Prince Without Crown
Escape Empress

Chapter 02.

An old man wearing blood-soaked armor burst into the inner room of the palace.

"Your highness... Your highness..?!"

The old man fell in a bloody bath in front of King Wardana.

The shocked King of Wardana hurriedly approached the old man.

"Uncle patih. How are things outside now?" Ask the King anxiously.

"Destroyed Gusti. Everything's wiped.

Forgive Gusti Prabu's servant."

"It's not Uncle Patih. It's not your fault. It's my fault for not heeding your warnings."

"Custy. Run through the secret passage. Before the army of disobedient children broke into the palace."

"No Uncle. I am a King. The blood of the knights flowed in my body. The king may be rolled up, but not to be insulted."

"Hamba please Gusti! Run fast before it's too late."

"No!. A legitimate King must not run away dead bodies of his soldiers who have fought for their King and for their homeland. If I run away, the next generation will laugh at my cowardly actions and will throw my grave at me for being considered a coward, running from responsibility and only taking care of his own life."

"My master. If you don't leave the palace immediately, what about the Empress and the Crown Prince? They will certainly kill him because it is considered as a thorn for the throne that will be occupied by the ungodly child of the Pradana."

King Wardana looked around looking one by one at the soldiers who were on guard to protect the King's safety.

"Where is Senopati Arya prana?" Ask the King to the soldiers standing guard around him.

"Although Gusti Prabu, Senopati Arya prana was outside the palace to stem the enemy troops from entering this palace."

"Send me my word! Tell him to draw some of the surviving soldiers and retreat to the valley of the carcass to wait for the empress and the crown prince there. Then you must immediately move towards the galuh kingdom to ask for protection to Handa prabu's father, the father of the Empress." The King's orders in a hurry.

"My lord's Sovereign." Said the soldier in prayer ta'zim and immediately ran towards the exit of the palace.

"Your highness. The servant is no longer strong. I beg you to see the Crown Prince." Patih said it was stammering.

"All right, Uncle Patih.

My wife, take our son to uncle patih." The King's orders gently.

"Hamba kanda Prabu."

Then the Empress brought her son who was just not even even a day to uncle Patih.

Patih's uncle painstakingly sat down and leaned against one of the palace's pedestals.

He welcomed the tiny body of the crown prince from the Empress's helping hand.

Very carefully, Uncle patih held the tiny body.

Soon, he seemed to be moving his hands in the air with his mouth muttering like a spell. Then what happens is the body of Uncle Patih as in the yellow ray to emasan.

Slowly but surely, that golden yellow ray now moved into his hand forming a blinding blob of eyes.

Chances were, if that tiny body could not bear to receive that great power, then he would soon die. But if successful, then he will have a strong foundation in receiving the science of kanuragan or science of empowerment.

Right now the King and Empress looked at each other and were both worried in their hearts. But to act to prevent, it is certainly very late. Therefore, they can only pray in their hearts that nothing happens to their children.

Uncle Patih with a body drenched in sweat mixed with blood still continued to issue all his magic until in the end he smiled with satisfaction.

"Good boy. Nice kid. He said with trembling lips.

"Gusti prabu's. I want to give this child the name Indra Mahesa. If he had not become King, he would have become a warrior. And I'm very satisfied now." He said with smiling lips.

No one expected that those were the last words he could say before he breathed his last with a fluffy smile on his wrinkled lips.

King Wardana could only shed tears at the sacrifice of his uncle.

But he soon realized that there was not much time left.

King Wardana immediately entered his room. Not long after that he came out wearing a battle outfit complete with a keris on his waist and another in his hand.

All the people who were in the room could only stare at their King who was preparing for the final resistance.

They knew if the keris in the King's grasp had come out of his private room, then it was a sign that he would fight to the death. If he wins, he will survive. If he loses, he will perish.

"Eyang Resi's. I beg myself." Said the King of Wardana while bowing respectfully to the palace elder. Then he turned around and kissed his son.

"My wife. Take good care of our child. This is a kemuning Tumbal keris.

This keris is the royal emblem. Legitimate or not a king is when this keris is on his when he is crowned as King.

Bring this keris and do not separate this keris from Indra mahesa. I'm sure he'll be able to claim his right as heir to the throne of Sri kemuning's rightful kingdom." Said King Wardana while wrapping the keris with yellow silk cloth and put into a cloth building Indra mahesa tiny body.

"Kanda Prabu, will we meet again?" Queen Galuh Cendana asked in tears.

"Depend on destiny. If the almighty wills, we will meet again.

Don't be sad, my wife. All these are the destiny lines that have been set by the Creator." Said King Wardana trying to calm his Empress's day.

"Commander of Rangga and Commander of the Axis!

Guard your empress and lord with your lives. Take them to the mighty kingdom and ask my father-in-law's protection there."

"Daulat. Tell Your Majesty to uphold and will be carried out."

"Be quick to leave before Pradana's troops storm into this palace.

Use the secret passage behind my throne. When you find the intersection, take the right aisle and you will reach the valley of the carcass. There the rest of Senopati Arya prana's army has been waiting."

"Sendiko Gusti prabu." They said they would then respectfully allow the Empress and the wives of the courtiers to enter the secret chamber behind the royal throne.

More than a hundred bodyguards followed the escapees in order to guard the safety of the Empress as well as the crown prince of their visit.

While weeping, King Wardana braced himself and walked gallantly out of the palace to fight the forces of Prince Pradana who had almost taken control of the entire palace after the army of soldiers led by Senopati Arya prana retreated to carrion valley.

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