Grizzled

Episode 44

The ferocious monsters before us growled, moving closer.

“Retreat, Shir!” the eagle's orders turned to me. Half of his face was no longer a human face. He induced the power of these monsters. I said, back in a few steps to the mouth of the hallway. The serious fight begins immediately. With the Eagle now and the power of its inductees I'm not too worried, but not the one monster he's fighting. Five at a time, I hope he can handle them. The commotion was also still heard from the main hallway inside. I was caught between two great fights. If only there was something I could do. If only I could fight too!

Really, it is not at all exciting to just wait while hoping for anxiety. To my right from the mouth of the passageway I could see a flurry of Eagle movements restraining the movement of monsters from reaching me. Obviously it's a bit of a hassle. While on the far left inside the narrowing passageway, Sakti's fight with the demon was still going on. The walls around me shook. The sound of the dentum is mutually disdainful.

A monster managed to enter when the Eagle was busy taking care of the others, but had not had time to touch me, it was pulled out by the Eagle and thrown roughly into the courtyard, overrunning the herd of other monsters. Not to feel safe yet, one more monster moved faster to rush in after me. There was no other choice for me to go back into the main hallway, but a great bang instantly knocked down the walls around me. The rubble of collapsed buildings was piling me up with one monster earlier. The heavy material that hit my back sent pain through my chest, making my lungs suddenly feel cramped. Not to mention the dust that was also inhaled.

However, my pain was ignored when a monster growl sounded next to me. He survived the pile of rubble and was still able to move, scraping through the rubble that had crushed me to grip my neck as soon as he found me. Too weak to wriggle, only a soft groan escaped from my throat when my neck that was already sick grew sick and more pain strangled hands that big and strong. The blood flow from and to my head stopped. I can't take it anymore! I can't stand to die and be killed in this place!

I plugged the monster's two cruel eyes, scratched his face, and kicked it with the rest of the energy. The grip on my neck came off, which I felt was just limp. My consciousness began to float in the air, but I saw an Eagle coming in half a monster, pulling the head of the monster that had attacked me and breaking its neck as easily as breaking a lid. The monster roared long before finally not moving with its eyes twinkling and mouth gaping. The monster should have been finished, but his hands were still moving with the rest of his strength, stabbing the pointy wooden tip through the Eagle's belly in the heart.

My eyes that have dimmed back wide to see it. Neither the Eagle nor the monster moved. The eagle was silent, slowly returning to its normal form. All the monsters that were the source of his inductee power died, the power he borrowed from them also disappeared. An eagle came up to me trying to crawl up to him. The wood stuck in his stomach created a lot of blood.

“Ssttt! The only thing to worry about is you!” the Eagle said before I could speak of his wound. He carried me on his back to find a shelter room, fulfilling Sakti's message before we parted. Ah, Sakti, what happened to him? The building around his battle area with the demon collapsed. Hope nothing bad happens.

The eagle managed to find a room that was still intact after crossing the main yard to the nearest building in the back, room ten MIPA 3 is not too broad. I couldn't feel anything when the Eagle dropped me on the floor. With such a wound he still had to stand propping up the door to keep it closed. The position of this room not far from the back gate where the monsters were nesting made it unsafe with the door left open.

I closed my eyes, unable to bear the sight of the Eagle's tummy being torn apart. I want to wake up soon from this horrible long dream! I don't know how long my eyes are closed. When I opened my eyes again, a warm touch stuck to my forehead. The white-blasted figure I used to recognize now has a cut at the temple cutting the brow line and the corner of his left eye.

“Wah, that was so bad!” kata Sakti, “untung alone there are Eagle!”

Eagle, I circulated the view finding him still leaning on the door of the room. No more pieces of wood stuck in his heart. Sakti has even completed healing techniques against Eagle wounds. Her darkened scar contrasted with her bright skin. Where are his clothes?

“Healing Eagle always erodes a lot of energy. See ‘kan? The illusion of her clothes getting ruined again! Ah, thankfully the healing of Shira need not ruin the illusion of clothes .. uh, sorry!” kata Sakti then stopped his words. We both looked away. That's too horrible to happen!

“It's a shame we haven't found anything yet! You guys haven't been desperate ‘kan?” tanya Sakti was trying to melt the atmosphere. The eagle himself was still silent daydreaming, his gaze falling to the floor. I got up to take a sitting position.

“Despair is not in our plan list,” I replied. Sakti smiled with relief. The remains of the pain are still felt in my joints.

“Elang, you can sit down and rest. I've installed a lockdown technique on that door. The monsters around here have reduced a lot, we can stretch for a moment, or if you remain worried, I can stand there in your place,” Sakti said. The eagle just moved from its place. There was something he was thinking.

“Why does the devil come here often?” tanyakanya.

“Wah, that's too serious a language. I don't want any other worries in your hearts. Stay focused on investigating the gap of light, he cannot physically injure you without his physical body anyway. He will only attack your determination, therefore eliminate all fears and worries,” answered Sakti.

“Unfortunately, something serious that we must know, Sakti. Just so you know, I've never been afraid of any demon other than the one that's ever lived in myself. So, please tell me, if that demon can't harm us, why would he bother coming here?” asked the pushy eagle.

