The Fire Dragon Sword
The Whirlpool at Bukit Kelam Cliff
Ki Saprana and several southern poison sect warriors arrived at a small pier. There are only a few small boats belonging to fishermen around that moored on the dock. No one could see him passing around the dock.
"Ranu you find out who owns the ship". Ki Saprana's orders to one of the warriors who went with him.
"Good chairman". Ranu said briefly.
"I don't think this remote place is the road to the place that the martial world has been most looking for". Say ki Saprana in the heart.
As one of the sizable sects, the southern Poison also once sought Dieng's existence in order to obtain water that according to the story could make people live eternally. Ki Saprana was desperate and considered that the place was just a fairy tale before a while ago Maruta visited him to invite cooperation.
Maruta told him that the gate was in the Duchy of Karang Sari. And if the southern Poison is willing to help the Valley of the demons to dispel the warriors who are trying to get closer to the location of the gate is poison south promised to get some Dieng heritage and water life.
Ki Saprana finally agreed to the cooperation on the condition that he would see the location before the gate opened. Ki Saprana certainly did not just believe in Maruta before looking directly at the place. Finally he and some of his students decided to look directly at the location before sending dozens of his swordsmen to that location.
Before long Ranu was seen walking with a fisherman towards him.
"Chairman, this is Mr. Harsa the owner of one of those ships". Ranu introduced the man beside him.
"How much does it cost to rent your boat?". Ki Saprana asked politely.
"Two pieces of silver master". Answer Harsa briefly.
"Well, take me to the dark hillside".
The look on Harsa's face changed after hearing Ki Saprana's goal.
"Sir, I'm sorry no one dared to approach the cliff. A lot of lost ships sucked into the whirlpool there. Sorry sir I didn't dare take that risk". Harsa said brick.
"Water vortex?". Ki Saprana scrunched his forehead.
"Sure sir, there's been a lot of ships lost there. It is said that there is a large whirlpool around there that can suck even a large ship".
"We're not going near her, you're just dropping off at a safe distance". Ki Saprana was convincing.
But it seems Harsa really does not want to approach the place and stick with his stance.
Ki Saprana was a little furious, if he could ride the ship the person in front of him had been killed from earlier.
"I'll pay you 4 gold pieces, we'll only look from afar". Ki Saprana took out 4 pieces of gold from his pocket.
"But.. sir". Harsa hesitated a little after seeing the golden pieces in the hand of ki Saprana. With that much money he could buy some new ships.
"If you agree we leave now but if you don't agree I'll find the other shipowners".
"We're just a little closer to that place?". Harsa asked back.
"Right, I guess if just a few meters isn't a problem right? I don't want to die sucked in anyway".
"Okay sir, I'll drive you". Harsa said with a big smile to ki Saprana.
"Let's come with me". Harsa took ki Saprana and the others to his ship.
Ki Saprana watched the ship carefully, the ship owned by Harsa was indeed the largest among other ships.
After the ship sailed Ki Saprana chose to sit near Harsa while enjoying the sea breeze that blows quite fast.
"Master if I may ask what exactly are you looking for there?". Harsa opened the conversation.
"I like to enjoy the view of the high cliffs the most and I heard that the cliffs of the dark hills are the highest cliffs so I decided to see it closer". Saprana Sabil smiled at Harsa.
Harsa was seen nodding slowly "The dark hill is beautiful sir but as the name suggests the hill is very scary. Many fishermen who pass there often hear strange sounds".
"Weird sounds?". Ki Saprana scrunched his forehead.
"The sound of a voice was like the roar of a savage beast, a thunderous sound like someone was angry there even claimed to see a blue ray from the direction of the cliff master. The place was like a cursed place and sucked up all the things that passed by it". Harsa said with a trembling voice.
"The blue light? it seems that what Maruta said is true if the most sought after gate of the martial world is here". Ki Saprana muttered in his heart.
"Chairman...". Ranu said slowly while approaching ki Saprana.
"I know, it looks like Maruta didn't lie to us". Ki Saprana looked at the high cliff before him.
