The Thousand Mask Warrior

Alcoves

“I don't know if you can understand my language O Pale Lightning," Jayaseta looked at Devisser de Jaager who was known by his nickname.

Jayaseta then looked at the elder brother, Sebastian de Jaager who had grasped his saber with his signature swordsmanship horses. "But you clearly understand that I'm here not just to try out science, but of course to kill you in the name of the blood of those you have killed. None of us are walking out of this hill with healthy sentosa,” said Jayaseta steady behind his mask.

Unexpectedly the Lightning, Devisser de Jaager, replied in Malay mixed with Javanese and Walanda with his heavy voice, “Ik also has a similar purpose. For a long time, a masked swordsman had disturbed the company's interests. Although I salute the kowe lunge, but everything must stop now,” he said steadily. Although his body was tall, he had a deep and heavy voice.

Behind her mask Jayaseta smiled. His left hand clasped tightly onto the keris handle of Kyai Philosopher's Island adorned with Hidyoshi's blood. He had pulled out the kris from Hideyoshi's chin and clasped it tightly beside his body. While his right hand is still tightly grasping the dao of the late Abun.

Devisser De Jaager also understood that there was no need for them to say at length. He had already pulled out his long sword, rapier.

The old brother held his sister. He showed his saber whose thin blade was curved and glittering in the morning sunlight which timidly penetrated through the leaves and branches of trees around them.

In Walanda, which sounds like a gargle, Sebastian tells Devisser not to attack one by one. The two will complement each other when attacking together. Moreover, seeing the lunge of Koguro and Hideyoshi who did not cooperate well so that killed both.

Devisser de Jaager. He then stood behind his elder brother, forming horses with rapiers stretched out long in front of him and daggers clasped in the other hand.

Sebastian de Jaager prepares his German swordsmanship horses. Unlike his sister, he did not pull out his dagger, but his free hand touched his hip, a kind of waist-rigging.

The silvery metal with the clothesline protector and the tassel hanging from the base of Sebastian de Jaager's patient handle was clearly visible in Jayaseta's eyes. But there is a unique thing again, where along the base of the sword blade there is a kind of small niche that extends to the curved part.

“Prepare kowe!” sebastian de Jaager shakes the air. His voice is almost similar to his sister and he also turns out to be able to speak Malay.

***

From the beginning Jayaseta did not expect de Jaager's brothers to play fair. They would not foolishly challenge Jayaseta to fight purely as part of a battle of magic and swordsmanship.

Jayaseta is a fugitive of the company, one of the warriors who interferes with Walanda's efforts and plans in Java. So of course Jayaseta's death is absolute. Badra was already proof of their cunning.

Without the need to spy, Jayaseta certainly must involve the members of the ship's guard soldiers, Badra's colleagues and new friends in this fight. This has become a personal matter not only for him, but for the friends of the uncle who has been through many things together.

They settled behind thickets and bamboo trees on the hill where Jayaseta and the Walanda messenger were fighting.

Sure enough, there were already dozens of soldiers under the troops of de Jaager who consisted of several Walanda Caucasians and the rest were indigenous troops. These troops also ducked a few spears away, also behind the trees. They were armed with clubs and swords, and shotguns.

This force had been ordered by de Jaager to simultaneously attack Jayaseta, support him, with gunfire and finish him off with a sudden attack if the first attack of the de Jaager brothers had not succeeded in killing him.

The troops under Walanda's orders were almost impatient to attack when they saw the deaths of Koguro and Hideyoshi, but from a distance Devisser de Jaager still had time to give orders through the command to refrain.

De Jaager's plan seemed to be disrupted because behind the support troops were already standing soldiers who had stretched out bows and pulled out their daggers.

***

Sebastian de Jaager begins first attack. It seemed to vibrate his saber and make it towards Jayaseta splitting from bottom to top. The strange thing was that the distance between the two of them was actually quite far. It was impossible for it to feel like the sword was able to reach the target with such a distance so far, yet what happened was beyond belief.

I don't know what science used Sebastian de Jaager, because Jayaseta who was preparing for the attack was suddenly thrown backwards. He fell down.

