Candaka was just now feeling the softness of the mattress at the inn when suddenly the door to his room was kicked open with a bang. “Braaakkk!”
There were dozens of people approaching him. "Where's your friend's old grandfather?" asked one of the bouncers while clutching Candaka's clothes.
Candaka trembled a little seeing the many bouncers surrounding him. "I don't know, I'm a newcomer to this village!"
Before they had time to inquire further, suddenly there was a sound of shouting from outside the room door accompanied by several people who seemed to fly as if someone had kicked or thrown them.
"How dare you gang up on men who don't know anything...!!!" shouted the woman while appearing in front of dozens of bouncers who were in the room.
Haven't had time to blink, everything fell in an instant. "Tell your boss, okay, don't mess around here ... You've never been slashed with a sword, have you?" threatened the woman while brandishing her sword, which shone with a sharp shine.
"Yes, Princess, we'll tell you later." It seemed that all the bouncers were pale with fright when they saw the appearance of this beautiful woman. They ran as fast as they could leaving the fierce woman who knocked them all down in an instant.
"You, yes you ..!" pointed to the woman at Candaka.
"What problem do you have with the boss in this village to get beaten up by everything!"
"I don't know. They are looking for the blind grandfather that I met this afternoon even though I don't even know the old grandfather," answered Candaka.
"How dare you go alone without any knowledge of martial arts let alone enter this mysterious village!"
"Sorry who are you, why are you angry. What did I do wrong?” Candaka started to get annoyed at being scolded without clarity.
"I just want to find my uncle Syailendra. My mother said my uncle was in this village,” continued Candaka.
The woman seemed to soften when Candaka said Syailendra's name. "I'm Isyana Manik, what's your name?"
"I am Chandaka Mahaputra."
"Tomorrow, I will take you to Grandpa Wicaksono's house. Incidentally, I know him well,“ offered Isyana. “Maybe he can find your uncle!”
“Now you sleep. Don't leave the inn, Ok? There's a lot of mysterious fog at night."
Isyana immediately disappeared without the chance to thank Candaka. "I'll just thank you tomorrow," he said to himself.
Many question marks in Candaka. Who is the mysterious woman who is good at the sword who helped him from the gang of criminals earlier? Why do they fearfully and respectfully call her Princess? What is the relationship between this woman and her uncle Syailendra and grandfather Wicaksono? Who did the boss and the bouncer often call?
"Hopefully tomorrow I will find all the answers to this mystery so that I can leave this village soon," Candaka answered in his heart.
He came to this Black Mist village at the request of his mother before he died who asked him to find his uncle so that Candaka could find out his origins. What he remembered was his childhood and adulthood in the capital city of Kamandaria, the City of the Golden Dragon, with his mother. He did not know who his father was because his mother never told him even before he died he was only asked to come to this village to meet his uncle to find out where he was from and asked him to live with his uncle.
Candaka Mahaputra didn't realize that he was so deeply involved in the mysterious problem of Black Mist Village and the mysteriousness of its inhabitants. Little did he know that his arrival to this village would change his life forever.
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
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