Queen Without Crown

Chapter 156 The Unexpected Situation

The surprise attack in the middle of the night was a success. The Dewanata soldiers were successfully pushed back. The entire palace was as if gripped by a force that weakened both physically and mentally at once.

Therefore, the number of troops of Prince Awang who only amounted to several thousand seemed to multiply in number so that the soldiers of Dewanata intimidated.

"Say where is the princess?" Prince Awang's voice resonated in the room where he kept King Badre and Bagas. He was furious when he did not find Princess Pertiwi.

"He's gone. Even if you kill me I won't tell you. I don't want you to take my son."

"Just calm down, your wish to die must be granted. But before that you have to tell me where Princess Pertiwi is."

"Cute, not wise." King Badre spits towards Prince Awang.

"Huh, still arrogant as you seem." Prince Awang rubbed the saliva that stuck on his forehead. "We'll see when your daughter can hide."

Jadukari Daalal Nath who was sitting cross-legged in the corner suddenly rose. The horrible grin on his face meant that something was satisfying to him.

"I've found the girl, Your Majesty." The shaman's words made Prince Awang extraordinarily happy. King Badre's face suddenly darkened.

"Don't try to approach my daughter, b*j***an!" King Badre jumped and lunged at Prince Awang so that the cold-hearted man was stranded.

Both Prince Awang's eyes darkened. His emotions really peaked due to King Badre's treatment.

Jamb.

Suddenly Prince Awang drew his sword into King Badre's waist. King Badre was shocked by the sudden sting of pain. Both King Badre's eyes were wet and red from enduring the unbearable pain. Blood spurted as soon as Prince Awang pulled out his sword.

"Bad savage base!" Shouted Bagas while trying to hit Prince Awang. But his body immediately collapsed as soon as Jadukari Daalal Nath clasped his hands in the air.

Bruk!

The young man fell down and had trouble waking up again. Not only because of the fall, but also because from the beginning both hands were tied back.

"Well, it's time I went to pick up my bride." Prince Awang wiped the tip of his sword covered in blood with a white handkerchief.

Bagas shouted furiously at Prince Awang who was completely indifferent to him. The young man then inched closer to King Badre who was sitting drooping holding his wound.

Prince Awang and Jadukari Daalal Nath were no longer willing to waste time, they immediately left the room. A few guards stood in front of the door. But when it came to the palace courtyard, there was something that made their eyeballs widen.

Their mercenaries who had managed to paralyze the Dewanata soldiers, were now pushed back by a wave of invading Alsatian-flagged soldiers and Watu Ijo.

"What are they doing here?" Prince Awang suddenly riled. Especially when he saw King Gaurav who led the soldiers of the two kingdoms.

Prince Awang certainly did not expect the arrival of King Gaurav and his troops. He began to suspect whether his rot in Alsatia had been exposed.

"Jadukari, those people are very dangerous and can mess with my plans. Take me to where Princess Pertiwi is. After marrying her, there's nothing else they can do because I'm the one who's going to ascend the throne."

"Your Majesty." The shaman nodded. Then he closed his eyes while casting a spell.

Suddenly from various directions, thin smoke came and grew thicker and thicker covering the two. It was as if the incense smoke that had been spread by the shaman was now being pulled back.

The smell of incense stings the nose and makes Prince Awang feel dizzy. The smoke even now enters his nose and infiltrates his lungs making him short of breath.

But slowly the smoke was thinning, as well as the lungs of Prince Awang also became more loose. When his breathing had stabilized, he was startled again by the strange sight he had just witnessed this time.

They were walking through the walls of the palace and through the gardens and forests. Prince Awang's body felt as light as a feather and seemed to be pulled somewhere.

You can see the river that turns. His unmoving feet seemed to pierce through the river water that glittered in the sunlight.

"Where are we?" Prince Awang asked without being able to open his mouth. Even so, the magic shaman next to him seemed to understand his words.

"We are passing through time and space to where Princess Pertiwi is." Jadukari Daalal Nath's voice penetrated his mind.

Before long they had penetrated the forest where an ancient temple where the princess hid. Their arrival was completely undetectable. The soldiers on guard didn't even realize that two intruders were passing through their guard.

"You're here." Prince Awang murmured when he saw a girl standing in front of a statue of a god.

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Eshwar who woke up upon hearing the roar of battle immediately ran outside. He searched for Eldrige but could not find him. The young man then walked quietly observing the situation.

The whole palace is ruined. In the palace temple, the corpses of the shamans were scattered. The mood is really gripping. A very different situation than before he fell asleep. He became anxious because he did not know what he had missed.

"Where is Mr Eldrige?" Eshwar continued to walk cautiously.

He saw the battle in the palace courtyard. He immediately saw the most striking-looking Eldrige. The man was fighting against some mercenaries.

Eshwar was eager to help his master but he had absolutely no martial arts. Finally he could only help pray for Eldrige to survive. Watching the tall man swing the sword nimbly, a sense of pride arose in his heart. His master was indeed a knight.

