The Return of the Fire Dragon Swordsman
Provisional Leader

Senopati Sukmageni crosses both hands in front of the chest. In his right hand, an heirloom keris notched 7 with a dark blue pamor tightly grasped. His mouth komat kamit read a spell before darting fast towards Senopati Agung Narapraja who was still sitting on his horse. Once in front of Senopati Agung Narapraja, Senopati Sukmageni immediately swung his keris to the neck of the leader of the Panjalu army.

Shreetthhh...

The main leader of the Panjalu army immediately grabbed Keris Pamegat Nyawa on his waist as soon as he saw Senopati Sukmageni darting rapidly towards him. He quickly fended off the heirloom sabetage in the hands of the opponent with his Keris Pamegat Nyawa.

Thhraaaanggg!!

A small spark was created from the collision of the two heirloom weapons. Senopati Agung Narapraja immediately jumped down to the left side of his horse mount and jumped towards Senopati Sukmageni who had just treaded the ground.

A quick swipe towards the left shoulder of Senopati Sukmageni. The leader of the Jenggala army of this northern region directly bent the body and moved rolling twice on the ground. The Portrait of Keris Pamegat Nyawa belonging to Senopati Agung Narapraja only snatched the empty wind.

After that, Senopati Sukmageni rolled back to the ground and pulled her keris towards the foot of Senopati Agung Narapraja. The commander-in-chief of the Panjalu soldier immediately raised his legs one by one avoiding the sabetage of the opponent's weapons.

Shreeeeetttthhh shreeeeetttthhh!!

Seeing his attacks raw, Senopati Sukmageni immediately changed his body movements. With his resting on both hands, he twisted his body while throwing a hard kick towards the stomach of the leader of the Panjalu warrior.

Senopati Agung Narapraja immediately took a step back while welcoming Senopati Sukmageni's swift attack by lifting his right leg. As a result, the two calves led by the fighting forces clashed.

Prrakkkk!!

Senopati Agung Narapraja directly swung Keris Pamegat Nyawa towards the legs of his opponent. Seeing that, immediately Senopati Sukmageni pulled her legs while rolling back several times.

After stopping rolling on the ground, he immediately turned around and darted back quickly towards Senopati Agung Narapraja while knocking the dark blue-mouthed keris towards the opponent.

Adu clever martial arts science using keris lasted alot and fierce. Both have the same agility of motion and high inner power. Although Senopati Agung Narapraja is older, but in breathing and health, he is not inferior to Senopati Sukmageni who is around 3 decades old.

The war continues to rage fiercely. Elephant troops who tried to reach the middle of the Panjalu warrior defense began to run out of space. Some of the legs and body of the elephant that became the main weapon of Jenggala core troops began to hurt and bleed.

This is what began to be understood by the leaders of the Panjalu forces, especially Tumenggung Purubaya. He quickly ordered the Panjalu soldiers to injure the bodies of the elephants that were not covered by their armor.

Finally an elephant was uprooted after suffering many injuries due to the stabbing of a spear and the weapons of the Panjalu troops. This further increased the confidence of the Panjalu soldiers who had gone down that they could defeat the elephant soldiers.

Senopati Sukmageni began to regulate his breathing. How not he was exhausted, hundreds of moves had passed, but he had not been able to drop Senopati Agung Narapraja. The 7 notched heirloom kris with a dark blue charm was only able to tear clothes while scratching the skin of the arm of Senopati Agung Narapraja. While he himself suffered 2 incision wounds on his chest and on his back.

Experience is indeed the superiority of Senopati Agung Narapraja in facing opponents younger than himself. Dozens of wars and hundreds of fights pitting lives that he had experienced when he was young, making this thick-bodied middle-aged man transformed into a reliable warrior leader.

Seeing the wide smile engraved on the face of Senopati Agung Narapraja, Senopati Sukmageni felt insulted. The Jenggala warrior leader immediately put his index and middle fingers to the forehead while making a spell. A reddish yellow light is created on the fingertips, as the fingers clench tightly, the entire left hand of Senopati Sukmageni turns a reddish yellow. This is the embodiment of True Fire Ajian, the science that Senopati Sukmageni learned while studying at Mpu Sunanda, a great swordsman nicknamed the Lonely Poet of the Forest of Pull.

Without speaking at length, Senopati Sukmageni immediately pulled her left hand towards the side of her body and struck towards Senopati Agung Narapraja.

"Campus you old jacka!

Chhiyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaat!!!"

