The Fire Dragon Sword
The Fight With Thunder Flame I
"This building seems to be made for worship of the Sun, the structure of the stepped terrace facing east indicates that the place is used as a worship as well as welcoming the rising of the Sun.
But there is something strange about the mountain of padang, if in some places such as the Swarna Dwipa and Celebes land, if in some places, those who also worship the sun always build a Temple as a symbol of the greatness of the Sun god why in this place only built a very simple stepped terrace without any fancy temples?" ask Wardhana while darting towards the top of the mountain.
"Is the temple destroyed? aren't there a lot of rocks on the top of the mountain around the rocks?" answer Lingga quickly.
Wardhana shook his head softly, "That's what they want to tell us, as if the temple has been shattered to pieces with the many stone ruins on the top of the mountain. The magnificent temple still stood firm and they hid it with the stone ruins" Wardhana replied with a smile.
"If the temple is still standing, then why don't we see it? did they use some kind of fog seal to hide it?" ask Candrakurama.
"No, they did not use any seals to hide the temple, even now we see it but do not realize it," answered Wardhana while pointing at the mountain of the field.
"So you mean?" Sekar seemed to begin to understand what Wardhana said.
"True Queen Mother, mount padang or Nagari Siang Padang this temple, the largest temple ever built by humans. This stepped terrace is the top of the temple used as a place of worship, I don't know how they make a building of this size, but certainly this temple is deliberately made big to disguise it into a mountain," answer Wardhana.
"This mountain is a temple? how could they make a building this grand?" said Lingga amazed.
They finally reached the top of the mountain just before the sun sank. Wardhana immediately walked to the middle of the peak while watching the sun that began to sink.
"What is he really looking for?" biantara was confused.
"Entrance," replied Emmy briefly.
"Entrance? isn't Nagari Siang Padang's only access through the well?" balas Biantara's.
"This temple seems to have been deliberately built with one door to facilitate the guarding of a building of this size but if this stepped terrace is really a worship area do you think the worshippers should get out of the temple especially through that well and up this mountain? that would be very difficult.
Mr. Wardhana believes there is some kind of path from inside the temple to this stepped terrace without having to turn through the main gate and that is what he is currently looking for" Emmy replied while watching Wardhana.
"Wardhana was really terrible, he could even read the situation in a very short time. I'm sure the faces of the Thunder Flame warriors will deteriorate if we find a shortcut to enter Nagari Siang Padang.
But has Wardhana foreseen all the risks? what if this path of worship went straight into the room where they sealed the Pagebluk Lampor? isn't it the same as letting go of the plague" Emmy said in her heart.
When the sun begins to set a stone is seen shining for a few seconds before the sun really sinks.
"Please get me some water" Wardhana told Candrakurama as she walked closer to the shining rock.
Candrakurama took a container of water tucked in her waist and gave it to Wardhana.
"Wardhana?" sekar asked for an explanation.
"Let go of all Lust and ambition, the voice of nature will lead you to Nagara at noon. This word indicates if we have to let go of the lust and ambition to get into Nagari Siang Padang and that also applies to this offering path.
Of the many stones at the top of the mountain padang, only this stone is lighter in color and reflects light. If the estimation of the servant is not wrong, this is the key that shows the path of worship," Wardhana replied while watering the stone.
An inscription slowly appeared on the stone lever and disappeared back as the water began to dry.
"The sun god gives everything to life, so kneel down as he appears in reverence. So this temple was really built to worship the sun god. If my guess is correct to open the door of worship, we just need to pull this lever towards the rising of the sun" Wardhana held the lever and was ready to pull it.
"Wait for you, sir" cried Emmy, who surprised everyone.
"Are you sure you'll open the door of worship? what if that door goes straight to the room where the Tengger people lock up the plague?" emmy continued.
"Rightly what he said Wardhana, we do not know which room this path of worship ends," said Sekar Putaloka.
"Hamba had thought like that queen mother but if drawn straight line from the direction of sunrise, the well and this stone are in one direction. That means they use the concept of building one gate to facilitate guarding and I'm sure this path of worship is not connected to any room because it is directly connected to the main line," Wardhana pulled the stone with all her might.
All who saw Wardhana pull the stone lever seemed to hold their breath because if he had a little miscalculation then they would have released the plague of the deadliest disease into the martial world.
The ground near the stone lever began to tremble before it suddenly sucked in and formed a large enough hole.
Wardhana approached the hole of the heart and stared in amazement at the hundreds of stairs made of wood lined up neatly towards the bottom of the hole.
(Illustration of the stairs, this is a photo of a secret room in the film National Treasure. The concept is almost the same, a secret room under the ground 20 meters deep connected by neatly lined steps)
"How could they make a building of this size complete with hundreds of steps? is their science advanced?" wardhana said in amazement.
"Welcome to the hidden temple Nagari Siang Padang Queen Mother," Wardhana turned to Sekar Pitaloka while bowing her head.
Sekar Pitaloka stared at Wardhana long enough as if he wanted to gather the courage to step closer to the hole.
"Wardhana, we should both check this hole first and let them rest first. All seemed tired after the fight stopped Sabrang, after we confirmed everything new they followed in" Sekar Pitaloka whispered to Wardhana.
