KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

The Attack on Palace VI

Upang Jenglot did not think much longer when he saw the enemy who destroyed the royal gate escape into the forest. He was carrying around four hundred warriors, should that amount be enough to destroy any power that had made such a mess. And so, without delay, he directed the whole army to pursue the enemy entering the forest in the darkness of night.

While the people being chased are actually part of the pigeon squad led by Benduriang. Their number was not as many as the torches brought, only eleven people. But in war, more numbers sometimes do not guarantee a victory.

The Upang Jenglot troops had entered into the forest. From the direction of the people they were chasing, the occasional throw of arrows and incandescent stones still continued to lead to the jenglot's army. They took the lives of some soldiers. While none of the arrows they released in return hit the target.

The torch light they were chasing was seen getting farther away because indeed their pursuit was not done using horses. They were forced to chase into the forest on foot because their horses had been crippled by an arrow attack before these troops exited the fortress gate.

A short while later the army had arrived in the middle of the forest. But the torches of the rioters they were chasing were no longer visible. Upang Jenglot seemed to squint his eyes observing something within the darkness.

The senopati took the torch from the hand of one of the soldiers who was not far from his standing position. Then walk towards something that caught his attention.

“A Archway?” Gumam Upang Jenglot. Likewise his subordinates who had now surrounded him.

“See! There's a trail, gusti.. Here, this must be the archway to the headquarters of those rioters!” Excited one of Upang Jenglot's subordinates excitedly.

Of course the captain of the squad thought that this time they got a good catch. Found the headquarters of the rioters!

“Come.. What are you waiting for!” Upang Jenglot said next as he went ahead walking with a torch in his left hand and a sword that had been drawn in his right hand.

They did not realize at all that the gate following the path they found had just been made this morning! True, the gate gate in the middle of the forest and the path was only made this morning by a pigeon squad to trap the troops who were chasing them. If they were to be a little meticulous, they would find a little bamboo remnant not far from that place. In addition, the vines that were made as if covering the archway were also slightly withered.

It turned out, the squads of pigeons had gone smoothly so far.

Upang Jenglot's troops walked a little quickly after finding the gate. They became enthusiastic thinking that the enemy would not be able to escape.

“Why do I smell castor oil huh?” Said a soldier who walked the very back of the troop.

“Well is it. The smell of castor oil! do you think our torches can light up with horse piss??” said the friend beside him chimed in. Then he was greeted by laughter from other colleagues near them. But of course they did not dare to laugh too loudly.

As their laughter had not subsided, there was suddenly a commotion at the troops at the front..

“AAAKKKK...!!”

There was the death of dozens of troops on the front. Those on the left and right sides of the path suddenly mired into something resembling a huge hole. Unfortunately, those behind him also had to be mired in the hole because they were pushed by a colleague behind them when they stopped suddenly..

“AWAS TRAP!!” shouted one of the retainers or captains of the troops loudly. His three friends walking side by side with him were the first casualties before the soldiers behind him.

It turned out, they were currently at a mouth of an abyss.

At least thirty soldiers were killed plunged into the ravine. The gap is now fully exposed after the left and right sides of the fake ‘’ path collapsed to the bottom. A deep rocky abyss, but not too wide.

“Sial!!” grunts Upang Jenglot realized he was being fooled. Now, he became wary after losing thirty of his soldiers, including three captains or retainers of his subordinates.

“Retreat!! We are back.” exclaimed from another part of the ravine across from his army.

But again, not yet closed the mouth of Upang Jenglot after ordering his troops to retreat, dozens of large stones the size of a horse carriage slid swiftly from the back of his army.

Two captains of the army at the back swiftly blocked the stone. They simultaneously jumped and aimed a punch with considerable deep force towards the two boulders that arrived first.

‘DAR!’

The large stones were smashed to pieces by the punch of the two. At the very least, they managed to hold back the four sliding stones by smashing them. However, on the next rock, when they jumped suddenly they fell slammed onto the ground.

Four arrows stuck on each of the captain's bodies that are now not warty. While dozens of soldiers behind him also collapsed, hit by arrows and incandescent rocks that are now raining down on the troops.

Large stones that were now unobstructed immediately slammed into the bodies of dozens of soldiers at the back. The atmosphere became chaotic. More then soldiers who had to fall into the abyss because encouraged by their colleagues who tried to save themselves from arrows and also large stones that continue to roll unstoppably.

The sound of death squealing screams rang out as huge boulders smashed into the bodies of the soldiers at the rear of the troops. The stones were partially stopped in the middle of the army. But some stones even continued to roll and grind up to the troops at the front before falling into the abyss, causing a loud sound of broken rocks crashing into the bottom of the abyss. While the arrow attacks are getting more intense.

Seeing his army being slaughtered just like that, Upang Jenglot was really annoyed. The man immediately jumped high past the heads of his soldiers followed by his three remaining captains. The four of them were now on the back side of the army. Dispelling arrows that continued to shoot from all directions, making the death toll of his soldiers continue to increase.

The position of the army is not favorable. They were at the low point of a basin, surrounded by huge trees with shrubs that perfectly hid the bodies of the attackers.

With his sword, the four black-flow warriors who shook senopati and the captain dispelled the arrow attacks that looked increasingly eased. Then the attack stopped and the atmosphere went back to silence. Leave the soldiers who were all injured, either due to being crushed by a large rock or pierced by an arrow or just broken bones due to being trampled by his partner who panicked.

Upang Jenglot clearly did not expect, his army would suffer such a miserable fate. But of course he also did not straddle, that in the royal fort the situation was worse.

Upang Jenglot is still on standby, with the position of turning back to each other with his subordinates.

“Quick! Leave this place! Backward!” his shout was immediately followed by the rest of the remaining soldiers. Currently, the number of those who had not sustained injuries was nothing more than a hundred people. While more than two hundred people were confirmed dead, the rest were injured.

The team moved to leave the ‘neraka’ in a hurry. Some don't even care about their injured comrades. They are fighting to save themselves. Return and take refuge within the royal fort walls.

But different things are being prepared by the warriors of the pigeon squads. They have indeed withdrawn from the ‘party’ massacre on the brink, but now they are preparing another party.