Sanggana Swordsman
39. Misty Attacks
Joko Calm and his entourage are already in the forest with a big tree. Even during the day, the thick trees that cross each other make the region like in the twilight. Only a little sunlight entered from the crevices of the forest sky that formed like a thick foliage roof.
However, the more they walked deep into the forest of the huge tree, the more light faded, making the certainty of their journey even more question marks.
Joko Calmly stopped stepping. He only realized that the area they entered was getting foggy, making visibility began to decrease shorter.
“Why, Kakang?” tirana asked who stopped on Joko's right side, more than three steps away.
“This area is so foggy,” replied Joko while observing.
The answer made Tirana and Ginari immediately realize the lack of fog that filled the empty space in the forest. Tirana turned to look back, looking Hujabayat's whereabouts are barely visible because the distance is a bit far behind.
The feeling of Hojabayat who was being hit by a high level of kasmaran, made his steps slow down, became intoxicated.
The set! Cracks!
Tirana and Ginari were shocked by what they witnessed. One thing happened so fast and then it was quiet.
“Hujabayat!” tirana called tense.
The cry of Tirana makes Joko immediately look back, towards the existence of Hojabayat and Kembang Buangi. Joko also heard a strange short voice far behind, precisely in the position Hujabayat was in.
Joko did not see the existence of Hojabayat and Kembang Buangi. The fog limited his visibility. While Tirana immediately ran short to where Hojabayat was still vaguely visible.
Tirana and Ginari had seen the lesatan of a large object that captured the bodies of Hojabayat and Kembang Buangi at once. The object quickly pulled missing the bodies of the two lovers. The fast and faintness of the large object made Tirana and Ginari not know the type of object.
“What happened, Tirana?” joko asked as he walked closer to the two girls, because he did not see the disappearance of Hojabayat and his lover.
“There was a kidnap Hujabayat and Kembang Buangi,” Tirana replied as her gaze tried to look for suspicious things.
Tirana examined the area that the attack allegedly originated from, but she found no one else or sensed the whereabouts of the other party other than them.
“There is a trace,” said Tirana to Ginari. He leaned over to notice the grass and the crackling of the dry foliage that formed a long line. Ginari who was on Tirana's back could also clearly see the trail.
Tirana walked slowly following the line of the drag trail, but then the trail disappeared.
“The fog is getting thicker,” said Joko who is five steps away from Tirana.
The initially very fine mist was now getting thicker to resemble smoke. The change in condition happened quickly. Now Tirana saw Joko who was five steps away just like a black shadow.
“The back don't stay away from me!” exciting Tirana.
Joko is taking a step closer.
“Do not until you part with Ginari,” message Joko.
“It is precisely what I am worried about that I am losing the shadow of Kakang,” said Tirana. “Did Kakang not feel the presence of others around us?”
“No.”
“I too,” says Tirana.
The loss of Hojabayat and Kembang Buangi is so easy and quiet, making Joko and Tirana put up high vigilance.
“Hujabayat!” yelled Joko calling out loud enough.
But silent, there is no word from the voice of Hujabayat or the voice of others.
“People who kidnapped Hujabayat and Kembang Buangi very quickly disappeared,” said Tirana.
“For sure they are more than one person,” said Ginari.
“The back, the mist is as dense as it is, you are starting to miss!” shout Tirana.
“There's no way I'm getting any closer to you,” Joko said.
“Kakang disease must be eliminated, we must get married immediately,” said Tirana.
“But there is no way Kakang suspected me of creating this state,” said Tirana. “Rear, come closer again so I can see you.”
Tirana could not see Joko standing four steps away. The fog was growing white like thick smoke. Joko can't see the shadows of Tirana and Ginari, but he can still feel their existence.
“Just feel my existence. If I approach you, it's the same as killing myself,” said Joko.
“What should we do? Walking is difficult, the road and direction are not visible,” said Tirana.
That condition creates tension. Although the three young people had high magic, but such natural conditions were difficult for them to be able to do much.
“We can only wait,” replied Joko.
“Uhuk uhuk!” Ginari suddenly coughed. “I inhale smoke, uhuk uhuk uhuk!”
“There is toxic smoke inside the fog!” tirana said immediately after her kiss sniffed a faint foreign smell. He immediately smothered his mouth and nose with one palm. While his left hand examined the state of Ginari in his pocket. “Ginari?”
Ginari did not react on Tirana's back. The beautiful girl had drooped unconscious.
“Rear, Ginari fainted!” tirana said with her mouth fixed in the clot of her right hand.
“Me too,” Joko said in a weak voice, like people running out of steam.
Blugk!
How surprised Tirana was to hear the sound of a body falling to the earth. Soon he moved to the position Joko was in. He found Joko had been lying motionless in the grass. Joko also fainted.
But then, Tirana squeaked her face withstanding the feeling that weakened her entire strength. Finally Tirana was weak and also collapsed on Joko's body. Her face even fell on the face of the young man.
*****
At the next time.
Beautiful eyes of Tirana open. He felt his legs hurt a bit, as did both of his wrists. His back was leaning on something.
The large iron trellis that Tirana first saw, then the stone walls were not smooth. He soon realized that he was in a stone prison with thick iron bars. Next he realized that at this moment his head was below and his feet were above.
Both of Tirana's legs were tied to one with a red rope hanging from the ceiling of the prison. While both of his wrists were tied one with a red rope that pulled tightly onto the floor. Both the rope that hangs the legs and the rope that ties to the floor are not saggy in the slightest. Her dark red hair and clothes dangled upside down.
Tirana tried to look behind her. It turns out that the body of Joko Calm and Ginari aka Swordsman Rat Sky fared the same as him. Their bodies were hung upside down with their backs.
“You're done, Tirana?” ask one voice weakly behind Tirana's head. The voice belonged to Joko who turned out to have realized first.
“The back, are you awake? How's your condition?” ask Tirana.
“Taste of dying. Keep you away from me,” said Joko with a breath that almost runs out.
Tirana did not answer. He knows that Joko is in a very weak condition, because his body is affixed by two female bodies. Tirana tried to lift her head and then slightly taped to the face of Ginari who was closed like a dead person.
“Ginari's condition is getting worse, his body has already let out a bad smell,” said Tirana.
“What can you do, Honey?” ask Joko by calling Tirana “Sayang”.
The term becomes a flush of fresh water for the feeling of Tirana. That “Sayang” word made her happy. He smiles. The mention is clearly a confession that he is the lover of the Swordsman.
“The rope that binds us is not an ordinary rope. I could not exert the slightest bit of energy within. We can only wait to be released from this rope bond,” replied Tirana. “Saranku, better Kakang continue to look helpless if later Kakang strength recover. It can outwit the ruler of this place.”
“You saw the existence of Hujabayat and Kembang Buangi?” ask Joko.
“No,” reply Tirana briefly. Then he said again, “We can only wait to be released from the bond.”
“I'm better off sleeping. Hopefully I can still get up,” said Joko weakly.
“Do not sleep, Brother, your condition is too weak. What's more is coming,” whispered Tirana. (BH)