The Thousand Mask Warrior

Pirate

Jayaseta breathed a sigh of relief. A strange feeling of a magical bin. For days, for more than a week Jayaseta was unable to eat, drink and sleep comfortably on Jung's ship, which was captained by a handsome man from Larantuka, and finally he found his spirit again.

He was desperately fighting his drunkenness and fear in the middle of the ocean. Even Antonio da Silva the King of Nio also secretly had to admit the toughness of the paid passenger.

Jayaseta found his spirit again when he got two ships slightly smaller than the jung he was riding and two more ships that were much smaller but fast all day, from last night, chasing jung belongs to this Chinese merchant. The crew had learned that the two ships trying to chase them belonged to the pirates and King Nio was already shouting for everyone without exception to prepare all the weaponry prepared on the ship and their own private property.

Almost all lay people in the world of shipping understand when the voyage has approached the waters of Tanjung Pura, one of the most powerful characteristics is the possibility of pirates or pirates. All the sailors and ship captains, both the merchants, travelers, fishermen, and even the kingdom, were well acquainted with the possibility.

The pirates who acted in this sea were very famous for their speed and agility. Usually they do not really care whether the ship they will plow belongs to the merchant, or belongs to the kingdom which is certainly equipped with cannons and a full army of formidable.

Not infrequently the pirates failed, were caught, or managed to be destroyed altogether, especially by the royal soldiers, bodyguards and mercenaries of the traders, he said, or a swordsman choose a match who is boarding the ship.But this does not discourage piracy at all. The piracy became a kind of arena of courage, recklessness or indeed for the lives of the pirates.

Usually the pirates use more than one ship that is smaller than the merchant ships or war Jung because it is faster and agile in pursuit of jung or large ships that will they plows.

When they decide to rob a ship, they will chase the ship for a full day. As they approached, they would bring down the smaller sailboats of up to five pirates. That way, these small boats will be able to get to the ship that will be robbed. They would disable the ship's bodyguards while waiting for their carrier pirates to actually approach.

Something interesting Jayaseta is about to happen today.

Jayaseta stand. His dizziness and nausea that he had fought for days disappeared instantly.

Somewhat guilty actually because Jayaseta thought that this pirate attack was some kind of entertainment for him. With the fight, his seasickness could be avoided, he could move his body and do something more useful than lying on the wooden floor of the ship's deck.

Only what he would face were ferocious pirates who did not hesitate to kill and even sink this ship. They are a fearsome scourge, the demon of the ocean for sailors. But why does Jayaseta take it lightly that they are a long-awaited entertainment?

Jayaseta is very worried as a swordsman, he has entered the stage of being a takabur.

“Not, I'm not takabur!” jayaseta said inwardly as she shook her head slowly.

“It is very human if I want something different on my way to Sukadana. Every experience is a teacher, every fight is a lesson, every victory is a gift, and every defeat is a contemplation of self. My goal is clear, I cannot see injustice and violence, let alone violence,

"Therefore, am I wrong to be eager to confront the pirates? Am I wrong to want to give them lessons and protection for the crew on this ship? In addition to the path of my life that is outlined as a swordsman who must continue to be polished with various fights and problems involving life, I have also decided my short path must refer to the white people, he said,” Jayaseta said inwardly with length and width.

This discussion in his heart finally made Jayaseta more steady against the pirates who had been seen taking down three boats with small sails each from his aircraft carrier.

That means, at least one tea drinker, they will get to this ship. Then if the war is quite fierce, half the tea drinking again, the two carriers will really docked. Jayaseta said that six sailing boats capable of carrying five pirates meant that there were about thirty pirates who would attack in the near future, against about twenty crewmen, skipper and additional passengers who inevitably have to be able to defend themselves.

Jayaseta grasps the mask Ireng Lokajaya gave the strange grandfather the other day. The grandfather who was like a ghost came and disappeared as he pleased as if he had a powerful magic so that when he just gave the wooden mask Jayaseta could not refuse, he did not refuse, asking or even being suspicious at all.

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The hustle and bustle on the deck of the ship was clearly heard. King Nio shouted with orders that were then carried out by the judges, foremen and even young people.

On the ship itself there are two main cannons on the left and right hull jung are ready to spew fire powder on the boats of the pirates.

However, the pirates must have understood this. Their pirating experience must have been rich. That is why, all six of their sailing boats only lead to one side of the ship, not from both sides, in order to minimize the possibility of cannon attacks.

The crews themselves have prepared with their various weapons such as bedils for long-range attacks as well as sharp weapons for close attack defense when they have to fight directly with the pirates if they are successfully ascended to the deck of the ship

Confusion happens everywhere. The captain of the ship, King Nio, the Larantuka man, pulled out a mule with a long, curved handle.

Jayaseta counted the number of crew members who were ready to fight. Even if calculated, the number of those who are ready to fight is still inferior to the number of pirates who attack using sailing boats, they benefit from their weapons.

In addition to the two cannons that will be used by the crew, they can be seen arming themselves with a bedil or long rifle. The pirates would be showered with bullets and fire from cannons before they could board the ship.

At least there will be many members of the pirates who will have died on the sea before reaching the deck.

Jayaseta breathed again with a little relief. He hoped that this fight would not have to take much time, let alone lives. He also did not want the lives of pirates to be lost in vain in this incident. May the pirates be feared and leave this ship.

If anyone manages to board the ship, Jayaseta is ready to return to send it to sea.

That's the calculation of Jayaseta, a famous swordsman and pick a match that does not understand and has experience fighting against pirates in the middle of the ocean. He did not understand how cruel the pirates and how terrible the wars that usually occur.

In a moment, he would definitely change his mind about simply expelling and scaring the pirates or giving them a lesson. The attack of these pirates is not an entertainment event for him, especially just as a means of himself to show his short-sightedness.

Fighting on the sea is a matter of life and death. Maybe Jayaseta had not had time to get a valuable lesson from his fight on the deck of the ship when staying up with a group of mercenary guardians of the ship led by his late uncle, Badranaya.

Jayaseta is not sinking.

Slowly Jayaseta again felt the mask of Ireng Lokajaya, but he stopped wearing it. He still did not want to be known on this ship as the Thousand Mask Swordsman. He put the mask behind his cloth belt. He even let the kudi given by Jaka Pasirluhur remain hanging on his back.

He then wildly searched for the figure of the strange grandfather of the magical bin who gave him the mask of Ireng Lokajaya, but he could not find. It was the loud screams and the fighting spirit of the crew that was clearly heard hanging in the air.