Seeing him like this, I was thinking about what I should even do, and the way he was staring at me, I was thinking about where I should even start because there was nothing I could think of. But I had to do something about it, or my life would be lying in pieces, so I took a deep breath and started speaking: "Well, we both know why I am here, and if we better cut to the chase, it will be more suitable, right?" Hearing my words, he also nodded while cautiously holding on to a knife-like object. Judging by his concerns, he was not able to see Antak and others but surely could feel their presence, so he was pretty cautious around me and spoke with a grin: "What do you want? As my time limit still remains, right? And besides that, I was just about to ask my goddess to take care of you so that you won't have that smirky face ever again!" Hearing this creep's words, I was feeling like I should have killed him, but thinking about the consequences, it would have been huge trouble, so I spoke in a sighful manner: 'See, brother, whatever your name is? I am not here for such a thing; in fact, I came to Rajasthan to take care of that Bhangarh fort because the nearby minister told me to. I came from Delhi, and if you disturb my work, then surely the minister is going to be quite angry, and I will suggest that you forget this competition thing, and I will give you low-level spirits as compensation, ok?" Hearing the name of the minister, his eyes turned quite wide, and he was now not looking that passionate about it, and I offered him souls because every exorcist knows that spirits are more valuable than any amount of money. So now I was hoping for him to just accept it without much more blabber, but this creep started to brag about himself and how scared I was of him. Surely if he didn't have a goddess, then I would have killed him right on the spot because he surely was not that interesting, but whatever, so I fixed the deal with him and took a promise from him that he won't summon his goddess because if she saw me this time, then I wouldn't be able to leave this place in a single piece. But as I was about to leave his house, his instruments of dark magic started to make a strange pattern on the floor, and the photo of the goddess started to shine. Seeing it, I was just thinking of a place to die; despite trying this hard to avoid her, I still came near her. But now also I had a chance because there were two methods of descending, first by possession and second by materialization. Materializing requires tons of energy, but possession only requires a little bit, so I was hoping that she would choose the possession method; otherwise, it would be real trouble, and soon the other guy started to show the signs of possession. While seeing it, I was quite relieved because possession doesn't allow the spirit to use its energy, or it could destroy the vessel, and thinking by their nature, it was a golden opportunity for me, so I started to plan the escape from here while telling Antak and others to get ready for escape, but as we were about to leave, the door slammed pretty hastily, and laughter started to cover the entire room. Hearing the laugh, I was pretty sure that she was the real deal, and now I couldn't escape from her, so I took a deep breath and spoke with a smile: "Greetings, Goddess Kali. Strange world, we met again, but this time you can't blame me, right? This time also it was your own devotee that brought it on himself, and see, this time I didn't even kill him, so we can talk peacefully, right?" Hearing my words, her laughter stopped, and the other guy's eyes turned red, and he started to speak: "What did I say before? What did I tell you before? To never get close to any devotee of mine ever again, but see, like always, you are still standing right in front of me. Guess you surely became cooky after last time, right?" Hearing her words and judging by the tone, I was quite sure that fight surely was meant to happen and there was no fucking way that I could even think about winning, so it was time for me to push the battle as far as possible, so I spoke while maintaining my composure: "Well, this case is not like last time because last time was more like an accident, but this time, this creep came to me and provoked me while testing my capabilities. Even then, I came to negotiate with him, so you can't be thoughtless like last time. So think, if I had to do something to him, then I would have killed him the moment he tried to test my capabilities; at such times when war is about to happen and beside it, you are putting more strain on his body than me. Please be thoughtful while using your powers, or you might end up killing him yourself!" Hearing my words, she surely was angry, but feeling his body, she also realized that his vessel was surely weaker than an average vessel, so she also settled at her place while feeling that the guy surely first came to me, but still she asked, "So why are you even here?" when you know the war is about to happen? Wait, don't tell me you are thinking about joining the war between deities, spirits, and demons!" Hearing her words, I sighfully nodded and spoke, "Well, that's why I am here in the first place. I am conquering the Palace of the monarch this night only with my spirits." Hearing my words, her eyes opened wide, but still she sighed and spoke: "So you also got to know about that thing. "Well, I thought that mortals won't be able to tell the difference between them, and at night they surely can't even come near it, but I guess you must have your own ways of dealing with them. But how are you even planning to capture that, because it links most of the spirit world around that hub, so there will be more spirits than you can count?" Hearing it, I smiled and spoke, "Guess goddesses even worry about bastards like me, right? to think that just a few moments back you were about to kill me if not for your devotee's vessel and now you're worrying about me. Guess even goddesses get strange, right?"
