The Sky Dragon Swordsman
#45. The Black Flow. II
"Hamba got information from the residents here that the village head did not commit the crime of extorting the money of his people arbitrarily. As for his relationship with the Duke for the time being the servant has not found a connection between the two. For now, everything is just suspicion . The residents suspected that the two of them were indeed conspiring . This is because they have often made reports to the Duke but do not seem to be influenced by him. Right now I see there is a suspicious movement made by Duke Kencana Wulan."
Through a special choice of pigeons to send word to the king, the soldier sent his report. He wanted the King to know immediately about the progress of his duties. Hopefully the king can take action quickly so that his fear does not occur.
After the suspicious-looking warrior troupe had already left, the soldier immediately thought of the worst things that would happen . Anyway, anything is likely to happen.
He wanted to enter the downtown duchy of Mangkualam so that everything could be clearer, but he was confused what role to play later if it was in the downtown of the duchy. Actually the easiest way to enter the duchy palace is to show his identity. But the risk of suspicion is much greater. They will also be more careful. The greatest risk he could lose was his own life as it could be considered a threat.
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"We seem to have an uninvited guest. I saw the woman we attacked earlier come here with the crocodile demon," the woman who took Aji Dharma reported to the old woman who seemed to be relaxing while waiting for the right time to perform a ritual to make herself beautiful again.
"Let them do what they want. After all, they would not be able to do anything if they were in this cave. Because of my strength, they will not be able to freely use their knowledge" he replied.
"Then what about the man we're gonna crush, right?"
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The king read the letter sent by the soldier who was sent to be telik cipher at the place suspected by Aji Dharma. He felt annoyed to Duke Kencana Wulan who turned out not to be as good as his reputation. By doing such a dissolution, as a Duke it was an unforgivable crime.
He planned to take decisive action after getting another report on the suspicious movements carried out by the Duke. If all that's done is put together a rebellion, seeing it look like it's two-faced, he won't be surprised.
In the past, when he was not yet a king, they both had duels to determine who was more entitled. Kencana Wulan lost, and he was later made Duke of Mangkualam.
Perhaps he still wanted to become king after almost ten years since then but he never showed it. Rather than showing himself still power-hungry, he always got good achievements. He has always been an example to other dukes in running the government in each duchy under his rule.
If he had rebelled, the king would have acted according to the law. Even though it was to Kencana Wulan who actually still had a blood relationship with him. If he could not take action then the other dukes would rebel as well.