Prince Without Crown
The fall of the kingdom of Setra Kencana

Two horsemen were seen running each horse so that it left a mark of dust flying.

The two people who wear the clothes of ordinary residents are a sign sent by Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh to the kingdom of Setra Kencana.

After passing the path in a valley, now two horsemen began to pass a road where the left and right of the road there is a high cliff wall. This is a stone hill area in the Duchy of Kerta Kencana and is very strategic to intercept enemies who want to enter the Galuh kingdom area from the kingdom of Setra Kencana.

Regardless of their exhausted riding horses, they continued to grind their respective mounts and separated at the crossroads.

The first horseman turned left towards the duchy of Gedangan while the second horseman, straight ahead to the city of the king of Galuh's kingdom.

As soon as the first horseman had arrived before the gate of the royal palace of Galuh, he immediately got off his horse and let the gatekeeper lead the horse to be moored.

As soon as he arrived in front of the mansion belonging to the Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh, he immediately knelt at the door and shouted. "Gusti Mahapatih, wretched Gusti. The kingdom of Setra has collapsed. They have lost the battle at the hands of Jaya Pradana,'

This report from a Purwacaraka attracted the attention of the authorities in the kingdom of Galuh, including some Senopati and other ministerial rakrian.

"What happened to Sadewa?" Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh asked as soon as she arrived in front of the news anchor man.

"Bad News Gusti Mahapatih. The kingdom of Setra has collapsed. Their king has been killed. Everything was destroyed in the hands of the Paku Bumi troops," Sadewa said again repeating his report.

"Oh great God. Really, this is very surprising news. You wait here! I will go to Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh to report the news that you brought," said Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh rushed to the sema agung hall.

Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh had just finished eating with the empress when a courtier told her that Gusti Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh was begging to meet and was currently waiting at the sema agung hall.

Accompanied by several guards, Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh walked to the sema regal hall where it had appeared that Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh had stood in a respectful manner welcoming the arrival of His Majesty.

"Receive the greeting of Kanda Gusti Prabu's servant!" Mahapatih said Mahesa Galuh with one leg at the bend and clenched his hands in front of the forehead.

"Build Dinda Mahesa Galuh! What is it you want to meet me? Isn't there a meeting today?" Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh asked as he walked towards the seat on his throne.

"For a thousand pardons by Gusti Prabu. Just saw the cipher that I sent back from Setra Kencana kingdom,"

"Hmmm... What news does the cipher you sent Dinda Mahesa Galuh?" Ask The Prabu.

"Kanda Gusti Prabu's vision,"

"What do you mean by saying insight? Talk is right. What's the matter exactly?" Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh was impatient.

"The cipher that I sent has brought news that the troops led by Gusti Prabu Kerta Kencana were successfully conquered by the forces led by Jaya Pradana. At this time the kingdom of Setra Kencana has collapsed Kanda Prabu!"

Ctaaaar!!!

"Call! Call the man you assigned to be the cipher. Call him face up right now!" Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh's.

"Sendiko dawuh kanda Gusti Prabu," said Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh while giving orders to the soldiers at the place to call Sadewa who was in his house.

Shortly afterwards the soldier came back with a man dressed as a commoner and immediately knelt in salute and sat cross-legged not far from the seat where the Mahapatih was sitting.

"Are you really the cipher sent by Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh?" Ask the Prabu.

"Although Gusti Prabu. Servants with another one were indeed commissioned by Gusti Mahapatih Mahesa Galuh to investigate the situation in Setra Kencana," replied the man named Sadewa while performing prayers.

"Do you know what happened?" Ask Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh again.

"Hamba Gusti Prabu!" Answer the cipher.

"Now, tell me everything!" The Prabu's Order.

"Sendiko dawuh Gusti Prabu!" Sadewa said then before reciting the event, he first gave worship then then he recounted all the events that occurred in Setra Kencana.

At that time, the troops led by three high-ranking retainers in the kingdom of Paku Bumi namely Raka Pati, Ragak Ireng, and the, wikalpa had received orders from their king, Prabu Jaya Pradana, to divide each army into three coriander.

Raka Pati got the middle position by heading about five thousand troops with details, five hundred horsemen, five hundred archers, and five hundred archers, a thousand men carrying war equipment and two thousand foot soldiers.

Meanwhile for Wikalpa, he got the order to head an army of twenty thousand soldiers. Same with the Crow Ireng. The remaining five thousand troops remained in the palace to escort the palace from all sorts of possibilities.

With a very thorough plan, leaving the army of forty-five thousand soldiers left the kingdom of Sri Kemuning then separated into three parts with five thousand troops led by Raka Pati continued to advance forward to fish the army of Setra Kencana kingdom.

The two armies then met on the vast battlefield and prepared to attack each other as soon as the order of war came down from the King.

The spirit in the troops of Setra Kencana is so passionate because they are led directly by their king. Then they got more excited because they saw only a small army that would fight with them.

According to estimates, five thousand soldiers will be destroyed only once libas alone with the full strength of the kingdom of Setra Kencana which amounted to fifteen thousand soldiers.

After the war drums were pounded by both sides with mutually valid trumpets against each other, now the troops of both sides began to launch an attack in advance shot hundreds of arrows towards each army.

Screaming was heard from both forces indicating that one of the thousands of humans was slashed by weapons.

Seriate...