The Fire Dragon Sword
The Great War V
Dozens of large ships appear to be leaning on a small dock on the outskirts of Karang Sari Duchy, one of the most tip of Malwageni.
The ship with the symbol of Arkantara's greatness was seen transporting thousands of troops complete with weapons of war.
A dozen people around the Pier looked surprised to see thousands of soldiers starting to get off the warship, some even running to save themselves because they realized something was going to happen.
Saragi, who was on the largest ship, looked so confident staring at his combat troops who were starting to descend from the ship. He decided to lead his own attack this time to make sure the Jawata land fell under his feet.
Ten mysterious warriors with huge auras wearing face coverings were seen standing around Saragi and a man dressed as a woman, they are the elite warriors of the Holy Temple who are tasked with guarding Saragi from all threats.
A man in a battle robe different from the other soldiers appeared to walk up to Saragi and salute.
"Your highness, all the troops are ready, please put down the order" the man said.
Saragi nodded slowly as she took a small scroll from behind her clothes and showed the man.
"Command some soldiers to comb and make sure this place is safe, kill anyone you think is suspicious. We'll set up tents in the woods near here to lure them closer.
I will divide the army into two groups and when night falls, you as the commander of the Arkantara Elite forces will lead a portion of the army to attack from the west.
I'm sure they've been waiting for us somewhere and ready to ambush. I will lead the troops through the main line, you continue to move from the west side and join Mr. Agam at this point" Saragi said as he pointed to the scroll.
"Okay, Your Honor," the man replied quickly.
"Barapati, make sure your troops do nothing wrong this time, I swear I will kill you if until my perfect plan is ruined by your stupidity," threaten the man dressed as the woman while playing a fan on his right arm.
Barapati just kept quiet while bowing her head, though, although annoyed with the man's behavior but he realized the person who threatened him was the brain of all war strategies that make Arkantara had never suffered defeat during Saragi lead.
In addition to cleverly concocting war strategies with trap traps that frustrate opponents, Saragi's confidant is also notoriously cruel and cold-blooded. He would easily kill his own army if he made a mistake that could harm them.
"You should not be too hard on him Rengga, if all the forces that did wrong you kill then one day only you are left," Saragi reminded.
"Your majesty, you should have stood up for me," Rengga looked whining like a woman who was met with a smile by Saragi.
"I'm kidding, do as you please as long as you can bring me victory" Saragi replied.
"You don't have to worry, Your Majesty, have you ever let me down? I will make the person dubbed the Sleeping Dragon helpless before you," replied the spoiled Rengga.
Saragi nodded softly as she asked Barapati to go and prepare everything.
"Narendra, take two men to see the situation around the capital and make sure the path that the Barapati troops will pass is safe from all traps. We will move once morning arrives" Saragi told one of the nearby warriors.
"Okay Your Majesty" Narendra signaled to two nearby warriors to follow him.
A second later, Narendra's body seemed to disappear along with two other warriors.
"I have always been amazed by the elite canon of sacred temples" Saragi said in his heart.
"Then what do you think our chances in the battle this time, Rengga?" saragi asked arrived.
"You must not worry too much, Your Majesty, even if they have a hundred Wardhana though, we will still win this war because the position of Malwageni has been squeezed. As I said before, this time like not liking they will pile up troops around here to try to hold us close to the palace.
We will start a big war on the main line and at the same time Barapati who move silently from the west side will attack first and pave the way for the troops led by Mr. Agam.
When the Barapati army was already making a mess around the Capital, Saung Galah would attack simultaneously from all directions to take control of the palace. The symbol of a kingdom is the palace, if we can master it then the war will end. They have lost everything, if the servant is in the position of Wardhana even though, I am not sure that I will have a way out of this siege," said Rengga proud of his war strategy.
"Good, make sure everything goes well, your name will soar if you can beat Wardhana," Saragi said satisfied.
"Okay Your Majesty," replied Rengga with a smile.
After making sure it was safe, the Arkantara forces led by Barapati began to move towards the forest near the Pier. They built dozens of tents as initial defense while waiting for the order from Rengga to move forward.
Dozens of Sacred Temple warriors were seen spreading out and hiding at some point, they were tasked with guarding the area around the encampment of the Arkantara forces.
Barapati also spread the best Telik Sandi to read every move made by the enemy.
At this time, Malwageni really stuck from all sides, a little Tungga Dewi wrong to make a decision, they will be destroyed instantly.
(Illustration of the position of the Arkantara and Malwageni forces)
***
"Holy temples built facing the sun signify they are worshipers of the sun God. At first I thought like that but there is a greater purpose with the establishment of the Khayangan temple in the middle of this ancient lake than just a place of worship.
