SAWMILL
193 IS ALMOST
About fifteen minutes we waited finally in front of the hut Jiang heard the sound of footsteps of some people who were walking…
One of the people in front of the hut had a chance to talk..”quick input, before anyone saw”…
Me and Mas Agus were already vigilant if later there will also be who will enter the hut owned by Jiang this. and it turns out true, the door of the hut is open.
“How long was Jiang?” ask me about Agus
“Your friend is wrongly disguised, he is a magnifier.. And earlier he was with one of the palace people, and was taken care of by the guards so that nothing happened with your friend this”
“Fortunately we managed to take your friend when your friend was being escorted to the gate to get out of this fortress”
“Before my friend diverted that stupid guard with a cry of fire!”
“Did no one follow you earlier?” ask me about Agus
“Obviously there is. they are looking for your friend who was close to the gate to go to exit”.
“But take it easy, tonight they will not search until here.The important thing is now tonight Mbah Sastro and Pak Bawono must move”.
“Because tomorrow morning there will definitely be looking to the area here..remember your chance is only in this evening, only, because tomorrow morning will be many who check the huts that are here to look for Bawono” sir
“Do what as I said earlier.call that name and you will get what you are looking for.”.
“When tonight your screams no one responds, you will not be able to return to this place, you should be able to defend yourself from the predators of malam”
“Jiang…. What was the night's predator and who?” ask me about Agus
“Huuuff it's hard to explain….. Ummmm so this is it…. There used to be a lot of outsiders.. Or indigenous people who try to enter here and commit acts of theft, rape and other negative actions
“Our leader is bored and almost desperate, because every night there are always natives who hide in here and do house break-ins, the natives always fight ferociously, he said, as if this land belongs to Indigenous, and we immigrants have to go”
“Indigenous people are free to do anything to us anyway even though the fortress has been built like this, but they can still enter here freely”
“Until then our magnifiers in China came and brought black magic from China, created dark monsters that will kill and prey on the natives who dare to enter here at night”
“While the person or demon we will be looking for this does it also include native predators as well?” ask me about Agus
“Not...he is actually.. ah already, I have many stories, it is enough danger my current position, you guys are ready later tonight to the front of the palace.”.
“Eh the way to get there still remember...?”
“Hehehe... actually kind of forgot as well.. but later please you give us a clue which alley or which path we should take later”.
“Pak Pangat... how, is it ready for tonight?”
“Of course ready mas.. we do three and hopefully make it”.
Towards the night Jiang gave info about which alley or which road we will go through to get to the palace, because in this slum many small alleys that meandered and ended in a dead end alley.
And of course it's very dangerous, because it causes us to get stuck and there's no chance of running from hunters and night predators.
Therefore the preparation tonight must be properly mature, lest we go wrong later. But luckily the information from Jiang is quite clear, but there is one area that Jiang said we should avoid.
“Do not pass through or enter the park in front of the entrance.. there is very dangerous” said Jiang.
“Jiang... the park in front of the entrance gate is close to the river area... is there a cemetery if in the human realm?”
“I don't know because I've never been into the human realm, which I know down there it's the most beloved place the devil you're looking for it”
“There are always new spirits that appear along with the devil you are looking for”
“Arwah taken from the human world.. And will be made into the ranks of troops and men from dia”
“Until now I don't know the point of him gathering so many troops..
“To take over the central region of the forest.. Eh sorry to take over the territory that is outside this fort” said mas Agus
“Sorry.. in the human realm, the area across the river is a very lush forest, while in this area is a barren pasture” replied Pakat suddenly
“While the park in front of the entrance is a very large Chinese cemetery, there is only one grave, and the owner of the grave is a demon that we are now looking for it” continued mas Agus
“While all this time the residents of the fort and who are out there are fine, it can be said we have no problems other than those who do have bad intentions to the residents here” said Jiang again
“Day has started at night, soon you can get out of here and hide in the place I mentioned earlier”
“Wait until there is a bell sign that means midnight, only after that you can do your action”
“Eh sorry... Why don't we walk later before midnight?” ask mr. Panat
“So I have told Mbah Sastro.. that soon the hunting troops will patrol.
“But they will rest right after midnight until 03:00 am, after which they will patrol again, so you have three hours to do your action here”
“Quite enough right, there are three hours to do something to the demon” said Jiang
Ten minutes from earlier after we spoke, Jiang had already kicked us out to do our stunts.
The first thing we had to do was hide in an empty, enclosed trench, inside that trench we had to hide from the native hunters .
We will be there until the sound of bells is heard which means it is midnight. The position of the empty trench is near the turn that leads to the palace.. ..
While the direction to go to the trench has been explained up to three times by Jiang, and I think we already understand the direction to go to the trench that we will go later.
