Queen Without Crown

Chapter 171 Uma And Mandala

"How can this thing be in my neck?" said Princess Juwita wonder.

"Thank God it's on you, so I don't have to bother looking for it anymore." Mandala chuckled softly.

Princess Juwita retreated, afraid to see the sharp gaze of the man.

"Give me, sweet child," Mandala persuaded with her hands up.

Princess Juwita tried to pull the strand that wrapped around her neck but it did not budge at all, instead her hands were like electrocuted and as if there was energy flowing into her bloodstream. His body suddenly stiffened and his head looked up.

"Why don't you take it yourself?" Suddenly Princess Juwita looked at Mandala with the corner of her lips forming a smile.

"Alright if that's what you want." Although somewhat surprised by the sudden change in attitude of Princess Juwita but Mandala just obey the request of the girl.

Mandala's hand flashed to pick up Mangal Arti which was coiled around the neck of the girl's level. But not yet his hand touched the object a hard slap had landed and made his body strayed.

"Ouch!" pekiknya pain.

Mandala's forehead frowned in shock because she did not expect that the girl would attack her. After all, even though it was just a small slap but the movement contained an enormous amount of energy.

"Mom?" A piece of tanya came out of Mandala's lips.

"Haha ... You still recognize me? Hmm, you're still the same as you used to be, Mandala. So you want to have this thing?" Princess Juwita stared intently with her lips still smiling.

Now in the eyes of Mandala, the girl in front of him seemed to be transformed as Uma. The man chuckled considering their last fight.

"Yes yes, I haven't changed. I still want that thing to make my power unparalleled."

"Cuih, you greedy bastard. I gave you everything once. Power, love and loyalty. But you don't know yourself." Princess Juwita stood up slowly. The flames in the middle of the room reflected in his eyes.

"You can call me that. But don't ever say any nonsense about that love and loyalty!" Mandala's face stiffened, her molars trembling.

"Ah, yes. Perhaps a cold-hearted man like you would not understand. There is only lust and greed." The palm of Princess Juwita's hand made a deflecting motion.

"Well, it's like I'm the only one guilty here. Why do you think I want the power of that thing?"

Princess Juwita screeched disdainfully. In his soul as Uma, there is still resentment and hatred for the man. The hatred was increasingly overflowing when now faced directly with Mandala.

"Don't say much, now I'm going to return you to the afterlife!" Princess Juwita's feet tracked the floor and her body nimbly jumped towards Mandala.

Mandala shifted her body quickly before the girl's fingers tore her body apart, but the wind accompanying the girl's movements made Mandala's body jerk. The man did not expect Uma to really mean to go back to kill him.

After failing to touch Mandala's body, Princess Juwita twisted her body while again launching an attack. The girl kept crashing in search of an opening to injure the opponent. But the still evasive Mandala movement made him have to admit that the man was nimble enough to be the size of a dead man for hundreds of years.

"You don't mean to play around like this anyway, do you?" Whisper Mandala when she managed to infiltrate behind Princess Juwita.

Duk!

"Oh!" The mandala grimaced as she felt the elbow of the girl elbow elbow elbow elbow elbow nudging her stomach. The pain spreads to the heart.

"Damn! Stop playing around, Uma!"

"So you want me to just kill you?" The eyes of Princess Juwita who was now turning red stared fiercely.

Mandala saw the girl raise her hands up. There was a kind of purplish shining energy ball that looked increasingly enlarged between the palms of Princess Juwita. The energy caused a gust of wind that was strong enough to blow away anything in the room, including wood that burned and now became coal.

Mandala tried to survive. The energy, although quite large but still lost far if it had to be pitted against the strength of the girl.

"You can say goodbye to this world for the second time" Princess Juwita said in a deep and horrifying voice.

The ball of energy grew bigger and rose upwards, preparing to crush its prey.

"I love you, Uma!" Suddenly Mandala exclaimed.

******

"Can you trace their whereabouts?" Eldrige asked with a huff. At the moment the Mandala trail is completely undetectable by him.

"Sorry, Eldrige." Miss Sekar shook her head slowly.

"Ah, even in the air I can't sniff their tracks," Eldrige said annoyedly. "May they cross the river? Ah, but it could have been that the man had passed this path yet because the jump was so fast and light that it left no trace."

"Eldrige, I think you should consider my advice."

"Meeting Queen Malea, you mean?" Eldrige looked at Miss Sekar who was also staring at him. The woman looked serious, as if it was the only way.

"No," Eldrige answered his own question then he turned around and stepped in the direction where he had come.

"Where are you going, Eldrige?"

"Finding the shaman. He must know where his master took Juwita."

Miss Sekar growled softly against the stubborn Eldrige. Whereas if Eldrige followed his advice, everything would be much easier.

"Wait, I'm coming!" exclaim that woman.

Eldrige is now back on the hill. Apparently the place was deserted and the shaman was no longer there. Eldrige was upset not a bitch, he should have been able to think fast earlier to pry the information from the shaman. But it's too late now.

