The Fire Dragon Sword
Kenteng Songo Peak

Along the way to the top of Mount Damalung, Wardhana seemed more silent, this makes the atmosphere a little awkward.

No one tried to reprimand him because they believe that Wardhana is currently thinking hard about the mystery that is in the Damalung mountain.

The atmosphere gets worse when the rain starts to fall and the air temperature gets colder. The soil conditions on the cliffs of the slightly loose Damalung mountain add to their difficult journey. Lightning came alternately accompanied by the sound of explosions from the direction of the sky.

Wardhana walked up to a shady tree for temporary shelter, she unrolled it and surveyed the surrounding area for a while.

Although it has not reached the highest peak of Mount Damalung, the area around it seems to start a little flat.

"It looks like this is the second highest peak," he murmured inwardly.

Seeing Wardhana stop, Wulan and the others chose to rest for a while while recovering their strength.

"Are we going to rest again?" ask Candrakurama in surprise, because only a while ago they rested.

"Let it be, he must have a reason to stop at this point," Wulan replied while looking at the highest peak that was still quite far away.

"This rain seems to prohibit us from opening something that should not be opened" Wulan murmured inwardly.

Wardhana closed her eyes for a moment while holding back her scroll, she was as if she was listening to the sound of lightning and the wind blowing so fiercely.

Wardhana then turned to the top of the tree and sharpened his gaze, the appearance of fog and dark sky made the atmosphere of the day dark and visibility became disturbed.

Wardhana leapt up to the top of the tree and continued to move up, she wanted to observe the situation from above.

"Damn, what's he doing? with the condition of the tree slippery due to rain, he can slip and enter the gorge at any time," Wulan directly moved towards Wardhana, as well as Candrakurama.

The position of the tree that Wardhana climbed was right on the side of the ravine, if it slipped a little he would go straight into the abyss.

What they both feared finally became a reality, the slippery tree conditions plus the increasingly thick fog made Wardhana's view a little disturbed, when it was almost at the top of the tree, the, he misplaced his body to lose balance and slip.

"Sial" said Wardhana, he tried to reach the twigs nearby but the wind conditions are quite strong and the weight of his body makes the twigs unable to withstand the load.

"KRAKKK," Wardhana's body fell rapidly.

"Hey, give me a slight foothold to jump on," Wulan shouted as she increased her speed, she channeled pure energy throughout her body.

"Policy?" Candrakurama darted to the big tree next to her while pulling out her sword.

"Tier II Dragon Destroying sword moves: Dragon wind rounds" Candrakurama swung her sword with all her might making the huge tree fall down instantly and fall towards Wulan and Wardhana along with the sound of lightning that continued to echo in the sky.

Wulan jumped up a tree before plunging down and grabbed Wardhana's body.

"Hopefully," Wulan changed the position of his body in the air to reach the tree trunk prepared by Candrakurama.

But the wind conditions are very strong and Wardhana body load makes Wulan movement slightly slowed down, he was only able to reach the end of the tree trunk that makes the jump is not maximal.

"Wine! his body reacted too late, "Wulan tried to grip the side of the ravine but the slippery ground conditions made his grip detach.

Candrkurama darted quickly and grabbed Wulan's arm, Candrakurama's right arm stuck her sword into the brink to hold their bodies.

"Thank God I'm not late" said Candrakurama relieved, she turned her head down with a smile towards Wulan who was hanging in her hand. But his leg face changed instantly as the ground of the ravine began to crack.

The sword Candrakurama stuck too far to make the ground around it not strong to hold its load. As their bodies were about to slide into the abyss, the Siha appeared and caught Candrakurama's arm.

"You are really crazy!" Siha shook her head with a pale face.

Ciha spread her body when she managed to pull them all up, she had seen the very deep side of the abyss, there was nothing she could see but darkness.

"You better be careful sir, there will be no luck twice for us" said Wulan softly.

"This is the place, this is where you see the bright light" replied Wardhana slowly.

Wulan looked at Wardhana while frowning her forehead.

"When we were hanging in the ravine, I looked down, if my estimation was correct then this is where we saw it from below" Wardhana said, rising up and looking around him.

"Light, where did that light come from?" mumbling slowly.

His gaze stopped when he saw the stone arrangement not far from him, Wardhana immediately approached the stone and cleaned it from the splash of soil due to rainwater.

A small inscription appears engraved on one of the stones, long enough Wardhana stared at the stone but he did not understand the characters used.

"That's an ancient jawata script, even when my time it was no longer used," said Wulan while staring at the writing.

"Songo temple," said Wulan arrived.

"Do you understand this writing?" ask Wardhana slowly.

"I once learned this language while in the Malalembo archive room, if I'm not mistaken kenteng songo means nine holes" Wulan replied.

"Nine holes?" Wardhana cleaned all the rocks and tried to count them.

"There are only four," Wardhana continued to stare at the surrounding trying to find other stones but to no avail, only four of the stacked stones were at the top of both Damalung mountains.

