5 Chosen Tamers 5

That evening, after saying farewell to Hani, Bias went to the abandoned building where he had promised to meet wiseman Cok'Ro..

What kind of event waiting for him?

Bias' story will be continuing..

Enjoy your time and happy reading..

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That evening, after coming back to the abandoned building to meet wiseman Cok'Ro, Bias went to the mysterious forest, something whereabout in the deep of jungle. There were some jungles around Kreeton city side, the villager side areas. Then, they went to the one of jungle in that villager sides by local public transportation. In their way on that bus, Bias asked some questions to wiseman Cok'Ro.

"Em, sorry to ask but, are you usually using public bus to go everywhere?", asked Bias.

" Why do you ask?", wiseman Cok'Ro returned the question.

"No, emm, just wondering, you seem really relaxing there, and if I recall, you're having high speed movements every times you went away from my place, right?..", that was what Bias said.

Bias saw wiseman Cok'Ro sat in relaxing pose, despite to how he was looked like, wore such not ordinary clothing than usual people in that bus. And also, Bias remembered that he always vanished in instantly when he went away from the place they met.

" Well, I can do that! How about you? Can you catch up with me if I do so?", replied wiseman Cok'Ro.

" Ah, I don't think so.., haha,..", responded Bias as he laughed a little to his own feeling of embarrassment.

Bias was getting silent for the moments, but he still had something to ask, then he did asking again a minute later.

"... Em, then, about the place we are heading, what kind of place this mys-..", Bias was about to asking but wiseman Cok'Ro cut his words.

"You will know when you're there! Be patient and prepare yourself!", responded wiseman Cok'Ro.

" Oh, yeah, okay, but, I just wonder, if there will be some house with enough electricity to recharging my portable computer and phone for doing my online study? Since you said it is in such a forest.., that's so..", Bias told the details of his question.

"Like I said, you'll know when you're there! That's it!", answered wiseman Cok'Ro.

"... Alright then..", reacted Bias on that answer, he seemed dissatisfied with that, but he couldn't help himself about it.

After that, Bias was going all silent through the way. Then, after some several minutes, they had arrived at the place they headed. Wiseman Cok'Ro instructed Bias to get of the bus as it stopped. Then, they were entering the jungle. They kept on walking without a single conversation. Bias was just following wiseman Cok'Ro and all instructions that had given. The jungle were so dark as nothing there could be seen clearly without the moon light, the moon was the only thing which light up the place in that jungle, also wiseman Cok'Ro's robe which in white color, led Bias to every paths it headed. So long and so far to reach the deep of that jungle, until suddenly it stopped, wiseman Cok'Ro was stopping. Then he said something.

"We're arriving..", that was it.

"Hmm?!", reacted Bias.

He looked confusing since nothing he could see there, no building around. He thought that it was an academy with big building, so he was looking around to find the building but he couldn't see any of it, not even a single light made by the lamps which should be existed in such a academic place. Then, wiseman Cok'Ro instructed Bias to come closer really quick.

"Come here! Quickly!", sounded wiseman Cok'Ro quick order.

Bias got closer to wiseman Cok'Ro but he still had no idea what he had to do. And when he had next to wiseman Cok'Ro. He saw wiseman Cok'Ro's hand pointed to something on the ground. He was seeing something in circle shaped, tiny circle.

"Step on it! Quick! Before it disappears!", wiseman Cok'Ro ordered something to Bias.

And then, without asking, Bias stepped on it. So then, in instantly, he was stepping on another place other than the place last time he stepped. This place was surrounding by big and tall trees, higher to reach the sky. And different with the last time, this place was brighter place. He rather surprised there. But then, he realized wiseman Cok'Ro was already behind him. His curiosity made him immediately asked question to wiseman Cok'Ro.

"Is this something like a teleport gate or so?", Bias was asking.

"Not quite right! It's just a conjunction, that is the true gate! Get through it before it closed!", replied wiseman Cok'Ro as he ordered Bias to get into the tree he pointed.

And that was so, Bias went to it and got through. Afterward, he arrived at the different forest again, this time, he could see some lights ahead, that was the academy building, the gate of entrance to enter the building. A minute later he heard the voice of order to keep walking.

