013. Two Threads Fight (1)

The two treads collided fiercely.

Who is superior?

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The sound of the river flowing away. Taja and Raojhin venture into the cave, moving away from the mouth of the cave which is closed by the stream. It turns out that the cavity in the cave is getting deeper and wider. Lots of rocks along the calm stagnant water. The atmosphere in the depths of the cave, feels very quiet. Many cavity passages on each side form a labyrinth through other cavities and ending into the belly of the cave.

"Whoops!"

Raojhin jumped over the slippery rocks and was slightly submerged in water. Followed by Taja nimbly jumping over the rocks.

Again, without warning, they seemed to be racing to jump over the rocks. Between them, there is often competition.

Raojhin paused at a rock and made up stance. Get into a balanced position. Taja notices Raojhin getting ready to respond.

Raojhin throws a light punch at Taja, but it was parried.

"Wanna fight?!" Taja jumped backwards, stepping on a boulder behind him.

"This place is perfect for practice to fight!" said Raojhin, hungry for fighting, "We will come here again and again!" Raojhin jumped over the rocks which coincide with Taja's position, resting on them while striking back with successive punches. One, two, three consecutive punches aimed at Taja, ready to dodge as well.

Taja parried many times. His body turns right and left. Finally, his hands brushed aside the Treads of the strongest Raojhin in one swipe, pushing Taja back onto the rocks behind him.

"Apparently ... it's been a while since you've had a sparring match opponent?" Taja gave a mischievous smile.

"Poor Tanapura praja, you are being bullied by you," Taja grinned. The more it made Raojhin excited to attack again.

"I wonder if the jungle child has good martial arts," Raojhin replied defiantly. Emotions emerge. Initially, he only wanted to be limited to sparring. But seeing Taja, who felt he was being teased, Raojhin became fired up again.

"Don't use any cultivation or magic! Heaaa ...!" Raojhin shouted breaking the silence of the cave. In an instant, his body jumped high and then landed on Taja's position. Again attack with more force.

"Do not be emotional!" Taja dodges again. His body needed to be more agile to dodge than counterattack.

"Why do you hate me?" Taja was quite at a loss receiving Raojhin's attacks repeatedly. Actually he didn't want to serve. But because Raojhin kept throwing punches at random and Taja felt unprepared for him.

"I don't like it because you're being rude!" Raojhin set out to return. He was very glad to see Taja cornered.

"Wait a minute! What do you mean?" Taja put hand forward signaling Raojhin to block the next attack.

"Let's solve the problem between us! But tell me the reason why you seem to hate me so much?!" Taja asked on the sidelines to catch breath. Raojhin's unpredictable behavior, sometimes cold, sometimes attacking suddenly, makes Taja have to be extra vigilant.

"Every new praja, should pay respects to all the previous praja!" Raojhin replied for reminding Taja.

"You've never done that before! All the students don't like you! But you don't want to know that!" said Raojhin loudly, breaking the silence of the cave.

"Hey, don't get me wrong. I just became a resident of Tanapura. I don't understand the rules here at all!" Taja replied, trying to explain.

"At first, I didn't understand your language. How can I say a respectful greeting?" continued Taja.

"You too ... overstepped senior to take part in Catching the Magic Flower competition," Raojhin said, reminding of another moment that Taja had done.

"Oh, so that's what hurts a lot of people?" Taja grinned. He felt that it was ridiculous and childish.

"Competition to catch magic flowers, us that a must to get permission from you?" Taja was in emotional.

"It was just a coincidence and I had no intention of participating in the competition! It all just happened," said Taja, explaining more about things that Raojhin considered to be impolite. Becaused of a reason that made Raojhin hold immense resentment towards.

"Just because of that you feel rivaled?" Taja caught the anger that flashed from the way Raojhin looked at him.

"Very well, Senior Raojhin! I pay my respects to you!" Taja bowed his body sincerely. Undo the attitude of square off.

"I should have done this in front of all the students of praja from the start," said Taja in a lower voice.

"I'm not snobby," replied Raojhin starting to cool off.

"But good manners are maintained. Young people respect, old people love," Raojhin uttered the slogan as one of the obligatory manners that has become a hereditary norm in Tanapura.

"I'm sorry, still don't understand all of this. It's just a misunderstanding!" Taja said clearly while admitting his mistake.

"The fight between us is a form of introduction!" Raojhin said.

"What?!" Taja was shocked. It's not for nothing that he's humble. But it seems, facing Raojhin is not enough just to give in and walk politely. But there must be a clear sign who was superior between them through fighting moves.

For a moment the atmosphere returned to silence. The sound of dripping water echoed, occasionally reminding them that they were in an unfamiliar cave. They are not even aware of what danger was lurking.

Taja was focused on responding to Raojhin, to the point of not being aware of surroundings. Something was crawling between the cracks in the rocks. There are also those that appear on the surface of the calm water slowly.

Taja started glancing in the direction the creeping movement had come from. But Raojhin caught eye again.

"Heaah ...!"

Raojhin launched towards the alert Taja while stabbing the tread repeatedly and managed to hit opponent's chest.

Taja was pushed back again, almost slipping because the pedestals of the rocks he was standing on were too slippery. Pain and itching in the chest due to Raojhin's paw that managed to stab him.

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