The Fire Dragon Sword
The Strange Hermit of Mount Sinabung
The investigation of the attempted rebellion involving concubine Anjani has not found a bright spot, other than Adiwilaga who continues to fight by continuing to deny all allegations, dozens of officials involved seem not to open all the facts at that time.
It can be understood because after all they are all involved and trying to save themselves.
This is what makes Adiwilaga continue to fight because they believe that no one will really open the problem for the sake of saving themselves.
Arung does not not know if there is something they hide, he even put pressure several times by torturing officials who were key witnesses to confess but again Adiwilaga resisted by saying Arung had forced them to confess to what was not done.
Wardhana who got a report from Arung regarding this matter immediately acted, he gathered all the officials who were allegedly involved in the main hall.
Wardhana also surprisingly invited Prince Pancaka and Mandaka to attend the examination.
This certainly makes everyone surprised, how could Wardhana also check Pancaka in the current situation because if offended, Pancaka could turn in support of Adiwilaga.
The examination by the royal officials was the greatest insult to the princes who were direct descendants of the king, but Wardhana was unmoved, he still asked all those he called to be present or would be immediately charged with involvement.
"What exactly was planned by him, had I not helped all his plans," said Pancaka, annoyed as he walked towards the main hall with Mandaka and dozens of soldiers guarding him.
"Prince you should not fulfill that call, what is done by master Patih is an insult to you, is not a prince has a privilege, I am sure they will not dare to call you forcibly," said Mandaka who walked beside her.
"Do you think I have any other choice? you've seen for yourself not how Uncle Wardhana was able to overthrow the power that Adiwilaga built easily. You think he wouldn't do the same to me? I'm sure he'll do that to me if he doesn't support it.
One thing I learned from this, Wardhana can turn into a ruthless Devil who can kill anyone without a second thought when the order comes from Sabrang's leg, his loyalty is really awesome."
Mandaka was silent at his master's remarks, and he also felt how viciously Wardhana was suppressing the officials by torturing them inside the main prison. Some officials even preferred suicide because it was not strong with all the pressure Wardhana created.
As Pancaka's footsteps began to enter the gate of the main hall, he saw Wardhana welcoming him with a gentle smile.
"False smile really makes me sick," said Pancaka in his heart.
"Welcome prince, sorry I can't pick you up," said Wardhana politely.
"No need to mince words, I hope uncle knows what he is doing" replied Pancaka ketus while entering the room. Dozens of officials appeared to have attended including Adiwilaga and Pandita.
"Please do not be angry with the servant prince, I just want the mistress of the concubine no longer to bear the sins of rebellion that may not be committed and please read this scroll of the servant," answer Wardhana while handing a scroll to Pancaka.
"Maybe?" Pancaka almost got carried away with emotion when he heard Wardhana say the word maybe, he felt it was a threat if he did not cooperate.
Pancaka decided to keep stepping in and regardless of Wardhana's words, he realized the trainer Malwageni was trying to provoke his emotions.
After whispering something to Arung, Wardhana sat down in her chair and began the examination.
"Sorry sir, are you not outrageous, a prince has special privileges because he is the son of the king. To examine him with us is an insult to the Malwageni symbol of greatness. I beg you not to involve the prince," Adiwilaga tried to steal Pancaka's sympathy.
"Checking prince? I invite him to come check on you as the chief examining officer because this attempted rebellion case must also be about funding and I'm sure there's royal money in it" Wardhana replied calmly.
"You!" Adiwilaga almost screamed in annoyance but she realized it would make it even more difficult for her.
"Sial you're Wardhana, you use the funding case as a shield to disguise the Prince's examination. You are really crazy to dare to threaten the Prince," said Adiwilaga in an upset heart.
"Prince," whispered Mandaka, who was given a sign to keep her quiet.
"I am so honored that my uncle invited me here so that my work with Queen Tungga Dewi was very helpful but should not the examination be done separately?" said Pancaka slowly.
"Hamba apologized to the prince but the rebellion was never separated from the funding made by the main mastermind so according to the servant all must be united. In addition, after I read the report Arung, all seems to corner the mistress of the concubine, I just want to hear the details," Wardhana fishing rod.
Pancaka's face changed instantly, he stared intently at the ministers before him in annoyance.
"Sorry sir Patih, as if you are trying to make enmity between us and the prince, please stop this full examination of falsehood because as we recall no one blames the mistress of the concubine. It was just a ruse Arung," said Adiwilaga who greeted boisterously other ministers.
"The Arung trick?" Wardhana opened the note that Arung gave her and read it.
"Mr Pandita denied any involvement in the rebellion because he was only ruled by Adiwilaga. Almost all officials denied involvement while Mr. Adiwilaga persisted if he was not involved and only asked to prepare troops for the purposes of guarding the border, he did not know if it would be used to rebel.
In a follow-up examination almost all the soldiers admitted if asked by the mistress of the concubine to surround the palace silent," Wardhana continued to read out the examination report carried out by Arung until it was finished.
"Is this your confession before Arung?" ask Wardhana coldly.
"True sir patih but.." not done yet Adiwilaga talk Wardhana cut off his speech.
"That means that the report that Arung made is true, these are all your own confessions without being forced by the examining team. When all the officials denied being directly involved and just carrying out the orders of his superiors, I decided to look for who was at the top of the leadership and your name came to mind.
