Pendekar Nusantara
Hope

The next day, Aska and Aranya train together on the shores of Lake Ranau.

Aska taught some of his silat movements to Aranya. In just one day, Aranya instantly understood the basis of the Pencak Silat movement.

***

Next day.

Morning time.

Aska and Araanya prepared and resumed their journey. Down the cliff near the lake, until a while later, after leaving Lake Ranau.

As Aska walked leisurely with Aranya, darting from all over the forest several small objects suddenly turned towards Aska and Araanya.

Seeing the attack, Aska jumps on Aranya, knocking herself down with Aranya.

After falling, Aska and Araanya immediately wake up and turn their backs to each other with a tidal attitude.

The small, rotating object attacks again rained down on Aska and Araya from various directions. Front, back, side and top.

Aska grabbed Aranya's hand, then pulled her to the side and rolled down. Quickly, Aska ran by holding Aranya's wrist.

While running, Aska looked around looking for the person who attacked him. The small spinning object continued to rain down on Aska and Aranya from various directions.

"Who is this? Why would anyone attack? Are they murderers?" inner Ask wondered.

As far as Aska ran, Aska did not see the person who attacked him with the throwing weapon. Likewise Aranya who has a sharp view cannot see the existence of people who attack him.

"Did you see the man who attacked us?" ask Ask.

"No... I didn't see it as far as the eye could see, it seemed like they were quite a distance away, or were indeed experts in hiding" Aranya replied.

Aska ran by leading Aranya. Shortly after dodging the attack, Aska and Aranya jumped into a very thick bush.

The attacks that rained down on him stopped.

"Listen, I'm going to lure them... When they come out, you attack... Do not miss one arrow, or no other opportunity," said Aska trying to devise a counter-attack plan.

"Are I missing once?" aranya turned with a sharp look. Aska looked at him.

"Let's go to the other side of this bush" asked Aska.

***

Aska came out from the other side of the bush alone.

Moments later Aska ran, a small revolving assault weapon rained down on her again.

Aska ran away while avoiding the attack.

Not long after Aska ran away from Aranya, there were some people who chased her from behind wearing black clothes.

Some of these people are very careful, always keep a distance with Aska from behind. The men attacked Aska from a distance by throwing small, rotating weapons.

Aranya lifted her bow from behind the bushes. Focusing on it, thrusting some of its arrows quickly and accurately onto the backs of some of the men who were chasing and attacking Aska.

The small object attack that attacked Aska from behind disappeared, only the people who attacked him from the front.

Aska ran around, back towards Aranya.

Aska arrives in front of Aranya, then passes running to the back of Aranya.

From a distance Aranya saw some of the same people as before. His direction refocused itself and raised his bow.

Several Aranya bow arrows shot quickly and hit the chest of these people.

Seeing that the situation was safe, because the people who attacked him had been paralyzed, Aranya came out from within the bushes of his hiding.

Aska came back to Arania.

"It's over?" ask Ask.

"Yes already" replied Aranya while staring at the people who attacked him lying before him.

"Nobody misses?" ask Ask.

"No... Everyone who was seen by me I've attacked" Aranya replied.

"Let's continue the journey... We've been delayed a lot.. Evening hunt... Before nightfall, we should have gotten out of this forest" Aska said.

Aska and Aranya continue their journey.

***

A little while later, Aska and Aranya came out of the forest area of Lake Ranau. It was getting late almost night.

Aska and Aranya spend the night between the hills.

***

A few days later, in the middle of the wilderness.

"It's okay... Appreciable.. We didn't find any big deer, that's the only one. The day is also getting late," said Aska.

Aska and Aranya were behind the trees.

Aranya raised her bow.

Suddenly the little deer ran.

"The enemy is running..," said Aska fretting.

"You anyway... From that moment it was noisy," said Aranya blaming Aska.

"I...?" ask Aska with a non-accepting expression.

"Let's go after her," asked Aranya to start running, followed by Aska.

While running, Aranya positioned his arrow bow towards the small village that was running.

The arrow that Aranya released missed. Aranya was surprised, the little deer seemed a little evasive from the attack of his arrows.

"You're shooting a fawn still misses," Aska said as she sneered while running.

"It was not me who missed, but the fawn who sniffed," Aranya replied shouting annoyedly.

Aska tensely saw Aranya angry.

"From which deer can escape," Inner Aska.

A little while later, the deer went into a very thick bush.

"What kind of bushes are these? Why so high," said Aska dumbfounded.

"It's not a wild bush, but it's a vines.." said Aranya.

Aska and Arana approached the bush.

"This is passion fruit" said Aranya while picking the fruit.

"He.h is this passion fruit, who planted it in a forest like this? ask Aska perceives it strange.

"Not only passion fruit, there are other vines..," said Aranya.

The bushes consist of various vines such as passion fruit plants, cucumbers, vegetables, flowers and so on.

"Let's go in... In a bush like this, the deer must be stuck," said Aska stepped into the bushes.

"Wait... Rusannyakan is still small, the horn is also just growing..," said Aranya.

"That can get stuck is not just the horn... Maybe his leg could get stuck... Go on the hunt, we take the straight path," Aska replied.

Aska and Aranya began to enter the bushes of the vines.

***

A while later in the bushes the vines.

It has been a long time Aska and Aranya walk through the bushes. However, there is no road or end to the bushes. Even the little deer he was chasing was invisible.

"We've been in this bush for a long time.. But there is no way out yet," said Aranya began to worry.

"Silent... Let's just walk straight ahead" Aska replied.

Aska and Aranya continued to walk straight through the bushes.

A little while later, Aska and Aranya came to a halt and were astonished.

"Aww..," cried Aranya in pain.

"What's wrong?" ask Aska worriedly.

"There is a thorn" answered Aranya.

Aranya's left hand was bleeding from a sharp thorn.

"Bloody tanganmun... Here..," said Aska immediately pulled Aranya's right hand.

Aska tore off her batik sarong and tied it to the scratched part of Aranya's arm.

"Why can there be so many thorny plants" said Aska after tying a wound on Aranya's arm.

Aska and Araya looked ahead.

"There's a lot of thorny plants here.. Like someone planted it. There are even roses as well..," said Aranya.

Aska pulled the short cleaver from its sheath.

Aska walked forward by cutting off the part of the thorn that was blocking him. Aska and Aranya continued to walk straight down the thorny plants in the bushes.