The Sky Dragon Swordsman
#92. The Soul that Raged
Chen Khu and Mathanadeva were silent for a moment.. For Chen Khu, his meeting with the king of the Gurjara kingdom was a path that could give him a clue to the way back to the Ming Empire.. his meeting with Chen Khu was a reunion with one of the Ming Empire's residents who, despite long leaving the Empire's territory, left his own memories in his heart.
"Oh yes..How did you get into the black hole that brought you here..? " ask King Mathanadeva to break the silence.
"Ehm.. "Chen Khu cleared his throat before starting his story..
"I helped the Wing Chun Master who was fighting with a swordsman who had very extraordinary abilities.. "
"Wing Chun...?? Wing Chun master from Hang Chu mountain..??!! Mathanadeva suddenly interrupted Chen Khu's conversation upon hearing the name Wing Chun being mentioned by Chen Khu.
"Yes, your majesty..What does your majesty know..??! ask Chen Khu.
"So I told you that I studied at Hang Chu mountain temple and of course Mahaguru Wing Chun was the head of that temple.. " matahanadeva replied with her head turned upwards as if her mind was drifting back to the Hang Chu mountain temple.
"He was fighting with a swordsman who had extraordinary abilities and the great Wing Chun almost lost.. then next I fought with the swordsman and when I almost killed him he took out the black hole and in the end I got here" Chen Khu continued.
"Hmm. well Chen Khu. It seems like we suffice first for today. You still have a lot of rest for your condition to be better, Dhanwantari will continue to accompany you until your condition really recovers as before. and there will be people who can speak like you who will also accompany you " mathanadeva said, then stood up and then saluted Chen Khu like people from the central mainland.
Chen Khu saluted the King who then left Chen Khu accompanied by Dhanwantari.
After the death of Mathanadeva, Dhanwantari ordered several palace ladies to bring food and drinks to Chen Khu who had not tasted food for almost two weeks since he fainted.
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King Mathanadeva's entourage of several hundred soldiers as well as dozens of warriors and the king's personal bodyguards were on their way home when one of the King's personal guards spotted a black hole in the sky.
The group that had just defeated the fox demon that always made chaos in some areas that were the territory of the kingdom of Gurjara then stopped when one of the guards shouted loudly when he saw the oddity.
After the black hole disappeared.. Mathanadeva orders some of his bodyguards to examine objects they suspect to be human bodies. The five bodyguards immediately drove his mount horse towards the lake where the object intended by their King fell.. and when he reached the shores of the lake the five guards were surprised to find a young man with a sword still held tightly floating on the surface of the water.. then one of them came back to report it to Mathanadeva.
Mathanadeva and his entire army moved towards the edge of the lake where four of his guards were waiting with the figure of a young man lying unconscious on the ground.
"Is he still alive..? "asked Matahanadeva on four of her bodyguards who had removed the young man's body from the water and laid him on the surface of dry land.
"I can still feel his heart beating even though it is very slow.and it seems that he is not a person from the glorious southern mainland continent." replied one of the guards..
"Take him to my train, hopefully the young man can hold on so that Dhanwantari can help him" said Mathanadeva.
One of the bodyguards tried to release the sword which was still tightly grasped, despite a slight difficulty, but the bodyguard managed to remove the sword and gave it to Mathanadeva.. while his other colleagues raised the young man's body into a horse-drawn carriage boarded by the King.
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Chen Khu who had already finished some dishes of food prepared by the lady-in-waiting - the palace lady-in-waiting did not return to his bed but rather walked out of the room. After enjoying a lot of food, Chen Khu's body felt more fit. Chen Khu felt that his weak body was not only caused by his depleted internal energy, but also because his stomach had long been left empty. As Chen Khu recalled, his stomach was last filled before he set out with Xie Annchi to stop the chaos wrought by the several black flow groups.
"Hmm... How's skr..? " chhen Khu murmured inwardly at the thought of his junior brother.
Chen Khu then chose one of the very shady trees then he sat down in a cross-legged position. Chen Khu tried to calm his mind and tried to recall the events that happened to him until he was thrown thousands of kilometers from his home area. Chen Khu long tried to remember the incident but he could not know at all what happened after he was sucked into the black hole that brought him to Gurjara.. Chen Khu could only remember when he was about to kill Wong Fei and until now Chen Khu did not know whether the Wong Fei he had almost defeated was still alive or vice versa.
Chen Khu tried to calm his mind that had raged when thinking if Wong Fei had not died.Wong Fei could have killed the great Wing Chun and maybe other warriors if he was still alive.
Several times Chen Khu took a deep breath - deep and then slowly threw it away to suppress the thing he had imagined it to be. The longer he tried, the more unreasonable his mind became..everyone who had been close to him who might have now died in the hands of Wong Fei.
Regret began to tread his mind.. Chen Khu began to blame his lack of heart when he was going to finish Wong Fei.