Commander Khandra had just visited the hideout. He was amazed at Rengganis's appearance, wearing a sleeveless shirt, with white pants tied tightly with a rope. The smooth hands still looked pure white in the moonlight. The bonfire gave an amazing effect, looking like an angel descending from heaven. I don't know what made Abra turn his face away and betray a woman as beautiful as Empress Rengganis, Khandra and even some of the other knights thought. "I must be stronger Khandra, I want to immediately draw this sword to Kakang Prabu's neck. He has taken what is mine. Making my people suffer!" cried Rengganis. The woman recalled what had happened to her people. Tributes and unreasonable taxes were always levied inhumanely. Mbok Berek and Kayana looked at each other, watching Rengganis as well as Khandra hang still busy practicing swords in the middle of the field, where torches were lit in several corners to illuminate. Rengganis' cries of frustration did disturb the
Khandra tried to understand her lord's situation. "I understand Empress, for weapons it might be better to choose one that suits you, right now there are only swords. Let's practice the sword first." Khandra explained with a friendly smile. The gallant man walked to a table at the end of the training hut. Picking up the wooden swords that his men had prepared for sword practice. There were also crossbows, yeah, her men were reliable. Khandra put down her Sawer Geni field and grabbed two wooden swords. Khandra walked back to Rengganis. "I see the Empress was learning to regulate breathing. Use that technique too when swinging the sword. So that the Empress can learn to control her emotions while moving. Good breathing techniques can also help our emotions when we fight. Don't be easily provoked, stay focused and calm." Khandra handed over the wooden sword. Rengganis accepted, she swung the sword. "Alright, I got it." Rengganis smiled a smirk, swinging the swor
Rengganis opened her eyes slowly, her head felt dizzy. Yeah, apparently the day had changed, the woman blinked. Inching up from the couch with difficulty, her body staggered. Rengganis sighed then exhaled regularly. Her right hand stretched out to grab the table as a handle and then rose to her feet. Crawling on every wall of the cave, the body is still shaking, the head is also foggy several times, almost collapsing. Rengganis bit her lower lip to maintain consciousness. "Hyatt! Hap!" a shout rang out loudly when Rengganis was in the living room. She squinted, looking out of the hole in the cave. Khandra could be seen using her sword to fend off attacks from several knights. "They are practicing." Rengganis observed. The girl's eyes were amazed to see flames coming out of the sword Khandra was wielding. Some of her men parried the attacks using their swords. Kayana looked overwhelmed. Not yet finished parrying the attacks, the knights collapsed. Ren
“Give me your body, so I will fulfill your wish, Rengganis.” The voice resonated, making that lady with beautiful face called Rengganis looked up from her sitting heels. She looked into a tranparent, flying in front of her with thick fog cevered her. Rengganis’s black eyes as dark as night looked wet, radiating deep sadness. Thick dust and dirt adorn her face, showing how tormented and oblivious she was for a long time. Watching Rengganis’s dejection, the lady smirked. Her feet stroke the ground first and took steps. “ I can help you taking revenge, whether to that bitch named Madhavi... or to that bastard you called My King Husband Abra.” Rengganis clenched her fist, imagining the face of those two faces who made her life hard as hell. But, seeing that black fog covering her, Rengganis felt that it would be a bad idea to aggree with her. “I don’t trust you,” Rengganis said in alert. Her hand clenched to restain her trembling body. The
The queen mother’s accusation on King Abra wasn’t false, well, the swore was absolute true. Kingdom of Baskara used to be led by King Arkha –Leena’s husband. King Arkha had passed away some time ago because of his illness. Rengganis had been enganged to Abra –second prince of kingdom Bamantara- the wedding was accelerated at the elderly’s of kingdom Baskara suggestion, considering the king’s crown was vacant. It would be a great opportunity for the other kingdom to attack. In fact, there were big war on the border. Fortunately, commander Khandra, a gallant you man with the best war tactics, mobilizing his troops under his command to guard and fight the enemies. “Old granny!” king Abra glower the queen mother as if had skinned her alive.”Your daughter was guilty. If you’re still defending her, I have no problem taking your life too.” He grunted, pointed his finger on front of his mother in-law’s face. Queen mother burst into laughter. “Try me if you can!” Queen mo
The cold palace, the farthest tower of kingdom Baskara, an abandoned building, many cobweb and rats roamed. Bad smell filled the air, making the soldiers can’t stand the smell. The cold palace of Baskara kingdom was kind a prison for guilty members of the court before getting punishment for their crime. They would be taken there waiting for the trial. Queen Rengganis laid on a wooden cot. The sunken eyes started to open slowly. She was shocked knowing where she was in a pathetic condition. Queen Rengganis bursted into tears, wailing. Loosing her beloved mother in front of her eyes with such a horrible thing. King Abra was wild, he cut her mother’s neck with no mercy. Queen Rengganis suddenly held her own neck. She felt faint, choking, even hard to breath. Blood spattered, looked clearly when King Abra pulled up and lifted her mother’s head up. “Hang this woman rebel’s head in the square!” the shout was heard before she passed out. Rengganis couldn’t think c
