Zulqarnain and Halul start sailing on the sea of Fire during the day time. (When the sea is in normal state aka watery state).

Zulqarnain and Halul keeps sailing for hours and still don't see any shore ahead. Soon Halul becomes impatient.

"Zulqarnain I think we should return back. Night will soon be upon us and this sea will turn into a Sea of Fire....burning us both to Death" Halul tells Zulqarnain.

"Halul... Allah is with those who are patient." Zulqarnain replies.

"But Zulqarnain, bravery is one thing and foolishness is another.... what if we don't find any shore before the sunset?" Halul asks.

"My Dear Halul..  if such happens then at least we would have died trying" Zulqarnain looks at Halul and answers with calmness.

"Oh Prince... If not about yourself.. At least of Princess Hayat... Her Love Story will die before it even begins" Halul tries his best to convince Zulqarnain.

"I am sure your Princess would have told us to keep going ahead too." Zulqarnain now answers with a smile.

"Uffff At least return back for my sake!! I haven't even married yet....and look the sun is already right at the top of our heads." Halul says while looking up to locate the sun.

"Still half a day left.. Sail ahead Halul....Sail Ahead." Zulqarnain now gets serious due to the gravity of the situation.

*******The Palace of Jaffar****

Najoomi looks into his magic crystal ball to locate Zulqarnain.

"hahaha*evil laugh*hahaha" Najoomi starts laughing upon seeing Zulqarnain sailing on the Sea of Fire.

"Why are you laughing?" Nadir Khan asks while sitting on his Throne.

The entire courtroom is empty as Nadir Khan had kept killing all the Ministers of Jaffar when they didn't want to join his evil plans.

"Jaadugar Badshah....hahaha.....Zulqarnain is stuck in the Sea of Fire and soon the sun will set and Zulqarnain will be engulfed by the flames of the Sea." Najoomi explains while looking into his magic crystal.

"Sunayna sent an ordinary man to stop me?....  I am NADIR KHAN.... THE CENTER OF ALL EVIL IN THIS WORLD...SON OF SATAN HIMSELF....hahahaha*evil laugh*hahaha" and both Najoomi and Nadir Khan start laughing.

Nadir Khan takes out his magic wand and reads a few magic words in his mind and all of a sudden a Strom appears in the Sea of Fire ,with the intension to stop Zulqarnain till the sunset.

****Back to the Sea of Fire****

"Zulqarnain look...!!! a storm is approaching us." Halul says while pointing towards the approaching black clouds.

"Calm Down Halul...and start rowing quickly" Zulqarnain tries get a grip of the situation.

For the next few hours Zulqarnain and Halul are stuck in the storm. It drowns them again and again till finally the storms moves on.

Zulqarnain and Halul swim back towards their ship and Halul instantly decides to lay down for rest. Both men now look extremely tired after fighting the storm.

"Stand up and start rowing or else get ready to be ROASTED." Zulqarnain forces Halul to stand up.

"Ohh Zulqarnain we are dead...what's left to fight now?" Halul loses his will to fight after realizing that within a hour the sun will be set.

"Start Rowing NOW" Zulqarnain says and both men muster up the remaining strength to continue their journey.

Ajlaf's dragons soon reach Zulqarnain and Halul.

"First a Storm and now Dragons" Halul starts moaning.

"Luck favours the Brave" Zulqarnain tries to motivate Halul with a smile.

Zulqarnain takes out his bow and aims an arrow at the dragons.
ZOOM!!!! it hits the heart of the first dragon and off it goes into the sea.

But there were too many dragons and too little arrows.

Halul takes Zulqarnain's place and starts rowing with both hands while Zulqarnain does his archery.

After a few hit and misses, Zulqarnain is left with one last arrow.

Now the sun was just a few minutes away from setting and the sea would soon turn a burning torch.

"Oh Allah help me." Zulqarnain recites this in his mind and shoots the arrow at another dragon. The arrow hits the chains of the Dragon in it's feet and the chains get broken.

