Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 69 Meeting
Niken and Pradipa stepped towards the quiet village in the village of Temaram Dusk. The day was still hot and only a few villagers were seen on the move. Sometimes they smile when Niken and Pradipa pass by. The thing that makes the village seem lonely is the distance between one house with another far apart, separated by trees and gardens.
“Is there really no lodging here?!” Pradipa.
“Entahlah. I hope there is. But if there is, I am sure the inn is full when today the white stream warriors have come a lot.” Said Niken.
“It doesn't matter if we don't find lodging or a tavern. We can just go directly to the Red Moon lake.” Pradipa.
“Yes, brother, when we were still on the top of the mountain, the lake was seen in the middle of the village. Not exactly so because there are almost no houses around that small lake.” Said Niken.
“Since we entered this village, not a single radiance of swordsman energy that I caught. Do you think today, is it true night of the full moon? Supposedly today there are many white flow warriors who arrive.” Pradipa.
“Maybe some of the warriors have already arrived here. Maybe they spread to the woods. If there is no fight, it will be difficult to know the arrival of the warriors. If my younger brother is here, he must know who the warriors are coming and where they are at the moment.” Said Niken.
“Your college-like sister? He has that ability?” ask Pradipa.
“More than that. You'd be surprised to see it.” Said Niken.
“Interesting. I'm curious.” Pradipa.
Niken and Pradipa are deliberately on foot to reach the lake. That way, the journey takes a long time. They do not want to invite attention by using the science of body lightening to reach the Red Moon lake.
When Niken and Pradipa almost reached the Red Moon lake, then they saw some white warriors sitting around the forest surrounding the lake. Some were aloof, and some exchanged greetings and exchanged stories.
“It turns out there are already many who come and wait around here.” Said Niken.
“Maybe because in the village there is no tavern or inn. So they chose to come straight here, as we did.” Pradipa.
“It seems, most who come here are young warriors stream white. I haven't seen any of the elders. All looked young and were wandering swordsmen like us.” Said Niken.
“You're right. It's also a weird thing for me. We just hang in here first. But we better stay alert.” Pradipa.
By late afternoon, the number of warriors coming around the lake had increased. There were more or less two hundred young warriors from the white stream who had arrived. Several times Niken and Pradipa met with other warriors they met. It's just that, which makes Niken uncomfortable, many young warriors who suddenly come. The goal is only one, namely getting acquainted with Pradipa.
No real problem for Niken, but every female swordsman came, they indirectly signaled hostility and competition against Niken. Niken doesn't care. It did not matter if Pradipa at that time also went with the swordsman girls who suddenly looked spoiled. Another case when in the city of Kaki Langit, Niken was really very jealous when Galuh approached Jalu.
The night began to slowly envelop the Red Moon lake and the surrounding forest with darkness. The full moon has not yet appeared. Some of the warriors there lit a small fire just for lighting, burned the fish they got in the lake and warmed the atmosphere because the air around the lake was very cold.
Everyone there doesn't know what's going to happen. Of course they also do not know who has invited them, and who will lead in the meeting that night. All were agitated with their own minds.
The full moon started to appear and slowly rose. The light that falls to the surface of the lake makes the lake water appear red. Not entirely red, but tends to give the impression of red. And therefore, the lake was named the Red Moon lake.
Supposedly, when the moon was right above the lake, then the meeting began to open. But there's no sign. All waited and all were not yet aware that hundreds of black stream warriors had been waiting for the cue to attack the white stream warriors around the lake. The black stream warriors had been waiting at the top of the four mountains surrounding the village of Temaram Dusk. They will attack the white warriors from the four winds.
The Red Tiger Swordsman had set up that cunning stratagem. After several times ravaging the white school, the news had spread widely. It made the white warriors wait for each other; when will the meeting of the white warriors be held?! The Red Tiger did not want to waste the opportunity, he then spread fake invitations and targeted young warriors who were traveling. They are easy prey to slaughter.
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Jalu and Batari Mahadewi almost reached the village of Temaram Dusk when it passed midnight. The moon is no longer directly overhead. The light of the full moon that was enough to illuminate the darkness of the night in the forest made the journey of the two of them easier to do. After climbing the mountain in front of them, then they will arrive at the village of Temaram Dusk.
Batari Mahadevi captured the energy radiance of hundreds of warriors who were fighting behind the mountain in front of them.
“Kak Jalu, we're a little late. True to our guesses, the invitation was not right. Now the black stream warriors are massacring the white stream warriors who are gathering at the Red Moon lake.” Batari Mahadewi.
“Then we should get there soon!” said Jalu.
“Kak Jalu, too slow if we head there by usual way.” Batari Mahadewi.
“Then how?” ask Jalu.
“We will fly. Get ready, brother Jalu.” With a swift Batari Mahadewi pulled Jalu's body and took him to the sky. Jalu was very surprised, but he could do nothing but surrender. He admitted, to fly high at a speed like Batari Mahadevi, he was not able to do it. If he could, then his energy would be exhausted before he reached the Red Moon lake.
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Meanwhile, in the Red Moon lake, the black stream warriors had made a surprise attack that made the white flow warriors stricken with fog. At first they spread poison in the air, then began to finish off the white warriors who were not ready with their arrival. Within a short period of time, half of the white stream warriors had been slaughtered.
That unbalanced amount is indeed unfavorable to the white swordsman. At the very least, one white-flow swordsman had to fight against three to five black-flow warriors. Thus, the black-flow warriors found little difficulty, especially some of their leaders, the black-flow warriors who had had names such as the Black Rose swordsman, the Magic King swordsman, the Skull swordsman, ghost Face Warrior, and Red Tiger Warrior.
Suppose that the five black warriors attack without an army, not necessarily hundreds of young white warriors in the Red Moon lake can match it. At that crucial moment, Niken and Pradipa, who had been suspicious since the beginning, were ready for the attack.
Both move quickly to finish off as many black stream warriors as possible so that the victims on the side of the white flow is not too much. But their efforts were not entirely successful. Seeing that both of them had the ability to stand out, then the Ghost Face swordsman and Skull swordsman were lured to come to Niken and Pradipa.
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Batari Mahadevi and Jalu have reached the top of the mountain. From above, the two of them saw a huge fire devouring the forest. The energy radiance from the fight down there felt so strong. Batari mahadevi captures the energy released by Niken.
“We are lucky Brother Jalu, Brother Niken is in the middle of that fight.” Batari Mahadewi.
“Come sister, we'll be there soon. I don't want to lose a second time.” Without warning, Jalu shot with lightning speed down the mountain to reach the Red Moon lake immediately. “Hold Niken, I'm coming.” Jalu lirih.