But as soon as the thought appeared, a feeling of shame for being useless appeared as well. Finally Eshwar returned to the palace, trying to find a way just in case he could do something useful.

Set him up in a place where several guards stood at the door. He was curious about the room. Seeing that the guards' clothes were not Dewanata soldiers' uniforms, then he assumed that they were the enemy's side. The young man twisted his brain to get into the room.

Finally he went to the palace kitchen. It's a little quiet there. He immediately unpacked the food supply and found the remnants of the dish cake last night. Take one to taste.

"It's still good." He muttered while picking up another one and eating it. For some reason, in front of the delicious food, his stomach became hungry.

After finishing a few pieces of cake, Eshwar put the cakes on a tray. Then he searched the tables and found a mousetrap.

There was a pinch of grated cheese-like white powder in the trap. Eshwar smiled looking at the thing he was looking for. The powder is zehar, a poison commonly used to eradicate rats.

"What are you doing here?" A guard asked in a loud voice as soon as Eshwar approached.

"I'm told to deliver food to gentlemen." Answer with a thumping chest.

"Who told you to?" Ask the guard.

"I was told..Your Majesty." Eshwar replied somewhat doubtfully as he did not know who their master was.

"Haha.. It's great that you've considered Prince Awang your king." The guard laughed happily.

"Let's enjoy the food Your Majesty gave." The four guards immediately picked up the cookies that Eshwar had brought.

"That's lezat. This must be the usual food that nobles eat." The guards chewed and swallowed the cakes unsuspectingly. Because it tasted so good, they took the cookies again until the tray was empty.

Suddenly one of them started frowning while holding his neck.

"Akkk.." The guard was suffocated as if his neck was being strangled. His body then collapsed and cornered. Foam came out of his mouth.

Seeing that the other three guards immediately threw the cake they were holding and spewed out the rest of the cake they were eating.

"Nonsense, did you poison us?" One of them shouted while glaring at Eshwar.

Eshwar shuddered in horror before the three angry guards. He moved back and tried to find a gap to escape. Body shaking.

Plaque!

A loud slap landed on Eshwar's cheek until the tray he was carrying fell off. Her cheeks were hot and sore.

"I'll kill you!" The three soldiers came to Eshwar with n**su kill.

The beleaguered Eshwar felt that his history was over. Regret the ridiculous decision to poison those guards.

When they moved to attack Eshwar, suddenly their esophagus was burning. The three men were holding their necks. Their throats were blocked until tears welled up in the corner of the eye. Shortly after from their mouths came out foam.

The bodies of the guards fell into a corner. Their lives seem to be being pulled out of their bodies.

Eshwar shivered at the horrifying sight, especially noticing that it was all the result of his actions. Today was the first time he had killed someone. This will haunt him for life.

"I'm sorry." Eshwar said in front of his four victims.

After some time, he ventured between the corpses and opened the door of the room in front of him.

He was aghast as soon as he saw Bagas sitting crying over someone dressed as a magnifier.

"Master?" Call Eshwar from the door.

Bagas looked up with a crumpled and wet face. Eshwar immediately ran over.

"Sir, what's going on?" Ask Eshwar again.

"He is King Badre." Bagas lirih.

Hearing that, Eshwar was shocked. Apparently the guards he had killed had seized his king.

Eshwar immediately opened the rope that bound Bagas. Once freed, Bagas soon approached King Badre and untied him. With his knowledge, Bagas checked King Badre's pulse.

"King Badre is alive." His words made Eshwar able to breathe freely.

"Help me to heal King Badre's wounds. Please find a cloth to cover the wound." Pinta Bagas on Eshwar.

Eshwar immediately searched the room for cloth and found a silk head covering. He immediately gave it to Bagas.

Bagas was examining King Badre's wounds and affixing the medicine he always carried in his clothes. With Eshwar's help, Bagas wounds King Badre.

"This is all I can do right now. Please boil this potion with five glasses of water until the water shrinks to one glass. This medicine is useful for stopping bleeding and drying wounds." Bagas gave Eshwar a packet of medicinal herbs.

"Good." Eshwar immediately rushed into the kitchen carrying out Bagas' orders.

"Baa.gas." Suddenly King Badre who had fainted had begun to roar.

"Slow down Your Majesty." Bagas helped King Badre sit down.

"Fast after my daughter." King Badre painstakingly tried to speak.

"She was in an old temple in the forest of Tulsi. Hurry.send him before.the evil shaman finds him." King Badre's voice was so weak.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will bring back Princess Pertiwi at all costs." Bagas looked at King Badre solemnly.

Shortly after, Eshwar came with a glass of medicinal herbs.

"Please take the medicine to King Badre. I have an urgent need. Guard this king of yours with your life!" Bagas said to Eshwar who instantly made the chariot driver's heart pound with excitement.

"Good Sir. Don'worry. I'll keep King Badre with a life bet." Answer Eshwar.

Bagas then bowed respectfully to King Badre, then stepped away.