
The world seems to be slowing down. The fallen leaves floated in the air almost motionless. Even the stream crawled like a snail. Despite the strangeness, Princess Juwita continues to run to pursue her cousin who was kidnapped by Prince Awang and a strange man.
"Please, let me save him." In the heart the girl prayed.
The movements of the three people were faster than him. Their distance is always no less than 100 meters. They easily penetrate the dense forest and climb the steep slopes of the mountain. But even so, he could hardly be trusted how easy it was for him to follow in their footsteps.
Ever since the three people entered the cave up there, suddenly everything came back to how it was. The wind again blew across the mountain slope and pushed the clouds over the valley at normal speed.
By the time Princess Juwita arrived at the mouth of the cave panting heavily, it had been almost 30 minutes since the three people had entered. So it's been a while and he doesn't know what's going on in there.
He ventured into the dark cave. His sense of vision suddenly seemed to be dysfunctional. Various bad thoughts continued to loom over him as he walked while fumbling the cave walls, as if there were dozens of pairs of eyes constantly watching him.
The smell of incense began to smell. It was not a fragrant scent that calmed and increased the concentration of praying, but it was more like a scent that could affect the workings of the brain.
The groove of the cave felt turning. Then at the end there was a bright light. Faintly heard the sound of a spell that is so magical. The tone is low but the rhythm is fast and snapping.
"That must be them." Thought the girl.
Slowly, the light source came. Within less than a meter of the room, his body was sheltered in a shadow of darkness. Up ahead was a pair of men and women kneeling before a monstrous statue of a god.
"Pertiwi." Mumbled wailing.
It took a few seconds before the girl realized that the shaman who was dancing the jump-and-go was actually doing the wedding ceremony.
"No!"
Suddenly Princess Juwita came forward and hit Jadukari Daalal Nath who was concentrating on casting spells. The body of the shaman was stranded because he did not expect to get a sudden attack.
"Pertiwi, let's run!" Princess Juwita pulled her cousin's hand and asked her to run through the dark cave.
"What's going on?" Princess Pertiwi asked in a somewhat daze. He just followed where his body was taken.
"You almost got married to that mean guy." Princess Juwita's voice recalls in the darkness.
"You..Juwita?" Asked Princess Pertiwi while trying to see in the dark.
"Yes, cousin. Let's run fast, lest they catch us!" Shouted Princess Juwita with a loud breath.
Tap.tap..
The sound of their footsteps echoed on the cave walls. The cave exit was close, the distance was only a few steps away. They speed up the pace
Duk!
Suddenly their bodies hit the wall, when clearly in front of them there was nothing. Princess Juwita felt the air in front of her. There was a kind of wave that touched his palm.
"It must be a magical seal." Said the girl.
"Hahaha.how does it feel to be stuck in this place? " A voice echoed behind them.
"Jewith." Princess Pertiwi clasped her cousin's hand tightly with a trembling body.
"Don't be afraid." Whisper Princess Juwita.
Suddenly, a strong wind came from inside the cave. The two girls were pushed and pressed against the magical wall.
"Bat!" Princess Juwita suddenly felt her neck hurt as if she was being strangled. His two hands reflexively moved to his neck but found nothing causing him to choke.
"Juwita, what's wrong with you?" Asked Princess Pertiwi in a panic.
"Akk!"
Cheque on the neck of Princess Juwita now turned into a squeeze that was ready to crush his neck bone. His face stiffened and his breathing almost broke.
"Jewith! Juwita realize!" Princess Pertiwi screamed in fear at the condition of her cousin.
It was then that a powerful arm snatched away the body of Princess Pertiwi. The girl thrashed as she felt her body lift up and was brought back into the cave. Princess Pertiwi saw her cousin who was groaning in pain was getting away. Her tears flowed and her hands stretched out flailing the empty air.
Princess Juwita's eyes darkened and her consciousness seemed to fall to the bottom. In an unconscious state and not, he suddenly heard a whisper.
"Gaalon mein khilti kaliyon ka mausam, aakhon mein jaadu honthon mein pyar."
The whisper kept ringing in his ear and unconsciously his lips recited it in a simple hum.
His face that was as pale as cotton is now fed by pink light. His eyes were glittering like black pearls.
