The Blue Swordsman

The Carani and the Sastrika Warriors

Prior to Rajendra and Bayurajata's arrival on the sky island, their plans were known in advance by the Queen who led the island. Both of them have now been brought to a kingdom and are being welcomed by Princess Laksmi. After introducing herself as the Queen of the kingdom at the place now she is seen talking to Rajendra,

"Where do you know this place?" Ask Laksmi's daughter to Rajendra.

"I get visions from Ajian that I'm good at" Rajendra replied honestly.

"What's that test?" Princess Laksmi asked with a probing look

"Ajian Bajlasukla" Rajendra said.

"Surely you learned it from the Asuras" Queen Laksmi tried to guess.

Rajendra was again shocked, he never thought if the Queen could know many things in the world. He increasingly felt like immediately knowing what creatures they really are. A little awkward he forced to ask her,

"Where does Princess Laksmi know? If I may ask who are you really?"

The Queen stood up from her throne,

"We are the Carani, we were already in the world even before the Atmics were created. So it's no wonder that I can know about so many things in your world" Queen Laksmi explained proudly who they really are.

Now not only Rajendra was surprised, Bayurajata also felt the same way. He now feels he has got an explanation about the reason why he does not know the existence of the sky island.

"And do you know why I have taken the Prabatatunu mountain upon my kingdom?" Princess Laksmi asked Rajendra again.

"Hamba doesn't know Princess.." Rajendra is now deliberately demeaning himself after finding out if he is faced with the Queen of creatures who get many gifts from gods.

"All I've planned is for me to see you..!" The Queen revealed a faint smile "And finally today you have come".

Rajendra was completely out of his mind, his breathing was stifled, he was unceasingly startled by the words Queen Laksmi had spoken to him. In her small heart she asked, "Is this Queen Laksmi a god who knows everything?". After a long silence calmed his heart Rajendra looked towards the Queen and asked,

"What is the importance of the Princess to make such a plan just to meet the servant?".

"There's a lot I want to tell you, but I'll start by telling you the history of the Carani. And one by one all my purposes for meeting you will be known". Then Queen Laksmi invited Rajendra and Bayurajata to sit down. He then began to tell about the Carani tribe in the past.

Long before humans began to build civilization in the world, the gods had already created the Carani tribe. When the Carani tribe was still the majority population in the world, many gods were still often descended into the world. So close was the tribe's relationship with the gods, did not rule out the possibility if they were direct descendants of the gods. Judging from the form and power they have can even be said if they are demigod creatures.

The worker caste does its duty to gather fruits in the forest to meet the needs of the entire Carani tribe and the duty of the warrior caste is to ensure that their tribe is far from threats and dangers. The Carani tribe is also endowed with a long life, they can live more than a hundred years.

When humans finally grew rapidly and filled the civilization in the world, this tribe slowly began to pull over, they lived deep in the forest and mountains. Although they actually have the power to fight and rule the world, this tribe has absolutely no ambition to do so. The Carani prefer to live in peace and tranquility regardless of human life which continues to narrow their territory.

But when human greed began to run rampant, and wars to expand the territory between kingdoms often occurred, their peace began to be disturbed. Burning forests that humans do almost every day in the end makes the limits of patience Carani tribe exhausted. The queen of the Carani tribe began to piqued herself then wrath.

But because the Queen of the Carani tribe does not want their existence in the world to be known, the Queen finally creates an indestructible army. A group of troops that are eternal and do not have that feeling is named Warrior Sastrika. The army was eventually sent for the purpose of stopping the war and confronting human greed. The army could easily defeat all of them, but the repercussions caused by the army were beyond the expectations of the Carani Queen.

Not only did it defeat the soldiers of the human kingdom, but it also wiped out and destroyed whatever they crossed. In an instant nearly half of the human civilization of that time had been annihilated by the Sastrika Warrior. Seeing the destruction done by the troops of his creation, the Queen of the Carani tribe felt guilty, he then turned the Sastrika Warrior into stone and buried it in an undisclosed place.

To make amends, Queen Carani takes all her tribes and makes a new civilization in the sky. He deliberately took his people away so that humans could start building a new civilization in the world. To reduce her guilt The Queen also often gives help to humans, she often orders her soldiers to do magical things for humans without the knowledge of the world. Until now the Carani tribe is still living on the island that the first Queen created. And Princess Laksmi is the third Queen to lead since the first time their tribe existed.

Rajendra and Bayurajata listen to the story that Princess Laksmi tells solemnly. They did not want to miss a single word that came out of the Queen's mouth.

"What I'm telling you is only partially, at least you now know about our history. And now I'm going to say my first goal is to see you.." Queen Laksmi was silent for a moment, seeming to be choosing what first thing she wanted to say.

Princess Laksmi finally chose to say the thing that worried her the most, which was about the Sastrika Warrior. He who realized about the existence of someone who managed to master Ajian Atmaanjana then remembered the story of his mother. It is said that when the first Queen created the Sastric Warrior herself in cooperation with the Demon king who is as hateful as humans.

When they finally managed to create that deadly army, they then turned on the Sastrika Warrior with a spell. In his incantation they also ordered the Sastrika Warrior to only submit and be controlled by the owner of two objects namely the Black sword brought by the demon king and the red Crown carried by the Queen of the Carani tribe.

The queen who regretted her creation then asked the demon king to stop the Sastrika Warrior. The demon king of course rejected the request because his goal was indeed to destroy the entire contents of the world. The dispute made the two into a fierce fight. The queen of the Carani tribe was finally able to defeat the Demon King himself then destroyed two objects that could control the Sastrika Warrior.

At the end of his life, the Queen of the Carani tribe heard a myth that said if it turns out the black sword can be created. Knowing the consequences that could be caused if anyone managed to create the sword, the Queen reminded the next generation to be aware of it. The Queen realized that only a few knew about the Sastrika Warrior but did not rule out the possibility if there are demons who know it.

At the end of the story Princess Laksmi then said "It is my main goal to meet you, you certainly already know if there has been someone out there who managed to master Ajian Atmaanjana. If then that fellow managed to master black magic the second was likely that he would be able to create a black sword. I warn you to be careful when it turns out that he also knows about the Sastrika Warrior. It would be inconceivable what kind of destruction the world would experience if the Sastrika Soldier managed to be resurrected" Princess Laksmi bowed as if she also felt guilty for the creation of the deadly Forces.

Rajendra and Bayurajata are transfixed listening to a message from Queen Laksmi. They finally knew that was the meaning of the myth that said the curse carried by the black sword. Those who originally thought that if the enemy to be faced was only the owner of the Black Sword, now they were made aware of the possibility of another powerful enemy candidate. In silence to both of them remembered the name of the terrible troops "Sastric Soldiers".