Candaka woke up early in the morning with a shock because yesterday's swordsman was somehow already in his room. "Come on, hurry up, I want to show you something interesting," Isyana said in an indifferent tone and didn't care about Candaka's state, who was still nodding off.
"What's wrong with waking people up so early, besides it's really impolite for you to just walk into my room," Candaka exclaimed angrily.
He didn't understand this woman. Her face is pretty but her behavior is reckless and she doesn't care about other people's feelings at all.
“See, look down. It's really crowded, isn't it?" Isyana pointed from the balcony of the inn to the street below which was filled with martial arts parades.
“It's the people from the Dragon Palm Institute. You should learn a little self-defense at that university so you don't shake like yesterday, hahaha!” laughed Isyana without feeling that Candaka was offended by his words.
“Who is shaking. I can also do some martial arts. My mother often taught me not to be bullied by other people," challenged Candaka.
"Come on down, I'll introduce you to the martial arts teacher over there. Whether you want to study or not, it's all up to you," asked Isyana.
"Didn't you promise to take me to Grandpa Wicaksono's place today?" Candaka asked in surprise.
"Why do I have to follow this beautiful girl, when my business is more important," he thought. Even though his mind rebelled not to follow Isyana, his feet followed the woman to a corner of the village instead of a red nameplate that said DRAGON PALM INSTITUTE.
"Later from here I will definitely take you there, don't worry. I always keep my promises," Isyana answered calmly.
This institute is very large. Candaka saw several people dressed in red practicing martial arts moves. Isyana entered casually, and the guard didn't stop her at all.
"Brother, introduce my friend, Candaka," said Isyana to a tall, well-built young man who was training at the college.
Candaka politely offered his hand to shake hands with the young man.
"Brahma Mukti, call me Bram," the young man's expression was normal without a smile and cold, even though Candaka was having a hard time putting on a smiling face.
"Damn!" Candaka said to himself. "If I knew this, I'd better put on a cold face earlier!"
"This is it brother, Candaka want to study martial arts here, can you or not brother?" asked Isyana straight to the point.
Candaka was surprised by Isnaya's initiative to send him to learn at the institute.
“No, I was not long in this village. After meeting uncle I want to return to the capital city. So sorry, not refusing, but I don't have much time,” answered Candaka with pride.
"In that case, please teach him a few tricks, bro, so that he don't get beaten up if he are attacked by the bandits again," continued Isyana, not wanting to lose.
"Well, are the bandits in action again?" asked Bram.
"Yes bro, yesterday they ganged up on this trembling man so I brought him here so he could learn with you!"
"Yes, if you really want it, come here early tomorrow morning so I can give you some tips on martial arts for self-defense," continued Bram.
"Oh yes, you were looking for mother. Go early in the morning without saying anything instead bring a boy here!”
Candaka was silent again with a surprised face again knowing that the owner of this instutute is the Isyana family. No wonder he can go in without being reprimanded at all.
"Like it or not, my brother already wants to teach you. I only want one day," Isyana coaxed Candaka to do what he wanted.
"Yes, bro, I'll apologize to mother later," Isyana answered slowly.
Feeling bad about Isyana's kindness and also she didn't want to offend her because she still needed Isyana's help, Candaka nodded slowly agreeing to her wish.
“Hoorayeeee...!!! That's it Candaka!" Isyana shouted happily.
"What if I refuse, it's not Candaka's name," thought Candaka. “This woman's behavior is up to date, but innocent and kind-hearted. That's why I like him. I can't go back to the capital city after the business here is done." Candaka's feelings started to get mixed up.
"Come on, don't disturb my brother, He want to train his students," Isyana asked while pulling Candaka's hand, which almost fell in shock.
"It's not you who's bothering your brother," Candaka said to himself again.
