Prince Without Crown
The vain wait
A man in black seemed to be agitated on the stage of his horse behind a grove of thickets.
Behind the man appeared thousands of soldiers set up a position to prepare with the position of the next bend. While in each hand, there are bows and arrows ready to be released at any time.
"How are Raka Pati and Pratisara? Have they failed to trap the warriors of Galuh kingdom?" The black man thought in his heart.
He had almost a full day waiting in this hidden place to ambush the army of Galuh kingdom soldiers who had been according to plan to be trapped by Raka Pati who pretended to lose. However, until the sun almost slipped on the western horizon, the soldiers still did not arrive.
With a slight huff in his heart, the man immediately advised his soldiers not to go anywhere before he arrived at the place.
While stomping his heel on the horse's back, the man immediately darted along with his horse leaving the soldier who was ready with arrows each towards the place where he and Raka Pati had separated this morning.
As soon as he arrived at their former camp site last night, he now saw the troops led by Raka Pati were at the place while preparing.
Full of question marks, the man immediately approached Raka Pati who was also shocked to see his arrival.
"How is Kakang Raka Pati?" Asked the man as soon as he arrived in front of the man he called Kakang Raka Pati.
"That's the Crow Ireng. It looks like Pratisara failed in her task," Raka Pati replied with a sigh.
"Did Kakang there send a spy to make sure that this Pratisara failed?" Ask Crow Ireng.
"It has. But they still have not returned" replied Raka Pati.
"As we did with the soldiers of Setra Kencana. However, when we pretended to lose and fled, there were five warriors on horseback who were blocking them. I also heard that there had been a quarrel between Pratisara and the five soldiers who had just arrived. Then, I don't know anymore because I stopped here so as not to arouse suspicion," said Raka Pati also recounted all the events he knew.
"That's weird. Though the Kakang troops have clearly been fighting outside the fort as kakang tells us. But.., did Pratisara fail?"
"That's what I don't know. Supposedly, he had already arrived from earlier by pretending to do a chase. Then I will pretend to lose once again until I succeed in pulling all the soldiers I lead into your hiding place" said Raka Pati.
"My intuition is that something has happened to this Pratisara. Is it possible that the five newly arrived warriors have defeated him?" Ask Raka Pati again guessing.
"Only five ordinary soldiers? I doubt they are able to fight Pratisara, even though there are fifty soldiers advancing at once," said Crow Ireng also denied the concerns of Raka Pati.
"Then, how is this Kakang? Are we heading to the Duchy of Gedangan and then carrying out simultaneous attacks after our plan fails?" Ask Crow Ireng.
"The government of Gusti Prabu Jaya Pradana has not yet come down. Do you want to be punished?" Tanya Raka Pati's.
Not to mention the Ragak Ireng speaking further, from the direction of the Duchy of Gedangan, now seen two soldiers who were assigned by Raka Pati to review the situation in the Duchy of Gedangan have now returned. But the difference, those who were just the two of them now returned while leading someone who looked very weak on the back of a horse was in the middle of the two soldiers earlier.
"Rear.., take a look! Isn't that Pratisara?"
Seriate...