Grizzled

Episode 46's

The glass of chocolate milk on my desk was still warm when the contents were toilet. I'm trying to pamper myself after I finish training. Scattered casually on the bed while looking at the moonless night sky. Perhaps the sickle phase will be observed in the next two days, then the full phase in two weeks. There was always a strange wave whack my chest when it minimized that. The tension, the hope, the determination, the courage, the worry, everything combined into one.

Sighing, there would be no results if just thinking about those feelings. Since the last few weeks I've been trying to seriously think of a way out of the gray world. The specific format for the investigation along with the order of the plan and the list of clues that I had to find had been prepared. The six-key trap section in the six corners of the kutandai tick because it has been successfully ascertained its six positions. The result obtained from the revelation of the six keys should be the alleged identity of the devil who trapped me and the Eagle. One name Elang suspected, but .. somehow I could not suddenly agree.

Why yes? If I don't agree with him then there must be a reason. Unfortunately, I myself do not understand the reason for my hand refusing to write the name of Miss Lasmi as the suspect in this investigation. The mobile phone on the nightstand, intending to contact the Eagle, but there was no sign of him being online. I just left a message.

A moment later I was busy replying to messages from friends who asked this - it was about a bunch of math practice. I'll just spread it in my workmanship steps group. Many friends are still fussy wondering how can this and so. Be tonight I lead an online math class for the next almost two hours. My message to the Eagle has not been answered, but he listened to the group chat. When the friends had no problem anymore and changed the topic of slack talk, I intended to go offline, that's when finally the reply message from the Eagle entered.

“Sorry, Shir. Twenty-four hours of my time is not to always discuss that gray world.”

My cursor just blinks not knowing how to respond. Did I ... do something wrong?

The faint sound of two people talking caught my ear. The blood red color in the sky welcomed my gaze. Soon I knew that this wasn't my home world. Waking up from the dusty cold floor, the two people who were talking earlier turned their heads towards me.

“Wah, hello, Sleeping Princess! Since you were the last one to wake up, maybe you missed a lot of chatter,” said the white-browed with his trademark smile. While the Eagle sat behind me with a back that revealed a black silhouette of a sword embedded in it. The illusion of one's clothes had yet to recover and was indeed slow to return to normal.

I spread my eyes around. An unusual sky color, a light that looked like a thin sheet surrounded the wall. Don't-don't ....

“Ya, right! The three of us are locked in a cubicle with absolute defense mode. That demon might be testing before it would actually lock me up here,” Sakti said again, and what the hell is that smile of hers? How could he tell me such a bad thing with such an expression?!

“This is a coincidence or we are indeed set to be locked in the same room?” I approached both.

“I don't know exactly. Ahead of my change back to the human phase after the monster phase in the chamber, the absolute defense mode of this chamber suddenly activated. Then you two show up one by one. Well, it's too magical to say coincidence,” Sakti replied sniffing his shoulders.

“Kata Sakti only you can end this shitty defense mode, Shir. If there is anything you can do, I ask for help,” replied the Eagle. I understand he's not happy sitting here all night while the light gap position still demands to be searched.

I'm approaching the door. The thin sheet of light that protected him from staying upright glittered at a glance, releasing energy that was ready to catapult me far away. I held back, not hurriedly touching it. Just thinking that the defenses of this room recognized the energy I was carrying, I re-sent through my hand. At once I felt like I was burning. The denial of this room's defense was totally unexpected. My hands seemed interested as well as baked.

Sakti who heard my screams immediately stood up, finding my right hand darkening half an arm like wearing a glove. He was in disbelief.

“Yeah, this time Shira is also rejected even with consequences as bad as this! Looks like this room is indeed impenetrable to anyone anymore!” kata Sakti without waiting was asked to immediately start the healing technique.

“Sial! Since when did the room we were sheltering in turn into a deadly walled prison like this?!” the grumpy Eagle was annoyed, punching his own palm.

“Yes, we are so unable to get out and our next investigation plan is completely hampered,” Sakti replied still draining the energy that regenerates the damaged cells and tissues in my hand. There was no warmth or cold that I felt as usual when Sakti was doing healing techniques. My hand went numb after the short heat and soreness earlier. I hope there's no serious damage to my neural network.

“But aren't the six key positions in the six directions already known to you? Do you guys know anything about the demon disguise of the creator of this world?” tanya Sakti's.

“Ya, slightly. Had there been any more evidence that led to him, I could have been more certain,” replied the Eagle.

“Is there any particular weakness or characteristic of that demon, Sakti?” I asked while occasionally sizzling softly as my hands began to feel a tingling and unusual tingling sensation.

