The Swordsman

CHAPTER XXVI

"Mother...Are you right, I am the one who has been blindly controlled by the lust for power so I made a mistake and did cruel to prince Kusuma and his family? Even I could plunge the king of Dewayana into the dungeon.." I am truly sorry for what I have done.." Inner prince Himawan with regret

"Prince..is the prince still giving us time to find the prince's mother..? said the bodyguard disperse the reverie of Prince Himawan.

"Hhhhhaahh.well, continue the search. But remember, don't let anyone know about this. So that the conditions in this training to remain calm." Prince Himawan ordered.

"Well prince, I will carry out your orders." replied the bodyguard.

"I'd better go find my mom. I'll ask Prince Pranoto for permission to do private training at the Wiji Sejati college, I'm sure the prince will allow me." thought Prince Himawan.

After thinking things through carefully, the Himawan prince came to the Palace to meet the Pranoto prince.

"My sister, what is it that you suddenly meet me..? Some meetings, you never even come." said Prince Pranoto.

"Pardon me prince for not being able to attend the prince's invitation. The prince knew for himself that the situation in the training camp was very chaotic after being left behind by Rekso Bumi."

"So I focus on improving the condition of the training in the same as cleaning the followers of Rekso Bumi trainers so as not to disturb." replied the prince Himawan reasoned.

"Hahahaha, calm down my sister, don't feel bad, we are family. I believe you must be doing something important."

"Then how is the situation in the training in this moment..?" ask prince Pranoto.

"As you wish, the training in this moment has been cleared of the loyal followers of Rekso Bumi. All those who are still loyal to Rekso's coach have me thrown into the palace prison."

"Now that you can be calmer, there will be no more people who will disturb you in the palace environment." replied Prince Himawan.

Internal compliance is responsible for the security of the palace and the household affairs of the palace. All the needs of the Palace Family were prepared and met by the inner training. For security matters, the Inner Patience is equipped with a training guard force assisted by the Right Senopati troops for the safety of the Queen and the king's concubines, and the Inner Senopati forces for the security of the King and Palace.

"Then did you meet me just to report that..?" ask prince Pranoto.

"No prince, I came to see you because I wanted to ask your permission. I'll do closed-door training at Mount Mushroom Dipa, at the college of True Wiji.."

"Maybe it took me three months for my training.." Prince Himawan reasoned.

"Hmmmm.. Then who will take care of the training in..?" ask prince Pranoto.

"I will entrust the affairs of training to Tumenggung Wisaya, he is a coaching advisor and a person I trust very much. Besides being clever, Wiyasa was a very thorough and disciplined person." replied the prince Himawan.

"All right, I'm giving you permission. But come back as soon as your training is over." replied Prince Pranoto.

Then Prince Pranoto issued a piece of paper containing permission to the prince Himawan to conduct training and give authority in the affairs of training to Tumenggung Wiyasa. Prince Himawan then gave instructions to the guardian of Wiyasa during his departure.

"Well prince, trust me with everything." replied Wiyasa.

After making preparations, the Himawan prince set out to leave the inner training to find his mother. The first place he went to was the True Wiji Institution. Not without reason, Wiji Sejati college is a place where the prince Himawan studied kanuragan. Prince Himawan is a student of Ki Harso, one of the elders in the college of True Wiji.

The purpose of Prince Himawan to meet his teacher was to tell and admit the mistakes he had made. He wanted to ask Ki Harso for solutions and assistance on all the problems he faced.

->

At the same time, Senopati Manto was at the headquarters of the Black Skull sect and ordered three elite members of the Black Skull sect to conduct an investigation on the Ancient pedestal. They are called black masks, red masks and silver masks. The three of them were at the level of an early stage Master.

"Your job is to get into the ancient pedestal to investigate the events of natural phenomena that occurred some time ago.."

"You, bring each of you three ordinary members to perform the duties of the chairman." Senopati Manto ordered.

"What should we investigate, vice-chairman..?" ask the black mask.

"The chief suspects that the events of nature are related to the book of Kalimasada. You investigate the existence of the book and also the existence of Sanjaya Raden." replied Manto.

"Good sir deputy. We will do our best." they said in unison.

Immediately after that meeting, the three of them with the nine ordinary members of the sect traveled to browse through the Ancient pedestal. It took ten days for their journey to reach the ancient pedestal. Then they split into three groups. Each of the elite members brought three ordinary members and entered the Ancient pedestal.

"Red mask, bring three men and go south. The black mask along with the three members went eastward and I alone with the three members will head northward.."

"Another ten days we will meet here." said the silver mask.

"Well, ten more days we'll meet here." they said in unison..

Unlike when ki Karto entered the Ancient pedestal, they did not find any obstacles when entering the Ancient pedestal. This is because the magic field that protects the Ancient pedestal has been damaged by a lightning storm that occurred when Sanjaya raden absorbed the magic spell steps kalimasada.

-->

Meanwhile after two weeks of traveling, Raden Sanjaya and Ki Sumali managed to find the Ruler's Palace. Currently they are both in front of a ruined building which on the gate there is an ancient Kawi inscription which means the writing is Hastana Hyang Asa. They entered the courtyard of the building carefully. After entering the courtyard, there is a building that looks more like a worship sanggar but with a large size. It looks like the building is still intact and sturdy even though many buildings around it have collapsed. They approached the building and in front of the closed door were two Kalachakra statues, a giant statue with four faces, three faces are depicted with fanged teeth and one face is depicted with a smile. In addition, the Kalachakra statue has four hands carrying weapons such as mace, sword, bow and arrow, and chakra-shaped weapons.

Above the door is an ancient Kawi script that reads Urip iku urup which means life is living. A very thick spiritual aura was felt coming out from behind the door of the building, so that none of the saint beasts or holy spiritual beasts dared to approach the area. Raden Sanjaya felt the calmness of being in that place, instead ki Sumali felt her hair standing up.

"Is this the palace of the ruler..? I felt a very strong pressure.." Inner Ki Sumali.