"Are you not misrepresenting it?" ask Wardhana back.

"There's no way I'm wrong, kenteng songo does mean nine holes" Wulan replied as he thought.

"Wait, I don't know if it's just a coincidence or not but something related to Masalembo is also nine. The guardian god Masalembo number 9, the organization Sorik marapi there are also nine people, do you think this is just a coincidence?" ask Wulan.

Wardhana was silent after hearing Wulan's words, she kept thinking amidst the rain and lightning bolts that seemed to want to grab them.

"Is it possible that the other five hollow stones have been moved by them to prevent anyone from finding this place?" reply Ciha.

Wardhana shook his head slowly, "It is impossible, if any stone is moved or broken I believe there is a trace. Since the beginning of the songo temple there are only four embedded here, then where are the other five stones?"

"Master, if this peak is indeed the place we should rest for a moment. I will try to make a shelter and start a fire, with this very cold temperature, we will freeze to death" said Candrakurama who was met with Wardhana nods.

"Ciha, help me collect wood to make a small hut, it looks like the big tree can protect us from strong winds" Candrakurama said.

"Dead huh? the temperature of the air will make our body stiff and die slowly. Isn't that irony? my body may be almost immortal but the cold air will kill me slowly. Nature seems to rebuke me if there is nothing eternal in this world" Wulan said with a wry smile.

"Death? turn day into night?" wardhana's face changed instantly, she seemed to know something.

"Sounds you found something?" Wulan smiled slightly.

"Death will turn day into night, the cold air temperature of this mountain peak will make anyone die quickly and the fog makes day seem to be night. It seems that I am starting to understand the meaning of the writing, the thick fog typical of Mount Damalung will be the key to unlock the secret veil that has been hidden all this time but what I do not understand is what the function of this fog?"

"So the meaning of death turning day into night is this fog?"

"It looks like it but I still don't understand the bright light that you see. I had thought if the light was the reflection of water here, that's why I asked for some large foliage to hold water but the angle of this peak is very difficult to penetrate the moonlight, how does that light reflect?" wardhana said a little upset.

Wulan looked at Wardhana for a moment, for the first time he saw the Malwageni trainer was a little rushed and showed his emotions.

"I can understand the annoyance you feel but not all according to our estimates, right? I'll keep you company sitting in the rain until you find something.

Looking at you these few days, I understand that your greatest strength lies in calmness in thinking, cool your head and try to think as usual" Wulan said while sitting in front of Wardhana.

"Thinking as usual?" Wardhana suddenly remembered the message of Axis when teaching him the science of war.

"Nobody guarantees all the plans will be according to your estimation because the opponent also has his own plan to break us, but one that you must remember Wardhana, he said, if your mind has reached its limit then rest for a moment and look at the problem from a different point of view.

You may have extraordinary intelligence but you must remember that you are also a human being, you will not be able to think clearly when your mood is chaotic, that is the greatest weakness of man," said the Taxi while hitting Wardhana on the head.

Wardhana turned to Candrakurama and Ciha who were building a small hut for shelter.

"We should rest for a while, elders," said Wardhana as he got up from his seat.

"Did you give up?" ask Wulan slowly.

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"Sorry Your Majesty?" The axe looks surprised when Arya Dwipa introduces Wardhana to him.

"I want the brother to guide and raise him to be a disciple" replied Arya dwipa.

"But Your Majesty, combat tactics are not the same as canuragan science which only follows the movements taught. Nothing is certain in the strategy of war, we must be smart to read the situation and sometimes forced to change the plan quickly when the opponent makes a move.

Servants do not doubt your judgment on him but we need people who can think quickly and see the situation from all sides of Your Majesty," replied the Axis while looking at the downed Wardhana.

"Rear, give a full moon to the boy to prove his ability, if according to the brother he is disappointing then I will put it in the south wind troops," said Arya dwipa slowly.

The axi seemed a little objected to Arya dwipa's decision but she still nodded slowly.

"If it's His Majesty's wish, the servant will try to teach him," replied the Axis as he lowered his head.

"Thank you brother," Arya dwipa smiled slightly as she looked at Wardhana.

"Listen to me son, I may not be a good person but I try to be better with my abilities.

Someone once told me, urip I urinate, you have to live for others. Every human being has their own advantages, maybe you are the same as me and also Paksi legions who do not have high talent in kanuragan science.

Use your head and your heart to change something wrong, learn to axiom everything you can learn, I hope you can complete the pieces that have been lost," Arya dwipa told Wardhana.

"Changed something wrong?" Wardhana scrunched her forehead.

"Master?" Siha's voice woke Wardhana from her sleep.

Wardhana looked a little confused because he was woken up.

"How long have I been sleeping?" ask Wardhana while rubbing her eyes.

"Told enough to get you a little rest" replied the new Wulan.

"The rain has stopped?" ask Wardhana.

Wulan nodded slowly, "The weather here is hard to guess."

Wardhana got up from her sleep and walked closer to the songo temple. Long enough Wardhana stood while staring at the surroundings.

