The earth rumbled every five minutes and flashes of light painted the night until it was bright as daytime. A gazelle or two would occasionally look towards the general direction of the commotion. However, the animals of the jungle had grown accustomed to the pesky little earthquakes and light shows. The animals had no idea that there was war going outside the boundaries of their forest. A war between humans and demons! Prince Karnakashyap had once been renowned for killing demons. His empire stretched from the great mountains in the north to the vast ocean towards south, and from the edge of the desert in the west to the edge of the mystic Kamarupa kingdom in the east. He had fought great battles on every terrain, in every climate, against every foe that existed in the veritable vastness of Bharatvarsha . Then, at the peak of his career, Karnakashyap fell in love. It would've been so convenient had he fallen in love with a princess or a chieftain's daughter. This sto