"DOUGH!!"
A loud banging sound was heard coming from where Agra and Kirana were, all the residents who were there became worried about the condition of the mother and child so they could only stay silent and watch while on the side the thugs laughed happily, some even seemed disappointed because their task would end too quickly.
But after a while the thugs were now rooted to their respective places, which made Tama annoyed. "HEY!!... why are you all silent!?"
"Hey, didn't you hear your master!?" Swari added.
The two people were indeed at a considerable distance, as were the villagers, so they would always be covered by the crowd of Tama's thugs, but they were surprised to find that one of the thugs closest to Agra had fallen.
The thug fell down holding his crotch area and his very ugly face was visible, holding back the extreme pain and at the same time a piece of Agra's stick also fell. This incident made everyone there know what really happened without being told, all the men who saw it immediately shuddered in horror and reflexively held the same area while the women only winced a little, some also shook their heads in pity.
On Agra's side, he found that his stick had broken again, he finally replaced his weapon with the thug's stick which seemed much better and harder, after which he put himself in a ready position as if what he was doing was a normal thing.
"You… you!… you're t-too much," said the thug while holding back the pain at the base of his groin.
Agra glanced for a moment but then turned to Kirana. "Mom be careful, stay close to me"
Kirana unconsciously smiled bitterly because of her only child's behavior. He looked very dashing at such a young age, but his actions just now were very different. "Son..."
Without waiting for Kirana's words, the thugs had come to their senses and increased their vigilance a little. On the other hand, Agra jumped back and immediately got on his horse. He controlled his horse to continue circling Kirana and when a thug approached, he immediately swung his stick to keep the people away. Not infrequently, the horse also helped by kicking them in the back.
But without waiting long, someone suddenly came and immediately threw a rope and immediately ensnared Agra's horse's neck. On the other hand, Agra wanted to release the rope but before he finished releasing it, another rope was thrown and immediately ensnared the horse's front legs, causing the horse to panic and causing Agra to fall.
"AGRA!!" Kirana shouted in panic.
Agra himself immediately rolled over and knelt down when he looked up and saw that his horse was continuing to struggle because its neck and legs were tied by the thugs, the situation was now becoming more dangerous because without his horse he would be an easy target.
On the other hand, Tama looked happy. "Hahahaha… great!! Tie the horse, don't hurt it so I can get a new ride hahaha…"
While immobilizing the horse, several thugs approached Kirana with vicious batons in their hands, ready to beat her. Agra quickly approached Kirana and protected his mother with all his might.
But unfortunately, because her body was still small, several blows continued to hit her body and even her mother, until Kirana did something reckless where she stood and hugged Agra with her body so that she received all the blows herself.
"Agra... run... fast," said Kirana softly.
Agra looked at his mother's face who was trying to stay strong, he was stunned to see her face which now had many wounds on her body, but Agra became even more shocked because blood started to flow from Kirana's head.
Agra pondered for a moment then he let go and ran towards the crowd of residents followed by a thug, the residents there immediately stretched out their hands intending to protect the child who was heading towards them, but the crowd was surprised because Agra instead passed them and instead took a sickle that was somehow lying there.
Agra glared at the thugs, while Kirana panicked. "AGRA!! DON'T ACT RECKLESSLY!!!"
Unfortunately, the scream was accompanied by Kirana's blood which continued to drip, this made Agra even more furious and without any fear he charged at the thugs, taking advantage of his small body he ran here and there agilely.
But unfortunately, it could only waste time without putting up any significant resistance. Agra could only inflict small wounds on several of the thugs' bodies, but at least his mother was no longer a target.
"AGRA!! QUICKLY RUN!!" Kirana shouted again.
The scream made the two thugs wake up and turn towards him, Agra did his action once again, but unfortunately the same thing did not happen the second time.
Agra saw him become worried and tried to get closer to his mother, but the thugs were used to Agra's movements and now they could prevent him from moving freely.
In the distance he could see that his mother was going to be tortured again, and with a quick thought he immediately changed direction and headed towards a child who was on top of a cow, it was true that now the one Agra was targeting was Tama.
The thugs only realized when Agra was close and Tama himself thought that it was just a chase between his men and Agra, until Swari who was beside him shouted. "Agra! Do you want to attack my nephew!!"
Tama was shocked but it was too late. Swari, who was near her nephew, stepped forward to block him, but that was not a problem for Agra who reflexively jumped and used Swari as a stepping stone.
