MASSHIAHSAGA - THE POWER OF TWO KINGS

THE ARCHER GOD OF NUSANGGA

The low cheers of the audience returned during the day. The Colosseum is getting crowded with increasing numbers of visitors who swell because they want to see the final match. The committee itself was forced to ask the help of the sheriff of Turan city to secure and control the audience that boomed that day.

The hall is now occupied by only four people. Havard sat cross-legged while hugging tachi Norimitsu, in the southeast corner, near the clothes rack with Do Quo who was also sitting propped up his slightly bent torson with both elbows on his knees. In the south corner, Sinhalese stood on his back. His gaze was sharply directed at Havard.

In the east corner stood an athletic man bare-chested, and wearing only knee-length tights clad in a sarong made of smilodon leather. A large belt with a metal clasp carved stealth head wrapped around his slender waist. His neck was wrapped around a large prayer beads that hung down to his stomach and his upper arms were wrapped around bracelets. The man's hair was long up to his back and part of it was bunched up. On top of the bun there is a crescent moon decoration. A large bow clasped in his sturdy fingers. Andong contains an arrow draped on his left waist. A short spear with a trident was slung behind his back.

The voice of the host was heard loudly filling the air around the colosseum which was packed with spectators. On the announcement sign, which contestant will fight whom.

Nuzlan and Selena look at the sign and realize that Havard got the first match against a man named Rudra Sarwa from Svaradwipa, an island of the archipelago Nusangga located in the Southeast Ocean. Do Quo gets the second match against Sinhala from Shamvala.

"Against Havard this time is no joke" said Nuzlan. "People from Nusangga are famous for their high martial skills and strange style."

Selena looked at Nuzlan anxiously and then directed her gaze towards the arena. Before long, there appeared two contestants who were greeted boisterously by the tel audience except Selena and Nuzlan.

Havard took the western point while Rudra Sarwa took the opposite point.

There were warnings starting from the referee and the match jury indicating that the match had started. This time, Havard unsheathed two swords and mounted sturdy horses.

Suddenly Rudra charged forward with swinging his bow at Havard's face. Havard swiftly crossed his curved sword in front of his face and managed to fend off the flick of the bow that Rudra cast.

Havard advanced swinging both of his swords blocking Rudra from approaching. Havard's deft movements formed a curtain of sword illusions irritated Rudra and jumped away.

"Are you able to defeat this greatness of the Hardhan Bow, Havard?!" yelled Rudra furiously.

In a backward hovering position, Rudra pulled out an arrow from his andong and attached it to the bow then aimed at Havard.

SWINGGGS....

The arrow shot out of the bow. Havard waved a long sword about to slash the arrow. But Havard was surprised to realize that none of his swords had hit the projectile, leading Havard to rush aside his head. The arrow passed a few inches almost scratched the skin of his neck.

Rudra landed softly on the floor and smiled sinisterly watching Havard stand in a watchful manner as his neck had just been almost torn apart by an arrow.

Havard crossed his swords back in front of his chest and mounted the horses. Rudra stood upright grasping the Hardhan Bow.

"This is Manikmaya's Bow from Kalash." Rudra promoted his weapon. "This weapon is actually a twin, like your two swords. One was used by my own teacher, Resi Amoghasidhi of Pesanggrahan Ganatundra."

"I don't need your gun promotion!" reply Havard. "Let me be as strong as you!"

Havard advanced and jumped while swinging his two swords. He exerted his strength causing his movements to cause a roar of violent wind like a whirlwind.

"Hm... draped sword curtain*****pachet.." exclaimed Nuzlan then gazed at Selena who was glued in awe gazing into the arena match. "Did he ever show you his sword techniques?"

"There are, some.." Selena said without turning her head. "But this style, I've never seen it."

Nuzlan turned back towards the arena. Rudra snorted and jumped to the side then took aim again.

SWINGGG....

PRAKKS...

The arrow that Rudra slid violently struck ****** the pickaxe, but it was slashed and broken into two pieces. Rudra growled furiously. He pulled out this time five arrows that were mounted on his proud Hardhan Bow.

SWINGE...SWIJINGGG...SWIINGGGS...SWIJINGGG....SWIJINGGG...

