'Naga Puspa'
"Naga Puspa Skill : First Stage!"
"First move..."
"Arrgghhhh...!!!" Five peoples were sent flying while clutching their stomach.
"Second move..."
"Arrgghhhh...!!!" Five more peoples were sent flying and landed on the ground using their bellies as their cushion.
"Third move..."
"Arrgghhhh...!!!" Again, seven peoples were sent flying and their heads each planted to the muddy ground.
...
"Twelfth move..." Arya Kamandhanu ended the moves of Naga Puspa Skill, First Stage.
By this time, there were already seventy to eighty black-robe men laying on the ground in various poses. The only thing that made them looked the same was their body condition which were black and blue after being beaten up by Kamandhanu, and some even were bleeding on their orifices, heads, legs, hands, or other parts of their bodies.
"What kind of moves are that?" Someone from the group of black-robe man asked.
"I'm not sure." His partner on the left answered with difficulty because his lips were bleeding.
"If I'm not wrong, that was the first stage of
"That is only the first stage?" The first man of the trio who asked the name of the moves was bewildered.
"Yeah, I think so. There are many more moves if I'm not wrong." The man on the right responded.
"My goodness!" The man on the left exclaimed. "Did you notice that? When he does that moves, he never uses any internal energy. It's pure of a physical strength." He pointed at Kamandhanu who was still busy fighting the numerous numbers of the black-robe men.
"Ah, now that you mention it, I just realized that it was indeed the case." The first man commented while the man on his right side only nodded his head. "I can't imagine if this moves use internal energy..."
Amid their discussion, their expression suddenly changed and they hurriedly move before running as far as they can.
At this moment, the leader of the black-robe men shouted loudly. "Withdraw, everyone! This is the order from the Master! Withdraw! I repeat, Withdraw!"
After the announcement, all the group of black-robe men whose numbers reached almost one thousand, one by one hurriedly to escape. When the thirteen heroes and many other warriors chased after them, those group suddenly disappeared without trace.
"Damn! They are using
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"I see..." Realization finally came down to Marissa.
"Let's chase after them!" Gundala suggested.
"No, it's too late!" Arya Kamandhanu shook his head. "Let's report it to the His Majesty first."
"Head, Head...!" Someone suddenly shouted and ran as fast as he could to approach Kamandhanu. Because Arya Kamandhanu was the Head of the Imperial Guard, they would usually call him 'Head' or 'Commander'.
"What happened?" Kamandhanu asked.
"I'm here to deliver the order from His Majesty, The Emperor." That man said this sentence while gasping for air.
"Buto Ijo, please, calm down! Catch some air first. You look like you're not gonna be able to speak properly in that kind of condition." Raden Wijaya said in a peaceful tone. "Here, drink it!" He took a cup of water out of nowhere and gave it to Buto Ijo.
'So, he was Buto Ijo?' Marissa observed the sturdy man in front of her. 'His strength is decent. At least, he was stronger than Prince Anusapati. His physical appearance was enough to intimidate his enemies. If he becomes a gangster, he would be the leader.' Marissa commented silently.
'I didn't expect that in this world, he still alive. Apparently, he wasn't used by Ken Arok as a scapegoat after killing Tunggul Ametung and was sentenced to death. In this parallel world, Tunggul Ametus is still alive, but his status is currently missing.' Marissa thought inwardly.
'Well, this is the information I got from the system's library. Mr. Angel said if I could read the Books of Nusantara History, I will be given 1 point for each page I've read and 2 point if I could memorize them. So, I've read a few pages in randomn when we're on the way from Kamandhanu's courtyard to the place where the feast was held.'
...
"What are you trying to say?" Gundala asked impatiently.
"Thank you, Young Master." Buto Ijo glanced at Raden Wijaya in gratitude. He then turned his gaze to Arya Kamandhanu. "Head, His Majesty ordered for every guards, whether they are only a normal soldier, or the elite Imperial Guards, everyone must look for Prince Anusapati. Because, that p-prince is now missing."
What?!!