Swari, who was being used as a foothold, lost her balance while Agra immediately hit Tama, causing him to fall down. Agra wasted no time and immediately sat on Tama's body and placed the sharp part of the sickle on Tama's neck.
"EVERYONE SHUT UP!!! OR YOUR YOUNG MASTER WILL LOSE HIS LIFE!!!" Agra said loudly.
Suddenly the thugs could only remain silent and helpless because of this threat. They didn't want to get into trouble, especially since their master was truly cruel.
"AGRA DON'T TAKE IT OVER YOURSELF," shouted Swari who had just woken up. "Son... don't act recklessly," said Kirana in the distance.
Agra ignored all their words and with an angry look he brandished his sickle. "Let go of my mother! And I will let go of your spoiled young master!!"
Tama, who was called spoiled, did not accept it. "Spoiled!! You!!"
Agra hit Tama's cheek with the handle of the sickle he was holding. "SHUT UP!!. now you're not the
one who has the power here!!"
"Agra!! Don't be arrogant!!" said Swari who didn't want to lose.
"SHUT UP!! Do what I tell you!! Or suffer the consequences!" Agra said as he placed the sickle on Tama's neck.
Seeing this recklessness made the thugs not dare to act badly, they moved away from Kirana and let go of her horse, the horse immediately approached Kirana as if it knew what it had to do but unfortunately Kirana couldn't just leave like that.
Apart from his body which was now weak, he also could not ride a horse, that was what made Agra unable to tell Kirana to run with her horse, especially with the risk of dropping the horse when she was running which would be more dangerous for her and her mother.
"Mom, go first…" said Agra, whose expression changed to one of fear and worry.
Kirana shook her head. "No!... if I go you..you"
Agra knew his mother's nature and he immediately cut her off. "MOM... I promise and swear... after you are safe, I will not fight and chase you"
Kirana became confused for a moment, she could see Bima's shadow in Agra, memories of the past briefly crossed her mind.
"WHAT IS THIS!!" a voice was heard in the distance.
Everyone turned their attention and found that there were several men wearing similar clothes and carrying weapons such as spears and swords that they carried or hung on their waists.
"You guys? Are you the Bahureksa soldiers!? Please… help us, the child is going crazy!!" said Swari who immediately approached the people.
Bahureksa soldiers is the term for young or newly appointed soldiers, they are usually assigned to patrol cities and villages that cover the entire area of the assigned district/district, if their duties are described they can be said to be like the police in modern times.
The origin of this soldier was also created at the request of a commander with the same name, in the past the commander Bahureksa regretted not being able to protect the villages attacked by rebels and bandits, until at the end of his term of office he asked the king to create a soldier unit specifically to maintain the internal security of the kingdom, the king agreed and named the unit Bahureksa as a form of respect.
The soldiers under his command also respected their leader's decision and were willing to be the first volunteers, but unfortunately over time this unit was increasingly looked down upon by other soldiers because it was rarely assigned to war and was referred to as an ordinary village guard soldier who was a security guard who could not even be called a soldier (simply like a security guard), so that this unit was changed from being an individual unit like other soldier units to a unit
guards for young soldiers as a unit to train them before becoming real soldiers.
Then if anyone asks why this unit was not disbanded, this is because this unit is actually quite useful for suppressing robbers or bandits who hide in the shadows, and becomes an additional force when there are enemy soldiers who want to loot the surrounding villages to weaken the strength and morale of the soldiers.
The scope of these Soldiers is also as wide as the duchy they are assigned to, these soldiers will always patrol the villages and cities to ensure security, which is why most of them will rarely be in their hometowns.
Returning to the tense situation, the soldiers now became serious, especially Agra, who was now pressing down on Tama, whose entire body was covered by gauze with a sickle that would cut his neck at any time.
"Kid!! Do you want to kill!?" said one of the Bahureksa soldiers who looked the most mature in the group. There was a badge on his left chest that seemed to indicate that he was the leader of the group or team.
Agra was not afraid of the soldier's words full of emphasis. "If it is necessary... I will do it!!"
Seeing Agra who was not afraid, the Bahureksa soldiers immediately held their weapons and the leader of the group said again. "SON!!! You dare to fight the KINGDOM SOLDIERS!!"