"How's it?" ask Miss Sekar.

"Let me think for a second, Sekar." Eldrige tried to calm himself down and find a way out. Suddenly his mind opened.

"I'm going to see Grandma Divya." Without any warning Eldrige rushed to the palace.

"Sir, what's going on?" ask the wide-eyed young man.

"You seen Grandma Divya?"

"I saw him and his entourage enter his residence. But ... besides them I also see ..."

"Eldrige, I think I might be able to find traces of them!" exclaim Miss Sekar cut Eshwar's sentence.

"How's it?" Eldrige immediately turned towards the woman.

"I'll look through the dimensional hole. That way might be our only chance."

"If I still have my former abilities," Eldrige complained unintentionally and immediately made Miss Sekar smile happily.

"Come, Eldrige. We're not wasting time."

"All right, Sekar." After nodding Eldrige turned his head back to Eshwar. "Don't trust anyone in this palace. Keep a close eye on Grandma Divya."

Eshwar was astonished to hear the half-whispering speech of Eldrige. His heart wondered why he could not trust anyone? And why should he watch over the king's mother? Isn't that woman very nice? But given what he had seen, perhaps he should follow Eldrige's words.

"Well, sir," he said, though Eldrige may not have heard it, for now the man was stepping into the hole, which was suddenly gaping wide, and then disappeared into the air.

******

Princess Juwita stood stunned while the energy ball in her hand shone brightly. His hair was fluttering and his originally ferocious face was slowly softening. The words of love that Mandala uttered made her heart throb. Between pain and shahdu.

"I loved you from the first moment of our meeting and that never changed."

"Your words make me sick. You don't expect me to forgive you by saying those words."

"We ended up hating each other. But I still love you at the same time." Mandala stood resignedly in front of Uma's rampage.

"You hate me first. I'm like this because of your betrayal" the girl said.

"Shouldn't I have said those words?" dispute Mandala.

"There's no point in lying anymore, Mandala. You tried to kill me to master Mangal Arti. Your brain contains only greed."

"I am not a man who thirsts for power, nor for wealth. You should have realized why my attitude could change this way, Uma." The mandala stared intently with both hands clenched.

"Omong empty. In fact you want Mangal Arti to be the strongest person."

"That's because you slaughtered my whole family!" yells fierce mandala.

"Don't accuse me so much!" Princess Juwita's originally soft face now stiffened again.

"You are like a bloodthirsty creature who knows no mercy. Your descendants exterminated my entire village without leaving even an ant to live. Old, young, male or female. You're killing them all!"

"No! I never did. Don't accuse me so recklessly!" refute Princess Juwita.

"See this!" Mandala stretched out her hand, desperately trying to hit the energy vortex to show a golden badge.

Princess Juwita observed the glittering-looking thing in Mandala's hand. From his carvings he recognized him. It was indeed his badge, his descendant's mark.

"This thing is in the grasp of my mother who has become a corpse. Are you still evasive?"

Slowly both hands of Princess Juwita descended down along with the disappearance of the energy ball. The wind that was swirling and seemed to be trapped in the room was also gone. The things that had flown were now scattered.

"That's mine. But Mandala, it's .. not me. I never ordered my descendants to do such a thing." The eyes that looked red light now dimmed.

"Then whose actions?" sue Mandala's.

Princess Juwita stood pensively. The spirit of Uma could not imagine any of its descendants doing that. After all, that badge he kept in the same temple as Mangal Arti's storage. Only certain people can get in there.

"That little girl. Isn't he in charge of guarding your crib?" mandala asked as she remembered something.

"You mean, Holy?" Princess Juwita's eyebrows frowned. "Don't wander, Mandala. He's still a kid."

"Who else then? Your granddaughter Bramasta? Was he ambitious to be king?"

"No. Bramasta is a good young man. It's not him." Princess Juwita shook her head in light of her beloved granddaughter. Smart and polite young man.

"If not she means it is true that little girl," Mandala murmured.

"Ah, after I remember again maybe you're right too. Before I took my life, I told him to burn this Mangal Arti with my body." Princess Juwita fingered the thing that wrapped around her neck.

"Then why is it still there?" point Mandala.

"Mandala, are all your words true? Did I ... misunderstand you?" The girl's voice sounded doubtful.

"Didn't you know me very well, Uma? Can't you judge?" ask Mandala.

Uma knew Mandala while traveling alone. At that time Mandala was twenty years old and hunting. They then fall in love and after marriage Mandala follows Uma to Dewanata.

Although everyone respects Uma, but the other is against Mandala. They feel that Mandala just wants to take advantage of the woman. It had been revealed Mandala to his wife but Uma only considered Mandala too emotional.

"Mandala, I'm sorry." Tears broke down on Princess Juwita's face. His body then slid down with a piteous sob of regret.

Mandala immediately scooped up the girl's body and leaned her in her arms.

"I'm sorry for you too, Uma."