KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

The Red Dragon Sect

Supposedly, the journey from the village of Air Ketuan to the interior of the Kaling valley where the Red Dragon Sect is based takes two days to run quickly using the science of ‘Step Wind’. But thanks to Gentayu's increased strength, the trip only took a day and two nights without rest.

The forest once mentioned by his best friend's tiger spirit, Ryu, as the forest of separation between the Red Dragon Sect region and the Kaling valley region began to be seen at dawn yet to break. That is, Gentayu will pass through the forest at dawn and if there is no obstacle will reach his destination Sect before the sun rises above the head.

Gentayu decided to rest himself for a while before entering the forest. Even though during his journey Gentayu has been several times out and into the forest, but entering the forest territory of a sect will be different story.

Moreover, this sect was classified as mysterious. Of course there will be many obstacles when entering and exploring the forest. So, there is nothing wrong for Gentayu to prepare himself to face all the possibilities that will occur before entering the forest.

‘According to Ryu, the River where the Red Dragon bridge as the gate found in my cube stone map is located within this forest. Ah, why has Ryu not shown any signs of waking up, anyway?’ Gentayu muttered to himself, regretting his best friend who seemed unable to be awakened after the impact of the Devil's Coral attack a few days ago.

‘What can I do, I have to find the location of this sect myself.’ Gentayu stood up again after feeling well rested and filled his stomach with food that he brought from the stone cave gave the Lightning Finger Swordsman. Starting the journey in the morning is always more fun than when the sun is hot, he thought.

Gentayu again shot from branch to branch into the forest that looks never touched by man. Sunlight is almost unable to reach the forest floor because it is covered by dense foliage from forest trees. With agility, Gentayu leaped between branches and small twigs at the tops of trees. Surprised by herds of monkeys and birds on the move in the trees, the chaos fled. Gentayu narrowed his eyes as his ears heard the gurgling of river water flowing in the middle of the forest.

‘ Ah! It might be the river in question! Doesn't to go to the sect mean I just have to go up the river upstream or downstream to find the Red bridge across?’ Gentayu became very excited.

For a moment he had arrived at the edge of the clear water river. The river is completely clear. In fact, the actual riverbed was quite deep at some point it could still be seen from the surface. Complete with fish and other animals swimming in it.

Following his instincts, Gentayu chose to walk down the river upstream.

The steps are very fast treading among the grass and shrubs along the river path without anyone being stepped on. Yes, Gentayu did not step on the grass because his fast run with the science of ‘Step Wind’ is more like hovering than running in the real sense. However, not far away he was walking, suddenly dozens of arrows shot towards him.

Gentayu clumped in the air avoiding the arrows. He landed for a moment, before returning to have to leap to dodge more other arrows.

“Wait! Stop attacking!” Gentayu tries to talk to whoever the group is attacking him. However, the return was only answered with dozens of other arrows pointing back at him.

This time, Gentayu no longer avoided it.

‘Trak! The truck! The truck! The truck! Trak!..’

Dozens of arrows were immediately bounced when they touched Gentayu's skin. Mostly even with a broken condition.

Gentayu action was effective in making the party who attacked him stop launching the next arrow. Before long, from behind the trees and even from the peaks, about five dozen people were seen carrying bows with them. They don't wear uniforms that show their identity. ‘Are they hunters?’ Gentayu.

“Sorry, Gentlemen. Who exactly are these gentlemen?” Gentayu asked the identity of his attacker.

A young man who was more or less the same age as Gentayu jumped down from one of the branches approaching Gentayu. Apparently, this narrow-eyed young man was the leader of the group. He was the only one among his colleagues who did not wear a face mask.

“Shouldn't we ask that, Ki ki kanak?” The young man looked at Gentayu full of probing. “ What is the purpose of ki Sanak wandering in this forest?”

Hearing that, understand Gentayu will be his position.

“Oh, then please forgive me for entering this forest without permission. Am I dealing with a Red Dragon Sect member?” Gentayu who was trying to digest the situation then tried to guess the identity of the group before him.

