The Blue Swordsman

Demon Country

The strong cold wind seemed to resuscitate Patih Pramana if he had been in a different place. "Have you arrived?" Said.

"Open your eyes sir, we've arrived.. sir.are you okay?" I heard Wanara calling many times.

Patih Wanara just heard Wanara's voice, his ears felt deaf as if filled by the whispering wind. Wanara who realized the state of Patih Pramana this time he took to fly across other dimensions also understood him.

Patih Pramana began to open his eyes and clearly saw the bearded old figure who was already standing before them, "what is he named Shenkara" His inner being later.

"So you're the one who has managed to master Ajian Atmaanjana?" Shengkara said as he looked at the Patih from toe to head, judging at a glance about the figure before him.

"Hemh. and you must be Shenkara, I was shown the figure of Shengkara in my hermitage but not in a form like this", Patih Pramana wondered why Shenkara chose to be an old figure who looks weak.

Shengkara just laughed at the words of Patih Pramana, "You don't need to bother about my form, who wants me to know if you are really ready to master Ajian Candanisukma?" He said while staring questioningly trying to find a speck of doubt in the eyes of the Patih.

But the gaze of Patih Pramana was not shaky at all, there was not the slightest doubt in him that was already filled with passion and ambition in his heart, "I was ready from the beginning!" Reply sure.

Shenkara and Wanara stared at each other as if they were talking in silence then exchanged small smiles.

"You may be ready, but of course you do not know the conditions to be able to master Ajian that I will lower.."

"Any condition I will do to be able to master the Ajian" replied the Patih full of arrogance. "What are the conditions I need to do that?".

"You must be able to get used to and ascend a day in a stealth country" said Shengkara stating the conditions that Patih Pramana must do.

"Just a day??" Patih Pramana seemed to take these conditions lightly.

"Yes enough a day, if you are able to do it then you are one step closer to being able to create the Black Sword that you want all this time" Shengkara seemed to smile at the Patih who seemed to be trivializing, because Patih Pramana does not yet know the difference in time between the occult and the real world.

Patih Pramana laughed at the condition that he considered easy, "Of course I am able" he replied in between his laughter.

"But there is something you must know that the situation in the land of demons is not the same as the situation in this real world..." Shengkara emphasized the tone to his words, perhaps out of annoyance with the Patih's trivial presumption.

"What do you mean?" Tanya Patih Pramana stopped her laughter.

"Holding my hand I will show you for a moment the state of the demon country" Shengkara seemed to extend his hand towards Patih Pramana.

Patih Pramana followed the order, and when he held the hand of Shengkara he suddenly felt he had moved. At this moment the Patih saw the state of the demon country, a barren land so hot lay before him. And in the present place, Patih Pramana felt difficulty to breathe, his breathing felt tight. In addition, his entire body also felt heavy, as if a large stone weighing all over his body, to lift and see his hands alone he felt difficulty. Patih Pramana is like a floundering fish trying to survive on land.

A moment later, Shengkara was seen clasping Patih Pramana's hand because he saw his face that looked pale. The Patih's consciousness was recovered, he had now returned to the real world, his breath seemed to hunt and sweat soaked his forehead.

Patih Pramana seems to be rearranging his breath trying to control himself, trying to recover consciousness from the state he just experienced. "So that's what it's like to be in a demon country" his heart said when it managed to calm down again.

Seeing that Patih Pramana was still silent, Shenkara continued his explanation,

"That's how you will feel during the hermitage in the demon country, you must be able to survive and get used to it. That is why to be able to master Ajian Candanisukma you must have mastered Ajian Atmaanjana. Because without it you will certainly die while trying to get used to the land of stealth".

Shengkara did not mention any possible injuries inflicted on the human body, while trying to enter the demon country. Trouble breathing is just the beginning, a moment later the veins and heart will break, his eyeballs as if they will be forced out of his eyelids. Because Patih Pramana has mastered Ajian Atmaanjana torment it will not kill him but still he will feel the pain.

Wanara who had been listening to the silence felt there was less explanation from Shenkara then he said something else that Patih Pramana should know, he said,

"One more thing, sir, the difference in time that you will pass in a stealth country is certainly not the same in this real world"

Shengkara seemed to nod towards Patih Pramana when he heard Wanara's words, he realized he had not said that.

"Explain what you mean" Patih Pramana said, looking even more confused.

Wanara then explained everything, one year in a demon country is approximately equal to one hundred years in the human realm. That is why humans assume that demons have a long life, when in fact what happens is because of the time difference. A demon who spends a year alone in nature means by humans to be considered if the demon is a hundred years old.

It was also what initially became the reason for the evil of the Demon in humans. How can a creature so fragile, so far even who always get many blessings from the gods. The growing malice turned into hatred, hatred that eventually made Wanara and Shengkara ever try to destroy human civilization in the world.

Patih Pramana looked blankly at the dark, as if he was trying to gather confidence.

"So when I go there for a day, it means that in this world I have been gone for a hundred days?" Ask later.

"That's how you are" replied Wanara asserting the conclusion of the Patih.

Of course the matter of time is not what Patih Pramana is currently worried about, but the way to be able to make himself survive in the demon country is enough to make him doubt. But giving up is not something that characterizes Patih Pramana, his blood is now even more turbulent as if something in him encourages him to continue forward.

"I'll do it, I took the test too lightly. Now I am fully prepared" he said after regaining his spirit.

Shengkara and Wanara looked at each other, then exchanged smiles again. Satisfied with the response of the Patih.

"Alright, now Prepare yourself well" said Shengkara told Patih Pramana to take a seat cross-legged. Then the two also took the same position behind the Patih, they held the shoulders of Patih Pramana. The mouths of the two seemed to cast a spell, and a moment later the body of the three disappeared.

The first attempts of Shengkara and Wanara to try to destroy human civilization have indeed failed. But now they have a new plan. A plan that would cause destruction for man. One sinister plan, which only the two of them currently know.