THE SUN GOD SWORD
Slaves
“How much longer do you think the Demon Bats will make it to Surasena Headquarters?” Sungsang Geni asked again.
“I saw their movement three days ago, I think it will reach Surasena Headquarters in the next 5 days,” replied Telik Sandi.
“We're going to Surasena!” sungsang Geni. “We must help them, now prepare all our troops. I want Bayangkara back to Surasana as soon as possible!”
“We will follow leader's orders.” Reply simultaneously bayangkara team.
5 Seconds after the order was spoken, the hundreds of people made a boisterous move preparing war supplies. Swords and spears in slats at the waist, do not forget to wear the war clothes they get from the spoils of war.
Empu Pelak told some people to prepare the demon powder. “Our journey is far away, leave all the demon chariots, we use ordinary arrows.”
On the other hand Bengal Cokro approached Sungsang Geni which stood alone on the wall of the headquarters facing west. There were many thoughts raging within the young man's mind.
“Geni, do you think we will win this battle?” Bengal Cokro asked in a low tone, his face facing the western horizon where Sungsang Geni was dropping his gaze.
“I don't know if we can win this battle.” Sungsang Geni answered flatly. “Enemies are more than us. What I fear is; will Surasena be able to survive before we arrive at that place?”
“I also thought about it..” Bengal Cokro muttered little. “My father and also Ki Alam Sakti do have great abilities, plus Ki Lodro Sukmo. But the strength of the two commanders was no match for the three of them. I've seen their power, so terrible and so unreasonable.”
If the commanders of the Demon Bats are considered as warriors who occupy the peak of the demon level, then Ki Alam Sakti, Darma Cokro and Ki Lodro Sukmo have just entered the demon swordsman level.
Each Commander has a unique and dangerous power, such as Banduwati who can control the undead with a stack he controls, or like Asura who has the ability to rot his opponent's body.
These two commanders are not yet known to have what kind of capabilities. But Sungsang Geni is convinced, they must have a power in a large number, maybe 7 jule. But the young man's concern lies not in the amount of inner power they have, but the ability of darkness they are mastering.
Each member of the Demon Bats had an object embedded within their body, the magandana stack. The object functioned as a container so that the power of darkness can enter the body.
As a result they will have another terrible power, it could be that the darkness makes them multiply the power in the same way that the Drunk Swordsman did.
“Wolf, I want you not to be too careless in using your powers.” Sungsang Geni said with a small smile, but his face showed seriousness.
Bengal Cokro was about to ask why Sungsang Geni said that sentence, but he decided not to.
While Sungsang Geni itself can see the potential abilities of Bengal Cokro very well. If he did not have the blessing of the sun on his right arm, and did not also have the shadow sword technique it must have been Bengal Cokro was the best young man there was right now, Sungsang Geni wished he had not died before actually showing the limits of his powers.
“Everything is ready!” Mahesa shouted from below.
Sungsang Geni floated downwards, followed by Bengal Cokro.
“Geni, what about the slaves?” Mahesa asked that after noticing the gloomy faces painted on many people whose hands and feet were in chains.
Sungsang Geni had not replied for a while, he approached all of them. Then it released a warm aura from the blessings of the sun. “Now, the Devil Bats army has moved to destroy our Country. I give you two options, we leave in this place with the body chained or fight with us.”
After almost 5 minutes of no response, Mahesa approached them. “Look, forget the offer given by our leader, he is too good.” Mahesa turned towards Sungsang Geni with a small smile, then looked back at the prisoners slaves. “I'll kill you all, everything without remaining.”
“I agree..” The Bengal Cokro pulled the black sword from the sheath of his sword, then the sword split into three and floated like he was sorting out who would die first. “Rather than this hard-skinned man, my sword is faster to kill all of you.”
“Do not pretend to be arrogant people from the Swordsman Union, this task let us take over.” Mahesa clucked in annoyance.
“No problem hard-skinned man, I want to ease this task. I'm sure you'll be exhausted after killing them all, so as a sympathy I'll help with this task.”
“Don't you think my inner power is smaller than yours, the boy with the toothpick sword.”
“Ha? Do you want to try my sword?”
“Hah? Do you want to challenge me?”
“Of course, we see who killed the slaves the fastest?”
“I agree.” timpal Mahesa.
Hearing those words, the slave prisoners became wry. Their faces were pale as two people fell unconscious and more were in tears.
“Do not..don't..kill us.” One of the slaves finally spoke up, he was a man with a field chest and large muscles. “I will come with you to fight the Demon Bats.”
Mahesa and Bengal Cokro smiled slightly, flitted their eyes and pretended to think hard.
“Hemm...maybe I won't kill.” Mahesa said coldly.
“I agree.” The Bengal Cokro blinked his eyes then looked at some of the others. “Maybe others only.”
“I'll join the war.”
“I also.” Then simultaneously all the slaves could hold their hands, they would join the fight against the Demon Bats.
Cempaka Ayu gave a small smile, Rereinih squeezed his stomach for holding back the laughter while Cawang Wulan giggled. How could they not be aware of the charade run by Bengal Cokro and Mahesa, so stupid.
Sungsang Geni just shook his head slowly. “You will fight your own master, are you sure?” asked the young man.
“We are sure, of course we will die. But now that we are with you, we realize that the Nine Negri and the Demon Bats are a bunch of vile people.”
“We'll all die.” Sungsang Geni approached the slave, then broke the chain that shackled his arms and legs. “But the question is, how do we die. Be a loser or a fighter? Being a good person or being a demon?”
After that Sungsang Geni released all the chains that shackled the slaves while saying. “I cannot promise salvation in this war, but even if you are slaves, I want you to believe that I will strive to protect everyone.”