Dvesas
Pancalu Kingdom

The sun began to shine its light. Siddarth and his entourage headed for the kingdom of Pancalu. The whole country calls Pancalu the land of 1000 riddles. The kingdom also houses the Bharatayudha's heirlooms and manuscripts.

The kingdom of Pancalu was led by a scholar, Mahaguru Satiswairaj. Satiswairaj rejected the title of king, for him as long as the world was still filled with injustice no one deserved to call themselves king.

The Kingdom of Pancalu is located on the edge of the forest. Before entering the kingdom, each person must pass through the gates of yin and yang arranged in such a way by the scholars of the era to prevent the theft of the heritage and history of Baratayudha.

"Ting,ting,ting" the sound of the bell resuscitated Satiswairaj who was chanting a prayer for Goddess Saraswati, Goddess of knowledge worshiped by Satiswairaj.

"Damn!" siddarth sighed when his feet accidentally stumbled upon a fine string set behind the leaves and grass of the forest.

Bansheer calms Siddarth down and asks his Master to refocus on finding a way to the yin and yang forests that surround them.

Meanwhile in his prayer hall, Satiswairaj continued chanting the mantra to Goddess Saraswati without even opening her eyes or getting out of her seat.

"Today has come" Satiswairaj's inner sweat filled his forehead and robe. Hands shaking.

"Brukkk!!!" the door of the prayer hall was forcibly kicked.

Siddarth drew his sword. Looking for a Mahaguru figure who according to the story can change dimensions in his meditation.

After searching room after room in that place they arrived at a slightly open stone door.

Bansheer ordered his entourage to push the door open.

How surprised they were to find the room was on fire.

"Quick extinguish the fire!" siddarth's orders panicked as he barged in between the flames.

The room was filled with paper and books that made the fire spread quickly. Siddarth ran towards the statue of Goddess Saraswati in the middle of the room.

Satiswairaj's body has been burned along with the blaze in a mediocre position.

Siddarth tries to prevent the fire from burning Satiswairaj's body but a fragile bookshelf falls on his back.

"Arggh" Siddarth said as the fire burned some of his back skin.

One of his entourage put away the fire that burned part of his robe and pulled Siddarth out of the room. With great difficulty they finally managed to get away from the flames.

Siddarth looked at the empty Pancalu. Someone must have informed them of their arrival until Satiswairaj ordered the residents of Pancalu to leave this area.

Siddarth tried to think logically in the midst of his back pain.

"Lord we should return to the kingdom" Bansheer said without explaining at length why they were delaying the invasion of the third kingdom.

The wound that Siddarth suffered was deep enough, if not treated properly it would have harmed Siddarth and Astapura.

Siddarth obeyed Bansheer's orders, but refused when Bansheer offered to ride the same horse as him.

"Even if I lose my hand, I will ride my own horse" Siddarth said.

Siddarth washed his wound with drinking water from a jug he had stored in his horse's saddle.

He wore an extra robe to cover the open part on his back. After that they moved to leave the kingdom of Pancalu after planting the flag of Astapura in several places in Pancalu, marked that Pancalu had been controlled by Astapura.

The next kingdom would be much heavier than the one they were facing right now. They have to devise a plan so as not to be rash.

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