KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

The Verse of Death

Gentayu still continues to roll in the grass holding heat on the tongue and throat that feels burning.

The young man looked very tortured. His hand held his throat, with the body constantly twitching. His eyes whizzed, his face reddish like a strangled person while sweat as big as corn seeds soaked his forehead and face.

“Aaaakhhh.... Akghkhhhhhhhhh... Hegh....!” The sound of groans accompanied by a body that continued to roll out from Gentayu's mouth for a while.

On the other hand, Samhuri the Swordsman of the Verse of Death seemed to float with his arms crossed in front of his chest witnessing Gentayu's suffering. His face seemed satisfied to see Gentayu groaning in pain.

“Hahahaha....! I finally have a successor! The Science of My Death Verse has finally found its successor....! Hahahaha.hahahaha.hahaha....!” His blaring laughter sounded terrible to his listeners.

If there were a wild animal near the place, surely the animal would run away to hear laughter that makes the feathers goosebumps.

“Hai young man, listen to:

He is the Verse, He is Death.

First it was lena.

Middle death.

The highlight is the bitter tongue.

Then I leave you my asia.

The future of my poetry.

Then it becomes,

My Verse of Death!”

Along with the swordsman's words, Gentayu stopped groaning. The pain and heat he was suffering from suddenly disappeared just like that. Then Samhuri read a verse :

“*Oh weak souls.

Stepping in no direction

In the blemishes of history there is no more

You pongah as perky

Yet I am

I am the Blood Redeemer

In the sword steps of the knights

I come from a dark soul

The moon I split and the Sunari I muttered

With a bloody tone

Then it became my verse

Verse of Death*..”

Gentayu tried to move his body back, but the verses recited by the swordsman of the Death Verse continued to ring in his ears as if they had been attached and could not be forgotten. Gentayu felt dizzy and nauseous as he was about to get up, and immediately he spewed out his entire entrails right then and there.

“Hoh...hoh..” the sound of his breathing puffing after spewing his entire stomach over the grass sounded very heavy.

Even the spirit Ryu had to faint from the presence of Samhuri the Death Poem. After successfully gathering back his strength, Gentayu then approached physician Mo.

“Master healer, you can't die here. There are still many who need your help... Lord healer! Master healer!.” Gentayu tried to shake the body of healer Mo, yet the man seemed to be very weak. Even when examined for his pulse, only a subtle pulse was felt.

“This..” Gentayu immediately twisted his brain.

He did not understand any treatment techniques nor deal with people who were injured like this. But he knows that in some conditions, a person's wounds can be helped to be restored by draining the power within.

Doubtful, Gentayu immediately took the medicine book of his teacher's legacy from the wagon bracelet and re-entered the lake-side world in the Silver Moon stone dimension to study the contents of the book. Right now, that was the fastest step to learn medicine in a very critical time considering the condition of physician Mo who had to be saved immediately.

Before long, he had returned to the face of physician Mo who was still in a fainting state with a very weak heartbeat.

Although Gentayu had only briefly gone towards the lakefront world within the Silver Moon stone dimension, it had at least passed two days according to the time in the lakefront world.

Immediately laid the body of the old man with a supine position facing the sky. His hands appear to form a kind of hand seal and then point the index finger of his right hand at several points around his chest, shoulders and the crown chakra area in his crown. Then, the physician helped Mo to sit down. Then from behind the back, after doing another hand seal move, his index finger pegged a few dots around his back and then both palms were affixed to the area near the shoulder blade of the healer Mo. Before long, a thin white smoke appeared out from the crown of Mo's physician.

Physician Mo, coughed once before spitting out thick blood from his mouth.

After he regained consciousness, the man raised his palm and gave Gentay a code to end his therapy session. Gentayu complied and pulled both of his palms from his back.

“Enough.. Hah... thank you... thank you...” healer Mo tried to start talking even though it was still with heavy breathing.

Physician Mo then turned to face Gentayu and smiled. Then pat the young man on the shoulder.

“You, talented young man. I'm sure one day if it is still long-lived, will hear your name at the peak of the greatness of the warriors of this Great Golden Island.” Physician Mo was proud of the young man's ability before him.

Gentayu simply nodded and thanked physician Mo.

Basically, what healer Mo conveyed was not a compliment, but a hope for a future. Of course, the hope of the parents is a separate motivation for young people like Gentayu so it should be grateful for being encouraged to achieve something high in the future.

They then continued their mission to find some medicinal plants that seemed unable to be cultivated in the grounds of the Mo healer and only grew in conditions that required certain environmental conditions such as this hill.

They were on top of the hill for quite a while. Sort out various medicinal plants. There are even some that must be taken in a special way, such as not to be touched by the skin because it will wither and lose its efficacy, should not sway the leaves before entering into a special container and so on. It seemed that physician Mo was not looking specifically for a cure for elder Shou but rather to gather a stock of medicinal ingredients for a period of time. Understandably, to be able to reach this hill, there will always be dangers lurking, so wiser to come once for the needs of many times.

After finishing harvesting medicinal plants on the hill, Gentayu thought to immediately continue his journey back. After all, he should only stop for a while in the city of Sei Asin. Two days was too long for him.

“Master healer, how long will elder Shou be able to recover and continue his return journey?” Gentayu suddenly asked the condition of elder Shou who was being cared for by healer Mo at the moment as they started to descend the hill to return home. Aren't they here and almost dead in order to help elder Shou?

“Aih... this.. I'm not sure” the old healer took a deep breath.

“The wound is very deep. With his age that old, it should take more than three weeks for him to get up and move. To recover, it may take longer. What's up Gentayu? Do you have any other needs so you have to leave immediately?” physician Mo gave an explanation and asked Gentayu's next plan.

Gentayu later recounted who he was, and his relationship with Ki Brajawana. Then tells about the events in the Golden Sun, and his escape until meeting elder Shou and ending at the house of healer Mo. Of course he did not tell about the Silver Moon stone, Gerobok's bracelet and his teacher and his spirit companion, Ryu.

“So, Shou has left something for you to convey to his sect? That must be something very important. Because he believes he may not survive, he asks you to continue his duties. Whatever it is, my advice is to leave. Shou is safe with me. I'll try my best. On behalf of my friend, I apologize and thank you for all your help” healer Mo suddenly paid his respects to Gentayu.

“Alright, then sir's advice. I beg you to pay. I hope we will meet again. Give my regards to Madam Mo and elder Shou when he has regained consciousness, mr” Gentayu saluted before turning around and darting away from healer Mo on the edge of the forest at the end of the village.