Niken Areline

Niken Areline
Jaka


    Meanwhile in Cana. Where there are still many forests, field to beautiful hills. The moonlight shone on the shady trees. The meadows were bright with sleepy cattle in the stables. Beautiful as the Shire, a village contained in the fantasy fiction story The Lord of the Rings. There are no Hobbits here. This is Tronatu, many great magicians who lived here, under the leadership of king Kusno, a direct descendant of the Arcan knights.


    The rocky road, leading to a palace that stands majestically in the distance there. Keraton with the dominance of red and gold. Deep in the palace's basement, there are detention rooms reserved for people who break the law. Rooms with iron bars, dark and damp. The lighting is only obtained from the torch lights in the corridor.


    Of all the rooms lined up along the corridor, there was one room guarded by two men dressed in white robes, a robe with a hood that covered the head. Both of them were magicians with above average magic abilities. They were assigned to guard a prisoner's room inside the royal palace of Tronatu.


*


    In the dark and damp room, a man in a black robe was closing his eyes. He was frozen inside a transparent Crystal stone. Jaka creates Crystal magic stones to protect himself from Baron's attack, after he sends Niken to earth. Then, the Crystal Stone


the one containing Jaka's body was taken over by the Tronatu kingdom. Jaka was taken and locked up in Tronatu's palace prison.


    One more week Jaka is in the Crystal and stays alive. It was because of her magic ability. He was getting food essence intake from the Crystal stone itself. Crystal stones with a slightly bluish but transparent color that functions like an infusion that provides food intake, but as well as a shield of protection from physical attacks or magic. Therefore, the longer Jaka is in the Crystal, the more the Crystal stone will be thinned. You could say it looks more like a cocoon.


*


    While upstairs, a man was standing facing out of the window. Both eyes are blue with a few eye bags that look tired. His hair was brown, long as a shoulder. He was a leader of the kingdom of Tronatu, the largest kingdom in Cana's history. The man stood facing the moonlight that was slightly red. From the frown on his forehead, there was something he was thinking about. It was Kusno Elad.


    He already knew where Niken was at the moment, however, that didn't mean he could just come see her. Kusno understood very well about the power of the curse magic that was inside Niken. What is he thinking about conquering the current Niken Areline? Although he had many weapons made from Metta stone, he was not sure they could compete with the Larem magic power that Niken possessed. It was obvious that all of the weapons were different from the Lonat keris created by Aulia.


   The moonlight above reminded him of the day of Arka's death. The knight who defeated the magic queen Larem used Lonat's dagger as well as the man who built the kingdom of Tronatu. After Arka died, Lonat's keris heirloom shot flying into the sky and disappeared at a height there. That said, the keris made of Metta stone, used to choose Arka as his master because he had a good policy and heart. And, after his master died, the keris went to the sky somewhere. Many think that he followed the spirit of Arka up there, some think that the keris is waiting for its new master. Though it is the only heirloom that can be used to resist the curse of Larem. At least that's what Kusno had in mind.


    Under him, the gate was open and someone was welcome to enter by the guards holding spears. The mysterious man in a black robe suit walked towards the entrance of the palace. Kusno immediately got down and rushed to meet him.


*


    “Slever nihet av gord,”


    “Goodnight my lord,” greet Kardi.


    “Gloten,”


    “Wake up,” says Kusno.


    Then Kardi stood up and looked at the king. Clack up! Kusno rang his fingers, he gave the code to a bodyguard who was next door. The bodyguard carried a crate, then opened it in front of Kardi. The crate box contained Metta stone, the size of a single human head and emitting a dim green light. The stone is very rare. The real stone was only left on the mainland of Areyan, the territory of the kingdom where Niken lived.


   Both of Kardi's eyes sparkled beautifully, her lips smiling widely. Then he looked back at Kusno and said.


   “Av nec drones gord,”


    “I won't disappoint sir.”


*


    Kusno entrusts Kardi to forge a weapon using Metta stone. Although she herself doubted that Kardi could create a weapon that was as powerful as Lonat, Kusno had high hopes for the young man. Kusno nodded and invited Kardi to leave the palace. After all, Kardi is a direct descendant of Aulia (a woman forging Lonat's keris). Kusno.