As a history graduate, Aji has read a lot of history regarding the development of Indonesia. Starting when it was still named Nusantara, the emergence of Islamic kingdoms, colonization by Europeans and Japan until the independence era. Especially at the time of the 15th century like now, many Islamic kingdoms began to free themselves from Majapahit rule and formed their respective countries.
Because previously Aji was also a devout Muslim, so he could understand how the laws in the Islamic empire tried to liberate themselves. So, Aji doesn't have to run into troublesome problems later.
In the 15th century, the Majapahit Empire was badly eroded, where on the island of Java which was the center of government, they had to compete with the Sundanese kingdom which controlled the western part of Java. On the island of Borneo only the southern part of Borneo is left which is now used as an emergency government and on the island of Sumatra only the southern part of Sumatra remains and a few uninhabited islands between Borneo and Sumatra.
Aji also knew that in the 15th century Europe had begun to explore to find gold and spices that were pioneered by the Spanish and Portuguese. So that Aji should only have a little time to form his army and to make his kingdom later.
Meanwhile, to join the mercenaries formed by Brawijaya V, Aji had to arrive in the Semarang area first, to stop the invasion of the Islamic kingdom of Demak.
Since moving Majapahit power to the island of Borneo, Raja Brawijaya V moved the center of government for the island of Java, which was previously in Mojokerto (East Java), to Semarang (Central Java). This is done because Semarang is an area that has a large port, making it easier for Majapahit to move its troops.
Now to become a soldier, Aji has to go to Semarang. However, the Distance from Mojo to Semarang is around 200 Km, which is more than 400 miles and it has to wander through a lot of forest on the way.
Even though Aji had a horse as his support, he could only walk 50 miles a day, Aji had to stop and rest or his horse wouldn't stand it.
In fact, ordinary knights, when they left, would bring 5 bodyguards to help them carry the knight's armor, weapons and equipment. Aji estimates that it will take at least 1 week to reach Semarang alone. And with less than 700 Kepeng in his hand, that's not enough. Since he lives and eats and drinks by himself, he spends about 10 Kepeng Kepeng a day (usually about 5 Kepeng will be enough for his life for a day). Because of this cursed war, he had to spend more and more money.
War horse itself is quite annoying maintenance. If the war horse only gets grass for 1 whole week, and the food given to the horse is not supplemented by their special food, it is likely that the war horse cannot walk with the knight in armor. Because horse feed is mostly wheat or soybeans and some eggs. It should be noted that the current price of eggs in the Majapahit area is very expensive, because usually only a few villagers who manage to catch partridge and keep them only have eggs.
Aji is not someone who has given up. To get to Semaranh Aji decided to hunt all the way to Semarang and practice improving his hunting skills.
After all, Aji in his previous life had participated in archery championships in his city, although Aji never won a champion, at least he was quite experienced with bows.
After making his decision, Aji started to look at the surrounding shops and searched for shops selling bows and arrows in Mojo City.
After walking for a while on the road, Aji found a gun shop selling bows and arrows. Seeing the dazzling array of bows and arrows in the weapon shop, Aji frowned.
Why, because no bow is familiar to him. Later, Aji remembered that there were no modern buses in ancient times. Although Aji used to be able to make bows from paralon, most of the bows here are only made of wood and do not have a hole in the middle.
The biggest difference between the paralon bow he used to make and the one in the shop was the body of the bow that was bent and formed by force. Although this method was more efficient, it would break the bow's tension, and reduce the range of the arrows.
However, Aji knows that a strong bow can only be shown by deawasa people. If you had a strong bususr when you were young, it could easily cause a shift in the spine.
Aji's body is currently 16 years old. He didn't want to have a long spine from overuse of a strong bow. Therefore, Aji chose the usual type of light bow used for hunting.
However, the original Aji had no memory of archery techniques, while Aji was only a modern-style carbine. Therefore, it took several days for Aji to become acquainted with the use of the light bow.
After several tests, the effective range of this light bow was within 50-60 meters. However, the distance that can be directed is only 30 meters. Maybe not enough to kill an enemy, but enough for hunting use.
After getting used to using the light bow, Aji left Mojo City and started hunting in the forest using his light bow while heading towards Semarang.
But what depressed Aji was that Aji, for a long time, was unable to hit his prey.
"What happen? It should be very simple, but why can't I hit a single animal? "
By the way, Aji's hunting technique is actually quite good. However, the prey that Aji is eyeing moves and sometimes jumps in all directions. Aji, who usually only targets silent targets, felt a little troubled at this time. This was compounded by Aji shooting while riding a horse on it. This concept of archery and horse riding causes a lot of shaking up and down.
In addition, when Aji is riding a horse, the sound of hooves being pounded causes many small animals to run first. This causes Aji, who usually only shoots at silent targets, helpless.
So during these 4 days, Aji, who had been shooting while riding a horse, couldn't get any prey. Fortunately Aji has a little savings from selling the previous deer, so Aji doesn't starve to death. Because of this savings, Aji dared to play like this.
"It's not easy to shoot while riding a horse." Aji looked worried.
So while riding a horse and shooting arrows may seem cool, it can only be mastered through years of hard work and a little talent. For someone like Aji who doesn't have a knack for archery, riding a horse while shooting is basically a big fortune to hit his prey.