The Fire Dragon Sword
Wardhana Trap Net
When the Sun was embarrassed to show its light, Daritri seemed to have walked through the cold palace air to the Wardhana room.
His eyes were glaring, indicating that he had not slept all night, his roaring breath showing great fear. Daritri realized the person he would meet was the most feared patih in Muswantoro.
His intelligence has been proven by bringing down Majasari, the largest kingdom that at that time seemed impossible to destroy.
Daritri's steps slowed down in front of a large building, stopping for a moment and staring at the dozens of soldiers standing guard in every corner of the building.
The building Daritri saw was a dormitory for the entire royal lady. Different from the usual day, the guard in the building was so strict on Wardhana's orders.
Daritri let out a long sigh before continuing his journey.
"Airin, may you follow all the plans I made or we both get in trouble" he murmured inwardly.
As Daritri began to move away from the dormitory, two body figures wearing face coverings were seen darting rapidly towards the building.
Their movement is very fast and does not cause sound signifies having the science of lightening the body high enough.
"Is this the place?" ask one of the warriors to his friend.
His friend nodded slowly as he looked around him to make sure no one was following them.
"Kill the girl and get out of here as soon as possible" his friend replied as he signaled to start moving.
"You have kept me waiting too long" a voice shocked the two of them.
"The back?" said the warrior to his friend.
"Calm down, he's alone. I'll deal with it, you kill the girl quickly."
The phallus smiled coldly upon hearing the words of the two of them.
"You don't think about facing me alone, do you?" asked the cynical Lingga, he then pulled out his sword and prepared to attack.
"Rear, he doesn't seem to be an arbitrary swordsman, we'd better deal with both. After disabling it, we take care of the girl" said one of the warriors while pulling out his sword.
"I only need one person, meaning one of you will die today." Right after Lingga finished his speech, he immediately moved to attack.
"Damn," said the two of them while welcoming the Linga attack.
"It's time I tried that style," Linga suddenly changed her movements, she pulled the sky sword towards her back while releasing a considerable aura.
"He hid his strength, back off!" yell at one of them.
"Slow," Linga moved quickly and released her sword stance.
"The sword that destroys the heavens." The two swordsmen suddenly stopped moving, none of them were able to see the movement of the sky sword, which happened next, they collapsed under different conditions.
One of the warriors split his body in two, while the other one was a little lucky, he only suffered a fracture in some parts.
"How did he move so fast?" muttered the swordsman with a pale face.
"Whoever ordered you here, he made a terrible mistake. Wardhana is not a person who can be used as an opponent, I even prefer to face a hundred warriors like you rather than have to face it" said Lingga slowly, who was not the only one, he then summoned several soldiers around him before kicking the swordsman's body off the rooftop.
"Hold him and tell Wardhana I accidentally killed one of them" Lingga said shortly before he sped away.
"Non-intentionally?" said one of the soldiers while staring in horror at the body pieces that were still on the roof.
***
Daritri is seen entering Wardhana's room escorted by a South Wind warrior.
"Please wait a minute, sir may be coming soon" said the soldier as he stepped out.
"Okay sir, thank you" Daritri replied slowly.
Daritri sat on the chair that the two occupied yesterday while staring at the magnificent room.
His gaze stopped when he saw the pile of scrolls in Wardhana's table. One of the scrolls in the middle of the pile reads Airin.
"Airin's Answer?" he mumbled a little nervous.
Daritri was silent for a while, he turned to the door before venturing out to read the scroll.
"Based on a stupid girl! I told you to answer as I said, thankfully I saw your answer" Daritri murmured inwardly.
Shortly Wardhana entered the room with Lembu sora and immediately sat in front of Daritri.
"Have you been waiting a long time?" ask Wardhana slowly.
"No sir, I just arrived" replied Daritri.
Wardhana nodded slowly, she then took one of the scrolls on her desk.
"We just start, there are some questions related to the work system of the ladies. Are you ready?" ask Wardhana.
"Hamba will answer everything I know" Daritri replied.
"I'm very interested in your work system, if I'm not mistaken every daymaid will be replaced in the evening, right? did you arrange it?"
"True sir, the servant who arranged all the alternation schedules. Servants want the queen and noble concubine to be well served," Daritri replied softly.
"So the queen's wrestling is not at all involved in determining who and when the lady-in-waiting is in place?"
"No sir, I just reported to the queen's wrestling to ask for her consent. If the queen doesn't agree, I'll change it back."
"You have full power yes" Wardhana murmured softly.
"Then regarding Airin's whereabouts when the mistress of the concubine went into the forest that night, I heard that she was on duty in the morning, why was that night she still seen in the concubine's pavilion?" ask Wardhana back.
Daritri seemed to think for a moment, he recalled the writing on the scroll he had read.
"At that time Airin asked me for permission to take something left behind in the concubine pavilion, the servant had not allowed it but he insisted because it was the relic of his mother who was dead," replied Daritri.
"Mother's legacy?" Wardhana scrunched her forehead.
"True sir, a white cloth" Daritri replied.
"Are you so easy to allow someone to enter the concubine pavilion outside of his time of duty just for such a reason? what if he has bad intentions? you will be responsible if something happens to the mistress of the concubine" Wardhana said sharply.
"Hamba apologized sir, Airin begged the servant while crying for fear of the cloth being lost. Back then as a fellow servant-woman allowed with a record must be accompanied by a soldier who was on guard."
Daritri nodded quickly, he was quite sure because that was what he read on the scroll that Wardhana was currently holding.
