KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

Ryutaro Sinju's

“Master, where is the other master's luggage? Why does it look less? Did something happen while I was sleeping, sir?” again the voice of the tiger spirit asked as the boat had advanced.

“Hey, you are a tiger spirit what is a dog spirit anyway? Why so chatty? Isn't that tiger spirit supposed to be quiet?” Gentayu absorbed the tiger spirit that sounded noisy since waking up asking him many things.

Gentayu did that so that he did not get more confused because there were too many strange things to think about.

But instead of silence, the tiger spirit spoke again “ You know, that I used to not be a demon? Yes, I was originally not a demon but a warlord of the Nidama Empire 300 years ago. I was trapped in a magic formation while leading an army against a group of black-flow warriors controlling the undead. We actually managed to repel the enemy. But while pursuing the remnants of that group I accidentally activated an ancient magic formation in that place that was created for whatever purpose. That magic formation is what separates my body from my spirit. My body was left behind in the abyss of death while my spirit was thrown onto this island on the red dragon bridge. I myself do not understand, whether in reality I am dead or not because in fact I have not gone to the other side. My spirit..” This tiger spirit sentence was interrupted because Gentayu immediately interrupted.

“Wait! The Red Dragon Bridge? Where is it?” Gentayu suddenly became very enthusiastic.

“Red Dragon Bridge is located in an inland forest of Kaling Valley. That bridge was the path to the Red Dragon college. A college whose people came from the Middle Continent from the Han tribe. They are from the Huang region. They were the ones who helped me get the body of the black eagle as my spirit container, before I transferred to the body of that tiger.” tiger spirit explained.

“Deepness of Kaling Valley? Then how can you move the container? Is it like a demon who infiltrates humans?” Gentayu asked further.

“It's not like that sir. Because it seems, the influence of the magic formation that separates my body from my spirit is what works and moves my spirit from one container to another.”.

“Eh, then do you expect to take over my body after this? Don't expect.!” Gentayu became worried.

“No sir. I just hope in time the master will escort me to my body if it is still there. Because actually, I was already able to master and control that magic formation. Now I am nothing more than your slave sir. Such is the destiny that stealth animals must live against humans.” The demon spirit answered Gentayu's worries.

Gentayu took out the heirloom cube from the wagon bracelet as if it had emerged from a vacuum, After which he inserted his jade pendant into a hole that was on one side of the cube.

‘Click’

Then the cube changes shape and displays the image of the sun. Under the sunlight, the cube shone and displayed a map back.

“Please note this map. Is this what you recognize as the Red Dragon bridge?” Gentayu asked by showing the map of the cube to make sure everything was correct.

“True sir. That's the Red Dragon Bridge. And I know the way to get there” The tiger's spirit answered convincingly.

“Eh yes. I almost forgot, What's your name?” the question that should have been asked from the beginning just came out of Gentayu's mouth

The tiger spirit wanted to laugh amusedly before replying, but of course he could not do it to his master. “My name is Ryutaro Sinju. Ryu”

“Good. I don't want to think of you as my slave after hearing your life story. After all, a General is not worthy of being the slave of a captain, is he? In that case, I will call you Lord Ryu, and you call me Genta only, without using master.We become friends only, agree?” Gentayu ended the discussion, and was soon approved by Ryutaro Sinju. Better to be friends than masters and slaves, they thought.

“Now, Mr. Ryu, show us the way to the red dragon bridge and it becomes the first destination of our adventure. You ready?”

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Elsewhere, on the same river upstream. The attackers who turned out to be a combination of 4 black-flow groups were very angry that they could not immediately return to the headquarters or continue their journey immediately. Supplies of food that should be enough to eat them a week following their boat were destroyed by only one person.

The leader of the coalition of the four groups, Mpu Jangger is a heretic hermit with the equivalent of a magic swordsman. His anger culminated in allowing the young man he was supposed to kill easily as he saw him on the battlefield but instead escaped and ruined the entire plan of the group to continue their mission.

“Then you intercept all the merchant ships that cross this river! We will stay here until tomorrow morning. The rest use a raft. The plans for the alabaster Valley attack and the red dragon must be put off again! Right now, we better head back to our respective headquarters! Basic useless! Slow it down!” Mpu Jangger snorted in annoyance. The planned attack that had been carefully prepared had to be changed again.

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On The Boat.

Gentayu finally found a clue as to the peculiarities surrounding the environment of the lake and his teacher.

‘Hmm. It looks like my guess is right. The stone might just be a gate or portal to another world, a world where the silver master resided. I'll prove it now.’

He took out the black stone he had taken by the lake this morning from a bracelet. And then it's a little bit of his inner power, sure enough. Soon the energy of space-time felt increasingly enlarged around the stone and a moment later, the boat and its contents had moved and returned to the edge of the lake this morning. Exactly in the same place.

‘Hmm..so how it works. But it should be, if my estimation is correct then the time in my world is currently at a stop and slowing down. That is, the two hours I in my world left this world could have been here had passed a longer time. I'll see.’ Gentayu rushed out of his boat after pulling him over. Walking towards the mainland, precisely to his teacher's house.

His forehead wrinkled when he saw the condition of his teacher's house, but his lips smiled to find that his guess was correct. The Silver Moon swordsman's house looked fragile unkempt. Some of the walls have broken down, here are some of the roofs have also been released. Like a house that has been abandoned for months. Similarly, when his eyes swept the yard and noticed the garden which is now a bush is not taken care of.

Gentayu stepped into the hut, and found a letter on the table. The Silver Moon Swordsman's teacher was a medicine and poison expert although it was not his main skill so it was natural that the letter was not weathered in termites because it had been covered in certain liquids as preservatives.

‘Gentayu. I'm sure you'll soon understand how this rock works. I'm passing it to you. Take care, and you can use it as a place to train yourself well. The energy layer in the air in this place is more concentrated than other places in general.

Your teacher will meet you when you live long. During that time, keep trying to become stronger’

Gentayu folded the letter again after reading it. He smiled, walked out of the hut, smiled then knelt down and prostrated three times toward the building that looked like a mess. He immediately returned to his boat and out of the world back through the black rock on the boat.

That was when Ryu's voice came back.

“Why am I asleep again? It seems, lately I've been sleeping a lot.it's really weird"

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