YUWARAJA
The Day of Engagement II

There was an enormous wilderness that even exceeded the size of all the Kingdoms that were in the Western Continent. The forest located between the Nataprawira Kingdom and Askara Kingdom is named, Halimun Banger Forest.

Famous for the habitation of wild animals, monsters, and various supernatural creatures that often show themselves to people who pass through this forest.

The forest of Halimun Banger is very rarely touched by humans. Aside from the vastness that could hold the entire Kingdom within, this Forest was also the most dangerous place in the western Continent. The death rate in this Forest is even almost the same as the accumulated war victims of the past few years.

But that doesn't mean people will just skip this place. People are often curious about something they do not know.

Suppose someone finds a sealed box covered in gold, the urge to open the box will be very large regardless of whether there is a trap or not, in fact, not infrequently there are people who are willing to die just to be able to see the contents of the box, regardless of whatever the contents, even though the poison that can take the life of the person who opened it even once.

Which in the end will raise some questions, Is it a futile act? Is it worth doing? Only that person knows the answer. Because sometimes Humans tend to prioritize Lust rather than reason. Of course, including the curiosity in it. Some people live just to fulfill their curiosity, so they will not regret dying in the process. The majority of people will consider this to be a distorted logic.

But not everyone lives just to fulfill his curiosity, including some of these people who entered the Forest with a definite purpose, which is to survive and be able to complete the mission.

"Daughter, are you sure this is the right direction?" A woman who seemed to be the servant of the beautiful girl he called the Princess, asked as she removed the hood that covered her head.

"I'm very sure. Father had told me before," the beautiful girl replied with certainty.

"Alright, we've been four hours on foot at least we should get to the destination soon," the woman looked around the forest, and he could not hide his nervousness when he felt the gripping atmosphere in this forest.

These people consisted of over two hundred people each of whom was equipped with a full arsenal. Just a glance, it was clear that they were all elite soldiers of a kingdom. With the girl leading the way, and an old man leading the other soldiers.

Slowly but surely the sun has slipped to the west which means that soon the day will change. The noisy sounds of various insects and wild animals began to sound which made it like a nightmare-carrying melody.

The old man who was leading the troops suddenly raised his right hand which meant that they would stop immediately, "Don't be too noisy, and watch your footsteps. Be careful stepping on wild animals that will lure monsters here."

"Teacher, we better speed up our pace. The night is coming soon, it will be difficult to determine the direction at that time," The girl called Princess spoke while looking at a round object made of iron, which was a round object, there are several red dots leading to their destination. It's a map, but with more advanced technology.

The use of paper in this era has been limited, paper is only used for formal purposes such as writing letters that are still done manually.

"All right, everyone speed up your steps!" the old man said to his army.

They immediately rushed off in a race against time. The group of more than two hundred people still had more energy even after a full four hours of walking. White Mist slowly began to show itself which limited everyone's vision, followed by a foul smell, strange sounds that either came from animals or monsters, he said, but certainly the atmosphere in this forest is able to make experienced soldiers shudder in fear.

"Mk ...." One of the soldiers suddenly stopped, he sensed that something was wrapped around his leg. It squirms, at first it feels amused, but over time the pain begins to spread just that strangely no blood comes out.

His face was starting to look pale maybe it was because he was scared. He looked down, and sure enough there was a black snake wrapped around his legs very tightly. The soldier began to raise his sword trying to slash the snake's head, but a strange sensation began to be felt. He looked towards his right shoulder, and how surprised he was that the proud arm was no longer there now, even more strangely he did not see a single drop of blood coming out.

"Mahhhh ...." The soldier shouted loudly that even made his own eardrum hurt.

He thrashed around trying to fight this extreme pain. While trying to step he fell down, looking at the back of the leg turned his leg into a strange and frightening direction. Now that he couldn't escape, forget about escaping. Standing up now he couldn't.

