Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 182 Sacrifice
Mahapatih Hamapadayana approaches the collapsed body of Pradipa. “Check him, is he still alive? If so, call a doctor. I want him alive and to be our prisoner.” His orders to one of the warriors who was nearby.
“This man is alive, Gusti patih. His pulse is still throbbing.”
“Call healer. If he can be saved, I want to draw a description from him. I'm sure he's a Swargadwipa.” Mahapatih Hamapadayana.
Some healers immediately came and treated the injuries that were spread all over Pradipa's body. The dawn was the second busiest dawn experienced by Swargadwipa's forces after having previously received surprise attacks from Jalu and Niken.
If in the past during the attack of Jalu and Niken in the city of Mutiara Biru only made Mahapatih Hamapadayana lost many warriors and warriors, and, so the attack of Pradipa and the warriors he led made Mahapatih Swargabhumi lose a lot of ammunition; millions of arrows, thousands of bows, hundreds of stone-throwing chariots, foodstuffs, oil, elephants and horses, and many more, thousands of tents were burned.
From that event, it is certain that the journey of Swargabhumi group will be delayed quite a long time. The party had to regain supplies somehow, and had to immediately repair the ejection train that would become an important weapon to destroy the famous Swargadwipa fortress as a tall, sturdy, fortress, and multi-layered. All the kingdoms in Mahabhumi knew that Swargadwipa's royal city administration was the best because the city was not only designed for the central economic region, but also the main defense owned by Swargadwipa. At least, it took half a day from the outer gate to the palace gate.
The early morning incident made the Mahapatih Swargabhumi very angry and embarrassed. He had conceded twice during the expedition to Swargadwipa. So he was eager to extract all the information from Pradipa related to all the plans that will be carried out by Swargadwipa. The patih was convinced that Pradipa was one of the important people Swargadwipa had. If Pradipa has recovered later, he will do all kinds of ways to make Pradipa tell stories.
Pradipa was placed in a tent guarded by several soldiers who were outside. He's actually human. No one knew except him and his teacher, that in his body had been planted the sheath of the sword of the Eastern Star. He can keep his sword inside his body when he is not using it. And, when the sword rests in Pradipa's body, then the magic weapon will also contribute power to Pradipa.
Pradipa recalled his teacher's message saying that he would not die despite getting a thousand sword strokes on his body as long as the Eastern Star sword was still stored in his body. At first he was in disbelief, but this time, after he almost died, he felt he could recover quickly after the Swargabhumi healers treated his wounds.
Pradipa also still keeps some natural mustika in the folds of his clothes. While lying down and faking a fainting spell, Pradipa absorbs the natural mustika enemi he carries to fully recover himself. In the afternoon, when Mahapatih Hamapadayana wanted to check the state of Pradipa, the Swargabhumi patih only found an empty tent. He was very angry and sentenced Pradipa tent guards to death that very second.
Pradipa returns to a forest that becomes the temporary headquarters for him and his team. Some of the surviving warriors had been there devising further plans because they thought Pradipa had been killed in the early hours of the attack. They were so shocked and happy to see Pradipa had come. The handsome warrior power had recovered, but some deep enough slash wounds were still not dry.
“How did you survive, brother?” ask one of Pradipa's colleagues who only lived fifteen people.
“Long story. We're gonna keep moving. The faster the better. Our members in the first group will still survive with their task of cleaning up the Swargabhumi spy who is looking for a group travel path. While all of us who are left will not go to Blue Pearl City. We'll clear the enemy's spies from behind. That way, the troop will not be able to communicate with Swargabhumi kingdom.” Pradipa.
“Maybe it's good we fake also the message of the patih Swargabhumi sent to the kingdom. We will disguise as patih Swargabhumi's emissary after we kill his spies sent to his kingdom.” Said one of Pradipa's colleagues.
“Good idea. We're all going undercover. Some will disguise themselves as spies of the patih messenger Swargabhumi, and others will disguise themselves as wanderers who come to the Blue Pearl. We need to know the situation there. If possible, we will eliminate some important people from Swargabhumi who are assigned in the city.” Pradipa.
“But I also asked one of you to report the success of our mission to the Tigers Beetles. He should know in order to come up with a new plan.” Pradipa.
After taking a short break, talking, telling stories, and eating grilled deer from the forest, at night Pradipa and his colleagues again moved towards the city of Blue Pearl. Pradipa does not care if some of his wounds that have not been dry are still occasionally painful. They drove at high speed with the science of lightening the body they had.
Meanwhile, in the city of Dhyana, Jalu and Niken are still waiting for news from Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles. Thirty thousand troops in the old city would not move before the patih sent his messenger.
The soldiers who were in the city were arguably the luckiest among the other Swargadwipa soldiers. How not, they all get a lot of valuable lessons from the hermits who are there, both in the experience of cultivating the mind and cultivating the energy in. Thus, the soldiers led by Jalu had more ability when compared to other ordinary soldiers.
At dusk, a messenger who claimed to be the dispatch of Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles had arrived and he asked to meet with Jalu.
“Gusti patih sends message to Raden.” Said the spy.
“Did uncle patih tell me the password you should tell me?” asked Jalu with a friendly smile.
“Sandi?” ask the spy, confused. His face changed a little.
“Maybe patih's uncle forgot. It'sit's okay. All right, what did uncle patih tell me? I've been waiting for the message.” Said Jalu.
“Gusti patih advised that raden immediately dispatched troops to retake the city of Mutiara Biru.” Said the spy.
“Alright, I got your message. You can resume your duties.” Said Jalu. The spy then went west.
Jalu knows, the spy is an enemy shipment. Precisely with the arrival of the spy, Jalu little has a shadow about the strategy that is being run by the enemy. Of course, the presence of soldiers in other cities around the royal city of Swargadwipa would remain a threat to Swargabhumi's entourage. Therefore, one of the strategies of Mahapatih Hamapadayana is to reduce the number of troops located in cities such as Dhyana and others.
Fortunately, Mahapatih Siung Tigers always send their messengers with a certain password to confirm the truth of the news delivered. So, other spies sent to other cities will also be immediately known his true identity.
At night that day, Jalu and Niken left for the Blue Pearl city alone. All the troops in the city of Dhyana he entrusted to the Duke and grandfather of Agrapana. Jalu and Niken wanted to know all the developments that occurred in the city of penub memories.