The Blue Swordsman

Creating Fear

The night sky was filled with clouds but there was no sign of lightning or wind. One of the men from the group of post guards above the Shaminari fort looked up, looking up,

"Do you think it's going to rain?"

The others then seemed to follow his gaze up into the sky.

"It can be difficult to ensure the weather in a season like this" replied another person.

"I hope that the clouds are not a sign of the coming rain, it is difficult to see the situation around this fortress if the rain really will fall" replied the first person with a deep sigh.

The shadows seemed to be moving closer to the royal fortress of Shaminari. The small stealth forces have received orders to conduct reconnaissance. The task of the small army of scouts was in addition to providing information on the circumstances surrounding the fort was also ordered to create a commotion and chaos around the fort. With a rapid movement the group had reached the destination, some of which then seemed to start doing something. Instantly the hotspots started burning and burning the bush, creeping rapidly into the trees around the fort.

The rapidly expanding flames were of course visible to the guards on top of the fortress,

"Fire?" Shouted one of the guards at the post.

The others were aghast and stood up silently.

"How can there suddenly be such a big fire?"

A question is asked but there is no time for others to answer.

Aware of a danger, the danger signal was immediately sounded by the guards who saw the fire, the sound of bamboo and weapons clashing with each other was heard breaking the silence of the night. The soldiers in charge of guarding the fort immediately filled the entire corner of the fort walls.

"What happened" asked one of the Commander-in-Chief soldiers to the other.

The question no longer needs to be answered because when the Commander had climbed up the fort he immediately saw a flame that soared outside the fort. While sharpening his gaze the Commander began to examine the circumstances surrounding the fire, but in a place bright by the flame he found nothing but sparks of sparks.

"It seems like just an ordinary fire" he shouted trying to deduce and calm things down. "Open the gates of the fortress and quickly put out the fire there" he ordered later.

Hearing a command of the soldiers immediately carry it out, the creaking sound of the fortress gate being opened began to sound. Hundreds of soldiers were immediately deployed to put out the blaze, or at least prevent the spread of the fires. Not to mention the hundreds of soldiers had approached the fire area an attack that was not visible direction of arrival hit them. A barrage of attacks similar to those fireballs hit the ground and created a deafening explosion.

"It's a trap, get back to the fort!" Shouted one of the Commanders from above the fortress.

Seeing clearly that the attack would not give any chance of survival, one of the Commanders grimly shouted an order, "Rapidly close the gate again!" Although loud yet the voice of the command sounded a little raucous resisting the grief.

Hundreds of soldiers' corpses were clearly visible in the still blazing light of the flames, creating a heartbreaking sight. As the doors of the fort were closed, the attack came to a halt, following a gripping silence. All eyes swept around the fortress but none of the soldiers saw the enemy making an attack.

"What does all this mean?" Perhaps it is the question of the hearts of each soldier who does not understand the events they witnessed.

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Patih Pramana, Wanara, Shengkara and the Demon Lords were still on the hill not far from the fort. They were now waiting for a news from the scout force they sent, moments later two stealth scouts came to face them.

"We have carried out the master's orders" said one of the demons when he was in front of Patih Pramana.

"And it seems that at this time the master's plan has succeeded, in addition to making a fire we have also carried out a small attack on the soldier who tried to extinguish the fire" continued the demon who one completes the information conveyed by his stealth friend.

The curvature of a smile full of cunning is on its back from the lips of Patih Pramana. He then said, "Good, now we wait until midnight to begin our real attack".

The small army sent by Patih Pramana was not at all aiming for victory, they were only assigned to create chaos and threats. When a threat is created, fear will come with it, and nothing can destroy a unity beyond the enormity of fear.

As a man who has had experience on the battlefield Patih Pramana certainly understands the various strategies of war, and for him to let the enemy wait in fear is the easiest way to determine a victory. When the feeling of fear has been successfully created then without doing anything else he slowly has destroyed the mental enemy. Now he just waited for the right moment to start an actual attack.

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The curiosity of what really happened gradually turned into a panic that spread among the soldiers who were on top of the fortress of Shaminari kingdom. They need an explanation that will break the deadlock of their thinking. In the long silence a question was asked by one of the soldiers, "What really happened, who did the attack?".

All of the instantaneous glances led to the soldier asking, yet none of them could answer that question. The commanders were not able to give a reasonable answer, even if the attack was launched from afar should the fireballs look the direction of his arrival. But they can witness for themselves if the attack comes from close but strangely they do not see the origin of the attack at all. It was as if the attack had come and disappeared as fast as a fire burning dry foliage.

Not to mention that they had set their thoughts, an attack came back. This time the attack rained down on the walls of the fort, with the reflex of the soldiers immediately lowered their heads and took cover. The attack came on as if it would be able to tear down the walls of the fort, while the soldiers felt that the attack had stopped. The soldiers looked at each other, after waiting and believing that the attack had completely stopped almost simultaneously they began to stand up and try to see the situation around the fortress.

A horrifying sight they could now see, a line of hundreds of creatures they had never seen before had stood menacingly around the corner of the fortress. The immediate fear was like gripping the Royal Commanders when finally their gaze was fixed on a figure who stood in front of the stealth creatures. The figure that they were previously very proud of, the figure that they greatly admired and the figure that they were so familiar with. Who else if the one they were currently seeing led the stealth army other than their own Patih, who else if not Patih Pramana.