Everyone was stunned. How come Prince Anusapati suddenly went missing. No one in the current group knew about the incident of assassination attempt previously, except for Kamandhanu and Marissa. So, no one had a correlation as to who might be the kidnapper.
"Alright! I'll arrange soon which battalion would go for the search." Arya Kamandhanu nodded.
Everyone agreed and started to dispersed before going on a search.
...
It was midnight, about twelve o'clock...
The common peoples could be freed from searching for Prince Anusapati, especially women and children. The grown-up sons and fathers were recommended to search and would be given reward for those who could find any clues, helping for the search, and find the whereabouts of Prince Anusapati.
As for the palace soldiers, whether they were the common or the elite ones, they were obliged to search unconditionally.
Tonight was supposed to be a joyous night, full of food, stories, laughters, and teasing. But instead of experiencing those happy moments, Prince Anusapati suddenly went missing and almost everybody in Singhasari had to searched for him.
'The Thirteen Heroes' were divided into four groups. The first group consisted of Raden Patah, Gundala, Jaka Tingkir, and Jaka Tarub. The second group consisted of Jaka Sembung, Barda the blind-man, Erlangga, and Aji Bandawasa. In the third group, there were Adityawarman, Wiro Sableng, Raden Wijaya, and Gajah Mada. Whereas in the fourth group only had Arya Kamandhanu, and Marissa, in her form of a black chicken that was secretly brought by Kamandhanu, because Marissa insisted on joining the search.
Those groups of 'The Thirteen Heroes' also got help from the other warriors and heroes who weren't part of the 'Thirteen Heroes' in the searching, whereas Arya Kamandhanu searched with several of his brothers from the group of Imperial Guard.
...
After dividing the task, Arya Kamandhanu, Marissa, and other guards went directly to the most suspicious place, The Devil Mountain. The Devil Mountain was a place where the devil sect stood but it was most famous for being called as 'Gelang-gelang Sect', established by Master Tong Bajil and his wife, the beautiful Madame Sambi.
"Here we are..." Marissa exhaled a puff of fresh air while poking her chicken head from the cosmos sack that was hanging on the wrist of Kamandhanu.
"Don't be careless!" Kamandhanu glared at the troublesome chicken.
"Don't worry, no one could see me." Marissa waved her chicken claws nonchalantly.
"What do you mean?" Kamandhanu asked in puzzle.
"Well, I'm now in my 'Invisible Mode'. No one could see me unless I permit that person to do it." Marissa responded flatly.
Kamandhanu observed the black chicken that was popping it's head inside his cosmos sack. He was confused because he really didn't realize that the chicken was in a stealthy mode. Usually, there would be a fluctuation of energy around that person when he or she was going to blend with the space matrix. But, this chicken, had no fluctuation or whatsoever.
'Unless, her level is above mine?' Kamandhanu was lost in thought. 'Is it possible that her level already reach the same as teacher's?' He pondered over it but couldn't be sure. 'Forget it.' He thought at the end.
"I'm gonna change myself back into human form." Right after Marissa said that, she instantly vanished from the cosmos sack and appeared in front of Kamandhanu in the form of a beautiful girl. Her golden eyes when she was in the form of a black chicken was now changed into a pair of brown crystal pupils.
According to Mr. Angel, her golden eyes followed the physical appearance of her form of a black chicken, whereas the pair of the brown eyes followed the colour of her soul's eyes, or her human soul to be precise.
Although it wasn't the first time for Kamandhanu to see the human appearance of Marissa, he was still awed and fell into daze when he saw her again in the human form. In reality, Marissa wasn't the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. It wasn't that Marissa was not beautiful, in fact she was very beautiful, but she just wasn't the most beautiful one.
Nevertheless, her unique aura and temperament felt so foreign to him, as if she was never belong to this world. Her beauty wasn't the same one that most beautiful girls possessed in this world. He himself couldn't explain it why he felt so, and why he felt some kind of... attraction to her? What kind of buls*it is this?
"Hehehe... Have you fallen in love with me?" Marissa teased when she saw Kamandhanu was lost in thought.
