The Swordsman
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Meanwhile, it had been one month that Prince Himawan was at the True Wiji college to conduct closed-door training. Previously the Himawan prince had expressed his regret and told all that happened in the royal palace to Ki Sasongko and the True Wiji college elders. In that one month, Ki Sasongko along with the elders of the Wiji Sejati college continued to think about the information provided by the Himawan prince and find solutions to solve the problems that were going on in the Kawi Kingdom.
"I thought the death of Prince Kusuma was a conspiracy. But I did not expect that Prince Pranoto would do such a thing to the king of Dewayana" Ki Among said.
"Now what should we do..? Did we just attack the Black Skull..?" ask ki Harso.
"I'm sure, with our strength plus the students of the True Wiji school and the help of the white flow group, the Black Skull will definitely be destroyed." said Ki Woko
"It seems that it will not be easy to solve the problems in this kingdom. The Black Skull had mastered everything and exerted a powerful influence even within this royal palace.."
"If we make an attack, surely the palace will help the Black Skull. Surely the battle is not only between us and the Black Skull, but also the royal warriors."
"As Prince Himawan said, almost all of the royal soldiers have joined the Black Skull, even half more of the palace's elite troops and palace guards are also members of the Black Skull sect" replied ki Sasongko.
"True what the chairman said, if we are rash and move without careful calculation, instead of destroying the Black Skull, even we are destroyed. Not only that, the entire white group and the people of the Kawi kingdom will also be victims." said ki Among.
"Then what should we do..? Are we just gonna shut up and wait..?" ask ki Harso.
"No, the most important thing now is to find King Dewayana and Queen Dyah Ayu on the isolated island" said ki Sasongko.
"Is the Chief convinced that His Majesty the King and the Princess are still alive..? The island of Terasing is not an island. Anyone who goes in there, reportedly no one ever comes back." Ki Samijan spoke up.
"I also don't know if he's alive or not. Although Terasing Island is not an island, but he is also a swordsman. Moreover, there is a coach Rekso Bumi with him."
"There is no harm in ensuring the condition of the king and queen" said ki Sasongko.
"I agree with the chairman. We should immediately make preparations, we leave as soon as possible to the isolated island." said Ki Among.
"Not all of us go to the isolated island. Elder Harso and Elder Among remain at the college while awaiting the training of prince Himawan."
"Me and elder Samijan will leave for the isolated island and elder Woko goes down Mount Dipa Mushroom to keep an eye on the situation in the royal city" said Ki Sasongko.
"Good chairman. We're following the chairman's plan." they answered.
Ki Samijan prepared all the needs for his journey with ki Sasongko to the isolated island. In the morning riding the Golden Eagle, Ki Sasongko and Ki Samijan flew towards the isolated island.
The golden eagle is a mid-level holy spiritual hewas that was conquered by Ki Sasongko and Ki Woko when they were young. Today the golden eagle becomes the symbol of the college of True Wiji and becomes a mount for ki Sasongko and the elders if they travel far.
Prince Himawan ended his closed training. Prince Himawan who had previously broken through to the early stage master level, within a month of being assisted with many high level potions from his teacher Ki Harso, had now broken through to the intermediate stage master level.
"I have completed my training, in the past five years I have gone up two levels. Had I been according to what mother said, maybe now I was already at the level of a peak stage master.." Inner prince Himawan.
"You've finished your training prince..?" ki Harso asked to surprise Prince Himawan.
"Yes, yes, teacher, but I only managed to go up one level." replied the prince Himawan.
"No problem prince. Now we better get ready to find the prince's mother. I will accompany the prince in search of Consort Ling." said Ki Harso.
"Calm prince. Kawi Kingdom has one village that is the destination of people who want to hide and avoid problems."
"Maybe we can start looking from the village." said Ki Harso.
"Where is the teacher..? And what's the name of the village..?" ask Prince Himawan expectantly.
"In the east of Mount Dipa Mushroom, including the northern region of the kingdom of Kawi. The village was named Gadungsari." replied Ki Harso.
"Good teacher. I am so grateful that the teacher still wants to help me after knowing what I have done to my father and brother." said Prince Himawan.
"Everybody has done something wrong. Acknowledging mistakes and apologizing are important, but there is much more important is to take responsibility and correct the consequences of the mistake." ki Harso advised.
"Good teacher. I will try to fix everything." said Prince Himawan full of confidence.
After preparing everything and saying goodbye to Ki Among, riding Ki Harso's horse and Himawan's prince set out for Gadungsari village to find Ling Lu's concubine.
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Meanwhile, the Black Skull Sect continues to search for babies and girls to be used as a result of the ritual to be performed by Ki Karto. The ritual aims to absorb the energy of darkness, which is when the entire planet is in an parallel position and when a total solar eclipse in the Kawi Kingdom will occur twenty-five days later.
At the residence of the prince Pranoto, Ki Karto, Senopati Manto and Senopati Bawor were facing Prince Pranoto to discuss the preparation of the dark force absorption ritual. Ki Karto had made Prince Pranoto his disciple and taught the devil's scripture, so that the position of the Black Skull within the palace environment became stronger. In the past six years, prince Pranoto had mastered almost the entire devil's palm book and rose to the peak level of a master.
"How does the ritual preparation work..? Is everything going well..?" ask prince Pranoto.
"Everything goes according to plan. Everything will be ready before that day comes.."
"In addition to power, the Dark Lord will also give us an army, the descendants of the rulers of darkness. I am sure that with the army of the lord of darkness, all will submit to your majesty." replied Ki Karto.
"The descendants of the rulers of darkness will definitely become a powerful army. Then, what's the condition..?" ask prince Pranoto.
"99 girls between the ages of 15 - 18."
"At that time, our best eleven, including the majesty of course, will have each of the nine girls. The Dark Lord will plant his seed at the time of the intercourse." ki Karto said.
"Haha.. These are the conditions I like. Enjoying nine girls at a time, I can't imagine." said Prince Pranoto, laughing.
"Sorry sire, I just got a report from my servants, they're sending fifteen babies and getting ten girls. Now they have reached the border of the Royal City" said Senopati Manto.
"Baguuuss. good. But never use royal warriors to find babies and girls, even if they are also members of the Black Skull. I don't want the people to think the palace is involved in this, so that the people's trust is not lost.."
"I always compensate a bag of gold to anyone who reports a black skull as a cover-up. Hahahaha." said Prince Pranoto.
"Paduka take it easy. The people only know that all this is the work of a black skull." replied Ki Karto.
