Ulong Dagger

The Rawa Forest

Klambir Lima, noon.

A soldier entered the command tent this morning with a letter to Jhon from the Military Authority in Medan.

The letter was a summons to mandate, he was entrusted to succeed Heidrich and take over Heidrich's duties here. Which means if in a certain time he managed to carry out the mandate as desired by the Military (and Airline), then his rank will be raised.

Even so Jhon still looked glum, so many things he had to work on and many other things were still troubling his mind.

Eight days ago Jhon returned to their camp in the Silver Cross after completing his task in Belawan and found all their soldiers dead, as well as Ki Bayu.

Bodies that had been cold stiff scattered here and there. Flies fly to fill the camp site, the scars of the battle are still clearly visible.

Dozens of crows feast on the unfortunate bodies of the soldiers.

John and his fifty men searched and searched for Heidrich's whereabouts, but the body of his commander could not be found among the dead soldiers.

The strange thing is that they found Ki Bayu also dead with multiple gunshot wounds, and his body was on top of the pedicure.

Then there is a gap between the death of Ki Bayu and the massacre of troops there, because the body of Ki Bayu has been raised to the pedati. Who killed their soldiers? is it possible that Ki Bayu's wolf did it, thought Jhon. If the wolves were the ones who killed, why did Ki Bayu's body they just left.

Finally at that time Jhon ordered some of his soldiers back to Klambir Lima to ask for help transporting the bodies of the dead soldiers, while he and thirty people went down the river beside the camp, riding up to ten kilometers to the sea.

And all they found along the river were a few corpses of other soldiers floating already bloated.

The existence of Heidrich remains a mystery.

And now he was given a position for the achievements of his superiors killed Ki Bayu. How sad, he felt like he was taking advantage of the company's army and Heidrich's disappearance.

Then about Nilam, Jhon only once visited the boy, even then just briefly to give the cost of living and know the situation. Because he couldn't keep lying to the boy when he asked about Heidrich.

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Malamannya.

Suma rode alone out of the plantation on a silver bed, and she spurred her horse into a vast forest area that extended to Binjai.

He was extremely annoyed, his bulging face held in anger.

He hit a branch of a tree that ran across the road, "dhuak!!", the branch broke apart.

About fifteen minutes of riding in the moonlight, he began to enter a part of the forest completely untouched by the light due to the tightness and shade of the leaves there.

These trees are hundreds of years old when viewed from their size is so large with a height of up to tens of meters.

Some bats can be seen flying in search of prey, which are insects that fly at night. This is the part of the forest where the locals avoid it because of the awesomeness and abundance of wild animals.

Suma lit the torch she carried with the lighter and ran her horse slower than before. There is a path between the high thickets there that can be traversed by horses. And after riding about half an hour through the path he began to enter the swamp area, some parts of the swamp are very deep and can immerse anyone who is too stupid to tread it. The trees there are no longer too close, nor is lighting still very necessary.

The mystical atmosphere was so pronounced, and it began to sound like there were magical sounds coming from the blowing wind.

Just memorize this place, he's been here many times, where he was treated when he almost died a few years ago. Events that change his abilities and life.

After riding for about a kilometer through the winding road between the swamps, he saw the flame of a torch in the distance.

And Suma entered a large enough vacant land with a large enough dark building on it, the house was in the form of a large stilt house and extended backward, roofed, ornate, on the roof of the face and back tapered decorated with a human skull at the end.

This wasteland was the only empty place that was wide enough in these swamps. Various terrible rituals Suma had seen here.

In the courtyard of the house was drawn on the ground, a symbol in the form of a large circle of black surrounded by characters that he did not understand the meaning.

Four torches were cast in the four corners of the Dark Circle on the ground.

Ni Gaok was seen cross-legged inside the circle looking down.

While his guards stood outside the circle motionless like statues.

And one of these new guards was a company soldier Suma had met. It was easy for Suma to remember it because this soldier was very tall about two meters, with big muscles, a big blonde.

Now just like the other guards, the former company soldier who is now Ni Gaok's bodyguard also stands like a statue with a blank look.

As soon as Suma got off her horse, Ni Gaok raised his bowed head, "come closer" he said.

Suma kept her astonishment and walked over and unceremoniously asked, "why did Nini kill all the company forces in the camp?", asked Suma.

Ni Gaok chuckled, her face that was like a girl of twenties looking creepy grin.

"I was forced to do it, because your pawn did not work as planned" Ni Gaok replied without moving from his blade.

"Why, what worries you?" asked Ni Gaok.

Suma was about to get angry, but she knew who she was dealing with. Now he was sitting cross-legged in front of Ni Gaok.

"Aah..really messy!!", he growled.

"With the death of Ki Bayu and all the company forces there, the responsibility of regional control fell to his representatives, not to me" Suma said.

He got the information from one of the soldiers in Klambir Lima. And how disappointed he was because his plan that had been arranged and run, was broken apart. Last afternoon reportedly Jhon departed with some of his guards to Medan to get the mandate of the control of the region.

"Means you have to make a new plan" Ni Gaok said calmly.

Suma thought, "how can they kill Ki Bayu?", he asked.

"Ki Bayu is not as good as you say, it's if you ask why" said Ni Gaok.

"There has not been a wolf with him since I first watched him" Ni Gaok said.

"So right?", asked Suma in surprise, she really did not know since when Ki Bayu was no longer accompanied by his pet.

"Yes like that the real situation, even I was forced to save the fool from an old man riding a white tiger" Ni Gaok continued.

"And when facing the company forces there is no ability that he unleashed, he just died without any resistance at all" replied Ni Gaok.

"Damn!!", said Suma furiously. It seems like he does have to come up with a new scenario, he thought.

"Heidrich himself, I mean Lieutenant leader of the company forces where?, I did not hear news he was killed", asked Suma curious.

"It is possible that he died and his body was washed away in the river" Ni Gaok replied.

"Possible? I need a sure thing!!!", said Suma angrily.

"Why are you that good?", asked Ni Gaok.

"Why? Because if Heidrich was alive and suddenly came back then he would know who was behind this and would not let me go" Suma replied annoyedly.

"That's because Nini killed all the company forces there but left Heidrich alive!!" Suma said.

"Aah means all my mistakes, have you forgotten that this is all your plan to feed Ki Bayu who has no magic to fight the company? or did you forget who you were talking to, and forgot what I had done for you?", Ni Gaok asked angrily.

Suma slouched to endure the pain she suddenly felt, holding her left chest. There's no beating there, it's been years like that since he almost died and was saved by this woman. Now it hurts as if his heart is still there and stops working. Suma felt her neck suffocate unable to breathe.

"Ma.pardon me Ni", yes it is all my fault not to look at the situation properly, forgive me. pa. at least I. I have given extra lives for your doll collection", he said", suma said pointing towards the former Dutch soldiers who stood staring among Ni Gaok's bodyguards.

Damn, if I knew how to deal with this problem then I would kill you crazy woman, inner Suma while holding her left chest.

"Well yes, every hundred lives I take, one of my dolls rises, and one hundred years increases my age" Ni Gaok rose from his seat and turned to look at his guards.

"Alright, I'll try to fix this, I'll find your commander and kill him" Ni Gaok said, laughing loudly.