The group that had been with him was already far ahead. While in the row earlier he got a strange feeling, when he saw the lake in this forest. Somehow he felt so interested and hypnotized that he did not realize that he was far enough apart from his entourage.

"Shoppers, stay away from me!" shouted the soldier.

Now he realized that what he thought was a snake that he had never seen.it was only 40 cm long, but had a large head with three horns on his head. the mucus in the body of this animal creates a feeling of disgust.

The animal began to squirm again, after the hands and feet. The animal began to crawl towards the neck. The soldier desperately tried to avoid it, but it was a pity that it was all in vain.

"No, don't ...." He was frightened, his face pale with tears flowing and snot coming out, something was wriggling in the hole of his nose. Something similar to the maggots came out, but with the same pitch-black color and horns as the animal before.

"Mahh .. ahhh ...." The soldier tried to calm himself. Trying to survive whatever happens.

"Ti-ti-tid ...." Such was the last wail of this soldier. His head was detached from part of his body caused by the animal wrapped around his neck earlier. The strange thing can be seen that there is no blood coming out in the slightest from beginning to end.

While on the other side of the forest, the group had already been far enough ahead leaving the poor soldier alone. The day had changed the night, fatigue began to grab, the water supply was inexplicably reduced derastically. The cold air that made the body shiver filled this forest with a white mist blocking visibility.

"Stop" The Princess suddenly shouted which caused everyone to be shocked. The man who was the leader narrowed his eyes.

"What's the Princess?" ask the waiter next to him.

"Teacher!" Instead of replying, the Princess instead called out to the old man.

The man just nodded, and raised his hand. The strange behavior of this old man caused the Princess to feel that something was wrong and right. Suddenly some of the soldiers slashed the other soldiers.

"What?"

"Because-pa .. you guys?"

The soldiers died without knowing what really happened. It was never in their wildest dreams that they would die in the hands of their own comrades-in-arms. It was only after death that they knew that the real enemy turned out to be very close.

"What is the meaning of all this, sir?" The servant asked while taking out the dagger he was carrying. Standing in front of the Princess trying to protect her.

"Do I still have to explain?" The old man smiled as he wiped the blood on his sword. Of the two hundred soldiers now remaining ninety and they were all traitors.

"Give up Princess and come with me!" said the man while pushing the sword towards the servant who tried to protect the Princess.

The Princess walked up to the old man with teary eyes showing obvious disappointment, "I only have one question!"

The teasing little mouth was visibly quivering as it spoke, "Why?"

"Haaa .. I guess what. A little boy like you wouldn't understand. I don't want to keep taking you."

"In your dreams!" The waiter shouted while throwing three balls in front of the old man.

The Princess responded very quickly, she took out some fireballs towards the old man which all her attacks could have been avoided by the old man. And as soon as the fireball hit the other balls thrown, immediately black smoke came out accompanied by a loud noise that could break the eardrum.

"God ....."

"My ears, please ...."

Everyone immediately closed their ears, trying to stay awake when they heard the loud noise, but no matter how hard they tried to keep the blood out of their eardrums. Only those who have attained a certain power are not affected by the loud noise.

After about five minutes, the sound stopped. The shock caused by the loud noise even frightened some monsters. Half of the traitors fell helplessly with foam between their mouths.

The black fog released by the ball had disappeared, but still the environment in this forest made it difficult to find a trace of someone.

"Master, how is this. The princess managed to escape, "A soldier got up and limped over to the old man. It was obvious that he was very nervous about this.

"Hurry, we'll go after them. We'll die if he gets to the Kingdom safely!"

The old man began to devise a plan when all things were beyond his reach. They had to make a move, aside from chasing after the Princess they also had to quickly leave this place. Weak monsters might be afraid of noise, but that was not the case for high-level monsters.

With a ferocious grin, the old man rushed to find the Princess with some soldiers still unconscious.

Adelia, student. Just wait, this teacher of yours will come to pick you up.