"EVEN IF THE GODS COME I WILL DO THE SAME!!" Agra answered no less firmly.
The soldiers became increasingly furious and prepared to draw their weapons at any time, but Kirana suddenly spoke with all her strength while standing beside the Agra horse. "Wait!!... wait a minute... please... don't hurt my child"
The soldiers turned and found a battered woman with her clothes torn, but that didn't make them budge. When Kirana walked towards the soldiers, Swari ran over and begged the leader of the group.
"Don't listen to her, sir!! She's just a seductress in this village!! Her whole family has been in trouble for a long time." The soldiers believed those words.
Moreover, none of the other residents spoke up because they were afraid of being dragged into the increasingly complicated problems that lay ahead of them, especially involving the royal soldiers. It was only natural that...
They were afraid because what could poor farmers like them do? Moreover, several thugs near them threatened them several times to keep quiet.
Moreover, now Agra's position is seen as being on the guilty side. "Who are you?"
"I am the aunt of that poor child… previously my nephew was hurt so badly and now he wants to blackmail us!!" said Swari while shedding tears, whether they were fake or not.
"No!! That's slander!! My child would never do that!" Kirana defended.
"Don't listen to her!! Look at her appearance!! She became like that because she teased the men here!!" Swari argued.
Who knows what was on the minds of the Bahureksa soldiers, but they believed Swari's words. "Okay then, son... let him go and I'll make sure that you and your mother won't get too heavy a punishment."
"heh… on what basis do you dare to judge me and my mother!! On what basis do you judge that I and my mother are the wrong parties!! You are just thugs in uniform who claim to be fighting for justice!!" said Arcane with a glare full of anger at the Bahureksa soldiers.
"SON!! Do you dare insult us!!" said one of the soldiers who could not accept it.
It is not without reason that they get angry just because of small words or insults, even though they are new soldiers, soldiers are still soldiers, they have a higher status than ordinary people, moreover this unit accepts everyone from all levels of society who are qualified, that is why being part of this army can be a turning point to change the fate of the family.
But in Agra's eyes, the soldier in front of him reminded him of his previous life where those who claimed to uphold justice instead exploited the common people for various reasons. "Insulting!? It's not an insult if you talk about a reality that has happened!!"
The soldiers were stunned by the words of the child in front of them, such a small child was already very good at talking but. "DUAK!!"
A direct kick hit Agra's body, making him fly a few meters away, followed by a scream. "TAMA!!... are you okay?"
Tama who was freed from Agra's lock turned to see who had saved him and immediately he recognized who had helped him. "Bro...brother Tomo!!"
"Tama… why you… you damn kid!!" Just like Swari before, Tama's older brother named Tomo was now furious and immediately approached Agra. Maybe this was an unintentional coincidence because he was in the same group.
Seeing Tomo, who was filled with killing aura, the team leader stepped forward to block. "calm down!!... he's still small"
"He dared to hurt my sister!!"
"Then? What do you want?" said the Bahureksa team leader with a stern look. "Son!! Let her go now, I promise I will release your mother and investigate this matter."
Agra looked at the Warrior Leader and chose to believe him. "Okay!! Tell those thugs to move away and throw away their weapons… including that madman"
Agra immediately pointed at Tomo who was indeed the most temperamental, while Tomo instead shouted that he did not accept it and immediately wanted to attack and was immediately paralyzed by the leader of the Bahureksa guards. "I told you to be quiet!!"
Agra let go of Tama and let him run towards Swari. "AUNT…. Huuhu"
"Oh my nephew!!..." said Swari who immediately hugged Tama.
Kirana slowly approached her son Agra, but who knows what possessed Swari, she suddenly picked up a stone and threw it straight at Swari.
"Damn woman!!" Swari said angrily. "DOUGH!!"
"MOM!!" Agra screamed loudly when he saw his mother's head hit by a rock.
Agra immediately ran fast and checked her mother's condition, although Kirana was still conscious, blood was flowing heavily from her head and her face was now getting paler. Agra saw her hands covered in Kirana's blood and his breathing immediately became heavy.
"Agra...son...are you okay?" said Kirana, who was getting paler and weaker.
"Mother!! Mother!! " said Agra panicked.
Swari, who was the perpetrator, instead of feeling guilty, put on a face of contempt and disgust. "Cuh!!... feel it, damn woman!! Who told you to threaten me with my beloved nephew!!"
