Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 175 Queen Halilintar
Batari Mahadevi and Nala were quite surprised because it turned out that not only one large ship was there, but two. When a ship came down from the sky, the only ship below began to go up. The ship was next to a mountain that did not appear to be the tip of the peak. The huge mountain was extremely high towered upwards, piercing into the clouds.
“I understand now what is meant by the underworld and the upper world. I'm sure at the top of that mountain there's another settlement. Both ships were used as vehicles to go to the upper world and the underworld.” Batari Mahadewi.
“Interesting once. I want to see Elder Hannam soon. There are many things I want to ask.” Nala.
“Hahaha, patience. Not necessarily the elder wants to see us.” Batari Mahadewi.
After walking into the middle of the city and asking some people they met there, they finally arrived at the residence of the elder Hannam not far from the harbor of the sky ship. Elder Hannam was the most influential person in the underworld. Besides that he was the leader in the underworld, he created two ship-like vehicles that were used to carry goods from the underworld to the upper world, and vice versa.
Several people seemed to be busy doing their respective work in the residence of the elder Hannam. Batari Mahadevi asked one of them who was busy arranging something shaped black tubes.
“Sorry uncle, we both want to visit elder Hannam.” Batari Mahadevi asked for permission.
“Oh, let me take you, miss. Follow me.” Said the man while taking Batari Mahadevi and Nala followed him into a large building in which there were many piles of goods and workers who were more than outside. Elder Hannam was busy giving directions to his workers.
“Chairman, anyone want to meet.” Said the worker who delivered Batari Mahadevi and Nala.
“Oh, come, please come here. Sorry, my place is a mess. This is how every day happens here. Come to my room.” Said elder Hannam. It turned out that the living room of Hannam elders looked neat, spacious and comfortable. The elder invited his two guests to sit down, then he presented several types of food and drinks.
“It's been a long time since I've had foreign guests. Hmm, you guys are like fire islanders?! But I don't think it's.” Said elder Hannam.
“We are from the world of one moon, elder.” Batari Mahadevi.
“Hmm. So I can guess the purpose of you guys coming here.” Said elder Hannam.
“We want to find the main energy source in Halilintar island and take energy from there. We need strength to be able to return to our world.” Nala said without further ado, considering that the elder must have a high ability, a very old age, as well as a vast knowledge.
“Anyone can take energy from the main energy source. But surely you need more than the lightning energy we store in those black tubes isn't it?!” said elder Hannam.
“Oh, so that thing is a tool to store lightning energy?” ask Nala.
“Truely young people, we humans of the island of Halilintar can not live just by relying on food and drink alone. We need the energy of lightning to stay alive, while this energy of lightning exists only in the upper world. The humans of the upper world took it and stored it in those tubes. We the inhabitants of the underworld can only get the tubes by exchanging them for various underworld products that cannot be obtained in the upper world.
However, for many generations we no longer have that ability. Since the main energy source center was taken over by the queen of the Thunderbolt, we can only get the thunderbolt energy in this way.” Elder Hannam told a brief overview of life on the island of Halilintar.
“Queen Halilintar?” ask Nala.
“Above the world above there is still one more place, which is the holy temple of Halilintar. It used to be our ancestors who guarded the place, while keeping the main energy source that was there. Since the queen is in power and guards the sacred temple, then we can no longer purify our bodies by absorbing the energy there.” Said elder Hannam.
“Then how can upper world humans get their lightning energy and store it into those tubes?” ask Batari Mahadevi.
“The lightning energy beam is very strong and felt up to the surface of the plains in the upper world. Just put the tubes in certain places, it will be filled with lightning energy by itself.” Said elder Hannam.
“So humans in the upper world do not need those tubes to get lightning energy, right?” ask Nala.
“Absolutely. They can get lightning energy from the radiance of energy coming from the main source. While we below really need it, especially for things that require high energy, such as fighting or doing heavy things. We can extract lightning energy from our bodies, but it is certainly worth the amount of energy we absorb from those tubes. Sometimes, many creatures from outside our island come and attack us. So, actually those tubes are more important as our self-defense tool from monster attacks.” said Hannam.
“Finally we understand, why on other islands around this island is uninhabited.” Batari Mahadewi.
“You were right, you were once inhabited, not anymore. With lightning energy, we can easily kill the monsters that come attacking. Meanwhile, to get this energy is difficult, all the tubes from here will be circulated to the suburban villages. The further away from the city, the more difficult it is to get these tubes.” Said elder Hannam.
“According to the elders, if we want the main energy source, it means we have to deal with the thunderbolt queen?” ask Nala.
“Hahaha, of course. Only if you can defeat him can you take that energy. And if you can do it, then you two are heroes to us. In other words, we can purify our bodies and become a thunderbolt human like our ancestors used to be.” Hannam.
There is a glimmer of hope in the minds of Batari Mahadevi and Nala that to absorb energy on the island of Halilintar will not be as complicated as on the island of Fire and the island of Ice. The holy temple of Halilintar located at the end of the sky for ordinary people is an impossibility to achieve. However, for Batari Mahadevi and Nala who had previously absorbed energy from the two main sources of the three-month world, it was easy.
Fighting the queen of the Thunder is another matter. The two did not know how strong the queen was, but both believed they could easily defeat her. They were both excited by the fact that if both of them managed to get rid of the queen, it would mean helping many people of the island of lightning to return to their destiny as true thunderbolts.
“You two should be able to lure that queen down. With the power of ice and fire you have, I'm sure your radiance of energy will attract his attention. He does not want any competitors on the island of Halilintar who control the holy temple.” Hannam.
Batari Mahadevi and Nala nodded in agreement. The only thing they were thinking about was how to lure the queen down from the holy temple of Halilintar. If a fight were to take place there, the queen would have been more formidable. Plus, the fight will risk to the sacred temple as well as the main source of energy that is there.