Rengganis body shook violently, cold sweat on her temple. She curled up in fear watching the axis knotting the wooden floor cracked. Rengganis shut her mouth, wining, but still tried to be conscious. All of the sudden, there was a flash, someone quickly moved, jumped off the opened floor. A tall, strong men, stood in front of the cot, looking without expression at Rengganis who’s still in shock. The man was on his armor. His body was full of blood spatter even in his hair down to his face. Rengganis could smell it, but she didn’t care as if his scary and horrible look wasn’t scary at all. Rengganis breathed sigh of relief. She smiled. Unconsciously, tear dropped on her dirty and dusty cheek. “Commander, Commander Khandra,” she called. They’re staring at each other, that stout man put his finger on his mouth, asking her to keep silent. “Queen Rengganis, are you okay?” that stout man whispered, his muscular arm tried to wipe Rengganis tears, but he held it. It
“No!” Rengganis screamed loudly. She opened her eyes. She found a faint and dark atmosphere in the reflection of torch. Berek took a deep look to her queen. Rengganis closed her eyes, neutralized her pounding heart. “Did you just have a bad dream?” Berek helped Rengganis to sit. The beautiful woman looked around. She just realized they were in a cave. She was on rocks at the moment. Her back hurts. Never in her life, Rengganis slept on place like this. She used to sleep on a soft and comfortable bed. She looked outside, dark. Ah, it’s night then, she thought. “Please, have a drink!” the middle-aged lady handed a bamboo glass for Rengganis. She drank it up. “I hear the queen screamed.” Khandra showed up from outside with forewood on his hand. “Ah, it’s alright. She just had a bad dream,” Berek explained. “What do you bring, Khandra?” she asked. The man put the firewood inside the cave, used a torch to lit fire. Middle-aged maid
Rengganis opened her eyes slowly, her head felt dizzy. Yeah, apparently the day had changed, the woman blinked. Inching up from the couch with difficulty, her body staggered. Rengganis sighed then exhaled regularly. Her right hand stretched out to grab the table as a handle and then rose to her feet. Crawling on every wall of the cave, the body is still shaking, the head is also foggy several times, almost collapsing. Rengganis bit her lower lip to maintain consciousness. "Hyatt! Hap!" a shout rang out loudly when Rengganis was in the living room. She squinted, looking out of the hole in the cave. Khandra could be seen using her sword to fend off attacks from several knights. "They are practicing." Rengganis observed. The girl's eyes were amazed to see flames coming out of the sword Khandra was wielding. Some of her men parried the attacks using their swords. Kayana looked overwhelmed. Not yet finished parrying the attacks, the knights collapsed. Ren
Khandra tried to understand her lord's situation. "I understand Empress, for weapons it might be better to choose one that suits you, right now there are only swords. Let's practice the sword first." Khandra explained with a friendly smile. The gallant man walked to a table at the end of the training hut. Picking up the wooden swords that his men had prepared for sword practice. There were also crossbows, yeah, her men were reliable. Khandra put down her Sawer Geni field and grabbed two wooden swords. Khandra walked back to Rengganis. "I see the Empress was learning to regulate breathing. Use that technique too when swinging the sword. So that the Empress can learn to control her emotions while moving. Good breathing techniques can also help our emotions when we fight. Don't be easily provoked, stay focused and calm." Khandra handed over the wooden sword. Rengganis accepted, she swung the sword. "Alright, I got it." Rengganis smiled a smirk, swinging the swor
Commander Khandra had just visited the hideout. He was amazed at Rengganis's appearance, wearing a sleeveless shirt, with white pants tied tightly with a rope. The smooth hands still looked pure white in the moonlight. The bonfire gave an amazing effect, looking like an angel descending from heaven. I don't know what made Abra turn his face away and betray a woman as beautiful as Empress Rengganis, Khandra and even some of the other knights thought. "I must be stronger Khandra, I want to immediately draw this sword to Kakang Prabu's neck. He has taken what is mine. Making my people suffer!" cried Rengganis. The woman recalled what had happened to her people. Tributes and unreasonable taxes were always levied inhumanely. Mbok Berek and Kayana looked at each other, watching Rengganis as well as Khandra hang still busy practicing swords in the middle of the field, where torches were lit in several corners to illuminate. Rengganis' cries of frustration did disturb the