An explosion with small explosions hit Jayaseta's body. Smoke billowed from some parts of his clothes that were burning.

He was shocked not to get stuck. Soon he put out the fire that still burned his cloth. His skin was of course not able to avoid explosions and flames so that burns on various sides.

He tripped Hideyoshi's body so that it fell back rolling backward. However, the rapier Devisser's puncture had already escaped, not hitting it.

Nor does this mean Jayaseta is safe. When he fell, Sebastian stepped forward, took the gun from his sister's waist and fired straight at Jayaseta who was trying to stand up.

***** the company was held with the side of the dao bar, causing Jayaseta to stray backward despite being able to stand up. Dao out of his hand.

Seeing his shot fail, Sebastian de Jaager made a move similar to his first attack, which vibrated his saber again and struck the sword at Jayaseta even though Jayaseta was not within striking distance.

Just like the first attack, this time the science of the strange saber Sebastian de Jaager was reused.

Quickly, unwilling to get into the same hole, Jayaseta crossed the Kyai Island Sorcerer's keris on his chest. The explosion exploded again. Jayaseta was pushed back for the umpteenth time.

It's just that lucky this time, the explosion did not burn Jayaseta's chest because some parts of the explosion were successfully covered by his keris.

***

One arrow shot from Karsan's bow and pierced the neck of a native Walanda soldier who was aiming at Jayaseta from behind the trees. The soldier fell dead without a sound.

***

Jayaseta thought hard. What science is this?

Sebastian de Jaager is like issuing a kind of deep power so that the sabetage of his sword can burn the enemy who is far from its target. It was as if the sword was emitting a surge of energy in the blasting heat.

To answer Jayaseta must be able to avoid the attack of Sebastian de Jaager first. Jayaseta then rolled to the side, stood up, then lowered his head and threw his body forward, thrusting his dagger towards Sebastian de Jaager's chest. This was done without waiting for the enemy's attack, because with always moving like this Jayaseta can avoid the target of the Sebastian de Jaager saber explosion.

However, the Jayaeeseta attack cannot be said to be easy to do. Devisser de Jaager the tall Lightning was so reliable to play his rapier that Jayaseta's attack was done. The keris is too short to deal with a combination of saber and rapier.

Although he understood that his attacks on both de Jaager were thwarted, Jayaseta still carried out the same pattern. It rolled sideways or forward and quickly shot towards de Jaager. The distance fight was inevitable.

Jayaseta tries to tighten the distance and does not stop moving to avoid the long-range explosion of Sebastian de Jaager as well as the long-long stab of the Lightning, while trying to continue to attack them with stabs Kyai Nyai Lucky Island or looking for a gap in the combined strength of these two brothers.

The steps of the two are long and cross each other is indeed suitable with the stab and slash of the saber and rapier. In contrast to the swordsmanship of the fighters Bhumijawa, Madura, Bali or Hindustan are known and faced Jayaseta where usually the spinning movement is more often used, as well as, the de Jaager brothers' swordsmanship placed more emphasis on nimble back and forth footsteps and the use of elbows and wrists in playing their weapons. Their movements are also not pleasantries.

***

Kesuma climbed up a lush tree slowly, almost inaudibly. His ability to climb must be thumbs up. His hands and feet were stuck like tree geckos. His dagger he bites to make it easier for both hands and both feet to stick to the tree.

Mahendra and Sasangka, on the contrary, crept very slowly like a jungle cat that would attack prey.

The three Betawi Company members who were holding rifles and aiming for Jayaseta moved slowly past Mahendra and Sasangka below and Kesuma on the tree. Kesuma grasped his dagger and then created a rattling sound like a pedicab from the top of a tree as a sign that they would attack simultaneously.

In the count of three of the whispers Kesuma jumped down from the tree without a sound. His dagger he thrust into the neck of a soldier who did not have time to understand what happened because the prick on his neck prevented his voice from coming out and instead forced his life out of his body.

Two other soldiers who realized had not had time to do anything because without them knowing, Mahendra and Sasangka from the bottom had dagger them to the neck. The two bule soldiers fell down while holding their necks.

Kesuma, Mahendra and Sasangka held the bodies of the fallen soldiers so that their bodies fell without a sound.