The Musafir

The Unexpected Emergence of Echoes

however, the ongoing fight is indeed in silence. Although the forest and its contents made a quite crowded sound that morning, but not so with the fight between Mantingan and Tapa Balian. The fight was very quiet.

So no need to be surprised if there is no conversation, because what is going on is silence, and it should be so because it is not good if the fight is filled by many conversations.

In the fight, it is better to be quiet a lot than to talk a lot. Be jealous of the fight between the interests of the state, which however even more talk boasting than silence.

The mantan is still closed, still snoring loudly, and his hearing is still sweeping all the places that if possible for the discovery of Tapa Balian. Until he arrived he caught the sound of arid from the west with a distance of about twenty spears from where he was at the moment, which was not accompanied by the wind or anything else, which clearly indicates that the sound is not caused by animals that are coincidentally passing, but humans who are sneaking around with all caution!

However, Mantingan could not tell what was causing the unnatural rattling sound for sure. However, the Science of Hearing Dew Drops cannot translate sound into form in such a distance. Currently, the range of sound translation into form by the Science of Hearing Dew Drops that Mantingan mastered was only fifteen spears, but, which in no way means that the arid sound that was within the range of about twenty spears could not be translated into form.

Mantingan also did not open his eyes and used the Eagle Eye Science to be able to see who was the cause of the sound. It was clear that it would damage his charade as if he was fast asleep without the slightest vigilance of the goods, with the final result that could not be determined, yet, considering that Tapa Balian uses the magic of halimunan sirep which is able to make his body invisible.

The sound of rattling again appeared. This time with a distance of fifteen more spears. Stay in the same wind direction, which is the west direction. With such a distance, Mantingan was still unable to translate the sound into form with the Science of Hearing Dew Drops, but how he knew that the thing that made the arid noise was none other than the Talent of Balian!

The mantle continues to wait and wait, closed and closed, snoring and snoring. It seemed to have no alertness at all. That was how his tactic managed to lure people to come closer.

May this be the same as taught by Kiai Guru Kedai:

“If you want your opponent to attack first, then lure him by presenting yourself as if you are really in mediocrity. Always remember that the swordsman will wait more for negligence than the weakness of his opponent.”

But his contemplation was not really even, for he had heard a voice moving at a speed greater than fast was moving towards him. Mantingan then widened his eyes, because he also felt the killer air that emanated from the flashing figure. He soon learned that the figure of the warrior who was flashing was not the Tapa Balian, although it had clearly come from the same place as the arid voice earlier!

New killer Eve can be obtained after killing so many human lives, it is inversely proportional to the fact that Tapa Balian spent his life in the forging of weapons. And even though he had a murderous lust for perhaps unexpected reasons, Tapa Balian could not have let out a murderous air while attacking Mantingan.

But even though his mind is turbulent because it questions the identity of the rapidly flashing figure, Mantingan still has to move away and prepare to use deadly moves to break his opponent's attack.

While still floating in the air, Mantingan took the time to set his eyes on the warrior who attacked him. And how surprised he was when he saw the man wearing a wide caping on his head, also holding a large sword in his hand, how the figure of the swordsman who attacked him with all his murderous lust was Gema Samudradvipa!

“Gema!” The high-sounding mantle called Echoes that were still floating in the air, but it was responded to by an attack of dozens of blackish needles that signified how those things had been laced with deadly poison!

The mantan immediately drew his Savrinadeya Sword tucked into his waist belt, which in an instant was then used to fend off any poisonous needles that shot towards him. But Mantingan did not return the needles to their owners even though it could easily be done, because it is not clear exactly what reason made Gema Samudradvipa attack him like that.

Mantings and Echoes landed on the ground simultaneously. Now the two young men face each other at a distance of approximately four fathoms.

“Gema, what happened?” The quick-tempered mantan asked in full inquiring, There is not the slightest bit of hatred tucked into his words.

Echoes prepared the horses and raised his greatsword before finally saying, “Have I suspected before, you are allied with the Unnamed Woman.”

Mantingan. How Echoes to know the name of the Unnamed Woman, the owner of the Thousand Drops of Water that Mantingan now occupies. But how can Gema know that she has a relationship with a woman who claims not to have that name?

“I'm not allied with him.” Mantingan shook his head in a refutative sentence. “I think you've misunderstood, Gema.”

“See you came out of the cave which is clearly the hiding place of the Unnamed Woman.” Echoes retorted with a sharp voice, as if the sharpness of his voice had defeated his sword. “And you have deceived me, Mantingan. You act as if you are weak and helpless before me, but you're a warrior!”

Mantingan face sharpener deteriorates. He seemed to have been caught off guard, and it was as if he really was. Such an event was truly beyond his expectations.

“I was forced to do just that, Gema.” The man chose to be honest. “With my hand that stayed next door, it has really lost most of my fighting ability. I had to disguise myself as a sword-wielding wielder who had never set foot on the path of martial arts, in order to avoid all the challenges of fighting downstream like a leaf falling from a dry tree in the wind of a storm. Isn't that right, Echoes? If only I had claimed to be a swordsman back then, you would have challenged me to a fight.”

“By avoiding a fight, you have violated the rules of martial arts,” said Gema Samudradvipa, which however is the undisputed truth in the unwritten rules of the martial world.