The Musafir

Descending Mount - Volume 1 Finished

“How are you, Rara?”

“My news is always good, Mantingan.” Rara smiled. “As long as the small jug is clean, I will be fine.”

The mantel smiles too. “Thank you for reminding me first.”

“Sure, equally.” Rara laughed a little. “So, do you accept my existence?”

“Ya.” The mantel widens the smile. “Thou hast gone, but your soul has been planted in my mind. So that you cannot leave me.”

“That's great!” Rara smiled with excitement. “And is that grudge still lingering?”

“Still.”

Rara relaxed her smile. “Why?”

“I take revenge on you and want to reach your ears, because you never obey me.” Mantingan approached Rara with a terrible smile.

“Do not approach, Mantingan!” Rara ran hard, because Mantingan was chasing her.

Laugh at them and keep running. Very carefree, unlike the meeting in the first dream.

When Mantingan managed to catch Rara, his dream suddenly collapsed.

The mantel woke up with a big smile. How she felt her happiness back with Rara.

And behold, now Mantingan has made peace. The fact that Rara's death was unjust cannot be changed. But Mantingan managed to make peace with that injustice. With this conciliatory feeling, Mantingan was no longer covered in the flames of vengeance.

The mantle rose from his sleep. He turned to the side, where the Kiai Guru Kedai usually meditated, but now the place was empty without its existence. Mantingan came down from his bed, walked out of the mouth of the cave.

As usual, the cold air will be more felt after the Mantingan is outside the cave. In front of Mantingan was a bush, and behind the bush lay the scenery under the foot of the mountain. Mantingan can see the city and small village of this place, their lives seem so quiet and small up here, even though they have walked human activities in the morning.

The mantan went into his cave again. He put his clothes back on which now felt narrower by the presence of his muscles. The mantle also pairs of bundles and coffers to his body. The mantle shone on Kiai Kedai's sword at his waist. So he came out of the cave which he had lived in for more than three years.

Mantingan came down from the mountain slope easily and quickly, until it was now at the foot of the mountain.

The sun had risen by then, Mantingan quickly put on his caping. Although actually caping is not very useful. The physical exercise of the mantang outside the cave has made his body immune to the rays of the sun. His skin became slightly browner than before.

The mantan wears caping only for disguise, so that he is not counted as a swordsman. There are so many warriors who are looking for opponents with new warriors coming down from the mountain. Manten is not looking for unnecessary trouble. That is also the reason for not flashing like other warriors.

At the foot of this mountain the birds are more often seen. Deer are also seen foraging, and looking for luck with prey that roam everywhere, of course, many poachers who look for fresh deer like that.

Leaving a mountain like this was the same as leaving behind an incredible peace. Mantingan had no problem with that, as he would introduce the crowd to the meaning of true peace.

By making peace, Mantingan is no longer afraid to visit human settlements. Even now Mantingan wants to visit more inhabited villages, so that he can help if there are good people who are oppressed.

Mantingan look far in front of him, there are signs of the existence of the village. The signs Mantingan saw were small swaths of rice fields not far in front of him. And vaguely with a sharp vision style called Eagle Eyes, Mantingan can see faintly the roofs of rural houses.

Eagle Eye Skill is a technique that does not induce a certain flow. This is a general style, all warriors are free to master it. This general style is indeed many, and almost always created by independent warriors. This style allows one to see more clearly and further, but this style cannot be used for long. This style is created by imitating the eyes of an eagle, which is completely incompatible with the human eye, so it will be dangerous for the eye if worn too long.

Mantingan set foot towards the village, crossing pesawahan which had not yet grown. Now it is the rainy season, the time for farmers to grow rice. Mantingan happy, maybe the village he will come to now is not the same condition as during the dry season.

Mantingan arrived in front of the gate, which no one guarded. Not that the village was poor, but it was indeed the peace of his life. Or maybe, there is a protective swordsman in it. The mantan has been taught to recognize the signs of the warrior's existence, to avoid unnecessary commotion, and this is one of the signs of the swordsman's existence. Nothing to keep does not mean safe. However, it could be that the current situation is much different from the situation three years ago.

The new mantan three years left the world, living in a cave with Kiai Guru Kedai, but Mantingan felt left behind the times. What happened to the Tarumanagara turmoil caused by the former Salakanagara people? Have they stopped their movement, until a fertile village like this there are no guards? Or is it still the same as three years ago, but in this village there are warriors who inhabit it?

It has been common for independent warriors or white-flowers who decided to live in weak villages when the situation was not safe. It was their way of protecting the village and its people from destruction, and also a way to hide and not involve themselves in the dangerous situation that was unfolding.

If there are already warriors guarding this village, then it is good news as well as bad news.

The good news is that there are still good warriors, and there are still warriors who think not to interfere in political affairs. The bad news is that the turmoil is still happening, even bigger, until warriors start to intervene.

Mantingan look deeper, many people are still doing activities in the morning naturally. Like pounding rice, carrying clothes to be washed in the river, children who run around carrying food on banana leaves, also men who shouldered hoes to the rice fields.

Nothing is strange. The residents behave accordingly. Even if there is a warrior here, then it is not a sign of danger for Mantingan, because the swordsman does not seem to rule as well as the eloquence in this village as the warriors of the black stream apply. And if there really is no swordsman here, then that is not a problem for Mantingan either.