The Thousand Mask Warrior

The Battle in Red Land

Although the story of de Jaager cannot be said to exaggerate or reduce, still, the total number of de Jaager's group of six was extraordinary because it slaughtered twenty of their attackers who had backgrounds in the army and army and silat champions, without remainder. This is the true story of the fame of the name de Jaager that Badra knows well.

Half the story about the fight de Jaager does contain the truth. The story of five former Banten soldiers who fought with the Devisser de Jaager actually numbered twenty and they faced not one, but six, consisting of the brothers de Jaager. The oldest was Sebastian de Jaagger and his younger brother Devisser de Jaager. The stature of the tall Devisser de Jaager is the background of the story of the greatness of the silat bule Walanda.

In addition, the two were also assisted and guarded by four other people consisting of five armed guards from Ternate and two Japanese ronin named Takizawa Hideyoshi and Mishima Koguro.

Twenty former Banten soldiers who at that time worked as a bouncer, champion and swordsman silat even the robber had cornered the entourage from Betawi, while three of the guards of the army officer de Jaager brothers, had died first supported by the use of spears and swords. Now the six of them live against twenty of their bullies in a field of red land surrounded by lush trees.

The twenty champions were led by two warriors who were highly respected by all their followers. They were armed with long unsheathed swords and dagger tucked in their waist. A keris tucked in the front waist or abdomen indicates that someone is ready to fight, as opposed to a keris tucked in the back that is useful as part of a dress, or a, customary and useful to show the level of a person in society.

The twenty men surrounded the six Betawi groups with various weapons. Some carried trident-eyed spears, keris-eyed spears, cleaver and three people also carrying shotguns.

Seeing this a pair of de Jaager brothers immediately unsheathed the saber and rapier, not to forget they also immediately pulled out the gun with the key. Two shooters from Ternate are also preparing to roll their enemies. Koguro had already grasped his spear steady, in contrast to Hideyoshi who did not draw his katana. Instead he placed his right hand on the handle of the sword whose sharp blade was facing upwards. His two sharp eyes were ready to slash the enemy's neck.

That is the style of the horses or battojutsu style that emphasizes the speed of wielding the sword and beating the enemy in one buzz. Hideyoshi had already recorded in his brain the enemy's movements that were being done and seemed to predict what movements would be done.

He has a great ki, where he is able to feel up to the soul of a person so that he knows for sure all the steps that the enemy will take. He is also able to make enemies clumsy and timid when looking into his eyes. Therefore, his battojutsu moves are very dangerous and require great concentration of mind and training.

The blood will again be spilled to blend with the ground, thickening its red color.

Sebastian de Jaager glanced meaningfully at his two shooters who were then responded with a small nod.

DAR!

DAR!

Two shots blared slipping the branches of trees around the red field. The gunfire targeted two of the three men who were also carrying rifles right into their chests. Two Ternate shooters faster.

Thick smoke billowed from both muzzles. The war began when the two gunmen of the champions fell to the earth without lives.

In fact, the shotgun that has begun to be used by many soldiers in various kingdoms in the archipelago has many weaknesses, one of which is the difficulty to fill it back quickly and smoothly.

This is why for some riflemen, they studied diligently and fervently the shrewdness to be able to fill a tin bullet ball and prepare it very quickly and fire it back. But this time the Ternate shooters were faced with a face-to-face war, instead of protected fortresses or troops of rifles and other rifle bullet fillers behind them.

Seeing his two friends dead, one gun holder from the group of champions exploded in anger. He immediately aimed at one of the shooters from Ternate and replied to him

DAR!

The ability of this shooter was still far below the trained Ternate soldiers, not to mention the influence of his explosive anger. The bullet only grazed the right shoulder of one of the Ternate soldiers.

However, this minor injury remained quite disturbing so that the filling of the tin ball became disturbed. But not so with his partner who had directly fired his shotgun and directly penetrated the head of the last shooter.

This incident was so fast, especially when for the sake of seeing suddenly three of their entourage were killed, two people who were closest to the Ternate soldiers immediately attacked. Both of their swords grazed the waist and shoulders of wounded Ternate soldiers on his shoulders. He had not had time to fill his rifle well when blood, screams and lives were both spilling out of his body.

This situation is so chaotic and fast. Even the assailant who managed to kill the Ternate soldier was also inexplicably when it fell drenched in blood when the rapier Devisser de Jaager pierced his neck like a skewer. This fast movement style is known by rapier swordsmen as a stesso tempo, or straight movement once attacked.

The slender rapier is known for one-way, straight movements, where it is used to stab enemies quickly while using distance.

When the champion was wrestling with the sacratul of death, Devisser fired a pistol held in the other hand and scattered the brain of the opponent.

