The Dragon God Swordsman

41. The war began (3)

“Young master we should immediately withdraw from here, remember the plan that has been prepared by Patih Purno”, Subani reminds Aryo of the plan they have made. This he did because he saw Aryo's attitude that was like being angry with his opponent, maybe a personal reason according to him. Aryo continued to attack while his troops who were ordered to retreat became defensive seeing the attitude of their leader.

“Young master! Young master!”, Subani half yells to Aryo. Aryo seemed to lose consciousness at that moment made him have to act a little assertively. Aryo gasped at the scream, he looked at the surroundings that had been decorated by the corpses of his opponent he had finished off. While his opponent tries to keep his distance from him, fearing that he will be the target of Aryo's rampage again.

“What do I do? Ah... Yes Patih Purno” plan, Aryo just woke up from his shock, he then tried to remember what he had to do and in an instant found it. “Quick retreat!!!”, Aryo again shouted to his troops. His troops immediately moved backwards while the troops near the opponent were tasked to protect his colleagues from the pursuit of the opposing forces.

Seeing the rebel army retreat made the mysterious man laugh, not until he got to the battlefield the guts of his opponent had made them run away he thought. He gathers his energy in and drains it into his vocal cords, “The enemy is already overwhelmed! Attack them all out!”, the mysterious man orders his fellow horsemen.

They then drove the horse to be even faster, pounding for the sake of pounding from the legs of their horses that meet the surface of the ground makes a very thick dust. Patih Purno who saw that smiled, for him it was a big mistake. The troops in the front will not be impacted by that dust, while behind them will get something bad. It is none other than their visibility is very limited considering the dust they get, this is a great opportunity in the plan Patih Purno.

Patih Purno gave a warning to the old man to get ready, the old man responded to the cue by crying out loudly, “Friends get ready!”, the elderly man prepares the troops he leads. He continued to look towards Patih Purno, waiting for the next cue.

“Young master it's our turn to retreat”, Subani said to Aryo.

“Good uncle”, Aryo replied briefly. Both of them along with the troops tasked with restraining his opponent's movements now retreated quickly, they turned around and ran as fast as they could towards the rebel stronghold.

“Quick open the way!”, order one of Patih to the Adipura royal forces. They were asked to open a path so that the army of mysterious male horsemen could pass easily and attack the opposing army that was moving backwards quickly. It didn't take long the mysterious male cavalrymen have passed them, “Quick move! We follow from behind!”, Patih's orders again.

The mysterious man smiled triumphantly when he saw their opponent blur from before him, he did not expect that this war would not even have the chance to make him draw his sword. But for him the retreating enemy was still the enemy, he took out the sword from its scabbard and spurred his horse faster. In an instant his horse managed to catch up to one of the rebel forces left quite a distance away from Aryo and Subani.

One of those people was the army that Subani had brought from his paddock, he was one of the people who had the youngest age of all the troops that Subani had brought. Feeling himself targeted, he stopped and turned to face the mysterious man riding his horse towards him quickly.

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The young man then prepared to face his opponent, he mounted the horses and held the machete which became his weapon. The distance between the two was close, with all his willpower he leaped towards the mysterious man intent on slashing his opponent with a machete in his hand.

But because the strength that was very far away made the attack become futile. It was easy for the mysterious man to dodge and give a slash wound right in the young man's stomach. Then the young man fell to the ground with severe injuries, the mysterious man did not want to kill him. He wanted to torture his opponent right before the eyes of his troops for them to become excited again.

The mysterious man swiftly tied the feet of the young man tightly and after he climbed his horse. He spurred his horse as hard as he made the young man dragged helplessly made. Subani who saw the actions of his opponent to one of the troops he brought made his heart grow furious, he cursed the actions that the mysterious man had done.

Subani wants to turn towards the direction of his opponent came, but Aryo swiftly dispels the movement of Subani, “I know the anger that uncle feels. But we don't have time, Uncle's plan is ready. Previously we have been assigned to withdraw whatever the situation”, Aryo tried to remind Subani who wants to advance towards the opponent.

“DIA IS STILL VERY YOUNG!!! I HAVE TO HELP HIM!!”, cried Subani to Aryo. His anger was completely unstoppable looking at the actions of his opponent towards his partner just now. His eyes red glared at Aryo, Aryo who saw it was surprised by Subani's attitude.

According to him it was natural because he had also experienced it, the anger that arose would make someone who was even jolly would turn wild because of the anger earlier. Aryo with all his surprise tried to calm down, “Uncle, he already can not be saved! He had already received the consequences that death was a sure thing in the war, he had become an honorable swordsman who never feared facing his opponent!”, Aryo again reminded Subani with his words.

Subani who was initially angry finally slowly calmed down, the words from Aryo were a matter of fact that had happened. When someone faces war, death will accompany them in all their activities. Subani well understood that this was unavoidable, she breathed out softly and accepted everything that had happened.

The two stopped for quite a while, their distance and the opposing cavalry were already quite close. No more time to run, they finally decided to stay in place. Aryo held his sword while Subani pulled out his machete preparing to face the opposing forces coming towards them.

“Injured those guys!”, mysterious man orders his horsemen. When their distance was almost close, suddenly thousands of arrows shot down into the crowd of horsemen led by a mysterious man. The arrows succeeded in making the opposing army fall, either because it hit the man or his horse.

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 Sorry for the next few days I will not be updating new episodes, because my status as a student must make me stop writing for a while. I will connect this story at a later time, please be patient to every reader of the dragon god swordsman novel.

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