Pandeka the Sword of the Crescent Moon
Chapt. 1 Baby Men and the Crescent Sword

The nagari nature of Minang kabau circa the twelfth century. At that time the landscape of Minang kabau was still small, not as wide as it is now. The landscape of the Minangkabau natural area is still in the form of rice fields that later developed into three Luhak. Better known as Luhak nan tigo. The three Luhak are Luhak nan tuo or Luhak Tanah Datar, Luhak pus tangah or known as Luhak Agam and Luhak nan youngest or known as Luhak Fifty cities. All of Luhak from Luhak nan tigo was included in the territory of the Malay kingdom of Dharmasraya.

The Dharmasraya Kingdom was a very large Malay kingdom that once existed. The kingdom of Dharmasraya began to stand when the largest kingdom in the archipelago at that time, the kingdom of Srivijaya increasingly degenerate and weak.

This enormous Malay kingdom, founded by a mighty young man of the Mauli dynasty. Mauli Pancara, who was previously a great general in the Srivijaya kingdom.

Mauli Pancara felt the power and strength of the increasingly weak Srivijaya kingdom. The situation was getting worse, because there were no descendants of the capable Srivijaya Royal Emperor of the Syailendra dynasty.

Mauli Pancara the general one day, asked permission to the Royal Emperor of Srivijaya to see his father who was again very ill. With the permission of the Royal Emperor of Srivijaya, Mauli Pancara left the Srivijaya palace for the Malay lands.

Mauli Pancara was a son of Kedatuan Melayu who was not a creature under the rule of the Srivijaya Kingdom. His father was Yang Dipertuan Kedatuan Malayu Tua

But Mauli Pancara never reached the Malay Union.

General Mauli Pancara made another decision. The biggest and bravest decision of his life. The great decision that will turn life into something that crosses the boundaries of his wildest dreams. He followed the instructions that came over and over again up to seven times through his dreams.

The Mauli Pancara troupe continued to walk through the pristine wilderness. A dense forest full of traps in the interior of the island of Perca or Suvarnabhumi. After walking almost non-stop, it was almost a full moon. The retinue of Mauli Pancara until they were on the promised land.

Beside Batang Momong which is a tributary of Batang Hari. The group began to make shop to open the forest and build a new residential area. The new residential area is growing rapidly because in the Batang Momong river found gold granules at the bottom of the river. Finally, the Pancara began to regulate the administrative system in the new residential area.

Slowly and surely the new residential area was turned into a unity. The union continues to grow and develop.

When the Royal Emperor of Srivijaya died and was replaced by the son of his concubine. Mauli Pancara changed the Kedatuan he built into a new Malay kingdom under the name of Dharmasraya kingdom. The Mauli Pancara after becoming king named himself the Maharaja of Srimat Trailokyaraja Maulibhusana Warmadewa.

In the early days of the Dharmasraya kingdom, the Pancara Maharaja Maulibhusana Warmadewa attacked and conquered almost all the former kingdom of Srivijaya. In the end, the kingdom of Srivijaya was also conquered. During the reign of the Pancara, the kingdom of Dharmasraya stretched from Sabang to Lampung, also continued to the Sunda plains in the south. To the north the kingdom of Dharmasraya stretches to the peninsula of Malacca and Thailand. The Maharaja of Srimat Trailokyaraja Maulibhusana Warmadewa the Pancara told for a very long time from 1183 to 1286 AD.

More than a hundred years mostly filled with wars of conquest after conquest. The great Pancara died when he was very old. The Maharaja of Srimat Trailokyaraja Maulibhusana Warmadewa was succeeded by his eldest grandson. The new king of Dharmasraya was named Srimat Tribhuwanaraja Mauli Warmadewa. This is where the story of our Crescent Sword Pandeka begins.

One night the full moon. As usual in the royal great puree held the tilem activity, which is a ceremony of homage to the Moon Goddess. Tilem evening ceremony is actually a religious activity in Hinduism. Although the main religion in the Malay kingdom of Dharmasraya is Buddhism. But some Hindu teachings such as tilem are still often done.

At the time of the tilem ceremony, there was a sudden lunar eclipse. At that time, no one knew what a lunar eclipse was. Everyone who saw the incident thought that the god Shiva was angry at the kingdom. People who follow the activities of tilem on fear. The royal people are also excited. Seeing the full moon as if swallowed by the giant Kala. Many voices of less good issues were heard after that.

The night became much darker. Black is so thick. At that moment suddenly a golden light flashed in the night sky. Like a tailed star. The light continued to glide very quickly towards the north.

Datuk Aluih Tapa gasped from his semen. Sweat soaked the body of the peerless warrior. Even though the air temperature at the top of Mount Tandikek is very cold. The sounds of the stars of the night were quite suddenly silent. There was only the sound of a waterfall being heard.

From inside the cave behind the Anai Valley waterfall on the fifth level, Datuk Aluih Tapa saw a golden light passing very quickly in the night sky. The super-sakti swordsman instantly disappeared from his place. Very quickly he ran as if flying in the direction of the falling light.

Datuk Aluih Tapa darted down the gorge across the trunk of Sianok until the place of the avalanche. Above the red land of the former landslide. Datuk Aluih Tapa saw a baby boy covered in a blanket of thin, silver-colored scaly skin. Next to the baby lay a crescent-shaped sword, like the one engraved on the wall of the abyss.

Suddenly there was a heavy sound without her form.

"Aluih Tapa, the baby is the incarnation of the Batara. You're in charge of educating him to make him the strongest swordsman. The baby is named Mandaga, educate him to be a swordsman choose a match. This is the book of the crescent sword." A book emerged from the void floating in front of Datuk Aluih Tapa.

Slowly Datuk Aluih Tapa, the matchless swordsman reached for the book. On the cover of the book was beautifully engraved writing in gold. Breathing the Earth Sky, Crescent Sword Science. The writing of the name of the book was engraved on the cover of the book from the skin.

"Fifteen more years I'll be back to see you here."

Datuk Aluih Tapa stood in a respectful manner on one of his knees. The swordsman who was greatly exalted by the crowd and was considered a demigod was silently staring at the sky. Silence in silence and submissive listening to the occult commandments.

That magical voice had been gone long enough. Datuk Aluih Tapa regained consciousness hearing the sound of baby babbling.

"Ga gag ga ga...

Brr. gaa gaga guguuu..."

The baby's hands and feet moved towards Datuk Aluih Tapa. He seemed to be trying to talk to Datuk Aluih Tapa.

Slowly the demigod turned towards the baby and carried him. When Datuk Aluih Tapa took the crescent moon sword. How surprised was the powerful swordsman of the mandraguna, when he felt the immense pressure from the crescent sword.

A moment later Datuk Aluih Tapa disappeared from there. Long ago several unidentified people appeared in the former landslide ruins.

The people who had just come were starting to look for something in the avalanche. However there was nothing, except the remnant of an enormous energy aura.

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#sawah gadang satampang baniah can be interpreted free of seeds of culture initiated, arranged and developed.

#Kerbouwengat Gorge is now known as Sianok Gorge following the name of the river at the bottom of the gorge.

#Batang, or batang aia in Minang, means river