A flash of white and green shadows seemed to be milling about. Wusssshhh ... wussshhh!. Dry leaves flew as the two shadowy figures passed by. Occasionally, the sound of women's laughter can be heard amidst the roar of the wind caused by their movements. Their movements gave rise to white and green silhouettes adding to the beauty of the scenery at the foot of the Three Fingers Mountain.When they stopped, they began to see their figures, which turned out to be Ki Wicaksono in a white robe and Gayatri, who was clad in all green clothes. Gayatri appears to be holding a long staff while Wicaksono only has a fist.“The Dance of the White Dragon Move!” shouted Wicaksono while moving his body like a person dancing which was getting faster and faster so that it looked like a white dragon squirming while its arms were open like a dragon's grip."8-way Stick Arts!" Gayatri started playing her bamboo stick trying to roll up a white dragon that was writhing but her attacks always missed the tar
Isyana immediately greeted Ki Wicaksono while Candaka only bowed respectfully."Grandpa, Yana's friend wants to meet Grandpa, he says it's necessary," Isyana said calmly."Sorry Grandpa, I'm Candaka, who wanted to ask Grandpa yesterday," continued Candaka politely."You heard yesterday that you want to find your uncle Syailendra, right?" asked Wicaksono again.“Actually, what relationship do you have with this person named Syailendra. As far as grandpa knew he had no nephews. If I may know your mother's name, what is it, son?""My mother's name is Sri Ningsih, grandpa," answered Candaka.Wicaksono was abysmal when he heard Candaka mention the name of his daughter who had vanished in the Black Mist, long time ago."Nooooo ... Impossible ... How could Ningsih still be alive after being engulfed in the Black Mist dozens of years ago? grumbled Wicaksono."Grandpa ... Grandpa, why?" asked Isyana slowly."It's okay Yana!" Wicaksono tried to calm down."Where is your mother now?" inquired Wi
Candaka and Isyana arrived early in the morning at Dragon Palm Institute. It seemed that Bram was ready for the first training he would teach Candaka.The Dragon Palm Style is very famous throughout Black Mist Village and even to the surrounding villages. Even though this stance is not part of the 9th Kick of the Book of the Dragon Power, the efficacy of this stance has made the Dragon Palm Institute highly respected by all parties, from the rich, officials, common people, even bandits don't dare to harass this Institute, especially the Isyana Family who founded this Institute, decades ago. That's also why the bandits that bothered Candaka before were so afraid of Isyana.The Dragon Palm style only consists of 8 moves but is very effective for both close and long range combat. For Candaka, only 2 techniques will be taught, namely the Dragon Grasp Style to attack and the Dragon Shield to defend.The Dragon Grasp Style has 18 attacking moves from head to toe with the hand gripping posi
Candaka is dreaming again, only this time he dreams of being in a dark forest with big black dead trees that seem to want to swallow him whole. In the darkness he saw a bright light at the end of the forest shining over a waterfall that cascaded from the hills above this dead forest. As he was trying to enter the cave behind the waterfall, a flash of white light suddenly appeared, which became more and more real, resembling a dragon. The Dragon's mouth opens spitting white Fire at him, and Candaka wakes up startled with his whole body blackened by black soot which adds to his filth.He was still in the inn room but strangely his body felt like it had been burned by a fire leaving burning residue on his body which still smelled scorched but his body was fine."Tomorrow I have to ask Ki Wicaksono the meaning of my dream," he thought again. He also just realized that he forgot to ask where his uncle was yesterday.Candaka fell asleep again and had the same dream as before. This time he w
Early in the morning, Candaka left the inn intending to go to Ki Wicaksono's Forest Lodge. He chose the morning that was still dark because he was worried that his dream would come true, but hope was just hope. As soon as he left the inn, he was immediately confronted by a group of bandits who had ganged up on him before."Hey dirty young man, you are called Boss ...!!!" exclaimed one of the bandits whose face was bearded"Don't fight then you will be safe!" he continued.An intention arises to use the style that Bram just taught him, but his intention is abandoned because Candaka is also curious to find out who the boss of these bandits is, who really wants to meet him.Candaka followed the group of bandits to a luxurious building in this village. The yard with a fish pond and beautiful garden makes Candaka feel that he is not entering the house of the bandit boss.The Beard continued to walk towards the living room of this building. From a distance, a figure dressed in black could b
While walking quickly towards Ki Wicaksono's forest hut, Candaka kept thinking, why are so many problems befalling him? He just wanted to find his uncle following his mother's last message, but what he encountered instead were various kinds of complicated problems for his life."I have to go back to Hut to ask for an explanation from Ki Wicaksono about all this," he said to himself.Different from before when she easily entered the hut in the forest, this time Candaka got lost in the forest and didn't find Ki Wicaksono's hut. The forests seemed alive because as soon as he entered the path in the forest, the trees behind him blocked the previous entrance.Suddenly there was a flash of shadow pulling his hand while shouting, "Come on, hold my hand as tightly as possible if you don't want to be swallowed up by this forest."Candaka, who was still in a confused situation, followed the shadow's suggestion because he started to feel something was wrong with this forest. "Who are you?" he sh
Candaka is still curious about what happened earlier. He clearly saw the Dark Mist approaching him but as he was pulled away by the red dragon's shadow, he didn't see any Black Mist chasing him all the way to the Inn. Besides, why wasn't the dragon shadow afraid of being swallowed up by the Black Mist?He briefly remembered his dream, earlier wasn't he entering the same black forest as the one in his dream? Why did the previously beautiful and green forest turn into a black forest as soon as he entered it. Even though he feels that many strange things have happened to him while he is in this village, Candaka does not give up trying to find out all the answers to the mysteries in this village.“Everything is a mystery in this village. The people also have secrets that do not want to be disclosed. Not to mention that the areas around this village are terrifying and unacceptable to reason," Candaka's thoughts made him even more dizzy and tired.Without him realizing it as soon as his bod
After breakfast at the inn, Candaka rushed to the Dragon Palm Institute looking for Isyana. He also wanted to ask Isyana for help to take him to Ki Wicaksono's Forest Lodge because if he went alone he would get lost again in the scary Black Forest.The Dragon Palm Institute students seemed to be training hard when Candaka arrived there. Even though it was still early in the morning, the activities at this university were very busy. He didn't see Bram but there was a middle-aged man who looked dignified giving instructions to the prospective martial arts experts.This man is the owner of Dragon Palm Institute named Bagaskara Mukti who is also the father of Brahmana and Isyana. Bagaskara is the richest person in Black Mist Village so he is highly respected by the villagers. There are also rumors that Bagaskara is also a Dragon Warrior but he has never denied or confirmed this. The Dragon Style that he taught at his university were said to be the development of the Dragon Style he had. B