Mr. Matrix

Old Castle in the Middle of the Forest.

Alex, the heart-eyed Monk, Su Lung's grandfather, the Ocean God, and the Death Bell God were sitting on the front porch of the old couple's house.

After a while, out of the kitchen, Dewi Amarila and Queen Pramestiya brought a hot teapot towards them.

Behind him was a powerful hermit walking with a basket filled with boiled cassava that was still puffing its smoke.

They sat on the front porch talking while enjoying boiled cassava.

This old grandfather introduced his name as So Lai's grandfather, and Mo Li's grandmother, they were already eighties and older.

They were ordinary farmers who did not know any cultivation, their two children had married and moved to the city of Mu Long working in that city, only occasionally going home to see the two of them in that village.

"Oh yes kek, since entering this village, kok seems like there is something strange with this village, why there is no one, only grandparents we see" ask the magic ascetic to So Lai's grandfather.

Before answering the question from the powerful Hermit, Kakek So Lai pensive for a moment, and his facial water seemed to change.

"Initially in this village quite a lot of children who play around the village during the day, but now it is no longer,there are even some families who have decided to leave this village for another place!" replied So Lai masgul's grandfather.

"Is there a problem with this village so that its inhabitants are on their way out of this village kek ?" ask Alex wonder.

Before answering a question from Alex, So Lai's grandfather first looked around, as if he was afraid that someone would eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Eh, a' anu nak, it's been some full moon, our village is no longer safe, almost every full moon, there are children who are lost somewhere!" said So Lai's grandfather glumly.

"Lost ?, where did the cake go?, did the stray disappear in the forest, or what kind of cake ?"ask the Sakti ascetic.

Long enough, So Lai's grandfather was silent, staring at the blue forest in the distance.

"Everything started a few full moons ago, when four young people entered the forest in the west of the village to hunt, there was actually a sacred forest that could not be entered by just anyone,but unbeknownst to the village elder, the four young men entered the forest to hunt, and they said they found an ancient castle in the middle of the forest, driven by their curiosity,finally the four young men entered the old castle in the middle of the forest west of the village, inside the castle they found a golden urn that was placed in a room of the castle, by the four young men of the village, they opened the lid of the urn out of curiosity about the contents of the small urn made of gold, but it turned out that the small urn was empty,finally they brought home the urn was this village, after which disaster struck this village, and even though the small urn had been returned to its exact origin,but the prodigal son still happens every full moon!"said So Lai's grandfather ended his description.

Alex pensively trying to digest all the stories from So Lai's grandfather earlier.

"Has anyone ever seen, who's the kidnapper of all the children the cake ?"ask Alex .

"Nobody has ever seen who or what animal has kidnapped this village's child, even when the child disappeared, almost without any sound !"replied So Lai's grandfather.

"Hm, it looks like the disappearance of these village children, it has something to do with the golden urn they found, we have to investigate into the old castle !"said Alex .

"Yes, my brother, the love of the villagers is always frightened" said Dewi Amarila chimed in Alex's words.

"It's better that tomorrow, son, it's very dangerous that night there, it's at this grandfather's place, although not how big, but it's enough to withstand the night wind "grandpa So Lai offers a place to stay overnight.

Of course Alex is willing to spend the night at that place, besides they really intend to find a place to spend the night too.

That night though the others were sleeping, the Ocean God and the Death Bell God came out to patrol around the village, hoping to meet the kid's kidnapper.

But until the cock in the morning, there is no incident whatsoever they experienced.

In the morning, after finishing breakfast, they prepared to go investigate the old castle in the middle of the forest.

Before leaving, Alex gave a bag of gold coins to the kind old married couple.

At first the old grandfather and grandmother refused to give Alex, but after Alex forced, they both finally wanted to too.

The journey from the small village to the forest is not too long, because the distance between the village and the forest is only blocked by a few pieces of community gardens.

Tree trees in the forest is not too tight, making it easier to ride even though they can not run fast.