The reddish yellow light immediately shot towards Senopati Agung Narapraja from the left palm of Senopati Sukmageni. Seeing that, Senopati Agung Narapraja immediately took a step back and channeled his inner power to Keris Pamegat Nyawa in his right hand. Instantly the heirloom keris was shrouded in blue light. Deftly, Senopati Agung Narapraja immediately swung his keris, slashing towards the reddish-yellow rays that threatened him.

Thhraaaaggg..

Blllaaaaaarrr blllaaaaaarrr !!

Kyai Pamegat Nyawa heirloom keris splits the reddish yellow light from Senopati Sukmageni until it splits into two parts behind the left and right sides of Senopati Agung Narapraja. Two consecutive explosions were heard during the two rays.

Senopati Sukmageni was immediately furious to see his attacks easily countered by the opponent. Immediately he sheathed back the keris in his right hand to the waist. Now the two hands of the main leader of the Jenggala army were immediately attached to both sides of the forehead and two reddish-yellow rays were again created from the fingertips of his hands.

As soon as possible, Senopati Sukmageni immediately clasped his fingers and he immediately smashed his two hands in a row towards Senopati Agung Narapraja.

Whhuuuggghhhhhwhwhhuunngggghhh!!

Four reddish-yellow light penetrated rapidly towards Senopati Agung Narapraja. The Panjalu warrior leader retreated a step back, then quickly slashed three reddish-yellow rays with Keris Pamegat Nyawa. While the one-way reddish yellow light that only he let hit a Jenggala warrior who was fighting behind him.

Blllaaaaaarrr blllaaaaaarrr blllaaaaaarrr..

Bllaammmmmmm!!

A loud explosion followed the sound of the hit Ajian True Fire released by Senopati Sukmageni. The unlucky Jenggala soldier had to die with his back charred after being hit by a stray attack.

After successfully resisting the opponent's attack, Senopati Agung Narapraja darted towards Senopati Sukmageni with his left hand covered in bright blue light like lightning struck from the science of power that had been his mainstay, which had been his mainstay, Ajian Gelledek Sewu's.

Senopati Agung Narapraja's right hand immediately swung Keris Pamegat Nyawa towards Senopati Sukmageni's neck. The high officer of the Jenggala soldier was convoluted to avoid but the left hand of Senopati Agung Narapraja who had been covered by Ajian Geledek Sewu immediately hit his opponent's chest.

There is no room to avoid, Senopati Sukmageni can only survive by hitting her right hand reddish yellow.

Bllaammmmmmm..!!

The two leaders of the army were similarly receded a few spears away after meeting the science of magic. But Senopati Agung Narapraja looks superior. He was still able to stand upright while Senopati Sukmageni knelt with a single hoe on the ground propping her up.

Hoooeeeggg!

The high officer of the Jenggala warrior was vomiting fresh blood. It seems like he suffered internal injuries from the impact earlier.

'Fuck! This old man apparently cannot be taken lightly. I'll use the last way'

A strange fragrant smell immediately spread to the front of the face of Senopati Agung Narapraja as the white-colored powder was thrown towards him. Instantly he was a little unsteady because it sucked the strange fragrant odor and this was used by Senopati Sukmageni to thrust a hard blow to the chest of the leader of the Panjalu soldiers.

Senopati Agung Narapraja tried hard to survive the opponent's attack by crossing both hands in front of the chest.

Bllaaaaaarrr...

Huuuoooggh!!!

Senopati Agung Narapraja slammed far back and suckled the ground violently while spewing fresh blood after enduring the pounding of Ajian True Fire of Senopati Sukmageni. While the leader of the Jenggala warrior immediately grinned widely while rising from his place.

"Hehehehe..

You're too careless, Old Bangka!! You've sucked my Death Ash Poison. In a day and a night, you'll lose power in you and your internal organs decay. You're gonna die horribly.

But I will be kind enough to give you a quick death so that you don't suffer any longer" after saying so, Senopati Sukmageni immediately shot towards Senopati Agung Narapraja who was still sitting on the ground while holding his chest tight. Senopati Sukmageni's right hand quickly pulled out the heirloom keris on his waist and was about to be thrown at the high officer of the Panjalu warrior.

At that critical moment, Tumenggung Landung, the leader of the new Lowo Bengi Army, took his opponent's life, darted fast, retracing the piercing keris Senopati Sukmageni with his sabetage.

Shreetthhh...

Thrrriiinnggg !!!