"Go on! You don't need my lead again, do you?", wiseman Cok'Ro said.

Bias walked to that place, he got rather curious about much things as he walked closer to that building. Even he remembered what happened when he was asking about that place in the bus last time, he still wanted to ask.

"Hei! Em, is that lights powered by some generators of electricity?", Bias asked.

" Kind of it..", short answer from wiseman Cok'Ro.

" We are still in Nuasa, right? Or we had went to another dimension?", next questions from Bias.

" Yeah..", wiseman Cok'Ro responded.

"Yeah? You mean yes? Oh! Which one? Nuasa or other dimension?", Bias was asking the detail.

" One of them!", another short answer from wiseman Cok'Ro.

"Ah! Em, alright, I'll repeat the question, are we still in-, -what the things!!", Bias tried to repeat the question, but suddenly he got interfering by the unexpected things on his views.

He saw the modern and high technologies there, despite to where it was. The moving tiles, escalators, elevators and many other things were operating itself in such system. The place was tidy and the lamps were also perfectly placed to right space for lighting up the place from every its spots. There were some trees and plants which well growth. On that night, there were still some people who did the activities alongside with the guards of that place who patrolling around. All those things really amazed Bias thoughts. He seemed speechless while he was looking around that place on that moving tiles. Wiseman Cok'Ro let him enjoying the place without any single words to him.

Few moments later, they arrived at the building which being access to the training grounds and dormitory. They entered that building, then the atmosphere was somehow change to me more calming. The lights were dimmer or darker than the entrance, but it was not that dark, the dim lamps were placed in some distance along that corridor. While the other side of it was the wide windows to see through the training grounds below of that building, that building was actually higher than the ground of those training fields. The moon was shining brightly through the ground which less of light from the outside lamps on the pathway along those fields, but most things there were still could be seen well from that building. By seeing those, Bias was wondering about a little things.

"Is that the training field?", a question from Bias.

" Yeah, tomorrow we will start the training there, you better prepare yourself by resting well tonight..", replied wiseman Cok'Ro.

" Oh, alright,... By the way, this side is somehow more natural than the last one, is there any reasons to it?", Bias was still wondering.

" Well, the entrance is actually the face of its academy, like its name, which it really uses the high technologies to prove itself, then this side was the place where our real power sources come from, the nature..", wiseman Cok'Ro started to explaining.

"I see, so the words Robochi is really referring to robot or it meant high tech, huh?", responded Bias.

" Yeah, that's so!", wiseman Cok'Ro reacted to Bias respond.

"But, nature as its sources power, how is it referring to? Is it about the producing the electricity from natural sources or something?", Bias kept on the question.

" Yeah, something like that! Well then, it's your room! Try to rest as much as you can! There is a guide book on bookshelf, try to read it as well, but the important thing is about the discipline! Never be late of everything! Or you will be punished! Got it?!", wiseman Cok'Ro told about the things.

"Yes, sir! Em, since you'll be my teacher of training, should I call you master or something?", Bias was asking.

" My name is Cok'Ro, call me whatever you fit with it! Then, we'll meet again tomorrow morning at 8 on the northeast training field! Use the device that hung on the communication monitor in your room, choose direction then choose the destination, all you need is following the instructions, so you won't be lost, do you understand?", Cok'Ro gave another instructions to Bias.

"Yes, sir!", responded Bias.

"See you tomorrow then!", said Cok'Ro as he left Bias in that room alone.

After Cok'Ro left, Bias entered his room, his wide room for himself, it was pretty well prepared, clean and tidy. After that, he immediately looked for the bookshelf, he took the book that written the guide book on its cover, then he started to read it the words in that book. The most of them were all about what to do and rules, even some others were about the knowledge about that academy. He was reading it while standing in front of that bookshelf, then he walked a bit to around the space until he decided to sit on the chair that faced to the window which through the outside. That night was having full moon which made the dark placr without the lights went brighter than usual, he could look someone who doing night jogging on the pathway of that training field. He got interesting in it but he couldn't go around since he had to take a rest for his tomorrow morning training. Meanwhile, the view was so great that evening. Bias was enjoying his evening view through the window while reading the book. He hadn't finished the book but he closed after some several times. He checked on his portable computer for his college tasks on the network. He did some tasks given from his college. But then he noticed that his pc was in low power source, he looked around to find the electricity sources, he saw some near at the kitchen area. He quickly got there and used it. So, he continued to finish his task. Without he realized, the time had gone late to the mid night. He decided to have a sleep then.

