The Legend of the Cultivation World

Go First

The day changed and did not feel the journey of the Black Flag Army group was half way from the capital Wirabhumi. There were only four more days left before they arrived to fulfill the Supreme Commander's call.

Right now all the soldiers are resting at night. Some of them were seen joking around near the fireplace and the tents that had been prepared.

Arya walks through the camp in search of the higher-ups who have not been seen since the afternoon. Somehow he felt guilty for ignoring them these few days.

The man himself during the trip often muses a lot and likes to spend time alone. Even when Arjuna and the others tried to talk to Arya, the man always only answered briefly like yes and no.

After searching here and there Arya did not go to find their whereabouts. But he found Dharma chatting with some soldiers in one of the fireplaces.

"Dharma, have you seen Arjuna and the others? I've been looking for them but I haven't gotten a clue."

Arya unhesitatingly asked Dharma the giant Wolf who some time ago challenged him to test whether he was worth serving or not.

Seeing the arrival of Arya immediately made the association reorganize themselves and give respect. Dharma does the same with other soldiers.

"I'm sorry I didn't see them either and I'm less aware of them, sir! If you can figure out what the boss is looking for?"

Dharma answered nervously as well as asked back to Arya. Actually he knows the whereabouts of Arjuna and the others who are now having a secret meeting. But Dharma himself has been ordered to keep his mouth shut when asked by Arya.

The secret meeting was none other than Arya's attitude which has lately become more reserved, and prefers to be alone from mingling together with others.

Hearing the words of Dharma just now, Arya could only sigh deeply. "No... I just want to leave the troops to them. There's something I need to do in the capital first, and be forced to leave you."

Arya then explained her reason for wanting to continue the journey first to Dharma, where she wanted to report their arrival to the guards.

With an army of humans, Demons, and Demon Beasts would certainly arouse the suspicion of the gatekeepers of the capital. Worried if their arrival would make a scene in the Capital which was currently unstable in status.

Dharma understands. Reluctantly he finally agreed to Arya's request to continue first and will wait for them there.

In just one breath Arya's figure instantly disappeared from the Black Flag Army's camp. Which made Dharma as well as some of the soldiers gobsmacked for not being able to keep up with the movements of their leader very quickly.

This had already shown how proficient Arya was in using body lightening techniques, to the point where the Intermediate Realm spiritual energy cultivators were unable to keep up with her movements.

There is another thing that Arya really wants to do until she wants to get to the capital Wirabhumi soon. This concerns the health of Raden Wijaya, King of the Kingdom of Brawijaya whose health conditions are getting weaker.

To carry out the initial plan he had made. Arya still needs the role of Raden Wijaya to strengthen its position and stabilize the fragile condition of the Kingdom of Brawijaya from within.

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Meanwhile, the higher-ups of Madya City such as Arjuna, Wira, Bagaskara, Indera, Gardapati, Princess Amanda, until Dierja are currently gathering in the forest not too far from the Black Flag Army camp.

Working alone is currently not accompanied by his bodyguards. Because this leg meeting should only be heard by a certain, even in fact no one should hear the essence of this conversation.

Everyone who was there was currently staring at Gardapati. The lion is the originator of the idea to conduct secret meetings without the knowledge of Arya.

They now begin to suspect Gardapati who seems to have a big secret regarding Aryan's change of attitude to all of them.

Arjuna looked towards Gardapati with a probing gaze. The lion has made them now have a secret meeting behind Arya.

Of course this could make them all plan a defection to Arya if the secret meeting is leaked.

Everyone has the same thoughts as Arjuna. They don't want to be considered defectors just because Gardapati invites them all to talk nonsense.

"You're all aware that there's nothing wrong with the leader lately?" Gardapati let out a long sigh thinking about Arya's attitude behind this.

Needless to say, everyone there understood what Gardapati meant. They themselves are worried that now Arya's mental condition is slightly disturbed due to bearing the burden as a leader at a very young age of 20 years.

Of the people there, the most worried about Aryan's recent change in attitude is Dierja and Princess Amanda. They both realize the pattern shown by Arya is the same as it was 10 years ago.

"Master Arya's current mood is unstable and it looks like we've made a mistake." Dierja conveys his opinion.

Hearing the words of Dierja certainly made everyone except Princess Amanda astonished. So far they have carried out their duties as best as possible and have never heard complaints from Arya.

So what was the reason that made the man disappointed with them. Everyone then turned their eyes towards Princess Amanda. Somehow they feel that the woman seems to be the source of Aryan's change of attitude.

Their suspicion of Princess Amanda was certainly not without reason. This is based on when Arya always avoids eye contact with the woman and even avoids her blatantly.

Getting the gazes from everyone made Princess Amanda a little depressed. It was not that he was afraid of them, but that he realized that this matter was indeed related to him.

Of course Princess Amanda felt tight and sick when this back Arya avoided her. Though the night that the man suddenly hugged himself, he already thought their relationship would become closer and closer.

Who would have thought if Princess Amanda's pleasure only lasted for a moment, and the distance and between her and Arya instead of getting closer actually began to become tenuous.

Gardapati who realized that Princess Amanda herself was confused decided to defend the woman so as not to continue to be suspected by everyone.

But Gardapati has not had time to defend Princess Amanda, suddenly Dharma comes to their place in a hurry.

"Is with you? You look like a predator being chased back by its own prey." The hero looked at Dharma suspiciously, for it was not usual for his new friend to seem anxious.

Dharma set his breath before answering. "The Boss decided to continue the journey alone to the Capital, and asked us to replace him to lead the Army."

Hearing the words Dharma certainly makes everyone surprised, especially Dierja and Princess Amanda who are worried if Arya lies and will disappear just like the incident 10 years ago after being disappointed by three people, he said, namely Madam Maharani, Raka, and her own father.

Gardapati, who is most familiar with Aryan nature among all people, then tried to calm down his colleagues who began to worry if Arya wanted to isolate themselves and make them lose their direction.

"You all calm down. Master cannot leave us without reason. It seemed like there was something he had to do immediately in the Capital. Is that so Dharma?"

Gardapati looked at Dharma which made her brother nod and explained why Arya decided to leave first.

The Dharma explanation instantly made everyone calm again, but they became annoyed and persecuted the Black-haired Wolf for not explaining it at the beginning.