6 Knights of the Archipelago

5. Assault

  Abah Jiwo, Linglung and Jaka who were preparing for someone's arrival, immediately did a defense to protect themselves. Not long after someone knocked on Abah Jiwo's door, he opened it to find out who came.

Tok..

"Yes who? What's the business of visiting these nights?" Said Abah Jiwo who had not opened the door.

"Anu, please, can I have a glass of water to drink?" A mysterious person who just knocked on the door.

"In the river there is plenty of water, drink there as much as you can!" Abah Jiwo replied, refusing to help.

"Please, my son is thirsty to drink, I've been looking all night for help no one wants to help" replied the man.

"Pa, Sri Haus Pa--" It turns out the mysterious father brought his son.

Abah Jiwo who heard the voice of the girl did not have the heart, his humanity began to want to help but his suspicion was still there not to open the door. Then Abah Jiwo began to peek from the small hole in the wall, he saw there was indeed a daughter with her father who was in front of the door.

Abah Jiwo told Linglung to get him a glass of water and immediately he opened the door.

"Yes, I'll get the water first. Lung get a glass of water for the people outside!" Then Linglung took a glass of water and gave it to Abah Jiwo.

Abah Jiwo opened the door and gave the girl a glass of water, but the father refused to give her water. Abah Jiwo saw from a distance like many people were stalking his house, and Langur's instincts began to wriggle as if to tell him there was a threat coming.

"Ukkii!!!! Ukkiy!!! Ukkii!!!"

"Lung, why else would the monkey?" Abah Jiwo began to feel wrong with the atmosphere that was there.

Not long after, Abah Jiwo heard a voice from afar as if someone was preparing to emerge from the thickets. After his daughter had let go of his thirst, the father was very grateful.

"Chess of Nuwun Mbah, have given water to drink." Said the father who smiled and wanted to leave Abah Jiwo's house.

Shatt..shatt..shat.shat!!!.

"Lung!, Take cover!!!" Abah Jiwo shouted because he saw an arrow that shot from a distance that leads to his house.

Kuk.cebruk...

"Babahhh!!" Dazed panic because Abah Jiwo told him to take cover, so Linglung immediately hid under the table with Jaka and Langur.

Dazed to hear like someone was raining on the roof of the house with something, he tried to see around it turned out that many arrows were scattered into the house. He had not seen Abah Jiwo after the incident.

Abah Jiwo who saw the father and his son were hit by an arrow immediately saved and brought into his house. Seeing the many arrows scattered Abah Jiwo called Linglung and Jaka to get out of the house immediately, for fear of further attacks.

"What was that!!??" Jaka panicked because he saw the number of arrows in the house.

"As soon as Lung takes this boy out!, you too Jaka take this father out of here, it's not safe this house, we hurry later there will be a follow-up attack." Abah Jiwo gave the body of his son and father to Linglung and Jaka.

The Royal troops had already burned down Abah Jiwo's house, knowing the people inside were still alive, the troops began adding fire at the tip of the arrow to burn Abah Jiwo's house.

Abah Jiwo, Linglung and Jaka immediately came out of the house with the injured son and father. They ran to avoid the attack from the aftershocks that were added by the fire to burn Abah Jiwo's house. Linglung who turned his head back looked sad at the house that had been left with Abah Jiwo many memories in it were now devoured by fire.

After running around a long distance, Jaka who was thinking about where they were going to want to propose to go to Jaka's residence in order to settle while there.

"So, we have to go to a safe place in order to heal this father and son, how about just going to my house?" Jaka stopped running and asked for a stop.

"Well, where is the house?, is it still far away?"

"A little while to Mbah--"

Finally they arrived at Jaka's house, they immediately put the body of the father and daughter on the bed to be healed by Abah Jiwo.

Abah Jiwo who began to recite the mantra to treat the wounds of his father and son, start pulling arrows that are still stuck on his body because if removed during the escape they may both not survive because they run out of blood. Instantly after casting a healing spell, the hole of the arrow began to close and close again his skin like no scar at all. Then the father and son began to realize a little because the healing effect is very fast and effective to recover energy.

"Where is this?" The father woke up and was confused because he felt himself killed by arrows.

"This is in my house, there was an army that was probably a man from Maharani Sasandoro to finish me off, and my father was saved by Mbah Jiwo, with your daughter you are now healed." Jaka explained all the events to the father.

"If you can know whose father's name? And why did this father have to be bait by the Royal army?!" Jaka asked because he had the heart to make his son and father as bait to attack someone.

"My name is Surto, and this is my son, Sri . We were bait by force, I used to have a debt and could not afford it, and then the Royal troops dared to pay the debt but with the guarantee to be bait, if I'm the bait myself, there will be no one to take care of my son, so I just take my son to die together." Mr. Surto told me the reason.

