CURSES

Episode 4's. The Beginning of the Catastrophe

As aluna walked towards the central room of the castle. Everyone gathered there. Vincent and Shin also seemed to be in the middle of them.

"What is this?, Why is it suddenly so crowded", aluna then approached the crowd. "What?, a crate?", he was amazed by the findings of his friends.

"Color is heavy, we asked the rest of our friends to bring it here. But we don't know yet what the contents of this chest are" Vincent told professors Johnson and Obalyn, who had just arrived with Aluna.

"No!. You can't take the chest out of the castle!", suddenly a black-robed man came from the end of the hallway of the castle door.

"Who is he?. Her clothes are weird"

"Hey, wasn't he the guy from a while ago"

"really? Ahh yes. He's the guy who bothered us to open the main gate" said those on the team's one front gate.

The man approached the crowd with a small knife in his hand.

"Hey what do you want? And also why he had a knife in his hand"

"Get aside you guys!!. I must destroy the source of the calamity before we all regret it later" the man ran and brandished his knife towards the crowd. "Ahh crazy, he's headed this way. Quickly dodged" the expedition participants then moved away from the reach of the man carrying the knife. But before the man reached the place of the expedition members. His steps were blocked by the shin who blocked him before reaching among them.

"Woahh, Shin! Just be right. He wants to fight the madman" said one of the expedition members.

"Sister Shin" aluna was a little anxious to see Shin face off against the unknown man.

"Just calm down, he's our senior with the black belt. Don't worry, everything will be fine" said Vincent, who felt a little relieved by the shin who faced the unknown man.

"You, who are you. Where are you from and what is your purpose in interfering with our work?", asked Shin to the man in front of him.

"Surge! I have to destroy the source of the problem here. Move me away I said!" The man tried to make shin retreat by brandishing his knife. The fight between them is inevitable. Shin managed to repel the knife. But the man he faced was apparently a martial artist as well. They beat and hurt each other. Until at the last second Shin managed to paralyze the man when he was off guard.

"No, you don't go near the chest!", said the black-robed man whose attention was distracted as Obalyn approached the chest.

"The chance! " Shin took advantage of the man's negligence and managed to immobilize both his hands with a twist.

"Let's fuck, I said don't touch that crate! (Looking at Obalyn who was near the chest)" The man continued to say so when someone approached the chest. Assisted by other expedition partners shin tied the man's hand with a rope. "Sorry buddy, but you better not interrupt our work" Shin told the man.

"So who are you, what exactly is in the box so you insist on making a fuss here. If you just yell indistinctly, how can we understand my friend" Shin said, looking back into the man's eyes.

Tap.tap tap, when Shin was intrograting the man. Obalyn approached the two of them. "Young man, do you know what's in it?. Can you tell us why you can't open the box. If your reasons are clear and logical, there is a possibility that we will listen to you and not open the chest" Obalyn told the black-robed man.

"Professor? What do you say?", said Lorenzo who was amazed to hear the words of professor obalyn. Then Obalyn raised her hand hinting at Lorenzo to stop his speech. Seeing professor obalyn raise her palm made Lorenzo pause for a moment. Obalyn smiled and nodded her head in front of the black-robed man in order to believe him.

"All right, I'll tell you. But on one condition, you should never open that cursed chest" the man said.

"Of course, if it's logical and it shouldn't be opened. We will try not to open it" Obalyn said, trying to convince the man in front of her.

"My name is Erik, I'm in charge of guarding this castle from the generations. My house is not far from the existence of this castle"

"So, you're the one who changed the map of the azmut castle's existence?", Shin interrupted his conversation.

"Yes, I must make every effort to keep this castle from being trampled by humans"

"Why is that?, there must be a reason, right. Until you do it like that"

"That's because this azmut castle is cursed"

"Cursed you said, is that right?" Vincent interrupts because he does not believe in the curse.

"You believe it or not I don't care. I'm just doing my ancestor's job to keep the chest in place. The rest I don't care" said the man ending his explanation.

"Cursed yes, but I didn't feel anything in that box. You gotta be kidding me, hey young man. Don't try to fool us huh" said the paranormal falseek who went along with them.

"Is that really a falseek?. You didn't detect anything strange in that coffin" asked Johnson, who suddenly reacted to a paranormal falseec he believed in.

"I'm not lying!, the chest holds something damned. Do not try to open the inside" said the man in black robes.

The debate is getting worse between them. But the debate was successfully held by the arguments of professor Lorenzo at that time.

"Sorry young man. We don't believe in anything unreasonable. After all, our spiritual falseek says there's nothing suspicious there. You'd better stop your silly pranks and don't try to manipulate us again" Lorenzo said at the time.

After the debate they finally proved the speech of the cloaked man by opening the chest. Falseek himself proved that in the chest there is nothing in it. He opened the box and there was nothing in it.

"No way, empty? How can it be?, so all this time I've been keeping a chest that has nothing in it?" The man was surprised by the fact he saw. He was shocked and shocked at that moment. So did professor obalyn and professor Johnson.

"So, this is all just a joke?", Obalyn left the crowd and left the book she was holding lying on the floor.

That book, why did he throw it away?, Aluna picked up the book left behind by professor obalyn.

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A few moments when things were a little quiet. Professor Johnson gave his final instructions as the expedition team leader.

