Alma's Journey Looking for a Mother

Mis Tegel 29: The Challenge of Betting on Life

*Dark Egg Mystery (Tegel's Wife)*

 

Almost everyone who saw the incident of the secret attack on Alma Fatara was shocked. The delicate Blood Deva Thread, made them unable to see what was stopping the mini keris in front of Alma's neck. They only thought that Alma stopped him with the power of his eyes.

Especially for a middle-aged man dressed in dark red. The bright white man covered his head with a black blangkon. The thick belt is yellow in layers. He was the one who attacked Alma Fatara with a mini dagger without a handle. Now he stands in the middle of the road.

The set! The tech!

Using the Blood Deva Thread, Alma glided the mini dagger in front of her neck to the right side, making the dagger stick on the stone wall of one of the stalls. The keris stuck into the wall to sink into the wall. There was a thin smoke coming out of the weapon.

“The young man already has a high eyewitness,” a male swordsman told his colleague.

“Who exactly is that beautiful beautiful girl?” ask a friend who is unlikely to get an answer.

“What makes great warriors behave like they are after him?”

“Sounds like a fight will happen.”

“People who make troublemakers in this market will be summarized by the Peace Warrior. Just look!”

True said the middle class swordsman, the man of Alma attack immediately got surrounded by people in red uniforms with a red knife weapon ready to be glued in the hand.

“Decars Keris Peri!” exclaim someone loudly while coming to the people who are surrounded. The middle-aged burly man showed an angry face. He was named Beard Sejari, the Head of the Peace Warrior at the Bone Market.

The beardless Sejari came with two men in red uniforms.

“Defender Keris Peri, you broke the rules in this Bone Market!” hardik Beard Sejari to guy bergangkon. “You should come with us!”

Meanwhile on the other side on the sidelines of the Bone Market crowd, two beautiful women of different ages were quite far away, whispering while focusing on the commotion created.

“Mother, Kakang Geranda is with the Demon Queen's entourage!” said the beautiful girl who is Surken, the daughter of Duke Dodo Ladoyo. A more mature woman who is no less beautiful than her, is none other than her mother named Nyai Wening Sukma.

“The child has completely forgotten his family, but coming with the Demon Queen may be better to establish himself than to be a gambling king in the Duchy,” Nyai Wening Sukma said.

The two stood quite protected from the sight of Alma and his entourage still sitting on his horses.

“What will happen here, Mother?” tanya Surken who was currently wearing a bright blue outfit. He carried his favorite sword.

“In the Bone Market it is strictly forbidden to attack someone. If it was not forbidden, there would always be a fight here, as many warriors came to this place looking for something. Hostile warriors often accidentally meet here,” explains Nyai Wening.

“If you can't attack, then why does the swordsman keep attacking?” ask Surken.

“Decker Keris Peri was not a swordsman yesterday morning. He knows the rules at the Bone Market. According to the rules, he had to willingly allow himself to be captured by the Peace Warrior and pay a high fine. But it looks like Pendekar Keris Peri will use an opportunity called Challenge Bet Life,” explained Nyai Wening Sukma.

“What is it, Mother?” tanya Surken kept curious.

“Do you see the blue jug on the top wall on the left?” ask the mother.

“Iya,” replied Surken while nodding.

Suddenly a horned swordsman named Pendekar Keris Peri glides one of his mini keris to the upper left side. The kris shot upward and smashed the blue jug that was hung on the top side of the cliff.

Surprised some market residents saw the actions of Pendekar Keris Peri, including Beard Sejari and his men. Alma Fatara and her entourage waited and watched what happened next. Actually Alma Fatara knew who the Peace Warrior was, but she was deliberately silent.

The Peace Warriors who originally besieged the Elf Warrior Keris, simultaneously loosened their horses and moved back a bit away, making room for the Fairy Keris Swordsman.

Operational activities and transactions in the Bone Market were absolutely stalled with the creation of these tensions.

“You realize what you chose, Swordsman Keris?” ask the Sejari Beard.

“Yes, if I lose in the Life Betting Challenge, my life and body belong to the Bone Market Master, my heirloom and treasure belong to my opponent!” replied Pendekar Keris Peri loudly, really like a swordsman with swordsman spirit.

“Good. Who's the swordsman you want to challenge?” ask the Sejari Beard.

“That beautiful black-robed girl!” replied Swordsman Keris Peri while pointing straight at Alma Fatara who only smiled faintly with mysterious intent.

Sejari's beard and his two guards turned around and walked several spears to come to Alma Fatara. He stopped two spears in front of Alma's horse.

“Nisaak, whoever you are, you have entered the Bone Market. All regulations in this market must apply to you too,” said Jenggot Sejari in an authoritative style as the Head of Peace Warrior at that place. Perhaps it could be called he was the number three person in the Bone Market.

“Hahaha!” alma Fatara's laughter was flat and relaxed. “Say, what should I do based on the rules of the Bone Market!”

“The Fairy Keris Swordsman has chosen the Life Betting Challenge by breaking a blue jug over the wall. The one who is being challenged is you. The Rules of the Life Betting Challenge were one-on-one combat in the Bone Arena. The fight can be to the death or forgive the opponent. If the challenger loses, then his life and body will belong to the Bone Market, but the money, weapons and heirlooms will belong to the challenged swordsman. If the challenger wins, he may kill or not the swordsman who is challenged after what he wants is achieved. There was no reason for the challenged swordsman to reject the challenge. Do you understand, Nisanak?” clearly Beard Sejari.

“I understand and I accept the challenge of Pendekar Keris Peri!” alma toilet.

“Introduce who you are!” ask the Sejari Beard.

“I'm Alma Fatara who nicknamed Dewi Dua Gigi. I am the Demon Queen who leads the Jagad Handheld Force!” alma Fatara exclaimed rather loudly, because she was interested in advertising her group's new identity.

The warriors heard the name. The reason, in the last two years, the name Alma Fatara nicknamed Dewi Dua Gigi but has the plumpness of two front teeth above it, became one of the main talking materials among the warriors, became one of the main talk, especially at a high level.

There are several factors that make Alma Fatara a byword since two years ago. The first factor is because he carries the Black Ball heirloom that definitely makes it a prey for the magic swordsmen. The second factor, she became the main actress who helped Jintamani Kingdom quell the rebellion Senopati Gending Suro.

The third factor, Alma is a student of two powerful figures, namely Wiwi Kunai who is famous by the nickname Spirit Angler and Garudi Malaya who nicknamed Prince of Genit Beetles. And the fourth factor, when Alma appeared as a magic swordsman in the martial world, he was still sixteen years old, which means he was too young to hold the status of magic.

“Remember my name, I don't want any questions twice for that!” yell Alma again.

“What do you want from Demon Queen, Fairy Keris Swordsman?” ask Sejari's beard who turned to look at prospective opponents Alma.

“Black Ball!” firm Pendekar Keris Peri.

Pendekar Keris Peri's answer again makes a boisterous market atmosphere, more boisterous than the atmosphere of aunty-tante arisan girang. The top-class warriors were already not surprised, as they could feel the powerful aura of the Black Ball on Alma. As for the lower middle-class warriors, they knew a lot about the Black Ball legend, but many had never seen its magic and could not feel its aura.

“The Demon Queen, do you really have a Black Ball?” asked Jenggot Sejari to reinforce the existence of the heirloom, although he could clearly feel the powerful aura of the Black Ball.

“True. Black Ball is on me,” insists Alma.

“Bone Market closed temporarily!” yells Real Beard. (BH)