The Arkana: The Demon Hunters
The King of the Spirit

Manta, Bowo, and Yasa looked at each other. "Spirit king?" ask Yasa astonished.

Bowo is as heralded as Yasa, but what astonished her the most was the sentence about the Surakarta hotel. "Surakarta Hotels? So that time ...."

Mahari scratched his head. "Yes to the real hotel at that time, not for a vacation, but chasing this guy."

"Why didn't you say it?" ask Bowo again.

"Udah said it was, but it was boong" replied Mahari.

"Now is not the right time to joke, you are in grave danger, Mahari. You don't look around?" darto.

Mahari looked around him. Tantra is surrounded by hundreds of delicate creatures. "Yes a lot, rame."

"It's a fight between two Sagara. I'll take your title."

"Whisper, take it if you want," replied Mahari. "Again proud to be born into the Sagara family."

"What do you think you've come this far thanks to? You were born a Sagara."

"OK, talking about the Sagara family history is interesting. One of the ten great families, the bridge connecting the human world is equal to spirit, what else? Cool, but that was it," said Mahari. "Not be proud of past achievements. Not yourself, was it the perpetrator at the time?"

"Omong empty. We can be this strong thanks to history" replied Darto. "Show me your troops now, Mahari. Let's see who among us is the stronger Sagara."

"Okay, we see who the winner is, the one who boasts of the past, or the one who keeps staring at the future." Mahari sighed. "Honestly, instead of being proud to have the Sagara clan, I am more proud to be born as Mahari.

No one realized, a black book exactly the same as the book owned by Darto is now in the right hand of Mahari. The book had the writing 'Prison Soul' in red. However, the most striking difference is that Mahari's book is much thinner than Darto's.

"Your book is just that thin? It's ridiculous" said Darto. "With such a thin soul prison, you are like a king without an army."

Mahari laughing. "This horror is fine." Slowly his laughter disappeared, leaving a faint smile on his face. "There are two ways of fighting using the soul prison. First with quantity, second with quality. Indeed, the thick soul prison signified the level of its users, but not that the thin one was much weaker. Like your book has a thousand sheets, and every one of them contains a creature worth one, then one sheet of my book is worth a thousand. My combat power is far above you."

"Prove it," replied Darto.

Mahari closed his eyes while tightly clasping his hands until his palm bled, then dripped his blood on four sheets of his book paper.

"Makhuta dara," muttered Mahari as he slowly opened his eyes again. Now the man's right eye is black with blue irises.

Darto, Yasa, Manta, and Bowo suddenly shivered when from the shadow of Mahari appeared four creatures who stood behind the man. These four beings had extremely terrifying auras and made them all want to vomit.

Bowo survives the spiritual pressure of the beings that Mahari exudes. At one point, he stared at a white-haired woman who looked familiar. If there was no creature, maybe Dursasana had killed him and also Bima at that time.

"Subali," muttered Mahari.

Just like Bowo was astonished, Yasa also stared at the figure of the red-furred woman he met in the forest when facing the forces of Buto Geni. "That woman?!"

"Sugriwa," said Mahari.

The wind tonight is so strong, now the direction of Yasa's face moves into the air. The boy looked up at the giant garuda flying over Tantra. Garuda has also appeared in the forests of Buto Geni.

"Jatayu" said Mahari.

Lastly, a lion that has the tail of nine cobras. Among the four creatures that Mahari took out, this one had the most negative and frightening aura.

"Hiranyaksa," continued Mahari. The man felt fear in his three subordinates, Mahari smiled at them. "Not be afraid. Trust me, you all owe them a lot."

Jatayu always guard Tantra from the sky, he was once the eyes of Mahari in the forest when facing the forces of Buto Geni. Thanks to the spirit of the garuda, Mahari was able to find Yasa.

Sugriwa was ordered to finish the kingdom of Buto Geni. He finished off the demon army in the forest so that the amount Yasa faced was much reduced.

Hiranyaksa was given a mandate to monitor Yasa at the time and was allowed to help when there were more powerful and life-threatening creatures.

And lastly Subali. Because of his speed, he was assigned to follow Dursasana while in Surakarta. Eve killed Dursasana very thick and easy to follow. However, Subali did not immediately intervene, Mahari wanted Bowo to try to fight the demon Dursasana class as a valuable lesson.

"Whatever I do, is my way of making you stronger without feeling patronized" Mahari said.

