, I'll talk to that guy Kama when I get back."

Hearing Indra's assurance, Takshaka smiled and left. Indra watched his retreating figure and shook his head helplessly.

Being a father is really not easy.