"You said yesterday, in hiring ladies, you're forming a team, right? are you investigating their past? considering the lady-in-waiting was always near the queen's wrestling and the king's concubine," Wardhana stared at Daritri sharply.
"We are only in charge of selecting in the final stage of the master, for the initial reception and past investigations are under the control of Mr. Setya who was then serving as team leader," Daritri replied.
"Anya?" Wardhana turned to Oxen Sora, "You know him?" ask Wardhana.
"Setya was a south wind warrior who originally served as a teliksandi. After the battle with Majasari, he was appointed commander of the Malwageni Lightning force which commanded the entire teliksandi," Sora replied.
"Malwageni Lightning Commander? how can a person I've never heard of by name occupy such an important position?" wardhana astonished.
"Petir Malwageni is under the command line of the commander of the red Fire master," said Ox sora half whispered.
"I understand now" Wardhana replied softly.
Malwageni continued to strengthen its military after successfully conquering Majasari. In addition to the south wind and the fire regiment in charge of guarding the king, they formed a red fire army to support Hibata in gathering all the necessary information.
"Looks like that's enough for today, I'll just meet you with Airin" Wardhana closed the scroll in her hand.
"Call Airin here" he asked the Ox.
"Okay sir," Sora replied as she walked away.
"I have a little story for you about mistress concubine. It has been countless times that I almost died in a battle but I always felt afraid when faced with problems related to Madam Mentari.
He was the one who always accompanied His Majesty from the beginning he wandered in the martial world until now. So much love for the mistress of the concubine, sometimes making her look scary.
I still remember very clearly how His Majesty almost massacred everyone in the green bat sect because they injured Madam Mentari.
His Majesty will not hesitate to kill anyone who dares to harm his favorite concubine even if it is me" said Wardhana slowly.
Daritri is seen gulping his saliva when he hears Wardhana's story. He could imagine how much love Sabrang had for Mentari if Wardhana who was currently a confidant was not reluctant to be killed.
***
The White Fox seemed to be staring at the towering mountain before him, occasionally he seemed to close his eyes as if reminiscing about something.
"It's been a long time since then but not a single bit of this place has changed" he said in his heart.
"It seems like enough up here, I've seen your body react to the dark side of the universe. Tomorrow morning we come back and I'll give you two days before we practice" said the White Fox quietly.
Sabrang who was sitting cross-legged just nodded slowly, although he had started to adjust but to move freely, his body was not able to.
"I'm going to find something to eat, you better find a tree branch to make a fireplace because the temperature in this place at night is very cold" said the White Fox as she stepped away.
"You still thinking about that girl?" asked the fire dragon arrived when he saw Sabrang not moving one bit from his place.
"She was even willing to give up the queen position I gave her just because she wanted me to follow her trust, do you think someone like her would betray me?"
"Why don't you find out for yourself? you said as if you cared about him but until this moment you just kept quiet and didn't try to defend him" the Fire Dragon replied.
"I don't want to look for him and ask him directly what happened but my position as king makes me unable to do so.
Betrayal once got father killed and Malwageni destroyed, if I defend Mentari before knowing the truth then they will assume I protect a traitor, and it can make the palace chaotic.
Now I understand how difficult it was for you to rule the kingdom" Sabrang said.
"Then what are you going to do now?"
Sabrang shook his head slowly, at this time he really felt held hostage by the interests of the kingdom, he could have defended Mentari regardless of wrong or right, with the science of kanuragan owned, there would be no one to stop him.
But if he does that then Malwageni will be chaotic and Saung Galah will probably take advantage of the situation to attack.
Sabrang opened his eyes as he began to feel the cold air touching his body.
"It seems like the day starts in the afternoon, I should look for firewood or the grandfather will scold me," Sabrang said as he walked towards the foot of the mountain not far from where he sat.
"This place really confused me, I can't even use the eyes of the moon. At least I use the energy in my breath immediately tight," muttered Sabrang while picking up some twigs around him.
Once enough was felt, Sabrang tied the twig and shouldered it. Just a few steps Sabrang walked, he suddenly stopped his steps when he felt something.
Sabrang looked puzzled, supposedly without any inner manpower, he could not feel the presence of someone.
"Your highness" came the trembling voice of a woman he was very familiar with.
Sabrang fell silent, he was trying to control his body that was shaking violently.
"Is that really you? tell me how you found me?" Sabrang still did not dare to turn his head in fear that it was just his delusion.
"Hamba immediately ran here when he felt something," Mentari said softly, tears began to drip on his cheeks.
"So I'm really not dreaming?"
"Pardon your Majesty, the incident that night..," Mentari did not continue his speech when he saw Sabrang's left arm raised as if asking him to stop talking.
"Don't try to explain anything to me, never for a second do I suspect you" Sabrang said slowly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty" replied Mentari slowly.
Sabrang threw away the firewood that was on his shoulders and walked up to Mentari who was still kneeling.
"Your Majesty," Mentari continued to cry with a downcast face.
Sabrang immediately hugged the body of the girl he loved so much, a tight hug that seemed to not want to be released again.
"Didn't you trust me? why do you have to run away from the palace? I'm almost crazy thinking about your safety" Sabrang said softly.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty," only that sentence came out repeatedly from Mentari's mouth.
"Go back to the palace with me, I'll take care of everything" Sabrang said.
"But His Majesty..."
"There's no reason, I'm asking you not as a king but as the young master you met first. Come back with me" replied Sabrang.
Mentari's cry grew more and more, she was seen nodding her head many times after hearing Sabrang's invitation.