Kamandhanu looked at the shameless girl in front of him and got speechless afterward. He glared at her and walked away, not bother to answer.
"Hey, wait!" Marissa yelled and chased after him.
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Not long after, they arrived in front of a ghostly and an eerie building. This was supposed to be a sect, but everything was dark and no one could be seen on this place, except for an owls which was 'singing' in a way that made ones feeling goosebumps all over their bodies. Other than that, there were also many palm trees and banana trees on the sight. Their leaves were swaying lightly, blew by the cold night wind.
The gate of the sect made of old steels was shut tight. There were several words hanging on top of the gate, plastered over a sturdy and broad steel plank. The words read as 'Gelang-gelang Sect'. Marissa pushed open the gate and it wasn't actually locked and could be easily opened.
She and Kamandhanu entered the sect as he gave a signal to the palace soldiers to not enter yet, but stood by one hundred meters or more outside and kept guard. The front yard were a huge land and very spacious. Many kind of trees were planted on the ground, especially palm and banana trees. There were many dilapidated pillars and made the building looked like it had long been abandoned. But it wouldn't be the case, because everybody knew that this was the place where the devil warriors resided in.
Even though their headquarter was never known to anyone, but everybody could testified that this was their sect in the open. It's just that Marissa would never thought this place would be this 'ragged' and 'old'.
'No wonder they were also called as 'Siluman Warrior', which basically means 'evil spirit' or 'demon', or 'ghost'..Even their sect was like a hunted house.' Marissa thought.
At this moment, there was suddenly a suspicious sounds coming from the nearby pond.
Blop! Blop! Blop!
The sound of a bubbling water could be heard followed by a jumping object.
Croak! Croak! Croak!
The jumping object suddenly jumped exactly on top of Marissa's instep. When she looked what was the object, Marissa screamed and instantly jumped to the nearest 'protection', which was into the embrace of Kamandhanu who reflexively caught her with his two strong arms.
"What's wrong with you? You're even afraid of frog? How troublesome!" Kamandhanu scolded. "I thought you are very brave."
"Darn you! Don't get me wrong, alright? I'm not afraid of cockroach, mices, caterpillars, worms, or other disgusting things. But, I'm most afraid of two things. They're frog and lizard." Marissa said, feeling so helpless and annoyed. "Let's move from this place. Find a safest place from that frog." She urged.
With Marissa in his embrace, Kamandhanu helplessly moved forward to avoid the frog.
After a while, they arrived at the first door they found after the steel gate at the front. It was a huge wooden door. He put Marissa down and started to approach the door. Just as they walked for a few steps, the huge wooden door suddenly opened wide as an arrogant and sonorous voice could be heard talking and laughing.
"Hahahaha... I didn't expect the famous hero, one of the strongest warrior of the thirteen, would be so brave to come alone to the den of us, the devils." The voice said in a mocking tone.
The door finally opened entirely. A grizzled elder could be seen with a sword in hand, walking toward Kamandhanu and Marissa. This elder was followed by hundreds of masked warriors with a fully black attires.
"Elder Renteng..." Kamandhanu whispered the name of the grizzled old man without any emotion.
Marissa also looked at the newcomer who had a full of white hairs and the more than two hundred warriors who each possessed a sword in their grip, ready to fight. 'So, this is Elder Renteng, a friend of Master Tong...' She thought.
"No need to talk nonsense anymore. Warriors of Gelang-gelang, charge!" Elder Renteng shouted and without any courtesy, he instantly ordered to charge at Kamandhanu.
'Damn! Isn't it usually there would be some dialogs between the hero and the enemies before a fight ensued? Why is it now so different from the drama? Hey, please prolong the dialog so we could prepare more!' Marissa shouted inwardly.
'I still could handle some of the low level warriors using my 'Powerful Robe', but the strongest ones, if I have no choice, I will consume the
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Quizz:
Guess! What is the name of the sword in the hand of Elder Renteng?
A. Megalamat Sword
B. Gandring Sword
C. Excalibur
D. Yellow Sword
E. Twin Sword