KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

Life Destruction

The night on the beach was not too dark.

The moon is half-hanging in the eastern sky. But the light was blocked by the thick clouds in the sky, making the light dim even though it did not completely disappear.

“You have that mysterious ancient Map khan?”

Princess Nakano immediately turned around and pointed at Gentayu with another question as soon as the sound of the young man's footprints had just landed on the sand of the beach caught up with him.

“What do princesses mean these two maps?” Gentayu immediately pulled out two maps from his wagon bracelet. The two maps were part of the spoils he had obtained from the pirates.

“This map, often referred to as the Sunda gate map.” princess Nakano speaks with a smile as her index finger sticks to the sheet of skin containing the map. His eyes focused on noticing the pain on Gentayu's forehead as his expression changed.

Princess Nakano's expression at a glance indicated that she had seen something extraordinary, yet she covered it with a smile.

“Sunda Gate?” Gentayu frowned hearing that name.

The name where he stood right now was the Hidama empire, the region of the central continent on earth. While the Sundanese tatar, if the name Sunda on the map by its estimation refers to the semi-continent in the world of Danyang, it is too far apart and sounds a little unreasonable.

Both are in different worlds.

“As you suspected... True, that the Sunda Gate refers to the tatar region of Sunda or Sundaland. There is no other land area in the world, other than the name of the semi-continent. Your Fire Clan, coming from one of Sundaland's corners.”

Princess Nakano managed to catch the knot of Gentayu's mind confusion and immediately explained it.

“Then.. what does this map have to do, tatar Sunda in the world of para danyang, and forest of lightning?” Gentayu immediately asked as the confusion began to occupy his mind further.

“As a swordsman, and was once a royal official. You should of course be familiar with the ancient script.” Princess Nakano took a short pause while tilting her chin towards Gentayu beside her.

As soon as he saw the young man nod, he then continued speaking.

“You must remember that the normal life of the world today is not the first life. Previously there have been several apocalypse times that destroyed life for thousands of years untold.”

Gentayu nodded in agreement as Nakano began to explain back.

Indeed, that is what he knew from the ancient readings in the kingdom and in the Single Sword. That normal life on this earth today, has been preceded by several doomsday and annihilation of life.

“In ancestral note. The last time there was the destruction of life was through a great flood and drowned the whole earth at that time Gentayu revealed what he knew.

Princess Nakano nodded in affirmation.

The woman walked slowly to the side of Gentayu before turning back to face the sea. But not from the Gentayu side.

“What you know is not wrong. Only less complete!” said princess Nakano.

Gentayu only turned to face the denial of Nakano's daughter. He naturally realized, that his understanding was too little about this world.

“The area of human habitation, which became the center of destruction in the great flood thousands of years ago unexpectedly is the territory of Dwipantara today, your country. The region, once stood a large kingdom and became the center of world civilization in ancient times before being destroyed.” princess Nakano sighed for a moment while paying attention to Gentayu's facial reaction. Seemed the wrinkles of his face deeper, a sign that Gentayu difficult to believe it.

But he immediately continued “I once walked to one corner of the Central Continent, and accidentally found the remains of a giant ancient teak boat on the mountain top of a region called Konstantin.

According to the ancestral records, it was a rescue boat from a great flood and was made by the holy man, Noah. Do you think there are places in this world that are capable of growing ancient teak even today?”

Princess Nakano realizes that her story will not just be accepted Gentayu. Therefore, he took out a black stone-shaped object that looked fragile because it had fibers.

“This is a little bit of wood fossil I took from that boat. This fossil has been petrified in the snow of mountain peaks for thousands of years.” princess Nakano handed the wood fossil stone to Gentayu to be scavenged.

Gentayu nodded after receiving the fossilized wood. It was really an ancient teak wood fossil that only grew in the Dwipantara region.

“As I recall, the Dwipantara region is also an archipelago region. It's like the current nose. I also remember, there are Pulau Padi , golden island, Sungai Intan Island and other islands.

But actually, the islands before the big flood destruction event was a land that fused with the Central Continent. That vast region, formerly called Tatar Sunda.” Princess Nakano's explanation was very gentle and relaxed. However, for Gentayu the information was too dense and unexpected.

