KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

The Pelita that lights up

Gentayu immediately jumped towards the top of the tallest tree nearby to see the situation around him. He thought, even though the creature that had just caught it had a transparent body that was difficult to distinguish from the surrounding environment, but the body of the great creature will certainly make the trees and bushes that pass by it move and spread.it will not be difficult to see from its current height.

"Where is that creature? how could he just disappear?" Gentayu muttered in confusion to find that the huge creature could simply disappear without a trace.

"Ah, I don't think he went far. Perhaps around here there is a cave or something that becomes the nest so you can not possibly scramble it in this way.." Ryu's voice resuscitated the deadlock in Gentayu's mind.

"Ah, why don't you think of me?" Gentayu immediately jumped down to realize Ryu's remark was likely to have a point.

"Halaah, you're a slow-motion base!" Ryu taunts Gentayu but does not respond. It seemed that the young man confirmed that he was a bit late to realize many things, at least losing quickly from the spirit-shaped creature.

Gentayu walked quickly using his lightening ability to immediately find clues about a place or something that might be used as a hideout of the creature. He wanted to find the creature as soon as possible because he feared for the safety of healer Mo at the creature's hands. But until a while later, none of the clues were found.

"What do you think, someone's missing?" Gentayu stopped his speedy pace which was almost like the fastest runner and asked the opinion of his colleague, Ryu.

"I was astonished too. How did the creature disappear so quickly?" Not the answer and enlightenment Gentayu got from Ryu, but just the same confusion as him.

'There is no other way..' Gentayu sat down, then immediately sat cross-legged on one of the trees nearby.

The young man immediately meditated to calm his mind. Hoping with a calmer mind, an idea will arise. It turns out that right, shortly after puli meditasnya, Gentayu get an idea to be able to find the creature.

"This creature may not be able to trace its physical existence in the usual way. But his energy footprint, it can definitely be traced. Doesn't every living thing have its own energy and use it to live including moving?" Gentayu said to his best friend after opening his eyes finishing his meditation.

"Send me..!" Ryu then replied with excitement. Right, as a spirit beast, he should have a high sensitivity to energy and the change of that energy form. It can even sense the flow of energy, because the Spirit itself is essentially a part of the universe energy that has its own consciousness.

"To there!" Ryu exclaimed to give a hint to Gentayu, while Gentayu who was given a hint was confused. "Ah. I forgot. You can't see the direction I'm showing you because I can't see either.hahaha...." The spirit creature laughed out loud realizing its absurdity.

"To the east. Towards the large tree that looked red-leafed" Finally the woodwork moved towards the direction that Ryu pointed at.

In fact, for any swordsman above the level of an expert swordsman, it would not be difficult to do as Ryu did, which was to track the energy trail. But from the side of accuracy and sharpness, of course the spirit creature will not be able to be pierced by ordinary humans.

The energy trail tracked by Ryu stopped just below the red-leafed tree which turned out to be a kind of giant flamboyant tree. Gentayu again circulated his gaze sweeping every inch of the area around the tree. But again, nil. There's nothing.

His gaze was suddenly fixed on a unique shaped stone poking out among the thickets of the place. After careful examination, it turns out that the stone is a stone bearing the marker of a tomb. But whether whose tomb is not known, because there is only the stone and the former mound of earth that is held a small rock arrangement around it. The exact shape of the writing on the stone was not clearly legible because it has been weathering by moss and weather.only a line of sentences that can still be read quite clearly:

"Eyes see when the lamp is lit"

A line of words that is not even known for their meaning.

Could it be that these are just verses in memory of the inhabitants of this tomb?

How did that strange giant creature disappear without a trace as if smoke were simply vaporizing in this place?

"Eyes see, Pelita Light up. Because the lamp is lit, the eyes can see. The lamp got rid of the darkness. A lamp is needed in the dark..." Gentayu continued to try to break the meaning of the sentence written on the tombstone.

Obviously the remaining writing is made with a deeper scratch than the other three lines. This book is different from the other three lines. As if it had the intention to read.

"The lamp is light. Produced by fire..."

Suddenly, Gentau was like getting another enlightenment. Immediately he knelt down and paid his respects to the tomb dwellers. Then, his palm was pointed towards the inscribed stone with his thumb, ring and pinky fingers bent so that only two fingers remained pointing towards the tomb stone, from both fingers appeared a small fire and slid towards the tomb stone.

'BLAPP!'

The fire burned and burned one part of the stone. Only a small part in the middle, while the other part does not burn. The fire then spread to the bottom, and continued to spread until it touched the ground. It did not stop there, even the fire continued to spread to the middle of the tomb like following a certain groove and stopped spreading right at the midpoint of the tomb.

The fire engorged itself in the center of the tomb. Gentayu was quite surprised. It was as if there was a huge fuel source in the middle of the tomb. After the fire grew and reached as high as an adult, suddenly a small pillar of light was emitted from inside the tomb into the sky. The bluish-red pillar of light flashed for a moment before the human figure materialized from void space, then the pillar of light dimmed and extinguished.

The figure that appeared was the figure of a white-robed old man with already whitened hair and beard. The man looked at Gentayu gently.

"Young People.. I'm sorry my pet bullied you..." Along with the old man's words, the figure of the transparent creature that caught him moments ago appeared and released physician Mo on the other side of the tomb.

Gentayu glanced briefly at physician Mo making sure the old healer was still alive, yet he did not dare to divert his attention from the mysterious white-robed old man.

"I am Samhuri. People recognize me as the Swordsman of the Verse of Death. I've been waiting for my successor for over 300 years to bring down my knowledge. I can't believe today has finally come..." The mysterious old man explained.

"No, sorry sir.. Me. i'm.. " Gentayu intended to refuse to be this man's disciple. Of course the reason was that the Death Verse Science belonged to the black magic group in his eyes.

"Do you want to test me, young man? No human can live after seeing me since my death and my waiting time here! Are you refusing to be my student just because you feel like a white man?" The man's voice boomed. There was an angry tone in his voice even though it was formless.

The air around him suddenly felt very heavy. Gentayu difficulty breathing. His body is not capable of being controlled. He fell down, then fell to his knees. His chest became tight. He glanced at the physician Mo who was lying not far from him. The condition of the doctor seemed to be getting worse.

"Your choice is two, young man! First, either my knowledge or the man will die! " Samhuri said by pointing at physician Mo. "Second choice, either accept my knowledge or you both die!... HAHAHAHAHA....!" A laugh shuts down the men's threat.

Two options that both are clearly not an option for Gentayu.

Still in a kneeling position, a beam of greenish light shot out from Samhuri's mouth that opened and formed the letter 'O' towards Gentayu's mouth that opened because he was trying to take a breath. Her suffocating neck made her open her mouth. That was when the light just entered his mouth. Hot air immediately filled his mouth and throat before he collapsed rolling on the ground. His power is useless. In fact, Ryu was affected by the presence of the white-robed man. His voice was moaning in pain..