“I don't really know, but just imagine that he lived in the middle of a human for hundreds of years spreading damage, changing his form and disguising so great without anyone realizing his true figure. Obviously he also does not carelessly show his weakness, but that does not mean there is no. Try to pay attention to your surroundings, if there is major damage, the devil is the culprit and indeed that is the hallmark, spreading disaster,” explained Sakti. I'm shaking. No, it doesn't fit. Miss Lasmi we suspected was just a quiet old man who didn't have much behavior. The expression and intonation of speech alone he had no. I think the Eagle should think again to suspect him.

“Although my suspicions are correct, I don't want to directly poke at him and unmask the demon in public. That wasn't my plan, it wasn't very useful. Shira and I agreed not to involve more people. Maybe we tried to approach him secretly and steal information about the crack of light from that demon,” replied the Eagle.

“Yes, that was indeed your plan from the start. I suggest you be careful. The devil is not necessarily going to directly finish you off, but the information that you should have managed to steal will actually be further kept away. I understand that the devil also enjoys his own game. May he let you live up to our last fight,” hope Sakti.

Soon he finished the healing technique in my hands. The skin color of my hands that had darkened because it was baked back to normal. Only the ends of the fingers are still blue. Maybe it's because that part was the first contact, but the rest I'm fine. My hand can be moved without pain even though it is a bit trembling. I thank Sakti again. Had this happened in the real world maybe I would have had to spend a lot of money to come to the doctor.

“Then what can we do now? Keep quiet? There should be a little gap for us to get out of here,” said the Eagle.

“Unfortunately none, this room is now perfectly sealed. The walls, the sky, and the floor are too risky to penetrate,” answered Sakti. Though I had the idea to escape through the walls of this room by digging through the underground until it penetrated out, but the word Sakti really can not.

“Ah, dammit! If it continues like this how can we continue to live until the last resistance? No matter how valuable the slit of light information we will find from the demon, if we can't get to the crack of light because it keeps locked here, then everything will be in vain! No last fight we can do again!” said Eagle began to grumble annoyed, “our investigation should not only be done one side in the real world only. Precisely the most important is the research in this gray world!”

“Stranquilo, Eagle! This time the devil did intervene a lot, but no matter how much the devil pestered our efforts, if it was time for this world entity to end, then no one can keep it in order to stay there. That's the so-called turning point event, which the demon feared to bother doing all this,” answered Sakti.

“I don't care about the devil's worries!”

“Really you don't care, Eagle? The demon was worried that the turning point prophecy was actually happening. I do not mean guarantee your freedom so you can relax, but it feels like the event will come soon,” answered Sakti.

“Ya, right, Sakti. I can't relax and be too optimistic about what you're saying. Cause what? Because you always say the same thing to lost souls before, the turning point predictions will happen in their time, but the reality is very different. Those souls ended before the event you foresaw happened!” the eagle raised his voice. Suddenly our discussion became tense like this.

“Ah, it was indeed my fault ..”

“Then you want to repeat it to me and Shira?!”

“Lang, we discuss with the brain, not the muscles!” i warned. It's not just my feeling that he's suddenly getting into temperament.

“Hey, a person who rarely uses his brain and prefers to use the feeling of saying so to me? Not wrong?” the Eagle answered with emotion. Ah, if only my hand had recovered and could shake his head free!

“Already, dong, you two! Yes, right, Lang, I do not reject the fact that motivating previously lost souls with a turning point prophecy turned out badly for them..”

“LISTEN PLEASE SPEAK FIRST, STUPID!” my answer was finally to be loud. The eagle just grunted.

“I just want to say that if our situation remains like this, no one is desperate and considers our efforts in vain. That turning point prediction did sound like nonsense, but the signs of its truth appeared one by one before me ... Eh?!”

Sakti's words were cut off as a fist flew quickly past the side of my face, targeting Sakti but he managed to hold it with his palm. I was surprised to learn that the Eagle dared to attack Sakti first.

“I told you to stop talking about that shit!” furious Low Eagle. His jaw line looked hardened with eyebrows that seemed to fuse together. He's not messing around.

“I know something is wrong with you, but you shouldn't be acting like this, Lang!” I said trying to run it.

“Shut your mouth, Shira! You don't know shit! You don't even know Sakti lied about the prophecy!” the Eagle replied, prompting me to step aside, further launching the next attack on Sakti.

“I'm not lying!” sakti replied while continuing to dodge the Eagle's punches and kicks.

“You lied! It's just your crazy delusion to entertain yourself! There was no record of the prophecy in the ancient book until the last page! There's only a clue to sacrifice me! Shira who can't read and make sure she definitely doesn't trust me and always defends you!”

“There, Lang! Had I forgotten to write it does not mean it was my unreal delusion!”

“Still argue, ha?! Whyyy?! Even if you keep quiet Shira will still believe you!”