But, you also argue by saying framed about the deployment of troops at that time. If I may read the direction of this note, all try to throw blame on mistress concubine who is none other than your mother's prince because at that time Adiwilaga was his confidant," said Wardhana.
The boisterous voices of the ministers became silent as Wardhana finished speaking, no one expected their testimony to be used by Wardhana to pit against Pancaka.
"The note that you hold is the examination record of mistress concubine led by Mr. Adiwilaga, almost the same as the report given by the whitewater, which was given, they said that all the soldiers admitted if asked by the mistress of the concubine to surround the palace were silent.
The atmosphere became boisterous again, they did not think Warta was still alive because after the rebellion she disappeared like swallowed by the earth.
Adiwilaga who looked the palest, as he remembered back then he had already ordered his men to trap and kill Warta.
"How is he still alive?" adiwilaga said in his heart.
"Is that true uncle? so Mr Warta is alive?" asked Pancaka coldly, he really did not think his mother was made a scapegoat for their greed for power.
"Hamba make sure that, at the moment he is safe with His Majesty, we just need to wait for Sora to pick him up and reveal everything" Wardhana replied.
"Well, if he's alive and can prove his mother's innocence then I'll beg the queen mother to put all those involved in this crime to death," Pancaka's face hardened indicating he was holding back anger.
"Punish the dead of all those involved?" all the ministers looked panicked, especially Arung brought a large number of troops to surround the main hall as if he would not let anyone try to escape.
"Please forgive the prince, the true servant was not involved and was only ruled by the confidant of lord Adiwilaga. The servant had evidence and witnesses of the incident at that time, please be merciful," Pandita's trembling voice shocked everyone.
The situation became crowded, they seemed to blame each other and unconsciously opened each other's shame. The shadow of death that was in plain sight contained all of them in panic.
"Rephone everything and record their captions, making sure no one gets missed. At the moment the sturdy wall that Adiwilaga built has been completely destroyed, I want all these reports tomorrow morning to be on my desk" Wardhana told Arung.
"Okay sir," said Arung amazed, he was really amazed at all Wardhana's plans that were able to destroy the sturdy walls of Adiwilaga easily.
Arung recalled his conversation with Wardhana yesterday when he reported Adiwilaga's resistance.
"At this time only the princes of Pancaka and Warta can tear down all their defenses" Wardhana said while thinking.
"Warta? didn't you say he was found dead after the rebellion?" tanya Arung is confused.
"He was already dead but at that time only confidants of His Excellency Arya Dwipa who knew the problem of Warta's death. I just want to use his name to mentally suppress them, the appearance of Warta who knows all those events will make them panic and I'm sure in the end they will attack each other" Wardhana replied.
"But what about the prince? forcing him into the hall would drop his pride and if offended, he could turn in Adiwilaga's favor."
"Arung, one important thing that you should learn while fighting is the nature and habits of the opponent because that is their weakest point. Prince is not a person who dares to take risks, I have seen it for myself when he decided to turn around to support me.
The current situation must also be read and we are in the position above, I'm sure the prince will never want to contradict me" Wardhana said with a smile.
"I am really amazed at you sir, reading the strengths and weaknesses of opponents of his nature and habits is not an easy job and requires keen thinking, he said, if you have the talent of canuragan science as big as His Majesty may be at this time the name Wardhana has fluttered throughout Nuswantoro," said Arung in his heart while looking at Adiwilaga who had resigned. He sat down while staring at the sky of the main hall as if saying it was time to leave this world.
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It has been almost a week that Sabrang trained in Sabdo Palon swordsmanship under the guidance of Wahyu Tama. He trained hard day and night to be able to return as soon as possible to the palace.
But there was something different this time, Sabrang seemed slow in learning the sword style, the movement is very complicated and requires a lot of inner power that makes it must be careful because if one moves, the movement is very complicated, that inner energy will hurt itself.
One that Sabrang finally understood, the Sabdo Palon sword style was like a forbidden move. His movements were indeed deadly and difficult to avoid opponents even by the Tama Revelation though but a little wrong move the fire Dragon energy that flowed following his movements could injure his own body.
"This move is really scary" Sabrang ended the evening's practice by meditating to heal some of the internal injuries caused by the wrong movement.
"For such a complex style you are admirable in being on the third level of the nineteen levels of the style" Revelation Tama sat next to Sabrang as she opened the book of Sabdo Palon.
"But it seems like we have to temporarily stop your training, there are some things I still don't understand about this level four skill set. (Swinging the sword along with your soul growing stronger, no sword exceeds the power of the heart, crushing the enemy with gentleness because violence will destroy the meaning of the sword).
We will not be able to step into the fourth level if we cannot break the meaning of this writing" said Wahyu Tama slowly while handing the book to Sabrang.
"Swinging the sword together with your soul?" Sabrang scrunched his forehead confused.
"Is there no other way to learn it?" asked Sabrang curiously.
"I'm not sure but there is one person who might actually be able to solve this problem" replied Revelation Tama hesitantly.
"Who is he cake?" ask Sabrang quickly.
"I've heard of a strange hermit who lives on a mountain, reportedly he was the one who created some strange sword moves for the warriors in the land martial world Swarna Dwipa.
Surprisingly, he has not mastered any of the canuragan or sword styles of his own creation but his understanding of the meaning of the sword is far above all others" replied Revelation Tama.
"The Swarna Dwipa Land?"
"They call him the strange Hermit of Mount Sinabung."
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Bonus chapter will slide tonight yes.