TERRA EMPIRE: ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR

Episode 49: ERUPTION OF ANAK KRAKATAU

The report sent Constable Valdano was quite a relief for Mr. Janus. The success of SFPD brought down the mob******* at Machina Factory and how Abel Felaini was warned not to make things worse with her press, it is a mission that is completed well because without involving unnecessary commotion.

As he predicted,******* who attempted to hold Howard Tramp hostage were the shah's Iranians. The proof of Abel Felaini's conversation with the ****** was named Amir Bin Khalif and the article written by the journalist was the basis for him to then continue the information to Prefect Cointa. He hoped that the woman could more firmly reprimand the leader of the country in his territory.

Clementine Cointa immediately replied in the form of a text message to Auris,

‘R√ It's part of Shah Iran's past orders,’

‘R√ When he told me to avenge General Sulaimandi's death and the destruction of Abadan,’

‘R√ Can't blame him. He gave the order before meeting me,’

‘R√ Thank goodness he failed to kill Tramp,’

‘R√ If Shah acts up again, I'll come down and teach him a lesson myself,’

Mr. Janus smiled angrily at the reaction of Prefect Cointa. The woman is always reactive, in the sense of a little self-defense, facing these kinds of things. She replied to the woman with a short answer,

‘S√ Better be so,’

‘S√ Make sure he's not sweet-faced in front of you alone,’

Additional information from Valdano is interesting but due to the success of the mission to maintain world peace is of primary concern, Mr. Janus only skimmed a glance, and immediately saved it to the file folder in Auris' memory when he felt the vibration. Even though the tremors were happening at once, the water in his drinking glass swayed. Making Mr. Janus was aware that the vibration was coming from the bottom of the earth, which was quite deep in its location.

If there is a ground vibration that causes such an effect in this region, then most likely the epicenter is in the Sunda Strait. Just thinking about the Sunda Strait, Aurisnya received a message from Balin Pasi asking him to meet the man at the foot of Mount Krakatau as soon as possible.

A request that he could not possibly ignore, especially when it came from Balin. The man headed to the Transporter Room which was one floor with his study after giving orders to his men to activate the machine. Just a few minutes inside the Transporter tube, Mr. Janus had already moved to the place he wanted at the foot of the child of Mount Krakatau.

As far as the eye can see, the island that became the cornerstone of Mount Krakatau is filled with coral and gray sand that is a former volcanic ash from magma that settles from hundreds, maybe even thousands of years. Plants in the form of weeds and weed bushes thrive in parts that have hardened for thousands of years, but the region is still only decades hit by volcanic eruptions is still in the form of barren land blackened.

Mr. Janus immediately took out a handkerchief in order to hold the smell hanging in the air, it was the smell of sulfur and ammonia that could make anyone unfamiliar with it faint. The sting is really nose-piercing, the bad luck of the sea breeze that blows from the east further adds to the shortness of breath.

So this is what Balin often faces in order to keep this part of the earth here from collapsing. Not something fun, but if this is his job then he must have been accustomed to something like this. The man deserves to be rewarded, thought Mr. Janus.

Rather Mr. Janus wished he hadn't been there too long. Unfortunately the person he was looking for had not been seen the trunk of his nose so it is impossible that he just left. So he sent a message through Auris,

‘S√ I've been in Krakatau, Where are you?’

‘R√ Wait a minute,’

Even though it was an impenetrable wind, the sea level began to rotate at the direction of two hours from its position. As the earth's shock hardens, the flowing water currents collapse to the bottom of the sea before continuing with a phenomenon in which the surface of the water forms a trench, which continues to split from the hole in the middle of the ocean to the shore where Mr. Janus.

Not even the seawater that formed the shards of the trench had disappeared, there was a loud hiss, like the hiss of a steamer chimney, only louder and more terrifying. Anak Mount Krakatau suddenly exploded smoke that is not only in the form of gas but also loaded with dust and solid material. The burst lifted up what was inside the belly of the mountain, which then formed a thick cloud that was challenging several meters from the end of the mountain in the air.

The sky that had been filled with sunlight turned into a dirty sky where the dense and hot clouds not only made the temperature around the place rise instantly, but it is also increasingly dangerous for living things that are still around. Not to mention the molten lava that began to seep from the lips of the mountain and is ready to******* land with a fiery liquid.

Anak Mount Krakatau exploded once more, this time louder than before, and seemingly to the end. The lava that followed the explosion spewed not only sulfur smoke gas but also a human figure that, although initially only as something vague, gradually became real. The human figure floated in the air lightly, his right arm that was pointing upwards grasped the object that was releasing the flame and it seemed to be a restraint that allowed the person to slowly descend the ground gently in the air.

The body and face of the miraculous man were covered in volcanic dust but once it landed on the ground, the figure of the man was recognized by Mr. Janus as Balin Pati, Prefect of Archipelago Territory. In the hand of the long-haired man the shoulder was clutched seven notched keris thirty-five centimeters long which still radiated a flame from the base to the tip.

“Don't worry, Nagasasra is in control. The shock will soon stop completely,” reprimand Prefect Pati while pointing at his dagger and then tore. “Heil Terra!”

“Heil Terra!” Mr. Janus retorted. “You've streamed everything?”

“Taste so.”

“Will there still be a possibility of follow-up?”

“No. But that's not what I'm worried about right now. I don't know how long this method can still last,” Prefect Pati put the keris back into the sheath.

“How bad are things in there?”

“Do you see how the flow of sea water was cut?”

Mr. Janus nodded, “I think next will be a tsunami.”

“It could be so if I'm late. The scale inside actually reaches 7 on the Richter.” scale

Mr. Janus was wide-eyed to hear that, “Gruesome once!”

“Not only that,” Prefect Pati continued, “I had a thorough mapping before you came. May I show you at the hologram?”

“Bby! Send to Aurisku now.”

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