Intercept

One of Two Choices

Behind the darkness of the night, two people were hiding on a tall tree beside the palace fence wall. They seem to be staking something.

"The throne hall is indeed seen guarded by several soldiers, but it appears the King was not there since then" said Petruk slowly.

"Why can uncle know" asked Kamaendra.

"Somewhere, but if Raden noticed, it was seen from earlier Patih Ambara pacing back and forth through the main door of the Hall" Petruk said.

"Wandering? I still do not understand Uncle" said Kamaendra confused.

"Look Den, if only a trivial affair, where maybe a Patih from earlier in and out of the kingdom.

Remember that! Patih will only move if it is a direct order from the king, especially if Raden observes in detail, Patih Ambara's body is always sweating when coming out of the Palace Hall" Petruk said.

"sweat? Is that your vision uncle? Is it possible because up and down stairs, Patih Ambara to sweat?" ask Kamaendra.

"Yap Right.

As Petruk knows, the second floor of the palace is a family room and maybe the king is there" Petruk continued.

"Keep how do we get in there, Uncle? There were so many guards everywhere" asked Kamaendra.

"For now Petruk has no plan Den. But... " Petruk's words suddenly came to a halt, after he saw a black shadow entering the palace, through a window on the second floor of the palace.

"Don't get caught" Petruk ordered Kamaendra.

Petruk and Kamaendra now just sit back and wait for what happens next.

After a while, the window suddenly opened wide and a black shadow appeared to fly out of the palace.

Not long after, suddenly Patih Ambara ran out of the palace and immediately rode his horse to chase the black shadow away.

Petruk and Kamaendra who saw that, then immediately went from their meeting place and went to follow Patih Ambara by running.

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Patih Ambara had now arrived in a forest and it seemed that he had lost track of the black shadow.

"Aaaarghhhhhhh" cried Patih Ambara.

"Stupid, I'm useless, I don't deserve to be Patih" said Patih Ambara as he thrust his sword into the ground.

"What do you mean by useless patih?" ask someone approaching Patih Ambara who looks desperate.

"Who are you?" ask Patih Ambara.

"I'm sorry, we just saw that the coach seemed to be in a hurry, like he was chasing something. Then we who saw it, then ran to follow the coach" said Kamaendra.

"You think you can lie to me? It took a thousand years to lie in front of Ambara" Patih Ambara said as he pointed his sword at Kamaendra.

"I'm sorry for the effort we took. We know the government is not doing well. We here come as the people of the Adhinata kingdom, intending to offer ourselves to help" Petruk said.

"It has nothing to do with you. You'd better leave before I take you as enemies" warned Ambara.

"Black heaven!? Yes we know Patih is chasing a black shadow" Kamaendra said.

"Where have your eyes seen" said Patih Ambara.

"We are me.." before Kamaendra could finish his words, suddenly a sword attack was directed at him.

Kamaendra avoided the attack by jumping backwards.

Patih Ambara again floated a sword slash towards Kamaendra but the attack was successfully repelled by Petruk with his weapon.

"Dzzziiingggg" their weapons are now clashing against each other.

"Pacify your emotions, we only intend to help" Petruk said.

Patih Ambara seemed to ignore Petruk's words. He then raised his sword and attempted a slash towards Petruk.

But before that, it appeared from beside a red aura, blowing rapidly, attacking towards Patih Ambara.

Patih Ambara then crashed because of the attack of red aura belonging to Kamaendra.

He stood up and said.

"It seems you are not just anyone. All right I'll take you guys"

Patih Ambara then coated his sword with a blue aura.

Patih Ambara then raised his sword up and appeared to bring up a lightning bolt that enveloped his sword.

"Den survives his attack and continues to divert his attention" Petruk said while giving his weapon to Kamaendra.

Patih Ambara then ran towards Kamaendra and Petruk. He then slashed his lightning sword towards Kamaendra and Petruk.

Kamaendra withstood the attack with Petruk's Kyai Pethel weapon, while Petruk avoided it by jumping up a tree.

Because the effect of the sword attack owned by Patih Ambara was too strong, Kamaendra had crashed several meters before Patih Ambara finally attacked him again with his weapon.

Kamaendra jumped up and then launched a sabitan towards Patih Ambara.

But Patih Ambara with his bare hands managed to throw the attack easily.

Kamaendra seemed surprised by what he saw just now. He then clutched on top of the tree while enveloping his weapon with a red aura.

"It seems more interesting, well, go ahead" challenged Patih Ambara.

Kamaendra then threw his weapon to attack Patih Ambara. Patih Ambara then prepared to withstand the attack with his sword.

But before that happened suddenly Petruk who had been hiding on a tree, now he jumped and managed to lock Patih Ambara's body with his embrace.

Petruk swiftly took a few parts of Patih Ambara's body that made him unable to move.

Kamaendra who saw it then stopped the movement of his weapon right before hitting the face of Patih Ambara.

