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The Great Epics
His enemies could not fight him normally. The blessing that made him powerful also made him stop listening.
He had a gift that made him unbeatable in a fair fight. It is the reason he was not killed in one.
Vali, king of Kishkindha, held a boon from Brahma, and it was no common strength.
Whoever faced him directly, in combat, face to face lost half their strength to him.
It drained out of the other man and into Vali, the moment they closed.
Think about what that means in numbers. A challenger begins exactly equal to Vali.
And he ends the first exchange at half strength. Against an opponent now at one and a half times his own. A challenger who begins twice as strong finishes merely equal. To beat Vali in a straight fight you would have to come in more than twice his match. And there was nobody like that.
In plain terms, no one could beat him by standing in front of him.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.