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The originally cold fog turned into a burning fire. Kala withdrew as quickly as possible from the sea of fire. The forest was burning violently for some areas, the relief force for Maheswari could not catch up to the masked young man due to the sea of fire in advance.

Kala jumped on the top of the trees before finding Kaia who was running down, quickly Kala came down and ran along.

The girl was still hysterical because the forest behind her suddenly exploded until she was unaware of Kala's whereabouts.

“Stop, we are safe.” Kala patted Kaia on the shoulder until the girl stopped.

“When are you here? Why did the forest suddenly burn while Alang was beside me? Who is Maheswari, why is he chasing you?” Not yet done controlling her breath, Kaia had already asked.

“Sit down and set your airway first. I was here but you didn't realize it. The forest burned because I closed the entrance. And Maheswari .. ah, the story is very long.”

Kala felt like this was not the right time to tell her story to Kaia in full, the situation was still not safe if they kept silent.

“I'll tell you later, at this time we have to go to Banyu Bening City!” Kala pulled Kaia's hand.

“Isn't that our destination city? Why don't you just help the battle? Aren't you a Garuda Knight?”

“There is no time to explain, currently we have to get there asap.”

Kaia seemed to have no choice, even though she liked this forest a little. His hand continued to be pulled Kala, where it could escape.

***

 Kala really does not give a pause stop in the night. It did not care about Kaia's swollen legs or the Alang's wings getting tired. It was not that he did not pay attention to them, even his condition was not noticed.

At dawn to pick up. The sun actually looks beautiful if there were no horrible nights. Sunlight still can not penetrate the light foliage in the forest, so the ground is still wet with dew and grass. Kaia pulled Kala's hand to stop, then she slid onto the wet grass.

“I can't continue.”

A moment later Alang fell from the sky and fell beside Kaia. Inevitably, Kala noticed their condition which turned out to be sad. Kala felt guilty and let them sleep, Kala also took out some water bottles and pastries.

“Should we eat this pastry? Looks like I can't swallow something like this.”

“There is no time to make food, besides this pastry meets nutrition and filling. I'm sorry.” Kala bit the flat cake the size of the palm of the hand.

Kaia finally bit the cake a bit. Even though it felt bland, it was still better than nothing. The reeds were given some energy stones to eat.

After eating, Kala opened the map scroll. Looking at the area now, there were still about three more days left to arrive if they continued to run. Then Kala issued a golden paper scroll that Aditya addressed, again he remembered the services of Aditya so that he was more confident to run his will.

“Looks like my job has started.” Kala took a deep breath and then kept the two scrolls.

***

Night picked up, Kala again took a break after a day of walking. Now that Kala is preparing the torch for Kaia, there are no enemies near here. Finished making the torch, the atmosphere of the forest became slightly brighter, Kala opened the map and estimated the distance.

“One day if keep running.” Kala said after doing a number of calculations. “But, do these rolls matter?”

If it turns out that the scroll is not important, then the sacrifice of Kaia and Alang will be in vain. But if it turns out that this scroll is very important, then the sacrifice must be added immediately.

Kala took the initiative to take the golden scroll, hesitating to open it. His teacher once said that it is not permissible to just open people's goods. But, Aditya never said that this scroll was forbidden to open.

Dare to take a risk, Kala opened the scroll. His face shone with a yellow light due to the reflection from the golden paper. The paper is shining!

It only says one character. There is no further explanation of the character. When panicked fear this paper has been exchanged for a fake, but the quality of the paper can not be wrong. After all, this was a very good script and contained an admirable aura.

“One Aksara Hanacaraka Wangan, Siji.” Kala's eyebrows are wrinkled. “If this is the case, what is important?”

His mouth said so, but his mind said something else. He even felt that this character was more important than he had previously thought. Now Kala looked at Kaia who looked like she wanted to faint.

If Alang sent this message, would they believe it?

As they dismissed the thought, they could not possibly believe in the eagle. After all, Alang would not be able to give him to the tumenggung and answer all the questions he had.

“Kaia, can you stay here for a few days?”

“I really want to sleep soundly even in this creepy forest, but not without you.” Kaia is smart, she knows the direction of Kala's conversation.

“This roll should get to Banyu Bening City immediately, I can reach it to that city within a day. After you're done delivering this scroll, I'll pick you up soon. Alang will also take care of you.”

“Eak!”

“Not Alang, you have to keep Kaia here, this indifferent girl has not been able to face spirit beast alone.”

“I will come with you, even if my legs break even once.”

“Never do that.” Kala approached Kaia and gently stroked her hair. “I'll be back.”

Kala's body became a hazy shadow as the wind suddenly sighed for a moment, Kala was already gone. In front of Kaia, there were some pastries and also energy stones. Alang did not try to chase after Kala, but Kaia still chased after him until he fell down by himself.

***

Kala darted between the trees. The top of the tree is a jump to another tree. He darted as fast as the wind, but the tree he planted did not move at all.

The cold fog began to fall when it was already early in the morning. Kala still continued to run regardless of his legs which began to bleed.

As the sun began to welcome the plains of Telu Forest, Kala had already seen the city walls from a distance.

***

Some of the city wall guard soldiers were busy taking care of the long queue of merchants who wanted to enter the city, just like the previous days were boring. From a distance they saw a black shadow darting towards the gate.

They are pranors and understand that anything that moves fast is not good news. With the sword drawn, they waited for the shadow to arrive in front of the face.

The other merchants were immediately hysterical as the city warriors suddenly unsheathed the sword. Some choose to run away and others choose to sit sweetly in the horse carriage.

The black shadow stopped darting and stopped right in front of them. Obviously his condition was very sad, only his clothes were neat but not with his face and feet.

“I want to meet Tumenggung as soon as possible, please do not block me.”

“Good morning, Kisanak. Did Kisanak make an appointment earlier?” said one of the soldiers politely.

Kala put a warm smile on the soldier. “Sorry, Child. I have no appointments, but this need is more important than a promise.”

“What is it?”