"Thank you all for your participation over the past few days. You are extraordinary future research candidates who are instrumental in helping expeditions in this well forest. Along with the discovery of the location of azmut castle proves that our hard work is paying off. Further research will be discussed on the next project. Then along with this I was as the head of the greenly expedition team. Forest expedition activity well officially closed".

Johnson closed the expedition in the afternoon. After closing, they packed up and left their lodging post. Before leaving the forest well Johnson had to meet erik the guardian of azmut castle.

Tocktails...

"You.. Why did you come here?" Erik opened the door to his house.

"Aren't you lonely here?" johnson looked around Erik's house.

"What do you mean?. Just what was your purpose in coming here"

"A very impatient young man" Johnson saw Eric's face up close. "Don't you better leave this place erik. You yourself saw this afternoon that the crate you've been guarding was empty. Then, why do you still have to live in the middle of the forest guarding the castle" Johnson said.

"It has nothing to do with you uncle. This is my life, it's up to me to live where I want to" Erik replied.

"You're a young man who felt his head apparently yes. I like the kind of young people like you. Just like I used to be. If you can say, I'm actually a little disappointed with my findings this time. I guess my theory is correct about that lucky stone relic. But it turns out it's all just bullshit"

"Lucky rock?, how do you know about it?" Erik was a little interested in what Johnson was talking about.

"Ahm, apparently you also know something about that lucky stone. That means my theory is 50:50 between right and hypothesis alone. But what makes me confused is that the box turned out to be empty. Well what can I do"

"Hey uncle, do you know where that lucky stone came from?", asked Erik to Johnson.

"Regarding that...". Anyway, you can call me at that number. I hope we meet again" Johnson left Erik's residence after speaking to him.

Cars waiting for departure were parked in front of the inn. Aluna and the others were already in the van for the greenly expedition participants. Shortly thereafter Professor Johnson returned from the woods to the private car he was about to board. One by one they left the inn post. They set off for the hotel where they first gathered before leaving for Wells forest.

Hotel Welliam's

"Arghh, tired of it. I was finally able to sleep on a soft mattress after a few days in the wilderness" aluna put her bag down and began to lay down her body.

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"Woahh, we're rooming apparently", Shin Jong.

"Well, I didn't think I could share a room with senior Shin", Vincent.

"Ahh lebai Luh"

"It's not worth it?"

"Of course, you're not fit to joke like that. Your face and speech are far different. So please stop okay"

"Am okay. Ahhhhh, comfortable. It doesn't feel like the expedition is over" said Vincent as he laid his body on the bed.

"You're right, it doesn't feel like we've been in the forest for a week and it's done" Shin replied as he removed the attributes still attached to his body.

"Don't you feel his expedition is too monotonous senior"

"Monotons? You mean less stressful What how?" shin said straightening up their conversation.

"Well, I don't know what I'm thinking. But to me, this expedition is a little strange and bumpy. There seems to be less just like that. After all, we are not allowed to look further into the castle and document it. Only senior researchers were allowed to research about the castle. Isn't that a little unfair, moreover we've already helped them get that far. Well even though the interesting part is not proven to exist" Vincent said, who issued his uniknya to Shin.

"You're this, apparently still not satisfied ya"

"Had it?"

"No. That's normal in my opinion. Never mind, I'm gonna take a shower first. We'll have a meeting soon for dinner together, won't we?"

Shin Jong went to the bathroom to clean his body. While vincent was still thinking about the incident earlier this afternoon in the castle.

It's weird, I've seen it wrong. I think the box in the room had more than one. Why is there only one they carry. Besides. What curse makes him up like that well. In his daydream Vincent still feels awkward with the events in the castle. But because he is not too interested in the mystical. He ignored the awkwardness he knew.

"You're still sleeping, take a quick shower and get changed. Now it's almost 19:00 for us to go down to dinner tau", said Shin saw Vincent who was still lying on the bed when he just came out of the bathroom.

"Oh yeah, I'm taking a shower right now. Not that old senior in the bathroom?" said vincent of his daydream.

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On the other side in the middle of the forest well. Erik thinks of Johnson's words to leave the forest and start a new life. It seems to be returning to the castle again for the last time. But from a distance he saw an unusual phenomenon there.

"What'sthat?. Wasn't this afternoon people had left the location of this forest" said erik saw the activities of some people out of the castle. He followed those people. Whaaat! What's that. The crate? and there were also three chests with some marks on them. Lest it was a chest that should not have left the castle!. Damn, why can I be cheated and fooled so easily, Erik said in his mind when he saw people who put crates into the box car.

"Hey, what have you done!. Quickly return the crates back to where they belong!" . Erik came out from behind the big tree where he was hiding. He tried to prevent the chests from being brought from the castle grounds.

"Turn him right now" said the masked man who entered the car and started the engine.

"Stop you!!. aaaahh...luck...hen.ti.i.m..Honda". Erik fainted when he received a punch from someone of great stature behind him.

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At the Welliam's hotel all the expedition team was enjoying dinner time with them. Suddenly the hotel lights off and make the rest of the visitors panic for a while.

"To the visitors is expected to be calm. We are preparing a backup electric power. So please don't leave your place" said hotel manager Welliam's.

Shortly after, the lights came back on. But outside it seems to show unusual weather. Suddenly it rained with thunder. The trees around the hotel were even uprooted to the point of burning. The staff seemed busy dealing with the unexpected. For the safety and comfort of the visitors who come they finally return to their respective rooms.

"What's this about? Why don't I feel bad" said aluna, who was walking with her roommate Paula.

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