"ugghh a missed hit"  Zulqarnain gets angry at his misfortune.

Now the sea starts turning into fire. Soon the fire starts approaching their ship.

"Death here we come." Halul starts getting goosebumps and soon the Fire is all around their ship.

To Zulqarnain and Halul's surprise the dragon who Zulqarnain had missed to hit, doesn't attack again and instead picks up Zulqarnain and Halul with it's feet at the last second before their ship catches fire and safely flies them over the Sea of Fire and onto the nearest Island.

There the dragon drops Zulqarnain and Halul and suddenly turns into human form.

"Who are you? How did you transform into a human? or should I say a dragon?" Halul asks that man.

"Oh Prince Zulqarnain I had heard a lot about you and today I have finally seen you...and I have realized that i heard about you is indeed the truth----." The man continues explaining to Zulqarnain.

"Oh Prince!!! I was not born a dragon. My name is Aslam, I was a soldier in the army of our late King. But when the King died, His son Ajlaf bowed down to Nadir Khan, The Jaadugar Badshah.... and in return Nadir Khan rewarded Ajlaf with a few bits of evil power. We locals tried to fight back against Ajlaf but his magic was too strong and then he transformed all of us into dragons and chained us... Today you broke down my chain and set free. I am forever indebted to you... Oh Great Prince."  the man narrated his tale before Zulqarnain.

"I thank you for saving us..or we would have died in that sea" Zulqarnain tells Aslam and then the man walks off after saying his Salaam.

After resting for a while,  Zulqarnain and Halul manage to reach Evil's Den, where a sword is kept. Only this sword can kill Ajlaf. Zulqarnain tries to get the sword but hands come from beneath the ground and try to stop him. Ajlaf appears with his soldiers. There upon a fight starts , and at the last minute, Batila, the shadow princess appears and captures Zulqarnain's shadow and makes him her slave. Halul escapes from there.

Nadir Khan arrives in Ajlaf's courtroom and sees Zulqarnain obeying only Batila's commands.

"Hahaha*evil laugh*haha.... Welcome Nadir Khan..Welcome" Ajlaf says while sitting on his throne.

"You fool...  How dare you sit on your throne while in my presence." Nadir Khan's words force Ajlaf to stand and point to Nadir Khan to sit on the throne.

"Jaadur Badshah...tonight you are my guest... come enjoy.' Ajlaf says. Ajlaf never liked Nadir Khan, he was always jealous of Nadir Khan's power and authority.

Nadir Khan orders Batila to turn Zulqarnain into pure evil. Ajlaf and Batila take Zulqarnain's shadow and place it in the Mount of Nida.

Halul informs Princess Hayat of the situation through Telepathy  and the King of Paristan sends his army to help. Princess Hayat leaves in disguise and when King of Paristan(land of fairies) hears this he stops his army from marching towards the Kingdom of Ajlaf.

      King of Paristan(Fairyland)

Najoomi sees Princes Hayat in his crystal ball and Ajlaf captures her.

Hayat is brought into Ajlaaf's courtroom.

"Hahaha*evil laugh*haha... have you come to save your lover?" Ajlaf tries to mock Princess Hayat.

"I came here to see you die with my own eyes"

As a punishment to Hayat ,Zulqarnain(still under Batila's control) slaps her in his android state as a show of example.

She is sent to the jail upon Ajlaf's order.

In jail, Halul comes to meet Hayat where King of Paristan comes into the minds of both and tells Halul to take Zulqarnain's sword and free his shadow by killing the magic puppet hidden in the Mount of Nida.

Halul takes out his magic cloak
and steals the sword in invisible state, and goes towards the Mountain of Nida.

While back at Ajlaf's castle ,the ceremony begins where Batila orders Zulqarnain to kill Hayat.

Will Halul be able to save Princess Hayat from dying at the hands of Zulqarnain?
Will Zulqarnain ever be able to help Sunayna?

Read our next chapter to find out.

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Dictionary::Translation of Urdu

Jaadurgar Badshah
        = Magician King

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