"YOU…." Agra became even angrier, he gripped his sickle and stared at Swari with a threatening gaze.
Swari, who realized that Agra was going to act recklessly, immediately shouted. "LOOK!! THAT CHILD WANTS TO KILL!!... I TOLD YOU THAT SHE IS NOT AS GOOD AS HER MOTHER!!"
The thugs who were tasked with guarding their master, Tama, immediately rushed to protect his master, while Tomo, who had been freed when Kirana was hit by Swari's stone, immediately joined in guarding his younger sibling and aunt.
Without having to wait long, Agra immediately stepped forward and targeted Swari who was beside Tama. The thugs immediately blocked and attacked Agra.
With Agra's small body, he could easily move agilely and avoid most of the thugs' attacks, until he broke through the thugs' defenses and directly faced Tomo.
Tomo himself immediately pulled out the sword that was lodged in his waist, the leader of the soldier team immediately shouted. "TOMO! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KILL A LITTLE CHILD?"
But unfortunately Tomo did not heed the warning, he immediately slashed his sword towards Agra horizontally. At first glance it seemed that the sword he was using was covered in some kind of transparent mist, Agra who did not know what it was wanted to block it with the stick and sickle he was carrying.
Agra crossed his two weapons and "SLING". The sword immediately cut through the sickle and stick that Agra was carrying like cutting tofu.
Agra, who was shocked, immediately jumped back, but unfortunately he was a few centimeters too late and the sword immediately slashed his forehead, blood immediately seeped out and started to drip.
But that did not make Agra afraid, he still advanced back towards Tomo, when he saw the recklessness of the child in front of him he smiled. "heh... do you want to die huh!? Die with the whore you call mother"
Hearing his mother being insulted, Agra's anger was at its peak and without him realizing it, something surged out from within him, he immediately threw the piece of stick he was carrying towards Tomo, miraculously the throw flew fast and hit Tomo's face directly, causing him to fall backwards.
Even though he knew that in front of him was someone who could be called an enemy, Agra was still able to think and immediately used the unbalanced Tomo as a stepping stone to get to where Swari and Tama were.
"HELP!! THIS CHILD IS CRAZY!!" Swari shouted.
With the sickle cut, Agra immediately slashed Swari and Tomo, Swari panicked and pushed Tomo until he fell while she ran away. Agra had no intention of stopping his intention but he still targeted Swari.
Once again he used Tama as a stepping stone to catch up with Swari, this time somehow the distance and speed of Agra's jump became faster and further even though the distance between him and Swari was already quite far.
Swari looked back and made him fall, he also saw Agra who was quickly sliding towards him with a sickle ready to slash him at any moment he closed his eyes in horror and screamed. "HELP!!"
"Sling…" the slashing aura squeaked, but Swari didn't feel anything.
Swari opened her eyes and saw that Agra's attack had now been blocked by the leader of the soldier team.
"Get out of the way!! He hurt my mother! I have to avenge him!" Agra said angry.
The soldier leader looked at Agra with a complicated look. "Kid… do you practice Kanuragan?"
"kanuragan!? What is that!? Don't try to stop me from going there!!" replied Agra who was now retreating and attacking the leader of the troop team.
The leader of the troop team was shocked and immediately kicked Agra in the stomach so that he was thrown several meters, but unlike the leader of the troop team, Agra seemed not to feel the pain, he immediately got up even though his body was a little unsteady.
Agra knew that he couldn't fight the royal soldiers now. Previously, it was certain that when he passed Tomo it was just luck. He looked around and found that other soldiers were also approaching to capture him.
It is certain that Agra will be immediately paralyzed if he is caught, but he does not lose his mind because his current position is near Tama.
Agra immediately rolled over and once again held Tama hostage with his severed sickle. "SHUT UP… don't come any closer!!"
"You damn brat!! You dare to hold my sister hostage again!!" Tomo said angrily.
"That's right!! Are you still lacking, madam, by hurting him like that!?" Swari said from a distance.
Agra was confused for a moment and saw Tama whose entire body was wrapped in cloth. "Hurt? I haven't even had time to vent my anger because of what he did to my mother… how could I be the one who hurt him?"
"Don't lie! You think he'll hurt himself huh!?" Swari argued.
"Son… please let go… you've hurt the poor child enough," said the leader of the soldier team.