Wardhana scrunched her forehead when she saw the small moonlight near her feet.

"Monthly light? this light bounces off the rock" Wardhana said, looking at the pitch-black rock on the edge of the gorge.

"If the purpose of the stone is made to reflect light into this songo temple stone why the light can miss?" Wardhana seems to think.

"The tree changed the path of the moonlight" Wardhana said, shouting a little, he ran towards the rock that reflected the moonlight followed by Ciha and the others.

"It looks like he found something," Wulan said as she ran.

"It should be not just one stone," Wardhana looked around and found four other stones that were all right on the edge of the abyss.

The stone was like an ordinary stone because of its irregular location, anyone who saw it would not have expected if the stone was like being prepared for something because finding a large stone on a mountain was common.

"Master," said Ciha.

"I already know the answer to the riddle, Ciha put the leaves I asked on the four points of the stone," Wardhana quickly pinta.

"Songo temple stone?" ask Ciha.

"No, four miles on the edge of the cliff" Wardhana pointed out.

"Let me help you," Wulan grabbed a leaf and darted towards the rock Wardhana pointed at.

"Is the stone a little hollow and a downward stroke as a way of water?" ask Wardhana.

"Just like you said, sir," Wulan replied softly.

"Put the leaves under the waterway," Wardhana ordered.

Ciha and Candrakurama ran to the other three stones, after laying the leaves and holding them with small stones so that the leaves did not fly them back to approach Wardhana.

"(Water brings the way of life) can be interpreted if we need water to open the way of life. He was up this mountain quite difficult to find water for that four stones were placed there.

Then (Death turns day into night), this sentence leads to fog and cold temperatures, with thick fog like this and very cold temperatures just as much death, right? but this fog will also give us water.

This message means asking us to seek water from the mist through the rock. The irregular-looking stone was used as a tool to collect Dew" Wardhana explained.

"So that moonlight?" Ciha seemed to understand a little.

"If my estimation is correct, this stone as a moonlight reflector that will point to the four songo tiles to show us something," Wardhana replied quickly.

"So then, all began to be answered," replied Wulan who seemed amazed at Wardhana's analysis.

"True elders, there are nine songo temple stones from the beginning, four main stones in the middle, the remaining five are large stones on the edge of the gorge. Except for this reflecting stone, the other four stones were indeed placed irregularly because it was only a reservoir of dew and to disguise everyone's eyes.

The light you see is likely from the reflection of the reflecting stone" Wardhana said, looking at Wulan.

"But what I saw was so bright" replied Wulan who saw the reflected light on the main stone that looked dim.

"That's why this place was chosen," replied Wardhana.

"You mean?" Wulan scrunched her forehead.

"As I said earlier, the damalung mountain was chosen not without reason, the ever-changing weather strongly supports this puzzle formation.

If this stone continues to dry then every night will appear bright rays from the top of the mountain, right? and it will provoke the curiosity of people to come.

The weather on this mountain is erratic and often rainy, rainwater will dampen the reflection of light and focus the moonlight only on the songo temple in the middle, which is in the middle, in other words the weather of this mountain hides what's stored in here."

Wardhana then stepped into four songo temple stones arranged in the middle of the second peak and cleaned it from splashes of rainwater.

"We just have to wait for the stone to hold the dew water and put it in these four stones. If my estimation is correct, the reflecting stone will reflect moonlight to the four stones of songo temple which has been filled with dew water then this stone will reflect back moonlight somewhere. the reflection of the light is our purpose to come here, hopefully the rain will no longer fall" said Wardhana slowly.

"Wouldn't it be easier to catch rain?" ask Candrakurama.

"No, dew water is much clearer than rainwater and the extremely weak moonlight needs very clear water in order to be reflected back," Wulan replied with a small smile.

"It looks like your gamble bears the sweet fruit of Arya dwipa, now we just have to wait for what is actually hidden in this place," Wulan murmured inwardly.

"Candrakurama, can you get rid of the big tree near the reflecting rock? I just saw the light slip a little from its place, the tree grows naturally near the main stone, it looks like nature is trying to hide it," Wardhana said.

"Okay sir" replied Candrakurama quickly.

"Ciha, as I thought, right? this place can not be visited at any time, it needs the support of nature to go inside" said Wardhana.

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Okay this time the Author borrowed the peak of Merbabu songo temple as a background mystery.

for those who do not know...

Kenteng songo peak is a peak that is between the three peaks of Merbabu. The scenery is really beautiful, really make me long to immediately set foot back here. It looks fantastic with lots of mountains around it. Starting from Sindoro, Merapi, Sumbing, to Andong.

At the top of the songo temple there are only 4 Watu Kenteng (hollow stones), not according to its name which should be nine hollow stones.

People believe if the other five stones can only be seen with the sixth sense, no one knows whether or not, the PNA simply borrows this story as its mystery.

Today I update 3 chapters at once which just make one as a bonus for you, so let me ask for Vote considering the current PNA thrown from the top 10...