The Return of the Fire Dragon Swordsman
Ajian Malih Rupa's

Hoooeeegggh!!!

The banner of Tejo Laksono instantly vomited fresh blood. His inner power was almost drained out when he took out the late Nine Suns Science along with Ajian Tameng Waja. Although Ajian the Heavenly Dragon God had briefly recovered his inner strength, but the immense amount of profound energy he had just expended to face the Nine Raga Demon had just left the young prince completely exhausted.

Dyah Kirana, Song Zhao Meng and Ki Jatmika immediately shot towards this young prince.

"You okay Kakang?", Song Zhao Meng asked immediately. Panji Tejo Laksono rubbed the remaining fresh blood on the corner of his lips before speaking.

"I'm fine, Wulan.. Merely, the energy within me was almost drained away. Old women are great" said Panji Tejo Laksono with a thin smile.

"We must find a place to rest before going to the palace of Kahuripan, Pendekar. It is not good for us to enter the enemy's nest with the condition of a warrior body that is still weak like this", said Ki Jatmika immediately.

"You're right, Ki Jatmika..

Kakang Tejo Laksono needs to rest for a while before facing Prabu Samarotsaha. We better leave this place soon. The massive explosion just now will definitely attract the attention of many people to this place" added Dyah Kirana who was greeted with a nod of the head of everyone.

Song Zhao Meng and Dyah Kirana immediately fulfilled the Panji Tejo Laksono. The young prince immediately sheathed back the Fire Dragon Sword on his back. Unwilling to take the risk, Panji Tejo Laksono's mouth chanted a spell and then inserted the Fire Dragon Sword into the air crack created.

The four of them immediately left the place.

A pair of Keswari's eyes that continued to pay attention to their movements, immediately darted quickly leaving the place. He headed towards the Keputren of Kotaraja Kahuripan Palace to report the incident to his master.

After passing through this small forest, Panji Tejo Laksono and his friends arrived at the boundary of Kotaraja Kahuripan. A large stone monument carved in Old Javanese letters that reads as Kahuripan stands tall beside the highway. Not far from there, the gate of Kotaraja Kahuripan stands majestically with a wall made of bricks as high as 2 spears fencing Kotaraja Kahuripan firmly.

"We'd better take a break here before we get into town. Our arrival will definitely be of concern to the Jenggala warriors.

We should rest there only", Panji Tejo Laksono pointed towards a wooden building that was beside a large tree near the Kotaraja Kahuripan boundary monument. This building is a large wooden hut, which is usually used by farmers or farmers who work on agricultural land outside the Kotaraja Kahuripan wall.

Ki Jatmika, Dyah Kirana and Song Zhao Meng nodded in agreement and they immediately headed towards the direction where the Panji Tejo Laksono was meant to be.

The young prince immediately sat cross-legged on the wooden cot that was in that place. He immediately meditated to recover the inner energy. While Ki Jatmika immediately rushed towards the other side of this small forest in search of something edible. Song Zhao Meng accompanied the young prince while Dyah Kirana was seen collecting water from a water source not far from the place to quench thirst.

Just then from the edge of the small forest, two young old men were walking while shouldering something. The slightly thin old man shouldered a hoe and sickle while the young looked to be carrying the tree with his trunk. Looks like they just came home from the fields and brought their crops to bring home.

"To... Tomorrow you go to the big market, no?", asked the old man who did not wear the shirt as he continued walking.

"Yo come to mr. e..

I haven't seen Suniti, the son of a rice pitcher in a big market in a long time. I miss him, sir", replied the thick-bodied young man wearing the sleeveless shirt immediately.

"You're this.. Work first is right, do not rush to think women. Boy kog ora evenah.", the old man scolded while continuing to climb the path that is on the edge of this small forest.

They are Ki Wardoyo and Gento, father and son who are farmers on the edge of this small forest. In addition to the rice fields near the small river they were working on, the land next to the wooden hut where the Tejo Laksono Panji and comrades were also their arable land.

While passing near their wooden hut, Gento who first accidentally saw Song Zhao Meng and Dyah Kirana was sitting next to Panji Tejo Laksono immediately gawked. Soon he peeked at them from behind a lush tree.

"Sir e pak e.. I-that's Mr. e..

There are two angels sitting in our hut" Gento said as he pointed towards Song Zhao Meng and Dyah Kirana. Ki Wardoyo was provoked by Gento's talk and immediately took a peek at Panji Tejo Laksono and his two women.

"Where To? You don't make it up .", said Wardoyo, squinting his old eyes.

"That's mr. e.. It's in the shack. Cook out of sight?", Gento pointed into the wooden hut.