"What joke is this?" tanya Darto looked at the four Mahari troops. "Only these clowns are the King's army?"

"The four of them are overdone. Actually, one of them is enough to finish off your army. Now, who would you choose to destroy your own army?" ask Mahari.

Darto laughing. "Against my four generals as well such a creature is nothing."

Mahari smiles. He looked at Sugriva. "Oi, go. Show me how the weakest demonic power belongs to Mahari Sagara."

Sugriwa just kept quiet and stared furiously at Mahari. "Fight alone."

"Show that person, that the demon that has the weakest predicate like you is more than enough to destroy the world" Mahari continued. "Show me you're worth fearing, Sugriwa. Show me you're a strong woman, stronger than your brother, Subali."

Sugriwa. "Okay, I'll finish them all off quickly."

"You can kill everyone, except the bookkeeper. He is my allotment" Mahari told Sugriwa.

"Again," replied Sugriwa. The Wanara turned his head, staring at the Darto troops spreading around him.

Darto pointed towards Sugriwa. "Kill the monkey."

In an instant most of Darto's creatures lunged, excluding his four generals. They all tore Sugriwa apart violently.

Darto looked disappointed. "Honey once—"

Not yet after his words. An explosion destroyed the horde of demons that were gouging Sugriwa. From within the blaze, Sugriwa walked out with fiery red eyes.

"Honey twice as well," led by Mahari while chuckling.

Sugriwa took a deep breath, held him for a moment, then he threw it into a loud cry. At once, the creatures belonging to Darto who had not moved burned one by one.

"Sembrani dahana," cried Sugriwa.

Sembrani is a traditional sailing ship from Java. The name describes the cry of Sugriwa as a sembrani that brings about the destruction of fire.

Now only Tetra Pralaya is left standing behind Darto. The four creatures stood strong and mighty undaunted by the terror of Sugriwa.

"I take it, yes" whispered Sugriwa.

Darto was wide-eyed when the figure of the woman was already in front of him giving a gift in the form of two heads. One large creature head and one masked demon head.

"Giant! Blind Kala!" Darto was surprised to see two of his generals.

A black-robed figure with a crown of fire pulled Darto away from Sugriwa, while one red-skinned figure with flaming eyes and black-haired flames attacked Sugriwa.

Sugriwa jumped back, keeping his distance from that one.

"KILL HIM, ASURA!" serami Darto's.

The black fire-haired creepy creature was named Asura. Unlike the two Generals who were killed, the remaining two had capable and terrifying abilities.

Asura chanted a mantra with an incomprehensible language. Instantly the figure of Sugriwa burned black flames.

Darto laughed to see the woman burning black fire belonging to Asura.

Mahari's face changed, she looked panicked. "A-a-a—"

"The two remaining creatures of mine are much stronger than the others. That red monkey must be gone!" serami Darto's.

"Amateurasu?!" ask Mahari. He watched too much Naruto anime. "Oh, nooo! Black flames that cannot be extinguished!"

"What's this idiot talking about?"

Darto and Mahari refkels stared at Sugriwa who was speaking. Darto's countenance changed, his mouth wide open watching Sugriwa eating black fire that burned him.

"Now it's my turn," said Sugriwa, who looked full. He widened his knees with a low body position. His right hand was clenched beside his waist. Hot air emanates from it to make the temperature in the Tantra area rise drastically.

Asura was still busy chanting the incantation that burned Sugriwa, but the ape seemed to have no injuries or even looked in pain despite burning black flames.

At one point, Sugriwa released the energy he gathered with a long-distance fist towards Asura.

"Frost saketi!"

Waves of fire shot from that fist until it exploded when it hit its opponent. The huge pillar-shaped flames blazed high to make the clouds above the sky vanish. The figure of Asura turned into a puff of black smoke.

Amidst the one-sided massacre, Manta looked around. "He's missing."

"Who?" ask Bowo.

"Bebasura," replied Yasa who was also aware of the loss of the figure of Bebasura who had been sitting recuperating like them. "Is that thing burning or running away?"

A thick killing Eve suddenly came enveloping, making them goosebumps together.

"Good question." The sound behind them made the three men turn their heads.

Bebasura was already there, ready to kill Bowo with his claws.

"I killed you!" He punched Bowo in the left back, aiming for the man's heart from behind.

Bebasura moves unnoticed, making the fight between the two Sagara a diversion.