The Musafir

The King of Wrong Calculations

MANTAN almost jumped from his spot when he heard King Koying say that. But luckily, Chitra Anggini quickly tightened the grip on his hand!

With a look in the eye, he said, ‘Don't. You will only die in vain.’

Mantingan realized how true the words of the woman, that it would only waste their lives in vain if they still insist on attacking the king at this time anyway.

Soon he poured out all anger and let his mind back clear again cold, until it could even match the cold and clear mountain water covered with cucumbers.

Kiai Guru Kedai said one time, “Success in the face of a heated situation is to not let yourself heat up.”

Now, not only Dara who is in a precarious state is not a bitch, but also a pair of Moon Swords. Both precious things are now a gift for anyone who is the fastest to complete the competition, as if it has absolutely no value in the eyes of the king other than just as a mere tool of pleasure.

‘If this king is stupid, Koying will not progress to this extent.’ Chitra Anggini again said in his eyes. ‘Don't be rash, no matter how angry you are. Perhaps this is a trap.’

Completely Chitra Anggini said that, suddenly a swordsman ventured to wake up from his affinity and stand upright.

“What do you want from us, Your Majesty? That pair of heirlooms should not be in your hands as rulers of the common people, especially now that you make them as auction gifts. Your Highness, we don't care about this crazy contest at all, we just want the sword returned to the existing martial world Sky Starter.”

“Who do you refer to as ‘we’ it?” Another warrior stood up and immediately opened his voice. Hard face. “Your Majesty, when can the competition begin? Let not His Majesty listen even a little bit about what that person said, the Sky Stakeholder that exists today has absolutely no ability to keep the magical heirloom of the mandraguna. Let the servant of peril try to win the competition, with pure intention with the school of servants to keep the Pair of the Moon Sword from falling into the hands of the black faction.”

The two debates were perfect opening for other debates. Now, almost all the warriors in the vast ward rose from the form of rest. They stood with some in favor and some against the king's verdict.

Mantingan and Chitra Anggini themselves did not issue any response. They just fell silent and stared at each other, without anyone knowing that there had been a crucial conversation between the two.

‘This is what the king wants!’ chitra Anggini said, ‘with the increasingly heated up noise, maybe the warriors will fight each other to death. But, I still do not understand why the king wants a commotion.’

With a thin smile, so thin, so thin, too thin, so that it is almost not visible at all, Mantingan replied, ‘She has learned of the attack from the underground that will happen soon.’

Frowning, Chitra Anggini again asked, ‘Lantas? Why should with a fuss?’

‘This commotion will mess up the entire dungeon plan, even more so if they find out the king is holding a Pair of Moon Swords. Their grudges and wrath will not be worth the value of that sword.’

‘So, the king intended to trap them inside his own palace?’ The woman began to understand the king's intentions. Just like trapping a mouse, you have to open the cage first with a tempting bait until the animal goes inside!

‘Yes. This attack actually became an opportunity for the king to eradicate the underground warriors who are difficult to trace its existence. But, of course, he understood that the power in his palace would not be able to stem the invasion of the enemy, so he then used the power of warriors in the Angry Love Event to finish off his enemies.’

Everything makes more sense. With the king making the warriors in this great ward fight each other, then no longer will they know the enemy or friends, including the warriors of the underground who will later invade the palace.

Moreover, the fight was not about the group against the group of— so that it could be known which was the enemy with friends, but about one against all. Each of these warriors would attack other warriors indiscriminately to capture the beautiful Dara as well as the incomparable pair of Moon Swords. How much of it would be a blind fight!

As Chitra Anggini had said before, King Koying would not be able to maintain the glory in his kingdom with stupid sense. Unfortunately, only he and Mantingan were aware of the impropriety of the king's actions when announcing the competition, so of course the king's plan would go according to what was expected.

A moment later, Mantingan looked back into Chitra Anggini's eyes, ‘But he had miscalculated.’

‘How can it?’ Chitra Anggini could hardly believe it. The whole plan of the king seemed so smooth that it did not have a gap, but how could Mantingan say that the king had miscalculated?

‘He did not consider about the possibility of betrayal from his own side. His confidence was too great, so it was thought that all the parties within the palace would support his plan. For the size of a king, he remains too stupid.’

Chitra Anggini held her breath. At that time, he had just remembered how the Dark Lord would cripple all the magic within the palace in order to achieve the goal of his group's treason!

The mantle smiled faintly and looked ahead. The king smiled broadly at him. Each of those gazes seemed to come from two giants among the noisy little creatures but unable to act much. They are the ones who master the vast delusion, but it is not known to many about its power. Hidden, but having complete control over those who appear to have power.

The gaze came from two equally majestic people; the great grandfather and the Celestial Stakeholder of the martial world!

So deep at that, the sound of the hornets being struck many times from the direction of the palace gate only sounded outlast among the boisterous sounds of thousands of warriors arguing with each other. The men did not hear it at all, and though they did hear, they did not have enough care to ignore it.

The mantan was still staring at the king, and vice versa. He was clearly aware that the king knew the horn was going to be struck at this point, but when the expected chaos had not yet occurred, the king would not move even a little from his place. Likewise with the Mantingan who does not intend to shift its position even a finger if the chaos has not occurred!

“The two heirloom swords were indeed supposed to return to the martial world, not precisely in the hands of the common people!”

“If so, would you be able to stem if there were a ruthless warrior who wanted to seize the heirloom? Let the pair of Moon Sword remain with the king with great power protecting him!”

“I didn't say the heirloom should be in my hands. Just give it to the Sky Starter whose job is to maintain peace in the martial world!”

“Basic people are well! For us, peace is something that should not be found in the martial world. I have tried to avoid the commotion in this place in honor of the ruler of the common people, but if it cannot be solved by mouth, then let us finish with the palms!”

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