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We are currently on our way to the trench that Jiang pointed out…
The road in this place is very different between day and night, night like this illumination is very minimal, so we have to rely on moonlight that bounces to get the right direction.
We're now at a crossroad alley…. This alley is very quiet and dark, so we have to be careful.
“We check first mas... you two wait here, I will cross this small crossroads first” said Mr. Panat
The warm man very carefully passed through a very quiet crossroad, after he got across, he waved to us.
He told us to cross because it was safe, there was nothing waiting at the crossroad.
Actually, the distance between Jiang's house and the moat close to the palace was not too far, it's just that we had to pass a detour, because if the previous road was dangerous.
“We have to pass a few more aisles until we find the trench that Jiang meant earlier” whispered Pak Panat
“Pak... This area if a night like this is really quiet yes, no one walks around here”
“Iya mbak.. I am also surprised, it should not matter if there are residents here who want to go out to just get bored at home, but what we see is really like the city of dead”
“But the houses here seem to have inhabitants.. Try to see the window of the house around here, the inside is bright, the lights are on which means this house there are residents” said pak Panat
We continue to walk carefully..
Pak Pangat is in front, then me, and the last one is Mas Agus.
In front of us was another crossroad we had to cross…. But when we were about to approach the crossroad, Mr. Panat suddenly told us to duck.
“Sst duck first.. You guys didn't hear anything up ahead?” whispered pak Panat
“Pak..gapain also we duck like this.. This narrow alley, anyone will definitely be able to see us here” replied mas Agus
“Ssst silent first mas” whispered Pak Panat
The three of us squatted down and docked to a house wall.
What Mr. Panat said was indeed true, from here I could hear the sound of slow walking footsteps.
What was terrible was the sound of the footwork of something to come this felt heavy.. So slow footsteps and heavy footwork indicate that something in front of us is not normal.
Humans in general if stretching in a dark and quiet atmosphere will certainly accelerate his footsteps and walk as light as possible so as not to hear the sound of his footsteps when treading.
But this one is different.Slow footsteps with the sound of heavy footprints when treading the road.
The three of us remained squatting while docked on the wall of the house owned by people…
No more footsteps…
I'm sure as sure as sure as sure.The three of us will be found out if it remains here, because the road here is narrow so that if there is something will definitely be found out.
Pakat just keep quiet, I know he must have no way out of this problem he certainly can not think clearly about what to do when in this situation.
I feel like we are just three delicious meals that anyone eats at any time if they stay here.
“Pak.. We have to go from here now pak” whispered mas Agus who is behind me
“Where to go.. We are too late. We don't have time to turn around.. We can only wait here mas” replied Pakat
“Ssttt the sound of that heavy step is starting to go again.. We have to do something so as not to be heard by them!”.
“It looks like something we have to fight.. We cannot let something attack us” whispered Mr. Panat
I've started to despair, we're in another world with something terrible in front of us. We have to fight before something attacks us.
Somehow at first.. Suddenly the gate of the house next to us opened…
“Sstt you guys aren't there.. Quickly get into” said a woman's voice in a whisper
“Quick before the hunter comes and kills you!” whispered the man inside the fence again
Without waiting for a long time the three of us ducked into the house where the gate was open. Along with the closed gate.. ..
I heard the sound of heavy footsteps turning and walking towards this house.
The three of us ducked inside the fence of the house made of cement and bricks resembling walls.
The homeowner greeted something terrible in front of the house in mandarin that we did not understand the meaning.
There is no answer from the creature outside to the greeting of the woman who saved us.
The woman who saved us is still standing inside the fence watching the creature move away from the house.
“You are who and what you are doing nights like this” ask the voice of the woman I have heard before.
“Eh.. You want Rita?...”
“Lho.. This is Mbah Sastro?,.... What are the nights here Mbah?”
I knew from his voice when he told us to go into the house.. I've heard that voice.. And it turns out right my guess, he is Rita who was once his guide Mbah Sastro yesterday.
“Luckily you three are in front of my house, try if in front of someone else's house, maybe you three are no more hehehe
“Let's go inside.. Mbah kung and mbah Putri these cold nights gini want what to come here, and who else is this father?” ask Rita again
We entered into the small but comfortable house of RIta, much more comfortable than the house in JIang which was like a hut.
“This pak Bawono nak Rita. he is our adopted son both” replied mas Agus as Mbahkung Sastro.
“Mbah-mbahkuuuu.... What are you doing tonight here, are you lost and can not find a way out of here?”
“Begini nak Rita.. earlier this morning we came here looking for nak Rita.. said the guard outside nak Rita was out, so we both just reckless to go to the inside” said mas Agus again.
“But until noon we were still here and it turned out we were lost, our adopted son followed to look for us.. And finally we met even though we did not know where this” was.
“Hihihi good story mbahkung... but I am sure the three of you here are not lost, there must be another meaning with you here...”.