Seeing the situation that had broken in this war, the ronin Koguro shouted to attack the enemy with his spear. His nimble movements managed to stick his spear into one of the champions who was too confused by what was going on.

Like a mad bull, Koguro raised the body of the champion still stuck in his spear, pushing it also towards the bullies. The goal is to destroy the enemy.

This movement succeeded, the champions were in disarray avoiding Koguro's spear thrust with the body of one of their group members at the tip of the spear there. Koguro then pulled his spear from the corpse of the victim and then turned the spear towards the group of bullies. The siege of the champions has become more formless. They then tried to attack anyone possible with unsheathed swords and outstretched spears.

A champion with a trident-eyed spear tried to block Koguro's spear spin. He slid forward, lowered his torso slightly and thrust his spear towards Koguro's stomach. Koguro who was careful with this crossed his spear and brushed off the puncture. Suddenly from the side, another champion with a twin machete slashed forward by pounding both his machete simultaneously towards Koguro's head.

SRETT!

The head of the twin machete rolled on the ground. With lightning speed, Hideyoshi on the other hand had unsheathed his katana to protect Koguro. The katana has now entered again into its sheath. Battojutsu Hideyoshi and his greatness is what has just been exhibited. Then what about the trident-eyed spearman? Koguro throws his spear before the champion manages to attack him. Koguro's spear stuck in the enemy's chest, spouting fresh blood.

The stalks of the champion's trident spear was too late because it was so heavy and fast throwing Koguro spear. Koguro himself completes his attack by drawing out his swords, katana and wakizashi and grabs the enemy with two crossings upwards, splitting the enemy's body into several bloody pieces.

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Devisser and Sebastian de Jaager stood on their backs. The index finger of Devisser de Jaager is circular in the quillion, which is the cross-shaped section at the base of the rapier blade that is not sharp. The index finger is protected by a ring-like protective finger. The thumb of the sword user can be attached to the back of the blunt blade, or also above the index finger.

With the shape of the handle like this, the use of the rapier is centered on the arrangement and shrewdness of the index finger and thumb. Many rapier styles emphasize the looseness of the two fingers was assisted when the other finger holding the handle so that the rapier can dance with agile in piercing, stabbing, dismissing the attack or jostling gives a trick movement to the enemy.

The length of the rapier which is more than half the fathom is really beneficial in terms of distance. That is why, when a champion attack with his sword is able to be pushed aside by using a key-plated gun that is no longer bullet, the, the stalk is a horizontal thrust dissertation with low horses but with long strides.

As a result, the attacker was stuck in a rapier so deep in his stomach, more than half the length of the rapier. Sebastian himself then rotated his body in such a way and gave one more stab to the enemy's chest. This attack seemed to ensure that the enemy was completely killed.

In just about twenty breaths to twenty attackers killed. One of the two leaders of this troupe was crushed by Koguro and beheaded by Hideyoshi with his wakizashi, while the other was impaled rapier right in the right eye penetrated his brain, slashed his hand by Sebastian's saber and ended with a dagger stab through his ribs.

The pair of Koguro Hideyoshi and de Jaager are like two pairs of death swordsmen in different styles. This does not mean that this fight is without casualties. Two Ternate snipers have been killed following three other fellow soldiers who have died first because of being supported. Hideyoshi was also briefly struck by a keris-eyed spear before his word slash smashed the opponent's arm from below on his elbow, and a katana prick stuck in his heart. De Jaager's partner was also hit by one or two of the rampaging champions. The battle on the red land was finished with the champions scattered and their blood fused with the ground, further reddening the earth.

This story later became a great and strengthen the name of the sword user from Walanda's bule. The change of story in the subtraction and addition of the story is inevitable. Slowly the champions and warriors throughout the archipelago, especially on the island of Java, became curious about what kind of silat the Caucasian people learned. Moreover, the de Jaagger brothers often participate in exploring the silat science of warriors and champions of the Walanda company's enemies. They seem to enjoy this activity as part of self-evidence.

The boss of these two officers actually did not really like to see the lunge de Jaagger brothers. For the company, the Walanda people are smart enough to play around in the strategy of business and state. Slandering and pitting one ruler against another, paying heroes and swordsmen to be pitted against other warriors of the group who are opposed to them, instead of directly participating in the battle itself.

For the Walanda company, it is great that a swordsman is not a problem. In fact they admit that warriors and heroes of the island of Java is really difficult to match. They are strong, brave and have a dangerous and appropriate fighting style.

Therefore, the company simply uses the lure of money and power to persuade the warriors to side with them. The company also feels it is better to spend time improving and utilizing science in order to increase business and trade profits, as well as security through their advanced weaponry.