The Story of the Sky
The Midnight Attack

That night.. After Fadil met with Ulil his best friend. After he came home and fell asleep for a while, he woke up in the middle of the night. Fadil immediately took ablution water, and performed evening prayers in the prayer room in his home. There was already Zaenab's mother who was performing night prayers, as was commonly done by Fadil's mother.

Fadil after praying and reciting, he then came out of his house. That night, Fadil felt something strange was going on around his house. When he came out, he saw a ball of fire circling above his house.

'' Hemm.. Banaspati.'' he murmured in his heart.

Fadil who does have the ability in terms of false knowledge, he immediately knows. If the fireball that is circling above his house, is Banaspati (evil genie) sent from someone who wants to harm him. Fadil as his mouth continued to recite, he then threw the prayer beads that were in his hands.

When the prayer beads he threw, suddenly the prayer beads turned into a greenish blue light. The light then forms a circular net, which surrounds the fiery red fireball. So that the fireball could not go anywhere, because it was confined by the blue light connected with Fadil's hand.

Fadil then tried to pull the fireball down from his house. But his movements stopped, because he suddenly felt the presence of someone not far from him.

'' Assalamualaikum.. Nur! are you here too?'' greeting Fadil that made the person who had just arrived was surprised.

'' Wa'alaikumsalaam warahmatullah, uncle Fadil? is this really uncle?'' tanya Nur Alim who is the nephew of Fadil, who lives in another area not far from his village.

'' You think it's me, if not me! who else?'' ask Fadil to the son of his eldest brother.

'' I had guessed that uncle had not died. But I really don't understand, how can uncle come back!'' nur Alim.

'' Long story Nur! but it's not important. But by the way, how did you get here yourself, what is it?'' fadil asked smilingly looking at Nur Alim.

Fadil did not feel surprised, if his nephew could suddenly be present here. It was because his nephew also had abilities like him. But Fadil was a little surprised, why he could come in this place.

'' Here's uncle. I saw that there was a Banaspati flying here. I feel that this Banaspati will go to grandma's house, so I came straight here. And it turns out that's true. But I did not expect, it turned out that I would even meet uncle again.''

'' Uncle, there seems to be someone who has been offended uncle, so he has told someone to harm uncle.'' said Nur Alim then shook hands with his uncle.

'' You are right Nur. Yesterday there was someone who could not accept the fact, that he was not destined to be with the future wife uncle. Maybe because of that, he and his family wanted to get rid of uncle.'' replied Fadil who already knew who the person behind all this was.

'' So, what do you want to do next.'' asked Nur Alim.

'' No Nur, uncle just wants to send this Banaspati back to his master.''

'' How about we go to Banaspati's master's uncle? let's teach him a little lesson. I'm sure it's not the first time he's done this. There may have been many victims.'' proposed Nur Alim.

'' Hemm can also be Nur. But uncle leave everything the same to you huh! we are the most happy when we take care of this!'' said Fadil while handing control of the blue light to Nur Alim.

After saying so, suddenly the bodies of the two were enveloped in a white light. Then the light shot into space towards the direction from where Banaspati had come, followed by Banaspati who was still confined by the blue light.

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Elsewhere. An old man with a seedy appearance was sitting cross-legged. His mouth kept chanting incantations. In his hand, he was holding a keris that kept him going back and forth over the incense smoke he was burning.

He is Mbah Tiwon. A shaman who is quite famous for his black magic. A few days ago, Yanto and Iwan came to see him. Yanto asked Mbah Tiwon to do something to a Fadil-like man, Alan, who made him and his parents, rejected by Mr. Syahroni who wanted to propose Tiara.

Yanto who at that time had taken a photo of Alan with his cellphone camera, he then printed the results of his camera shots, and handed the photo to Mbah Tiwon. Yanto asked that the person in the photo, could be wiped off the face of this earth, because it had hindered his intention to get Tiara.

At the time Mbah Tiwon was busy performing these rituals, his concentration suddenly became dissolved. He felt that his actions this time, were constrained by something. Therefore, Mbah Tiwon strives to continue to add and exert all his abilities, so that the action can produce the results he wants. But suddenly he was surprised.

'' Bruak''

the container where he burned the incense was suddenly destroyed. Keris, who had been thrown from earlier, was thrown somewhere. Simultaneously, two young men suddenly appeared before him.

'' Won won! you are that old and still do not want to repent. For a little pleasure! you are also willing to become a slave of the devil, said Nur Alim.

'' Ss who are you guys? why are you guys here?'' mbah Tiwon shouted in surprise.

'' Who do you think we are? let's see he's all right! and see what we brought for you?'' nur Alim's orders to Tiwon.

Mbah Tiwon then watched Fadil's face closely. He seemed familiar with that face. Then accidentally, Tiwon saw a photo lying on the floor in front of him.

'' Oh, it turns out you're the one in the picture. It is a coincidence that now you come alone here hhh.'' he said with a laugh.

Mbah Tiwon was pleased. Seeing that the target is now even in front of him directly. However, he was shocked when he saw the Banaspati sent by him being cooped up by the blue light.

