Curse Spell

Meal Invitation

They pointed their weapons at Dariel's entourage.

one of the oldest people suddenly shouted out loud the cries of war, the besieging people immediately attacked the entourage from all directions. They attacked with knives and spear-tipped stones that were sharpened very sharply.

Each person in the group faced two or three opponents. Dariel confronts his assailant with a machete which he happens to still hold. He was not really trying to hurt the opponent. Just dodging and repelling attacks. Thus the group members did the same thing because they had received orders from Rahmadi.

The army was more focused on protecting the geologists and Dariel, these three people being the top priority. Rahmadi is quite capable of fighting, because it is quite experienced. They buy time, waiting for an intermediary who has not seen the trunk of his nose. Luckily the Asmat tribe back then did not use poison arrows. So they can still counter their attacks.

For Dariel, people in the interior are like twins. All have black skin, curly hair and almost the same face. Even the makeup of the yellow and black white graffiti on their faces further confirms that the people they are currently fighting are identical twins.

He doubts whether Rahmadi can really recognize the intermediary between the thirty people who he thinks are twins? They are starting to get pushed. If they don't really fight, they can - they can also be the ones who are wretched. One of the Geologists was getting tired, and a spear tore off his right sleeve. Fortunately not to the point of injury, a considerable comparison between the group of Dariel and the tribe of Asmat. Nearly half an hour of fighting. Dariel's company was exhausted. Someone has to do something to stop the clashes so as not to fall victim.

Dariel captured one of the Asmat youth who attacked him. With his right hand he pinched both of his attackers' hands behind his back. While his left hand he used to press the youth's temple. Dariel let his machete fall by his feet.

While Rahmadi shouted - shouting instructing the soldiers who were fighting near Dariel to extra protect Dariel. Even he was inching closer to Dariel's place.

Rahmadi cursed annoyed at Dariel's carelessness. But the next incident made him swallow all his absorbent vows.

A while after Dariel pressed the temple of the young man asmat. The young man collapsed. Dariel was a little dazed, but he immediately straightened his body and shouted with all his might, shouting foreign words. Instantly the Asmat people who attacked them stopped the attack. All eyes were on Dariel.

Dariel then said - a word with a strange language, so think - guess what it means.

"We're here to fulfill your invitation, why isn't there a friendly welcome?"

The chief is approaching. "When did we invite you?"

"One of your men has come to our house. Promising will give us the land to dig." Dariel still says with their dialeg.

"Nobody does anything like that."

Rahmadi recognized one of the young hunting party. It was that young man who came to her on the project a week ago. Rahmadi told Dariel.

"It was the young man who invited us". Dariel said while pointing at the young man Rahmadi had told him before.

Instantly the Tribal leader was surprised because the person in question turned out to be his own son.

The son of the chief immediately approached Dariel's entourage. He knew Rahmadi. The young man told the chief that he had invited them.

The chief of the tribe softened. In fact, he offers Dariel and his entourage to enter the house of Tysem to eat together.

Inside the house there was plenty of food. There are grilled sago, sago caterpillars and smoked meat. Looks pretty delicious. Lunch starts with drinking water in brown color. It's like chocolate milk. But when drunk, immediately made the group of Dariel except Rahmadi feel choked. Dariel almost spewed out the water. But as he remembered to keep the courtesy to the host, he spat out slowly, returning it to the bamboo glass. Huekkkk is not chocolate milk but raw river water, how can it be?

Dariel took out some food from his backpack. He said it was as a gift to the host, the chieftain and his son. A packet of rice, two pieces of fried fish, a bottle of sambal and four instant coffee sachets. Upon seeing Dariel's gift, the chieftain and the family who had come to eat together exchanged a puzzled look. Dariel explains it with their own dialect. As they tasted the food, they laughed with excitement. Strange food but delicious in their tongue. They were also amazed by the freshly brewed coffee. Black drinks are concentrated but give off a fragrant smell and sweet taste. There was laughter in the middle of lunch.

Different felt by members of the Dariel team. The food served by the Asmat tribe is very strange and tastes bland. They may not know salt. Forced to eat fast - fast to get into the stomach immediately. They have not been able to enjoy it at all. Moreover, Dariel when presented to him the caterpillar sago alive and still moving - motion. Amusedly saw. But again for the courtesy he received and tried to eat it. It tastes sweet and creamy. He was curious and took another one for him.

The chief expressed his heart. He allowed people to take gold, as long as it did not disturb the life of the native tribe.

In return, they asked to make water bamboo. Dariel who translated it to his friends was also confused. Only after he heard the story from the son of the chief, he only understood. Apparently when the young Asmat and his friends were hunting, they accidentally walked up close to the project. They were astonished when they saw that there was a wooden rod every time they touched someone straight out of the clear water. Until the moment they had the chance to try to drink the water it was sweet and fresh. Clean fresh water that they find very difficult to get. Because most of the water sources are boggy swamps or yellow watery rivers. The rainwater they contained was precious, used only for important ritual occasions.

Rahmadi responded, because it is very easy to make a drill well with a mechanical pump. But considering the place of the Asmat tribe is located in the river flow needs to be made a clean water filter. It was quite cheap compared to the results they would soon get from the gold mines.

The dinner ended. The chief ordered four men to join the journey of Dariel's company. They were assigned to show the foot of Kwoka mountain which they believed contained a lot of gold. It is also located closer to the first mining project and far enough with the Asmat village.

They left soon, for the day had begun.