The Fire Dragon Sword
The Last Consort of Arya Dwipa
Tantri is seen down the Sukma ilang valley which is right behind the Red Lotus group building. He moved agilely among the rocks that seemed to be deliberately arranged to descend the valley.
Tantri stopped her movement as she almost slipped, she adjusted her breathing first before jumping back.
"It's not usually that teachers train at the bottom of the valley" he said confusedly.
Tantri scrunched her forehead as her feet touched the bottom of the valley, there was a huge aura pressing down on her coming from inside the cave at the bottom of that valley.
"Is there anyone else in this place? don't don't, teacher?" Tantri panicked and went straight into the cave.
His face changed instantly as he watched the cave walls shatter.
"Teacher" he said anxiously in his heart.
Just one step Tantri stepped, a shadow darted towards her and draped a sword around her neck.
"Fastly," Tantri's body could not be moved because someone had taken a stab at her body.
"I've told you never once to enter the bottom of the valley of the tribe, did you not listen to your teacher's orders huh?" snarled Wulan Sari annoyed.
"Teacher? how can you have a science of canoeing of this height?" tantri replied after recognizing the threatening voice. He was really surprised to see the overflowing deep energy from Wulan Sari's body.
"There are things you don't have to know for your own good!" wulan Sari.
"Sorry teacher" Tantri replied as she took a scroll from inside her clothes.
"There is a message from the Malwageni palace for you teachers, I was asked to convey it today as well" Tantri continued.
"Message from the palace?" Wulan sari was silent for a moment, she drew her sword and took the scroll.
The Wulan sari opened the scroll and read it.
"He has appeared, meaning they start moving," said Wulan sari slowly.
Wulan sari turned her head towards Tantri, there was guilt in her heart when she saw Tantri's pale face.
"I'm sorry son, there's a big task that the red lotus actually carries. It seems like it's time I told you. Gather all your brothers and sisters in the main hall, I will follow after my preparation," said Wulan sari slowly.
"Good teacher," Tantri replied quickly before leaving.
Wulan sari took a deep breath while staring at her beloved disciple leave.
He recalled the moment a young man appeared in the forest of death and met him. The thing that made Wulan Sari surprised was that the young man could pass through all the traps of the death forest.
Wulan sari had originally intended to expel the young man because the Red Lotus did not want to get in touch with anyone, but the young man's shout made him stop his steps.
"My name is Arya Dwipa, King of Malwageni, I came to ask you to be a Malwageni concubine" said Arya Dwipa arrived.
"Being your concubine?" Wulan Sari almost beat the man if he did not see the serious face of Arya Dwipa.
"She's serious about what she says?" Wulan Sari scrunched her forehead, she really did not understand how a king from a small kingdom dared to ask the chairman of the Red Lotus to be a concubine.
"Maybe you think I'm crazy right now, but I really want to make you a concubine" Arya Dwipa continued.
"What makes you think I'm interested in your offer? if you feel that your royal treasures interest me, you're wrong," replied Wulan Sari coldly.
"I can't promise you all that because maybe soon Malwageni will be destroyed by Majasari but I offer safety and prevent the destruction of Nuswantoro" replied Arya Dwipa.
Wulan Sari seemed to laugh mockingly before replying to Arya Dwipa's words.
"For a king who can't defend his own kingdom, you offer me salvation?"
"I might be able to destroy Majasari if I exert all the power I have, but it will attract the attention of Masalembo who is after me. Sometimes there are things that must be sacrificed to achieve something," replied Arya Dwipa politely.
Wulan Sari's face changed instantly, she stared intently at Arya Dwipa.
"What do you know about Masalembo?" ask Wulan.
"All, if you think only Masalembo is a threat to the martial world, you're wrong. There are two other organizations that are no less dangerous than Masalembo," replied Arya Dwipa.
"Other organizations?" asked Wulan Sari surprised.
"True, even though they have different goals, but if they move together, the world will be destroyed. I have a plan to prevent them from getting up together but I need your help" replied Arya Dwipa.
Wulan Sari seemed to think for a moment, he had long investigated the existence of Masalembo but he did not expect that there were still two other organizations that were no less dangerous than Masalembo.
"Say," said Wulan Sari arrived.
"Right now the Tumapel Chakra and Thunder Flame had not moved because they assumed Lakeswara and the world leaders were still alive somewhere. If we go after Masalembo now they will know that Masalembo's power is weakening and they will move.
Let the secret of Masalembo be buried until Sekar finishes investigating the two organizations, if the time comes to move according to my plan" said Arya Dwipa.
"If Masalembo is weakened isn't it time we destroy them?" reply Wulan Sari fast.
Wulan Sari fell silent, she did not expect that the matters of the martial world would be this complicated.
"Then what's your plan?" ask Wulan Sari.
