Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 133 of Cataka
The visit will last for three days. In those three days, guests from Swargabhumi country will be invited to tour to get to know more about Swargadwipa city layout and also the large family of Swargadwipa palace. The essence of such royal visits, in general, is that the visiting party will explore a lot of knowledge from the kingdom he visited, while strengthening diplomatic relations between the kingdoms.
During the whole town tour, and as long as the sixth prince was in Swargadwipa, the Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetle was always next to the prince. The large-bodied patih figure does not want any unwanted events that will trigger big problems later on. Unfortunately, the omnipotent effort was not fully in accordance with his will.
On the last day of the series of visits, precisely when the dinner banquet, Swargadwipa kingdom was stirred by something unexpected and never expected before. The sixth prince's oldest personal guard Swargabhumi, named Jalapana, suddenly threw a poisonous needle that pierced straight into the heart of the sixth prince until the prince died instantly.
The rest, Jalapana also did the same to the three fellow personal guards of the sixth prince. Shortly thereafter, he committed suicide. The incident was so shocking that it made the king of Srengenge Ireng and all the people of the palace could not sleep well afterwards.
Jalapana was forced to do so, killing his partner and himself, for he had no other chance than that day. Jalapana had sworn to his lord, King Segara Biru, that he himself would kill the sixth prince at Swargadwipa's court.
Maharaja Segara Biru had expected that the escort of the sixth prince would be tightened, making it impossible for the Red Tiger to successfully perform its duties. Therefore, the king of Segara Biru devised a more beautiful plan, which was to make his sixth son die in the palace of Swargadwipa. Thus, the Red Tiger attack only functioned as a diversionary attack and the Red Tiger never knew about it.
So, with all his tricks, Jalapana managed to fool all parties by helping the group's guards quell the black warriors who attacked the group on the way.
At first, Jalapana wanted to kill the sixth prince in the guest house of the royal guest of Swargadwipa with his trick so that the death of the prince would look like the murder committed by Swargadwipa. Thus, Jalapana did not need to kill his three comrades, as well as kill himself.
But the transfer of the sixth prince to the inner chamber of the palace made his plan a little messy. He also did not have a gap to kill the sixth prince because Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles and other powerful warriors always tighten the escort. Luckily on that last night, Jalapana and his three companions sat in front of the sixth prince. No one was suspicious and no one thought that Jalapana would do the desperate to sacrifice his own life.
The death of the sixth prince of Swargabhumi was a great disaster for Swargadwipa and his allied kingdoms. Of course, Swargadwipa could not avoid the murder charge because all eyewitnesses were Swargadwipa.
Moreover, the king of Segara Biru made additional plays. When Swargadwipa's entourage delivered mourning and brought the prince's body to the six and four of his guards, King Swargabhumi beheaded all Swargadwipa men who were assigned to deliver the body. Then, the king of Segara Biru sent back the heads to the kingdom of Swargadwipa as an expression of not received from Swargabhumi.
In other words, the Swargabhumi kingdom would declare war on the Swargadwipa kingdom, with or without allies.
News of the death has quickly spread throughout the kingdom in Mahabhumi. Over the next three months, both Swargadwipa and Swargabhumi will prepare everything for war, including inviting negotiations and making agreements with their respective allied kingdoms to engage in the war that is already in sight.
There is no other way but war because that is what Swargabhumi wants, so any diplomatic efforts will not succeed in reducing the imminent disaster.
From that day on, the kingdom of Swargadwipa was increasingly busy and intensive to recruit and train new soldiers. All the royal support colleges were obliged to send three-quarters of their members to reinforce the Swargadwipa army.
The Blue Pearl City became a very busy city, because it was in that city that the war would break out for the first time. The city was the first entrance for western kingdoms to enter the eastern region.
At least, from the letter sent by Srengenge Ireng to the allied kings, the two allied kingdoms were willing to provide full assistance in the form of troops and material assistance. The two kingdoms were Swargaloka and Madyabhumi. Meanwhile, the kingdom in the far east, the kingdom of Mahatmabhumi, has not given an answer.
To the west, the kingdom of Swargabhumi gained the full support of the four allied kingdoms, namely the kingdom of Swargaranu, Swargawana, Catrawana, and Catrabhumi. The four Swrgabhumi allied kingdoms had long intended to control the eastern region, so the conflict deliberately created by the Blue Segara king was a golden opportunity.
On a morning, a few days after the kingdom of Swargabhumi declared war by sending the heads of the Swargadwipa envoys, King Srengenge Ireng out of the kingdom for the first time after years he never came out of the city of Swargadwipa.
Unbeknownst to anyone, he soared into the sky, and flew through space to come to meet someone. King Srengenge Ireng set his foot on the Thousand Spruces which at that time there was only Ki Gading Putih who was there, alone in the silence of nature and gurgling waterfall Sacred Heart.
No one knows that Srengenge Ireng's father is the adopted brother of Ki Gading Putih, so after the death of the father of king Srengenge Ireng, Ireng, so Ki Gading Putih is the only person who met the king in a very precarious situation, or other situations that make his mind sour.
Ki Gading Putih always knew if there would be guests coming. So that day, he had prepared a simple welcome at his pendopinya.
“There is a critical news that makes you have to come here yourself?” ask Ki Gading White.
“In the near future, western kingdoms will attack, uncle.” Srengenge king Ireng. He then told everything to someone he considered to be more than his own uncle.
“Hmm. Segara Biru, your younger brother, apparently still holds a grudge against you because you captured the heart of his lover who is now your queen.”, said Ki Gading Putih.
“But I think there's something else that makes him insist on declaring war, uncle.” Srengenge Ireng.
“Other things like what is it?” ask Ki Gading White.
In recent years, as I have heard, Swargabhumi has been in such financial difficulties that it is possible that the kingdom has a debt with its allied kingdoms. Meanwhile, the western kingdoms had long wanted to control the eastern region. Therefore, I believe some Swargabhumi allies urge Segara Biru to light the fires of war, at any cost, even at the expense of his own son.” Srengenge Ireng.
“What can I help you with, my son?” ki Gading Putih.
“Can uncle tell the elders of Swargadwipa this crucial news? I really need support.” Srengenge Ireng.
“Are my students still in the kingdom?” ask Ki Gading White.
“Still, uncle, I gave many important tasks to them.” Srengenge Ireng.
“In a precarious situation like this, me and the other elders must indeed intervene. Don'worry. After this I will assemble reinforcements.” Ki Gading Putih.
“Thanks a lot, uncle.” Srengenge Ireng.