Chapter 82: Visha wakes up
Visha opened her eyes and a massive wave of pain swept all over her body. The Gaja had thrown her away with all its power, she landed several hundred metres away and judging from the reddish sky, she must have been unconscious for quite a while too. As she regained consciousness, every part of her body felt like she had definitely broken it. While groaning in pain, she inspected herself for any major injuries but to her surprise, there weren't any. Her body ached from the impact, but nothing was broken and no serious injuries at all. Her limbs were covered in scratches but nothing too severe. Visha thanked the goddess as she got up and tried to find her way in the forest. Every direction looked the same from where she was standing, finding her way back won't be easy. She headed to the direction she thought she was thrown from. But after walking for a while and not finding the clearing in which they had fought the Gaja, she knew she was lost and there was no possible direction to head towards. Visha let out a sigh as she saw no hope in wandering aimlessly.
Suddenly, an ear piercing cry resounded from behind her and she turned to see a small white object fluttering straight towards her. It collided with her and she fell as the white object landed on her chest. The pain from before returned as she let out a groan. Her body wasn't ready for any imapct at all.
Visha got a better look to realize that the white object was a swan! It was constantly crying out at her without moving at all. She saw one of its wings stained in blood as it kept on crying. It was hurt.
She held the creature gently and felt the smooth feathers as she stroked it. She stood up with the bird in her arms that wouldn't stop crying. Visha felt as if her ears would start bleeding and she tried to put it down but that seemed to make it worse as its cries became louder and more fierce. What does it want, she couldn't figure out till she heard a howl. Visha looked up to see a handful of Shunis running straight at her and she instinctively started to run away. As soon as she started running from the Shunis, the swan seemed to have calmed down. Is that what it wanted?
Visha started to think of another way as she leaped through the forest. Because there was no way of outrunning the beasts and they'd soon catch up. She brainstormed to look for ideas as she remembered the words of Priest Dravya. The creatures were not to be harmed, as they all seemed to be possessed or controlled. An idea came to her and she pulled out one of the vines hanging from a tree. She started to chant and tied a knot in the vine. After a few knots that covered the vine, she joined both its ends and tied the last knot forming a small ring. She stopped abruptly and threw it backwards in the air while chanting. The ring fell on one of the trees and as soon as the shunis passed from beneath it, a gust of wind swooshed through and created a barrier enclosing the Shunis inside. As the beasts howled and roared at her from inside it, Visha could finally take a breather. She had fought a Gaja just a few hours back and now the Shunis. At what awful star chart did she enter this godforsaken forest, she thought as she plopped down to rest. Her body had still not recovered from the impact of the fall from before and now she had to race around as well, she had reached her limit. The swan freed itself from Visha and started to walk away.
"Wait, Mr. Feathers!" she called out. But it ignored her and kept walking.
"Well, aren't you a grateful one?" Visha taunted as she saw its feathery back swaying side to side as it walked away. But the bird seemed to have heard her as it turned back and let out and angry cry before continuing to walk away. Did that bird just scold her? Maybe she should teach its feathery little thankless ass a lesson. She followed to catch it but it sensed her intentions and took a leap forward and looked back tauntingly at her. This seemed to have infuriated her further as she seemed determined to catch it and started to run after it. She had forgotten all about her exhaustion as chased Mr Feathers around. After following it for a while she saw the swan land on the surface of a pond and swim away. For some reason, this scene looked very familiar to Visha. She came out from behind the trees to get a better look and saw the beautiful scenery. The pond was large as she looked at the trees on its other side. It was so clean like a mirror reflecting everything clearly. It was surrounded by lush green trees that made it appear like a Heavenly Spring. She saw another swan at the lake swimming towards Mr Feathers.
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