The Thousand Mask Warrior

Bribery

Two ships with expanded sails have been attached to the right and left side of the jung hull that was captained by Antonio da Silva. Both ships have different sizes, one smaller than the other, although both are still fairly smaller than the jung King Nio.

With its smaller size, obviously both pirate ships are more flexible and fast in their pursuit of their hunted ships.

The cry of King Nio's order was met with cannon fire. Again, both cannons destroyed some parts of the enemy ship. But it's too late. The opening attack of the eight previous invulnerable swordsmen had disrupted the combat preparations of the crew.

The two pirate aircraft carriers directly smashed their bodies into the Jung Jawa ship that Jayaseta boarded. The sound of the collision was very loud, shaking the ship.

Jayaseta.

He took a deep breath and channeled the energy in the healer taught by his teacher, Grandpa Keling.

The cries of war raged from the crew when they saw the enemies on both carriers brandishing their badiks, machetes and spears defiantly.

"Stop the cannon fire. Their ship was too close. Explosions can damage this ship as well" the skipper's handsome face reasserted when giving orders.

"Prepare your bedils. Those who carry sharp weapons must accompany the bedil carrier. Look carefully I said, see if the pirates are wearing necklaces or something, with their eyes wrapped in leather bags, that is kulao bassi, their source of immunity. Decide the rope or grab the thing, and then they foam killed. Therefore, the gunners must retreat to widen the distance so that ....,"

King Nio's order was interrupted when the two pirate ships were completely attached to the jung. The young men and slaves had been burned with fervor by the sight of the eight opening pirates who had been incapacitated by Jayaseta and themselves who were mutilating and slaughtering the poor pirates.

The satisfaction of killing the enemy accompanied by the confidence of having a magic swordsman on the deck of the ship, making people with young blood that was still hot was desperate and acting rash.

Instead of waiting for the attackers and carrying out the orders of the captain, the crew and the slaves had brandished their swords, machetes and spears to welcome the enemy.

Plank blades were thrust onto the Jung Jawa ship just as the two pirate carriers had docked to the jung. These plank slats were used for the pirates crossing their carriers into the jung.

At first, Jayaseta, who did not understand marine matters, thought that the pirates would simply jump onto the deck of his pirated ship, use ropes or swim like the eight previous pirates did.

A jump is obviously impossible, given the different sizes of the ships.

When the boards of no size were dropped and the pirates crossed the ship to the Jung Jawa ship, the crew and slaves were impatient to block them.

They came forward to welcome the pirates.

At this time also Jayaseta capture a scene that is so meaningful for his life experience as a swordsman. The additional pirates of the aircraft carrier used a different fighting style from the pirates who had boarded the ship first.

They use low and very thin horses, in the sense that their horses form a sequence of legs and bodies in rows. Left foot in front, right foot in back, both hands following the direction of both feet. For a moment it will be seen that their body shape is like being sideways and precisely fill the space of one board.

Quite different from the crossed legs of horses belonging to previous pirates.

These horses resulted in their silat attacks are also no less typical because they do not require a large space to attack.

This fighting style is commonly known as the sepapan silat or sepapan silat in the Malay world, although it is also sometimes called sepapan for the Bugis or Mangkasara or Mangkasar people. But whatever you call it, the core center of this fighting style is the laying of horses legs in line like on a piece of board.

The head cover is in the form of high cloth ties that they use blown by strong winds and fluttering. The bare-chested bodies reflected sunlight through sweat and splashes of sea water.

They bite badik and machete and decide to fight the enemy with their bare hands. Jayaseta guessed this they did for the freedom of movement and balance on the crossing board.

They were not seen wearing kulao bassi as necklaces or kept behind their belts. Is it true that this other pirate raid is completely unscientific, or do they keep the amulet somewhere else? In their headbands maybe?

The next possibility clearly falls on the Bugis and Mangkasara people who are very well known as the great sailors.

It turns out that in fact, all the pirates from the two carriers and the small attack ship that came first came from a mixture of all those tribes, Bugis, Mangkasara and Bajo’. This is why Jayaseta can be a witness to the type of moves and styles of the sea people. From the silat with the horses crossed until this sepapan silat.

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One slave with his long sword came forward to read off the pirates on the board. The reading is too easy to avoid. In one move, the pirate's hand pulled the attacker's arm, swept the leg in a small gesture and smashed the slave's nape with his elbow.

The slave's body fell into the sea after previously being pinned down by the two bodies of the attached ship. It is certain that his body was destroyed and died immediately.

Two three attackers from the jung King Nio who followed also fared similarly. Because the thin, low horses kept the pirates in balance so well, the target was very small.

The attackers inevitably fell into the sea for attacking them. The pirates were seen to have no kick at all, probably due to the fact that they were focused on the low and thin shape of their horses. They continued to push forward without even a single step back. There are no flowers in their style. Just attack, evasion and stalking. They continued forward, hitting, fending off, defending, then advancing again. It turned out that the narrow, confined space on the board was their strength.

"Mr skipper, immediately order them to step down" Jayaseta said worried about the development. If left unchecked, the crew and slaves would continue to fall dead.

"Damn! I've told them to obey my orders" muttered King Nio.

He then shouted again, and asked those nearby to join in shouting his orders, "Retreat ... Backward ... Accompany the gunner!"

These command words were repeated until the crew that had been burning with war spirit became aware and retreated.

Seeing that their welcome was no longer in the way, the pirates immediately advanced and jumped onto the deck.

The sound of gunfire is accompanied by thick smoke soaring into space.

The pirates who had reached the deck collapsed onto the wooden floor. The pirates who were still walking on the board when hit by gunfire, immediately rolled onto the deck of jung and collapsed after reaching the other side.

The continuous gunfire was carried out, and all of them resulted in about fifteen bodies lying on the deck of the jung of King Nio. None of them fell into the sea because they were already rolling as fast as they could into the jungle when they were shot.

But just as Jayaseta had suspected that King Nio, these fifteen second-current pirates were slowly waking up. It turns out that all of them have an immune science.

"Rubborn*at! They planted kulao bassi on their bodies" said King Nio.

"Sir, do you have a club, a wooden mace or a paddle cut?" jayaseta immediately approached the skipper.

"Yes ... Yeah, a. I got that, I guess. But it's in the bottom of the ship. We need time to take it," said King Nio stammered but understood Jayaseta's intentions.

The pirates may be immune to pelu*ru and sharp weapons made of metal, but as Jayaseta has shown before, they are not, their bones would not be able to withstand the immense pressure caused by the blow of a blunt object and not made of metal.

"Let me hold some of them. Too many of them I can't face alone. Order to keep firing. Don't be weak. Indeed they are immune, but the shots can make them a little receding and debilitating. I'll try to hold them off as much as possible. When the batons are collected, help me attack them. I'm afraid they still have a surprise we don't know."

Jayaseta then immediately rushed forward to attack the pirates who amounted to twice that before.

These pirates were definitely not fools either. They already understand well that their first attack has been broken. The bodies of their comrades lay in pools of their own blood.

This second attack must be able to eliminate all obstacles that exist. Anyone who finished off their comrades must also immediately follow into the afterlife.