“The devil is eyeing Sakti, Lang,” I replied thinking of Sakti's own words, “whatever he will do, he said, the devil wants to get rid of Sakti so that it no longer helps and protects us looking for a way out of this world.”

“Well, right Shira said!” sakti replied still smiling, trying to make this conversation not sound tense, but it did not help much. The fact that the demon had finally intervened could not calm us down at all.

“Because I am dead and my entity will remain in this gray world, maybe that demon will seal my soul in a cubicle with an absolute permanent defense mode so that I can't move freely and no one can free me. Ah, of course I do not want to be imprisoned in prison, but if one day I get caught, please you guys still .. keep fighting even without me,” said Sakti more and more. The sadness in his eyes could not be covered by that forced smile. Eagle's speechless. I'm silent, can't imagine if it really happened. Our journey alone was quite difficult with Sakti on our side, especially without him.

“Before that happens and I will be further bothered, can I ask you something, Shir?” ask the Eagle, “please keep quiet, let me and Sakti continue the search for the light gap. After the incident I thought it was too risky for you. We're just getting started and you almost took your life at the hands of a monster. I don't want bad things to happen sooner.”

“You mean I should let you fight alone? You already know, I can't!” my answer.

“I fight with Sakti and I don't want you to be a hindrance!”

“I never intended to be a hindrance. I just can't be the only survivor when you suffer and get hurt!”

“Wah, unfortunately you have to! You must be the only one left alive to free us all, Shir!” said the Eagle approaching me, “hurry or later I will die, I am not afraid to face it, but dying in this place and turning into a monster is not something I want. So please, in order for my soul, the Sakti and Sekti souls, as well as the lost souls who became monsters here to be freed, you must stay alive and unseal the gaps of light. Only a white soul can do it! You understand?”

I just looked down, avoiding his unusual eyes. I don't know how many times the Eagle repeated the word ‘kumohon' and ‘kumohon’ demanded my understanding. It was not at all unusual for a person who used to rule in a strict tone, but even so I did not immediately agree. It doesn't seem fair that only an Eagle who can be pretentious says he's ready to die and doesn't care that there are still a lot of people out there who need him. Maybe he has forgotten something we agreed on. He clearly forgot.

“Elang, I understand your concern. Unfortunately if you ask Shira to back down from this quest, we find nothing more. The light gap only rose and reacted when Shira was nearby, just like in the flashback event of the day,” Sakti replied. The eagle just sighed. I understand it's hard for him. It's hard for Sakti too. It wasn't easy for those who struggled to find pieces of information while protecting me. I honestly don't want anyone to have any trouble because I'm just a burden.

“No one considers you a burden, Shira! If you get discouraged because of that, our investigation becomes cold and not exciting!” the word Sakti is still trying to be funny. Obviously, the Eagle said I was just going to be a hindrance. Of course I realized that he was hurt to protect me, I realized that if I wasn't a part of this quest, I would, Sakti and Eagle can move faster without having to deal with me who is vulnerable and slightly injured.

The eagle looked increasingly upset, ruffled his hair and then stood back at the door against us. His hand that was holding the door looked clenched as if holding a lump of vexation.

“Pstt! He apologized for not being able to properly convey his concerns,” whispered Sakti to me, “do not take heart, okay?”

I'm just smiling. I think I need to apologize too. It must be annoying to face me who is stubborn and does not understand the anxiety he feels. Ah, or maybe not. Eagles themselves are equally stubborn! A moment later Sakti laughed. Really, the only one who still wanted to joke was him.

“You guys are both nagging in the heart, I can't help but hear it! Well, how is it not funny if you're both worried about each other? It was very different from the lost souls before who were fighting over each other's salvation. However, this time the lost souls in front of me were busy thinking of ways to keep their partner safe. There has never been a black soul that actually claimed to be black or a white soul that felt not too clean. It's unique! I'm becoming more and more optimistic that a turning point event will happen this season!” kata Sakti's.

“Don't talk nonsense, Sakti! Believing the best odds will only lead us to the worst. We forget what to do because we are too optimistic. For a while I didn't want to believe any prophecy!” reply Eagle.

“Eh? I just want to encourage you! From that prophecy I want you to believe that there should be no division in solving this puzzle. You agreed to find the answer together no matter what the end. Yes ‘kan, Eagle? Yes ‘kan, Shira? I don't want the worry and guilt in your heart to be an excuse to then give up,” said Sakti never stopped encouraging us.

“You also have concerns, Sakti?” my question, “only one and not changed, you're worried that me and the Eagle are no longer in the direction of ‘ right? Sorry, we are like this. You must be tired of seeing us fight all the time. It looks bad, but our goal is still the same, solving the mystery of the way out of this world.”

“Keepakan indeed, but want how else? This stupid girl is really hard to understand!” reply Eagle.

“What?! You are also both stubborn!”

“Yeah, start again!” kata Sakti's.

“Eh, sorry! Well, you know for yourself ‘kan The most talented Eagle fishing fuss!” my reply. The eagle said he would not lose. These unimportant checks really started. Sakti just grinned, secretly want to run away.

.Seriate.