Chapter 112 111. Super Affinity
The Surroundings felt like it was a piece fallen from heaven, Everything was beautiful and looked divine. Enchanting fragrant flowers were all over the place, Even trees were providing a smooth cold breeze.
This place is nothing but the secret hiding place of Karna, He at this moment closed his eyes and started chanting Gayatri Mantra.
"You the eternal one, the physical one, the source of life
oh adorable Sun God the brightest of all, clean my soul and purify me
enlighten me, inspire me and lead me to the right path in life."
When Karna started chanting this mantra, The beauty of the surroundings are the result of his chanting. His neck-length void-like hair was still wet but the moment changes started happening also in him.
His dark hair was a new moon night, Right not blazing with a golden glow just like a sun in the sky, His body also radiated divine glow and the warmth surrounding him.
The white Fox which he warped in the towel before sneaked close to him to enjoy the comfortable heat coming from his body, She just rolled close to him while keeping herself warped.
But Karna was unaware of this, He was just lost in the feeling of the soft first ray of sun hitting his skin, Because he just wanted to test this Mantra, He didn't activate the system EXP function, So there was no critical strike on EXP.
Hence why the system didn't jump up and pop notifications in his mind, Which was a good thing as Karna was enjoying this calm state of being a lot.
As time went by, The soft gentle rays of the sun became harsh and hot but for Karna, they were the same as before, His body also started secreting black goo like a chinese novel protagonist.
But unlike them, it's not the impurity of his body, Because thanks to his multiple special physiques, His body doesn't have any impurity left. Rather it was coming from his soul which still didn't have any enhancement.
As Karna was changing the mantra, Not only his body but also his soul was becoming pure and stronger, The Karma of his was also mixing with him, cleaning the cause of effect slowly from him.
Finally after chanting Gayatri Mantra 108 times, Karna no longer felt that sense of peace, Which means this is a limit for the day to chant this mantra, So he slowly opened his eyes which pupils right now also turned light golden.
Karna stood up from the boulder just to find out the boulder he was seating on was no longer there. It was melted away by the heat generated from his chanting, Surprising Karna.
'Strange, Why hasn't the system not jumped out now? Normally there should be few rewards given to me?'
After Karna came out of his shock, He could not help but think the system had not rewarded him anything, Which was not normal for the million-time crit system.
He always gets rewards for the tiniest thing he does, Though it's not mean much but the system didn't miss the rewards.
[Ding! Host you turn off the EXP function, So the system couldn't able to give any critical EXP, As for rewards, You need to get something to receive crit on that reward.
Your soul though was being cleansed, Yet to even scratch the surface of filth on it, So It did not qualify to get rewards yet.]
As always when asked the right question system to answer it, Thankfully Karna asked the right question and so he got his answer.
It's simple, If you get anything the system will give you crit on it. If the EXP function is on, System also gives a crit on it, But when these conditions are not met, It prefers to stay silent.
'Really? Why didn't you tell me this before?'
Karna talks to the system in his mind, Though he already figure it out all the basic functions of the system, He didn't know this requirement as the system never missed giving him rewards.
[......]
Silence! The system as always goes back to being silent, making Karna very frustrated.
But what can he do? So Karna just picked up his clean clothes and wore them while the dirty ones were put into the system inventory.
"Tell me your identity child or be ready to die."
Just when Karna was about to pick up the sleeping fox and dive into the river, A very creepy voice reverberated in the surrounding, That voice was very cold sending shivers down the spine of listeners.
It's just Karna didn't even flinch, He just looked around curiously searching for the source of the voice, There was not even an ounce of fear on his face.
And why would he fear? He was close to the water source, Which bent on his will and even went against its nature for him, Thanks to the super level affinity he has with water.
Plus there is the Sun in the sky, Which again he has the same super level of affinity, Again there are shadows which means darkness is around which is one of the three elements he has a super affinity.
So he does not have an ounce of fear, He has both offence and defence ready to face danger.
"Huh? Not afraid of me? Do you know who I am? Identify yourself or die. This is a final warning."
The voice once again rang but Karna though was not afraid but he was not a fool either, he was already in full-on alert mode, Thanks to the chanting of Mantra his senses also enhanced a little.
And because of that, when the second time the voice rang, Karna was quickly able to find the source of the voice, Which turned out to be coming from under the river.
Karna finding this out was not sure whether to cry or laugh, This guy was threatening him while he at any moment put an end to his life, What an irony.
"I am Karna, The son of Radha, Son of Suta and King of Anga, And the ally of Hastinapur kingdom."
Knowing that the culprit is in the water, Karna got a little confidence boost but still, he didn't want unnecessary bloodshed. If he can, He wants to avoid making enemies.
So he revealed his identity. If another person has mistaken him for someone, This is a clue that they have the wrong person, And they will go away.
If they don't, then that means this person came here for him, To which Karna didn't have to show mercy, He can go all out.
"Lier, How can you be king and Sut at the same time here in Hastinapur? Do you think I don't know how strict the Varna (caste) system is here?"
The voice roared as the water rose high off the river, threatening to break onto the shore but surprisingly even after the water level rose above the shoreline not a single drop was spilled on the ground.
Which was ignored by the 100-metre-long beast who had risen out of the river with his 100 heads and 200 sets of vertical eyes locked onto the figure of Karna.
Kaliya at this moment was very confused, He actually has no idea why he even revealed himself. All he had to do was to find the divine child and report back to his lord.
But when he looked at Karna there was a rare moment of softness in his poisonous heart. He knew that once he reported this back to his lord, This kid would be in grave danger.
Before he didn't care about the life of one single individual but this child is different. All his being not willing to see this kid getting harmed, There was a weird sense of goodness for him.
If not for the command his lord gave to him, He definitely ignored this child as he is not willing to put him in harm's way.
"You are right, Mr. Sperpant, Here is a very strict Varna system but I, being a king, was punished by the king, So I have to accept that punishment which makes me King Of Anga."
Karna wasn't terrified seeing this huge body of serpent rather he felt relief because serpents are considered as water dwellers and hence they will not harm him, But he was curious why a beast like him came here.
These beasts are forbidden to enter the human residency, They get their own forest outside each kingdom for it, Though sometimes some brave ones sneak into the human civilization.
But those who dare to sneak into Hastinapure then are not brave but stupid. Even if Mahamahim Bhishma is not present all the time in the kingdom, There is still Kripa, Another Maharathi rank warrior in the palace to deal with such invaders.
"Oh, You are that famous Karna, Then you are not the one I am looking for, It's not safe to be alone this far away from the village, Go back child."
Kaliya when he heard the story of Karna remembered the gossip about this, It made quite a turmoil then as Suta was titled as King by Hastinapur.
This story also proves that Karna is not the one he is looking for as the one he is looking for was not even born when that story took place, Hence Karna was out of suspicion.
Kaliya was happy about this, He turned back into his human form fearing he scared this child even more, And was about to leave.
"Did I say you can leave?"
But as he took a step, A even colder than his rang from behind him, He wanted to turn around but the water below his feet became solid, River was still flowing but he was stuck in it.
He wanted to say something but found that his body started becoming cold. To his horror he found out that the blood in his veins stopped flowing.
(A/N : Do you know humans have 60% of water?
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