The Blue Swordsman

The Eternal Fire Village

Summer sunlight broke through into the Birama forest, forming a thin and sloping light through the breeze-blown branches. The silent atmosphere, the words spoken by the Wind Atmic instantly reminded them of a mysterious figure who was trying to obtain the Black Sword.

"Is anyone able to explain" Bayurajata said in his large, deep voice.

They were still silent, Riswana and Nadira looked at each other then looked towards Rajendra. Because it assumes no one wants to explain, Riswana also took the initiative to open the conversation, and,

"Some time ago we had a bad feeling, an unmistakable sign that someone had succeeded in mastering black magic, Ajian Atmaanjana" Riswana tried to explain what he knew.

Bayurajata was shocked to hear what Riswana said, but he tried to hide it.

"That forbidden test?! , How could not Prabu Mahesa have killed a demon that could bring down that knowledge?" Bayurajata said after calming himself.

"There are two possibilities why Wanara was still alive today" replied Adanu interrupting the conversation that was happening.

"You Asuras certainly know more about that, didn't you guys take part in the hunt for the two demons!!" Bayurajata looked towards Adanu, seeing his great figure he also knew if he was one of the Asuras.

"Yes, and at that time we felt that we had succeeded in killing both, the first possibility was that they could rise again because they mastered Ajian black magic but the possibility was small" Adanu seemed to remember the events of that time.

"Why is that?" Bayurajata scrunched his forehead.

"Because at that time we not only killed both of them but we also burned them to ashes" Adanu tried to convince his explanation.

"Then the second possibility?" This time Rajendra interrupted the question because he felt he had to know more about his enemy candidate.

"The second possibility in my opinion is that they have apparently sacrificed another demon that deliberately changed its shape to resemble the two of them, and I think that's something that makes the most sense" Adanu replied without telling if at the time of the incident he did feel a little strange because the two demons managed to be easily defeated and almost without a fight.

They were all speechless thinking of the words from Adanu, it seemed that they all agreed with that opinion.

"If that is so I am sure that at this time the person who has managed to master Ajian Atmaanjana is trying to find Shenkara or it could be that he has found it and is trying to master the second black magic, namely, if he succeeds...." Bayurajata paused for a moment as if he did not want to say the thing he was afraid of, he sighed and continued his saying "The world must be ready to face the destruction it will cause..!!".

A huge wind suddenly blew shaking the branches of trees above them to throw leaves to the ground, the momentary atmosphere became a gripping silence.

"But of course we must be ready to prevent the worst" replied Adanu who did not want to linger in a dramatic atmosphere.

"Yes I know, because now there is someone we can count on to prevent the worst!" Bayurajata looked at Rajendra, and the others followed.

It is undeniable that the fate of the world is now borne by a person who matches the Sword of Lightning on his shoulders, a figure that is none other than Rajendra. Whether it is a coincidence or something that has been arranged by the gods, now Rajendra must be ready to bear the burden of the destiny he carries.

Feeling that all the views were directed at him Rajendra also felt a little nervous, but slowly his belief rose. He felt that this was what someone who was endowed with great power should bear, confidently saying "I am ready to protect this world from destruction, anyway, I won't let that happen..!".

"I'd love to hear your words, but it would be nice if we were to find another Atmik soon, but shouldn't the Atmik Tanah be with you?" Said Bayurajata who now realized that he did not feel the presence of Darani there.

"Yes, of course before we intend to free you we have been trying to find the Atmic Land, but apparently there is someone who freed him first" Riswana tried to say what he knew.

"It seems like there are other powerful humans who got the blessing of the god to free the Atmic Land" Nadira continued Riswana's explanation.

"Hemh. something interesting, of course that person has known a lot about this world in the past, and I am sure at this time he has also prepared something to prevent the destruction of mankind" Bayurajata tried to guess, but it sounded more like a hope than a mere guess.

"Is that right?" Rajendra replied doubting the opinion of Atmic Wind.

"If there hasn't been any chaos, I'm sure that what I'm saying you can believe" Bayurajata looked at Rajendra trying to convince him with the glare of his eyes.

Feeling the look of confidence from Bayurajata's eyes cast doubt on Rajendra's heart. He looked at everything there one by one and he now felt much more excited to feel the presence of powerful figures who were ready to help him prevent the destruction of this world.

"So what we have to do as soon as possible now is to immediately find the Atmic Fire.Of course we do not want if the enemy gets ahead of us" Nadira told the others.

"Yes we have to be quick or bad things will happen sooner" Bayurajata chimed in on Nadira's words, "and where is she now?" he continued to ask questions to Riswana.

"Atmik Api was in the village of Wiyati, precisely on a volcano called Prabatunu". Rishvana answered them.

"I've heard little stories about the place, according to what I heard the village was in the western part of the country" Rajendra said as he tried to recall a story he had heard from the residents.

Rajendra felt that he had heard of the name of the village, he remembered a story that told about a place where there were many craters that spewed lava and fire all the time. And throughout his memory the name of the place was the village of Wiyati, a village dubbed the village of eternal fire. Although with such circumstances but the village is still inhabited by many residents because of the fertility of the land. Now it becomes clear to him why there are so many volcanic craters in that place.

"And what do you know of that story?" Bayurajata's question seemed to represent another one.

"They told me about a village that had many craters, and if I didn't get it wrong, it was dubbed the village of eternal fire" Rajendra replied.

"A proper nickname considering that we now know about the existence of Atmic Fire in that place" Adanu expressed his opinion.

"Now that we know where our next destination is, it would be nice not to delay the time to immediately go to the village of Wiyati". Sela Bayurajata while stepping close to herself with the others.

"If that's the case we should go back to my place, you can start preparing everything from there" said Adanu as he stepped up and took everything in.

Without having to answer again they followed Adanu to his house. A goal to find the Fire Atmic was already before them, although they did not know what kind of aral they were going to face but none of them would be able to block their intentions.

The sun began to sink, the twilight light slowly encircled the Birama forest, leading some birds to fly back to their nests.