The Fire Dragon Sword
Ajidarma Mask
"This temple is a time marker?"
"Right, Your Majesty, last night I checked the top of the temple and found dozens of small buildings that were all right facing the direction of the wind.
At first I thought it was all a coincidence until I saw the shadow of the moonlight from Ajidarma's room facing north at midnight.
Your Majesty, this place is not only built as a temple of worship but more than that. Science may even be the secret gateway to a civilization we never imagined before" Wardhana said softly.
"So the forbidden civilization really exists?"
"Hamba was initially unsure but the structure of this building is really made with very complicated calculations, even Masalembo will not be able to make this temple."
Wardhana then explains everything he found during his stay at the Khayangan temple and there is likely to be a secret room at the bottom of the ancient lake.
"The secret room at the bottom of an ancient lake?" asked Sabrang confused.
"While it may have been abandoned by them, I believe there is a clue about the forbidden civilization and the purpose of Ajidarma is actually guarding this place is to find the gate" replied Wardhana.
"Finding that gate? isn't it according to Hangareksa's grandfather, Ajidarma is the only person left of that civilization?"
"No, Your Majesty, I don't know who he really is but definitely not from a forbidden civilization. When we enter his room, some stone floors look damaged on some sides signifying often in sliding by force.
The stone floor seemed to be made perfectly above the path as a secret gate key and if we shifted in the wrong direction then slowly the key would be broken. They deliberately made the complicated system so that if anyone forced their way in then the secret room would not be able to be opened forever.
The forbidden civilization has the same characteristics of water and moonlight, Ajidarma seems to have known the secret but until now he has not been able to find the gate. That's the reason she always sits at the top of the temple when the full moon reaches its peak to solve the mystery of her bedroom floor" Wardhana replies.
"So the gate was in his room?"
Wardhana nodded slowly while redrawing the floor in Ajidarma's room, she wanted to solve the mystery of that floor and its relationship with the Time marker.
"Just this time I found a gate lock lever so complicated, is it really better that the secret room is buried forever?" wardhana said in her heart.
Wardhana already knew that the temple was a secret time marker but she still did not understand its relationship with the secret gate.
When Wardhana was thinking, suddenly the door to his room was knocked slowly.
"Mr Wardhana?" said Cokro slowly.
Sabrang who was surprised by the knock arrived immediately took out an ice knife in both hands and turned towards Wardhana.
"It's okay, Your Majesty, he is my friend" whispered Wardhana as she stepped towards the door and opened it.
"Are you okay, sir?" tanya Cokro's worried.
"I'm fine, come in" Wardhana replied.
Cokro flinched in shock and immediately jumped back when he saw Sabrang in Wardhana's room, almost pulling out the sword if Wardhana did not hold it.
"He is my king, please take care of your attitude" Wardhana said quickly.
"Your king? how could he enter this place and redeem the sky seal?" tanya Cokro was confused.
"Sky seal?" reply Sabrang confused.
"True, Your Majesty how did you get into this place?" Wardhana was no less surprised after realizing everything.
The Khayangan Temple was protected by a sky seal that was much stronger than the fog seal belonging to the Sky Star sect. No one would be able to break through the seal unless it was opened by its user. With ordinary eyes, Khayangan Temple is only seen as an ancient lake with piles of former lahars of mount merapi.
"I did not know that the Khayangan temple was protected by a sky seal because when I arrived, I immediately saw this temple and Uncle Wardhana was hanging on the wall of the building," Sabrang replied confusedly.
"Is it possible that Mr. Hangareksa is unsealing it?" ask Wardhana.
"No way, the sky seal is only in the open on the approval of the Great Lord and the chairman. Moreover the night the great lord was performing a ritual at the top of the temple so it was impossible for the chief to unseal it."
"If so, don't the moon's eyes re-evolve so that it can break through the sky seal?" wardhana said in her heart while looking at Sabrang who still looked confused.
"Is something wrong, uncle?" ask Sabrang back.
"No, Your Majesty, I just feel that your moon eyes are the key to this weirdness" Wardhana replied, taking a deep breath, he was really amazed by the eyes of the moon and did not know when the eyes would continue to evolve.
"Where is Mr Ajidarma at the moment?" ask Wardhana later.
"He will shut himself up in the room for a few days after performing the ritual, maybe with the body starting to weaken he needs time to rest" replied Cokro slowly.
"Rest? no, I'm sure he's currently trying to open the secret gate in his room. That's the reason she always performs rituals on full night," Wardhana replies cynically.
"Confidential gate? if you mean the secret room on the first terrace, the Great Lord has often entered it," said Cokro.
"No, the room might just be an ordinary room that Ajidarma deliberately uses to disguise the biggest secrets in the Khayangan temple and to take advantage of all of you" Wardhana replied quickly.
"Utilizing all of us?" cokro is getting confused.
"What's that room you've been guarding all this time?" ask Wardhana.
"True sir, in that room the relics of the forbidden civilization are located including the book of Sabdo Lodge," replied Cokro.
"Have you ever been in that room?"
"No sir, the room should only be entered by the Great Lord" replied Cokro.
"Where do you know if in the room is a relic of a forbidden civilization?" chase Wardhana.
"That's..." Cokro can't answer Wardhana's question this time, he starts to realize everything Wardhana says is true.
"Great Lord has saved our lives and given us a kayak residence, it would be very strange if we didn't believe him" Cokro replied.
"That's what Ajidarma used to use you for thousands of years for his ambition. Listen Cokro, Khayangan Temple was built not only as a place of worship, many other mysteries that you do not know including a secret room that may have its entrance in the room Ajidarma.
Do you not feel strange all this time why only the book of Sabdo Loji that appears to the martial world if in the space you keep so many relics of the forbidden civilization? Right now you may still be doubting my words, what if we go into the secret room on the first porch to prove it?" challenge Wardhana.
