The Musafir
Second Murder
Knowing the existence of Mantingan, the swordsman flashed and disappeared. But Mantingan could tell his whereabouts clearly, the swordsman hid behind a bush not far from him.
Mantingan's eyes stared at the bushes, so that the warrior who was hiding was certainly aware of his hiding was uncovered. Sure enough, the swordsman stood up and came out of hiding. Seen he grinned.
“Get him out, Boy!”
Mantingan replied, “What do you need against him?”
“Don't be your hypocrite! Obviously you're actually interested in him, you'll definitely do that when I'm gone!”
Looks like this one swordsman is not easy to pleasantries.
The mantle scrunched his forehead. “Bapak, that is not a matter of concern. I'll ask you, what do you want with him?”
“Do not pretend not to know!”
The mantel took his breath away. “I'm just making sure, Father. If that's the case, then obviously the hostility between us.” Mantang rubbed the handle of his sword. “Father get out of here, then there will be no fight between you and daku.”
“Rigger boy! A new cow is born! Hayo, face me if you dare!”
The mantel smiled faintly before its body disappeared from sight. It was just an instant, before the Mantan body reappeared right behind the mouthed swordsman. The Sword Mantingan had already been sheathed back; it was not still sheathed. His opponent bought in disbelief, before collapsing to the ground with a hole in his heart. Blood seeped through the ground, the Mantingan still in his position.
This was the second murder for Mantingan. And this time, Mantingan did not hesitate to kill his opponent, nor did he have any regrets. People like that swordsman should be reduced to existence on earth, or they will continue to make trouble everywhere.
The mantle turns, facing the body of the opponent. This swordsman should have known from the beginning, that the swordsman's life was always plagued by unexpected murders. There should be no remorse or grudge in him, even though he was dead.
One more thing, a swordsman should know that being off guard and underestimating an opponent are the two biggest enemies for any swordsman. No matter how powerful the swordsman was, if he let his guard down from the fighting rink, then the opponent could quickly kill him. The fight can be finished very quickly if one of the swordsmen is less alert, like what Mantingan managed to achieve this time, the fight time is very short.
The mantel dragged the warrior's body. He set up a pancaka of firewood in the storage room, then set the man's body on fire. The forest was bright because of the fire emitted by the pancaka.
However, despite the bright and hot flames. Dara did not also come out of the Mantingan tent, until Mantingan darted quickly open the curtain of his tent. He was worried, if Dara had been exposed to the poison from the swordsman before, and only now.
But what Mantingan saw was not as bad as he had imagined. Dara fell asleep comfortably, smiling as if not caring for the life of Mantingan who bet earlier. The mantan could only sigh before leaving Dara alone. Anyway, the sun will be up soon.
***
In the morning. The mantan was preparing to leave the camp with his tools. He left the bundle this time, because the hardware was quite draining to carry it.
Mantingan had left a written message to Dara who was still asleep, a plate of breakfast and some gold pieces if he wanted to leave.
Before Mantingan left, he first checked the Purple Sari Flower in the planting room. The condition of the flowers was good, as early as he found it. Not to forget the Mantingan. Later in the day, will Mantingan try to breed the flower.
“Hey, where are you going?!”
“I want to go around looking for flowers.” Warm smiling coat. “I've made breakfast in that storage warehouse. I have also prepared some gold pieces if you want to go.”
Dara quickly walked out of the tent with an increasingly panicked face. “J-don't go first, what if in this forest there are delicate creatures?”
The mantle laughed softly and shook his head. “No.”
“What if there are criminals? Where's the guy who chased me last night?”
“That person I've disabled.” Mantingan still smiled warmly, has been changed the word “kill” to “cripple” so as not to spoil the mood of the young virgin.
“What if his spirit rises and tickles me?” Dara said shiver.
“It shouldn't have happened, Nyai. The reason that killed him was the swordsman as well.”
“So, you have succeeded in becoming a swordsman?” Dara asked something else. “Sorry, I forgot last night. As long as you ask for help, but I do not know that you are a swordsman.”
The smile bitterly. Fortunately he has become a swordsman, or Dara and himself can not survive later.
“It's okay, Nyai, everything has happened and I'm happy to be able to help Nyai.”
“But, you're not leaving, are you?”
Manten grinning. “Nyai, I'm leaving, there's no problem in this forest. As long as Nyai does not go anywhere, and does not do something that provokes wild animals, then Nyai can be said to be safe until I return later.”
Dara clenched her hands, saying in a loud voice. “You harassed me, Coat! Do you not know how many young men have wanted to accompany me all day and even all these years? But look at you who have become arrogant just because you have become a warrior, have a sturdy body, and have a lot of money!”
“Nyai ..” Mantingan was silent for a moment before sighing deeply. “Alright, Nyai. I'll take you out of the woods, or to a nearby town. How?”
Dara is seen nodding, although Mantingan knows that Dara still does not like the decision. Mantingan certainly can not be constantly in the camp just to accompany Dara. In addition to disbanding his goal, a man and woman who were together for a long time was also not good, especially in a quiet place like this.
Of course Mantingan had gone through the exercise of restraining his lust with his teacher, but anything that caused the lust to rise again, was not very pleasant. So Mantingan argued, it is better for Dara to just go from his camp. Not because Mantingan felt bothered by the existence of the woman.
“Wait for me for a minute, Nyai.”
The mantel put back his hardware in the storage room, now he just shined the sword without carrying any other heavy load. Mantingan came out and took Dara to walk together. They came out of the campground, towards the shady and dense trees.
The trees look very scary to Dara. He still couldn't believe that he ran out among those creepy trees last night. Dara was afraid of the story of the trees walking in the forest interior. He said the tree was always looking for a human to poach, especially a beautiful girl, like her! Therefore, Dara increasingly mepet on Mantingan.
