KNIGHTS OF MANAH VALLEY
Lake

“I Manah Valley. I am just a traveler who just hitchhiked through this village!” sahut Manah Valley.

“Ohh, young already gone wandering. How brave of you to be young!” yell that fisherman. “So here—!”

The fisherman told of the presence of a water demon inside the lake that had been troubling them for the past week. And also have not found a solution to catch the demon.

The water demon will only appear at night to find prey. However, if during the day there is a fishing boat that fishes, the water demon also does not hesitate to attack the fishing boat.

“So so!” exclaimed the Manah Valley nodding its head. “Uncle, may I help these uncles hunt down that water demon!”

“Create young people!” the fisherman's uncle.

“But do you have the science of kanuragan to face the water demon!” kilah one of the fishermen who sat in front of the first fisherman—as doubt the Valley of Manah.

“It's good if we go to the village head's house immediately to ask permission!” said a fisherman who looked authoritative—seems like the chairman of the fishing association.

Not waiting for a long time, Manah Valley invited a group of fishermen to the village head residence. The village chief and the village officials who were discussing in the paseban, immediately welcomed the arrival of the Manah Valley and the fishermen.

According to them, the Manah Valley may have come from a famous college or noble family that deliberately hid its identity. Quickly the Manah Valley bowed its body in front of the village officials.

“Good day, Ki!” the fisherman leader. “This is a swordsman who wants to help us hunt down the water demon inside the lake, Ki!”

“I Daroyokso welcome guests from afar!” sapa Daroyokso as the head of the Thousand Dew Village was pleased because there were warriors who wanted to help hunt water demons in Lake Wadas.

“I Manah Valley, only a traveler from the east. Thanks for the welcome Ki Daroyokso!” sahut Valley of Manah bowed his body.

“Better we talk about this problem inside paseban!” Ki Daroyokso invited the Manah Valley and some fishermen to enter the paseban in front of his residence.

Manah Valley entered the paseban and followed by the fishermen behind it.

“Dark! Come here!” ki Daroyokso called his daughter Sekar. “Nak Valley, this is Sekar, my only daughter!”

“Greetings young lady, I am Manah Valley!” sahut Valley Manah while bowing his body.

As soon as Sekar noticed the Manah Valley, the girl was shocked. Not expecting if one of the residents of Kedhung Wuni Village has stopped in this village.

One of the reasons Sekar knew the Manah Valley was, Sekar was a disciple of the White Sword College. The girl met Manah Valley several times when she conveyed a message from the leader of the college to Ki Tunggul at the Sacred Souls College.

Sekar often saw the Manah Valley outside the college fence while watching the students of the Sacred Soul College train a match.

Please note, in addition to the Sacred Souls College, the White Sword College is one of the universities that supports the security of the Duchy of Purwaraja. And this time, Sekar returned to his home because he wanted to overcome the water demon that was troubling the people in his village.

“Are you not a student of Ki Tunggul?”

“So you already know each other!” ki Daroyokso said with a laugh. “Good then hahaha!”

Sekar tells Ki Daroyokso that the Manah Valley is a student of the Sacred Soul College led by Ki Tunggul. However, Sekar's assumption was wrong, the Manah Valley was not a disciple of the Sacred Soul College, but a former disciple, as it had been expelled.

“Bu—not young lady, emm, I only pay attention to the students who are training to match!” sahut Manah Valley.

“This week is a student of White Sword College!” ki Daroyokso interrupted their conversation. “He came home because he wanted to solve this water demon problem!”

While eating a banquet from the village chief, they discussed with each other about the water demon that had troubled the fishermen. Ki Daroyokso said that the village had hired several warriors, but the warriors were unable to overcome the water demon.

On one occasion, fishermen also set traps to catch water demons. However, always failed, the water demon did not show its form when it found out the fishermen set a trap.

“Alright, Ki! I will try to fight that water demon!” the Manah Valley.

“Previous, we thank you very much for your willingness to help us!” ki Daroyokso. “Alright, we will prepare the boat for the Valley fishing stealth water it out!”

Manah Valley nodded its head in agreement with Ki Daroyokso's proposal.

By night, they gathered on one of the piers that are usually used by fishermen to lean their boats.

With a torch, the Manah Valley boarded one of the boats and paddled alone to the middle of the lake. Usually the water demon will act at night.

“Dad! Manah Valley can definitely overcome that water demon!” sekar was standing next to his father on the shore of the lake.

“Really Now!” sahut Ki Daroyokso frowned. “Hopefully the boy succeeded!”

Until it reached the middle of the lake, Manah Valley stopped its paddle and sat cross-legged with closed eyes.

Ki Daroyokso and the fishermen who watched from the edge of the lake were suddenly startled after the water around the Manah Valley boat started to surge. The longer the water wave forms a vortex that makes the Manah Valley boat sucked in it.

“Why Manah Valley is silent!” I was a little worried.

The Manah Valley was silent because it felt that the water demon was in the form of a very large fish, even bigger than an elephant. The fish had sharp teeth like crocodile teeth, its eyes lit up red, with fins as sharp as a sword.

The boat riding the Manah Valley floated back to the surface of the lake, but the young man was invisible on the boat, making all those on the lake shore seem worried.

The fishermen rushed up several boats and rowed towards the boat ridden by the Manah Valley.

In the middle water of the lake, the Manah Valley tried to hold the mouth of the fish stealth to keep it gaping and not swallow its body. With a small bite of his tongue, the Manah Valley enveloped his body with a strange green liquid giving the Buto Ijo.

It was one of the Manah Valley strategies to withstand the impact from the extremely sharp stealth teeth of the fish. And also so as not to be bitten by the fish demon.

Although the fish demon exerted all its strength, but the strength of the Manah Valley was no worse than the fish demon. The young man activated the final stage of the Madyo level canuragan, so he no longer hesitated to fight the large-bodied fish demon.

Not wanting to linger any longer, the Manah Valley used the Tiger Palm Ajian and smashed into the fish's stealth mouth.

With a single right-handed blow, the Manah Valley did not expect that his attack would succeed in making the fish's stealth body vanish.

When the fish's stealth body was destroyed, the Manah Valley was shocked to see a chewy rock as big as a yellowish flaming marble.

The young man thought for a moment and recalled even deeper, if the forging extract of the body could be a stealth gemstone.