The Arkana: The Demon Hunters
Ruptured

The presence of Yudha Kiranata in Tantra made Darmanta feel a terrible pressure from the man. He immediately ran to his room to retrieve Bengisura. However, as soon as he arrived at the room, his steps came to a halt when he saw a white man with shaggy hair standing behind him. The man was wearing a long-sleeved black shirt that was rolled down the elbow. He just stood looking towards the Bengisura sword that was displayed on the wall.

"So this is Bengisura? The sword that killed Rara?"

"Who are you?" ask Manta. He did not care about the question of the man in front of him.

The man looked. Just like Manta, he had a cold gaze. "Yes, maybe it's karma for Rara because it's been interfering with the fight between you and Suratno."

Manta widened his horses, intending to advance with his bare hands. However, when he blinked once, the figure of the man disappeared, leaving behind a large black dog where he was standing earlier. The black dog had blue eyes with a look that looked extremely cold.

"It is not yet time we kill each other" said the dog. "Next, when we meet again, prepare yourself to die." He walked up to the open window and jumped out.

Quickly, Manta immediately picked up Bengisura, then ran to the window of the room. He darted out looking for the black dog's whereabouts, but his figure was already invisible from the radar of his eyes. Without trying to catch up, Manta closed the window, then ran out of the room towards the living room.

Once he arrived, the atmosphere had changed. There was no more Yudha at the door. Bowo and Yasa were staring at Mahari.

"What did you mean, boss?" ask Yasa.

"That night was the most horrible night ever" Mahari said. "Bloody Jathilan is also referred to as a suicide party. There was a mass trance exactly like yesterday in Surakarta, but the difference between the incident last night and bloody Jathilan is ... the demons that possessed humans in the bloody jathilan tragedy immediately committed mass suicide."

Yasa was still silent as if waiting for a more detailed answer from Mahari. Mahari let out a long sigh, it seemed that indeed what he was covering up could no longer be hidden. Mahari sat on the sofa with a sharp glare of eyes staring at the floor.

"It just so happened that a jathilan event was held near the residence of the Kanigara family. Seeing the atmosphere that was not conducive, the Kanigara gathered, cast a protection spell and wanted to seal all the evil spirits that terrorized the jathilan event. It's just .. the entire Kanigara family has a disorder. They're all possessed together."

At a glance, Bowo looked at Yasa's face, then looked back at Mahari. "Canigar possessed?"

"Although the Kanigara family has strong atma protection thanks to their spells, but some demons have different levels. That night, Eleven Rudra came. They possessed the eleven strongest people in the Kanigara family and ....." Mahari stopped her speech.

"And what?" ask Yasa.

"The possessed Kanigara assisted in the ancient ritual process involving human casualties and executions of people at the jathilan site" Mahari said. "Eleven Rudra was not an easy opponent, that night there was no other way but to kill their container. So the man and I took precautions by killing the eleven containers because they didn't want more casualties. However, in the end it was only the two of us who stood in the sea of corpses that night."

"Where are the other Kanigara?" ask Yasa.

"They were influenced by the demons and ended up fighting back."

"You killed them too?" ask Yasa again.

Mahari closed her eyes. "Sorry ...," he murmured.

BRAAK!!!

Yasa hit the door. "Including my father?"

Mahari smiled softly, then looked down. "Yes, he's one of the strongest."

"Why hasn't there ever been a story?" ask Yasa. "Why should there be a trigger from the bad guy first, keep your mouth open about the truth that night?!"

"Because I'm afraid you're angry" Mahari said.

"That time you were too small, so you were not at the jathilan location" replied Mahari.

"Did taking care of me all this time be the way you purged sin from your guilt, Mahari?" ask Yasa.

Mahari just smiled without an answer. He understood, that right now whatever came out of his mouth would only be an alibi in Yasa's ears.

Yasa sighed. "Many things are disappointing, but this is the sickest, Mahari. Like Bowo, I have to go. I think from now on, living under one roof with my own family's killer feels a bit painful."

Mahari stood up from her seat. "This house is one of your father's relics. All this time I've only used you to stay here. I want to tell you everything when you're mature enough, but it feels impossible, yes. If anyone has to go, then I'm the one."

Mahari walked towards his private room, but he paused his steps for a moment right at the door while looking back at Bowo. The man put on a smile.

"Wo, if you want to join the association try to find Santi, later helped by him, but the cave hope you stay here. Because it is free of cost and has been almost two years also you are here. The main thing is ... there are no more caves, so you're more comfortable here." The man continued his steps towards the workspace as well as his room.

As soon as Mahari disappeared from everyone's sight, Yasa walked away to her room. Bowo sighed, he also walked back to his room, considering that he did not have a new place to live. Meanwhile, Manta is still sitting on the sofa in Bengisura. The handsome man had no idea what Tantra was facing right now. He could only lean on the sofa while closing his eyes.

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The darkness of the night is slowly being replaced by the light of the sun, presenting a new hope in the universe. However, there is no hope for the murky problems attached to Tantra. Manta opens the door to Mahari's room after not finding his breakfast on the table.

Usually it was the humorous man who cooked for the breakfast of the four of them. However, now there is no more delicious aroma of Mahari cuisine that awakens sleep, leaving a longing lump in Darmanta's chest. Though not yet one day Mahari left, but knowing that the man might not come back again makes everything different.

"Raptain you?" ask Bowo who just came out of the bathroom. On his shoulders was a small towel used to wipe his thin hair.

"The sun is gone" said Manta.

"Let's go, let's go alone" replied Bowo. The man went into his room, but it didn't last long he came back out already with long trousers and a plain white T-shirt wrapped in a black varsity jacket.

"What do you want?" Manta's turn asked.

"The same meeting with Santi. Gua wants to join the association to find additional money" said Bowo. "Again, there are more sources of information than just here. Want to come with you?"

Manta shakes. He was not interested in being part of the association. The cold man preferred to move on his own without any rules.

"Ta, one more week the enemy will come here. They want Yasa" Bowo said. "One of the reasons the cave wants to join the association is let us get a fighting force. Volunteering with Dursasana yesterday made the cave less confident. Had they come without peace, we might not have existed."

"There must be another reason why they don't attack when there's a chance." Manta still looks calm. "In addition to Yudha Kiranata, the semalem in the cave room is also Karna Rawasura."

Bowo's eyes twitched at Manta's statement. He had no idea that there were two fugitives here last night. Their scent was completely unstoppable.

"Why did you just say?" ask Bowo.

"Because everything is peaceful, sometimes there are things that do not seem to need to be explained" replied Manta. "Gua thought, Mahari too ...."

"In decet time, don't mention that name first, Ta. The cave really doesn't want to be horrified." Bowo walked out of the house.

Manta is only able to stand still and walk to the door staring at Bowo on his motorbike. After ten minutes of heating the motor, the bald man went towards the association headquarters.