KNIGHTS OF MANAH VALLEY
Pine Hill (3)

Meanwhile, in a courtyard just below the twin pine trees, five women were standing waiting for the arrival of Ki Demang.

One woman was wearing the mask of the abuser, the other three women were carrying spears strapped to her back, it looked like the three women were twin brothers. And another, a little girl tied to a pine tree, Andini.

The Manah Valley paused on a tall pine tree and hinted with its right hand raised to the top, so that the three friends also stopped moving.

The young man stood on a not-so-large branch, followed by three of his friends who also stopped behind on three adjacent pine trees.

“Emm, it seems, I sense there are five people. One little girl, I think it's Andini and four adults who must be one of the masked women!” said the Manah Valley closed its eyes while lowering the level of activation of its cannura science to zero, so as not to be detected by masked women.

“Wanapati, emm, do you feel my kanuragan science activation level?” ask Manah Valley to Wanapati.

“How is possible! I don't feel anything!” wanapati replied in shock widening her eyes.

“Good, emm, I'll move first. If I whistle, you guys should quickly get closer to the source of my whistles!”  said the Manah Valley darted away to another pine tree and was answered with a nod of the head of his three friends.

“I don't think about the kid. Absolutely mysterious!” lirih Jayadipa who was returned with a smile by two friends.

“Our education gets stronger if the child joins!” sahut Wanapati laughed.

The Manah Valley approaches the twin pine trees, where masked women take Andini hostage. The young man settles in from behind and releases Andini from his ties in the pine tree, unbeknownst to the five women in front of him.

After successfully obtaining Andini, Manah Valley jumped to lighten the body and landed on one of the twin pine branches and whistled to call his three friends.

“Do you guys hear that whistle!” wanapati said to her two friends while widening her smile.

“That's a sign from Manah Valley!” sahut Jayadipa clenched his two hands in front of his chest.

The three of them jumped onto the branch of the pine tree in front of him and found the Manah Valley that was carrying Andini.

“I will distract him while handing Andini to Ki Demang,” said Manah Valley whose position is faced with three friends while jumping away from the twin pine area.

“What! I don't feel anyone's science. Why can you enter my area,” umpat masked woman to Manah Valley which is about thirty steps from twin pine trees.

“That's because you're off guard!” yelled Manah Valley with a smile.

“I'll subdue him Nyai Queen!” said one of the women next to the masked woman.

“No! I'm gonna face the guy who brought the boy. The rest I leave to you!” the masked woman.

The masked female chased after the Manah Valley, jumping to lighten her body and landing on a branch of a pine tree.

Manah Valley carrying Andini on his back, the young man jumped to ease the body moving from the branch of the pine tree to the other branch and was chased by masked women.

“What! Aren't you Kenanga, Kanthil and Cempaka from White Spear College!” exclaim Wanapati was shocked, because he saw three women who worked with masked women were participants in the match from Kabangun Village in the Kabaman Duchy.

“How y'all—!”

“Ahh this all makes me confused,” umpat Jayadipa holding the head with both hands.

“Why did you three conspire with that masked woman?” ask Ni Luh slowly.

“Inspect the three of us!” yangana answered, the oldest of her two brothers. “I heard, the champion of the match was from Kedhung Wuni Village, means—!”

“Yes right, the man who brought Andini home was the winner of the match in the kingdom,” said Wanapati.

“Hoi! You guys haven't answered our questions!” snapped Ni Luh who put on a fierce face.

“Excuse us, we three—!”

Kenanga recounted that she and her sisters went home first after falling in the match, without watching the next fight.

On the way home, they got a mission from the leader of Kabangun Village to bring a message to Lapan Aji Village in the Purwaraja Duchy.

Kenanga also recounts that the masked woman was about to kidnap Andini, without knowing what her motive was.

Kenanga and her sisters followed the masked woman, but when they arrived near the twin pine trees, the three of them were discovered by the masked woman.

The fight is inevitable, Kenanga and her two younger siblings are defeated by a masked woman. And just before the masked woman went any further, Kenanga asked to be forgiven and willing to become a follower of the masked woman.

“Then what are your plans now?” sahut Wanapati interrupted Kenanga's story.

“We also don't know how?” yangana lowered her head.

“I suggest you get back on the right path. Help us to stop the masked woman,” Wanapati said.

“Tapi—!”

“Why? Do you doubt the young champion of that match?” geram Wanapati clenched his right hand.

“That's not the problem. We have been away from college for a few days. Will the teacher forgive us?” lirih Kenanga lowered her head.

“A teacher will always accept his students, if the student wants to walk in the teachings of kindness,” kilah Wanapati persuaded Kenanga and his two younger siblings.

“Alright, forgive us,” close Kenanga smile.

***

Manah Valley is still darting from one branch of pine to another branch of pine. The young man was chased by the masked woman behind him, thirty steps away.

“Stop you, give back Andini!” yelled the masked woman.

“If you can chase me,” replied Valley Manah smilingly provoking the masked woman.

Slowly, the scorching weather turned dark. The mist descending so thickly around the pine forest, the Manah Valley decided to pause from its jump.

“There's much less this,” lirih Manah Valley speaks for itself.

“Kakak, Andini was afraid,” exclaimed Andini who was stopped from crying.

“Iya Andini, emm, brother will soon take Andini away from this place,” sahut Manah Valley.

The Manah Valley was stunned, but it was still able to see the surroundings, despite being covered in such a thick fog.

“If the fog from the top of the hill, it cannot be this thick. Must be the woman's assessment,” said Valley Manah speak for himself. “Ahh! This mist is no problem for me!”

“Hahaha, you won't be able to escape from my Ajian Halimun Wening!” yelled the masked woman.

“What! Ajian Halimun Wening's. That's kan—!”

Ajian Halimun Wening is a study that can bring fog by its users. With the thick fog, the opponent could not see and would be confined within the fog created by the user.

However, unexpectedly a female figure came closer towards the Manah Valley. It seemed, the young man was no stranger to the female figure that was faintly visible from the thickness of the fog.

“Hei Valley, is it only with fog that you lost to that woman?” the woman shouted to the Manah Valley.

“That voice, emm, it seems that I know the voice of the woman,” the softness of Manah Valley narrowed her eyes. “Nawang, is that you Nawang!”

“You still remember my voice Valley, thank God,” Nawang said with a smile from behind the thick fog.

“Go Valley, I will face the woman,” Nawang said.

“Tapi—!”