Guards For The Princess

Chapter 20: The Scroll

When Ardian Prasetya saw Grandpa Prasetya, he could not help but feel angry. "Bas with Old Grandpa, did Grandpa try to kick your grandson to death? Grandpa thinks I'm Superhuman, what? How could Grandpa be so willing to make me fall free from such heights?" All the bones of Ardian Prasetya started to hurt again when he recalled about the fall.

"Based on unfilial grandchildren, is this how you talk to your Grandpa? What if you fall into a ravine? I take very good care of your body, you won't die!" Prasetya's grandfather was angry with him. However, inside, he really felt very relieved when he saw Ardian Prasetya was fine.

She might look calm and uncaring, but she was actually quite worried about Ardian Prasetya. After all, he was his successor after a grueling quest, even if Ardian Prasetya's body was already strengthened with the Ancient Chinese medicinal baths he brewed, Ardian Prasetya was still only an eight-year-old boy.

Ardian Prasetya was speechless. Prasetya's grandfather was right, if it wasn't for falling from the mountain, he wouldn't have known that his body was already this strong.

There was no other complaint that Ardian Prasetya could spit out after his grandfather said so. So, he's ripped off the conversation. Prasetya's grandfather was well-informed. So, Ardian Prasetya told him about what he had met before.

"Grandfather, when I woke up, I was in that strange cave." Ardian Prasetya pointed to the stone gate of the cave behind him.

Prasetya's grandfather chuckled, he already knew that Ardian entered it. Even he was the one who planned this. Despite that, she felt very happy when Ardian Prasetya decided to personally share the experience, even though she often did bad things to him. In this case, it is not wrong to make it as a successor. It also made Grandpa Prasetya feel that his efforts to raise Ardian Prasetya were not in vain, as he treated her like family.

"So." So." Ardian Prasetya did not understand what Grandpa Prasetya was trying to say with his disgusting expression. So, he thought that Grandpa Prasetya was interested in what he brought out and decided to share with Grandpa Prasetya what he got inside the cave. Finally, he handed the box to Prasetya's grandfather and said, "I took this box from inside there."

"Save it," Grandpa Prasetya said after he glanced at the box. "uh? Doesn't grandpa want to check it out?" Ardian Prasetya was very confused. How could this extremely greedy person be not curious about the contents of a treasure box.

"That thing is useless to me," Grandpa Prasetya explained as he shook his head.

Although Ardian Prasetya had many questions, Grandpa Prasetya let out an annoyed expression indicating that he did not want to be disturbed or just do as you pleased. With that Ardian Prasetya became hesitant to ask his question.

After passing through the heavy path, Ardian Prasetya and Grandpa Prasetya finally returned home from the valley. Prasetya's grandfather immediately went to sleep once he got home. That left Ardian Prasetya, who was still holding the box once again dumbfounded. That miser is possessed by a mountain demon? How can a stingy person change?

Because his grandfather was so apathetic with the box, Ardian Prasetya decided to check the contents himself. Ardian Prasetya then put the box on the table, and began to examine it.

The antique box was similar to the box once used in the palace in the past to hold a decree or medicinal pill. The only exception is that the box is unlocked. So, Ardian Prasetya was able to easily open the box after he removed the wire clamp holding it.

The pendant was made of excellent quality jade. Totem-like diagrams were carved on the pendant, besides, some characters that were not recognized by Ardian Prasetya, were also carved on it. Unlike the characters on the scroll written using sanskrit. The pendant character was definitely of a different type of script character, whether it was kanji or something.

Ardian Prasetya was very confused. Since the characters found in the cave and on the reels were written in the same characters, why were the characters in the pendant different? What's so special about that?

After that Ardian Prasetya went to ask Grandpa about the pendant, but even Grandpa did not know what the pendant was for. In fact, Grandfather was very surprised when he saw the jade pendant.

In fact, his Grandfather's expression showed more shock than when Ardian Prasetya came out of the cave carrying the box.

So, Ardian Prasetya could only assume that the use of the pendant was to assist him in his breathing training and therefore he always carried it as a good luck talisman.

Carefully, Ardian Prasetya opened the scroll. When he saw the very short scroll, Ardian Prasetya became a little disappointed.

Ardian Prasetya had read many martial arts novels secretly using his grandfather's computer. He knew that the incomparable skill of the training manual could not be determined by the length of the script, some were even just blank papers. So, Ardian Prasetya still had great hopes as he started reading the manual.

"What'sthis? The Commandment Against the Sky? What a weird name." These four different words began to make his cold head turn hot. It was written in the same handwriting as the words on the stone monolith inside the cave. On a perfect moon night, the jaws of a savage beast would open. Only special blood can enter. Before the first light, remember to go. Shut up in the dark, will he come back?

It was exactly the same, the difference under those words, there was another set of words, "The first command, Transcend Human." Then followed by the main text that explains the existence of humans who are very weak, but can overturn the laws of nature and play with the life and death of other creatures around him.

Ardian Prasetya skimmed through the introduction and understood that the Commanding Unit Against Heaven was divided into three stages that were interconnected with each other, which if put together into a command, Transcend Human, Be Monster, Be Monstrous, Power Like a God.

Unfortunately, this scroll only contained the first section that contained the command to transcend the limits of human abilities. The first commandment consisted of three levels, Pedestrian, Warrior, and Knight.

Ardian Prasetya doesn't feel enough. He wanted to have the second and third stages, but Ardian Prasetya did not know where they were. They might be behind a second stone wall inside the cave, or maybe somewhere else. So, Ardian Prasetya decided not to think about it and concentrated on completing the first commandment, Transcending Humans.