The morning came, the time was showed on 07.54, the telecommunication device was alerting for the alarm that had postponed for fifty four minutes. Bias seemed hadn't turned it off yet, but the thing was that it was not because he didn't want to do it, it was all because he couldn't. Even he wasn't at his room at all that time. He had gone out from the alarm hadn't ringing actually. He did morning jogging after set breakfast for himself, and then he had planning after finished his jogging, he would continue heading to the northeast training field as Cok'Ro had said to him. That was why he brought the guide device on him to show the routes. And so, before the clock set to 8, he had already at the place of their meeting.

"Morning, sir!", Bias was greeting Cok'Ro who had doing a meditation on that field.

"Good to see you come early! As expected from the heir of Tama family..", said Cok'Ro as he stood up from his meditation state.

"... Can we just start the training already?", responded Bias, he seemed trying to avoid the conversation any further.

"Well, as you wish.., you could start with running around on this all ground pathway! And you could do it every day as your warm-up, beside it would increase your stamina too.., then, off you go!", said Cok'Ro as he instructed Bias to go running around whole the pathway on that training fields.

"Yes, sir!", short respond from Bias.

He started running as he told, even though he actually just had done it just now. He didn't do complaining, and kept doing as he was told, he believed that what he did would make him stronger. So then, he repeated the running through the whole pathway. On his way of running, he kept wondering about the things, that was no other students he saw on the fields he passed. So then, he thought he was the only one who did training on those fields that time, even it was so big though. Maybe they were doing something else in other place.., that was what on his mind. On his focus of running this time, he suddenly saw a young girl who was on running too. They were going crossed by. He tried to avoid her but he couldn't help but to stare at her for whole time.

"What are you looking at, pervert!?", that young girl was getting irritated by his intimation looking.

"Ah! No! Sorry! Sorry! I just-..", Bias was trying to have conversation, but she had continued her running already and left him away.

"What's up with that girl.., so tomboyish, huh..", Bias' words on his mind.

And then Bias also continued his running. A few hours had passed for those running, he had to resting for several times on this running session because his energy had actually drained after his morning jogging. And so, he returned to northeast training field to meet Cok'Ro for next training. On there, he saw Cok'Ro was doing the meditation again. Then, he thought about to asking a question that troubled him on his running.

"Master, can I ask you something?", Bias started to talk.

" Hmm, is it about the empty training fields?", Cok'Ro tried to guess Bias' thought.

" Ah! Em, yeah!.., I don't see people who training there, I thought there was any other place to train ourselves though, but I just want to know, how many students are there in this academy currently?", that was what Bias asked.

" Hmm... Not much, not even more than your fingers on your hand!", answered Cok'Ro to Bias.

" I see, not so much people could be in a secret organization as for future protectors like this, huh?", responded Bias.

" Secret organization? Hm, well, it's sure that its place is hidden, but to train the future protectors, it would be better if there were much participants, but then it also would cause much troubles and cost even more outcomes for the progress, that's why we just did it in very carefully, we, the wiseman, escort the candidate of students of this academy, but for the more, we are actually looking for the people with potential of becoming a Péngéndalí in future..", explained Cok'Ro.

" Péngéndalí? What's the real mean of this Péngéndalí again? Isn't it just kind of tamer of the beast from the ancient coins type?", Bias asked as he shared his opinion.

" Tamer of the ancient coin beast? Not so wrong! But, do you think that's all? I can't really tell the details since I'm not the one of Péngéndalí, but, the real Péngéndalí is more than just like you have known until now, perhaps... Just a tamer, you say? No, it's more deeper than that!!", answered Cok'Ro.

" For the more, why can't you be one of Péngéndalí?", Bias continued to ask.

"... That's.., that time, when I was in recruiting, I was just a loser who afraid of anything, I didn't even know what my master thought of me to invite me as the his student.., that's so, after the training, I have been faced for some choices, and I chose the thing that make me felt safety, even though my master was expecting me for choosing the other option..", explained Cok'Ro in such a regretted face.

