The Musafir

Tapa Balian Did Not Come

To my family, I am a disgusting and shameful disgrace. I don't know why they can think of me that way, because I feel that it is you who is the oppressed side. Of course I have told them how weak I am I cannot give any meaningful resistance.

But after all, those who were weak were the ones who were eliminated. I was kicked out of my house, my own mother did that. Worse, I was driven out of the village because it was considered to bring bad in the future.

For weeks I walked in no direction. I am very weak, unable to do anything, unable to even determine my own fate. I was again harassed, even though this time it was of my own free will. I need money, I need food. But until when do I continue to endure that saddest fate?

All I thought at that time was to become strong, and there was no other purpose than to become strong. So that was how I entered into the martial world, with the sole purpose of being strong. Strong, strong, strong, that's what I need when no one wants to protect me.

***

MANTINGAN took a deep breath. The story of the next Unnamed Woman's journey is not too good, because the woman actually entered into the world of the black pejilatan, although at first she was an independent warrior. This is reflected in his story:

Should I refuse the offer even if I want it? I know that science is a false black magic, but can I not become stronger in a very short time?

Unnamed Women decided to accept the offer to join the world of the black movement, which by someone unknown himself was awarded a magic mandraguna. That was the science that made him able to imitate the appearance of others, namely the Ten Blood Kings Science. Such was the long journey of the Unnamed Woman as a free-ranked warrior soon ended. Right after studying the science, the Unnamed Woman who of course at that time still had a name had officially become a black school swordsman.

***

The next month passed. In this month, Mantingan did not feel that time passed so quickly. With her reading the life story of the Unnamed Woman, her days felt more colorful. After all, Mantingan had not studied so much science during this one month. He had finished reading the entire book of knowledge in the Thousand Drops of Water which numbered more than five hundred pieces, so that indeed the current head of the Mantingan was completely full.

If only Mantingan did not apply the treasury of memory, of course not all the knowledge he had learned would be able to be remembered until now and into the future.

Memory treasury in question is to regulate the memories in the brain to occupy their respective rooms. Usually, all the memories of a person accumulate in one room in the brain, so that the memory becomes very low. By placing memories into different spaces, Mantingan is able to improve his memory above most people.

Of course to be able to do such a thing, it takes effort and knowledge that is not small. Mantingan learned the science from the Book of Lotus, known as a state called “No Space and No Time”.

The mantan must be together until he is completely immersed in his own mind, so deeply immersed that nothing can go deeper than it. At that time, the Mantingan would reach a state of Spaceless and Timeless. His mind is able to create its own space and time, so that Mantingan feels a sensation that may be said to be a sensation of death. He was completely separated from the space and time of the universe!

In a Spaceless and Timeless state, Manten was able to read, move, even slightly change the memories within his head. Although impressed very extraordinary, Mantingan chose not to enter the state of Spaceless and Timeless too often. Sometimes, he was unable to get out of the situation, because he had completely sunk so deeply in his own mind, that it was very difficult for him to swim back to the surface. Of course in such a position, Mantingan was unable to apply the Science of Fish Rising Waterfall to help him rise to the surface!

Wouldn't it be terrible if he got stuck in his own mind and could never come out for ever?

Even though he was in the Thousand Drops of Water that was impossible to be infiltrated by others, Mantingan still felt anxious. All possibilities are possible to be a possibility that actually happens!

If the Mantan had been outside the Thousand Drops of Water vault to begin his adventure, of course the young man would never dare to enter the state of Spaceless and Timeless without the guardianship of a trustworthy swordsman.

***

MANTINGAN looked around. Green trees swayed in the slow wind. The sun is shining brightly in the central horizon. The sky is clear of mega-mega. However, there were no signs of Tapa Balian around him. Mantingan took a deep breath, now he began to worry. It had been eleven days since the full moon had passed, and Tapa Balian had not yet seen the trunk of his nose. Didn't the old man promise to visit once every month with supplies?

Mantingan certainly does not worry about his supplies that are threatened not to come for this month, indeed he is able to withstand hunger by eating deep energy even though the taste is not at all good. However, he was very worried about the situation of Tapa Balian now. The old man was a man who was always on time and never once reneged on his promise. So when Tapa Balian does not come today, which is the same as not keeping a promise, it seems to indicate something bad has happened.

The Mantingan decided to take a blank piece of Magic Throw along with its scribe. He wrote a sentence on the sheet, then tied it to the back of the White.

“Come back as soon as possible and bring good news.” The mantle whispered softly before releasing the bird into the air.

Even though White had been extremely docile towards Mantingan, he still darted quickly leaving the young man, as if he had just been released from confinement after so long. How intelligent the pigeon is in knowing the situation.

Mantingan looked at the White until the bird disappeared from his sight, before again walking into the cave.

***

BACK five days passed. Sepasar has passed since Mantingan sent the White to Balian Valley with his letter. Every day in that market he continued to come out of the Thousand Drops of Water just to check whether Tapa Balian came or not. But in that time, Mantingan did not meet with Tapa Balian. Even the White One never came back, so even for mere news about Tapa Balian did not hear Mantingan. His worries turned to anxiety.

All these events are not natural, and if it will never be natural before they are confirmed. So on this day, the Mantingan decided to leave the Thousand Drops of Death.

It is not without careful consideration that cooking. Mantingan felt that his training period was better enough, because he had read all the books in the Thousand Drops of Water. Almost all the science stored in the books has been successfully mastered, except the science of himbunan and some other witchcraft.

The contents of the Book of Halimunan are only fragments of verses that are in the Book of Lotus, so to be able to master the science of the hymn, the Mantingan must study the Book of Lotus by itself. At least, he knows which verses in the book are needed to master the science of the hymn.