Light 1: Sandekala

Parmoun

It's thursday. There are still four days before my summer vacation ends. The new time shows at 06:00 when I go down to the first floor. I found my brother preparing to go to work.

"Sister, may I come with you to Vereyon?" my many.

"Where are you going?"

"Nekala Village. There's something important I have to do" I said slowly.

He's not asking me anymore. Looks like he understands what that means.

"Then get ready quickly."

I didn't forget to wear that watch. I hope it gives me strength.

"Mom, I'll go first" I said.

Now I'm not worried about me much. His expression was mediocre when I said I would go to that village again.

"Sorry, Dane! I can only take you here" said Ronny as we arrived at the crossroads between Nekala village and Nekasan village-Teny village.

"It's okay. I can walk."

"Then I'm gone. I'm late, "he replied.

I'm nodding.

The distance I had to travel was 1.5 km to reach the village on foot. I'll be heading to Shanty's house as soon as I get there.

"Sir, where's Shanty?" I asked when her grandmother greeted me.

"He's in the back."

I slowly walked to the back of the house. It sounded like someone was hitting something.

I saw him there.

Shanty was practicing boxing with banana tree trunks that he stuck to bamboo rinses. Many banana stems are collapsed. He must be training hard.

"Hey, Shan!" my broom.

"Dane, who are you here with?" tanyanya while searching the trunk of the banana tree.

"Self," I replied. "So, when do we leave?"

He stopped his training.

"Wait for me at home. I'm gonna go take a shower first."

He came out from behind the curtain. It looks more beautiful than when I first saw it. His long black hair was neatly combed back. She was wearing a pink shirt with light blue pencil pants that seemed to match her. Her appearance this time did not show that she was a village girl, but a city girl who was on vacation in the village of people.

"What do you see? Let's go!" said.

"Where is your grandfather's house, Shan?" ask me on the way.

"I don't know. But if my uncle's house is not far from Nekasan village" he replied. "I don't understand what my grandmother said. Why did he say that my uncle was my grandfather?"

"Why indeed?"

"Of age it is impossible. If my mother was alive today, she would be 36. As for my uncle, I was only 26. If he's my grandfather, it means my mother was born before my grandfather was born."

Our journey is very far. But I don't see Shanty exhausted. Maybe because he was used to going up and down mountains like this.

From a distance, I saw him. There's only one house there. Among the pine trees. The shape of the house reminds me of something. A tube-shaped house of natural stone arrangement with a window next to the door.

Shanty knocked on the door. And someone inside who opened it, let us in.

Name's Parmoun.

I don't wonder why Shanty was confused when his grandmother said his uncle was his grandfather. His face was too young to be considered a grandfather.

"There must be something important that you want to talk about to the point that you bring someone else here" Parmoun told Shanty.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Look, there's something I want to know first. Why did Grandma say Uncle was my grandfather?" ask Shanty.

"Sindia said that? There must have been something very important until he revealed the secret."

Syndically? Must be Shanty's grandmother's name.

"So, is that right? You're my grandfather?" shanty asked to make sure.

"Yes." Yeah."

"But how is it possible?"

"The story is very long."

"We still have plenty of time to listen to it."

Parmoun fell silent before saying, "Sindia must have told you this. 50 years ago, we fought to exterminate all of Sandekala from this world. But we failed. Many victims have fallen. And Sindia was one of his victims. Sandekala made a transaction with me as the last survivor. They can revive fifty of my dead friends for a huge fee - I must spread the Sandekala's existence and give my son's soul to him."

"I haven't heard this story from Grandma" Shanty said.

"He told me that before" I said.

"What?!"

"Your mother's fate is the same as mine, Shan. You see my eyes? These are not my eyes" I said showing them. Parmoun watched my eyes closely. "This is why we wanted to see you."

"Then how did Uncle get to be like this?" shanty asked Parmoun.

"Your grandmother thought I was allied with the devil. But you can't get me wrong, Shan. I'm like this because of that creature. He kept my age from increasing and removed all the signs of aging in my body from then on. For me this is not a gift. But it's a curse I have to live with," he said.

"For me to have more time to spread them all over Java Island" he replied.

