A1ma Goddess Two Teeth
Pete Rabut 4: Setting the Strategy

*Fighting of Fog Swamp (Pete Rabut)*

On that very day, about seven horse-drawn carriages came to the Fog Swamp. Each pedati is pulled by one horse and each carries two men. Although they were dressed in civilian clothes, but from their physical characteristics showed that they were people who often practiced.

Alma Fatara thought they were soldiers in civilian clothes.

Alma Fatara was present only to oversee the work of the pedati men. They came to fulfill Alma's request to Duke Girik Songko, to send people to transport the bodies of dozens of soldiers killed by Alma this morning.

After all the corpses and pieces were transported, the seven pedicures left peacefully. There is no verbal tension, especially physical.

“I will put the fog ashore and you can build an ice fortress in the swamp. I'm brewing Semeru Lahar. The drink will help warm up in the body, so you are not so cold if you are on ice,”, said Jungkung Mushroom when he discussed about defense in the Fog Swamp with Colour Mekararum, Handheld Husk and Debur Angkara.

A handful of husks could already come out of his room. His rest is two days away. If calculated and expected, Handheld Husk will recover from his wounds before the Jintamani Kingdom troops come. Their calculations, the Jintamani Kingdom needed time to mobilize troops, especially the area at the foot of Mount Reason some distance from the territory of the Jintamani Kingdom.

“Most likely, the fastest time for Jintamani Kingdom to send troops in bulk is two weeks. Consider it a week of combining troops and a week of travel. Senopati Gending Suro could only deploy duchy troops. It was likely that he would send a joint force of three duchies closest to this region. Maybe six hundred soldiers. At that time, I believe Senopati Gending Suro will assemble a large army in preparation if the forces of the three duchies fail as well,” said Warna Mekararum.

“The fog that will be there will force the enemy troops to stop in the Lost Valley,” said Jungkung Mushroom.

“Can we shrink the number of casualties, Cake? I feel like a terrible slaughterer at this beautiful age of mine,” said Alma.

“It depends on you, Alma. With the Black Ball in your hand, you face a thousand troops alone, you will still win. Perhaps it can be said that the fate of the lives of the Jintamani Kingdom troops is in your hands,” said Jangkung Mushroom.

“There is a way to prevent war from happening, which is to send an envoy as soon as possible to meet the dukes and tell the true condition,” Colour Mekararum said speaking from inside his room.

“I can't leave Grandma. If I go, I can't be sure what kind of condition Grandma is in,” Alma said. “My friends have not been qualified to carry out such important and dangerous tasks.”

“Let me be the messenger, but have to wait two more days,” said Handheld Husk.

“The dukes would not believe the story of a stranger who had nothing to do with the Queen of Color Mekararum without bringing evidence. Before you meet the three dukes, go to the Ukirat Village in the Duchy of Lambemu, Pelilitan Kingdom. Meet the gold craftsman named River Cat. Ask to make a hair pin that has been ordered by the Queen of Color Mekararum. He will definitely make it if given the right payment,” said Colour Mekararum.

“Good. I think with a quick ride, we can avoid the war in the Lost Valley,” said Handheld Husk.

“For a while we can only influence the officials outside of the Royal Capital of Jintamani. Maybe some officials in the Palace are not one step with Senopati Gending Suro, but they are under direct threat, so it is difficult for them to rebel against the power of Senopati,” Colour Mekararum said.

“Kakang Debur, learn from what happened to you when the royal troops came, Kakang and Ayu Speak have a lot of training, especially in the use of your new weapons,” Alma told Debur Angkara.

“Iya, Alma,” said Debur Angkara obediently.

So, on that day, Debur Angkara began to train to cleanse his science of machete, including maximizing the heirloom weapons he had.

Jangkung Mushroom generously gave Debur Angkara a pill, which if in five days the body is used to train to the maximum, the efficacy of the pill will provoke an increase in energy quickly. The gift of the Mushroom Jungle is encouraging to Debur Angkara.

Under the direction of Alma and Handheld Chaff, Debur Angkara got good training. Although Debur Angkara is not very intelligent, but he can do the direction of his two coaches with repeated training. So excited, to the point that Debur Angkara's forehead was sweating in the cold.

“Hahaha!” alma laughs when he sees the progress made by Debur Angkara.

Sess!

Debur Angkara channeled his internal energy to the two Gollok Setia. The blade glowed a dim blue.

“Hiaat!” screeched Debur Angkara while jumping and plunged both his machetes into the ice field.

Crekrs! Krekr!

When the two machetes were stuck in the hard ice, created a movement of scattering in various directions, showing the greater the power channeled into the two goals.

“Hahaha! I'm getting better Alma!” shouts Debur Angkara happily while laughing staring at Alma.

“The key is diligent practice, Kang!” sahut Handheld Husk.

“Good!” debur Angkara is getting excited.

“Talk will be more dear to his Snoring Beans! Hahaha!” yelled Alma anyway.

“Hahaha!” and laugh at Debur Angkara.

“Rest first, Kang Debur! Look, until it sweats in this cold air!” said Alma.

“There is coming, Alma,” said Handheld Husk who is now wearing several layers of clothing.

Alma Fatara and Debur Angkara turned their eyes to the far side.

They saw that two horsemen were already on the edge of the swamp. They had not advanced to tread the ice land. The two horsemen also looked towards Alma and her two companions.

“Guests should be welcomed, Kakang!” alma said and walked away. Handheld Husk and Debur Angkara followed Alma.

The two people who came were a red man and a white woman. The meaning of red because the man has bright red hair, not brownish red or yellowish red, but really red, so that both eyebrows and beard are also bright red. His clothes were all red, more red than the uniforms of the Red Blade School students. He also carried a sword on his red back. The half-century old man was widely known by the name of Red Matang.

As for the beautiful woman in her forties, she had all white hair without a single strand of black hair. Her outerwear is also white. There were two folded white fans tucked in his white belt. She is widely known by the name Women Fan Jasmine. (BH)