As dawn broke, Pinaka and party started their journey . . they ascended the Vindhya mountain range and started going into the thick forest . . they were traveling towards the heart of the forest . . they travelled roughly for three hours before reaching the huge cave in the mountain where the tribe lived . .

The person who guided them here descended from the horse and asked them to wait here . . he went into the cave alone, after some time, he came back along with two other men . . together they invited Pinaka and party to come inside the cave . .

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They entered it and a sense of horror filled their minds . . there were snakes everywhere . . the snakes were coiled and lying there . . hissing lazily . . there were many varieties of snakes there . . most poisonous king cobras, mighty pythons, etc . but none seemed to notice these people coming in . . they were relaxed and some of them were hibernating . .

Looking at their expression, the Takshaka tribe people laughed, the person who guided them said, 'please follow me . . . you are our guests, the snakes will not harm you . . . they are our friends . . we co-exist peacefully . . ' Raj guru looked at the snakes and smiled, 'of course . . this is how mother nature wanted all of us to co-exist . . . but under the pretence of civilization, men drifted away from nature . . we built a wall around us and we live in a cage while the animals are free . . ' Pinaka listened to his words and sighed, what an insight . . they lived ahead . .

In the center of the cave, they saw a heavily built person sitting on a high chair . . the chair was carved with wood and looked rough around the edges . . Pinaka understood that he must be the chief . . the chief looked at Pinaka and said, 'Prince, you know why I summoned you? centuries ago, your forefathers left a treasure with us . . . my ancestors swore to guard it . . we did our duty so far . . our sorcerer senses an evil presence lurking in our dwellings . . there was a report stating that a woman was possessed by that evil spirit for few days . . it was so powerful that once it left her, the body corroded away . . the person who witnessed this incident lost his mind . . . and he is under treatment . . ' Pinaka looked at him and nodded . . he said, 'chief, we thank you for guarding the treasure so far . . what is it that you suggest now . . ? ' the chief took a deep breath and said, 'move it away . . ' Pinaka looked at him incredulously, he said, 'but . . . this is not the treasure of Gupta empire alone . . how can I take it . . ' the chief looked at him and shook his head, he said, 'I didn't ask you to take it . . I said . . move it . . '