"Stupid! Want to take your son to death with you!? If it wasn't me who faced such a situation you two would have been killed on the spot." Abah Jiwo was angry because he heard the story of Surto's father who wanted to commit suicide with his son.

"Already, already. There is no commotion, we must be grateful for being able to save Surto's father and his son, Now we must arrange a plan to ambush Maharani Sasandoro in Kaliasat palace, and dismantle who the real figure of Maharani Sasandoro" Jaka calmed Abah Jiwo who was riding apitam.

  Jaka who thought of how to strike back at Maharani Sasandoro began to propose Abah Jiwo to help him defeat Maharani Sasandoro to be immediately eliminated from the Kaliasat Kingdom. But Abah Jiwo who heard that Maharani Sasandoro was a subordinate of the King of the Underworld began to doubt his ability, whether able to face alone.

  

  Linglung who wanted to find out what plan Jaka proposed to Abah Jiwo began to be curious and eavesdropped on their conversation.

  "Mbah may be able to defeat him, judging from his ability may be able to win over Maharani Sasandoro." Jaka eagerly supported Abah Jiwo to face Maharani Sasandoro.

  "Don't attack first! We do not know what kind of ability he has, even though I am a swordsman who has the ability to deal with dozens of troops, if without a careful plan we will lose in one attack, he said, because what we're going to face isn't human." Abah Jiwo paced to find a way to deal with Maharani Sasandoro.

  Dazed to find out it was eager to help and defeat Maharani Sasandoro. But just like Abah Jiwo who still doubted his ability.

  "If we don't act as fast as we can, they'll find our hiding place." Linglung began to join the conversation of Jaka and Abah Jiwo.

  "Ah!, did you hear our conversation Lung?" Abah Jiwo was shocked because Linglung came suddenly volunteered to join the attack on Kaliasat Kingdom.

  "Just calm Bah, Linglung has mastered the science of Abah." Dazed who ventured although still a little doubt.

  "Yes, we leave tomorrow and now we rest and gather our energy first." Abah Jiwo left Jaka and Linglung to go out for a while.

  Abah Jiwo who went out of Jaka's house into the forest to be imprisoned and wanted to gather strength to prepare to face Maharani Sasandoro. Abah Jiwo knows that Maharani Sasandoro is not a human but the incarnation of a cursed creature that has been created by Barong to be ordered to find a person who will be able to defeat the King of the Underworld.

  In the face of Abah Jiwo began to cast a spell that could bring out an heirloom weapon in the form of Keris. The weapon will later be used to defeat Maharani Sasandoro in the upcoming fight.

  "I've finally kept this weapon from Master will be used in time. With this Keris weapon all attacks will be absorbed." Abah Jiwo is happy that finally the old heirloom weapon never used will finally be used also to defeat Maharani Sasandoro.

Jaka and Linglung who are still at home are worried about the existence of Abah Jiwo who briefly came out to be imprisoned. Linglung who took the initiative to look for Abah Jiwo was immediately intercepted by Jaka because the situation outside was already night and dark fearing he was lost in the street.

  "I'll go first, find Abah." Dazed to step to leave.

  "Don't go, it's night!"

"But we don't know where Abah went, fearing that he would go and be captured by the Royal forces, Linglung doesn't want that to happen." Dazed forcing to go looking.

  "That Jiwo is not that easy to catch, he is a swordsman remember." Jaka calmed Linglung from leaving her house.

 

  Not long after that Abah Jiwo came home from his hermitage and wanted to arrange a plan carefully so that there was no mistake at all in his fight later. Jaka and Linglung who knew Abah Jiwo had just come home to ask him where he had gone all night.

  Abah Jiwo explained that he went to pick up heirloom weapons and was imprisoned in the forest. Linglung who knew this was upset because he did not invite him to join her for her to get her heirloom weapon as well.

  "Why not bring Linglung? If you know Abah's purpose for such a thing Linglung wants to also get an heirloom weapon." Dazed with his regret raised his voice that was disappointed because of this.

  "Hey.hey.. calm down! This heirloom weapon should not just anyone get it, it should go downhill given from Master to his students, so chances are this heirloom weapon will you have Lung." Abah Jiwo explained to Linglung and calmed him down.

  "Down down, means Linglung can wear it?" Dazed to wonder Abah Jiwo's answer.

"For sure, Linglung is the only disciple of Abah, so this heirloom weapon can also be used by you Lung."

  Jaka who listened to Abah Jiwo and Linglung's talk about the heirloom weapon, he was increasingly convinced that Abah Jiwo was able to defeat Maharani Sasandoro.

  Abah Jiwo also wanted to announce his plan for an ambush into the palace without being known by the guards, he said, he directs to split up and if one of them is caught by the guards will give a warning signal to quickly find Maharani Sasandoro.