THE SUN GOD SWORD
Battle Fruit
“The young man, Sungsang Geni. He'll do anything to regain glory for everyone, if you say he's from the black stream because of his slightly cruel actions, it doesn't matter. He never thought about what flow is currently, you know why?”
“No, I don't know.” replied Joko Sewu
“Because we are in battle, everything should be able to become a weapon.” Empu Pelak then pointed at the heirloom bow that Joko Sewu carried. “Do you think you can beat everyone with that heirloom? No, all power has its limits. That's why, everything the young man did, was basically to maximize the power we have.”
Joko Sewu did not understand what the hunchback old man said. However, broadly speaking, he was able to determine who Sungsang Geni really was. A young man who will do everything he can to gain independence.
“Then, we can not waste time, let's help them!” Joko Sewu then drove his horse first, accompanied by 20 archer warriors including Cawang Wulan. “We'll grab what they took, any way.”
From this distance, the man could release his arrows right at the necks of his enemies.
One of the arrows slid 5 feet away from the face of Sungsang Geni, and stuck it on a man who intended to attack the young man.
"Not bad," Sungsang Geni smiled faintly.
In just less than 3 hours, they had finally managed to take control of the small village.
There were nearly 80 dead on the enemy's side, but not a single person was killed on Bayangkara's side. About 25 people were gathered in the middle of the village, with all weapons stripped. They only use pants that are cut short, and tied back and forth.
“I can kill them all, if you allow!” Ratih Perindu asked for permission, he sure could do that with his huge axe filled with blood.
“No, we cannot kill people who have already thrown away weapons, raised white flags and raised hands.” Sungsang Geni sat on an empty wooden box.
“Then what should we do with all of them?” Joko Sewu was also a little surprised, why did Sungsang Geni not just kill all these people. Are they not enemies too.
“We will make them slaves, if they can do good and show a change of attitude, we can free them.” Sungsang Geni had read a sentence in the war strategy book given by Saylendra. 'Everyone has a second chance, you have to be wise even with the enemy.'
“But we don't have enough food to give anyway to them.” Joko Sewu still looks confused.
“The concept is the same, we will let them plant rice for us.” Mahesh walked up to the captives, bending his fingers. “Now I ask you, I have two options, decide quickly. Being a slave or dead?”
“Being a slave.” The twenty people simultaneously said, “It doesn't matter if it should be a slave, as long as you guys keep letting us live.”
Sungsang Geni then frowned, then looked at a slightly burly man and a plontos head.
“You intend to escape from here?” Sungsang Geni surprised the man. “Effort to find a chance, then escape?”
“T-t-can't I dare to do that?” expostulation.
“What?” Mahesh pulled the man's neck until he was lifted and his legs dangled. “Our leader can know what's in your head, do you want to die.”
“I beg pardon me..,.. I admit wrong..”.
The next day, everyone could see the fruits of their fight. The rice field is flat with the surface of the ground, from yellow to dust scattered in the wind.
Dozens of buildings were abandoned, almost collapsing. There was only one more building left, Sungsang Geni did nothing with that building. Rice warehouse.
When it opened there were probably about 100 sacks of rice, maybe more, no one knew for sure the amount because so high was the pile of rice.
“Bring all this rice to the residents settlement.” Sungsang Geni gave orders to all his soldiers. “Everyone bring one sack of rice on your horse!”
“How about his corn garden?” Mahesa saw a young corn garden spread wide. “We can't possibly harvest and carry it, right?”
“Let that corn garden, but I want to be there and there mined.” Sungsang Geni pointed to several locations that opponents might come to. “They will definitely take these corns, without rice then this garden is the only choice.”
“As yet to harvest, we can learn the situation.” Empu Pelak noticed the body sling buried by Ratih Perindu. “Honey once, they should be buried in vain.”
Joko Sewu raised his eyebrows, not understanding the meaning of the words of the magician empu. “What if they are buried?”
Empu Pelak wanted to say to make the corpses into demon powder, but he did not want to say that. Joko Sewu was not like a like-minded person like everyone in this place.
Sungsang Geni headed towards the large building that had already half collapsed, as he patted the pillar of the house, rattling cracks rang out.
The young man went inside, very carefully. He's trying to find something that can be used, a map for example.
Apparently quite lucky, the young man found a note and some important files. One of the notes, regarding their schedule to deliver rice to the small headquarters which is a distance of 2 days of travel, but only one day if riding a horse.
There was a bat badge he got in the desk drawer, a letter with legality, nothing too fancy. But with that bat badge, maybe he can infiltrate the small base.
After he got out of the place, Mahesa approached. “What are we going to stay in this place?”
“Of course not, we will go from here!” Sungsang Geni hinted that everyone was getting ready soon. “We must not be silent in a place, we must move on.”
"We understand" they said simultaneously.
In the end Bayangkara managed to control a village that was in the power of a small headquarters. It's a pretty good start, and a first lesson for anyone who's never been to war.
They returned to Joko Sewu's hiding place, they could rest a day or two there.
From the schedule that Sungsang Geni found, it should be 5 days from now there is a task to deliver rice to Small Headquarters. That's a good chance to infiltrate.
Some people were forced to walk, their horses had to carry the exhausted citizens. At one time, Sungsang Geni stopped the pace of Commander Ireng, then watched his troops.