PRAKKKN...PRAKKKN...PRAKKKN...PRAKKKN...PRAKKS...

The five arrows attack did not change things either. All five were broken by Havard's two swords.

"Dammit!!!" yelled Rudra with wrath.

The man then stood up straight. The free hand is held in the air while the fingers form a certain mudra while the hand holding the Hardhan Bow is directed in front of the chest with the bow standing. The man's lips look pawky.

"What's he doing?" exclaim Selena. "Did that man let himself be cut down by Havard and cast a spell of death?"

Nuzlan squinted his eyes. Rudra, who had finished reciting the spell, grabbed the bowstring and stretched it out, aiming towards Havard who was temporarily spinning like the wind****pick.

"Why did he aim his bow without arrows?" selena burok. "I think he's crazy!"

Suddenly from the stretched bowstring came a beam of light that turned into an arrow of light. Selena was surprised not to play.

"What's that?!" he cried with surprise.

Nuzlan was no less surprised. The audience cheered with admiration. Rudra squinted his eyes at Havard.

SWINGGG....

The man took off his bowstring. The arrow of light shot toward******pachet that wrapped Havard's body.

BUMM... AACHH...

There was a huge explosion when the light arrow hit the wind****** the pickaxe. A moment of blinding engagement and a moment later missing showed Havard lying in pain on the arena floor, several meters away from where Rudra had set foot.

"Havaaarrrd.." cried Selena anxiously.

"Quiet Selena!!! Relax!!!" sela Nuzlan was no less worried. The two sat quietly watching Havard lying in pain.

Fortunately, the two swords did not escape from his grasp. That was why Rudra did not approach him to end the man's life. He was worried, Havard just pretended to be in pain and suddenly got up to attack him.

The cheers of the audience were heard again throughout the colosseum. Havard slowly got up and got up to his feet with a stagger trying to repel the explosive effect brought about by the clash of those light arrows with his body.

With an irregular breath, Havard again put up his fighting stance. Rudra nodded with a smile.

"good. I love your spirit!" his praise. "I am also not excited if my opponent has fallen before I present all my best moves."

"What style was that??" ask Havard while adjusting his breathing.

"Cahya Warastra!" rudi replied with a proud smile. "One of the styles of the Ganatundra..." The man nodded his chin towards Havard. "How does it feel?"

"Sufferably enough." burles Havard though he felt pain all over his body. Being hit by the study feels like being hit by a lightning bolt. Every joint of his body was painful.

Rudra laughed because he saw firsthand the effect of the study on Havard. His opponent only mocked him and pretended to be strong.

"I will defeat all your archery! Get everything!" havard exclaimed with a mocking smile.

"We only have one chance..Why don't we gamble?" reply Havard.

Rudra grunting. "All right! Face it this time, Skill of Pasopati!!!" exclaiming the man raised his hand upwards and his fingers formed a certain mudra. Then he stretched out his bowstring and aimed towards Havard.

Havard developed his sword-wielding hand. Suddenly from the outstretched bow appeared again a glowing white arrow.

"Pasopathy!!!!" rudra exclaimed loudly as he shot the glowing light arrow.

Havard leaped to the left dodging the light projectile then charged back towards Rudra. But how surprised Havard was when he saw the arrow of light turn and chase after him. The man growled and was forced to dart here and there trying to avoid the weapon.

Rudra laughed loudly. "You think you can escape that arrow? He was chasing your body aura. You can't avoid it!!!"

Havard pias heard the man's testimony. He growled again. Havard was forced to issue the moves Katsunoshin had taught him.

This move utilizing the wind created an illusion of a body similar to the original. Suddenly Havard's body split in two. The two broke away and attacked Rudra from two different angles.

The arrow of light finally chased after one of them and rained down Havard's virtual body.

BUMM....

There was an explosion but not a blinding one. Mayan body of Havard lost to the arrow of Pasopati. Rudra himself had already prepared himself. As Havard approached, the man sheathed his bow to his back and pulled out a short trident spear and advanced towards Havard's attack.

TRANGGGS... TRANGGGS... TRANGGGS...