“Enough, Lang! Stop!” my shout couldn't do much watching the Eagle relentlessly attack Sakti, blindly. It's not like the Eagle I know, whose head is cold and unemotional. What's wrong with her?

“I can't figure out why it was you who seemed to block us out of this place by promising the easiest hope about the prophecy?! You think I didn't know that you made Shira hesitate to sacrifice me?! Why, Sakti?! Though you yourself also want to be free from this place, but why not follow the instructions?!”

One hard kick Sakti could not avoid, a landslide hit his chin until he was thrown a few meters. Circumstances turned around, this time the Eagle had very briefly hit Sakti who slammed on the floor.

“Don't the devil be in you! Don't you think the great disguise you're referring to is your good attitude all along that makes me and Shira not have to suspect you, so, ha?! Actually you do not want anyone to escape this place ‘kan?!”

I shut my mouth in disbelief, how dare the Eagle say so. Sakti was again able to hold his fist, putting the Eagle aside reversing position. Now the Eagle was lying on the floor with Sakti holding both hands.

“If you have not had time to read it, let me tell you,” Sakti said while still breathing, “the first sign of a turning point event is the attitude of the white and black soul who appreciates his partner, the, wanting to protect each other despite the fact that one of them still had to die sacrificed here. I believe only with such affection can evil magic-magic full of angkara and malice in this place be defeated.”

“The reality is just your opinion .. aghk!” ringis Eagle when Sakti was stronger gripped his hand as he kept trying to fight back.

“Secondly, the existence of a black soul of white soul descent who inherited extraordinary strength. I don't know for sure, but maybe that sword-shaped power is now embedded in your back,” obviously Sakti more difficulty resisting the resistance Eagle who does not want to hear the explanation. With one pinch at the base of the nose, then the Eagle fell unconscious and calm. I still fell silent digesting Sakti's explanation. That means ....

“True, Eagle is my descendant,” Sakti said.

“Su ... really?!” I just can't believe it. I'd rather believe that a stubborn and annoying person like the Eagle is a descendant of Sekti.

“Really, Shira! When the Eagle was caught in the monster's nest and committed suicide that day, I managed to save him probably because of the bloodline bond between us. My strength flowed smoothly within his body without any rejection. Surprisingly, his condition gradually improved when he was already so dying. Plus the Eagle miraculously understood the password I used in the ancient book, which only me and Sekti understood. That's not luck. It is clear that the Eagle is my descendant,” explained Sakti.

“Not a Sekti descendant?” I still argue ngeyel.

“Not, Sekti has exchanged the souls of his son and wife to get the help of demonic powers. While I have not waited for my wife to give birth to our first child before deciding to follow Sekti into this gray world, but I believe they are still alive and continue my lineage to the Eagle family, he said,” reply Sakti. Ah, surprising facts! So far, I just found out that the twins have a family? I thought they were still my age! Sakti just laughed at understanding something I was thinking.

“Wah, we do look young huh ‘kan? It seems like I am indeed a few years not far from you, but our family does require us to get married before twenty years,” Sakti replied. Also true. My grandmother even got married when she was fourteen.

“So ... from the signs earlier you are sure the turning point event will occur in the time of me and the Eagle?” my many.

“Not one hundred percent sure, I just hope. Who wouldn't expect those signs to show up to you? But my fear of the failure of the event also equally appeared,” answered Sakti.

“You mean?”

“My worries about the problems that arise in your hearts, which I myself cannot handle. I have to say this so you don't hate the Eagle. Whatever happens please forgive his attitude,” Sakti said.

“Eh? I should have said that, Sakti! He's even accusing you of something so absurd. I was so worried that you would be offended and really mad at him,” I replied.

“I'm angry? Maybe yes if I don't know what the real Eagle means, but obviously the Eagle forgets I can read minds.”

“Oh yes? What's the matter?”

“Come on, you must be surprised by such a change in attitude.”

“Iya, anyway! It was not like his usual self,” I answered at a glance looking at the Eagle who was still lying.

“Maybe you know better, there is a lot of pressure he is facing. The eagle is at its limit. At least he wanted this gray world problem to end according to his plan. It's kind of ridiculous that he decides to be rude and cold so you can believe that he's evil and worth sacrificing, but just so you know it's just his pretence to keep you alive and free from this world.”

I just lowered my head to hear Sakti's explanation. Had I also been able to read his mind, I would have been able to shake the Eagle early. Obviously he broke the deal, he said no matter what the end of the solution to get out of this world and make peace with me, but in reality he still secretly believed that the only way was to sacrifice him. This is more precisely said he was wanting to run away from something and indeed wanted to die to avoid it. The desperation Sakti was worried about was more serious than I thought.

“Stupid basis!” I said softly punching his cheek. Next time you want to play the show, dong!

.Seriate.