“You're pretty smart, kid! Right, we are members of the Red Dragon Sect.Now explain to us, what do you mean by wandering around this forest? Do you mean to spy on us?” The young man replied still with high vigilance. It was seen that his hand was still on the handle of his sword even though his bow had been attached to it behind his back.

Gentayu's face immediately seen sumringah hear his guess was not missed.

Hearing the name of elder Shou mentioned as the reason for Gentayu's arrival to that place, the entire Red Dragon sect members then descended and surrounded Gentayu, but remained with high vigilance. Their hands are not separated from their weapons.

“What did ki sanak say? Kisanak came with elder Shou's message?? What is the proof that kisanak actually met our teacher?” ask another man who looks more senior than his face. It seemed like he was representing his comrades as Elder Shou's disciple. He was the second person to remove his face cloth.

“This!” Gentayu showed me an identification badge handed over by elder Shou while at Physician Mo's house.

“What?? This....ini.this is...” The man who originally asked immediately glared at the sight of the badge which of course recognized him.

“This really is a teacher badge!” he said half-calling to his comrades who were immediately closer to them.

“Then, where is the teacher now? What the hell happened to him? Say!” The faces of the disciples of elder Shou who numbered around six people from all the members of the sect turned full of anxiety. They of course suspected, that something bad had happened to his teacher.

“That's why I'm here. Can you take me to meet the Patriarch or whatever his name is, your leader? Elder Shou asked me to just deliver his message to him... how?” Gentayu once again asked to be reunited with their sect leader. Indeed, that was the message from elder Shou when he asked Gentayu.

The fifteen people then looked at each other.

They nodded their heads to the young man who seemed to be the leader of the group. “Alright!” Short words.

“Master, who was it?” The young man did not seem to be able to remember Gentayu's name when he was introduced.

“Gentayu”.. Answer Gentayu short.

“Alright Mr. Gentayu. Forgive our disrespectful attitude earlier” The youth leader of the group paid tribute to Gentayu as a sign of his apology.

“Ahahaha. I think, that's a reasonable attitude Brother...... “

“Lin Huo, tuan” the young man immediately connected Gentayu's hanging speech by saying his name because he had not previously introduced his name.

“Yes, brother Huo. I think your attitude is normal as a vigilant attitude. Moreover, I heard that the black-flow groups were now starting to move. So, I cursed him. No problem” Gentayu said while cupping both palms in front of the chest to all those present in that place.

Gentayu deliberately mentioned a small piece of information about the movement of the black flow group, but not in detail because the information should have been conveyed directly by their own Matriarch. (Although Gentayu himself had thought at first, that the Red Dragon Sect was led by men as was common to a college and other sects on this Great Golden Island). However, that piece of information was immediately able to make the faces of those who were there appear worried and more alert.

“Saudari May, please take our guest to Matriarch. Don't forget to rejoin immediately after Matriarch deigns to meet Mr. Gentayu.” Lin Huo gave directions to one of his members.

The person whom Lin Huo called Sister Mei turned out to be a slim-bodied young girl. By wearing a face cover that is no different from men as well as clothes that are not at all clothes for a girl, a stranger will not realize that the ‘May in question is a girl.

Gentayu immediately followed the girl towards the river. Tracing the banks of the river with ordinary walking, do not use the science of lightening his body.

The location of the Red Dragon Bridge which is touted as the gate of the Sect was not too far away from where Gentayu was greeted with a rain of arrows. The young girl who was asked to be the guide turned out not to go to the Red Dragon bridge that Gentayu suspected they would pass but instead turned into the other side of the forest before the location of the bridge was located.

The girl stopped in front of a dead square-shaped well measuring about three fathoms wide on each side . It is called a dead well because it is not a well that is used as a water source. The young girl then walked to one of the other sides of the square-shaped well. Suddenly, from within the well slowly appeared up to the surface of something rectangular the size of a well mouth. That something turned out to be pieces of steel plate.

The girl named Mei (her price is not yet known) immediately put her foot on the surface of the steel plate and asked Gentayu to follow her. After both of them stood on the steel plate, the steel plate slowly came back down and went into the well. As it turned out, the well was the entrance and possibly also the exit of the sect's location that was somewhere out of nowhere.