"So in to that secret room? no way, the chairman will certainly not allow it because it has become part of our oath of allegiance as a swordsman of hearts" replied Cokro quickly.
"You still hold an oath to the one who used you, and perhaps that made Arda Sukma run away from this place?" ask Sabrang cynically.
"That's not so, sir, what if Mr. Wardhana's estimate is wrong?"
"You may chop off my head" answered Wardhana confidently.
Cokro was silent for a moment, there was still doubt in his heart if the Ajidarma whom they considered the savior of the swordsman was a cunning man who used them for personal ambition.
"If my estimation is correct, you must spend days with Ajidarma. He had held the book first it meant that his science was very high and perhaps the Hangareksa was unable to deal with it.
We do not want that civilization but save from the army of the holy temple led by Agam, currently only His Majesty may be able to face Ajidarma. Now the choice is in your hands because even without the swordsman, we will still uncover all these secrets" Wardhana said later.
Cokro looked increasingly confused because everything Wardhana said made sense, and the oddity of Ajidarma he saw so far seemed to strengthen that opinion.
"If everything you say is true, I still can't decide, you better talk to the chairman, sir," replied Cokro quietly.
"I must have talked to him but before that there's something I want to ask you."
"Soliciting something from me?"
"I heard you were the closest person to Ekawira, I wanted you to persuade him to say everything he knew. From the beginning, I was sure he wanted to seize the book not for his personal gain.
There's something that might be a clue to finding the gate and it looks like only you can persuade it. Forget all your vows, he is not a helper god" Wardhana replied softly.
"Wira's back? how I looked for him, didn't the chairman say he had escaped," replied Cokro puzzled.
"He's safe with us, if you agree I'll get you to meet him."
"You've planned it out carefully?" Cokro looked amazed at all the movements of Wardhana.
Wardhana seems to have fully mastered the situation faced even though it has only been a few days living in the temple Khayangan. Cokro can't imagine how terrifying they are when Wardhana's cleverness merges with Sabrang's canoey which easily breaks through the sky seal.
"I'll try but I have to find the right reason to leave this temple" replied Cokro.
"Reason? what if you don't have to leave this place?" wardhana's reply arrived.
"You mean?" cokro was surprised.
"Your highness?" Wardhana turned towards Sabrang as if waiting for an order.
"I've asked the Fire Dragon to meet Siren and tell Mentari to come with Candrakurama and the White Fox's grandfather, at this time maybe they are already on their way. Do uncle," replied Sabrang.
"Do?" Cokro still did not understand the situation.
"We will indeed check the secret room that you said was on the first terrace but not quietly, it is time we dismantle the mask of Ajidarma's kindness and show who he really is" Wardhana replied firmly.
"That means you will fight with us as guards of the Khayangan temple, sir?"
"I believe Hangareksa still has a clear mind, I'll talk to him this morning but if he insists we have to face all of you even though there may come other enemies" Wardhana replied.
"other enemies? you mean the holy temple army?"
Wardhana nodded softly, "If tomorrow the Hangareksa will not cooperate then there will be a big fight in this temple and they will probably know it" Wardhana said slowly.
"He was really crazy, knowing there would be many enemies but not the slightest trace of anxiety on his face" said Cokro in his heart.
"Sorry sir, may I ask you a little? you seem very confident with all the plans you make but what if all the plans fall apart? We may be used by the Great Lord all this time but the chairman will not risk dying in vain and would rather stop the Great Lord in his own way. What if the president chooses another path? are we gonna kill each other?"
"Nothing is certain in the war, I have won dozens of wars but also not a few defeats that I have obtained. For a warlord like me, death will always lurk in my every breath.
You may think I'm crazy but in defending what we think is right sometimes it has to be with blood and we won't be afraid in the least. The plan I made might not always work because the enemy must also have a plan of its own but I firmly believe in the great knight knights that are all around me.
We are different from those of you who are loyal to Ajidarma because they have a sense of indebtedness. The Knights of Malwageni were ready to die not because they were indebted or afraid of His Majesty. We are all united by heart, faithful to His Majesty has become our way of life" Wardhana replied as she picked up the sword placed near her bed.
"Your highness, I beg you for permission to see the lord of the Hangareksa," Wardhana rose from her seat and bowed her head in wait for the command of the man she respected the most.
"Let's do uncle" Sabrang replied with confidence.
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"You shouldn't go with the Queen Mother, I'm afraid Your Majesty is angry" said Candrakurama slowly as she moved quickly toward the dark side of the universe.
"Do you think I'll allow Dance to fight with an enlarged belly? if the baby gets hurt in the fight, you're all I'm gonna kill! what exactly does the stupid boy think by asking Tari to fight," said Sekar Pitaloka upset.
Candrakurama was silent, she did not dare to answer Sekar Pitaloka's words. It is common knowledge that Sekar is very close to Mentari.
"What did the Fire Dragon say about the Khayangan temple to you?" ask a Curious Question.
"Hamba does not really understand the queen mother, mistress concubine only said if there is a possibility of a civilization related to the book of Sabdo Loji," replied Candrakurama.
"The book again, it seems that all the problems in the martial world are sourced from Sabdo Lodge," Sekar replied slowly.
Candrakurama and Sekar Pitaloka stopped their steps when they saw that the White Fox was waiting for him at the gate of the dark side of the universe.
"Master, you also got the message of the Fire Dragon?" ask Candrakurama.
"He sent a message through the Fire Dragon to Ken Panca, it looks like there will be something big in that ancient lake until Sabrang directly sends the Fire Dragon," replied the White Fox.
"We'd better hurry, sir" said Candrakurama.
"Alright, let's go," the White Fox replied quickly.