The Chronicle Of Jawata (Compilation Trial Edition)
4.25. Special Forces
The night spread its dark wings. The situation there is increasingly cold to penetrate the joints of bones. Finally, the troop on foot stopped somewhere like the ruins of giant walls around the desert.
Some soldiers were wounded, laying themselves in the sand. The rest sat on the rubble of the wall that was almost submerged in the sand. The long hours of travel had made all their feet feel hot. Even a Chief Sujinsha looked extremely exhausted. Again he mediated to restore strength and regulate breathing.
”How does the Master exist?” asked Raojhin, after approaching Chairman Sujinsha who suddenly split his concentration due to deep injuries. Fresh patches of blood flowed from his nostrils. But he calmed down again.
As the night wore on, they were stranded in the middle of the desert without any direction except for the ruins of the tower's edges that seemed closer than they were now.
"Direct all troops there!” not yet finished from his meditation, Chairman Sujinsha gave orders to Mr. Birwa. At first Mr. Birwa was a bit hesitant, but Chairman Sujinsha asserted that what he said was an order, so he just obeyed.
”How about Chairman Sujinsha?” Raojhin incriminates Chairman Sujinsha who is accidentally left behind.
”He will be following soon!” mr. Birwa answered Raojhin and immediately forced him to go in the direction he was aiming at the edge of the dusty arid panorama. There, as there was once a trace of civilization of a magnificent kingdom but has been buried most of the roads, inscriptions, also collapsed buildings.
They were entering the dead area and as if without a trace of any previous life other than the crushed stone rubble, scattered here and there.
”Kakilangit Kingdom that has collapsed. And below us.Hundreds of thousands of soldiers buried due to the ferocity of the First Sword War Neya,” the voice of Lieutenant Mr. Birwa sounded quite break the silence of the atmosphere. All the attention of his troops was preoccupied by the chunks of stone walls buried in sand that blocked the road. It is a sight that has never been seen before unless big history often tells about the greatness of the stormy period last year.
While Taja turned his head back to where Chairman Sujinsha was left behind. The figure of the man was increasingly left far behind in a silent state like a cross-legged statue.
”I was worried about him..,” said Taja lirih on the side of Lieutenant Tuan Birwa who held his hand.
”He was quite badly injured,” said Raojhin not far from him and was led by a soldier anyway. Taja turned his head to Lorr En walking behind with another soldier. He stared back at him before they both turned to look in the same direction, where Chairman Sujinsha was left even further away from the entourage.
”Hey, you! Hurry!!!” some soldiers reminded each other. Heavy because of forced, Taja back to continue the steps.
”Where are we going?” ask some other soldiers who do not know the exact direction of their destination.
”We are breaking through the ruins of Kakilangit. There are some gaps is a way out of this desert. After that we can go east!” Mr. Birwa explained to everyone, ”Come, even faster before being chased by the enemy!!!”
Mr. Birwa's loud words were greeted by the swift pace of all the soldiers. As it crept from a distance behind, one of two large bats flashed from behind the thick clouds on the low ceiling.
”Chairman Sujinsha could be killed! How could you leave him alone there!” Taja threw a word at everyone who was in a hurry towards the old gate that one side was still standing beside the other side that was collapsing and bumping into each other. Behind that gate, one palace building was still left on the second and third levels, even though the ground level was sinking sand.
”Chairman Sujinsha is paralyzed, we can't take him..too many troops are injured, even myself!” Mr. Birwa gasps in his half-run. They also know that almost all the soldiers were injured after the fight against the batmen and only felt the consequences after so far.
”I still can't leave him alone!!” Taja broke free from Mr. Birwa's grasp, immediately running back to the back
”Hey, where are you going?!” Unheeded the cry of Birwa, ”Back or I won't care about you anymore!” although intending to reach Taja, but the threatening situation made him stop chasing the boy turned around after moving away from the group.
Even Taja ignored Lorr En along with the backmost team, ”Taja, where are you going?!”
Far beyond the reach of the group so that Lorr En did not have time to stop the run Taja. Although he followed too.
”Hey, back!!” shouted some soldiers but without teaching and let Lorr En away from the entourage.
Seeing his comrades turn around, Raojhin intends to defect as well. But two soldiers first caught his movements.