"What kind of choice is it?", Bias kept on questioning.

" You'll face it later on too, for now just focus to upgrading yourself first!", said Cok'Ro before they continued the training again.

That was so, the training was continuing. Cok'Ro instructed Bias to do something then Bias did as he was told. Until the afternoon time, they had some break for some moments and then continued again until the sun was setting down.

"That's it for today! See you again tomorrow, here at the same time!", said Cok'Ro as he left away.

Cok'Ro didn't tell any other story afterward, Bias also just did what he had told. Then Cok'Ro left him there alone to get some breathes after the training. He looked tired there. Bias took several other minutes to sit down there before he got back to the dormitory. As the sun had set down, then dark was dominating the sky, the lamps was lighting up to light up the pathway. After he thought it was enough to rest there, Bias decided to head back to his room. He even planned to make stew for his dinner when he got there.

When he had in his room, he cleaned up himself before prepared the meal, and after that he did cooking then eating. He was eating while looked at the window through the training grounds. And there, he saw someone who did jogging through the pathway. He thought that person was maybe the same one with last night, it was also almost the same hour like yesterday.

"That person is really doing its best for the training, huh?", that was what he thought on his mind.

After finishing his meals, he cleaned up then took a book fron bookshelf, the guiding book, and then he read it up on the chair that faced the window. After some minutes, he put away that book to bookshelf again. This time he took out his portable computer to check up his lessons online. Then he did some tasks from his college through the network. Until it almost late, he decided to end up the day as he started to sleep then.

The next day came almost similiar, he woke up early then got himself really for that day, showering, making breakfast, eating, cleaning and then went out for morning jogging before his training began. He had did something to the telecommunication device as well, so it wouldn't have to turn its alarm anymore that day. The last time, it kept popping up the alarm notifications even it had postponed the whole day as he had left for training. And as same as yesterday though, he ended his morning jogging and he had already in northeast training field to meet Cok'Ro before it was eight o'clock. Then, the training that day was starting with running through whole the training grounds like yesterday too. Bias had already knew it, since Cok'Ro had told him it yesterday, so he did it without any complain. The whole things he saw on his way were just the same like his morning jogging, the empty training fields and then in other side of them were the place of animals inhabitants.

After some hours he running around, he reached the goal, the first place he ran. He saw Cok'Ro was doing meditation, he didn't ask for next training afterward, he rested for a bit due to his feeling of tired. While resting, he thought about something else, he didn't meet the young girl he met yesterday. He wondered if she had doing the other training in other place today. And also, the person he always saw doing night jogging, he also curious about it too, but he couldn't meet up in the end. But then he thought about his own training, he needed to focus on his own since he knew that he still lack of power, skill and even stamina. When he thought he had regained his energy, he started to ask to Cok'Ro for next training, and then they started the program. They spent whole day on the training.

The sun was seeming to gone and then decide to end the day, as Cok'Ro said it and left Bias on his own. Bias was staying there for some moments to regain his power after the full training program that day. And in his mind, he was some how wondering about the girl he met yesterday, "why is she not doing running today? Is it just coincidence that we met yesterday?", That was what on Bias mind. But then he felt that he had his strength back to go to his room, so he went back to the dormitory. After cleaning up himself, he got ready to prepare dinner for his own. And so, he ate while gazing out through the window to see the training grounds. He was somehow expecting to see the person who did night jogging like yesterday too. And he did, he saw that person again this time, and this time, that person was running on the closest pathway by the window he gazed. There was also enough lights to see that person in detail. Then Bias recognized that person, that was the young girl he met yesterday, she was the one who did the night jogging.

"So she is the person who doing night jogging these last days! She's really got into the training after all! But why we didn't meet this morning?", that thoughts and questions came to Bias mind.

After some moments, she had gone through the pathway, getting further from Bias view. Looking how a young girl had doing her best on the training made him thinking about to do his best too. But he didn't planning on doing the night jogging as she did, after he finished his dinner, he took out his portable computer to doing his tasks from the college, and that was so, he spent much times on it as it had to the latr of the night time, so he went to mysleep after cleaning up his stuff.

