KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

The Hero of Water

I do not know how many days Gentayu was unconscious. The moment he opened his eyes, what he saw first was a room made entirely of black rock. Even the roof is black rock. Or not, it's not even a room. It was a stone cave. True, Gentayu regained his senses and found himself now inside a stone cave. Next to him lay a few bowls made of pottery filled with medicinal liquids, as well as fresh forest fruits such as forest guava and banana and some rattan fruit grains.

Gentayu tried to move his body, but he did not succeed. His entire body was numb and without energy. Is he paralyzed? How did he end up in this place? His last memory was that he was fighting with the rest of his final strength against the Demon Coral. Ah, these medicines, who is the one who took care of him? Various questions appeared in Gentayu's head before the figure of an old man appeared.

“You are awake apparently, young man.” the friendly voice of the old man greeted and echoed in the cave.

The old man looked like a humble hermit. His long dreaded hair was curled over his head. His clothes were only a pair of pants with many patches, while the top of his thin body was only covered with a piece of shabby cloth slung just on his shoulder. His hair and beard were already whitened looking adorning a friendly, wrinkled face that was always smiling kindly.

“You've been unconscious for ten days. The plan is, if today you are not aware as well, I will wake you up forcibly The old man chuckled, revealing his teeth that looked still complete.

“Sorry grandfather, may I know who this grandfather is and why am I here?” Gentayu could not wait to ask.

“Hehehehe... Young man, my real name is Marobahan, people used to know me as Lightning Finger Swordsman. But that was then, and it's long gone. I have long since withdrawn from the worldly frenzy. Now that I've retired from martial arts, people call me Grandpa Maro. Some call me Miss Han. hehehehe... “ The old man chuckled again after introducing himself.

“I found you falling from up there" he continued, pointing at the top of the cave mouth. "It seems you've fought someone in the past. He must be very strong. I found you with a severe wound. The flow of energy in your body is chaotic and damages your cells. I suspect, it's because you absorb a large amount of energy while your body as a container is not capable enough to contain it. But somehow you did, under those circumstances, you should have been killed. It seems that destiny is still being kind to you, young man.” The old grandfather briefly explained while his hands were busy concocting medicines, maybe that was the medicine Gentayu had taken while here.

“I was forced to poke some organs of your movement so that the damage to your body cells does not get worse. Supposedly, after a few more days all had recovered” The old grandfather named Marobahan explained the reason why Gentayu was unable to move his body.

“How about my sword?” Gentayu remembered his sword. He did not want to lose the legacy sword of his late teacher when he felt he could use the sword in the right way.

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Meanwhile, in the village of Air Ketuan where the beginning of Gentayu fight against the Devil's Coral along with the ghost controllers and the undead troops before, the location of the former battle is still visited by some people. They are the villagers themselves, the warriors of Green Bamboo, even the travelers who pass by. They took the time to see the scars of the fight that left severe damage to the surrounding environment. Some shuddered in horror, some were amazed, some felt lucky because they were not in the place when the incident took place.

Within a one kilometer radius, there are traces of debris and ruins of buildings, fallen trees and crushed rocks still scattered untouched. A gaping moat formed in the middle of the battle arena. That was the mark left behind by the last slash of Satam's sword.

The story that develops between them is, that Gentayu was killed while fighting the Devil's Coral. The death of Gentayu is certainly a blow to Lestini and her sister, Jasri who has considered and raised Gentayu as their brother. The Swordsmen who had met and knew Gentayu though did not believe that Gentayu finally had to die in this village. Even so, the figure of Gentayu is still an extraordinary figure of great and awesome for most of them. A warrior who did not hesitate to lend a helping hand, even to people who are completely unknown and not counted by the community such as Lestini and his sister, or the two female warriors of the Hidama empire he helped.

They were also amazed at not expecting that the innocent-looking young man was even able to face and become a troublesome opponent for the Demon Coral, he said, while the two elders from Green Bamboo were not even able to touch even the Devil Coral clothes.

On the night of the battle, after his sword managed to touch the head of the top of the Devil's Coral and create a powerful explosion that left a mark on the surrounding land as a large trench, Gentayu bounced and fell unconscious. But it turns out, when there was a touch between the satam sword and the head of the Devil's Coral Gentayu did not realize that the science of ‘bulan attract the ocean’nya still active and continue to absorb the power of the legendary swordsman. Until finally, Gentayu bounced and fainted due to the amount of energy released by the Demon Coral and absorbed his body.

Devil's own coral was not immediately killed at that time. He was only severely injured when he left the battlefield. Severe injuries that have never been experienced while on the island of Great Gold for decades. Of course the Devil's Coral offended his pride. So, the anger was vented on Gentayu's body that was unconscious. Raining Gentayu with kicks and blows deep power that is not too big but felt enough to kill him. It was the condition of the injured Demon Coral that made it incapable of expending a large amount of energy at that time. No other warrior came close. Sakuza and Yumiko who intend to help are still late to arrive because they have to face an undead attack. When they arrived, the place was quiet again. Gentayu was not found, nor was Satan's Coral. They disappear. No, they saw the Demon Coral darting and disappearing from that place but did not see Gentayu until now.

After the ‘hero’ tribute and title to Gentayu was completed, the warriors from Bambu Hijau immediately said goodbye to the Village Chief. Their task and mission in this village has been completed with the end of the terror of the mysterious death.

From their final conclusion in this mission, it was found that the villagers were indeed killed by the power of the inner force disguised as a ghost of the subtle lifethrower. The culprit is three people who were successfully paralyzed by Gentayu, Wanamar and Kardak from Bambu Hijau before. Then, shortly after being buried, their tombs were dismantled and their remains were made as undead. It was this undead that was then deployed to kill more villagers that night. Of course, during the act of creating the undead by the three ghost controllers is not known to the residents because they immediately replace the corpse in the tomb with a banana stem to fool the family and residents if there is a suspicious and dismantle the tomb back to check the whereabouts of the corpse inside.

Unfortunately, neither the village chief nor the warriors who gathered until now have known exactly who is behind all this terror and what their purpose is. The news of the undead, the appearance of the Devil's Coral and the terror of death soon spread throughout the Lamahtang region quickly.

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Actually funny too, making a novel with minimal readers. But I am grateful that even though the readers are not many, at least this novel is acceptable.

For that, I always say thank you to loyal readers, especially those who are diligent like and vote and criticism and advice.

Sorry can not provide as many daily chapters as expected**..