"Oh… so this is because I beat him? This spoiled son of the Tarno merchant?" said Agra with a sharp gaze.
"Y-yeah… if not you, who else ha!?" Tama said confidently.
He could be that sure because with what happened today, it was certain that Agra was the most guilty person.
Agra nodded. "heh…hehehe…hahahaha" "Hey… are you crazy?" said Tama.
"Haah... I just feel stupid for the people here," said Agra.
Bahureksa's soldiers stepped forward because they felt mocked. "That's enough, son!!
You actually dare to mock us, the royal soldiers!!"
But after that Agra immediately raised his sickle and wanted to slash Tama. Seeing
That Tomo, Swari and the others panicked. "DAMNED BOY, YOU DARE!?" "NOT AT ALL!!"
"KID, CALM DOWN!!"
"Sling, kreak, kreek" instead of slashing Tama, Agra immediately cut and tore all the cloth wrapped around Tama, several soldiers immediately trained and subdued Agra to the ground, while Tama was kicked by Agra until he fell forward.
"Son!! That's enough!" said one of the soldiers who was holding Agra.
"Hahaha… you fools, look at the spoiled child you are protecting." Agra said in a mocking tone.
Now everyone saw Tama's condition who had been helped by Tomo, it was seen that the cloth that was wrapped around his body had now come off and there were no scars or even the slightest cuts on his stocky body, there were only scratches from having just fallen.
This made Tama scared because his lie was found out while Tomo tried to wrap the loose cloth back around Tama's body, while Swari covered her face because she was ashamed of what she did.
"Is that it? Now who is at fault? Me who hurt that spoiled brat that he had to be treated in such a way or MY MOTHER WHO WAS ABUSED BY HER BOYS!!" said Agra with mounting anger.
"Let go" said the leader of the soldiers and followed by his men. "We will take responsibility for this problem because one of our members was also involved"
"HEH… this problem can be easily solved just because he is a member of the royal army," Agra said in denial.
"Son..." but a voice immediately made Agra panic, he turned around and found his mother trying to approach him on all fours.
"MOTHER!!!" Agra shouted as he ran towards her, he was so panicked seeing his mother in such a miserable state.
Kirana smiled seeing Agra was fine even though there was a wound on his forehead. "Come on son... let's go home, your father is waiting"
Agra nodded and carried Kirana to his horse which had been freed. He immediately mounted Kirana followed by him and tied Kirana's hands to her body so she wouldn't fall.
Agra immediately kicked his horse's stomach and made the horse run fast past the thugs and Bahureksa soldiers without looking back.
The leader of the soldier team just stared at the mother and child, after their shadows had disappeared he turned around. "Alright… it seems like we will just spend the night in this village… and we must get a satisfactory explanation for today's incident, right… Tomo"
Tomo himself just lowered his head in fear in front of the leader of the soldier team. "ba.. yes sir"
The team leader then turned to the villagers and greeted them. "Sorry for what
just happened, but we will bother you once again by asking for clarification on this incident and don't worry, we will guarantee your safety when you return home."
The villagers who worked as farmers nodded. "Y-yes... we will tell you the truth, sir."
"No problem sir, we are happy to help"
"It wouldn't be a problem if I could help your royal soldiers."
The team leader was pleased with the response from the villagers, even though it was already getting dark and it would be very dangerous if they returned late, but with the royal soldiers with them, their safety was guaranteed.
On the other hand, Agra quickly spurred his horse to get home quickly. As soon as he entered the yard of his house, Bima, who was sitting waiting in front of the terrace, was surprised to see Agra wearing a panicked face.
"Agra!!! What happened!" said Bima worriedly.
"Father!!... mothers…" said Agra who couldn't control himself even to speak.
"calm down… take your mother inside and clean her wounds," said Bima, who went towards the back of the house while Agra immediately put down his mother who looked like she was about to lose consciousness.
After laying his mother on her bed, Agra immediately cleaned his mother's wounds and body. A moment later, Bima came while carrying several plants that had been cleaned.
Bima immediately chewed some plants after which he took the plants out of his mouth, then the soft plants were placed on Kirana's wound and tied with a leaf that was wide enough to keep the plants from falling anywhere.
"Bima...? Agra...?" Kirana said weakly.
"Mom…" said Agra with eyes starting to fill with tears.
Bima smiled softly as he stroked Agra's head. "Relax... everything will be fine, honey... get some rest."