
Suddenly a strong wind hit them, the commander of Arialoka and Dewi Srikandi turned his back on Maura and Ardian, the little elves making squeaking sounds like the sound of a bird child. And..
Blarr!
A flash of light hit them along with the appearance of a warrior figure with a long spear in his hand, he wore royal-era armor a long time ago.
"Who are y'all? What are you doing here?!" ask the figure of the soldier with a heavy voice.
"We came here to find the human soul that's stuck here, she's still alive in her world. Her body was possessed by the queen of jinn, and we had to take her home" answered Dewi Srikandi.
"I don't know if you're telling the truth or not, but seeing that bunch of little creatures forming a fortress of guard, I'm sure your goals are good.
I won't stand in your way, but before that you must give up something valuable that belongs to you as collateral" the figure said with a grin.
"You said you wouldn't get in our way, but seeing that way, it's the same way you're hindering our journey!" sahut Dewi Srikandi.
"Haha, I am doing this for the good of us all the inhabitants of this forest. The protection of the little creatures, does not guarantee your existence does not harm us!
Some time ago, they were deceived by the lowly humans who entered this forest, but what happened, some of the forest dwellers were forcibly taken by the shaman.
We don't want any more help, so as a guarantee give up any valuables belonging to you" said the figure again.
"We don't have stuff like that, so it's useless for you to hold us.. Do you want my crown?" tawar Goddess Srikandi.
"I don't want your crown, there's nothing there. I saw that there was a precious thing that the girl had" the figure said as he pointed at Maura.
"What do you mean this necklace?" maura asked while showing her the magic pomegranate jade necklace on her neck.
The creature smiled grinningly, The Goddess and the commander were so worried about being made. Ardian directly blocked maura's body with his body, he did not want the creature to touch Maura.
"Can't, if the necklace gets off of him, then it will weaken him. You can ask for everything else, except that one" said Dewi Srikandi wary.
"Haha! I have everything, I don't need it all. I only ask as a guarantor, later after you guys come back I will return it" said the figure slyly hunch.
"Creatures like you can't be trusted, whatever the reason. You are full of deceit and stratagem, if anyone eats your words, then heresy will befall him.
Ardian, watch over Maura lest this creature succeeds in seizing the necklace" said Commander Arialoka.
"Basic, you are nothing compared to me. And you know that, to speed up your business just do my request" said the figure seriously.
"Or.." the figure raised his spear high, and...
Ctarrs!
Blarr!
The spear gave off a dazzling light, there was lightning on it ready to attack them. Seeing that Maura became worried, he saw Goddess Srikandi and the commander of Arialoka so troubled, overcoming the strong winds created by the figure.
"If left unchecked, they will be hurt. From the level of his knowledge, it seems that the figure is one of the strongest genies in the region" murmured Maura.
He also saw the little fairies starting to get in the fog to see the creature attack, Maura took the initiative to walk towards the creature and show the necklace on its neck.
"What if I'm the guarantee? You'll get more than that, not just this necklace" Maura bargained.
"Maura?! No!" said Dewi Srikandi worried.
"It's okay, I'll be fine." he told Dewi Srikandi.
"What's the guarantee if I get you, without worrying about your ploy, little girl?!" ask that figure.
"I am a weak being compared to you, what are you afraid of?! Unless you want to have bad intentions with me, and you know very well the consequences if that happens" Maura said looking at him coldly.
"Haha! I like you, you're smarter than all of them! All right, I accept your offer. I wonder how strong you are!" say that figure.
"Maura, are you sure?!" ask Ardian to worry.
"Trust me, I'll be fine. You go, find Meera and pick me up here" Maura replied with a smile.
"We're too focused on him without thinking about anything else, we forget one thing if that thing won't hurt Maura, because of the agreement between humans and the jinn in the time of war.
The covenant continues until the end of the world comes, therefore every human who is allied with the jinn will surely get punishment, whether it is karma or the end of his own.
Likewise, if there are jinn trying to hurt humans then he will definitely get a torture due to the agreement itself" said the commander of Arialoka.
