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Ballads Of Nirvana
Chapter 21
Part 3
“Thank you, Princess. You have done more than I asked for.” The Queen said as she took Indriya’s hand into hers and held them. Her hands were cool and warm at the same time. “I have gathered some allies to you from my court, you will find them once you go to Bhadra. And you will never see me again.”
And then she was gone. Little did Indriya know, she was definitely going to see her again, but at least she was sorted for now. She opened her eyes and smiled, smiled because she had to train with Agni now, but she was not sure if the Prince would come for their practice after what had happened the previous night so she went out on her own.
She ran for sometime and practiced the stances for sword fighting and then took the bow and arrow. She was becoming consistent and fluid with the sword but the bow and arrow, she noticed Agni was so much better with that. Daggers were not a problem at all, and if she had two of them she was doing much better. The metal was not what gave her a problem, what did give her a problem was her own power.
For weeks now they had been working on her power, but too soon it took her strength up so much that she would always find herself strained and drained by the end of one session. She couldn’t even summon her strength by herself no matter how much she coaxed, bullied or threatened it. It never showed itself unless Agni punched her or kicked her. So this time she tried to summon it by herself, she crossed her arms over her chest and fell backward, a trust fall, and there it was, humming softly beneath her, but it didn’t last for long. The shield disappeared before she got up so Indriya fell to the...
Part 3
“Thank you, Princess. You have done more than I asked for.” The Queen said as she took Indriya’s hand into hers and held them. Her hands were cool and warm at the same time. “I have gathered some allies to you from my court, you will find them once you go to Bhadra. And you will never see me again.”
And then she was gone. Little did Indriya know, she was definitely going to see her again, but at least she was sorted for now. She opened her eyes and smiled, smiled because she had to train with Agni now, but she was not sure if the Prince would come for their practice after what had happened the previous night so she went out on her own.
She ran for sometime and practiced the stances for sword fighting and then took the bow and arrow. She was becoming consistent and fluid with the sword but the bow and arrow, she noticed Agni was so much better with that. Daggers were not a problem at all, and if she had two of them she was doing much better. The metal was not what gave her a problem, what did give her a problem was her own power.
For weeks now they had been working on her power, but too soon it took her strength up so much that she would always find herself strained and drained by the end of one session. She couldn’t even summon her strength by herself no matter how much she coaxed, bullied or threatened it. It never showed itself unless Agni punched her or kicked her. So this time she tried to summon it by herself, she crossed her arms over her chest and fell backward, a trust fall, and there it was, humming softly beneath her, but it didn’t last for long. The shield disappeared before she got up so Indriya fell to the...
