Bamboo Flute Swordsman

Chaptre 43. Turbulence II

One night in front of the resting room of the West Matraman Royal family, there was someone kneeling before His Majesty King Angga. The man was wearing black tight clothes and a mask that covered his face.

That person was called the Sky Tantra. Tantra Sky and its twin brother Tantra Earth are the two senopathies of the West Matraman Kingdom that protect the kingdom from behind the scenes.

Both of them very rarely appeared on the opening unless there were important things that they had to report immediately to King Angga. His arrival tonight certainly invites many questions in the mind of the king.

"What's the Sky Tantra, don't you usually see me these nights?" asked King Angga with a face that was still sleepy.

“Amun thousands of mercy Gusti Prabu. But there is something important that I want to convey." replied the Sky Tantra carefully.

"Say..what news do you bring?"

"Ampun Gusti's.. The Earth Tantra that was infiltrating the territory of the Northern Matraman Kingdom gave news that the enemy forces had begun to move. According to his estimates, the number of enemy troops was around 50,000 soldiers. And there's also the Black Cloak Group that'll be taking part in the army."

Anxiety began to be seen on the face of King Angga, he did not doubt the truth of the information. "It looks like a big war we can no longer avoid" he said.

"How long will it take for enemy forces to arrive at the border?"

“According to the estimation of Tantra Earth, with an army of that many enemies will arrive at the border about twenty days later, Gusti."

"Alright, tell Tanta Bumi to return safely immediately, and you Tantra Langit, look for someone named Jaka, he is the new senopati in our kingdom. People call themselves Bamboo Flute Swordsmen. Tell him that I'm waiting for him in Kotaraja."

"Sendika Gusti Prabu.. "

***

The next day King Angga gathered all the royal officials, starting from advisors to royal senopati-senopati. King Angga then conveyed information about the movement of enemy troops, then they discussed the steps that must be taken by the kingdom.

Broadly speaking, of course, the West Matraman Kingdom will provide resistance in order to maintain the sovereignty of its territory. But beyond that there is a more important thing that is to maintain the safety of the people of West Matraman.

Therefore, the first step that will be taken by the kingdom is to evacuate all people who are around the border to temporarily move into the royal capital.

That day they immediately began the process of evacuating residents who were at the border. They are asked to bring things as necessary because the time they have is not much. There were a lot of soldiers helping with the evacuation.

The second step is certainly preparing the best troops from all areas of the West Matraman Works. Currently the number of troops of the West Matraman Kingdom is around 35,000 soldiers. Of course this number is still far from the opposing army.

Therefore, the kingdom expects help from the youth in the kingdom to join the war. In addition, the kingdom also asked for help from several universities in their region.

***

“Stop! Who're you?" asked a guard of the entrance of Heaven Sword School.

"I'm the envoy from the West Matraman Kingdom, wanting to meet the Chief of Heaven's Volition Sword School."

"Wait a minute.. "

The guard gave his comrade a warning to report to their chief, not long before the fellow guard had returned with a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man had a tall thin body as well as thin mustaches adorning his face.

"What's the soldier?" ask the middle-aged man.

"Not our chairman is undergoing closed-door training. My name is Saruja, vice chairman of this college. You can trust His Majesty the King's message to me."

The soldier hesitated but eventually decided to trust the middle-aged man and gave the scroll a white-colored letter.

"The kingdom is in need of the help of this college, please consider it well" said the soldier and asked for permission to return.

After the soldier's departure, Ki Saruja returned to college and began reading the contents of the letter. Every now and then Ki Saruja's eyebrows were seen going up and down, clearly a shock on her face.

"If only against the royal forces from the north, I believe Gusti Prabu is able to overcome that war. But this.. The Black Cloak Group will take part. The situation is getting more complicated. "he murmured.

Wirapati, one of the leaders of the Heaven's Volition Sword School, appears. Wirapati wanted to ask the truth about the news of the emissary from the West Matraman Kingdom.

"That mouth is back, she brought this.." Ki Saruja then handed over the letter in his hand to Ki Wirapati.

Ki Wirapati took the letter and read it, "Crazy.. Great war seems inevitable. What say?" ask Ki Wirapati.

"We can't help out blatantly, it can provoke the movement of the black stream. I'm sure our chairman would think so too." replied Ki Saruja.

"Then what's your plan? Are we going to stand by and watch the great war?" ki Wirapati asked with a face that held back emotions.

"We'll discuss it with the other leaders."

***

For the umpteenth time, the inhabitants of the North Matraman Kingdom were presented with a neatly lined army. This time the purpose of the great army was to lead to the West Matraman Kingdom. The cheers of their winning jargon were shouted along the way.

In addition to the soldiers who walked neatly, in the army there were also several horse carriages carrying the top officials of the Northern Matraman Kingdom. Riders of the royal insignia also rose high among thousands of soldiers.

It also appeared in the ranks of the army that a hundred black-robed warriors were riding on horses. The black robes they wore even covered their entire heads and revealed only a small amount of their faces.

"I hope this time they will lose" whispered an old man to his wife who was watching the royal troop.

"Hust.. Be careful Kang if he speaks, if anyone hears he can be put to death later." replied his wife with a frightened look.

"Let's go, I'm not afraid. I'm sick of being led by that inhuman king. I dream of our village led by King Angga, all the people in West Matraman can live properly. Very different from our lives here. "the man grumbled but with a voice that was allowed.

"That's it.. Let's go back home. Danger if you're still here. "the wife then forcefully pulled her husband's arm.

Just as they were about to get out of place, suddenly someone appeared who was blocking the two.

"Where are you guys going? Do you think I didn't hear what you guys just talked about?" snatch that someone.

"Force. forgive us Gusti. We do not mean to be presumptuous. "whimper the wife to the man. While the husband looks resigned because he has seen the angel of death laugh at him.

"Huh.no pardon for those of you who have insulted Gusti Prabu." That person then pulled out the sword on his waist and with an extremely quick movement, blood flowed soaking through the ground.

"Die!!!"