The Fate of Adipura Kingdom
19. Discussion II
The meeting room was still noisy due to the debate on the part of the alliance that asked his colleague to stay and survive the rebellion plan. Some decided to stay but some were more concerned with their safety.
Aryo now sat down while massaging his forehead which now feels so painful. His mind and heart were mixed up, he tried to think of getting a way out. But the more forced to think the more his head hurts because of that.
“People please calm down", old man tries to calm back the meeting guests.
The talk of a gentleman in fact back is not too much piqued by the meeting guests, but when the loud voice of a powerful tall man makes everyone stop arguing.
“A true warrior never runs away from a fight!”, said king Pawan loudly. King Pawan's view was fixed on all the remaining meeting guests, "Life is a choice, death is a certainty!", he added.
The voice of the king of Pawan made the whole meeting room fall silent again, no one dared to open their voice. All the guests of the alliance fell silent in fear to see the face of the Pawan king who was now emotionally ignited.
“If you run from here, is it possible that in the future you will feel safe next?", King Gandi also opened his voice, "War will still come to you in the near or long time, he said, are you guys gonna wait for all that? What's with the run you're going to get rid of all this trouble?", king Gandi kept asking questions to the meeting guests.
"If indeed we do lose later it is better to lose because it upholds our honor. We're here fighting for our families, if we don't protect them who else will do what we want? Death will surely come to us one day, but will you face death with regret for choosing the wrong step?", continued King Gandi again.
The meeting guests are now staring silent noiseless in their respective places. The words that the two kings spoke were like a spear that pierced their hearts repeatedly. They understood the meaning of the words of the two kings, especially from the king of Gandi.
King Gandi's words went to their families who had previously stayed on the grounds that they had gone for a noble task, bringing a million hopes of justice back to their feet. If they go home and choose not to participate in this war, it will make their families sad and will be affected by the war later.
"It is better to stand straight before death than to run away from the death that will surely come to us. Despite having to lose my life, I king Gandi Darsana swore to lead in front to fight every wrathful angkara on the face of the earth!", king Gandi took an oath in the meeting room.
The oath uttered by the king of Gandi made the whole room look towards the king of Gandi with a face full of enthusiasm.
“I prefer the fight and risk my life”, said a swordsman who was a guest in the meeting.
“If it is fate other wills at least we keep fighting together”, continued another swordsman.
"We'll help too"
"Let's both fight for a better life"
Now the meeting room is back noisily as the guests regain their spirits and resolve to stay afloat against the incoming enemy forces. King Gandi smiled with satisfaction as his words had just reawakened the confidence of the current rebel forces.
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“Uncle, how many of our troops are left at this time?”, asked Aryo to the old man.
The old man handed over a note that was inside the shirt he was wearing, "With all the help that we have currently managed to reassemble, at the headquarters there are at least 7000 young master people, there are at least 7000 young masters, both from the soldiers and the warriors who still survive. They consisted of an cavalry of 1500 men, an archer army of 2000 men, and the rest were soldiers armed with swords and spears”, the old man explained everything he knew to Aryo.
“This is still lacking in the face of the number of our opposing forces. The Kingdom of Benggawan will not remain silent, we will send half the royal army of 2500 people complete with battle equipment”, the king of Pawan explained his proposal.
“Gundala Kingdom will also send warriors a number of our best 1500 people. Our kingdom is famous for its equestrian skills so it will be able to help in the cavalry of young lord Aryo”, added king Gandi.
The two kings had decided to send reinforcements that would be useful in the face of their opposing forces. With this is finally the problem that previously existed little by little can be overcome.
Rays of hope are now beginning to emerge along with a slightly improved state due to a solution that has been found. Seeing the enthusiasm of everyone involved in the rebellion plan made Aryo become excited and began to be excited again to lead the rebellion.
“What about queen Arum uncle? Is he really not going to help us this time?”, asked Aryo back.
“Our permission until now has not returned young master, we should just wait. We must focus more on the problems we will face now, given the information we know the enemy forces are already on their way here”, said the old man.
“Okay uncle, for now let's continue with our next plan”, replied Aryo and immediately led the meeting between the four.
Now the four of them began to organize plans in the war that would occur in the future. They keep thinking about how to use the best skills and expertise they can to get satisfactory results. Not only that they also tried to think about how to get out of the situation outside their expectations during the war.
“When will the troops of king Pawan and king Gandi arrive?”, Aryo asked after the discussion is over.
“At least tomorrow they will arrive here”, king Gandi replied while closing his eyes as if he was thinking.
“For my troops it seems like it took two days to get here, given that our troops numbered quite a lot it took a little while to reach here”, the king of Pawan replied afterwards.
“The necessary time is still enough, from the information we have obtained, the opposing team will arrive within three more days”, the old man explained.
"Well if it is so close, and after that we will meet on the appointed day", Aryo closed the meeting between the four.