Slowly the burning fireball, transformed into the figure of Buto Ijo who continued to thrash, because his body was confined by the blue light that had been made by Fadil. The more the figure tried to rebel to release itself, the tighter the greenish-blue light bound and bound it.

'' Let go of me, let go of me! Tiwon, you must take responsibility. You have sent me to the wrong person.'' Shouted Banaspati with a thunderous voice.

'' Noisy knows! you ugly creature. It's like that still want the weird again. What do you want me to finish?'' now Nur Alim was upset to hear the speech from Banaspati.

Nur Alim then moved his hand. Along with the movement of his hand, the blue light that locked Banaspati narrowed. Causing its large body, it was forced to shrink following the blue light.

'' Ampuun, aampuun!, please let me go. I'm kapok sir!'' shouted Banaspati in pain.

Seeing what Nur Alim did to Banaspati, Mbah Tiwon and Banaspati themselves felt fear. Mbah Tiwon who had been struggling in the black world for quite a long time, he never expected, that this time he would meet a person who had abilities far above him.

He himself was not able to conquer Banaspati, and could only cooperate with him, through various agreements. Of course, the agreements were more favourable to the Banaspati.

Mbah Tiwon, who had already made a pact with Banaspati, was paid by Yanto to get rid of Fadil, though he was afraid of Nur Alim. But because he saw Fadil who was silent and did not show that he had the ability, he secretly used his knowledge to attack Fadil.

With the power he had, without touching it, he moved some heirlooms that were on the wall behind him, and directed them to Fadil.

Nur Alim who knows the actions that will be done by Mbah Tiwon, he just kept silent as if he did not know everything. This made Mbah Tiwon even more happy, because he was finally able to complete the task from Yanto.

'' Wush wush wush..''

Several weapons such as keris, sword, and spear suddenly shot out of place towards Fadil who was standing still in his place. Until the weapons have almost touched Fadil's body, then Fadil so casually he flicked his palms like driving away mosquitoes or flies.

'' Clothes, plots, plugs''

Somehow, but all the weapons that were about to touch Fadil's body, suddenly fell by itself. This made Mbah Tiwon only able to see what happened in front of his eyes. Just like that, he who has been trying hard to gather his inner strength, it turns out in front of the person who had been considered to be nothing, even making him even more unable to have any ability.

However, even though he was aware of Fadil's unexpected abilities, Tiwon still could not accept the reality of his failure. He then tried to attack Fadil using a sword near him.

However, again Mbah Tiwon was made even more astonished. As he tried to slash his sword at Fadil's body, a huge energy pushed him to the point of causing him to bounce far back. From his mouth came fresh blood, after that his body had hit the wall quite hard.

'' Uncle, it seems that this person the eyes of his heart are already completely blind. What if some of our hands and feet are made so that we can not commit crime again.'' proposed Nur Alim after seeing how smart Mbah Tiwon is.

'' No, let Allah take care of it. Enough to lose his ability to use his knowledge, so that he will not make any more damage to others.''

'' Good uncle, it seems like uncle's idea is indeed better.''

'' Yes Nur, you are the scientist, we are the most peaceful with such a thing.'' said Fadil then invited Nur Alim to execute him.

In front of Fadil and Nur Alim, Mbah Tiwon was completely helpless. He could only surrender to receive knowledge and his ability was eliminated by Nur Alim. For decades, he had studied this science. But now, in just a matter of seconds his knowledge had disappeared completely.

'' Won, if we wanted to! we can not only eliminate your abilities. We can also do as you have done to others.''

'' For this time, we still give you the opportunity to improve yourself and repent. For that, while there is still time and opportunity for you to change, use the opportunity as well as possible.''

'' Remember! next time, we do not necessarily give you an opportunity like this anymore, said Nur Alim warned Mbah Tiwon, who is now drowned because all his abilities have been eliminated by Nur Alim.

'' Uncle, what about this ugly creature! what should we do to him?'' nur Alim asked while looking at Banaspati who was still confined by the blue light there.

'' Just leave it like that first! So that later, when the person who told Tiwon to come here, he could take a lesson from what he had done.''

'' Nur, it looks like our business with Mbah Tiwon is done. Let him finish his business tomorrow with the man who told him to. Let's go home!'' take Fadil to Nur Alim his nephew.

'' Yes uncle, come!''

After saying so, the bodies of the two were then enveloped in a white light. Then quickly, the white light instantly shot through the air and returned to its respective places.

Not many people know, if it turns out Fadil has such an ability. He never showed that ability to others. The ability he has, in addition to having been learned when he was a teenager, when he was in Cirebon, he also already has a lineage.

His great-grandfather who was indeed an Eagle (a kind of royal courtier), he had passed down his knowledge to Fadil and also to Nur Alim. However, Fadil always hid his ability to others. Fadil only uses his knowledge, for certain circumstances only. Because of his ability too, during the accident that happened to him at that time, his body did not suffer serious injuries.

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To all readers of the KDL (the story of the sky). The author said Happy Eid Al-Fitr Day. Minal 'Aidin Wal Faidzin's. Please Sorry Birth and Inner.''

May all be given health, happiness, and a good life, and given a lot of sustenance. Aamiin ya Rabbal 'Alamiin..

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