CHAPTER I : The Invisible Guardian by Sayu Asmarita

Invisible Guardian

Once upon a time, there was a great kingdom named Jayanegara. It ruled by King Rudaya. He known as an ambitious king who can do anything for his wishes, including fighting for getting the new territory. Now, the Majesty is in a meeting with the royal advisor, Baidowi and the chief of royal soldiers, Faqih. Suddenly a guard enter the room without permitted he said “Forgive me Majesty, there is someone unknown left this letter in front of our royal gate, it looks like it was intentionally sent to you”.  Spontaneously their conversation stopped for a moment. In the king’s mind arose thoughts that might be related to the letter, he already guessed the contents, his face was full of ambition and anger. “This is a threat! I would not remain silent and won’t let them take what is rightfully mine!” Explicitly he said “Chief, announce to all soldiers, tomorrow we are going to fight, prepare the equipment and everything that will be needed, it is a command!”

It was a sunny day, but not a peaceful day because war between the two great kingdoms will soon take place. Jayanegara royal troops formed a line with its king in the forefront, with the calvary they must win this war. Confidently, the Majesty rode the horse to go to the battle site. With the hereditary sword, he was absolutely convinced that he would be win hands down. Upon arrival at the location, the enemy troops, Braga kingdom also formed a line which led by their king, Adriana and they got ready to apply the swords. There, they stayed face to face, oversee anything in front of them. “Wait… there is something strange here, why did they come with fewer troops?” those words just passed by in the Faqih’s mind. Without thinking for a long, he guided to declare the war cry until shook the ground and echoed in the sky.

A mile from the location of the war, the sounds of trumpets began to be heard, it signalled that the war had begun. One by one Jayanegara soldiers began to fall, whereas they did not fight yet. It surprised the king enough so that he lost focus.   “What the hell is going on?” said King Rudaya angrily. Unexpectedly they were killed by archers who is hiding at the bushes. The archers kept firing. Zleb… The king was shot precisely in his left chest. Soon, Faqih shield him from the attack that returned to the king.  Nobody could take him away from the war at that time everyone was busy resisting the opponent’s attack.

The sun began to set westward, the day returned peacefully furthermore in the battle site, there was no one was seen there, except the bodies of the dead soldiers. The two surviving royal troops have returned to their kingdom. Jayanegara lost many lives even to the best soldiers as Faqih also passed away in the occasion so they claimed for their defeat.

While in pain the soldiers walked towards the palace, there Queen Saraswati was standing and putting on a worried face. “What happened? Where is the Majesty?” She said. “Forgive me! Jayanegara kingdom lose. We could not protect our king and lose him. Directly, she cried hysterically. “Where is my husband, where is my husband…”

 What’s next?

What’s next? Where did the king leave? What happened to him?

 If you curious, just wait for the next Chapter.