As the two were busy peering at Panji Tejo Laksono and his two women, Ki Jatmika who saw the actions of the two young parents darted quickly towards their back. The sound of the Bloody Tread Swordsman's movements was so light that Gento and Ki Wardoyo heard nothing back then.

Ki Jatmika directly threw the setandan ripe banana on his back. This immediately shocked Gento and Ki Wardoyo. The two young elders immediately looked back. How surprised they saw Ki Jatmika was glancing at them.

"What are you guys looking at?!"

Ki Jatmika's violent clash instantly frightened Gento and Ki Wardoyo.

"Forgiveness swordsman..

"Bohong!

Surely you guys want to spy on us on purpose, right? Just confess", Ki Jatmika glared sinisterly.

"Haw.. I accidentally saw them. Lightning strikes also dare to lie" said Gento who is big body like Demung Gumbreg.

This commotion that occurred sparked the attention of Panji Tejo Laksono, Song Zhao Meng and Dyah Kirana. Although it had only been a short while that the young prince was recovering his inner strength, but thanks to his Heavenly Dragon God Ajian, his inner strength quickly returned. The three of them quickly moved towards the commotion between Ki Jatmika, Ki Wardoyo and Gento.

"What's this about? Why are you guys making a fuss?", Panji Tejo Laksono circulated his gaze towards the three of them.

"They both peeked at swordsman Tejo and Nini Wulandari as well as Nini Kirana. Surely they are spies, Pendekar Tejo", said Ki Jatmika as he stared intently at Gento and Ki Wardoyo.

"Misunderstand, Swordsman.. It's a misunderstanding..

We were just curious to know who was resting in our hut. That's it.", said Ki Wardoyo while trembling in fear.

Mmmmmm..

"All right then. It's purely a misunderstanding. Ki Jatmika, no need to fuss about this.

I thank you for allowing us to rest for a while in your hut. Weexcuse you.

Ki Jatmika Kirana Wulandari..

Let's continue the journey", said Panji Tejo Laksono as he turned around. A few steps forward, he glanced towards Ki Wardoyo and Gento for a while then hurriedly left the place followed by Song Zhao Meng and Dyah Kirana. Ki Jatmika snorted loudly then followed the young prince's footsteps. The four of them immediately entered the Kotaraja Kahuripan area.

After Panji Tejo Laksono and his comrades were quite far away, Ki Wardoyo exhaled loudly.

"Luckily, the young swordsman was unaware of our disguise, Badragenta", said Ki Wardoyo, who slowly changed his form into a burly middle-aged man with a thick mustache and sharp eyes.

"Hahahaha, of course Master..

Who can dismantle the disguise of Mpu Jiwan, the famous Mysterious Ghost in all of Jawadwipa Land" said Gento who slowly changed its shape into a thin mustachioed youth.

True, Ki Wardoyo and Gento are the perfect disguise forms of Mpu Jiwan, the, one of the elders of the Blood Crescent Group who was commonly referred to as the Mysterious Ghost because no one had ever seen the real face of this old man. While Gento is a form of engineering from Badragenta, the only student of Mpu Jiwan who is an expert in the field of disguise. Both of them master the science of change in form called Ajian Malih Rupa.

"This young man is very dangerous, Badragenta..

He can subvert the Nini Raga of Satan that I myself cannot necessarily defeat. The Blood Priestess had only once rendered the demonic woman helpless. We must be more careful if we have to fight against him" said Mpu Jiwan while stroking the thick beard that covers part of his chin.

"I understand Master..

We better ask for help from the Eye of Satan if we want to defeat that young man. We intercept them later when they come out of Kotaraja Kahuripan" Badragenta said immediately.

Mpu Jiwan nodded in understanding and the two darted quickly away from the place.

When a huge explosion was heard, the two men saw thick smoke rising into the sky. From a distance the two see Panji Tejo Laksono and his comrades moving towards Kotaraja Kahuripan and cleverly they both immediately use Ajian Malih Rupa to disguise their appearance. This managed to trick Panji Tejo Laksono and his comrades with their disguises.

But what they did not expect before was that Panji Tejo Laksono had felt a dense killing intent seeping out of Badragenta's body briefly before Panji Tejo Laksono and his two women approached. This is also the reason why Panji Tejo Laksono chose not to fuss over the behavior of the two men peeking and chose to immediately leave for Kotaraja Kahuripan

Right in front of the Kotaraja Kahuripan gate where the 8 guards of the city gate stopped them, Panji Tejo Laksono turned towards Mpu Jiwan and Badraseta who darted rapidly eastward.

'The wolf is really full of dangerous people', Inner Panji Tejo Laksono.

A city gate guard soldier who saw Panji Tejo Laksono was looking eastward immediately snapped loudly,

"Hey you're the dark blue shirt,

Why do you keep looking eastward?!"