Sanggana Swordsman
PAC31: Meet Again
*Fight For Love (PAC)*
Joko Calm and Tirana chose to return to the Kingdom of Tarumasaga in the waiting days of the duel. Upon arrival at the Palace, there was already an important change.
Queen Getara Cinta gathers the remaining officials of the Kingdom of Tarumasaga. After the officials declared her recognition of the power of Queen Getara Cinta, the queen then officially handed the throne of Tarumasaga to Princess Alifa Homar.
So, on that very day, the princess changed her status to Queen of the Kingdom of Tarumasaga. Officials have also pledged allegiance to the princess, though some believe Prince Zulkar Nain is more worthy of continuing the leadership of their late father.
Joko Tenang had a special meeting with Ratu Puspa, Getara Cinta, Tirana, Kembang Buangi, and Hujabayat. To them, Joko shared his problem about Ginari's condition being held hostage by Arjuna Tandang's poison.
“If the King of Swords cannot be killed, the only way is to destroy his entire power. That way, the science that has the poison can not work,” said Getara Cinta.
“True, Kakang. I think the poison is related to the work of the heart. If the heart of the owner of the science stopped while his knowledge is still working, it will help kill Ginari. However, if his knowledge is destroyed, it means only killing his knowledge so that it does not work again in the heart. After that, I think he can be killed,” Tirana said anyway, putting forward her analysis.
“With the science of White Raga, surely everything is finished,” said Kembang Buangi anyway.
That is the picture of the strategy that Joko will apply in his duel.
On the other hand, namely Arjuna Tandang, he also prepared a strategy. He realized that Joko Calm had a magic that might be called too high. If he had to duel honestly as a fellow swordsman, maybe he would lose. Therefore, he had thought of the best and smartest strategy possible that he would show at the time of the fight.
At that time, Arjuna looked obediently to Ginari. He complied with all Ginari's requests, including spreading the announcement of the duel.
“Invitation to the martial world warriors. Watch the fight between the Sword King Chief and Ki Ageng disciple Kunsa Pari in the Concave Valley, three more days at the peak of the sun.”
Such was the announcement written and affixed in various areas of the Duchy of Rebaklaga and its surroundings.
Arjuna Tandang assigned his remaining men to spread an announcement about the fight's schedule. It turned out that the announcement arrived in Kuthanegara, the seat of government of the Kingdom of Tarumasaga.
Putri Sri Rahayu aka Bidadari Smoke Poison which was in Kuthanegara at that time, got the news. The Demon Eye gave a lot of special information about Joko and the surrounding people to the princess. Even the story of the relationship at the residence of Arjuna Tandang in the Duchy of Rebaklaga reached the princess.
The news of the duel was not only spread quickly through written and oral announcements in public, but also from one mouth to another.
That dueling plan became the main ingredient of chatter everywhere. Not only among the magic warriors to charlatans, even ordinary citizens who are literate about the world of shortness also talk about it in various forums and opportunities.
The battle plan is big news for the martial world, because it will bring together two warriors who each have a big name.
Arjuna Tandang is a respected martial figure because it has a number of advantages. Among those who knew him, Arjuna Tandang was known as a sly warrior. In addition to being feared for having high swordsmanship, he was also feared for having a large army of unforgiving swordsmen. His relationship with the Goddess of the Shadow of Death gave his own record.
While Joko Calm, in fact he is not famous. He is known as a master swordsman only by those who have fought or intersected with him. In general, Joko Tenang does not have a name in the martial world, because he did not go down the hill for long. Moreover, he does not have a special nickname. Because of that factor Arjuna Tandang pinned the name of Joko's teacher, Ki Ageng Kunsa Pari. Arjuna Looked like his fight this time looks to have a high level. Being able to kill a disciple of a famous magic figure would obviously democratize his name higher in the wilds of the martial world.
The day before the day of the battle in the Concave Valley, the group of Windscreen Kingdom soldiers arrived at Tarumasaga Kingdom. The remaining hundred mainstay soldiers were led by the Warlord of the Windscreen Kingdom Sugeti Harum. He has recovered from his wounds. Inside the army was also the Rhino Jawara, one of the commanders of the Windscreen army.
Besides being welcomed warmly in the Kingdom of Tarumasaga, the troops were also surprised by Getara Cinta whose status was no longer as a queen. They were obliged to accept Puspa as their queen. Despite his heavy heart, Commander Sugeti Harum and his troops must accept.
Since the arrival of Sugeti Harum and others, Queen Puspa is required to improve her appearance, although the wild character of her tongue and behavior is still preserved. At first Puspa did not want to, but Tirana and Getara Cinta already understand the character of Puspa and know how to persuade him.
Joko Tenang is accompanied by a group that is quite large and crowded. He was accompanied by his two future wives, namely Tirana and Getara Cinta, as well as Hujabayat and Kembang Buangi lovers.
In the entourage there is Queen Puspa who is setatuskan and treated like a queen. He was so happy to drive in a horse-drawn carriage, escorted by the fragrant Warlord Sugeti alongside a hundred warriors of the Windscreen Kingdom.
It turns out that Queen Alifa Homar is also interested in watching the big fight between Joko and Arjuna Tandang. His chariot was escorted by a new mahapatih and fifty soldiers.
When the group arrived at one road that one of them was shallow, suddenly Joko Calm gave a sign to stop.
Joko Calm was silent on his horse. His eyes stared blankly ahead. His ears are working. He stopped the party because he vaguely heard the voice of someone asking for help. When all the sounds of horse legs and troops stopped being heard, Joko Calm again tried to listen to the voice he had heard on the sidelines of the footsteps of the group.
“If you guys hear me, please help me down here!” shouted one female voice that sounded far enough away. The voice was only heard by Joko Calm.
“What's up, Joko?” ask Getara Love who also rides.
“The back heard something?” tanya Tirana was suspicious.
“I heard a female voice asking for help. As far down there,” replied Joko Calmly while looking down the left side.
“If so, let's go down, there may indeed be a helpless woman in need of help,” said Tirana.
“You guys wait here, we'll be down for a while!” joko Exclaimed Calmly to the people behind him.
Joko Calm flashed down to the bottom of the ravine, leaving behind the back of his horse. Tirana and Getara Love follow.
The ravine was not so extreme, it could still be descended or climbed by ordinary people. It's just that, if the swordsman goes down, fast.
“Nisaak!” call Joko Calm, so that the woman can say and her position can be read immediately. Joko also detected a heartbeat.
However, not to mention that Joko heard another human heartbeat in the scrubbed place, one female voice surprised Joko. Not because of his voice, but because of his question.
“Is that you, Joko?” ask the voice from behind a tree whose bottom is overgrown with a thicket that is quite wild.
Tirana and Getara Cinta were also somewhat surprised, because the woman whose voice they did not know knew their future husband.
Joko Calm chose to flicker to directly arrive near the tree.
“Dewi Shadow of Death!” call Joko Calm surprised. (BH)
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AUTHOR sincerely thanks READERS who faithfully read the journey of Pendekar Sanggana up to this point.
The PAC season will end in a few more chapters/chapters and will move on to the "Skyak Absorbent Heritage" season which will be abbreviated as "Pusesa".