"That's right, Mister Zuko." Patih Cakra rides a black war horse.
"All right, Uncle. Let's go now, the sooner the better!"
The day began to turn into evening, unnoticed, because they had to prepare several more troops to face opponents in the valley of death later.
Patih Cakra immediately invited the troops to go to the valley of death. "All soldiers! Let's go now!"
"Okay, Mr Patih," said all the soldiers excitedly.
However, the regent Cakra did not seem to remain silent, even though he had just returned from the battle to save the emperor this morning.
"Patih Kerta! You'd better not come! Didn't you just come back from a long trip with the soldiers?" Patih Cakra pointed towards the residence of the soldiers who were still in the royal area.
"That's right, Uncle! You'd better just rest! The soldiers all rested this morning!" said Zuko reassuringly.
Patih Kerta returned to the kingdom after hearing those words, after all, this kingdom needed a guardian from one of the patihs like herself, because Freya was also alone at home.
Zuko followed the patih of Cakra on his departure to the valley of death. The name alone gave the soldiers goosebumps in fear of what was to come.
However, Zuko remained normal, and thought of how to prevent the regent Cakra and the soldiers from going to the valley of death with him, for fear of taking casualties.
Zuko was already prepared to fight all the enemies who were said to be compatriots of the demons. Let alone the demons, against the zodiac knights who carried the key to the aigis robes alone he wasn't afraid at all.
From the entrance of the kingdom, Freya stood and stared expectantly. At that time, Zuko was riding at the back of all the Cakra soldiers and regents, so he looked back at Freya several times.
The horizon has begun to darken with their steps. The sound of footsteps sounded broke the silence of a very quiet night in the middle of a lush forest.
"Pruk...pruk...pruk...."
The neighing of the horses shouted as they walked further and further, as if they had known there would be danger in the valley of death.
The wind blows bringing a chilly atmosphere. Zuko drove his horse quickly towards the patih Cakra.
Zuko feels hungry and remembers that he hasn't eaten at all since this morning, while the regent Cakra doesn't seem to have eaten breakfast like himself.
Long ago they traveled the night to the valley of death to get a lotus flower to treat the emperor Argayasa.
It seemed that all the soldiers were tired because they didn't bring any food supplies for a night trip like this. There were even some soldiers who stopped their horses because they were tired and began to lose strength.
"Uncle! We'd better stop for a while before! It seems the soldiers are getting tired!"
Patih Cakra looked back and found several soldiers had stopped far behind and were riding very slowly.
"Stop!" Cakra's regent's hand went up to signal to stop his journey.
"Pruk...." the sound of the pounding of the horse's hooves stopped at the same time. Dust caressed from the pounding of several horses which were quite passionate.
Around the forest which was so lush, there was absolutely no animal in sight. However, if you listen to it in detail, you can hear the sound of feet moving between the grass and sounds like the sound of a large animal.
"Looks like we can find some animals to eat, Uncle!"
"But when it's dark like this, it's very difficult to find hunting animals, Master Zuko!" said the governor of Cakra.
Zuko got off his horse looking around the forest, his footsteps slow enter the forest. Behind him was the patih Cakra and only a few soldiers followed, while the others waited for the horses not to run away or be released.
For the range of more than 100 soldiers, it seems that that night you have to find approximately two to 3 prey the size of a deer to roast.
"It is difficult to find prey at night like this, apart from being dark, the animals are already hiding in their nests," said Patih Cakra.
With sharp eyes like the gaze of an eagle looking for prey, Zuko walked slowly through the thickets to target prey that was mostly hiding in the thickets.
"Be careful, Mr. Zuko! I will follow you from behind," shouted the patih Cakra.
"Just stay there, Uncle!" Zuko exclaimed.
Patih Cakra stopped his steps after Zuko's call. He invited several soldiers to just sit back and wait for Zuko to come back if he got the game.
"Mr Patih! Shouldn't we just follow Mr. Zuko? Or we can just split up!" asked one of the soldiers.
"If we split up, it will be difficult for us to regroup to continue our journey later! Because the farther we walk into the forest, it will take us a very long time to come back here," said Patih Cakra, "because this forest is very large."
"Okay, Mr Patih," said the soldier who asked.
Patih Cakra invited the soldiers to collect firewood that was dry and could be used to roast the game that Zuko got later.
From the thicket of shrubs on the edge of a giant tree, Zuko walked sneakily. A samurai was in his hands ready to hunt animals in a very thick bush as tall as an adult human.
"Wusshhh.." A flash of light suddenly attacked him from the thicket of bushes.
Zuko bounced and fell when the figure bumped into him, then dashed off as fast as the wind and out of sight. Zuko has failed to find his prey, but it turns out that the one in the thickets looks more like a highly educated creature, maybe the ranger.
"What creature was that? But I think I saw horns on its head. Or maybe it was a deer demon?" Zuko stared at the disappearance of the creature in the dark trees.
There were absolutely no animals or sounds around him that became without the movement of the game. Slowly he got back up and cleaned up the dirt on the stage.
There was the roar of the sound of wild beasts from the direction of the forest which was quite dark. Zuko ran to find the whereabouts of the voice.
A mother deer and her two cubs were trapped near a ravine because they could no longer run. Two little fawns were also frightened.
The tiger's roar grew louder as it approached the mother deer and her two cubs.
Right when Zuko got there, the tiger was still staring at Zuko with a fearful look, but it was still making its low-pitched roar.
"Hush ... hush ... hush 'Zuko tossed both hands to chase away a tiger that had not yet left its prey deer.
Zuko expended a bit of power to frighten. A golden light shot out from his hand, it was a golden lotus strike.
The tiger walked over and knelt down like the master. The sound of his breathing sounded very loud, as if he was willing to be a bodyguard.
"It's good that you want to come with me." Zuko put his power back into the body.
He again remembered what he was supposed to do in this forest. His eyes fell on a mother deer and her two young cubs. The meat must have looked very tender.