Who would have thought that the island nation that was often involved in large and small wars was once a landmass?

Moreover, on the land of the semi-continent ever stood a great empire with worldwide influence?

“Tatar Sundanese? A sundaland? Dwipantara.. is this.. does this.. does this mean that the danyang world and this world are actually the same world?” Gentayu's eyes look bright. Not out of excitement, but because a shocking piece of information jolted his consciousness at this moment.

“it can be said so. But not exactly. Twin world, perhaps more suitable.” princess Nakano just bit her lower lip and pulled it tight to the front teeth when answering.

“Past, the ancestors of humans coexisted with the humanoid tribes left from antiquity. Together they build the civilization of this world in various directions. They also exchange knowledge. In fact, in some cases cross-marriage occurs.”

“Humanoid Tribe?” a foreign word again ignites Gentayu's curiosity.

“Oh, that's a designation for tribes with bodies, senses and human-like abilities. But they're not actually human like us.. Perhaps more suitable to be called ancient humans, although surely they are not humans. Hehe... However they are the remaining living beings who managed to survive the previous apocalypse.”

Gentayu nodded in understanding after Anjani explained.

“Past-age man, has a very long life. Hundreds or even thousands of years. Unfortunately for his descendants, humans today do not inherit the same thing as his ancestors. Humans today, live in the age range of only about a hundred years. Do you know why?”

Gantayu obviously will not know the answer to Nakano's daughter's question. Thus, Nakanopun's daughter did not wait for Gentayu's answer as she continued her explanation.

“Ancient humans lived and studied the history of other humanoid tribes. They understood that over a long period of time, the world had experienced annihilation and resurrection many times.

With this in mind, the powerful ancestors then came together to build a new world, separate from this world and standing alone. In order to make it a safe place in the event of major disasters that repeatedly destroy in the future.

They did not create this new world at all.

They just built that world with the god power they had. Reconstructing a world with the resources of this world itself.

Of course they're not alone. They were cooperating with other humanoid tribes. Because after all, physically humans are the weakest race even the most intelligent.” Princess Nakano touched her hand at the beach tide and placed her little catch crab on the lapel of Gentayu's shirt.

“Ish..” Gentayu reflex flickers crab which is actually harmless to him it from his collar back to the sea water with the sound of “pluk” in the water.

Then refocus and ask “Is the world built it is the world of the Danyang?”

“True!” princess Nakano brandished two thumbs while she tilted her shoulders to the left side.

“Our ancestors did build the world with the power of gods they had back then. They managed to extract the extremely dense sea of divine energy in this world and transfer it to the world they had built.

Move a lot of plants, animals and anything they can move. Don't ask me, how is it because I don't know either.” Nakano's daughter close her lips, pull her up to stick to the incisors, then puff her cheeks together.

“But..is it because of that also the divine energy on this earth is thinning to this day? As a result, the lifespan of humans here is getting shorter over time? Very different from them in the world of Danyang.”

Gentayu fell into contemplation before asking. This was the understanding he had gained only after being in the World of Danyangs.

“I think so too. And it seems, that's the most logical thought right now. Even the small size of the body of the inhabitants of this world seems to be related to the world.. Miris isn't?” princess Nakano expresses her agreement with Gentayu's mind.

“But be grateful to you who have the lineage of the gods from the world of Danyang.” this time princess Nakano spoke while facing the face of Gentayu. Their distance is no more than two meters.

“Why?” ask Gentayu.

“Because by having a god bloodline within the clan, you guys have the same potential to reach their level someday. In fact, even if you do not reach their level, you will still be stronger than the humans in this world. Am I right?”

Gentayu was again immersed in his contemplation.

It was true, that the people from the World of Danyang were much stronger thousands of times than the humans in this world. That's a fact.

Apparently, Nakano's daughter's speech has a basis in the form of real facts.

In fact, Gentayu is now starting to think that the factor in the speed of his training achievement is also due to what is called the lineage of this god.

Well, Gentayu had indeed long known, that entire clans with natural element affinity were descendants of those who had reached the god level in the past.

“Then, what does this have to do with this map of Sunda Gate?”

Although Nakano's daughter's explanation was very insightful, she had not found the common thread of all that with two maps in her hands at the moment