Swordsman Without Friends
Three years in goa.

The torrential rain that flushed the earth had lasted for quite a long time, but there was still no sign of the outpouring of water would stop from above the sky.the occasional rumbling sound of thunder and lightning strikes that seemed to tear the sky apart.

A young man dressed in dark clothes and carrying a black iron rod was sitting under a small hut, where farmers rested after being tired of working on rice fields. the eyes of the young man named Pranacitra looked around him in the form of a wide rice field.

The roof of the hut in the middle of the paddy field was only made of woven leaves and dry haystacks. poles and walls made of bamboo and only half as high as the chest of people make rain water can enter when hit by the wind.

The young man's clothes were made of thick and shabby cloth and looked soaking wet, but Pranacitra did not seem to care, heavy rain and strong winds make rice plants that begin to turn yellow into ravines and submerged in water that floods the rice fields.Maybe the owner of the rice field will be disappointed because of the threat of crop failure.

Pranacitra does not know which area is currently in. when he intends to find a village to buy food to prop up his stomach that is rumbling, heavy rain has been raining down. incidentally that afternoon he was passing through a very wide rice field.if there is a rice field must be close to the village of farmers who of course there are also food vendors.

Leaning on the pole of the young man's hut, spread his legs over the woven bamboo slats that became the seat of the hut, there was a sound of stiff muscles that were glared as he stretched his legs.

Seeing his deformed left leg, he unconsciously returned to his mind to reflect the events of the past when he first fought against 'Five Begundal Brewok' together with Srianah the pickpocket girl. despite winning in his first fight, but as a result his legs became limp due to the severed calf veins. After experiencing so many events, he arrived at the 'Thousand Poison Valley'.

In a secret cave in the valley that the young man managed to inherit the high level of magic from five black silat figures who most feared the martial. although to get it first the young man must pass through the torment of one hundred and seven knife stabs.!

The five veteran silat figures of the black faction consisting of the Grave Demon, the Moon Dragon Demon, were, The Blood Palm Beggar and the Granny of the Death Stick Physician as well as the Life-Acting Humpback Owl have their own ways that sometimes make no sense when teaching their faith and devotion to him.

If you remember when you were still trapped in the cave with the five old men, Pranacitra could only take a heavy breath. he himself wondered how he could survive there while undergoing a series of very heavy exercises until finally out of the secret cave.

The big-eyed old grandmother who was nicknamed 'Burung Hantu Bungkuk Lifter' in addition to teaching him the science of 'The Claw of the Owl of the Beast' and the powerful punch, he prioritized the study of the science of lightening the body. the reason with a disabled foot next to Pranacitra will certainly be difficult if facing the speed of movement of the opponent. hence he must be faster, lighter and more flexible than anyone.

All that can only be obtained if Pranacitra has the science of lightening a very high body. in the dark stone cave hallway both feet in a large stone jute, then walking even ran down the cave hall without being heard a sound.

If he failed not only the maki scolding and the blow he got from the granny of the Humpy Owl, even the stone hoe tied to his feet would be made heavier. maybe this lesson sounds very cruel and inhumane, but it is what happened.

There was another old woman who not only had high silat science but was also very skilled in medicine and poison.from the person known as the 'Grandmother of the Death-Wand Physician' that Pranacitra not only inherited great silat, but the most he prioritized is the knowledge of poison science and medicine.

The way the grandmother taught this crippled young man was no less evil than his partner the Owl. How not, he even used the limp's own body as a tool for his poison science experiments and tests. first he would poison the young man and then force him to make his own antidote.if to fail Pranacitra had to endure pain, cold heat, or severe itching. until the next day when he was almost dying then the 'Grandmother of the Death Stick' wanted to give him the antidote to the poison.

A pale-faced old man was ruthless and easy to blood up, white-robed full of fillings and had a pair of red hands that smelled of rancid.that was the hallmark of the 'Blood Palm Beggar'. this old man taught him silat and high-level magic blows in a very heinous way.

At first he made hundreds of small holes in both palms Pranacitra by using a needle that was heated to redden. each needle puncture in addition to making a bloody wound also resulted in hot palms and blisters. when the blood had already soaked both hands, he said, the young man was instead forced to beat up a grain of iron sand that was inside a stone cauldron and burned on top of the embers. every day he had to punch his bloody palm a thousand times until the skin of his hand shattered his finger bones.!

That was all he had to do in order to master the science of the powerful punch taught by the 'Devil Dragon Moon'. the most difficult thing in this exercise is that the solid stone chunks must be hollow and translucent but must not be destroyed. at the final stage of the exercise, the, the rock must be able to make it crumble into fine grains of sand in one blow.!

Like everything else, if he fails to practice the solid stone that he must hole in the exercise not only does not decrease, but on the contrary in addition to the number of more, the size also increases.

The very hard exercise that beyond human reason must be in his path every time, day and night makes no difference. ever he almost gave up and intended to commit suicide so can not stand the weight of the exercise. but when he remembered the teacher and all his brothers who died on Mount Bisma as well as his promise to Srianah the little copet, his life spirit was resurrected.

The latter parent passed on his wisdom without much movement and talk. the first time the gray-robed old grandfather told Pranacitra to play all the magic and magic he had before entering into a secret cave to use to attack him.

From the memorandum of silat he had seen while still in the mountain of Bhishma to the science of the teachings of 'Angel Copet' he immediately sent to pound the parents who were haunted by the 'Satan Grave. but no one was able to touch the tip of the magical old man's robe until it changed when the grandfather attacked.

The Grave Devil had gasped when he saw the movement of silat science that he knew very well.the science of 'The Strange Steps of the Dead' what Pranacitra uses, of course, he can make useless because the Devil's Grave itself is the creator of this knowledge.only three attack styles limp defense directly jebol. his body fell on the floor of Goa.

Although he felt shocked, but the old man did not ask where the limp got it. Four colleagues even though they were astonished but also did not ask anything.

In the end, the Devil Grave taught Pranacitra some of the magic in his possession.although how to train it not to bleed blood full of pain, but rather more sinister. the old man demonstrated how to use his magic punch science with just one description and movement without any repetition.

All the silat movements and explanations taught by Satan the Grave even though it is very detailed but because it is only explained once makes Pranacitra very difficult to understand it, which makes it almost crazy and desperate, the old man also gave him death threats.

''Listen to that little fucking limp, I only taught my intelligence once. Then it all depends on your brain, your soul patience and your own luck..''

''If in the next three years all the instructions of the science of magic that I taught you can understand and master well, you can go out of this wretched place safely.but vice versa., you can., if in three years you still fail to master it, your life must have collapsed in this cave with the five of us.!'' threaten the Grave Devil with a cold voice.

The blood of Pranacitra seemed to freeze. Among the five evil old men trapped in the cave in this 'Thousand Poison Valley', the old man nicknamed the Devil Grave was the coldest and rarely spoke. but in his heart the young man actually felt that this old man whose heart was the most transparent.

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