Wardhana turned her head towards Candrakurama and the others before nodding slowly.
"Rear of Wijaya, I want you to stand guard on top of this mountain with the others as long as I and the Queen Mother check this hole, please, use the time to rest because we do not know what we will face in there," said Wardhana slowly.
"But sir patih.." not yet finished Wijaya replied, Sekar cut his words.
"This is my order, Wijaya, we do not know if this staircase is still strong after being buried for thousands of years, me and Wardhana will check it first" said Sekar Pitaloka.
"Please be careful of the queen mother," replied Wijaya worried.
"Emmy, I'm counting on you" Sekar Pitaloka said before setting foot on the first rung of stairs and starting to descend slowly.
Wardhana who had gone down first seemed to make sure if the stairs to be stepped on by Sekar Pitaloka was really strong to protect him.
He signaled to Sekar Pitaloka to step on the stairs that he had made sure were not fragile.
The path Wardhana called the path of worship was deeper than he expected, they both had gone down quite deep using torches but Wardhana still did not reach the bottom of the hole.
Wardhana then took the nailed stone that he had prepared from the beginning and threw it down.
He scrunched his forehead when he did not hear any sound.
"Mother queen, we should rest for a while, it seems like the bottom of this hole is still quite far away" said Wardhana politely.
As Pitaloka nodded quickly, he sat down on one of the steps and exerted a deep energy to relieve the pain in his chest.
The deep wounds that had been gnawing at his body had indeed begun to heal by the Siren energy but Sekar still felt pain if moving too fast.
While Sekar was meditating, Wardhana walked down slowly to see the situation, she noticed the wall of the hole which contained many strange images.
All the pictures on the wall of the hole were nothing that caught Wardhana's attention because it only contained a record of the construction of the place. The picture seems to have been deliberately made by workers to calculate the strength of the stairs.
After being satisfied to check, Wardhana went back up to meet Sekar Pitaloka, but his steps stopped when he saw the image of ten swords stuck in the body of a swordsman. He sharpened his eyes to read the small writing near the picture of the young man standing.
"Holy temple's protective forces? like I've heard that name?" Wardhana tried to remember the words she read on the wall of the hole.
"Arcantara! indeed, the kingdom located at the end of the Swarna Dwipa mainland is reportedly protected by the protective forces of the holy temple. Are their names just coincidentally the same or...?" Wardhana who was thinking while staring at the wall gasped in shock as Sekar Pitaloka patted him on the shoulder.
"Wardhan? did something happen?" sekar Pitaloka said confusedly, he followed Wardhana's eyes and read the writing.
"Holy temple's protective forces?" He scrunched his forehead.
"Ah sorry Queen Mother, it seems that the servant is too tired to be unaware of your presence," asked Wardhana politely.
"Do you know the Holy Temple Guard?" ask Sekar Pitaloka.
"Hamba is not sure the queen mother, there is news that says if a kingdom at the end of the Swarna Dwipa mainland is protected by the protective forces of the holy temple but it seems that it just happens to have the same name, there's no way they're from Nagara Siang Padang" Wardhana replied quickly.
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Biantara seemed to walk towards the stacked stone that made a sound and sat on the fourth lever that had been shifted by Emmy to close the fourth gate.
He seemed amazed by the mountain called Wardhana as the largest temple in the world. Biantara could not imagine how they could design and build a magnificent temple that was as tall as a mountain.
"I would be crazy to imagine how to build this place" Biantara said, shaking his head.
Biantara scrunched his forehead when he felt the lever he was sitting on vibrating, he had not had time to think, his body was thrown when the lever shifted in half.
Emmy who saw Biantara thrown, moved quickly towards the lever followed by Lingga and Candrakurama.
"Did something happen?" ask Lingga to worry.
"I don't know but it seems like someone tried to force open the fourth gate" said Emmy panicked, trying to push back the lever but to no avail.
"Wire, it looks like the fourth door was opened in half, they stuck it with something that made this lever immovable" Emmy continued.
Meanwhile, after a long time down the stairs, Wardhana began to be able to see the bottom of the hole. The smile on his face slightly disappeared when he saw one of the walls at the base of Nagari Siang Padang.
"The wall is hollow?" wardhana said in his heart when he saw the wall at the bottom of the hole was half open.
"Finally we get to Wardhana, let's jump" Sekar Pitaloka said shortly before jumping down.
Wardhana who was still confused by the hole just nodded while following Sekar jumped.
He gasped in shock as his feet had stepped on the bottom of the Nagari Siang Padang hole, dozens of people appearing simultaneously from the hole.
"Damn! this stone is so hard, I have to use half my energy" said Kanigara annoyed, his face getting worse when he saw Wardhana and Sekar Pitaloka in front of him.
"You? how did you get in the Daylight Nagari padang?" Kanigara could not hide her surprise.
"You'd better be Wardhana's heart, it looks like they're the Thunder of Fire" Sekar Pitaloka held the sword's handle quickly.
"Did I miss something?" Kawanda came out of that hole while smiling coldly.
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Bonus chapter because the PNA rank continues to rise tomorrow or the day after tomorrow....
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