"Yes, you have a point too. I forgot about the deal, alright Maura.. We will go and pick you up soon" said Dewi Srikandi.
"It'll keep connecting with me, don't let go. Remember, this dimension you can't just contact me, like when you're in another dimension.
This pearl is part of my soul, whatever will happen to you I certainly know it, you need not fear" said Dewi Srikandi.
Maura nodded, letting them go to the underground world, where Meera was held in a prison made by queen Jin Sikumbang.
"Well, little girl! You're coming with me now!" said the figure while grabbing Maura's body and sitting on his horse.
The horse speeded up by leaving the forest and the fairies earlier.
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Maura was down in a stone cave in one corner of the forest, when they entered the dark, quiet and cold cave into a very magnificent building.
He saw there were some people passing by in front of the palace, it was like the busyness of ordinary people in general. They were busy trading, and there were also buyers, there were children running around, there were girls chatting, the youths were practicing war.
After passing through the market, they headed to the palace in front of them through a lake so large, the water was so clear that there were some fish in it.
He saw there were several pairs of lovers and some were playing music on the edge of the lake garden, they entered the gate of the palace, in there were some soldiers who were practicing, there were some soldiers who were practicing, there are male soldiers and there are female soldiers.
They are treated equally, there is no gender gap, or drajat, leadership level or whatever they are there.
"Everything looks like a human being in general, only what distinguishes it is the clothes, atmosphere, houses and buildings, as well as some equipment and items here.
It's like I'm traveling through time, it's like going back thousands of years. Everything is so primitive and civilized" murmured Maura staring at the amazement of them all.
"Of course, we live from thousands of years ago. We are not like humans whose lives continue to develop, such as the form of clothing, buildings, equipment or food that continues to grow.
Our lives have been like this for years, not that we couldn't, but that we didn't. Life is full of luxury, splendor only belongs to greedy lustful creatures only. We don't want to live like that" said the figure.
They had reached in front of an iron door, the figure came down and helped Maura down as well. How surprised Maura saw the figure, a genie creature in the form of a warrior complete with his war armor, equipped also with a war helmet with a spear in his hand, it had a charred black face like it was burning with red eyes, and its teeth were fanged sharply.
At least it was Maura and his friends saw earlier, but the figure was standing before Maura with another form, the figure of a gallant warrior, handsome face, full of authority, his aura was very strong.
The figure opened his war helmet, and the more the handsome face, with hair tied back, added to the impression of his manhood.
"Who are you really?!" maura asked astonished and scared.
"I am the commander of Adyadharma, the younger brother of the commander of Adyaseka and the friend of the commander of Arialoka and Dewi Srikandi." said the figure with a faint smile.
If ordinary people see it, it will soon be captivated because of a heart-binding study due to his smile. Maura could have been exposed, but this girl has special abilities, so it does not work by her, although still the smile is able to vibrate her femininity.
"If that's true, why are you acting like that?! And why don't they recognize you?!" asked Maura curiously.
"Because I used another form, and closed myself off so they wouldn't recognize me. You must have known the story of Goddess Srikandi and the commander of Arialoka sent by Maharaja Balaputradewa of war against the witches right?!" ask that figure again.
"Of course I knew, until they were betrayed by one of the traitors! And they have many soldiers and there are some commanders also included.
Are you one of them? Waaw, how many of you are there? Are they all reincarnated, are they Jin as well as you and Kamaru?" asked Maura curiously.
"Only in part, those who are involved become like us. Others go straight up to the afterlife" the figure said.
He pulled Maura into the palace, and introduced everything there, instead of being afraid, Maura looked very happy, it was like a study tour.
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In contrast to Ardian and the others, they were being overwhelmed against the figure in the underground land, a fire-breathing dragon snake attacked them.
Breathing out the fire and burning everything in front of her, Dewi Srikandi tried to tie her up using her shawl.
While the commander of Arialoka and Ardian distracted the dragon, they were almost battered to face the extremely powerful dragon snake.
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