The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

48. The War Begins VI

“Becah!!! Coward!!! Are you that weak to attack when your opponent is not ready!?”, the mysterious man stared intently at Patih Purno while holding his ear.

The pain began to strike in his injured ear, swearing by a rude swearing he was addressing to Patih Purno now.

“I am not a warrior like you, the task as a soldier demands we must win in any way even take advantage of the weakness of opponent”, Patih Purno replied while playing his spear.

“If there is a chance why it should be wasted”, he continued with a mocking smile towards his opponent.

“Sneaky bastard!!!”, screeched the mysterious man to Patih Purno, "I'll make you die now!!!"

Instead of being vigilant or afraid, Patih Purno then laughed loosely at the words that came out of his opponent's mouth to him. Now that his opponent had been stirred up by emotion, he deliberately did so so that the concentration of his opponent was split and made sure it did not take long to end the duel between them.

“Not cunning but intelligent, you must learn in choosing the right words for a person like ku”, Patih Purno keeps trying to make his opponent angry with the words he spewed.

His efforts are not in vain, it does not take long he can feel a very large killing appetite directed at him, “Anger will make you blind to look ahead”, Patih Purno said again.

His words were ignored by his opponent, his opponent now with a burning anger then jumped from his horse and attacked Patih Purno brutally.

Patih Purno who was originally calm was now shocked, his opponent's attack made him have to hold his breath as his spear tried to hold the sword from his opponent.

The brutal and lustful attack of murder was directed at Patih Purno. His opponent was so eager to kill him, Patih Purno became overwhelmed in the face of the attack. While his opponent relentlessly continued to pull out every deadly move.

The delay in attack after attack from his opponent was very little, making it difficult to manage his position. He was cornered in a defensive position from his opponent's attack.

A sideways slash directed Patih Purno to his opponent but swiftly fended off the attack. The moment the attack was successfully repelled his opponent only realized the meaning of that sideways slash.

Patih Purno deliberately took that action so that he would have a chance to retreat for a moment. Now that the two are standing at a considerable distance, the attention of both of them is never distracted by the circumstances around.

Their views met each other with faces very serious because they were facing a duel until one of them had to die.

“As a swordsman you must have a name, before continuing our duel it would be nice to know each other's name”, Patih Purno invites to talk to his dueling opponents.

“Ciuhhh”, mysterious man spit on the ground, “So afraid it's you with my strength to have to look for an atmosphere like this?!! Sneaky bastard!”, the mysterious man is still stirred by emotions.

“I am not afraid of the power of a mad swordsman like you!”, Patih Purno replied with a shout.

“Stat!!! Enough already!!! I am a swordsman with the nickname black bull will not let you live any longer!!!”, the mysterious man re-ignited his burning emotions.

“Black bull fighter, I will remember that name!”, Patih Purno came running forward to welcome his opponent's attack.

Now they both continue the duel by exchanging attacks and moves they each have. The increasingly chaotic surroundings did not break their attention in the slightest. They chose to focus on this fight and wanted to end it as quickly as possible.

The brutal attack from his opponent was still the same as before, but now Patih Purno could compensate. One of the things that makes Patih Purno respected is the speed with which he learns how to overcome his opponent's attacks.

With his smart thinking and a lot of experience in a short time he was able to read movement after movement from his opponent, what a great talent for this kind of situation.

The mysterious man was shocked because he had previously been able to urge this opponent, but now the attack after attack he launched could easily be restrained by his opponent. He tried to raise the tempo of his attack again but it was the same as what had happened just now, now there was not a single attack that was able to make his opponent desperate.

Patih Purno observed his opponent's attacks continuously while fending off the attacks. He deliberately defended so that his stamina would not be depleted quickly, while his opponent continued to attack without the slightest pause.

Right now his gaze was fixed on the wound he had inflicted on his opponent, the wound was now not bleeding. He believed his opponent was using deep energy to stop the luminescence from his wound.

“The opportunity will come soon”, his mind is talking. Now he is waiting for the right time to launch his deadly attack.

***

“What should we do next uncle?”, Aryo asked Subani after seeing the cavalry on his side now fighting with the opposing forces.

“I'm not sure we'll help there young master, no orders given by Patih Purno. Let's trust everything to him, surely he is planning a good thing for us later”, Subani replied to Aryo's question. He said that if they were to participate in the fight then they would not be of much help.

This is natural because it is widely known that the cavalry were brave soldiers to die and in some ways this army was like an army of demons. What they saw ahead would not escape his attack, with horses trained to run quickly as well as the good fighting ability of his riders making them very easy in killing enemy troops.

“Good uncle I understand”, replied Aryo briefly.

The two of them were now standing quite far away watching the battle that was going on. The sounds of warrior cries and horse moans echoed back then, dust flew everywhere and blood dotted the land that became the battlefield today.

The duel between Patih Purno and the mysterious man still continues. The two still continue to exchange attacks, but now Patih Purno slightly dominates the attack between the two. This was caused by the stamina of the mysterious man who was constantly drained from his uninterrupted attacks earlier.

Seeing that his opponent was already bored to make Patih Purno raise the tempo of his attack, his spear became faster than before. His opponent's slight tribulation compensated for his spear attack, and the longer the spear attack ended up making his opponent desperate.

With a movement like water flowing every attack Patih Purno flows straight forward and continuous with his hands. His attack patterns became more complicated as well as having a considerable amount of power to suppress his current opponent.