The Musafir

A dozen Thieves

MANTINGAN remained silent and continued to walk, although it was clear to him that a dozen armed men were sneaking around following him from behind.

Mantingan also understood that coming this time was not a group of warriors, but only a group of trained people who use swords. However, he still did not understand why the bandits could exist in such a desolate and lonely place, which should not interest them at all.

Mantingan did not take the assumption that Gema Samudradvipa intended to trap him in the middle of the wilderness like this, because of course the man bercaping it can do it from the beginning without the need to hard-difficulty bring Mantingan into the jungle. And after all, Echoes do not show any signs that he knows the presence of the dozen.

But even though he had known that those people were not warriors who should be defeated as easily as turning the palm of one hand, Mantingan still alerted his vigilance.

It cannot rule out the possibility that the dozen armed men who came to sneak around was just a diversion before the actual attack.

Indeed there is such a tactic, which Kiai Guru Kedai once warned in his advice:

“A swordsman who knows that his opponent's strength is much weaker, will usually relax his vigilance. That is what is then used as a battle strategy. Namely by sending weak fighters to paralyze the opponent's vigilance to the lowest point, then send an attack with real strength.”

In the martial jungle, vigilance is often more necessary than strength, because even expert warriors can be killed by low-level warriors with poisonous needles when their inattention opens. So it is like it only takes a negligence as big as the tip of the needle as the exit of life in the body!

Mantingan continued to be wary as the dozen people got closer and closer. Be careful in the inertia so as not to provoke the suspicion of Echoes, which how suspicion will dismantle the identity of Mantingan and lead to disappointment or even worse is the fight!

When the sound of a wooden fracture sounded loud enough, Echoes turned to face behind with fingers grasping the handle of the sword on his back. The mantan cheered happily in the mind because it had reason to take out the sword blade from its cage!

In passing he exchanged looks with Echoes. Any view that is short in nature has many meanings.

Then, cry out Echoes out loud, “Who is there?!”

But no one answered. I just heard the wind. When you look at it, all it looks like is a row of large trees and tall shrubs that are being waved by strong winds.

“Who's there?!” Echoes the question again. “Answer if you don't want us to escape from this place as soon as possible!”

No one replied, but the answer to the Echoes question was apparently responded to with an attack. Several flying blades shot towards Mantingan and Echoes at an incomparably high speed.

It was easy for Mantingan and Echoes to dodge, so the flying knives were only stuck on the ground. In addition to the speed of the knives that are not too high, the accuracy is also very bad.

Mantingan pulled out the Sword Kiai Kedai that lived half of it from his cage, the same thing was done Gema Samudradvipa against his great sword.

Without any further ado, a dozen people who were in fact dressed in black came out from behind the tree trunks and thickets to attack!

Their bodies clad in black cloth seemed so sunken inward that they showed the shape of their bones. They eat less. And of course the way of life as a thief for them is not for fun.

But is there in the battle right and wrong, if each side must take up arms to defend their lives without seeing who is right and who is wrong?

The mantan absorbs all the energy in its seven chakras so that not the slightest movement it makes later includes the energy in. Of course it has also been his consideration, that it seems unfair that is so strong against the so weak. However, Mantingan still believes in his fighting ability, that all problems on the path can be solved without deep energy.

As soon as one of them slapped his sword at Mantingan, the young man then moved the Kiai Kedai Sword to fend off. And right after successfully repelling, he once again moved his sword which was meant to attack.

With a single strike slashed from top to bottom, Mantingan managed to paralyze his enemy, which is nothing but paralyzing meaning is killing.

Mantingan really does not use the power in the attack or the tank, but indeed the enemy is so weak to fight someone with a stubble hand like himself.

While Mantingan faced an attack again, Gema Samudradvipa was attacking ferociously. The attack of the large blade of his sword was indeed unbearable by the enemy, resulting in them being a soft meal of the sword. Its position is far from desperate.

The mantle continued to swing its sword. It never stops. Whether it was to fend off or attack, but his sword did not stop moving at all. Unlike the Echoes, the position of the current Mantingan can be said to be quite desperate.

How could the Javadvipa believe that the Mantingan who once killed thousands of warriors at once could not face a thief who really had no experience in the martial world at all?

But if you look at the circumstances, Mantingan which is currently not the same as when he was in Javadvipa. His flagship right arm is gone, plus the broken Kiai Kedai Sword. Of course with such circumstances, it is only natural that the current Mantingan has almost no power against an enemy.

However, the Mantingan fight with his enemy ended instantly when Gema Samudradvipa slapped the enemy's head using his sword, which immediately made the man fall with a brim consciousness.

Samudradvipa's echo advanced before stomping on the person's chest, stressing it strong enough to the ground to prevent the robber from escaping.

“Quick tell me who sent you here if you don't want your life separated from the body!” Echoes pose a threat with such a strong emphasis on his tone of speech.

Accompanied by the pain ringis as well as the face of the patient center, the skinny thief replied, “We were not sent by anyone, Sir! We were only ordered by our group leader, who also Mr has finished!”

Mantingan looked at the person's eyes fixedly as he spoke. He did not find any kind of lie in those eyes.

“Create to that?!” The echoes that looked dissatisfied further pressed the rogues chest with his feet.