Prince Without Crown
Larkins

The sun has just risen in the eastern part of Mayapada.

The morning dew of a string of pearls adorned that beautiful morning.

The sound of birds chirping was heard again this beautiful and soothing morning.

Even so, a man dressed in a very weak looking warrior uniform did not care much about the beauty for this.

This man is so weak. Clearly, the pale lips were adorned with fine cracks indicating that this man was being struck by hunger and thirst.

When his horse crossed the hilly land and descended, he and his horse finally arrived at a clear watering time.

This soldier seemed to pull the reins of his horse and roll deliberately dropping himself into the clear water.

As much as he sipped water at that time while letting his horse also drink how much water he wanted.

Once satisfied to be in that time, the man in full dress as a war soldier also led his horse to the outskirts and then sat leaning on a large rock on the edge of the time.

The sun was not too hot and the light was still very friendly when this man tried to reach a few pieces of dry twigs and then swiped the lighthouse to light a bonfire.

"Thank God we survived my dearest horse. In a moment we will arrive at the duchy of Karang Kencana" said the man speaking to his horse.

As it understood, this horse also rubbed his head against the body of his master while occasionally the man stroked the cheeks of his steed gently.

The man slowly pulled out his sword and put the tip of the sword into the burning fire.

After enough, he then pulled the sword from within the fire. Now the tip of the sword turned red.

While biting a piece of cloth, the man tried to reach something on his hip and then as hard as he could he pulled something stuck in his hip.

"Aaaaaargh...!"

There was a stifled scream from the man followed by his splashing of fresh blood from the puncture scar of the object earlier.

After being noticed, it turned out to be an arrow. Meaning, this soldier had just faced a fight or had just escaped the battlefield.

Back the man bit the cloth and then glued the tip of the red sword because it had been burned.

The cesss!

As strong as his energy, the man held back from screaming by biting the cloth in his mouth firmly.

With a hunting breath, the soldier took out a small urn under his clothes and opened the lid. Now it appears he sprinkled a type of powder in the wound due to the arrow that he just pulled earlier.

"I can't be late! Right now Gusti Empress and Crown Prince Indra Mahesa are in danger," the man thought to himself.

After tying the scar on his hip, he again jumped on the back of his horse then pounded the horse towards the Karang Kencana duchy which was not until half a day of travel again.

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The sun has now risen just above the head indicating that the time has now come to replace the morning.

From a distance the soldier was riding his horse and now entered the duchy of Karang Kencana. However, disappointment was clearly visible on his face when he found the state of this duchy city to be empty without a single resident living here.

While leading his horse, this soldier walked over to every house that had been completely empty.

"Squeaky. Where did all the inhabitants of this duchy go? Have the warriors from Paku Bumi attacked this duchy?" Thought in the heart. But he immediately threw the thought away. This was because, he saw not the slightest trace of battle that had occurred in this kencana coral duchy.

Withstanding the astonishment in his heart, the man rushed up onto the back of his horse. The goal this time was to leave for the house belonging to the Duke of Panembahan Ardiraja.

Arriving at the big house owned by the Duke, once again this soldier was disappointed. This was because, he also found the big house belonging to the Duke was the same as the other houses. It's blank!

"That's weird. Were they all displaced after the kingdom of Setra collapsed? May nothing happen to all the people of this duchy" he prayed in his heart.

This man did not want to waste any more time. He had wanted to meet the Duke to immediately ask for a rest before continuing the journey to bring a message to the royal city of Galuh. However, after finding this duchy empty, then for what else he linger in this dead duchy.

Riding on his loyal horse, this soldier again continued his journey towards the kingdom of Galuh. To him, the sooner he arrived, the better.

Who is this soldier?

As was said in the previous chapter, this man was none other than Larkin. One of the five soldiers sent by Gusti Prabu Rakai Galuh to deliver Warkah from His Majesty to Empress Galuh Cendana in the forest of the jat valley about the collapse of the kingdom of Setra Kencana. However, when going back to the kingdom of Galuh, they were intercepted by warriors from the Earth Spikes.

Long story short, of the five soldiers sent, only he is currently alive and now, he said, its mission is to convey all the events and circumstances that are being faced by Empress Galuh Cendana in the teak valley. At once reported that the Crown Prince is still alive together with the kemuning tumbal keris as the legitimate symbol of a king who leads in the kingdom.

Seriate....