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Parahyangan Genta: The Song of Blood in the Land of Tumapel

Under the gray skies of Tumapel (now known as Kota Lama, Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia) around 1217 AD, where honor had long since died and justice was only the whispers of frightened servants, the tyranny of Akuwu Tunggul Ametung gripped life like an endless drought. The people suffocated, the knights bowed, and hope was nothing but a bedtime story for starving children. However , from the wild and misty slopes of Mount Kawi, a single ember was born. His name was Arok. A young man whose gaze held the turmoil of a thousand storms, whose martial arts skills were not born in a noble hermitage, but forged by the harsh battles in the corridors of fate. He was a liberator in the eyes of the common people, but a villain in the eyes of the palace. His struggle was the silent melody of the oppressed. Fate then brought him together with Ken Dedes, the Golden Lotus of Tumapel. A woman whose beauty was the talk of the town, but whose soul was chained within the golden cage of the Akuwu. Behind her serene eyes, Arok saw not only a woman's sorrow, but also a "light" of legitimacy—the key to unlocking the gates of destiny that would change the course of his life and the history of Java. For the sake of a noble ideal to liberate Tumapel, Arok was willing to take the most difficult path. He infiltrated the heart of the palace, played a game of intrigue sharper than the blade of a sword, and allied himself with the shadows. However, burning ambition demanded a bloody shortcut. He forged an heirloom, the Keris Mpu Gandring, by killing his own conscience and inviting a curse that would become an eternal echo of his destiny. Genta Parahyangan: Senandung Darah di Tanah Tumapel is a colossal epic that tells the journey of a human being from the bottom of the abyss of humiliation to the pinnacle of the throne. A story of honor at stake, friendship tested by slander, brilliant war strategies, and love caught between duty and the trembling of the heart. Follow Arok's journey in building a kingdom called Singhasari, whose role and duties were later continued through the Majapahit Kingdom under the leadership of Ken Arok's fourth descendant, Raden Wijaya (son of Dyah Lembu Tal, daughter of Mahesa Cempaka, son of Mahesa Wong Ateleng, son of Ken Arok and Ken Dedes) on a foundation of lies and sacrifice. Witness how he had to pay for every inch of power he seized with a piece of his soul. However, at the peak of the throne bathed in the light of victory, can a king find peace? Or is the Parahyangan Genta he rang actually the death knell for the dynasty he had just given birth to? .. .
Ahmada_Jaya · 1.4K Views

The Fallen Author’s Heart in the Land of Love

For those of you reading this, I'm a novelist, a writer, call me what you will. I love creating stories, but I've always wondered what would happen if I ever found myself stuck in a world of my own making. To be honest, I usually dislike the romance genre, but right now, I'm writing one of them—or am I? This is a twisted tale of a person who is about to experience unimaginable suffering for the rest of their life. Let's see what it brings to our hearts; it should be interesting. If you have the courage to stick with it until the end, please do. Akira Tsukihara is a struggling romance novelist trapped in a cycle of churning out saccharine, uninspired stories. Her life in a sweltering Japanese apartment is already a constant battle with mediocrity, a struggle compounded by her eerie building security guard and demanding editor. Akira secretly loathes the fluffy, unrealistic tales she churns out, feeling her soul dwindle with every clichéd happy ending she pens. But then, a shockwave hits her stagnant routine. Her latest novel, "The Fallen Kingdom of Seraphis"—a story she finally thought was getting somewhere—suddenly faces a copyright infringement lawsuit. The accusation? It's an blatant copy of an older, popular novel. Her editor, a bumbling, self-absorbed bear of a man, abandons her, leaving Akira to fight an seemingly insurmountable legal team alone. A mixture of anger, disbelief, and a desperate need to prove her innocence compels Akira to reluctantly begin reading the allegedly plagiarized work, "Hearts Bound in Starlight and Ruin." As she delves deeper into its pages, far more sinister events begin to unfold. Strange phenomena plague her apartment, from drastic temperature drops in the middle of summer and inexplicable buffering screens to an unsettling feeling of being watched. Then, a blinding light erupts from her laptop, consuming her whole. Akira awakens in a world reeking of mud, misery, and medieval despair. Her body is no longer her own but that of a gaunt, oddly white-haired young peasant girl. The horrifying reality dawns on her: she hasn't simply been transported to another world; she has been reincarnated into the very story she detested—a world that reflects the harsh realities she unintentionally created. Her forced fantasy has become a terrifying new reality. Can she survive the stark, unromantic world she unconsciously penned? Or is this the ultimate punishment for a writer who loathed her own creations?
PAYAL_GHOSH · 32.2K Views
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