It was full morning and we were in the forest path.
We were still uncertain in which territory we were Malwa or Jejukabhukti. But seeing that we do not come across any hill and there is a forest here, my men says that we have reached Jejukabhukti.
We need to just wait until a city comes but here we can't see even a village.
"If this continues then we need to live in dens lord general", said Krishnaraj jokingly.
Some soldiers even took this seriously and started panicking but Abhisar handled the situation.
Seeing Abhisar taking part and bonding with soldiers makes me feel good. I came to him to talk.
"Why are you not on your elephant today".
"You told me to keep the elephants forward and I told my men to look out because I wanted to stay here, I have a bad feeling about it".
"Hahahaha what would happen someone will ambush us".
"I don't know but lord Jagannath always gives hints to us mortals it is our responsibility to understand them".
I just reassured him nothing wrong will happen how can anything wrong can happen we are in a forest.
I don't know but then I had a feeling I can't tell and don't know what that feeling is it was just like sensing something from this conversation.
Raghuvir noticed and came to check it but I told everything is fine.
Half hour, half hour straight my heart was pounding like a drum.
It was like Abhisar said Allah was trying to tell me something what I don't know but yeah something was gonna happen and to make sure nothing happens I made sure we are protected.
Then I just stepped down from my horse and just started thinking then prince Mahendr came from behind and put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Ahhh friend what is bothering you I am seeing this for over a half hour what happened"?
"I don't know your highness but something is not feeling right".
"See the thing is we feel sometimes that something is going to not be right and you know that's not in our hand but it's human nature, I also felt the same when my son was about to born but when I first saw him and held him I knew everything was right and I was overthinking the same is happening to you my friend".
Then I understood that everything was right and I was overthinking and let my guard stay down.
Then I noticed and said, "Wait my prince why are your host only consisting three people"?
"Rest of them are had warrior's death during Shankargan's ambush". During this we were laughing on something.
Then everything changed it felt everything was happening in slow motion I before I noticed the three remaining guards had a arrow in heads and then a assassin wearing black robes came from behind and with his full might he hitted a mace at Prince Mahendr's head breaking his whole back skull and damaging his brain even something before I can do he tried to attack me but Abhisar reacted and pulled him and many black robed assassin came and a small confrontation started.
I fell and took prince Mahendr on my lap.
"Mahendr MAHENDR don't do this wake up YOU DAMN PRINCE".
"Y-ya-y-"
"Yes, yes talk to me".
"V-vi-vi".
Then he became quite I checked his breath....he was gone Prince Mahendr was no more between us.
Everything started to become blurry and all my happiness and peace was just gone in an instance.
On other hand my soldiers took down assassins remaining one was coming to me but was shoot from arrow it was not mine but on some one from behind.
It was Chandel soldiers one of the commanders came to me and angrily said, "What have you done, now you must present yourself before our king and please co-operate or the Empire will hunt you.
In an instance everything was destroyed.