"I want you to do something with my Queen and take care of my son from afar."
"Keep your son?" Wulan Sari scrunched her forehead.
"I may be the worst father in the world, but this is the fate that the Dwipa breed has to endure. I will make my son and Wardhana the keys to all my plans, so please take care of them from afar.
Save your Kanuragan knowledge so as not to attract the attention of Masalembo because at this time they began to reassemble the power that had been destroyed by Naraya," replied Arya Dwipa.
"What to do with being a concubine?"
"I just want to make sure the person involved in my plan is the one closest to me, but I'm sorry to you, other than you won't have any rights to your concubine title, I also want you to keep it a secret until the time comes."
Wulan Sari smiled gently, she really did not expect that the young king before her could devise such a detailed plan for decades to come.
"There is no need to hesitate, Your Majesty, if this can stop Masalembo then I will be happy to do it," replied Wulan sari slowly.
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"Some full moon before Majasari attacked, your father realized that Masalembo had started to move. His face was visibly riled up because at that time you were just born, your father was very sorry for not being able to create an environment worthy of you growing up like any other child.
After thinking long enough, your father decided to keep us away from the Masalembo vortex, he planned to hide us somewhere. But all those plans were ruined because a few days before mom took you away, Majasari attacked.
He was the one who was hardest hit with the situation back then, he ended up asking mother to "disappear" and leave his beloved son to the Fire Dragon Sect. From then on the mother continued to investigate the Tumapel Chakra and Thunder Flame.
A mother's greatest regret is to abandon her child and miss every second of her baby's growth, and that too the mother feels. But all I have to do is because it is our responsibility to make amends for our ancestors, son, I hope you do not hate your father" said Sekar Pitaloka slowly.
Sabrang shook his head slowly, "No mother, I am so grateful to have parents like you," Sabrang replied.
"Thank you son," Sekar Pitaloka again hugged Sabrang's body.
"Then how did you survive?"
Sekar Pitaloka let go of his embrace before taking a deep breath.
"Your father had planned everything including faking the death of the mother, all to make it easier for the mother to investigate the two organizations.
His Majesty asked his concubine for help to raise the mother from the dead after ki Ageng buried the mother's body" Sekar Pitaloka replied.
"Consort father? wasn't Anjani's mother thrown into exile for treason? and how can you be raised from the dead?" asked Sabrang confused.
"Mother's death must have happened because your father realized that one of Masalembo's warriors had managed to infiltrate Malwageni to investigate who the mother's ancestors really were. They began to suspect that the mother was descended from one of the three Masalembo breeds.
His Holiness finally arranged for the intruder to escort the mother to escape from the Malwageni so that she would see her own mother dead with her own eyes.
At the last moment of the mother's life on the slopes of merapi, the mother uses the seal of immortality to seal the mother's spirit. After ki Ageng buried the mother's body, your father's concubine dug up the mother's grave and resurrected the mother with the seal" Sekar Pitaloka replied.
"Consort? you always talk about your concubine, don't you just have one concubine?"
"No son, your father's concubine is actually two and only mom knows. He was the one who arranged everything including your meeting with Suliva and the Fire Dragon. He also took care of you from afar" replied Sekar Pitaloka.
"Pregnated me? don't don't" Sabrang seemed to realize something.
"True, the chief of the Red Lotus is your father's last concubine" Sekar Pitaloka replied.
"Wulan's grandmother was father's concubine?" Sabrang looked in disbelief at what he heard.
Sabrang recalls his first encounter with Wulan Sari in the cave of darkness with his snail and how Wulan sari several times saved his life while fighting with the skull Valley sect master (Chapter 21 of the Power of the Fire Dragon II).
"So the Fire Dragon Sword?" asked Sabrang confused.
"Your father found out about the Fire Dragon's sword heirloom when he was able to communicate with the spirit of the Dark Lord Keris. From then on your father searched for the existence of the Fire Dragon to be prepared as your heirloom. But it was not easy to find the long-lost Fire Dragon Sword with Suliwa.
When he raised Wulan Sari to be his concubine, your father finally found out that the Fire Dragon Sword was in the Red Lotus with Suliwa. He then asked Wulan Sari to arrange your meeting with Suliwa after everything is ready" Sekar replied.
Now Pitaloka got up from his seat and prepared to leave Sabrang's room.
"Get me in the main hall tomorrow morning, bring Wardhana and some of your confidants, I'll explain all your father's grand plans" Sekar Pitaloka said before stepping away.
"Good ma'am," replied Sabrang quickly.
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If you forget a little about the Masalembo Seal of Eternity, you can read the previous chapter about the Arjuna seal used by all Masalembo warriors in a desperate state in order to be resurrected.
Sekar Pitaloka used the seal to fake his death before being resurrected by Wulan Sari.