After a journey of almost a quarter of a day on horseback, they finally arrived at the edge of a large lake with a waterfall visible in the distance.

The strange thing about this lake is the water that reflects white smoke and heat, like boiling water.

To the North about five hundred steps from the lake, there appears to be a three-storied old castle.

It seems that this castle has been abandoned for a very long time, because in the entire walls of the castle fortress is already full of bushes and vines, even crossing the walls and creeping in the courtyard around the castle.

The gate of the castle is seen already collapsed in the ground and in the courtyard in the castle environment, seen in the growth of wood trees that are large enough.

"Maybe in ancient times, here was a king's city" Alex said, telling the god Pegasus to wait for him with another horse that had been moored in a tree.

They began to move into the towering castle walls and had been mostly covered by a creeping bush.

Just as they were closing in on the old castle, Alex suddenly felt a chill run down his face.

"Hm, there is a welcome from the inhabitants of this castle apparently, they don't want us to come to this place of theirs" Alex said as he closed his eyes and applied his God-eye vision.

Now Alex's eyes turned milky white with the surrounding yellow gold.

When Alex opened his eyes again, now he could see the fine creatures that inhabited this castle.

With steady steps, Alex precedes the entrance into the old castle.

While in the front room of the castle, back Alex felt a chill on his face.

In between the cold, Alex also smelled something very foul.

"Uh, the smell is for mercy, my stomach is nauseous !"said Dewi Suhitra began to feel nausea.

"You come out of this place, Goddess Amarila, take all your sister's sisters out, the holy hermit, the Monk of the heart, the grandfathers Su Lung and Yun Yun accompany you, my brother,I'm with the Ocean God and the Death Bell God will investigate this place" Alex told all his wives to wait outside with a few bodyguards,alex and his two guards will enter the old castle.

Although inwardly reluctant to leave the husband there, but after seeing Dewi Suhitra, finally Dewi Amarila was willing to also invite her younger sister to get out of the castle.

Goddess Amarila invited all her younger sisters to wait outside the castle castle castle walls near their horse moored.

Meanwhile Alex and the Ocean God and the Death Bell God moved into the castle room.

Although it was a bit dark, but for the three God-men, it was not a problem, because with the eyes of the three of them, they could see in the darkest night.

"We're looking first where the source of this stench is, you know !" take Alex to the Ocean God and the Death Bell God.

"My master!, such a foul stench was coming from inside this room, sir !"said the God of Death Bells while thrusting his nose into the air.

Alex and the God of the Ocean came to his approach, Sabil also sniffed his nose into the air.

"Yes, yes you're right, this stench seems to come from inside this room, but we're open" Alex said as he tried to open the door.

They opened the door slowly, and how astonished they were to see the situation in the room.

A pile of human bones was scattered in the room, some still with a little flesh left attached to the bone, while others, too, the flesh that was still attached to the bones was already rotten.

"Seeing from his skull, this belonged to the son of the master's son, his skull was small!" the God of Samudra.

Alex also observed the bones, it's not wrong anymore, this is the skull of a child.

"Maybe this is the skull of a child who was kidnapped from the small village ?"ask Alex .

"It is likely yes sir, then what kind of creature has preyed on children like this ?" muttered the God of Death Bell.

"A long time ago there was a creature of darkness called Katsura sir, this creature added to its power by preying on children, and it is said that a God locked it, has it come out of its confinement huh ?" now the God of the Ocean explained to Alex.

"Ho ho, I remember now, if that thing was what you meant by Bai An, I remember, he was like a lion, like a lion,but he was times larger and hairless but had pangolin-like scales made of hard iron, had strong and sharp claws as well as a pair of extremely strong long fangs" the Death Bell God explained.

"If he's the culprit, let's quickly find that demon Katsura !" said Alex.

"But sir, when you meet that demon, hope my master is careful, because the demon is besides evil and very strong, he is also very cunning sir!"said the Ocean God warned Alex .

They immediately moved in search of Katsura's demonic presence throughout the castle room.

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