KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

Trouble

Gentayu made calculations of the distance of time and length of the gap between one burst with another burst of fire. After being sure the count was correct and accurate, Gentayu immediately prepared to enter the cave.

He only intended to enter to check what phenomenon caused the appearance of the strange sound. Not more. Then he'll be out soon.

‘Look at the beauty of this place, it seems that even if I have to end up being part of the valley and can not come out again is also not something bad’ Gentayu made his determination.

1, 2, 3.. The wuzz..!

Gentayu immediately jumped into the cave on the third burst of fire from his calculations. According to him, this lull in fire should have been the longest. About eighty breaths.

After being in the cave, the heat was so stinging. But luckily, Gentayu with the fire element inside him became very tolerant of the heat.

Moving fast, it turns out Gentayu found a branch not far from the mouth of the cave. No longer waiting he immediately chose to go into the branching cave that felt colder than the others.

Shortly after he entered into the colder branch of the cave, the door of the mouth of the cave which he felt was hotter spouted the fire back out.

‘Thank God, my guess is right! Now, let's see what's inside this cave..’ Gentayu seemed to have a dialogue with himself.

Goa is completely formed from hard black rock. But getting inside, the rock became increasingly slippery because of moss that thrives.

Inside there, mysterious sounds like howls, roars or growls were coming from. Surprisingly, the voice always came out along with a burst of fire from the other side of the cave.

Gentayu increased his alertness. Being in a cave that no human has ever touched like this, clearly must be prepared to face unexpected danger.

Goa trembled softly every time the sound was heard.

Until after a careful walk and a fast heartbeat due to tension, Gentayu finally found the source of the sound.

Gentayu barely believed his vision.

In front of him, an old man with a leather body wrapped in bones seemed to be tied up in a position hanging on a giant altar. The old man was hung with both hands outstretched, each tied to an altar pole. Behind his body bound, there appears a statue of a sinister figure with a protruding tongue and bulging eyes with a sangar face.

Gentayu was still hiding behind a large piece of rock, observing and studying the situation further. As it turned out, the strange sound came from the five fire chimneys above the cave ceiling and spewed flames periodically towards the old man. As the flames gushed out, the old man always screamed and howled in agony.

Gentayu narrowed his eyes convincing himself that what he saw was really a living being. How could humans possibly survive in a continuous burst of fire without burning? Then why is he screaming?

Not wanting to think any further, Gentayu jumped out of his hiding place. He quickly shook off his pitch to break the rope that bound the skinny old man.

‘bres’

‘bres’

The rope that originally tied the old man broke, making the skinny old man almost fall from a height if Gentayu did not rush to catch. But beyond Gentayu's expectations, the situation was not simple.

Gentayu was about to pull the old man away from that place, but it was precisely him who was now being pulled and..

‘BRAK!’

Gentayu is taken out by breaking into the ceiling of the cave which is actually buried in the depths of the valley. Dindning the rocks on the ceiling it immediately collapsed to the bottom of the cave when Gentayu and the skinny old man had reached the front of the cave mouth, landing perfectly.

The tongue of the fire was still seen coming out for a while from the mouth of the cave, before it was extinguished. Somehow it happened, maybe only the old man could explain.

Gentayu held onto his limp knees.

He realized he had made a mistake, maybe had offended a person who should not be disturbed. It was clear that this skinny old man did not need his help just to take off the rope that bound him, if he was able to destroy the mighty cave. However, everything for Gentayu was too late. He must face the consequences.

“Why are you harassing my hermitage?”

True allegations Gentayu. Now the old man looked at him with eyes like he was about to swallow him round and round.

“I'm sorry, hermit master! I really don't, don't know if you're imprisoned. I thought, sir is being subjected to torture or something.” Gentayu said the truth while trying to suppress the trepidation in his heart. Trying to be calm facing the old man with a radiance of strength that made his breath tight as if he was hit by a very heavy burden.

“I must punish you for your indecency in thwarting my efforts! Now accept this.” The man thrust a tread attack into Gentayu's chest.

Gentayu who is usually agile and reflexive, when dealing with the old man becomes very slow to respond. It was not him who was slow, but the old man's speed made it seem as if Gentayu's movements to dodge became as slow as a snail.

The blow was so loud, that Gentayu was thrown hundreds of meters into the middle of the valley. Moisturized among beautiful colorful flower plants.

Despite feeling tremendous pain and pain in his chest, Gentayu still tried to get up. Forcing him to rise made him spit out fresh Blood from his mouth, signaling the wound was quite severe.

‘Ugh..! Like this it feels like being hit by a swordsman above the level of an earth warrior.’ Gentayu remembered very well, the Demon Coral punch that left him severely injured and fainted a few months ago was not this strong. At least, now that he was much stronger than the Devil Coral, in fact this skinny old man made him like an ordinary man who was beaten by a powerful swordsman.

Gentayu had not yet risen to perfection, like a demon appearing all of a sudden, the skinny old man had been before him. This time, Gentayu intended to create an energy shield to simply dampen the attack power that he would definitely receive soon.

But again, his movements lost quickly too far from the skinny old man.

His body was thrown back after a single blow to the left footprint of the skinny old man back to hit his chest. This time, even he was thrown further away than before.

It would have been close to hitting a three-horned rhino if only the skinny old man had not kicked the horde of rhinos and threw them in all directions like a puppet thrown by a child.

“Surge! Don't interrupt my party!” The old man snorted in annoyance at the rhinos who were seen still hovering in the air hit by his punch before falling to the ground.

“You think you're great? Wanna be a hero? Look at your abilities! Weak!” The last sentence of the man, along with his kick that threw Gentayu high into the sky.