The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

70. Reunite

Minister Balda was already preparing to stab with his sword, waiting for the final words to be spoken by his opponent before being executed. But he never heard it, instead he watched a drop of tears now flowing down his opponent's cheeks with a bitter smile engraved with him.

Aryo closed his eyes and was ready to face death, he was resigned to all who would approach him in a moment. There was no other choice but to give up his soul and body, he hoped that the god would forgive him for being negligent and for breaking a promise to his beloved wife, Sinta.

"Well, if there are no more words. Tonight will be the end of our meeting!", minister Balda raised his sword up and then drew his sword towards Aryo who was lying helplessly on the ground.

"May you meet your father there! I am honored to have an opponent as strong as you!"

Do not want further pleasantries minister Balda then moved to pull the tip of his sword towards the chest right Aryo's heart was located.

Aryo's heart beat faster than he should, he could feel the coldness of the sword that was about to approach him.

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Wuuush... Wuuussshhh.... Wuuuuushhh........

The wind blew hard on Aryo's body which was sprawled in a park right in the middle of the lake where the water was so calm. The coldness he felt earlier had now disappeared and was replaced with a wind that seemed to gently caress him.

Without Aryo realizing his body can be moved back and he then found himself in a foreign place. The atmosphere of war was no longer heard, he woke up in a quiet place and there was only the whirring of the wind and the speck of water.

Aryo was silent for a moment before he managed to remember that this place was almost the same when his dream met his wife yesterday.

A feeling of relief mixed with fear struck huh now, "Am I dead?", his heart kept asking that question over and over again.

If indeed he was dead how could he have reached this place, "Is this heaven?!", his feeling said that this place was a paradise told by the saints in the temple.

While still confused by his condition now suddenly someone patted him on the back, "At last we meet again.", an unfamiliar voice sounded very close in his ears.

Aryo moved away in surprise, he could not feel the existence of the money people patted his shoulder, he tried to reach Bagaskara's keris and prepare if the person had evil intentions to him.

But Aryo found Bagaskara's keris is now no longer with him, he reached into his clothes repeatedly but the keris was lost as if swallowed by the earth.

"Are you looking for this young keris?"

Aryo turned his head toward the source of the voice and was surprised to find the figure in front of him now, "Ki.", Aryo's eyes glared and did not blink in the slightest.

The man smiled as much as he could with the look of a very old face, frown after frown had already filled his aged face. His body bent down with a stick to be a tool for help himself can stand.

Aryo knew the figure, he had recently met this person. And that person was none other than Ki Ratno whom he had met while en route to the rebel headquarters.

But Aryo realized that Ki Ratno was now a little older when they first met, he wondered what made the old man look so much older when dealing with him now.

"Ki... How could Ki Ratno be here?", Aryo asked curiously.

"Young people... Why are you still standing there, come with me to sit on the stone table there", Ki Ratno did not comment on questions from Aryo, instead he immediately turned around after his speech was finished.

Aryo felt his attitude was too excessive that it made Ki Ratno not answer his question. He was about to apologize to Ki Ratno but as if he knew Aryo's heart, Ki Ratno again spoke, "Someone I want to talk about, come with me for a moment"

Ki Ratno stopped his steps while looking back, he wanted to hear the response from his interlocutor now.

"Baa... Fine Ki", Aryo answered stammeringly.

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Aryo walked slowly following Ki Ratno's very unsteady steps, not infrequently he saw the old body almost fall to the ground while walking in front of him. His astonishment continued to spread because the first time they met Ki Ratno looked still strong even though he was at an old age.

Ki Ratno's steps now stopped after the two were near a pair of chairs and a table made of stone. The chair and table are on the other side of the island in the middle of the lake.

"Please sit down young man, you must be tired after facing the fight earlier", Ki Ratno moved towards one of the stone chairs in front of them.

Aryo was silent for a moment before then moving following the words of Ki Ratno. Now they both sit facing each other with a stone table to separate the distance between the two.

"Ki... Am I dreaming now?"

"Ahhhhh... This young man was still surprised, just sit quietly and listen to what I want to talk about because we don't have much time", Ki Ratno smiled at Aryo again.

"A-what does Ki Ratno want to talk about?", Aryo asked back. His curiosity seemed unstoppable at this moment, "Where is this? Are we in heaven now?"

"You're about to approach him, in a moment.", Ki Ratno's smile now faded.

"Huh? What does Ki mean?"

"I can say that you are currently in a dreamland far from earthly life. I purposely brought this place to discuss important matters with you"

"It matters? What kind of important thing is Ki?"

"It's about my previous request, do you remember?"

Aryo was silent for a moment before successfully recalling the request from the old man, "Iya Ki, I still remember it. But didn't I agree to Ki Ratno's request."

"Ha... Ha... Ha... Thankfully you still remember it. This old man thinks you may have forgotten my request yesterday."

"Of course I still remember Ki, but why are we discussing that again?"

Ki Ratno did not answer immediately, he then took out Aryo's Bagaskara keris which he held earlier. Aryo's eyes glared at the keris that had now slightly changed from its initial shape.

"You must have recognized him, right?", Ki Ratno pointed out the kris.

"That's the kris I have, how could it be in Ki Ratno's hands now?"

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Hello everyone, come back again with me the author of the novel Fate of the Kingdom of Adipura.

Hopefully everyone does not get tired of reading the story I present, this time I want to make an announcement. For the next few days this novel will not upload new episodes, because in the future there are important tasks that I have to do first.

After the task is completed I will return to writing and uploading new episodes for loyal readers of this novel.

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