This temple was built to disguise and close the gate to their civilization which seems to be located somewhere called Suroloyo Peak. If the estimated servant is right, the peak of Suroloyo is at the top of Menoreh Hill," said Wardhana while shifting the stone structure on the floor of the Ajidarma room.
"At the top of Menoreh Hill? if what you're saying is true, that place should have been found a long time ago, right?" sekar Pitaloka was surprised.
"This gate should be open, is there something wrong with this key pattern?" wardhana murmured inwardly, she was very sure that she had shifted the stone slab in the room according to the shadow pattern in the ancient lake.
"Are you sure you've moved it right?" The hangareksa who was also waiting for the gate to open asked quietly.
"I'm sure sir, not a stone has been left unturned" Wardhana replied quickly.
As Wardhana was thinking, suddenly the floor they stepped on shook, a small crack in the middle before slowly splitting and shifting to two sides.
The shift of the fourth floor in the Khayangan Temple was followed by the floor of the room below which the position was parallel to the Ajidarma room and ended with the ground floor of the Khayangan temple so as to form a hole.
"Find any grip to keep your body from falling" cried Wardhana frantically, half of the stone floor had already entered the small crack on the side of the room.
Hangareksa and Wardhana jumped into the window slit while Sekar Pitaloka formed a chunk of ice and stuck it in the wall as a handle before grabbing Cokro's body right after the floor of the room was completely gone.
Their bodies were all hanging on the wall of the room while staring at the huge hole before him.
"So this is the most sought-after secret gate by Ajidarma? I didn't expect the floor on every terrace of the Khayangan Temple to be connected and cover the Gate" Hangareksa said in amazement.
"Keep your surprise first because I'm sure what's at the end of this hole will surprise us even more" Wardhana said.
"Then how will we get down to the bottom of the hole if there is no footing at all," asked Hangareksa Confused.
"Lord water, do you remember when we were locked up in the secret room on the ground floor? I found the hidden key by splashing water against the wall of the room and I'm sure the system in this secret gate is the same, there's something covering this connecting staircase and it can only be neutralized by water," Wardhana looked down and found a small lever just below the ground floor.
"Sorry Queen Mother, can you take me to the little lever on the first porch?" ask Wardhana politely.
"I will try," the cold came out of Sekar's body before two ice knives appeared in his hand. He then jumped towards Wardhana and hugged her body.
"Hold on," Sekar jumped down and stuck the two ice blades right near Wardhana's designated lever. Their bodies swung violently which caused the ice blades used as footholds to crack and disintegrate as they did not strongly withstand the weight of their bodies.
"Great!" Scatter formed another ice knife and plugged it back quickly.
"Almost," said Sekar relieved.
Wardhana then grabbed the lever and pulled it down. Before long, small hole holes in the cave walls were formed as several stone walls were shifted away.
A burst of lake water entered quickly and soaked the hole. What happened next made Sekar Pitaloka amazed, like a magic, slowly but surely a new ladder was formed between the large enough water bursts.
"How could water possibly form a stone staircase?" said Sekar amazed.
"The ladder was there from the beginning but we can't see it because it's covered by something and it's this water that makes the ladder look back" Wardhana replied.
***
Mandala stepped casually on the ship that was about to sail to the mainland Jawata, he seemed not to care about the screams of the ship owner who asked him to go down.
"Sorry sir, you have to get off because this ship has been rented by Mr. Ardi and his entourage. Please don't make it difficult for me sir" said the ship's owner a little upset.
"Deploy this ship now" answered the cold Mandala.
"You didn't listen to me?" the owner of the ship snorted in annoyance.
Before long a large tall man escorted by ten warriors came to the owner of the ship with a dislike face.
"Can't you take care of this shabby guy? get rid of him now!" yelled the man.
"I've tried sir, but he insists on coming along" replied the ship's owner fearfully.
Ardi who was a rich merchant from Jawata was staring intently at Mandala.
"Are you deaf? get off this ship right now!" said it.
Mandala turned her head for a moment before speaking to the owner of the ship.
"Shop this ship right now or you'll be sorry."
"You really pissed me off!" Ardi then gave orders to his guards to forcibly take down Mandala.
The warriors had not yet moved, the time around them seemed to stop and when time had returned to turn, the ten warriors had already died with their heads separated from their bodies.
Ardi and the ship owner gasped in shock as a burst of blood flew through the air and soaked their clothes. They were quite sure Mandala did not move a bit from his position.
"If you don't run this ship fast, your head's next" Mandala walked back around the deck.
"Ba.pretty sir," the owner ran and asked the crew to run the ship while Ardi looked to be sculpting before his body collapsed with the body split in half.
"It's been a long time since then, I really can't wait to take back the Blade of Waves sword," Naraya Dwipa's moon eyes seemed to shine brightly.