Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 36 of the Kanuragan Examination
After an hour more bouncy from the stone slit to the other crack to reach the top of the mountain, the three of them finally arrived as well. The plains at the top of the mountain were wider than they had expected. Up there has been built an amazing civilization that contains intricate buildings of rocks.
The village above the clouds is not a small village. There is a large wall that surrounds the village with two entrances located on the east and west side walls. On that eastern side wall, they found the inscription; Welcome To The Cloud Upper Village that was installed above the gate.
“I think we should enter through the gate. Jumping over this wall will be a problem for the three of us.” Said Jalu.
“Kakak's right. We better visit and pass this village as polite as possible.” Said Niken. They had not yet made their way to the gate, the two guards had opened the gate and welcomed the arrival of the three of them.
“Welcome to our village. If you may know, what interests make the master and miss swordsman come here?” Ask the guard.
“We just want to cross this hill as a shortcut sir. We want to go west. My name is Jalu, these two beautiful ladies are my younger siblings, Miss Niken and Batari Mahadewi. We are from the Thousand Spruces, Ki Gading Putih” student Jalu replied by introducing ourselves as polite as possible to avoid unwanted things considering that the village is inhabited by high-level warriors.
“It is not our intention to prohibit or impede the journey of masters and ladies. But every swordsman who comes in our village is a guest for us, and it is appropriate that we welcome as well as we can remember the journey to this village is certainly draining.” Said one of the guards.
“Of course we are happy to receive a welcome from this village, sir. And indeed the plan is we will find lodging if allowed.” Said Jalu.
“In our village there is no lodging sir. Every visiting guest will stay at the village elder's house. Ladies and gentlemen, you are very lucky because today and in the next few days, our village is holding a canuragan match, so you and ladies can all watch, or even participate as a guest participant.” Said the gatekeeper.
“Then we are very lucky sir. Indeed, in addition to carrying out the duties of the teacher, we are also studying through this trip.” Answer Jalu
“Alright gentlemen and ladies, let me take you to the house of the village elder. His name is Ki Eagle Sky, the founder of this village.” Said the guard while inviting and delivering Jalu, Niken, and Batari Mahadewi to the village elders' house.
Upper Clouds Village is a magnificent village and has a high culture. The buildings they had were not inferior to the buildings in the center of the royal territory city. Although only a village, but there are 4 groups of white flow that live there, namely the group of Eastern Sky College, Southern Sky College, Western Sky College, and Northern Sky College.
Ki Eagle Sky is the oldest figure who is outside the 4 groups. He is the most respected and the only one who can maintain the integrity of the village if there is a dispute between the 6 groups. He was roughly the age of the white Ki Ivory and he was also one of the few warriors who possessed god-level strength.
Ki Elang Langit Residence is very large and spacious with 3-storey buildings equipped with 100 guest rooms. In front of the building there is a stone-floored courtyard that is wide enough to hold various events such as ritual events or matches between groups.
What attracted the attention of Batari Mahadevi was that since then he could not stop admiring the beauty of the village and the power hidden there. In contrast to the Thousand Spruces, the Cloud Upper Village was established with extremely strong and perfectly sealed energy pillars.
Those energy pillars serve to protect the village from the attacks of stealth and warriors who have the basic science of demonic power. Jalu, Niken, and Batari Mahadewi can reach the top of the mountain because they are white warriors who do not have demonic knowledge.
Ki Elang Langit welcomes and welcomes Jalu, Niken, and Batari Mahadewi into a large living room.
“Welcome to our village. It is an honor for me because the students of Ki Gading Putih visited here.” Said Ki Eagle Sky.
“We greatly admire the beauty and splendor of this village, uncle. So it is not excessive when we think we arrived at khayangan.” Jalu said in praise.
“Hahaha..You are smart to praise.” Said Ki Eagle Sky. “If you came earlier, you might still have time to watch the preliminary round match between 4 martial colleges in this village. If you want to stay here for a few days, you can see the silat from our village in the big 4 game tomorrow, and the final match tomorrow the day after.”
“Yes, we really want to watch that match, uncle. Anyway, we have a lot to learn. Of course there are many things we can learn here.” Said Jalu.
“Of course. A warrior cannot stop learning. Hmm...it seems that Batari son has met the Sun Swordsman, is this uncle's guess right? Ask Ki Elang Langit to Batari Mahadevi.
“Betul uncle, an accidental meeting that means a lot to me.” Answer Batari Mahadevi.
“Nak Batari is very lucky. This means that there are currently two people in this world who can master the Science of the Sun. If you don't mind, will the three of you be the match guests tomorrow. We also need to learn. There are still many young warriors from our village who have never seen the greatness of the Fire Body science belonging to nak Jalu, the science of the Ice Tread belongs to nak Niken, and the science of the Sun.” Said Ki White Eagle.
Jalu and Niken were very aghast because they did not expect that the old figure in front of them could easily know the knowledge that the three of them had.
Can't help but be curious, Jalu asked. “Guru's uncle is great, how can uncle know our science?”
“Easy, hahaha, you guys will be like me in time. Each high-level silat always shows signs on the body and the aura of the swordsman who has it. But if I had never seen the Science of the Sun, the Science of the Fire Body and the Science of the Ice Shelf before, then I would not have known that you had that knowledge either. If you meet many warriors with various characters of science, you will be able to guess which swordsman has the knowledge.” Ki The Sky Eagle explained.
“Well, so you guys are ready for the match guests tomorrow? I will choose a match opponent who is equivalent to you from several groups here.” Said Ki Eagle Sky. “However, for miss Batari.maybe I can not find the right match opponent for you. So if Batari boy is willing, then I myself will be your opponent tomorrow. We will only exchange a few styles as entertainment and lessons for the audience.”
“I can not refuse the proposal of uncle teacher, so I am willing.” Answer Batari briefly.
“Hahaha..well, tomorrow will be an interesting surprise for all the villagers here. But it looks like my match with Batari's son should be tomorrow after tomorrow. Uncle must practice first so as not to be embarrassed in front of the audience.” Ki said White Eagle was low and wanted to prepare first because he knew how much power owned by Batari Mahadevi, especially since he matured the Sun Science that he had learned.
“It looks like you guys should rest first, or if you want, please take a walk around the village. I invite you to learn whatever you can meet and learn here.” Said Ki Eagle Sky.