Last Land

The stone star Madail

It has been 2 years that I abandoned my dream of becoming a national historian even though I tried it for a year at the age of 15. I left because the pay was too small, so small compared to my current job. Now people call me Zanial the digger, they call me the digger because now I am a treasure hunter and a high value ancient relic. All the findings I've ever gotten are sold directly on the black market. It's easier to sell it on the black market than it is to sell it to the government, it takes a very complicated bureaucracy and it's less than black market sales. With that less pay I was just promised my name would be in history by the government as a national hero, an award is a very useless thing for me, the most useful thing in this world is money.

" The dug dug dug. "

Someone banged on my door. Then I opened the door.

Guest: "Good night, you're Zanial? Introduce my name, Fernelix. I want to talk to you. "

He looked like a middle-aged man, right standing in front of the door while holding a plush, gold-plated staff. I was a little surprised because behind that man many followed him like bodyguards. Are they gangsters?

Zanial: "If you want to talk directly here, I'm busy. "

I didn't let them through the entrance of my house. Suddenly he looked at me sharply with a smile, honestly it was quite scary but I tried to look not intimidated. He finally spoke.

Fernelix: "You look younger than I imagined. Rumor has it that at your very young age you are one of the best national researchers in the country, especially in the field of human history. I want to talk history with you about Madail and Hadawi. "

Zanial: "I've talked about it enough, so sorry I'm not interested, good night. "

Then I shut the door immediately. But suddenly she held my door using her shoes. Then he said something.

Fernelix: " Hey young man, it's impolite to close the door in front of the parents. I just wanted to say I could find out where Madail's star was buried. "

I was surprised to hear that, I wonder how gangsters like them can find out something that not everyone knows, even researchers no one knows that the star stone really exists, he said, it has been considered a myth all along. Except for me, only I know because I once found an ancient slate I got while hunting in the ruins of Hadawi palace 1 year ago, and I still keep it until now and I have no intention to sell it because the Madail star stone I still have not found. Is it possible that they have another piece of wood? Then I rushed back to open the door.

Zanial: "Oh yeah? I don't think it's possible, all researchers still believe the star stone is just a myth, we can't get a single clue about the certainty of the stone's existence. "

Then suddenly he took the gloves from behind his black suit and rushed to use them, after which he opened the suitcase that his bodyguard carried and took something very carefully and showed it to me. I could not believe it was indeed the missing piece of one of the divided wooden slats.

Fernelix: "I don't care if the researchers consider it a myth. Do you consider this a myth? "

Then Fernelix looked back at me with a smile. Then he said something.

Fernelix: "If you want to speak directly here, I'm busy. "

I just smiled and was silent.

Zanial: "Well, what do you want parents? "

Fernelix: "Come to this address, don't forget to bring your wooden slats. "

Then he gave her a business card and rushed off with her group. But I was surprised, how did he know that I had a piece of wood, it was suspicious.

The sound of a car lit up, the car of the gangster troupe. I immediately rushed to turn on the straw car so as not to be suspicious, I intended to follow her exactly where they came from. Finally their car was on the road, and I followed it.

I've followed him to the village border, and headed downtown. I mingled and kept some cars at a distance so that my reconnaissance would not be discovered. From the city center, they took the inter-city highway, perhaps this would be a long journey.

But apparently not, just a few kilos from the road between cities they went into an old warehouse that was not operational. I stopped the car about 200 meters from the place and started to find out what was inside the warehouse. Finally I found a nice dark corner of a window to peek at maybe even hear their conversation a little.

They gathered as if waiting for something, and a beautiful woman in a black dress appeared about 30 years, walking with two strange people. Then I heard Fernelix saying it out loud. "Greetings Chairman Gadias, may queen Balsas bless us all. "

So he's named Gadias? Then they called out to the queen Balsas, who was the queen of Balsas? Why they call Balsas a god. I have no intention of hearing that name in any human history or mythology.

After that they faced each other and talked quietly, I could barely hear what they were saying, only sounding vaguely like talking about preparation. What are they really preparing for?

I could only watch from afar, what a strange atmosphere, like something was wrong, especially the two female bodyguards named Gadias, they both wore long robes and plain white masks with black glass on the eyes. After 15 minutes of talking, the gangster left. But the Gadias chief was still standing while waiting for them to close the door.

When the door closed, he suddenly smiled. And how surprised I was that he smiled as he turned his face towards me as if he knew I was hiding in this dark corner. At once I squatted in hiding, my heart pounding, I didn't know what they could do to me, but I tried to brave myself to peek again. And the three of them were gone, did they disappear? Where they go, fast. I did not hear the slightest sound of footsteps, and there was no sound of doors opening or closing. Am I just imagining?