"Damn it, what do you want?" patih Ambara.

"Hurry up if you want to ask me a question, before I manage to release this tootokan and kill you" said Patih Ambara.

"Well first, why did Patih close the flow of the river that leads to our village patih?" ask Petruk.

"It was my doing, not even the king knew it" replied Patih Ambara.

"Why did Patih do that?" ask Petruk back.

"Kingdom experienced a calamity that could not be explained by reason. The upstream of the river that flowed water into the Kingdom river suddenly stopped, and without a second thought I immediately replaced it with a river upstream that flowed water to the village" replied Patih Ambara.

"Then about the black shadow coming out of the Palace?" ask Petruk.

"It's none of your business, and the most important thing is who told you to interfere in the affairs of the palace" asked Patih Ambara.

"Patih for our skill. We sent our Rama to investigate what is going on in the Palace at this time, because only this time the kingdom made regulations that harm the people" Petruk said.

"Who is your Rama?" ask Patih Ambara.

"Smarasanta Semar, Patih" said Petruk.

"Yet? Wait a minute" Patih Ambara was shocked and seemed to be remembering something.

After a while, it turned out that Patih Ambara had managed to escape from Petruk totokan.

Kamaendra who saw it then went down and prepared with his weapon.

"For a time, Rama you saved my life, at that time I was exposed to a very high fever, which even the palace healers were unable to treat me" Patih Ambara said while inserting his sword.

Petruk and Kamaendra looked shocked after hearing that. After feeling the condition had begun to calm down, Kamaendra then removed his red Aura and handed his weapon to Petruk.

"Your family are good people, the king offered to be a court healer for a high wage but he refused. Even a piece of gold I gave him, he also rejected it and asked for his return on condition that he could stay in the forest in the Adhinata kingdom's protected area" said Patih Ambara.

"It turns out like that thank God" Petruk said.

"If you ask me about the black shadow I'm chasing, then I'll explain it from the beginning" said Patih Ambara.

Petruk and Kamaendra seemed very enthusiastic to listen to the story of Patih Ambara.

"My hips from changing the flow of the river, I immediately went to the king intending to report the incident. But after arriving before the king, I found the king was lying helpless with half his body wrinkled like a burn scar" said Patih Ambara.

"Burning wounds?" chirps Kamaendra.

"I panicked and called all the court healers and soldiers, but no one could explain what happened" Patih Ambara said.

"After night came, I who was guarding the king was surprised by the appearance of a witch who came to us. I saw the witch and tried to attack her, but strangely the slash of my sword penetrated her.

The witch then approached the King and offered an exchange" said Patih Ambara.

"What exchange does Patih mean" asked Kamaendra.

"He told the king to choose between the People or the Princess only wayangnya, and we all know that the king will never sacrifice his people" said Patih Ambara.

"Then after that he brought the Princess?" ask Petruk.

"Yes right, the witch then took the Princess and flew away from the palace, after which I immediately chased after her and finally met you here" said Patih Amabara.

"I'm sorry Patih, if it is like that, Petruk's advice should train back first to the palace to guard the king! For the matter of the release of the Princess, leave it to us Patih" Petruk said

"Indeed, right now maybe the king needs me the most. Well I believe in you, thank you for helping the kingdom" said Patih Ambara while riding his horse.

"Siap Patih" said Petruk and Kamaendra simultaneously.

After that Patih Ambara left Petruk and Kamaendra.

Not long after, Petruk got a call from Gareng.

"Truck, truck answer me truck" called Gareng's voice.

"Yes reng I heard the bat" Petruk replied.

"All right, just go ahead. Did you know that the king is now dying?" ask Gareng.

"It's gone" Petruk replied.

"In the sight of Rama, it turns out that there was someone who had secretly instilled a magic to the king.

The magic will be active twice a day, one time in the morning or afternoon and one more time in the night" said Gareng.

"What kind of magic do I mean by reng" asked Petruk.

"The magic makes a gamble, where someone who has been embedded by the magic must choose one of two choices" said Gareng.

"Then how to break the magic" asked Petruk.

"That magic is so powerful, even I just can't break that magic pattern. The only way is to kill the owner of the magic truck" said Gareng.

"Kill out? But how is it going? as Patih Ambara said, the witch cannot be slashed using a sword, like her body can be penetrated with anything" Petruk said.

"Find the real body!! Usually magic users like this real body is very weak" said Gareng.

"Where is his real body?" ask Petruk.

"I don't know for now, I have to meditate first to be able to track the whereabouts of the real body" said Gareng.

"Well now I will try to find traces of the witch's existence" Petruk said.

"I'll call you later if I know the whereabouts of the real body" said Gareng.

"Yes, thank you, bat" said Petruk.

After that, Gareng decided his telepathy with Petruk.

"It seems that we have to move quickly uncle, before the sun rises again and the curse of the magic is activated again!" Kamaendra.

"Yes Raden, let's hurry" Petruk said.

seriate..........