That night, on his sleep, he was dreaming. He was on the unfamiliar place, all dark and nothing could be seen there. Suddenly, a voice of someone was being heard by him, someone he didn't recognize, it was telling him something.

"Human! Are you really think you can touch me?", that was what it sounded.

" Who are you? Where I am? What do you mean?", Bias was replying it with some questions, but it didn't respond anymore.

Bias kept yelling to get answer for his questions from it. But it never responded Bias words again like it was disappearing. And after that suddenly a big blow of the wind occurred from no where, swept Bias away to ungrounded based. Then suddenly it woke Bias up on his shouting.

"Waaahhh!!!..", Bias had woken from his sleep.

He was panting from his panicking moments. Even it was just a dream, it was seen so real for him. He couldn't stop on his panting. But then he looked up to the telecommunication device as it showed him the time, it was 06:54. He got overslept. Then he tried to calm himself as he rearranged his breathing. Then he was preparing himself for his training that day, as he toasted some breads for his breakfast. Then he went to the training field while eating his breads on his way, he didn't want to get late and got into troubles because of breaking the rules. On his way to northeast field, he suddenly thought about that young girl again, would he meet her again today or not. But, along the road of pathway, he couldn't find any sign of her at all. He almost reached his destination and he didn't see her at all this time. For the moment, he remembered what he had to do, as she had doing her best on training, he should be did so too, he thoughts. That was so, he arrived at the northeast training field before it was eight. He saw Cok'Ro had doing meditation as usual. As before, he was gonna greet Cok'Ro, Cok'Ro had noticing him first and started to speaking.

"Lho!? It's unusual for you to eat your breakfast on your way here, and you don't do morning jogging as well, what happen?", that was what Cok'Ro said, asked.

" Ah! Hm, I did overslept today! It can't be helped, coming late will get me into troubles, right?", replied Bias.

" I see.., good thoughts, well, you better not sleep late then! Any way! Like usual thing to do, go running around these whole area first before we start the others training!", and then Cok'Ro instructed Bias to do running as usual for the warning up.

"Alright, sir!", responded Bias for the confirmation.

And then Bias started to run, but before that, he ate all the bread on his hand. He did so quickly, all in one bite, then he ran. On his running, in the middle of it, suddenly some kind of wind was blowing through his way, it was really strong that almost made him almost blown. And at that time, he remembered about his dream last night.

"This wind...", Bias tried to figure about the thing.

After the situation went calming, Bias continued to run. And then he reached the northeast field, he saw Cok'Ro stood up there, waiting for him. As Bias finished running, Cok'Ro had started to speaking.

"Did you feel something from the strong blow of the wind last time?", Cok'Ro was asking.

" It was such hard blow, I almost knocked back that time, but that's all! Is there anything I missing?", Bias backed on asking.

" You didn't feel anything strange that time? Voice, perhaps?", Cok'Ro was wondering.

" No, I'm not, what is it, master? Is that some kind of a sign?", said Bias.

"Hmm.., alright then, I'll tell you something important now..", Cok'Ro seemed so serious to say that words.

"....", Bias was in silent to wait what Cok'Ro wanted to say.

"This kind of training that we have done these days, are just to improve your durabilities, any events which would occur in your own daily, probably will enhance your knowledges about something related to ancient coin beast, but that is all, there will be a real important trial waiting for you to proof your potential to weild the power of ancient coin beast, but.., you are not guarantee to be alive if you couldn't match that trial..", explained Cok'Ro to Bias, Bias was listening carefully.

"... There for.., you could choose your destiny yourself, will you take the trial or not.., but, if you're chosing not to take it, you will be tied in the rules of become wiseman.., and your life will be force to follow the rules of it, there will be book guide of it later..", continued Cok'Ro on his explaining.

" Tied to become wiseman? Isn't it just kind of forcing myself to choose doing trial or becoming a wiseman, right? How about if I don't choose both, is there any consequence of it?", Bias was trying to ask more detail about the things.

"Like I said, you will do trial or not, and if you're not doing it, you have been tied in the rules of becoming wiseman, no other choice.., or at least that's all I know..", answered Cok'Ro.

" Then, why you didn't tell it from the beginning? I would have declined to your invitation then..", responded Bias.

