Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 318 The Demon Dragon
Batari Mahadevi sat in the place appointed by the grandfather. He still wonders about his name.
“Sorry, whose grandfather? My name is not what Grandpa mentioned. I am Batari mahadewi.”
“Yes, I know. I was the god of the river you met at that time. Ever since you were a baby, I hid in the bottom of the river in your village, watching and keeping you quiet. Do you know who you are now?” ask the river god.
“Yes, I already know, grandpa. I am the heirloom of the god you created,” replied Batari Mahadevi.
“We gave you the name Sang Hyang Maharuna Dewi Shakti after we finished creating you. But it seems that the name your foster mother gave you is better for you. Now you're at the altar of the Ocean. For a while you'll be here, unlocking the power in your body.”
“Is grandpa alone here?”
“Can't you feel there are many gods in this space. They are in their own places scattered here. You will definitely meet them.”
“I want to go back to the world soon, grandpa.can?”
“You can't get out of here before the god king gives the order.”
“King god? But there's something I have to do, Grandpa. If not..”
“Tenace. If you want to know the situation in the middle world, you can see it from here. I'll show you later. There's nothing you need to do right now.”
“But..”.
“There is nothing you can do with your situation like this. We may be wrong, making you fully human and fully divine. You have feelings and can fall in love.”
“Grandfather knows?”
“Our job is to monitor the world and monitor you. Whatever you do, we know. Everything you have experienced is part of your destiny. Don't you regret.”
“Then how will I help Nala at this time?”
“You love someone who holds a soul of darkness is beyond our expectations. But what can be done. You can only save her if the key to your body's power is unlocked. But it can't be done quickly. If it has opened, your strength will increase ten times than before. You can eliminate the devil with the touch of your finger, you can also eliminate the soul of darkness in the body of the man you love.”
Batari Mahadewi. He did not expect that he stored such a huge amount of power in his body. This is certainly the case, for he is the combined power of the gods, created to be far stronger than the gods, even the king of the gods. Without it, he would not be able to eliminate Kalapati.
“Then what will I do here, grandpa?”
“Of course practicing. There is no source of power to unlock your power. But once you get through this stage, you can absorb the source of your divine power to unlock the last.”
“Training?” Batari Mahadevi could not imagine how long he would be there and how long Nala would last.
“Yes, that's all. Don't worry, after you nearly died fighting the prince of darkness, the key to your power was almost exposed. Shouldn't you remember, once you've crossed the boundaries of your body, then you can unlock your powers.”
“Alright, but what exercises, grandpa?”
“Against yourself!”
Batari Mahadevi was getting clueless. He just stared at the river god with a stupid look.
“Who else? We can't be your opponent right now. So you have to fight yourself.”
“Later I'll show you. Now you go for a walk, recover yourself first. There are many beautiful sights in the world of God. There go, maybe you will meet other gods.”
Batari Mahadevi did as the river god suggested. Take a walk to enjoy the beauty. But still, his heart was not calm. Rather than looking at the beauty alone, it was better to fight with Nala next to him.
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Elsewhere, the prince of darkness and the queen were on a long journey.
“Where are we going, prince?”
“There's one place you don't know yet, my queen. That place is at the end of the world. A giant crater where the demon dragon resides, the mount of the demon king. He was not at war with the gods, nor was he our follower. If we can bring him in, then we have good strength.
“How strong is he?”
“Almost equal my strength. The demon lord had punished him there since he made one mistake and since then he has remained confined there, residing within the craters of earth flames. We ignore the other demons. We release the demon dragon first.”
“Good, prince.” They both continued their journey. Island by island passed. After drifting through the vast ocean, they reached a place with hundreds of volcanoes soaring into the sky. No living creatures live there. The mountains of fire continuously spewed lava. The lava river from the volcano flowed towards somewhere in the middle of the island, a giant hole that swallowed up the entire lava that the volcanoes spewed out.
The prince of darkness and the queen of Ogha floated above the giant crater. The hot steam raised up is enough to make meat as big as a house can ripen perfectly.
“Here is very hot, my queen. You won't be able to hold on much longer. You better wait for me somewhere safe. I'll wake the demon dragon from here.”
“Good, prince.” Queen Ogha immediately stepped aside. The prince made the entire hot lava inside the huge hole churn, moving round into a vortex. The longer the faster. After that he took out all the lava in the crater.
After that, the demon dragon came out of the big hole. He was a huge fire dragon. The dark prince's body looked only as big as the dragon's fingernails. The prince moved back, trying to talk the demon dragon from a safe distance.
“Andhakara, why are you looking for me?!” The voice of the demonic dragon was like a thunderous roar, comparable to that of his enormous body.
“Can't you change into another rather we're easier talking!” the prince of darkness.
“Alright, but don't regret!” the demonic dragon changed into a beautiful fire-haired female figure. More beautiful than the queen and certainly makes the queen Ogha jealous if the prince is close to her.
“You're a female?”
“This is my form if I don't become a dragon. Which one did you choose? If you still have a hard time accepting my form, you better just leave here!”
“I've come all the way here and you kicked me out!”
“Then what do you want?”
“I want to open the door to the underworld. I need your help!”
“Oh, need help?! Can you ask for it in a more pleasant way? I'm not your maid!”
“But you're the demon lord's mount, aren't you? It is only natural that I ask you in this way?!”
“What you said! Damn you!” The demon dragon was furious. He sent the lava of the volcano beneath him toward the prince of darkness from all directions. The prince remained motionless. The queen Ogha who saw that from a distance began to panic.