Five boys stood in front of Karna; their attire wasn’t much different from his: they wore off-white dhotis and angavastras diagonally across their torsos, and the loose parts were tucked into their waists.
Karna’s clothes only differed from them, that he was completely bare-chested and wore a yellow dhoti.
The youngest were two cute boys around twelve years old, standing next to the tallest boy in the center; he was around 5 feet 10 inches tall, an inch taller than Karna.
And on the tallest boy’s other side stood two more boys...
"Who’re you?! We have never seen you here before."
While Karna was observing them, the tallest boy in the center spoke, kind of coldly, in an ordering way.
Karna chuckled and crossed his arms.
" Why would I tell you who I am? And what with your tone? Do you own this place or something?" Karna asked, looking directly at the guy in the center, whose expression turned ugly.
The other four looked at each other in shock and worry.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!.."
"Came down, Bheem."
" Yes, yes, Brother Bheem came down and forgave that fool."
" Yes, yes, Brother Bheem has a big forgiving heart."
After a calm, smart-looking boy, the two youngest in the group– the twins said.
And the last one didn’t speak with the guy named Bheem.
He looked directly at Karna,
"Go run. Leave as soon as possible."
If Karna wasn’t wrong, this boy was Arjuna, as he was carrying a bow with him, the one who killed Karna in the mythology. Now he looked worried for him?
"No one is leaving; I will teach him some manners, then he can leave."
Bheem walked toward Karna. Others tried to stop him, but he didn’t listen to anyone.
"I give one chance to apologise", He said.
Karna chuckled.
"What if I don’t, you ugly thing?" Karna didn’t lie; this guy was the ugliest here, with a very wide forehead that wrinkled in anger and a heavy jaw, with dirt all over his face.
Huh?
Bheem raised his hand, grabbing his wrist, making Karna open his arms.
However, just then Karna shone in a golden light, his divine armor and earrings appearing in front of everyone.
"W-What?!"
" Who are you!"
" He has something given by the gods?!"
The boys behind Bheem exclaimed in surprise. But Bheem still didn’t let him go.
" You think this armor can protect you!" Bheem roared.
" Well, yeah", Karna shrugged.
He was a million percent sure no one here could even put a scratch on him, not even when the army of this Kingdom came.
"Good!.. Good!...huh?"
Bheem suddenly looked at him in disbelief.
"Were you doing something?" Karna asked, seeing his shocked expression.
"You! STOP MAKING FUN OF ME!!!"
"YEHHHHHHHH!!!!!?" Bheem shouted and grabbed his arm with both hands, gritting his teeth.
"Ah, what’re you doing?" Karna asked, scratching his cheek with a finger.
Well, of course, Karna, what was he doing? He was trying to crush his arm with his raw strength. Which was only possible in his dream.
Bheem’s face turned even uglier after getting humiliated again and again in front of his brothers.
"I can’t crush you," Bheem said, a smile appearing on his face. " And I won’t try because I’m not stupid!"
Oh, looked like his brothers had called him stupid enough times to put some sense into him.
"Wise choice. I thought you were dumb." Karna laughed. This guy’s sudden backing down surprised him, though. Guess not just him; even his four brothers looked even more shocked than when his armor appeared.
In mythology, Bheem was a character who was just thought of as eating and beating, not forgiving or backing down.
So what is happening here?...!!!
The shock wave echoed. And Bheem threw Karna forward into the sky. Karna shot with the speed of sound, like a cannonball flying, cutting the air.
"BOOMMM!!!!..."
Karna crashed to the ground, creating a loud impact. His body just didn’t stop there; it bounced after the first impact, crashing against some trees and breaking them after ten or so, before finally stopping.
That was fun.
He stood up laughing; not even a piece of dust was on him.
It seems true.
In mythology, Bheem had the strength of ten thousand elephants. With that strength, he threw him; Karna surely traveled some kilometers.
Sigh, that was going to happen.
People could throw him left and right if he didn’t have strength.
***
"Hahahahahaha!" Bheem turned to his brothers, laughing. " See the greatness of your brother. I’m the strongest."