X-Loves: From Another World
Chapter 46: Knights of Cempaka from the West

The purple dragon, Zui Si the Second Elder roared loudly. He felt pain in his chest as a result of being slashed by a mysterious object. Neither Dwi, Anna, nor Aldy, nor any of them did anything to paralyze the creature, but a grown man in his 30s did. And now he was right standing in front of the Javanese man.

“S... Who are you?”

Dwi asks him, but the man doesn't seem to hear it. His attention was focused on the purple dragon.

“Basic 'Aneuk Bajeung', how dare you disturb the peace of this Pasai Land,”

The adult man spoke with the local community's accent. He is a native of this region. The man was seen wearing a long-sleeved shirt and white material pants. A red cloth wrapped around his stomach, and he was also seen wearing a kind of head covering of the same color. The man brandished a machete-like weapon towards the monster, and it looked like it was his Destruction.

“Anyone who disturbs the peace of this Pasai Land will receive the consequences. Prepare,”

The man pulled his right leg and put up the horses, ready to strike the creature with his weapon. Judging from her fighting position, the man seemed to be about to attack the dragon with the same technique as Anna had done before. But Dwi felt something strange, which the man produced was different from his partner. And sure enough, his feelings were completely evident after the original Pasai man lunged at the Elder with the help of his magic.

“What?”

WUSHH.. With an heirloom weapon in his hand, the man again managed to injure the dragon on his chest. But there is something different from the technique, where the marks from the attack produce white flower petals blown by the wind. One of his petals landed right on Dwi's palm.

“Hah? Chempaka flowers?”

Unmistakably, the man was a user of Bio plant magic, one of the advanced element magic. That means he is a magician with extraordinary magic abilities. But that's not the only thing that surprised Dwi.

WUSH WUSH WUSH. The original Pasai man slashed his heirloom at the dragon with great epic. Almost all of his attacks hit the monster and made him grimace in pain. He also managed to avoid counterattacks, scratches, tail wagging, to the magic ball of the dragon. The style of the fight is more like a dance.

“Actually, who is he?” ask Dwi in a soft voice. He focused too much on the fight until he was unaware that another man was already beside him. His voice also made the Javanese man shocked.

“Not wrong again, she's Teuku Damanik,”

“EH? BROTHER ALDY?”

Dwi who was still trembling in her position suddenly looked at her senior. Aldy was crouching next to him. Though previously he appeared sprawled after being hit by the dragon attack. Really a strange person.

“The style of fighting it, and the throws of its throw flowers, is unmistakable. He is Teuku Damanik, one of the Seven Knights of Rencong, keeper of the Pasai Land,” Aldy said.

“Seven Knights Rencong?”

“True. They were the strongest magicians at the western end of this Nusantara Empire. Their heritage, Rencong, is their hallmark. Their magic ability is very strong, plus the heirloom they have gives tremendous power,” explained the Siak man.

“Oh, so yes..”

“In addition, since long ago Pasai is known as a very strong country and can hardly be conquered. The knights are very tough, and supported their love for their homeland, making them almost invincible in the past.

“Keren..”.

Dwi was very amazed by what Aldy said about the western tip of the archipelago, especially about their struggles and their formidable abilities. And not only that, but again he also found similarities between what happened in Tierra Hyuma and in the real world where they came from, namely the Sultanate of Aceh that existed in 16 centuries ago. They also make Rencong as a special weapon.

The man continued to swing his arms at the purple creature, attacking it in a row until it roared in pain. Only a fraction of a percent of the dragon's counterattack hit him, and it didn't seem to impress him.

A few minutes passed, the dragon was cornered with a series of attacks launched by Damanik. But just as he was about to launch an ultimate attack, someone came from behind the creature and tried to slash at the Elder.

“FEEL THIS!!!”

“Anna?”

The blond girl tried to cut her machete on the dragon. But that's not the right action.

“Stop. Don't attack from there,” Damanik firmly.

It's true what the man said. Anna attacked the wrong body part. His machete even hit the hard purple dragon's neck. As a result, he bounced back and fell right in front of Aldy and Dwi.

“Ugh... Again I failed,” Anna said grimacingly.

Not only that. An unexpected attack also hit Damanik and knocked him off as well. But unlike Anna, he managed to balance his body in the air and landed perfectly in front of them. Now his face can be seen clearly with a mustache and beard that is quite thick on his face.

“You Jailolo disciples who were tasked with defeating the Elders right?” ask Damanik.

“Eh? Yes, Sir,”

Dwi was a little surprised to hear Damanik's words. From where did he know the secret that only the guards of the sacred library knew, he thought. But all that is not very important now, because obviously they have to immediately take down the dragon.

“You won't be able to defeat him if you attack his purple scales. It was actually the armor that protected his body,” Damanik said.

“What? Armor?”

“Iya. A kind of super hard protective skin that protects the monster's body parts,” stressed the Pasai man.

“So, how do we beat him, Mister?” ask Anna.

Damanik pointed to something that was on the dragon.

“You see those white scales?”

“Iya, Sir,”

“It was his original skin, the part unprotected by the armor. That's his weak point. All we have to do is take off the armor that he wears so that all the white scales on his body can be seen clearly, then cut the abdomen together from 4 directions,” explained Damanik.

“But, how do I do? Only the front part of his stomach looks unprotected. The back is still covered in that armor?” ask Anna.

“Similar to peeling an orange. Notice the boundary between the original skin and the armor on the left and right. You attacked that part with magic to get the armor off. Then do as I said earlier,” added the Pasai man.

“Ah, is that it? Well then, there's no other choice. Isn't that right, Dwi?” aldy said as he patted his junior's shoulder. While Dwi just nodded with a smile.

The two then raised their hands into the air like they wanted to summon something, then cast a spell together.

“Mantra Copyright, Bayu..”.

“Mantra Copyright, Bara.”.

Wind magic rotated in Aldy's hand, while in Dwi's hand came fire magic. Soon they chalked up the name of the nurse together.

“Ultima Janawiya”

WUSHH..each sword of wind and fire appeared on the grasp of both. It was a sword summoning magic, but with even more powerful abilities.

“Whoa... Cool. You guys are very compact, hehe..” praise Anna while clapping, but Dwi does not seem interested in the compliment.

“Don't just sit there, let's lift your heirloom back and we drop this creature together,” said Dwi as she gave Anna her hand.

“Dih, so arrogant of you,” Anna replied as she grabbed the hand of the Javanese man with a slightly pouting face. Dwi smiled faintly looking at him.

The four of them looked at the roaring purple dragon. Now everyone was ready to fight the Second Elder and defeat him.

“Alright, this is the time,” Aldy said.

“Come!!”

The dragon roared so loudly that it produced a gust of wind, but it did not diminish their spirit to defeat it. Just as the dragon stopped making a sound, the four of them darted towards him.