
The rain re-wetted the dense forest as the sun passed through the head. The overcast sky looked gloomy with the sound of thunder earthy to each other. Bad weather for hunting, and auspicious days for those trapped in the forest today. The sky sat in the corner of the tent, silently watching his friends who were busy expressing their opinions, looking for a strategy to defeat the Forest King.
Actually he wanted to join the discussion, but considering himself who had limitations in speaking made him pause and chose to sit in the corner of the room. His blue bead watched closely, how the surrounding people were busy preparing themselves. How Basuki, Tio, and even Nyoman confidently participate in the discussion of adults.
It would be a lie if Heaven said he was not envious.
In fact, even though Nyoman always rubbed him, bulldozing him with others. The sky seemed to have no objection, if it meant that he could join in on their excitement. Nyoman always knew what she wanted, always knew what path to take for the sake of her ideals, and it always dazzled the Sky.
“One moment....,” Sky murmured softly, dissolving in his mind. “I want to know, what I want to do when I grow up.”
“Everything's gathered!”
Juki's voice echoed within the tent, making the Sky jump from the pile of wooden boxes and walk to the center. There was a table with a large map, some small points in red and blue. Suddenly the heart of Heaven was pounding, there was a feeling of nervousness as well as a spirit that came out of nowhere.
“You all must know that we are in a precarious position,” started Juki on the youths who lined up half-circular in front of him..
“We can't stand by waiting until help arrives, because many of us need help as soon as possible. Therefore we must hurry and here is the plan that we will run.”
First, Juki makes a team of uninjured reserve squads to move first towards the closed road access. They are tasked with opening the way for the rescue squad that will go down with the injured. If assistance comes and arrives today, then road access should be opened as soon as possible because there are two teams trying to open the road.
The next team was a hunting team, they were made up of healthy people with high combat power capabilities. On the front line they would use Basuki, Tio, Nyoman and Sky as the main attackers. Basuki as the core or core of the attacker, while others are in charge of helping him.
“Maybe this will be a long fight,” muttered Juki when she saw the sky never bright.
“Come we leave!”
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The sound of footsteps hitting the puddle of water sounded faint. Everyone moved in silence and tried as quietly as possible. This they do to avoid the wild animals and not make the target go berserk. About 100 meters of nest where the King of the Forest is located. Everyone was ready in their respective positions, waiting for the cue from Juki.
The rain was not as hard as before, but a small drizzle was quite disturbing. Repeatedly the blue-eyed boy rubbed his rough face. The sky was about five meters above the shade tree, lurking, watching, and in charge of giving directions to his friends..
The blue bead flashed softly, watching the movements of the Forest King who weighed almost 200 kg. it was almost 10 feet long, his big ears were shaking slowly and every pounding of his feet was shaking the ground he poked. The sky gulped nervously, this enormous pig.
When the Forest King started moving westward, the Sky hurriedly gave a signal. The ten-year-old boy was whistling, or more like the chirping of a bird. It was a mark that the Sky made to trick its target.
When he heard the sound of birds chirping three times, Basuki immediately turned to the two young men behind him. The three of them looked at each other before nodding simultaneously and moving in order. Two people moved to the right and to the left, while Basuki walked in the middle towards the direction of the target.
The two people on the right and left sides both carried shields. When the distance between the two of them was near, the hunt began. The flapping-haired youth leaped from behind the bush, stomped the iron shield as tall as an adult man onto the ground, then pushed it to the ground and violently struck the pig's body.
The mutated beast screeched loudly, before turning into an angry roar. The young man who hit him did not finish until then. He swung the heavy-looking iron shield lightly, as if slapping the pig's muzzle.
“Sial, she didn't fall!” his grunts were upset then shouted, “Be in!”
The tip of the iron spear stuck and injured the body of the pig, but small and not too much impact. Basuki clucked in annoyance, then pulled out his spear before leaping backwards. Another young man came with an axe, attacking him with three powerful and sharp swings. Unfortunately, his movement was broken when the pig attacked him.
“Argh!” his cry was held back when his body slammed into a tree and was unconscious.
“Tio, Sky!” Basuki immediately called for reinforcements.
The loud sound of arrows darting through the air sounded. Jem! Jem! Jem! three arrows that had been smeared with snake poison stuck on the back of the Forest King. Then from the top of the tree, Heaven appeared, this time with two daggers in hand. He was ready to attack, darting with both hands crossed in front of the chest. When it arrived in front of the target, the boy swung his dagger, making a huge cross at some point.
The sky moved agilely, jumping here and there dodging the boar's attack. Together with Basuki, the two of them carried out combo attacks, alternating damage to each other. The sky jumped up and revolved in the air, then he threw his dagger until it stuck right in the right eye of the Forest King.
The Forest King roared ferociously, his one eye looking sinister. Basuki who was looking at the strange gelagat immediately shouted loudly.
“Retreat! he's going berserk!”
The sky and the young man who was still conscious immediately jumped back, just as the Forest King roared loudly. As there was the effect of his roar, the Sky had difficulty moving, its body as if it was exposed to a powerful pressure that forced it to submit. When his body could move a little, it was already too late for him to dodge.
“Sky!!”
Basuki's voice sounded far away, Sky could feel his body floating in the air. The pain he felt in the abdomen up to the chest made it difficult to take a breath. The black-haired boy coughed loudly, the salty taste and smell of rancid smell were thick.
Bruk! The sky fell to the ground and rolled several times. Tio immediately ran over, he did not have time to check the state of the sprawled Sky. As soon as he managed to hug her, and jumped to the left, by then the muzzle of the boar had already landed and destroyed the surrounding land.
“How dare you!” Basuki appeared in front of Tio who was carrying the Sky.
The teenager returned to attack. The spear he thrust with all his might forward, precisely punching holes in the left side of the pig. Then he turned his hand, swung the spear outwards until it formed a curved line and stabbed it again from the bottom up.
Basuki made that move repeatedly, sometimes he rolled to the right to dodge. Not only did he put up a fight, ever since Tio jumped dodging the attack of the Forest King. Nyoman had already aimed and shot a few bullets to make the pig take a few steps back.
“Sky, can you hear my voice? Hey!” Tio several times patted the cheek of the boy in his arms. Hope the blue-eyed boy stays conscious and does not faint or things will get worse.
The blue-eyed boy tried to catch his breath, but the pain struck him in the left chest. The sky groaned softly, it seemed like his ribs were cracked. However he had no time to complain of pain, Sky nodded slowly, descended from Tio's embrace and wiped away the blood dripping from his torn left temple.
“You good?”
Again the sky nodded. He did not want to be a burden to his friends. Tio looked at him anxiously, then pushed the little body of Sky to retreat. His blue eyes looked at his older brother in astonishment.
“No, you're not okay. Back off, I'll protect–” Tio's words were cut off when the slash from the Forest King's tail hit him.
“Kak Tio!” The sky cried out in horror.
Continues…