"If you do as I say, you will not feel pain, beautiful child," Lady Nagini said, waving a red shawl. The sound of the gamelan was heard again, the woman danced around the girl's lifeless body. A moment later, Lady Nagini's soul entered the girl's body. With her new body, Lady Nagini opened her eyes and rose to her feet. Smiling, she jumped to the nearby hill of reeds. Her feet began to step out, she clucked feeling like her body was bound by something. There was a red thread binding her. "Damn soul thread!" she screeched. "Ah, at least I can get out using this body temporarily. I'll find the right time to ensnare Rengganis," he sniffed. "This body reeks of corpses, it won't last long, damn it!" he swore again. "I just smelled the fragrance of Rengganis' body, oh it's a very perfect body as a container," Lady Nagini smirked.Using the body of the girl she killed, Lady Nagini finally managed to do a trick without anyone knowing.*** Rengganis stopped at the door of
Black invisible smoke passed through the villagers who were panicking when a girl walking with them suddenly fell. "I can't feel my pulse, and my heartbeat is weak. It looks like she fainted," said a middle-aged woman. Black smoke soared up and then retreated, as if hiding near a bush. Pyash! The puff of smoke disappeared, transforming into a beautiful woman. The woman smiled and grinned, satisfied with what had happened. "Poor girl," she said, flicking the red shawl, yeah the woman was Lady Nagini, the owner of the red shawl. Like the wind, the figure of the beautiful woman disappeared without a trace. In a short time the woman had arrived near the waterfall. Her body collapsed onto the grassy ground. Her breathing was labored, her body trembled, and her bones felt crushed. However, it wasn't pain that she felt. Instead, the woman burst out laughing, laughing loudly with excitement. "I'm pushing myself too hard, uhuk!" she hissed with a gasp
Kayana jumped into the air. He landed on a tree trunk, probing the area around which was covered with bushes. A woman’s voice asking for help was heard. The young man’s eyes widened, saw several bandits pressing on a woman’s body. He then landed with his right leg extended forward kicking o of the men pushing against a woman’s body among three other men.Bugh! “Aww!” a screechig sream from the fierce-faced man who was kicked by Kayana heard. The four of them turned simultaneously to the direction of the rioter. “Pet devil! Who are you to disturb our fun?” shouted one fat body. “What did you do to that poor girl, heh?” Kayana sneered. He glanced at the girl who was almost naked. ‘Oh my God, her body was tempting,’whispered Kayana in a charmed heart. He took a deep breath to get rid of the dirty thoughts that alighted. ‘Stop your dirty thought, Kayana!” He cursed to himself. “Are you okay?” asked Kayana, staring into the girl who shivered in fear. “Scram,
Bang! Abra banged on he table making the water on the glass spilled. The food served spilled from its place. His head felt hot. The man could no longerhold back his emotions, roughly, he opened the contents of the table. Right now, he was in the Main Palace’s dining area in the king’s private room. Prang! Bruak! Utensils and cutlery fell to the floor. “Damn! Why are they making things difficult for me? I really want to kill them all, You Pesky Devil! Abra cursed ignoring the pinned ‘King’ status. Some of the maids looked looked at him trembling, afraid of becoming the target of Abra’s anger. The man rose from his seat glaring at the opened door. Master Kastara went inside with Khandra. He snorted as he shrugged. “Why did he come in?” asked Abra pointing at Khandra. “He is my man,” said Master Kastara “That man is a student of Master Jagat Trengginas, remember!” Abra snapped. ‘It’s bad! What if thy suspect me?’ asked Khandra to himself.
Aunty Berek and Rengganis follwed by Kayana entered a village. They walked to the market to buy some needs. Rengganis was excited seeing the crowd. It’s her first time visiting it. Many people sold their harvest. Rengganis saw some soldiers guarding the palace maid entered. If someone blocked their way, the soldiers would hit without hesitation using the tip of sheath. They were so arrogant, taking items sold. Their had no mercy. It made her sick watching those sycophant. Rengganis remembered when she was in the lighthouse, about the talk between the guards who put their full stomach dan happiness. There’s no loyalty. When she’s surrender Khandra was there, reaching out his hand. Rengganis’s trust to her maid arouse. Not every people greedy and disgusting. “Damn you! You wanna fight, huh?!” snapped a guard and everyone laughed including the shameless maids. ‘They’re so arrogant! I want to tear their mouth apart!’ Rengganis swore while watching their wild and sham
King Abra went into Concubine Madhavi’s room with anger on his face. His jaw harden. His right hand took his under long royal clothe. Concubine Madhavi’s waiting for him in excitement for becoming the next queen. But, her smile faded along with Abra entering the room. “My Lovely King!” she greeted. “What is happening?” she asked. “The elderly and the royal family are cornering us,” he said. Madhavi furrowed. “What do you mean, My Lovely King?” she approached him. Abra sighed in long and deep breath. All of his anger vanished when he saw Madhavi, like water vanished the flame, so did Madhavi’s presence in his side. “They make you difficult to be the queen,” he answered quietly. Madhavi’s shock. He touched her cheek and told her what had happened in the palace. Madhavi took deep and long sigh. She felt pain in her heart. ‘They’re so cruel, the elderly and Rengganis’s followers,’ she growled in her heart. Madhavi put fake smile and hide her true fe