"HA!.... HA!... HA!...." came the shout of a nine-year-old boy who was practicing beating a wooden pole while maintaining his stance.
"hmm... it's still too long! Finish before sunset!" said an old man whose hair had turned white and who was sitting in a bamboo rocking chair.
Without refusal the boy increased the intensity of his strokes, so that when the rooster crowed he had just finished his last stroke. The boy leaned back against the wooden post and began to greedily inhale the fresh morning air.
But no sooner had he rested than the old grandfather, who had been sitting casually, threw a sickle and a bamboo basket at the boy, "What are you doing? Get up quickly! Take the buffalo to the rice field"
The child looked up to see his grandfather who was now ready to go to the rice field with a hoe on his shoulder and wearing his surjan and caping, the child struggled to stand up with trembling legs.
Without a word the boy put the bamboo basket on his back and carried his sickle to the buffalo pen behind his house, and with the reins in his hand the boy set off with his grandfather to the rice fields.
While the two were working some thugs came by with wooden sticks in their hands, and in a loud voice the thugs pointed their sticks at the grandfather and grandson in the rice field, "Hey poor grandfather! If you still don't want to sell your rice field then you will be very sorry!"
But instead of being afraid the grandfather continued to work on the rice field in the middle of the scorching sun, "Cuih! If you want to take this land... first pass my corpse!"
Even without turning his head, his words could already make the thugs tremble, but their leader still persisted, "heh... you're old! Soon you'll be dead! Why do you keep defending this land!"
But those words were countered with a skull covered in mud, which made the thugs flinch and some even dropped their sticks.
But there was one of them who still stood firm and even brandished the stick he was carrying, "cuih! You think you're the only one who has ever killed!? I have too!"
Hearing the words of the thug he felt challenged, the old grandfather put down his hoe and approached the thug, not much conversation he immediately put up a stance.
The burly thug weakened the old grandfather in front of him who only had a thin dry body, he immediately swung his wooden stick at the grandfather.
And tragedy happened, not until the thug's stick hit its target, the grandfather immediately shortened the stance and immediately hit the elbow to make the joint detach.
Not stopping there, the grandfather immediately groaned the solar plexus, and the throat of the thug after that he immediately kicked the thug's nape and once again the joint was immediately detached with such an attack of course making him immediately lie down. Seeing his helpless enemy he picked up the mud-covered skull and threw it at the thug.
"Huh!... weak! I'll give you one minute! If you don't disappear from my sight... I'll turn you into fertilizer!"
Suddenly seeing the scene in front of them, the thugs immediately ran away in fear. seeing the bullies leave the grandfather resumed his work. It was then that his grandson approached with a slight tremble, "Grandpa... you? Have you ever killed?"
The grandfather only glanced for a moment before answering, "if you don't kill on the battlefield... then you are the one who is killed"
After this incident they continued working until the afternoon and returned to their home which turned out to be a simple bamboo hut at the end of the village.
This life lasted until the grandson was at the end of 10 years old, by which time the grandfather was already sickly and only his grandson took care of him alone.
At the end of his life the grandfather grasped his grandson's arm and told him for the last time, "I... can only pass on how to survive!.... Don't depend on your lawless parents!... now just follow your heart!.... Rocky!"
The grandfather left behind a 10 year old child whose body was covered in bruises and bruises, with the yard in a mess because there were lots of thugs lying around.
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"crack!... tak! Tak... srak!" (haah... why am I even remembering that memory!?) said Rocky while staking his horses.
"Rocky? What's wrong? Need more enhancement magic?" said Lylah who was on Rocky's back while swinging her staff.
Rocky shook his head and immediately started the fight, he advanced and was greeted by an earth golem who immediately sent his right fist.
Rocky immediately threw his body to the right, after which he immediately hit the right elbow of the earth golem, and sure enough right on the part that was hit (which was not protected by iron gloves) immediately detached.
Rocky immediately jumped back and observed what happened, instead of chasing Rocky, the golem took his severed arm and put it back in place.
After a little adjustment he returned to his stance and prepared to fight again, on the other hand Rocky was now convinced that the weakness of the earth golem was in front of him.
But when he wanted to attack again Lylah commented, "is it just my feeling or are the plants on the earth golem not glowing?"
Lylah's joke made Rocky realize that he was too quick to jump to conclusions, and now it was evident that the grass and plants growing on the earth golem's body in front of him began to glow.
With the appearance of this light, the aura of threat increased especially since the previously flat expression of the earth golem began to change with a smile carved on its face.
"Deg!" Rocky's chest jerked, he recognized the expression engraved on the earth golem's face. The expression of a fighter who has found the enemy he's been waiting for.
The earth golem began to attack, now its speed had increased many times over, but fortunately it was still able to keep up with Rocky.
Tens to hundreds of fists continued to rain down on Rocky, while Rocky himself did not dare to hold back or fight the earth golem. Rocky even only dared to deflect every punch that was about to hit him but every time he did so the body members he used immediately cracked.
Rocky was surprised by the strength of both gloves and iron shoes, it was like there was a layer of destructive energy around them.
Until the earth golem threw a punch with its left hand that Rocky dodged by tilting his head, he immediately performed a chopping motion on the golem's left shoulder.
"Dak!" a loud crack and shattering of stone rang out, and Rocky immediately brought the left arm back. Even so, Rocky had to take a kick that shattered his right hip.
But unlike before when the earth golem always gave Rocky a few moments when he attacked, now he chased like a person chasing a thief.
Rocky, who saw his enemy approaching fiercely, became convinced that the main strength of the golem in front of him was its two gloves and iron shoes, and when a punch was thrown Rocky reflexively used the hand of the earth golem he was carrying as a weapon.
He held the upper arm and swung the earthen arm and met his enemy's earthen golem punch, "DANG!....." the loud buzz sounded again.
But this time the buzz was deafening, and as a result the earthen arm Rocky was carrying was instantly shattered leaving an empty glove between them.
The earth golem immediately grabbed the now empty glove, but Rocky didn't want his enemy to regain his main power. He immediately came forward and also gripped the empty glove with his right hand in front of him.
The two stared at each other for a moment and the earth golem kicked Rocky's elbow which of course destroyed his right arm, but Rocky didn't want to give up. Rocky's left arm immediately grabbed the rest of the right arm that was still gripping the empty glove.
A tug-of-war ensued but unfortunately Rocky lost in terms of strength, his body was even dragged because he was unable to hold on. But Rocky didn't lose his mind, he jumped and wrapped his legs to lock the right hand of the earth golem.
Rocky knew that his enemy was not human and his lock technique had no effect which resulted in his body being lifted and prepared to be slammed, but he deftly put his left hand in the glove he had been holding when his body was right above.
This surprised the ground golem and made it loosen its grip on the iron glove, which Rocky used to make the ground golem's shoulder his foothold to jump backwards to gain distance.
It can be seen that even though the gloves are made of iron, once worn by Rocky the gloves continue to move as if the black iron that is the basic material of the gloves becomes flexible and soft.
But Rocky ignored it all and returned to fighting the earth golem who could now only use his left arm.