SURO BLEDEK
Ch. 191 The Dark Realm
Suro and Lord Rencong kept darting towards the right. The Taksaka Dragons made their journey faster.
They sped so far away but found nothing in front of them. They had even passed through a mountainous area that stretched quite long. But they did not find any sign related to either the Sword God or the Goddess Anggini. They only found the fact that all the area was filled with darkness.
"Why does the sky look so dark look nothing? Is there no sun or stars in nature, uncle?"
"Either, it may be because darkness covers the air up to the sky, so that we can't see anything up there."
"Rightly what uncle said made a lot of sense. But by the way we have sped up a distance that is far enough uncle. Even to this extent, we still find nothing. Are we going to continue on this journey, uncle?"
"What is the distance we have traveled, boy? I seemed too cool trying to sense the speed of my sky power to the point of forgetting to think."
"Maybe it's over fifty li, uncle!"( 1 Li is equivalent to 500 meters)
"Too far away, we were attacked no more than ten li away. We will turn around soon. Because it was at a distance of about fifteen li from the place of the creature you destroyed. I glimpsed like a battle mark. I want to make sure it comes back. Maybe we'll find some clues."
"Surely uncle, it's worth our assurances. Hopefully we'll get a lead. Dragon Taksaka, back to the previous direction!" Suro then ordered Naga Taksaka to turn around.
Finally they decided to turn around, back to where they had previously passed. Until the expected place, Suro then ordered Naga Taksaka to eliminate the darkness around the area. After all it looks more clear, as expected Lord Rencong is indeed in that place visible traces of battle.
All places in the nature even though the darkness has been cleared by the Taksaka Dragon, the condition can not be as clear as day. Because the natural conditions are like dusk. It was because the incoming light was too minimal, so the natural atmosphere was dark.
Suro then freed Dragon Taksaka after carrying out his orders just now.The black fire that shaped Dragon then disappeared, after Lodra the soul of the fire allowed it to be extinguished.
"As I thought, this place was destroyed after being repeatedly hit by dozens of hands of the creature you just finished off the boy."
"I'm sure this is where the Sword God was sent. Look at the traces of sword slash energy spreading in this area. The possibility of the distance between us and Adimas being more than twenty-five li apart, it is fitting that we are unable to detect it." The sword god stared at the entire area that looked smashed apart.
Suro went to check the entire area more thoroughly, trying to find traces that might be a clue for them.
Around where they were standing was filled with the impact of an object that looked like a fist that was the size of an adult elephant. In addition to the punch marks, there were also traces of sword energy that was very strong, so the land was as if it was cut and also slashed, thus making the ground split quite deeply.
"Look uncle, there are animal footprints here."
Lord Rencong immediately approached towards Suro. After arriving at the place designated Suro, he then tried to remember the animals that have the footprint as seen.
"What kind of animal is this? The shape of the palm is similar to the sole of the Rhino's foot, but the size is like an Elephant's foot."
"It's possible that uncle, if the owner of this footprint looks like a rhino. Is not there a creature in nature that is not natural, can not be equated with animals in our nature."
"This is also another foot. It looks like a bird's foot. If you look at the size of this creature larger than an ostrich." Lord Rencong looked at the footprint, which spread around the area.
Lord Rencong then returned to find several feet that were different in shape and much smaller in size than the previous soles.
"These feet are different from the others." Lord Rencong crouched down to take a clearer look. Hearing the words of the man who was more than half a century old, Suro became curious, he then walked over to check in.
"Yes!"
After reading all the footprints around the battle marks, they concluded, if previously the Sword God and Goddess Anggini were in that place. They also concluded that all the footprints were heading north.
"We follow the footprints of the creature whose tread shape is like the Rhino's footprint. Once the largest footprints are pointing north. Because all the footprints other than the rhino's foot look-alike are not known to trace except in that place."
They followed the trail that led them north. This time they did not fly in the air, as they had to read the traces left on the ground.
After a long time they walked, they finally reached the gap between the two mountains.
"Am I not wrong with what I see? It's like a road. Even though this road is like a path. But this indicates, if nature has inhabitants."
"Could there be any inhabitants inhabiting this nature? It seems like this journey is not as simple as we thought it would be." Lord Rencong scratched his head while looking at the stretched path.
The land around them is not sandy like a desert. But the land on the land is too dry, so that former people who pass through the same place will form the path of a road.
"We just follow this path uncle, maybe we'll get some clues about this realm?"
"But wait a minute uncle, fifty spears behind us are approaching. They're like a troupe."
"We'd better hide first, we'll follow them secretly. If they're nature-dwellers, this will definitely help us find cities or at least find places where their groups gather."
"Hopefully it will help us us usher in the existence of the Sword God and the elder Dewi Anggini."
Lord Rencong then invites Suro to hide behind a large rock. Not long from the distance Suro felt the group of creatures getting closer towards the two of them.
They then saw a convoy of creatures twice the size of an adult elephant. Overall, the beast had four tails.
The shape of the creature resembles a rhino from ancient times. In addition to the horns on the tip of his nose, his neck there is a kind of shield on the edge growing horns more than four pieces, so that the shield almost resembles a fan. But the beast had teeth that looked like a wolf. By that it has been asserted, if the animal is a type of flesh-eating creature.
On top of each animal's back was another creature riding on it. The shape is no less terrible than the mount.
The creature on the back of the beast was as tall as almost a spear. His head had horns like a sheep. His fangs were seen sticking out of his mouth. Either what a creature but such a fusion between a human half demon or half beast. They also have a tail slightly similar to that of a bitter melon. His back hung a sword and some of them carried bows on his back.
The clothes worn were entirely made of some sort of animal skin, some of which was covered in some sort of metal thorns. There were eight of them, because every one of the animals was rode by two people.
'Look at the soles of their feet that ride the beast. Isn't that very similar to the bird's footprints we found in the place that uncle had previously?' Suro whispered to Lord Rencong who was beside him.
"True, it means we're headed for a place that's not wrong. If reading from the traces left behind in the previous place, uncle is sure that most likely the Sword God and the elder Goddess Anggini have been taken captive by creatures like them. Somehow is the story I'm sure of that?"
The two of them then moved to follow the group of beasts that had just passed by from a distance they were unaware of. Because Suro and Lord Rencong were stalking the group from a place at a height.