Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 205 Jalan Buntu
When Batari Mahadewi returns to his home world, his ability to read the traces of energy in the past can be used again. With that ability, he tried to track where the direction of the departure of the ancient creatures who had made the inhabitants in one region he had just met turned to stone.
After Batari Mahadevi and Nala darted away from the territory they had just saved, the two had arrived at a new city that fared the same as before.
“Nala, we have two options at this time, which is to return to Swargadwipa or look for this mess-making creature.” Batari Mahadewi.
“We can do both in one go. We'll stop and save the settlement we found on the road as we head to Swargadwipa. My question is, do you know where the mess-making creatures are headed and where the island of Mahabhumi is headed?” ask Nala.
“The creature's energy trail leads north.” Answer Batari Mahadevi. The special woman then opened her entire senses to capture the radiance of natural energy from the island of Mahabhumi. Each island or continent in the world one moon has different energy qualities. Batari Mahadewi is quite memorized by the type of energy that is in Mahabhumi, especially in the Swargadwipa region.
“If we want to go to Mahabhumi, then we have to go east.” Batari Mahadevi continued.
“Means we're going east, Tari. We can come back here or anywhere to chase after those troublemakers once we get to Swargadwipa. Don't you want to make sure that things are okay there?” ask Nala.
“Yes, you're right, Nala. It is possible that Mahabhumi was the target of these creatures. Then, we don't have to waste any more time.” Batari Mahadewi.
“We will depart after I restore the lives of those who have become that stone.” Nala said as she looked at a city before her that all life in it had turned into a stone statue.
Nala did the same thing she did before to turn the statues back into human beings. Nala's body disappeared into energy particles that spread throughout the city. A moment later, the statues returned to being human.
Nala and Batari Mahadevi left the city, leaving people who never knew who had restored their lives as they had always.
The two young warriors continued to dart eastward. They were quite surprised that it turned out that the settlements in the direction of their journey both experienced something similar with different forms of disaster; sometimes they find a small settlement that is completely uninhabited and in other places they meet a dead city whose residents live only bones.
“The culprit is different, Nala. This is a big deal!” said Batari Mahadevi when he and Nala arrived at a village that had been destroyed.
“It can't be a human act, no matter how cruel they are.” Nala.
“Yes, only demonic creatures can do it. At least that's what I know from the energy trail left here.” Batari Mahadewi.
“We'd better get to Mahabhumi, Tari. We ignore what happened here.” Nala said, the two rushed to head straight to Mahabhumi.
The Fire Monkey Commander had pulled his troops back to stay on alert outside the fortress of the royal city of Swargawana. He did not expect the combination of the four kingdoms to hide such a great power that escaped the observation of the witch troops he sent.
If the commander forced himself, he actually still realized that he still had the possibility of winning. But the price to pay is very expensive. He could have lost a lot of troops. And after that, with the remaining troops, he would not be able to attack the kingdom in the eastern region. And worse, he will not be able to survive if the eastern kingdoms come to attack. He did not know when the queen would come.
The number of troops is now only 50 thousand people. He thought of another way to subdue his opponents who still had great power even though on the first attack, he managed to eliminate a quarter of all the forces gathered in Swargawana.
In the secret chamber of the kingdom of Swargavana, King Udhata was holding an important meeting with King Shandana of Catrawana, the prince of Samasta who represented King Mahacara of Swargaranu, prince Rawikara representing King Segara Biru of Swargabhumi, and the elder warriors and higher-ups of the four remaining western kingdoms.
“We won't know what happened after today. Even though the black royal army was withdrawing its troops, it did not mean that they were losing. On the contrary, we need to be very careful with the forces of the black kingdom that only a few people managed to destroy a quarter of our strength.” Said king Udhata opening the conversation.
“If we have no quarrel with the eastern kingdoms, we still have hope. To this day, none of the warriors from the eastern region have come and extended any help to us all. There is no way they do not know the arrival of the black labor force this time.” Ki Prapanca. Although he did not have any position in the kingdom and was not a royal, but his figure as one of the top warriors in the western region made himself very reluctant, even by the kings though.
The speech was at once a satire for the rulers of the kingdom, especially for the Swargabhumi officials who were there. Because the greed of the masters of this kind of disaster cannot be easily overcome. In fact, without involving the kingdom, if the white warriors in the western and eastern regions united, they could all expel the Fire Ape commander and his troops.
“What can I do, teacher Prapanca, rice has become porridge. Certainly the eastern kingdoms would not be willing to send aid even though the entire western kingdom was currently sending official apologies and sending invitations to invite them all to join forces against the black royal army.” says King Syandana.
“King Talawangsa has fallen along with all his power. His fall was sad. Of course we all do not want to suffer the same fate, right?!” Said Prince Rawikara who did not contain a solution to the problems they faced.
“Pardon me, teacher grandfather, are the warriors in the eastern kingdom already completely indifferent to the fate of the warriors in the western region? Wouldn't it be if we could survive and repel the forces of the black kingdom, then that means the eastern kingdom would also benefit? Can't we embrace the warriors from the eastern region to discuss this?” ask the prince of Samasta.
“This is not a matter of want or not want. We can imagine that today the eastern kingdoms are no less busy with us to gather all warriors and combine all forces to ward off the arrival of the black royal forces. Of course, they also think that joining the western region is the most appropriate choice. But they also would not risk that when all their power was in the west, the west would destroy the east once the black royal army was defeated. Isn't this very likely to happen?” ki Prapanca said once again insinuating the rulers who were in front of him.
No one dared to answer the old warrior. The meeting room was both quiet and hot.