Swastika Naladhipa
Nayaka Dananyaksa

The longer the shadow gets closer. Even his footsteps grew louder and louder toward them. Tika this time not only shivered because of the cold, but because of fear.

''Kika, take cover behind me,'' watch Kailash and pull out his dagger.

Srekk..srekkk.srekk, the pace of the move was getting closer.

''See there are two beings, a draft and a human child? Why are you guys here? It's so cold in here.." A man's voice.

It was only fitting that the footsteps were very loud, it turned out that a horse-bodied man was approaching them. His body is burly with four stout horse legs equipped with foot protection in each joint. Equipped again with a sword he slung on his shoulder. His body is so heavy that this cold is unable to penetrate his pores.

"Gosh, you almost surprised us, sir," Kailash breathed a sigh of relief and saved his knife.

He immediately called the man ''Master'' because there was an accent carving on the sword. But what character he has not known. This man is definitely not an arbitrary person. Because the sword is usually a relic of the gods.

''What kind of creature is that?'' Tika was frightened and closed her eyes.

''You have nothing to fear. I am the border guard of this misty forest. If you look, you don't seem to be the bad guys and you're not a race of people in this country or any other country nearby, either" explained the man.

''Who is he, Kailash?'' Tika looked at Kailash but glanced at the half-horse-bodied man.

''Introduce my name to Nayaka Dananyaksa, the Guardians of the land of Apaka. Just call me Nayaka, "have respect to her by holding her chest.

''Salam.. My name is Kailash and this little girl is Tika," - Kailash.

''Then you go up first. Later we continue speaking on the way,'' down and let Kailash and Tika go up to his back.

The two of them climbed onto the back of Nayaka, the half-horse man. Tika was very shocked because she was not used to the inhabitants of this world. Only this time he saw a horse closely, yet this time he was half human. Tika was silent for a while.

''Are you ready? Hold on tight..," said Nayaka.

Fr.srekk...

The roar of the horse's running steps blends in with the sound of moss moss scuffs that are moist when stepped on. They go down the bush after the bush and break through the drizzle.

''Within a few minutes, you will arrive at a populated place. So, hold. The weather here will never be hot and warm, Nayaka continues to run down the road.

''Thank you in advance for giving us the ride, sir," - Kailash.

''This is my duty. Where are you guys from? Why did you get to this place?" Nayaka was curious.

''We came from the mushroom forest after we asked for directions to the legendary fish belonging to the forest gods that are in the waterfall at the end of the mushroom forest, sir" replied Kailash.

''Are you kidding me? Few people could open the gates of the legendary fish because they did not know how to summon them. And you a dwraft can open it? That's impossible" Nayaka rejected Kailash's statement.

''We are not lying, sir. I can open it because I've come to this country before. However, it was a long time ago. And I was able to open that gate because I had studied for several years with a great magician named Mr. Apsara Amartya'' said Kailash.

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