KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

Black and White

The Lamahtang royal center.

That morning, Mpu Jangger in his residence looked agitated. Time and again the swordsman with the title of heretical hermit appeared to be pacing back and forth in the courtyard of his residence. Some soldiers who greeted him when passing had become the target of the anger of the Mahapatih.

This was the eleventh day from the day he sent three female teliksandi to gather information from the Duchy of Bone Mesuji. However, they did not return to bring news. Even the ten chosen soldiers who escorted him did not return on the tenth day as instructed.

Shortly afterwards, a handsome, narrow-eyed man was seen entering the training gate. The gatekeepers who saw him bowed respectfully, pointing out that the handsome young man had an unusual standing. He was Qiao Shen, the youngest senopati who oversaw the teliksandi affairs of the current Lamahtang kingdom.

The favorite student of Karang Satan titled ‘Satan Without a Face’ was bowing respectfully in front of Mpu Jangger who had been waiting for him. Mahapatih wanted to hear the good news from his senopatya.

“How, Shen? Has there been any word from your men?” Mpu Jangger is directly on the subject. Unceasingly stale made the young man in front of him slightly swallow. Eventually, the young man made a sound.

“Ampun, Gusti. Until now, there has been no news from them.” replied Qiao Shen a little afraid because he memorized the character of his boss's anger. Be prepared for the worst possible outcome.

Eve in the room suddenly warmed up. Then it slowly gets hot, and it gets hotter. Qiao Shen understood that the Mahapatih in front of him was furious.

Preparing with the rage of anger he was about to receive, Qiao Shen intended to prepare an energy shield to defend himself. But it was stopped considering that this middle-aged man before him was his superior. Fighting him would only get him in even bigger trouble.

Finally what was feared really happened.

Without warning, Mpu Jangger hit the young senopati body in front of him.

‘BLAR!!’

Qiao Shen was thrown from where he stood and hit the wall of one corner of the room and broke down!

The man fell violently in the training ground. Now there is a large hole in the wall of the building that passed by his body just now. Holding his tight chest, Qiao Shen tried to get up. Thick blood filled his mouth and seeped flowing from the corner of his lips. The blood did not come from her broken lips, but from the inside of her body. The young senopati coughed, then wiped the blood with her sleeves.

“I never liked the news of failure! You hear that?!” Mpu Jangger said as his right hand choked Qiao Shen's neck and lifted him up high. It seems that man did not want to let go.

“Hkk.. hampunhk.. Gus.. htihk.” Imperfect words as a result of suffocating out of the young senopati's esophagus.

“Remember! If it wasn't for you being Uncle Coral's favorite student, your life might not have survived!” He said while throwing Qiao Shen's body into the center of the courtyard.

‘Brugh!’

His body was thrown to the ground. The handsome man vomited blood shortly afterwards. His breath was stingy, his chest felt tight. Of course because Mahapatih it did hit him with one of his internal power. Although it was not his best blow, Qiao Shen accepted it without preparing himself.

“Call All College Chairmen and Professors. Meet me here later in the afternoon!” His command to the senopati who had risen again with the staggering. Mpu Jangger paid no more attention to Qiao Shen's situation and soon passed. The Main Palace Complex was his goal. He wanted to talk about something to the Devil's Coral, a person who was actually more powerful than the Exorbitant Scavenger King who was just a puppet to them.

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They've been walking for almost the whole day. Their stomachs are not filled at all. They kept going despite believing that no one was chasing them now until they had to stop at the edge of a great river that could not be crossed without a boat.

“We rest first. Walking aimlessly like this sucks once!” Panunggul Sewu.

The silver-robed young man in his two-fifth year looked at the vast water of the river. The river across there is barely visible. It was late afternoon when they stopped.

While his sister, Pandan Wungu did not say anything. Her face that was actually very beautiful seemed to imply a piled up annoyance. His lips pouted, his cheeks bulging, his breath hunting due to the impulse of resentment and disappointment.

“This is all because of that damn seal!!” He was upset a moment later.

“Already.we accept fate only. We go home free. Father will not forgive us this time.” The brother looked tired on his face. Then lean on one of the trees nearby. His face looked up at the sky.

“Currently, I miss my late mother, brother.” Pandan Wungu lirih. His eyes began to water.

“If mother were still there, she would definitely not force me to be a swordsman like now..hik..” the girl is now starting to cry. Sitting on the forest floor filled with dried leaves that had begun to rot while holding his knees. In their current condition, the person who saw it would think that they were not warriors.

“Already, sister. We just live out our destiny now. Regretting oneself and lamenting fate is useless. He will take care of you in place of our mother. But at this time, we will not be able to go home before bringing back the cursed seal.” said Panunggul sewu trying to strengthen his sister.

“But, brother.. I really don't want to live like this. fight, kill, be ruled.” protest his sister. Tears had completely flooded his cheeks.

All this time, the girl had never been interested in becoming a swordsman. The girl did not like the harsh world. His birth mother, Nyi Gandasih, was a gentle warrior. The character of his mother is inherited by Panunggul Sewu and Pandan Wungu.

Despite being the wife of a black school figure, Nyi Gandasih is actually a swordsman of the white stream. In order to save the family property in the form of a book of magic and save the villagers from the massacre, he was forced to accept the proposal of Ki Renggolo.

Members of the Nine Blood Devils originally intended to earth the charred village to find a sacred well that is believed to be the place where the sacred book is stored. Nyi Gandasih fought desperately to fight against the scorched earth efforts which meant the slaughter of the population.

Seeing the beauty of Nyi Gandasih, Ki Renggolo's heart was finally captivated as they faced off. With the lure of liberating the villagers, finally Ki Renggolo managed to get Nyi Gandasih. The village remains safe until now. In the village, Panunggul Sewu and PandanWungu were born and raised.

Actually, all this time without the knowledge of Nyi Gandasih, the search for the Book continues in the village. Various means and magic have been deployed, but the results remain nil. Ki Renggolo and eight other colleagues concluded that the existence of the book in the village was just a myth.

Nyi Gandasih raised her two children with great affection. Even though his marriage to Ki Renggolo completely without love. Until the children formed a character that is much different from the warrior character of the black stream.

The arrival of Panunggul Sewu for the first time to the former Red Dragon Sect some time ago was also driven by his affection for his only brother. Pandan Wungu was then forced to be punished for being considered negligent to keep the demon seal. Panunggul Sewu then acts to reclaim the seal and free his sister from punishment.

His second coming this time was in order to redeem himself from punishment. A month ago Pandan Wungu escaped from the Palik Tapak Nyi to learn the science of Rontek Swamp as his punishment. The older brother was forced to follow his younger brother, trying to regain the seal from the Red Dragon sect in order for their father to release Pandan Wungu from punishment.

They wanted to run away completely from their father, but their feelings as a child prevented them from doing so.