The Sky Dragon Swordsman
#113. Aghori Sect
A young man was seen carrying two young forest chickens, the young man was walking very carefully and full of vigilance, until finally the young man arrived at a cliff niche on a very hidden karst hill.
Chen Khu then cleaned the forest chickens while Mathanadeva collected twigs to burn the chickens.
"It's a shame that we have to wait for it to darken to burn these two noble chickens.. " chen Khu said while making a hole at the bottom of the niche as a preparation to start a fire so that the fire ignited will not be seen from a distance while the fire that will be lit at night aims to make smoke from the the fire he was burning was invisible.
"Hahaha, you have to be a little patient with the turmoil that is in your stomach." replied Mathanadeva laughing.
After all the preparations were done.the two people then sat waiting and occasionally alternately they climbed up the alcove to watch over the village located in the ghost valley.
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"Fire monkey.. What happened to you. ?" Tamil Nadu was surprised to see the fire ape demon that was walking limped - limping with wounds that almost filled his body.
A fire monkey covered with wounds kept on walking into a hall commonly used by Tamil Nadu to gather the entire head of the Aghori sect.. the fire ape demon bowed respectfully then recounted the incident he had just experienced.
Tamil Nadu and other sect leaders were amazed to hear the words of the fire ape demon, but Tamil Nadu seemed to catch something strange from the narrative.
"Are you sure they didn't follow you while running away..? "
"No sir, at first I felt one of them chasing me, it's just that it didn't last long and I finally felt that if they didn't follow me and I decided to come back here after last night while resting I didn't feel their presence at all sir.. " answer the fire.
"Hmm. again - again the young man.until when will he continue to help Mathanadeva." said Tamil Nadu while massaging his forehead.
"Sir.. why until now we have not attacked gurjara..?? isn't our strength big enough to deal with them..? " Said Rajesh who is one of the leaders of the Aghori sect who is tasked to kidnap children who were then trained in martial arts and later the children were prepared to become their war troops.
Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of children have been kidnapped by Rajesh and his group, and placed in a special camp to be trained in martial arts before they were trained..the children were forced to drink a potion made by Rajesh himself to erase their memory and the effect of the potion also made the children voluntarily practice and enforce the orders given by Rajesh.
"It is not that easy Rajesh... You see for yourself. All this time we continue to try to reduce their strength by continuing to attack their cities and what is the result..?? we always fail.. !! especially now that the mysterious young man with very high women was with them and we did not get the slightest information about the young man " replied Tamil Nadu with a slightly raised tone.
" But Sir.... "
" I know what you have in mind Rajesh.you must be tired of being locked up in a place like this.. we must wait until the young man leaves Gurjara.. I'm sure the young man won't stay with them any longer "tamil Nadu said cutting Rajesh's words.
"Vikhram continues to make our efforts to continue to weaken the cities around the capital Gurjara.. but they will also take a long time to replace the soldiers and their warriors who were killed and you are Rajesh.. give our troops tougher training so that they can count on it later ", Tamil Nadu continued.
Vikhram who served as the sect leader who takes care of stealth nodded in acceptance of Tamil Nadu's orders.
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"How did Chen Khu... did you see them..? " mathanadeva asked Chen Khu who had just arrived from the top of the niche to keep an eye on.
"There are no signs of suspicious noble. So far the village still looks normal like a village in general.. " chen Khu replied and sat leaning against the wall of the niche while holding onto his stomach which had often rung.
The sun had finally slowly entered his contest and that time was already highly anticipated by Chen Khu. A moment after the shadows of the trees were out of sight and the insects of the night began to come out he immediately lit a fire on the hole he had prepared since.
Two people seemed to be enjoying dinner with a voraciously on a cliff niche..Chen Khu who had been holding back his stomach turmoil since noon did not take long to finish his food while Mathanadeva only smiled at the behavior of the young man before him who despite their age was far away..but Mathanadeva harbors admiration for Chen Khu.
"Take this.take it to your stomach if it is a bonus from me. ", said Mathanadeva then gave half of his jungle chicken to Chen Khu with a laugh, and without hesitation, he said, Chen Khu grabbed the piece of chicken and finished it as quickly as he finished off his opponents.
"Where is it..?? do you have a plan..?? " ask Mathanadeva then.
" We should infiltrate tonight, your majesty, we have not been able to decide to move let alone by bringing in a large number of troops before knowing their numbers, moreover they are able to control demons.. "
"All right, we wait until late at night, and then we infiltrate the village" said Mathanadeva and lay down his body.
"Your highness..!!" replied Chen Khu who also broke his body.
The hill was again deserted.only the sound of night insects and night birds were heard.
"Chen Khu.. if all this is done and we are still safe..what are your plans in the future..? " ask Mathanadeva breaking the silence.
"I will look for my noble father" Chen Khu replied briefly.
" Do you know where he is..? " Mathanadeva continued to invite Chen Khu to speak to expel the drowsiness that began to attack him.
" Nobody is noble yet, but for starters I'm going to the kingdom of Nishada to check.. "
"Hmm.. I have also not wandered for a long time as a commoner.do you mind if I come with you..? "
Chen Khu gasped and immediately sat down to hear the words of Mathanadeva, from the beginning he planned to invite Shiva to accompany him and he did not expect if Mathanadeva instead offered to accompany him.
" Of course not your majesty, and it is a great honor if your majesty accompanies me" replied Chen Khu.
"You have helped me too much and the people of Gurjara, and it is not yet comparable to what you have given me and my daughter.
"The noble is over-exaggerated in praise" said Chen Khu, unanswered by Mathanadeva, and the silence of the night re-enveloped them.
"Oh yes Chen Khu.. In a few months Aahana will be twelve years old.. And she once told me to hold a swordsman competition to be her companion... are you interested in joining..?? " Return Mathanadeva broke the silence just that his question this time made Chen Khu's heart beat faster and made him think long enough before answering.
"There are still many things to do on both glorious central lands..and also I don't know what's going on in the Ming Empire at the moment even though my teacher has given the message that my sect is fine.. "
"Mmmmm.. was the competition put on hold until you finished all your business there..? " mathanadeva's question further made Chen Khu's heart beat fast even cold sweat started to drip from his forehead.
"It's late, your majesty.we better move now..!! " chen Khu said trying to divert the conversation.