”Do you also want to be wretched, your condition is hurt quite badly!!” said a soldier who captured Raojhin when he caught up with Taja.
”Let go of me!” Raojhin briefly thrashed.
”Even this is Chairman Sujinsha's order for us to leave him!” exclaim the soldier who held Raojhin.
”I can't let Chairman Sujinsha be left behind!" despite the more powerful revolt, Raojhin could not escape the freezing of two soldiers on his left right. Plus Mr. Birwa immediately held him down as well.
”Just let two of your friends get there!” the hardic.
”No! I want to be with Chairman Sujinsha!!” the more limp, Raojhin is bent.
”We should be as fast as possible to the gate Kakilangit!” exclaim Mr. Birwa trigger troop movement.
Taja had moved away from the group. The roar of sand mingled with dark fog under the weather the sky was getting worse did not discourage his steps to approach a figure who was addressed there. Chief Sujinsha is still sitting cross-legged. His clothes were torn apart by the wind. While among the exposed clouds, slowly began to appear a pale full face, shifting to the middle of the sky. And suddenly around the dark clouds there, thousands of bats scattered. In an instant, the ceiling was full of those winged creatures.
”You crazy or what? We'd better get back to the troupe!” Lorr En manages to catch up with Taja and ban him.
”Whatever's in there, I don't let Chairman Sujinsha be left alone!” answer Taja, ”Come me or a group?”
Lorr Entak had a favorable choice, but could not escape the fear to make his knees weak due to shivering.
”But very dangerous! See the army of witches from the sky!” Lorr En. Occasionally gazing at the sky full of dark shadows of winged creatures and towards the land. Instead, their steps actually slow down because the sand sucks up to the calf limit.
”Then from that, as soon as possible we bring Chairman Sujinsha from there!”
”Bring? By what? A stretcher? Or are we gonna carry it?”
”Whispering!” Taja silenced Lorr En.
It was already not far away, Chief Sujinsha was in front of them. Even from his position moving, Taja could see the captain's face ashen and lips tightly clenched.
"He himself ordered the entourage to leave him!”
”Help me pull it or if you have any objections, better just go after Mr Birwa's entourage!” Taja gave a choice but Lorr En was silent. Finally, moment by moment, the two of them dragged Chairman Sujinsha's cross-legged body, away from the place.
”See the sky ...,” Lorr En scrunched his forehead. The view of the sky was not something that calmed his fear.
”Quickly a little!” I prefer to see the sandy road.
”It's so heavy, this guy's like a stone statue! Why did it suddenly change like this? Still alive no?” Lorr En is overwhelmed. Taja was silent.
”See behind us!” this time Lorr En looked back, looking far away there the shadow of the cavalry flocked towards them. I switched to looking there.
”Faster again!” Taja exerted energy to pull the body of Chief Sujinsha.
Unexpectedly, the bat colony invaded the plains. Very close to the surface of the sand.
”Awas!!!” Taja threw himself into the sand, followed by Lorr En. Chairman Sujinsha's body fell out of reach.
”Almost just!” Lorr En was strangled after getting back up. It was realized that it had just escaped from a swoop a large number of bats snatched.
”You see the size? Almost as big as a horse!” Lorr En glared towards those bats. And not a few who became the mount of the witch army.
”Chairman Sujinsha ..” Taja realized instantly that Chairman Sujinsha was far away from him but closer than Lorr En was.
”Quick save yourself and Chairman Sujinsha!” Taja told Lorr En to act. He himself ran in the opposite direction.
”What are you doing?!” Lorr En panicked when he saw Taja was moving towards the arrival of the cavalry magicians. They approached and their numbers were over hundreds.
Taja stretched out to two arms, raised as high as possible, and exerted the greatest amount of energy.
”Guh Daraguh!” said resounding. After that, the desert before him shook high and grew higher. Then it turned into a giant shape of sand roaring fiercely, rolling towards the arrival of hundreds of troops until they were buried without remaining. The silence after that made Lorr En gape his mouth.
”Elemental magician! Do you realize what you did?!”
Not yet after breathing a sigh of relief, there was a rain of fireballs from the army of magicians riding bats in the sky.
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