The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

45. The War Begins III

“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.

Hearing the orders from Aryo, the rebel forces immediately moved backwards while the troops near the opponent were tasked to protect his comrades from the pursuit of the opposing forces.

Seeing the rebel army retreat made the mysterious man laugh on his horse, not until he got to the battlefield the guts of his opponent had made them run away he thought. He thought his opponent was retreating because he didn't want to deal with his famously sadistic cavalry on the battlefield.

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 cavalry.

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 those behind them will get one bad thing. That is also what Patih Purno is waiting for since, because the dust is very concentrated of course the visibility of the troops behind becomes very limited considering the dust they get, because of the dust they get, this is a great opportunity in Patih Purno's plan.

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 hurry back", the inner man spoke. His eyes alternately paid attention to Patih Purno and the battle that was taking place at this time.

It feels like he is accompanying Aryo in battle, but he realizes that joining there will definitely end up being a burden.

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“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.

The Adipura royal army and its allies were stunned by the action of their opponents just now, how could his opponent have such stamina. They ran so fast like they had trained for years in the science of lightening the body, not to mention those who served as a fortress of life who certainly had to fight many soldiers who wanted to jerk forward.

“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.

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The young man then prepared to face his opponent, he put up the horses and held the machete that 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.

The young man then fell to the ground with quite 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 then turned towards the young man lying on the ground. Blood flowed profusely from the slash wound he had, he wanted to shout but his strength was exhausted to endure the pain he felt.

When he was near the mysterious man then came down from his horse carrying a long rope that he hid behind the saddle of his horse. The mysterious man intended to tie his opponent but seeing his opponent's gaze containing an element of hatred towards him made him temporarily undo his intentions.

"Hey boy! Aren't you afraid of death?!", the mysterious man crouched right in front of the young man.

Cuyihhhh....

The young man spat towards the mysterious man right on his face. He then smiled chuckling as it had spat on the face of the opponent who had made him dying at this moment.

The eyes of the mysterious man turned crimson, he then stood up then kicked the head of the young man. Because it had no energy to dodge the kick it precisely hit the young man's head in a landslide.

The kick ended his life that day, the mysterious man cursed. He actually wanted to torture his opponent first, but his opponent had already lost his life because of his kick just now.

His horsemen had just arrived at his place, they stopped to wait for the cue from his leader. The mysterious man swiftly tied the legs of the young man tightly and after that he mounted his horse. He spurred his horse as hard as he could to make the lifeless body of the young man drag on the ground.

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 had been done by his opponent.

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. Facing them now would only bring about life! 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 subordinates 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.