"Are you still in contact with the Sandekalas?"

"Before all Sandekala is destroyed, I will remain this way. I don't want to have to help them. If I don't, they threaten to do something really bad to the world."

"Actually, our purpose in coming here was to ask for weapons. We'll exterminate them" Shanty said.

"How many people are with you? You won't make it if it's just the two of you" Parmoun said.

"How many guns do you have?" my many.

He looked at us seriously and motionless for a while. Then he put away the tablecloth that covered the table in front of us. It turned out to be a box. He unlocked the box and revealed the contents inside.

The sparkle of gold, silver, and bronze mixed with natural rocks of various colors dazzled our eyes.

Those weapons are more luxurious and bigger than I imagined.

Shanty tried to take the biggest weapon of all. With a length of 1 meter and a width of 15 cm, the sword looked like a giant slaughter knife.

"All of these weapons are made of victory metal. Gold, silver, and bronze" Parmoun said.

"Why did you use those metals to make weapons?" my many.

"First, you need to know who your opponent is and what his weaknesses are. Sandekala, in fact they are weak and easily defeated creatures. But, the number of them is not small that will make you difficult. This weapon is a sacred weapon. Made by foreigners who came to this place decades ago. These weapons have their own power. If your determination is strong, you will easily use it and defeat the Sandekala quickly. With all three types of metal used to make these weapons, you can defeat them instantly" he said.

I watched the weapons carefully.

"The "weapons are enough for 12 people. Choose the best one and the rest give it to the people you're going to bring."

My eyes were immediately fixed on a sword in the chest. With a length of 1 meter and a width of 5 cm. I seem to have seen the shape of that sword.

I accidentally saw a necklace hanging around my neck. The shape of the sword was the same as my necklace pendant.

I raised the sword. It turned out to be quite heavy. But I was amazed to see that Shanty did not mind raising a sword that was much larger many times that of the sword I was holding.

"That weapon you chose?" ask Parmoun to me and Shanty.

"Yes" said Shanty, trying to swing his sword with one hand.

"Do you mind, Shanty?" my many.

"It's pretty heavy. But if I practice, I will get used to it" he replied.

"The weight of these weapons is between 2 to 20 kg. You have to be careful in using it" Parmoun said.

I looked carefully at this JN-shaped sword in my hand.

"The sword was once used by a Dutch woman in the war against Sandekala last time."

"Then, which weapon did Uncle ever use?" ask Shanty.

"None of these weapons. In the past, there were 50 guns here, but all that was left was this."

"Are Grandma's wands and Mother's weapons included in those 50 guns?" ask Shanty again.

"Yes." Yeah."

I looked at those weapons. There was a line of words engraved on each of the weapons.

"CLAS, what does that mean?" my question showed me the word engraved on the sword I chose.

"That's called. Shortening of the Clairvoyance Sword. All of these weapons have names. People used to believe that if an object was named, it would have its own power."

"On my sword it says EDOE" said Shanty.

"Edge Of Evils," Parmoun replied as he picked up a shabby tome that was inside the crate. "Read this book. It can help you use these weapons to the fullest."

I flipped through the contents of the book. There are pictures of weapons and their names on it.

"This is a book written by myself. It will explain how to get the 'Kinzoku Light' out of your sword" said Parmoun.

"Kinzoku Light?" many wonder.

"A light that appears because of determination, passion, and strong courage. The Kinzoku Light is the light that comes out of the metal of your weapon."

"I once saw a light come out of Grandma's wand as she fought the Sandekalas who came to the village. What is Kinzoku Light?" ask Shanty.

"That means you already know the effect of that light. It will help you when you fight. But it's not easy to bring that light out of the metal" Parmoun said.

"We'd better get out of here! We have to tell the others immediately" I said.

"sure."

"But how do we carry all these weapons?" ask Shanty.

"I don't know. Let's just take it tomorrow. I'll get Ian to take her."

"Yes, okay."

From outside the house there was a horn. We went out to see who was there.

Apparently, he was sitting on a motorcycle with a helmet still attached to his head.

"Did I miss something?" tanyakanya.

I'm just smiling.

He came right when I needed his help.