The sound of guns clashing was heard filling the air of the colosseum combined with the stuttering voice of the audience and sponsors who gave support to their respective gacoans.

Rudra occasionally countered back, thrusting a trident spear into Havard's defensive line.

TRANGGGS... TRANGS... TRANGGGS...

Havard made use of it swinging his two swords from the bottom, upward. Rudra also swung the short spear of the trident slapping the two swords.

TRANGGGS....

Rudra's body was thrown into the air but he was able to adjust the balance of his body as if he was floating in the air. The man took out his bow again and stretched out the bowstring, utilizing his trident short spear as an arrow.

"Receive this, Havard!!!" exclaimed Rudra untying his bowstring.

SWINGGGS...

The short, trident-feathered spear dived rapidly down towards Havard. Deftly he threw the short sword into the air towards the rapidly sliding spear.

STOOP...

Havard was shocked to realize that the short sword was broken while the short spear of the trident bounced and fell outside the arena. Still on the air. Rudra cast another spell and brandished his hands with fingers to form a certain mudra and called for the manager.

"Dashapasa!!!" exclaiming Rudra took an arrow from andong then put it on a bow and aimed at Havard then released it.

The arrow that Rudra slid suddenly broke the test into ten rushing arrows. Havard was forced to twist his arch sword into a round of sword curtains.

TRUCK... THRAKKK...

The ten arrows were broken by the sword. Many times Rudra chanted Dashapasa, spending most of the arrows in his trunk.

Havard managed to dodge the arrow attack though not all of it. Five arrows had stuck in both thighs, left arm, right back and damaged the right.

Rudra landed softly on the floor while Havard plucked out all the arrows stuck in his body.

"Havard.. if you can't, just give up.." sizzled Selena. He could not see the wounds of the arrows on Havard's body.

Rudra looked at Havard with a mocking smile. "Stop fighting. I will end your life without pain." said the man took another arrow and put it on his bow.

"Gambling's not over, man." said Havard. "I still have the last dice for you..." The man then turned the horses into batto-jutsu style horses.

Rudra shook his head with a smile. "Bas stubborn." he muttered then aimed an arrow at Havard.

"Take it... Brahmatsya Arrow!!!" exclamation Rudra. The arrow was suddenly turned into an arrow rod that ignited the fire.

SWIJINGGG.... BURRTR....

Rudra released an arrow lined with Brahmatsya teachings. The arrow of fire shot out giving rise to the rumbling of a deafening sound. The spectators who were not used to hearing a loud rumbling sound finally pressed his ears, not least Selena. Nuzlan himself endured the pain of his inundation due to the effects of the fire arrow that shot while roaring.

Accompanied by a shout, Havard exerted his inner strength. The man's body suddenly shot out sharing the lightning that struck. The fire arrows themselves did not hit the man and touching the outskirts of the arena caused a violent explosion. The edge of the arena was shattered.

Rudra could no longer cast a spell because Havard was suddenly in front of him. There was nothing the archer could do except to straddle the Hardan Bow protecting his head and chest.

TRAKKK!!!!! ... EEHHHH????

Hardhan's bow was broken in two by Havard's tachi Norimitsu. Rudra was surprised not to play.

"No way!!!! My bow is strong!" it was hysterical.

Havard stepped forward and his leg slammed into Rudra's stomach, sending him slamming a few meters away and out of the arena. Directly, according to the laws of the game, whoever falls off the stage of the game is defeated.

The crowd cheers were heard again. Rudra painstakingly got up. On the sidelines, Havard crouched.

"You okay, buddy?" ask Havard.

Rudra looked at the man who was squatting on the edge of the stage of the show. Havard reached out.

"Wake up a hotshot." he said. "You've earned the respect of the audience."

Rudra finally smiled and reached for Havard's hand. Both then rise.

"Ah, Hardan's bow has been broken.I have been forced to accept punishment from Resi Amoghasidhi for breaking the weapon belonging to King Manikmaya of Kalash.." lamented Rudra with a wry smile.

"The bow is one of the best weapons displayed in this arena" Havard said.

The two contestants smiled and laughed together to mingle with the cheers of the audience that filled the entire colosseum.[]