The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

55. Momentary Tranquility

“But the king, we had to retreat because....”, had not had time for Patih to finish his words the king of Jaka then cut and spoke in a furious tone, “How could you be defeated by such a small army!!! What are you guys doing there!? YOU COWARDLY BASTARD!!”.

The anger of the king of Jaka continues to stir because he witnessed the defeat of his soldiers today. He looked sharply at that Patih, while Patih who was reporting broke out in a cold sweat because he already knew what would happen next to him. It was not impossible today that he would lose his life in exchange for the defeat they had received

“No mercy words!!! This cowardly hanging law!!”, did not want long for the king of Jaka to order his guard troops to arrest and execute the Patih.

Patih's mouth was suddenly wide open, he was about to reveal something but his strength was exhausted to keep his body from shaking at this time.

“Please wait for Jaka's student! Do not be too rash to take action, today our troops lost due to lack of knowledge about the strength of the opposing forces. The old man holding a spear during the meeting earlier was a war genius that was hard to deal with. I'm sure the cause of their retreat was to face that person”, minister Balda stopped the movement of the soldier who wanted to capture Patih who came to report with his words just now.

The young lady laughed after hearing the explanation from minister Balda, her laughter really made the ears of minister Balda become hot.

According to the current minister Balda the young lady is laughing at him, “What is so funny that you laugh?”, minister Balda is staring intently at the young lady.

The young lady then also returned a sharp gaze from minister Balda, “I was just astonished, is it true that that person is the most genius war expert ever? What should be as scared as that with him?”, the young lady smiled meaningfully towards minister Balda, “If compared to the minister himself, who is better? That person or minister?”, the young lady's smile continued to widen waiting for an answer from minister Balda.

Minister Balda was silent because of the words of the young lady just now, she clenched her hands tightly while exclaiming loudly, “Of course I am better than that person!”, the words spontaneously came out of her mouth.

Young lady laughs again, “If it is true that said by the minister, we will wait for his proof”, his smile is still directed to minister Balda.

Minister Balda glared at the words of the young woman just now, he now understood the meaning of the words of his interlocutors. He was indeed provoked to enter in the young woman's tricks, according to him his interlocutor is currently telling him subtly to intervene directly in the face of their opponent.

Minister Balda became irritated afterwards, he then came out of the tent while carrying the dead Patih out of the tent. By his authority Balda minister easily brought the Patih, no one dared to stop him even the king of Jaka.

“Leave it, it could be that we still need that person”, the woman smiled as she leaned her head on the shoulder of the king of Jaka.

King Jaka who got the treatment then became calm, his anger that had peaked earlier now slowly began to recede. Finally the king of Jaka sat alone with the young woman in his tent, while the soldiers who stood guard inside were told to leave behind only the two of them.

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The atmosphere at the rebel headquarters was reversed by the encampment of the Adipura royal forces and their alliance. Now the entire army stands around a dry wooden building that has been neatly arranged for a funeral ceremony.

The bodies were arranged as neatly as possible so that everything fit in the pile of wood that had been available. There are hundreds of bodies placed there with good conditions. While the condition of the corpse is not good then left alone, just looking at it will make them nauseous.

Aryo stepped forward with a torch in his right hand, “Life someone has their own path, but I believe our current path is one. That one goal we do for a better life for generations after us. Today many hero figures go ahead of us, but their spirit and name will always be remembered at any time. Let us pray that our fallen comrades are led by the god to a better place”, Aryo closes his speech and after that the torch he holds he placed in the dry wood pile earlier.

The red man began to appear, quickly devouring the pile of dry wood and neatly arranged corpses on it. The light produced by the fire illuminated the entire courtyard of the rebel headquarters, the atmosphere joining was clearly felt inside.

The rebel forces looked at the funeral service solemnly, although there was still sadness at the loss of their comrades but they finally had to be willing to do everything that had happened.

“Uncle, will this end according to our wishes?”, Aryo asked the old man.

He asked the question with a face covered in deep sadness. His eyes continued to look towards the front without looking towards his interlocutor.

The old man took a slow breath before answering a question from Aryo, “Our destiny has been determined by the young lord god, ready or not it is our business later. It is natural that we are saddened by the loss of our brothers, but do not blame ourselves for it. Not only young master, we here are one. We also feel what the young master feels, so according to uncle it is better for the young master to strengthen himself to face what will appear in front of him”, the old man explained at length his answer.

The answer from the old man made Aryo's mood calm, he smiled towards the front and then looked at the sky, “If fate has been determined what can make”, he said slowly.

The two continued to stand looking at the blazing flames that continued to burn before their eyes, while Patih Purno and Subani only briefly stood up and now rested to recover their respective energies.

Aryo and the old man had just moved from where they were standing after it was almost midnight and as they were about to leave the flames slowly began to fade, maybe soon it will be a fire later.

Tonight they want to rest as much as possible, because tomorrow they will face a battle that will drain them of energy again. With enough rest will certainly add stamina that has been drained before.

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