One right foot was tracing the ground, Tumenggung Landung immediately made a fast spinning motion and threw a hard kick towards the stomach of Senopati Sukmageni.

Dhhiieeeeeshhhhhhhh..

Aaauuuggghhhhh !!

Senopati Sukmageni immediately slammed far back while roaring loudly. Seeing their leader dropped, Tumenggung Sajiwan from Hujung Galuh immediately made a posse to protect the highest leader of the Jenggala soldiers. Apparently the hard kick of Tumenggung Landung's left leg added to the deep wounds obtained by Senopati Sukmageni from the previous fierce fight. The mouth of the high ranking officer of the Jenggala warrior continued to bleed.

Realizing that their leader's life was in danger, Tumenggung Sajiwan immediately shouted out loud.

"Everyone, RETREAT!!!!"

A hard blow to the war bende became a signal to the Jenggala soldiers to carry out the orders of Tumenggung Sajiwan who was the second leader in the ranks of the Jenggala soldiers. They slowly began to pull away while brandishing weapons towards the Panjalu soldiers.

Tumenggung Purubaya from Muria immediately approached Tumenggung Landung which was still on full alert with the decline of the Jenggala soldiers.

"Rear of Tumenggung Landung, how is this? What should we do?", asked Tumenggung Purubaya from Muria immediately.

Tumenggung Landung did not immediately answer but he immediately turned to look towards Senopati Agung Narapraja who was still sitting on the ground while holding his chest. Fresh blood still continued to flow out from the corner of the officer's lips as old as Panjalu.

Seeing the state of their leader was not okay, Tumenggung Landung immediately turned to look at Tumenggung Purubaya.

"We must also retreat, Purubaya..

Forcing themselves to keep fighting will make the soldiers lose their spirit because Gusti Senopati Agung Narapraja is seriously injured. Quickly you set the troops to retreat from the battlefield", orders Tumenggung Landung immediately. Hearing that answer, Tumenggung Purubaya immediately turned to the buffalo horn blowing soldier.

Thhhuuuuuuuuuutttthhh!

With a signal from the buffalo horn trumpet, the Panjalu soldiers also withdrew from the field of action. Tumenggung Landung immediately raised the limp body of Senopati Agung Narapraja on his horse assisted by Panjalu soldiers. He immediately drove his horse towards the Panjalu fortress in Wanua Sungging so that the leader of the Panjalu soldiers immediately got help.

Until late at night, the condition of Senopati Agung Narapraja's body did not improve. He had repeatedly vomited fresh blood. The army healers were overwhelmed trying hard to treat the leader of the Panjalu soldiers.

This made Tumenggung Landung and some retainers of Panjalu warriors such as Tumenggung Purubaya and Tumenggung Lamuri of Muria, Tumenggung Banar from Anjuk Farm and Demung Krida from Lasem who was the second leader after the death of Senopati Sindanglawe, fretted.

They all gathered at the main hall of the Panjalu fortress to discuss what they should do.

Mmmmmm..

"It looks like we should get this news to Gusti Prabu Jayengrana right away. I will order a member of the Lowo Bengi Army I can count on to go to Daha.

What do you think?", Tumenggung Landung immediately spread his gaze to the officers who were present at the place.

"I agree with you, Gusti Tumenggung Landung.

The state of Gusti Senopati Agung Narapraja is worrisome. If until the Jenggala Army invaded, and we still have no leader, fearing we will lose" said Tumenggung Lamuri of Muria.

"I also agree with your opinion, Kakang Tumenggung Landung.

But for a while, while waiting for the arrival of Nawala or a messenger from Daha who can be the leader of the Panjalu forces, I hope Kakang Tumenggung Landung will be willing to become the temporary leader of the Panjalu forces. Among all of us, only the kakang has the highest science of canuragan. In addition, Kakang Tumenggung had the same experience with Gusti Senopati Agung Narapraja.

Do you agree with my opinion?", said Tumenggung Purubaya immediately.

Everyone nodded in agreement with the opinion of this soldier officer from Muria. No one rejected the opinion of this high-ranking officer of Panjalu warriors of Muria. They are all self-aware of their abilities.

Tumenggung Landung sighed heavily as soon as he was chosen to be the temporary leader of the Panjalu army. He knew that the burden he was now bearing was very heavy. Facing such a difficult situation like this, he immediately remembered Panji Tejo Laksono.

'What is Gusti Pangeran Panji Tejo Laksono right now?'