"It is dark here..."
"Deep darkness..."
"Where are you, Jate?"
Siya's voice disappeared into the endless void.
There was no answer.
Only darkness.
An immeasurable darkness that seemed to stretch beyond space itself.
Back in Kashi, Siya's condition had become increasingly alarming.
Her body was drenched in sweat.
Heat radiated from her skin as though an invisible fire were burning beneath it.
Andy stared at her anxiously.
"Ali... she'll be alright, won't she?"
"Look at her. She's sweating so badly. Her entire body is burning."
Ali watched Siya carefully.
"I don't know, Andy."
"But I think Siya still hasn't understood what she's supposed to do."
"She's moving forward..."
"...but she doesn't know where this path is taking her."
Inside the darkness...
Siya continued walking.
There was no visible path beneath her feet.
Yet somehow, every step carried her forward.
She knew the darkness was leading her somewhere.
She simply didn't know where.
And she knew something else.
There was no way around it.
If she wanted the truth...
She had to keep walking through the darkness.
She had no other choice.
Ali looked toward the enormous golden barrier surrounding Kashi.
"Gurudev has completed the protective shield."
"Kashi is safe now."
He paused.
"No..."
"It's more than safe."
"The barrier has become so powerful that any dark entity attempting to touch it will be incinerated by its energy."
Clara's eyes remained fixed on Siya.
"Then we should focus on her."
"We need to put her in cold water."
"She's burning up."
"Perhaps Gurudev knows what is happening to her."
Andy nodded.
"You're right."
"We should ask him."
Before anyone could move—
A blur rushed toward them.
Trikala.
He reached Siya first.
Without wasting another second, he lifted her carefully and carried her toward the nearby sacred pool.
He lowered her into the cold water.
Then he turned toward the others, his voice filled with anger.
"What were you planning to do?"
"Wait until she collapsed completely before trying to save her?"
"Look at her condition!"
"Yes, she may be a goddess..."
"But her body is still human."
"She's suffering!"
"Who knows how long she's been enduring this?"
He pointed toward Siya.
"You always put her first, don't you?"
"Then why did you have to think so much before helping her?"
Andy snapped.
He grabbed Trikala by the collar and pulled him closer.
"Watch your voice."
"And watch your words."
"We know what we're doing."
"Don't pretend you suddenly care about her."
"You've spent your entire existence manipulating people whenever it suited you."
"Stay within your limits."
Trikala stared back at him.
Andy tightened his grip.
"Don't test me."
"Andy."
Ali's voice was firm.
"Calm down."
"Let him go."
Andy hesitated.
Ali continued,
"He was right about one thing."
"We shouldn't have waited."
"Looking at Siya's condition..."
"We should have cooled her body immediately."
Andy finally released Trikala.
Ali turned toward the sages.
"But we still need to speak with Gurudev."
"We need to understand exactly what is happening to Siya."
"This isn't ordinary meditation."
"Something inside that spiritual realm is affecting her physical body."
Not far away...
Ashwatthama had been silently watching Trikala.
His expression was unreadable.
He turned toward Maharishi.
"Mamashri..."
"What will happen when the truth is finally revealed?"
"What happens when the secrets can no longer remain hidden?"
He paused.
"What if someone's desire..."
"...turns into obsession?"
Maharishi remained silent for several moments.
Then he answered.
"These are dangerous times, Ashwatthama."
"Do not think the end of the Kali Yuga will simply be a battle between Kalki and Kali."
"It will be a reckoning."
Ashwatthama listened carefully.
"The demons will be questioned."
"The gods will be judged."
"Humanity will have to answer for its actions."
"And even the animals..."
"...will receive justice."
His eyes became distant.
"Every action will have a consequence."
"Every injustice will demand an answer."
"Every forgotten voice will finally be heard."
Ashwatthama lowered his gaze.
"And Krishna?"
Maharishi's expression became solemn.
"Even Krishna..."
"...will have to rediscover Himself."
"He will have to find His own path."
"Not because He has forgotten who He is..."
"But because every divine existence must eventually confront its own truth."
He looked toward the sky.
"The gods themselves will witness something that creation has seen only once..."
"...and will see only once again."
Ashwatthama remained silent.
Maharishi continued.
"The end of the Kali Yuga will not be beautiful."
"It will be terrifying."
"It will be painful."
"And it will be unlike anything this world has ever witnessed."
"But perhaps the strangest part..."
"...will come afterward."
"The new world will not remember the old one completely."
"The bloodshed..."
"The suffering..."
"The fear..."
"The countless battles..."
"Most of it will disappear into the forgotten layers of time."
"What will remain..."
"...will be the stories."
"The arrival of Kalki."
"The fall of Kali."
"The final battle."
"The moment when every boundary of war was finally broken."
He looked toward Kashi.
"That moment will happen only once."
"And when it is over..."
"A new age will begin."
"An age that will not be forced to carry every wound of the previous one."
"The Kali Yuga will become a chapter..."
"Not a world."
"An ancient lesson..."
"Not an eternal curse."
Maharishi's voice became heavier.
"The lesson will be simple."
"Darkness has no limit."
"And therefore..."
"The end of darkness cannot be ordinary either."
He looked toward the horizon.
"One day, the universe will close the chapter of Kali."
"And when it does..."
"The world will turn the page."
"Not to repeat the past..."
"But to begin again."
Inside the darkness...
Siya suddenly stopped walking.
For the first time...
Something had appeared ahead of her.
A faint light.
A single point...
Burning in the infinite blackness.
Siya stared at it.
Then whispered—
"Jate...?"
The light flickered.
And somewhere beyond it...
Something laughed.