Episode 1
The Wadera (tribal lord) was deeply disturbed.
Who was that man?
Then suddenly, he remembered where he had seen him before.
He was one of Hami Shah the dacoit's men.
The Wadera had seen him in the desert when they went to capture Mulsak.
After Hami Shah's death, that man must have lost his source of livelihood—
So now he had come here.
It was actually a good thing for the Wadera.
Now he had another man who could help capture that venomous being.
The Wadera had made up his mind.
Instead of going himself, he would send a few men into the desert and have that poisonous man killed on sight.
This plan had come to him only after seeing that man.
Otherwise, he was so afraid of Mulsak that he wouldn't even step out of his mansion.
He had made his decision.
A few days later, he sent ten of his men into the desert.
He lured them with a promise of handsome rewards and gave them strict orders:
"Don't even try to capture him alive. The moment you see him — shoot to kill!"
Following Wadera's instructions, the men reached the desert during the day.
They pitched tents and rested to recover from the journey.
This time, they came well-prepared.
As soon as night fell, they began searching for the venomous man.
They spread out in groups of two to four, scanning the desert in different directions.
They carried modern guns and bundles of rope.
Driven by greed for the promised reward, they had thrown themselves into the fire.
Although they were well aware…
Capturing that poisonous man was nearly impossible.
Still, the Wadera's threat — and the greed — had forced them into the desert.
They wandered through the desert the entire night but found no trace of any human being.
The next day, they packed up and moved to the other side of the desert.
They rested during the day and began the search again as night fell.
They were a total of ten men, divided into groups of two, each pair walking at a distance where they could assist one another if needed.
They searched until midnight.
But they neither found that poisonous man —
Nor any other human soul in the entire desert.
Before dawn, they returned to their tents, rested till 9 AM, then set out again.
By sunset, their search was again in vain.
Frustrated, they returned to camp.
That night, they headed out once more.
They had barely gone far when two of them saw him.
He appeared so suddenly —
As if he had risen from the earth itself.
Before they could react, they were dead.
He was in front of them…
But they didn't know that someone just like him had crept up behind them.
Mulsak grabbed one of them.
Vasuri silently sent the other to eternal sleep.
The same fate awaited the rest of the men.
Mulsak spared only one man.
He ordered him to leave the desert.
Looking deep into his eyes with a strange, ominous tone, Mulsak said:
"I will come…"
Whether the man understood or not —
He didn't look back.
Staggering and trembling, he reached Wadera Allahdad the next day.
The moment Wadera saw his terrified face —
He realized something had gone terribly wrong.
With a shaky voice, the man told Wadera everything.
Then folded his hands and pleaded:
"Sain… please, take my advice — forget about him.
Otherwise… the loss will be too great."
They had left behind their vehicles and supplies in the desert.
The next day, Wadera sent police officers and some of his men into the desert.
They returned with the blackened corpses of the men, along with their weapons and vehicles.
Wadera asked the lone survivor to go back with them —
But the man begged and wept, pleading not to be sent.
Wadera, seeing the terror in his heart, didn't force him.
Perhaps the Wadera understood:
If that man was forced to return —
He might die from sheer fear.
What no one knew was:
Though the vehicles had returned from the desert —
They had brought death along with them.
Meanwhile…
Mulsak and Vasuri were back at their hideout.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of footsteps above.
Mulsak quietly slithered up to the surface and peeked out.
He saw several armed men passing by.
He assumed they were travelers —
Probably just passing through.
Feeling reassured, he went back down and informed Vasuri.
When night fell, they both came out and wandered in a direction.
After some distance, they were startled —
A group of men was approaching them with guns in hand.
Mulsak barely contained his rage.
His eyes glowed like burning coals.
"They've come to die again,"
He thought, and quickly hid Vasuri at a safe distance.
Then he lay flat on the ground and covered himself with sand.
Soon, two of the men came very close.
As they approached Mulsak's position —
He sprang up from the sand and confronted them.
They froze, but it was too late.
Mulsak had already pounced on one.
At the same moment, Vasuri emerged from behind and grabbed the other.
In seconds — they were both writhing on the ground, dying.
The same happened to the rest.
Only one man, seeing them, dropped his gun and raised his hands.
It was his good fortune that he survived.
As he dropped the weapon, Mulsak halted his steps.
He told the man to leave.
"I will come…"
Mulsak told him again.
Who knows whether the man understood or not —
But he never looked back.
Two days later, others arrived —
But only to retrieve the bodies and vehicles.
Mulsak's Revenge Begins…
Mulsak left Vasuri at the hideout
And clung to the underside of one of Wadera's returning vehicles.
He arrived undetected at Wadera Allahdad's mansion.
His eyes still carried the image of the Wadera —
And his resolve was clear:
He would reach him.
But day after day, circumstances kept him trapped.
He could not yet act.
And it was the Wadera's own misfortune that,
By sending his men into the desert,
He had sealed his own fate.
The vehicles were parked in a large garage beside the mansion.
Mulsak crawled out and hid in a nearby room,
Waiting for nightfall.
Vasuri's Memories…
Alone in her shelter, Vasuri was lost in thought —
Reflecting on the century she had survived.
In that hundred years, she had faced many trials and storms.
There were moments when she truly believed it was her last day —
But each time, she survived.
Eventually, she lost track of how long she had lived.
When Vasuri was born, she wasn't alone.
She had many siblings.
Just as she opened her eyes —
Her own mother tried to devour them all.
Vasuri and several siblings escaped from their mother's coil of death.
She was born in the ruins of a very old house,
Far from any trace of human civilization.
After escaping, she never looked back.
Dragging her tiny body, she just kept moving.
She traveled for days, rested briefly, then journeyed on.
Months later, she reached a desolate mountain region.
She had no idea where she was going —
Nor did she recognize the paths.
Perhaps her destiny was an endless journey.
While passing through that wasteland,
She saw another creature — one just like her, around the same age.
He was ahead of her.
Vasuri quickened her pace and reached him.
He looked at her once, hissed softly, then continued walking.
She hissed back — and followed.
He eventually stopped near a tree with a hollow trunk.
He looked back once more, then disappeared into the hollow.
Vasuri followed.
They lived together for some days.
Then one morning, the creature left and never returned.
Vasuri waited for three days.
But he never came back.
Maybe he went elsewhere.
Or maybe… a human killed him?
Disheartened, Vasuri left and resumed her journey.
She wandered for years —
Meeting many like her, but never staying.
She could no longer remember how long ago she reached this desert.
But she knew this:
Time, seasons, and fate had all shifted many times.
This desert, once vast like an ocean, had now shrunk.
Human settlements had gradually overtaken the land.
Still, Vasuri remained here.
She made this desert her home.
Back then, no villages or towns surrounded it.
Over the years, many came to capture or kill her —
All failed.
She faced many humans —
But survived every time.
Now, this desert was hers.
She often lay under the cool night sand,
Gazing into the vast, changing world.
That night too, she lay on the sand —
When suddenly, she felt a strange stir in her body.
Her limbs grew numb.
She felt as though… her end had come.
But then —
A strange change began in her body…
(To be continued…)
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