Ki Saprana sharpened his vision when he saw something strange on the cliff. At first glance there is nothing strange with a cliff that rises in front of him but if viewed more carefully there are some unnatural stone arrangements, such as made by someone for a certain purpose.
"Sir, I can only drive you here". Harsa threw her anchor, she stopped a few meters from the cave wall. But that was enough for ki Saprana, he could already see clearly the cliff wall.
"I'm sure the stone's arrangement explains something". Ki Saprana observed the arrangement of stones on the cliff wall.
"That's the whirlpool, sir". Harsa pointed at the water as it rotated just below the cliff wall.
"If this is where the meeting of several streams of water may be understandable if there is a whirlpool here". He stared at the whirlpool before him.
"This water suddenly becomes warm?". Ki Saprana was a little surprised to feel the water on her feet become warm. He remembered very well when treading on the rock was normal water temperature.
Ki Saprana suddenly crouched down and was about to immerse his head into the water.
"Chairman". Ranu tried to prevent it.
"No need to worry, I just want to make sure". Ki Saprana buried his head in the water to see what was hidden in the submerged cliffs.
The look on his face changed when he saw a blue aura coming out from the large stone slit neatly arranged like a large door.
When ki Saprana decided to stop his observation arrived his body was sucked towards the stone. His body slipped from his footing and fell into the water.
"Chairman". Ranu grabbed a wooden paddle on the boat and directed it to ki Saprana who was trying to get away from the cliff.
Ranu pulled the wood in his hand with all his might when ki Saprana managed to grab the wood. Samar faint ki Saprana saw the blue aura wrapped around his feet and tried to pull him. Ki Saprana channeled a huge deep energy into his arm and tried to release the twists of the blue aura.
His head suddenly ached as he felt the blue aura slump into his body slowly. Ki Saprana tried his hardest to suppress the aura with his inner strength.
The aura disappeared as Ranu managed to lift his body up onto the ship.
"Chairman, are you okay?". Ranu looks careless to see the face of ki Saprana pale deathly.
"We're leaving now". Ki Saprana gave the order to Harsa with a tense face.
"Good sir". Harsa's face looks panicked after seeing Ki Saprana so panicked.
"What happened to the chairman". Ranu gives drinking water to ki Saprana.
"Tem..that place is really scary". Ki Saprana regained his breath.
"So it's true that place.....?". Ranu did not continue his words.
Ki Saprana just nodded slowly.
***
"Sir, you've been waiting in the main hall". Ciha's voice shocked the meditating Lingga maheswara.
"Okay, I'll be there soon". Answer the short Linga.
Lingga had indeed arrived from yesterday at the sky star sect but had not had time to meet Birawa.
"For a long time no see sir, welcome back to the sky star sect". Birawa greeted Lingga at the front door of the main hall.
Linga bowed her head while smiling warmly, a smile that very rarely shown Lingga so far.
"Thank you sir". Speak a short phallus.
Birawa took a deep breath as she sat in her chair.
"You know, sir, I've lived for hundreds of years and all that time I've always been afraid that the gate would be open for days. Suppose the sea never recedes". Birawa said slowly.
"I can understand you, but I'm sure nature has her own plan for why she's opening that gate for 4 days".
"so yeah". Birawa's voice was not heard.
"Sir I want to tell you a little bit about that place". Birawa took out a scroll from inside her clothes and opened it on the table.
Linga observed several images and writings rolled it. seen sketching the door picture at three different points but what makes him interested is the picture of a stone that is right near the first gate. The stone was drawn with a very thick line as if Birawa wanted to warn something.
"This is a writing stone made by Mr. Panca to warn something to anyone who enters it. We disguise the stone using a fog seal because we have not succeeded in deciphering some of the writing. I was afraid it was a warning or something so we decided to hide it until we managed to translate the writing using the Palawa script". Birawa said slowly.
"All the strangeness and danger we're going to face there starts here". Birawa pointed at the sketch of the gate on her scroll.
"This?". The phallus scrunched his forehead.