The Musafir
Go to Practice
ENTERING the Kotaraja Library page is an impossible thing for an Astacandala, while Mantingan still needs to pick up Munding Caraka.
So from a distance, he tweeted to call Munding. His voice is quite high, which certainly does not include Mantingan also with energy in because the ears of the lake river people are too observant to be able to recognize the sound produced by the swordsman so easily.
Shortly afterwards, there was a buffalo who ran slowly to gather the crowd around the Kotaraja Library. Munding Caraka has an unusually large and stocky body, making people afraid to be around him. Even the guard soldiers dodged as the buffalo ran up to them.
“Oooongng!” Munding Caraka long moaned as he almost arrived before Mantingan. The buffalo's breath was roaring, looking very worried.
“I will never really leave you, Munding.” The mantle stroked Munding's head gently. “Now let us go as soon as possible and as far away, I am really uncomfortable with clothes like this.”
Who would feel comfortable walking around in a crowd wearing only a loincloth? The only ones who can do that are the Astacandalas, who are accustomed from birth to know no shame.
Mantingan rises on the back of Munding who has been saddled. Without needing to be asked again, Munding immediately brought the Mantingan away from that place. People around looked at them in disbelief.
None of them thought that Astacandala had such a good buffalo!
Mantingan leads Mundingan to the exit of the city. Of course the intelligent buffalo moaned once again with a questioning tone that Mantingan could really understand his point.
“I want to train somewhere.” The wide smiling coat. “Sekalgus we also bring stealth meat to people who are hungry.”
“Ongng, ongh?”
“No, Munding. I will not eat buffalo meat, let alone stealth buffalo!” The mantle stroked Munding's back while chuckling. Isn't the buffalo too intelligent to understand how much humans love buffalo meat as food, which just means Mantingan is not included in the exception?
After getting out of the city without significant obstacles, Mantingan asked Mundingan to accelerate the movement. Without any objection at all, the buffalo galloped over the forest-splitting road. No matter how Munding was a stealth animal, running fast like that would not burden him at all.
It was only after feeling that it was far enough from civilization, Mantingan asked Mundingan to fly. The possibility that anyone would see them flying still exists, but even if word were spread the Mantingan would not be afraid to face it.
They continued to move towards a large mountain located to the west of Kotaraja. That's Rabbit Mountain!
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In a small shop located at the foot of the mountain, Mantingan decided to take a break. Munding is fed in the form of fresh slope grass which is said to be much more nutritious than ordinary grass. While Mantingan himself bought a bowl of warm porridge and a cup of warm tea as well.
Of course after changing clothes and cleaning themselves in a waterfall located a little far from the foot of Mount Rabbit, Mantingan no longer looks like Astacandala. He returns to his original appearance, a Mantingan who is neither too handsome nor too ugly, but always has charisma that will make anyone captivated. That way, he was served quite well by the shop owner.
However, the purpose of Mantingan stop by this shop is not to eat or to rest. In this place, Mantingan intends to collect information about the most appropriate area to be used as a place to practice.
Mantingan has its own measure to determine whether the area is really right to train or not at all, and it is not like the usual moments he chooses a quiet and safe training ground. This time, it will be amazing. This is also the reason why Mantingan is reluctant to reveal his purpose to Chitra Anggini.
As the shopkeeper was walking nearby, Mantingan immediately called out.
“I just want to ask you about some things in this place, Father. The hope is that you will take the time to answer.” Warm smiling back coat.
“Ask only, Son. I have lived in this place for so long. Sari is still a shepherd until now has been willing to build just a small shop. So just say everything you want to ask.”
“I want to ask you about the place most populated by stealth animals, where would such a place be around here, Mr?”
The face of the owner of the shop changed. His eyes stared at Mantingan from top to bottom, before finally saying, “Is Son a hunter swordsman?”
The mantan nodded his head slowly. “Can be said so, Mr.”
“Doesn't the Child have heard?”
Mantingan's facial sharpness turned even more earnest. If the father of the shop owner had said the word swordsman as well as news, surely what he was about to say was news from the martial world!
“Mr sit down first. I don't know the news you're talking about.” Mantingan invited, the owner of the store was also able to.
“Really Children want to hear this news, even though it might be able to change the original purpose of the Child?”
The mantan nodded his head while signaling the father of the tavern owner to reveal it immediately. So then the father of the shop owner spoke long and wide. His words were like a waterfall that continued to flow endlessly before the water was completely exhausted.
“About a week before today, my shop is still crowded with visitors. Unlike now, there are no customers other than you and your buffalo. The average visitors who come to my shop are hunters who want to hunt the stealth in this Rabbit Mountain. Indeed, it has been known that Mount Rabbit is famous for being inhabited by many valuable demons.
“However, about five days ago, a bird nest monger found the bodies of dozens of people who were all in a terrible state. Their bodies were torn to shreds, like a big mouth filled with sharp teeth had done that.
“The other hunters came to see it with their own eyes. So then the news quickly spread everywhere. You must know that the wind blows very strong in the martial world, bringing news no matter how small.
“Many think that it is caused by stealth animals with extraordinary intelligence who only intend to threaten the hunters not to come to the area again. The fact that the bodies were not eaten is something that is very surprising. However, the assumption as well as the warning is not too ignored. Hunters keep coming, because no matter how much the meat of the stealth animals is their livelihood, and stealth hunting is their job.
“But exactly three days ago, back again Mount Rabbit uproar not playing. Hundreds of corpses of hunter warriors were found in the same place under similar circumstances! Their bodies were torn apart without any part being eaten. Whole but splattered! It's so sad to be.
“The news is widespread. This time the wind in the martial world was even faster bringing news. The low-ability hunter-gatherers refused to hunt on Rabbit Mountain anymore, because for them to die at the hands of animals was something very very embarrassing. While high-capable warriors actually came to conquer any demon that managed to defeat hundreds of warriors in just a very short time.
“But it is very unfortunate, high-ability warriors were even when found only a torn corpse. There is no change with other hunters who have low abilities. As in the face of the shadow demon, they all mean nothing.”
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Episode of the month: 16/40
