The Chronicle Of Jawata (Compilation Trial Edition)
7.17
Night whipping the breath of Gunggali. Everyone in each contest, but not as calm as before. Anxious shadows haunt all the inhabitants of Gunggali.
Midnight peak, a dim atmosphere. The full moon peeked out from behind the lush foliage and twigs of Euryn trees.
"Everyone put hope in me," Taja felt a huge burden on his shoulders. Just imagine, whether it will succeed or not. Towards the State of Jawata. It never crossed his mind at all.
'Are I a Jew?'
The thought continued to shadow Taja. Hard to believe in him, flowing human blood of the Jawata. On the other hand, impatiently he wanted to see what kind of land called Jawata State.
The Gunggali people marched, taking Taja's departure. The lined river banks of the people let off Taja, Lorr En and Neirra, beginning their journey.
The sturdy boat was formed from the trunk of a large tree, moving off into the river groove, further away towards the border. Step by step, Taja along with his two friends, approached the boat without the sail. This was the first time they had seen such a strange object being touted as a boat. Even all this time, they had never imagined it let alone used it.
”Alright, even though the tree boat is older than my age. But this is the best, which will take you to the high seas,” Queen Shachini also escorts Taja, Lorr En and Neirra up on a tree boat that floats downstream of the river.
For the last time Queen Shachini said to the three children
”The Exaggeration of the Gunggali, shrewdly resemble, use it to protect yourself. Be natural like a complete human jawata. About their cleverness, almost every fairy cultivation beast could learn it in just a short period of time. Concentrate your mind through your eyes, then you will understand any language.”
”Be careful you guys. Goodbye, My sons ..” said Queen Shachini as her hand reached off the end of the moving tree boat from downstream.
Silent. There was no sound except for the gleam of the river currents sounding soft, carrying the boat moving to the middle. All the fairies let go by implying great hope, that they will return with a smile and save the life of Gunggali.
The tree boat carried the three young men, crossed the river current, and drove behind the thick fog of the Gunggali border. Taja's view looked back. There, the shadow of Queen Shachini and the fairy folk began to be vaguely covered in mist, until it disappeared completely. Tirara's arch gradually thinned, changing the sound of the walls of the magical nature cracks, blaring around the cliff. Camouflage walls of giant roots loomed high, breaking apart forming a cavity way out of the passing tree boat.
The fog inched in front of his eyes, clearly a sight never before seen by the three youths on the boat. The walls of the giant roots split, the wider the gap between the deep cavities of the walls, the tree boat sauntered out the river out of the border of Gunggali.
”Changgaleatus Wall!” neirra exclaimed, amazed to see the border of the giant roots had not stopped splitting, there was a shrill voice.
"It is fitting that Gunggali is closed to the outside world, untouched by man. Hidden magical frontier this strong!" Taja was amazed. Occasionally watching the incantations flow as the wind blows, greeting his ears.
”Iraktee ...,” it reminds back to the typical voice of Queen Shachini.
”Iraktee ...! Iraktee ..!” said Taja imitating the sound of being caught in his ear. He and two of his friends said it over and over again, then the winding of the border roots loosened. The tree boat penetrated the cliff aisles of Changgaleatus, the roots twitching, stretching between the cavities.
Exiting the border of Changgaleatus, the tree boat was greeted by a strange sight behind a thin fog that opened its eyes. When they looked back, the border cliff closed slowly leaving the same snapping sound as when it split before.
”It is not too late if we want to go back ..” Neirra's view continues to the back of the river flow that has been passed, between the border gaps are getting away, as the tree boat moves along the river flow.
”Back? Just be right. That is not an option,” replied Taja, ”We have just vowed, why do you seem to hesitate?” ask him back.
”It is not doubt that worries me, but Jawata Country, absolutely cannot be guessed,” Neirra responded.
”As Queen Shachini said, we should always be together under any circumstances, never to leave each other!” Lorr En.
For a moment the three of them fell asleep in conversation, suddenly it was realized that the tree boat had been in a very swift and wide river current. The right and left sides are getting further apart.
”No more incantations Queen Shachini after our boat out the border,” said Neirra had glanced at a pair of long logs attached to the stern.
”Is there any other magic that can move our boat?” Lorr En thought seriously. I felt the boat slow down.
”What is this ...? A very heavy current. Our boat carried fast,” said Taja.
”Use paddle, Lorr! We are beyond the border, not to the reach of the Queen's magic!” taja reminded. Lorr picked up a long object on the side of the boat.
Lorr En moves to the stern, then takes two crossed paddle blades, ”It turns out, this thing shows its usefulness.”
Neirra remembered Queen Shachini's message about the usefulness of the object in Lorr En's hands.
”Let's move the paddle together!” Neirra answered correctly, paddling another paddle on the side of Lorr En.
Jbas!!!
Water ripples on the side of the boat, the paddles are moved quickly.
”It seems to be getting dark ...,” Neirra distracts his two friends. He pointed to the thick clouded sky.
”Rain down!”
The three stared at the sky. Not long after, a point of water fell onto their palms. While the waves began to go up and down so that the tree boat somewhat oscillated. Next, drizzle into a heavy rain.
”Where are we headed?” Lorr En wiped repeatedly the water on his face, also brushing the drenched hair covering the brow.
Taja reached into the waist pocket, Myuriz crystal was taken out.
”Show our destination, where is Jawata mainland?” he said while upholding the level of the crystal, straight with the eyes, then pointed it in all directions one by one. As the crystal was directed eastward, a flickering white light appeared.
"See, we are not far from the borders of Gunggali, the irregulars will welcome us first" Neirra said. Undeniably, so curious what kind of Jawata, impatient Taja want to immediately see the land called Jawata State, so they do not realize that they are still in the area of the waters bordering Gunggali.
"There's no harm, just trying this crystal," a little grimacing, Taja said.
”See there!” Neirra caught the attention of Taja and Lorr En.
Three pairs of eyes were looking forward. It is not clear from behind the fog there, especially the rain and dark weather like that.
”What is it?” lorr En asked, astonished to wonder where they were actually moving.
”I don't see anything!” Taja sharpened his vision.
”Dark once,” Lorr En in doubt. The tree boat crossed the darkness of the river. The only light was the Myuriz crystal in Taja's hand, pointing upward, its light bright around the three youngsters on a tree boat. Starting to appear around the high cliff walls, the shadows of humans moved.
"They, Border Warriors!" Lorr En first recognized the men, the faster the boat moved downstream between the two cliffs.
”This boat moves with the flow of the river," said Taja, in the direction of Myuriz's crystal light on the river bank.
The flow of water dribbled the tree boat, the ripples were quite swift to sway the three young people on the boat. Under the rain wafts mingled in the wind, the atmosphere grew increasingly hostile.
”His father splashed!” Lorr En realized the loss of the thing from his hand. They remained in Neirra's hands again, but they panicked first as water began to enter the boat.
"Hurry here ...!!!" shouted the irregulars, welcoming on the banks, welcoming the arrival of the boat moving downstream. The three young men finally arrived there.
"The weather is very bad" a man was strapping and dressed in the typical clothes of border guard soldiers. About dozens of people. They helped Taja, Lorr, and Neirra land on the banks of the river. While the tree boat was tied firmly on the river bank.
"Steel!" call someone, seemingly leading the group of soldiers who welcomed him.
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