" My invitation wouldn't accept the no answer, I've been spending my life to look after you whole times, I can't let my times go wasting by your declining..", Cok'Ro told the reason.

" You could find any other people who would be better than me out there, why you choose me?", Bias spoke up.

" I don't know, I just follow my feeling.., but whatever then, for now everything had come too late, you just have those two options, that's all!", Cok'Ro bolded his words.

"... I see, it cannot be helped then, but I need morr time to choose, is that okay?", Bias was not fully accepting that thing, but he had no other option but to follow.

"Whenever you like! You have much more times than me! Beside you still have to training after all!", said Cok'Ro as he left Bias on that field alone.

Then Bias continued his training while kept thinking about it. That was so, the day almost came to an end, Cok'Ro hadn't come back yet to that training field. After waiting little bit longer, Bias decided to head back to dorm, his room. When he arrived, the telecommunication device showed a notification, there was an incoming message. He checked on it.

"While you're thinking of your choice, kept on doing your exercises, enhance your power, and learn about the ancient beast when you could, scan the code below with your guiding device, it will guide you to your trial place. Remember! It only can be used once, when you hesitate, the gate to your trial will be close and you will never find it again, so, come when you've decided to go and be sure you've powered up yourself. But if you choose to be wiseman, you can just still follow the map, and after you arrived there, wait until the gate was closed, then some kind of book will appear there, that was the guide book for wiseman guidances. I can't be around you at those times, and so on, but, I believe that you could pass the trial, and obtain that power of ancient coin beast, just follow your heart to reach there. That's it!.... Master Cok'Ro.", that was the message from Cok'Ro to Bias.

Bias was thinking a little bit on that message, but then he went to bathroom to clean up himself and then prepared for dinner. Like yesterday, he ate while looking through the window, he thought of he might be seeing that girl again that day, but until he finished his meal that girl didn't pass by the pathway she usually passed. Bias thought she could be doing anything else then. That was so, after clearing his dishes, he did the tasks of his college like usual and then went to sleep.

On his sleep, the thing happened like yesterday on his dream. All dark place, stranger voice, then powerful blowing wind that pushed him away to bottomless place. And then he woke up from his sleep. The time was showed at 7.54. He could be late to the training field. He quickly moved out from his bed, took the guiding device and left the dorm to the northeast field. He didn't make it it was 8.23. when he arrived there, but he didn't see Cok'Ro around, no one there, even he could be thought that no one on whole training grounds that time. Then he remembered the message from Cok'Ro last time, which told that Bias would be trained by himself from that time until he decided his choice. So then, he did running to around the training grounds first, then continued with other training like he did yesterday. The noon time, Bias felt so hungry as he hadn't had breakfast this morning because he thought of late. And then suddenly he thought of to have some meals for lunch that day, since there wasn't Cok'Ro around and he had his own time there. So then he came back to the dorm to prepare the lunch. In his room, while making lunch, he suddenly had glances to the telecommunication device as it reminded him to the message of Cok'Ro for him. He kept thinking about it while he was eating his lunch. And after that, he got closer to the telecommunication device, he opened the message of Cok'Ro last night, and then he did scanning the code with the guiding device. And then the map was popping up on guiding device monitor.

"It is the map to place of the trial..", on Bias mind.

By that moment, suddenly he was reminding about Cok'Ro's story of Cok'Ro's recruiting time and when chosing the option of becoming wiseman.

"... That time, when I was in recruiting, I was just a loser who afraid of anything, I didn't even know what my master thought of me to invite me as the his student.., that's so, after the training, I have been faced for some choices, and I chose the thing that make me felt safety, even though my master was expecting me for choosing the other option..", those words were a flash of memory when Cok'Ro told about his own story to Bias.

That was what came in Bias mind all of sudden.

"... Even though my master was expecting me for choosing the other option? Is that mean his master actually wanting him to face the trial? Then.., is he also, wanting me to choose taking the trial too? But I have promise to come back alive to my home, I can't be died here..", Bias talked to himself, to rethink about what Cok'Ro said to him back then.

It costed him too much times for thinking that times, but then, after almost an hour thinking, he came to his final decision. As he left his room, the dorm, he headed to the training grounds.