Bukit Barisan Swordsman
FLEE

Evening comes with a gentle breeze, the sun still shows its light even though it is not hot. Seemed as an accompaniment of horse carriages and citizens walking in a line leaving the King's City and the Wind Kingdom Palace. Tejo in the front row led the way with a hundred soldiers dressed as ordinary citizens. All Soldiers are arranged in front, middle and back positions to overcome things that are not desired in the middle of the road.

Somewhere, Tejo saw a pile of loose earth by the side of the road. Tejo ordered some men to put it in a burlap and take it on the rear train. Although he did not know what the purpose of bringing the land, but the Soldier in command still carried out the duties of Tejo. They believe their leader has many ways for the common good, and that they have felt during their time with Tejo.

Arriving at the intersection of the road, which is one path to Bukit Metal and Bukit Maha but has to pass through several valleys, and the road is rarely passed by residents, only a few people know the path. One more path to a very dense forest, the news circulating the forest is very haunted.

Tejo paused for a moment at the intersection, for a moment he thought and looked around. Tejo ordered some people to pick up wood, twigs and tree roots from around. Then in a shape resembling a carriage and fastened to one of the horses they carried. After the group walked on the path to the forest, Tejo still stood at the intersection with three horses, one of which was tied with wood that resembled a carriage. The rear soldiers were told to sow the loose soil they had brought so that their tracks would not be seen. After that Tejo whipped the three horses that had been directed to another lane. That way the trail left is a horse trail that leads to the metal hill.

After finishing making the trail diversion, Tejo put up the horses. In one breath Tejo jumped and then flipped forward several times in the air and landed on a twig, by making the branches and branches of the tree as a foothold tejo repeated the movement several times until he landed in the ranks of the group.

Everyone stared in amazement at what Tejo was doing, because it was completely unthinkable to them. Several senior soldiers including the Indian King himself asked - Ask in their hearts, What exactly was the Tejo Department when serving King Damar? If it's just a soldier, the thing he just did is the ability of a Telik Sandi Leader. Because only the field of Telik Sandi that saw the trail so observant. Even the Telik Sandi of the Wind Kingdom could not guess what Tejo was going to do.

As it became dark, the Company reached the edge of the forest. Tejo decided to spend the night, The Men set up tents for women and children, while the women cooked for dinner. Tejo divided the troops into three groups, and each group was given alternating guard duties.

Finished dividing the task to his subordinates, Tejo went away to be alone, Seemed he was sitting on a fallen tree trunk, In his right hand there was a branch along the arm, For a moment he seemed to think, then scratching the ground using twigs to form a picture, It was done repeatedly like he was thinking about something very important.

"May I sit here?" ask Lastri back. "Oh.. Go ahead" replied Tejo who was still awkward near Lastri, Then Lastri sat on the left side of Tejo. "Drink this Kang, maybe can reduce your fatigue" said Lastri while giving a cup of drink to Tejo. "Thank you... Who's making it?" Tanya Tejo received a gift cup from Lastri. "I made him Kang" Lastri answered briefly. "Enak.. Myriad... Sweet as it is made" Tejo said commenting on the drinks given by Lastri while glancing at him. Lastri did not answer, he just bowed with cheeks that began to turn red, for life only this time there was a young man who dared to tease him. Usually only the Father and the Palace Mother dared to tease him.

For a moment, Lastri noticed the graffiti on the ground that Tejo made, "What do you think of drawing on the ground like this?" Tanya Lastri switched the conversation. For a moment Tejo took a deep breath and threw it away slowly "A Failure... A very expensive failure... A failure to pay for the thousands of lives of my brother and the Kingdom I love. King Damar once said, Experience is the Best Teacher, and Failure is the Precious Paing Experience for the wise. But now it is too expensive for me" Tejo said with a raucous voice that began to look glassy.

"Have you experienced failure before?" Ask Lastri back. "Yes... Even worse than now". Tejo said, For a moment he was silent, His sight was far-flung like remembering something. "When the Kingdom of Maha was attacked by the Kingdom of Fire, coinciding with my wedding plan with King Damar's nephew named Ningsih one full moon ahead. Based on that, King Damar will not allow me to fight. He assigned me to escort the evacuees to a safe place so as not to be affected by the fighting. I cannot refuse the King's Commandment, Although with a heavy heart, I still carry out the duties given. After the war was over, I returned but found nothing but a large arid land. All destroyed by land, houses, possessions, and all my loved ones vanished as if they were swallowed up by the earth. I've been searching for years for information about the whereabouts of the Royal Family and Ningsih, but no one knows where they are". Tejo said the incident that he experienced several years ago, Without him realizing the water line had flowed from the corner of his eye.

"I'm sorry for what happened to you, especially to Ningsih". Lastri said while looking at Tejo's face and holding Tejo's left hand with both hands. Tejo stared at Lastri's face, He got a sincere expression in the girl's eyes. "Where is this kingdom?" Lastri asked again, But he had not yet removed his hand from Tejo's hand. "This is the Kingdom where I was born, up ahead right in the middle of this forest is a small village. It was in that village that I was born, and we're going there". Tejo explained the purpose of the trip.

"Ehem."." the voice of King Indwi was heard from behind, Sontak Lastri released his hand from Tejo's hand. Likewise with Tejo who immediately wiped the tears that flowed on his cheeks. Shortly thereafter, King Indwi arrived wearing a wooden stick. Apparently Raja Indwi had been behind them, Raja Indwi deliberately did not come directly to eavesdrop on the conversation of the two young people.

"Tejo's... Do you know two warriors who helped us in the war?" Ask Raja Indwi to Tejo. "Even Your Majesty... The servant did not know the two warriors, the Servant was also the first time this met them". Tejo said while respecting. "That's weird... They are like the Helper God sent by the Almighty to help us". Said King Indwi considering the help given by Jaya and Langir to himself and his troops.