THE SUN GOD SWORD
Returnees
Cempaka Ayu flew quieter than Sungsang Geni, but he moved slower. They then raise the altitude, do not want to be the attention of people who see it from the plains.
An eagle seemed to be surprised to see them flying over it, the bird made a loud noise several times. Maybe scared or surprised. His loud voice was immediately greeted by a small growl of Commander Ireng.
The atmosphere was quite beautiful at this time, the expanse of rice fields spread yellowing down there. The hills were towering, and the sea was blue and glittering.
Sungsang Geni had seen this sort of thing from the top of an unusually tall coconut tree, but seeing it together with Cempaka Ayu and Commander Ireng was something a little, 'fun.'
Commander Ireng propped his head on the lip of the carriage with his tongue dangling. At once he had to cover his entire mouth which became a duer when hit by a slightly strong wind.
“Are you okay Geni?” Cempaka Ayu turned towards Sungsang Geni who sometimes looks contemplating.
“Of course,” replied the young man briefly.
Cempaka Ayu did not ask any further, although he actually knew the young man must be thinking about a lot of things right now.
4 Hours they fly like that, both Cempaka Ayu and Sungsang Geni may have spent 1 jule of energy at this time. But it was not a problem, now they could already see from the tip of his eyes, the expanse of a nutmeg garden.
After arriving at the Kerakatau mountains, they stopped the journey.
Cempaka Ayu landed the car slowly once above the level of flat land. There are still the remains of their former campfire butts overnight in that place.
Commander Ireng who fell asleep immediately woke up, then growled little while directing the muzzle at a nearby box. It was a food box.
The smell of roast meat from the box always tickled his nose, but did not dare to ask for the meat while his friends were trying to regulate the flow of energy in, to fly into balance.
“We'll spend the night here.” Sungsang Geni collecting bonfires. “We need a break to gather energy in.”
Cempaka Ayu agreed, he might have already lost 2 jule, no! But three jule of his inner power. It took 6 days to recover that much power. But the most important thing is, to recover his stomach that always thrashed.
“This is a large size grilled chicken.” Cempaka Ayu plays the muzzle of Commander Ireng who looks very upset. “This is my part, you take this grilled chicken.” The girl thrust out one grilled chicken that was smaller than hers, almost the smallest among the other roasted chickens.
“Mushroom pulp.” Sungsang Geni pulled out a large bowl of mushroom porridge. “This is more delicious than the roasted chicken you have.”
“Gerr..” Commander Ireng sneered.
“Alah, it's because you're too picky Ireng.” Sungsang Geni scoffed back.
“Gerr...gerr.
***
At night, Commander Ireng has already slept and snored. Sungsang Geni put his head on the belly of the wolf, then followed Cempaka Ayu on the opposite side.
The two of them looked at the starry sky, these might be the last nights the three of them would pass through. After arriving at the Java Plain, there was no time like this other than to be filled with tension.
“Did you see the one just now?” Cempaka Ayu pointed to the other side of the night sky. “That's a shooting star.”
Then Cempaka Ayu closed his eyes, his tiny lips were twitching a few sentences.
“What are you doing?”
“Praying.”
“Praying?” ask Sungsang Geni.
“Swarnadwipa residents believe shooting stars are a blessing. When you close your eyes and ask for something, then the god of destiny will grant all your wishes.” Cempaka Ayu did not believe that, but he was very happy that his request would be granted.
“What's your request?”
Cempaka Ayu narrowed his eyes, realizing the young man was probably reading his thoughts.
“Geni, do you want to promise me one thing.”
“Don't ever do this again,” said Cempaka Ayu, then tapped on the young man's forehead with his index finger. “You can't read my mind as you please. Sometimes everyone has secrets they have to keep.”
Sungsang Geni did not argue, which the girl said was true. The young man even began to realize, that entering the human mind was like a slightly 'sinful act.'
It could be that there are some secrets that other people are guarding, do not want to be known by anyone.
“I won't read your mind from today.” Sungsang Geni knocked back Cempaka Ayu's forehead with a small smile. “But you can't keep something important from me, do you agree?”
“I agree.”
“Gerrr..” Commander Ireng also replied.
“I should know all your feelings Ireng? Otherwise, how can I understand what you want.” Sungsang Geni stroked the Wolf's head slowly.
***
The sun peeked behind the thick branches of leaves, broke through and hit the eyes of Cempaka Ayu. The girl wriggled slowly, slowly opening her eyes which felt very heavy.
“You two are awake?” Sungsang Geni is heating two roosters on the coals of a campfire. “Eat! Our journey is still quite far.”
After they finished eating, the journey resumed.
About 4 hours of travel is done at a faster pace than before. The three of them could already see the neatly lined refugee tents.
Dozens of people carried water or hundreds of soldiers who repaired the wall to make it more sturdy.
The first person to see their arrival was Ki Alam Sakti.
“He is back.” said the Elders of the marching sword technique.
It just so happened that all the college Elders were gathering at the Lakuning Banyu residence to discuss some issues.
All heads looked up, seeing two humans with chariots and a Black Wolf drifting towards the safety of King Surasena.
Empu Pelak glee is not a bitch, she almost jumped if not Siko Danur Jaya held her waist. The old man was already impatient to hear what crazy plan the young man was going to make.
“Murid salutes, Eyang Guru.” Sungsang Geni bowed his head at Ki Alam Sakti.
“You okay, Geni?” ask the old man.
“Yes, never been this good before, Eyang.” The young man then saluted Sabdo Jagat. “Murid salutes, Uncle teacher.” Sabdo Jagat said nothing, except a hug.
There were familiar faces standing looking at Sungsang Geni with question marks. One of them is the Bengal Cokro, who currently looks friendlier than ever.
But Ki Lodro Sukmo's face did not change, he was still like that, indifferent and condescending. “What do you bring?” the old man immediately asked.
Sungsang Geni did not reply, he walked past Ki Lodro Sukmo without saluting towards Lakuning Banyu. Then the young man handed him two things from the pocket of his robe.
“This is from King Saylendra, leader of the plains Swarnadwipa.”
Lakuning banyu wagged the paper, in which there is writing from gold ink and also the stamp of legality from Swarnadwipa on behalf of Saylendra.
“You succeeded Geni!” Lakuning Banyu was aghast, barely believing what he was reading.
“What is written in the letter, Your Majesty?” Ki Lodro Sukmo was very curious.
“They will receive our people in the refuge, also give us the help of ten thousand soldiers.”
“What, Ten Thousand Soldiers?!” The faces of everyone in that place became red, everyone opened their mouths except Ki Alam Sakti and Sabdo Jagat. Even Darma Cokro was the biggest man to open his mouth.
Meanwhile, Mahesa laughed out loud. “Already expected, our leader is amazing.”