Slowly the strangulation around his neck loosened. Her hands that had been unable to touch anything could now feel a pair of skinny hands encircling her neck.
With all his might the hand was drawn. Suddenly Jadukari Daalal Nath who was still standing in front of the god statue, was dragged quickly and immediately appeared before him. The shaman's body staggered.
"Who are you?" Jadukari Daalal Nath could not hide his surprise. His eyes were now directly facing the shimmering black bead.
Glug.
Jakun who was protruding around his neck was twitching uneasily. He began to realize who the girl before him was. Inside the girl's body must have flowed the blood of the grand noble Dewanata. The blood of that god drop has now been activated.
*****
"The two of them just suddenly disappeared." Divya's grandmother wept bitterly in front of Eldrige and Bagas.
"Where did Prince Awang take them?" Ask Bagas.
"Prince Awang? But we didn't see anyone."
"He was helped by his shaman." Bagas said furiously.
"Shaman? Who?" Grandma Divya was getting curious.
"It seems I know who he is. That shaman who used to help King Bharata during his war against the Royal League." Eldrige opened his voice.
"You mean..Jadukari Daalal Nath?" Divya's grandmother stared in disbelief.
"really. Does anyone know where the hideout is?" Ask Eldrige.
"Where is Mount Kala?"
"That's right there!" Divya's grandmother pointed at a towering mountain alone.
"We have to go there now." Eldrige turned to Bagas.
"Good."
Eldrige and Bagas set off for Mount Kala. While Grandma Divya returned to the palace with the soldiers.
The journey to the shaman's hideout cave took more than an hour because it had to penetrate the forest. After all, the steep terrain really makes it difficult to climb. It is clear that a normal human would not live in such a place. That place is too hard to reach.
Gruduuk..
The ground suddenly shook. The stones roll down. The two men looked up. There was a dazzling radiating light accompanied by waves of energy hitting the surroundings. The bangs on Eldrige's forehead were fluttering in the wind generated by the impact of those energy waves.
"We must hurry to help them." Eldrige jumped up and tried to lung at the impulse of the energy wave while setting his foot on the boulders sticking out on the slope.
With his sword, Eldrige tried to break apart the rush of energy waves so that he could pierce through them. Now that he had reached the front door of the cave, the energy wave felt even stronger.
"Jewith?" Eldrige gasped as soon as he saw Princess Juwita standing behind him in the middle of the cave mouth. The girl's hair was fluttering, as was her dress. The cloth covering his head was stretched out in the air like a flag.
Holding back the rush of energy waves slapping his face using his palm, Eldrige walked over. He could finally see clearly what was really going on.
There, the evil shaman was glaring with his tongue stretched out as if his neck was suffocating. His thin body lifted up and floated in the air. While in front of him, Princess Juwita looked at the shaman with a pair of dark black eyes. The radiant energy Eldrige felt turned out to be from the girl.
"Stop Juwita!" Shouted Eldrige as soon as he saw the body of the shaman getting wrinkled.
The girl turned her head with dark and cold eyes. As a result, Jadukari Daalal Nath's body crashed down hard to cause a scary 'crack' sound.
"Who are you? What did you do to Juwita?" Eldrige felt that there was a magical figure controlling the girl's body.
Princess Juwita did not reply, she simply gave a foreign look at Eldrige. It was as if the girl had never known Eldrige before.
"Jewith?" Eldrige tried to summon the girl's consciousness.
But the girl did not react at all. He turned around and walked into the cave passage. Princess Juwita's body emitted a soft pink glow. The rough, damp walls of the cave are visible every time the girl crosses it.
Eldrige followed Princess Juwita, she wanted to know what she was going to do. The girl walked without hesitation and also did not seem to be bothered in the slightest by the presence of Eldrige.
Upon arriving at the room where a statue of a god stood towering, the girl stopped. There was already Princess Pertiwi who collapsed on the floor.
"You seem to be alive?" Prince Awang who was standing in the corner of the room stared at the arrival of the girl.
But Princess Juwita as if she did not hear or realize the existence of Prince Awang in the room, she just silently looked at the statue of the god Murr.
"You may ignore me, but just so you know that I'm not a patient person." Continue the man.
Prince Awang stepped up in an arrogant manner. He felt annoyed that the girl from the beginning was as if becoming his stumbling block. He then stuck out his hand with the intention to grip Princess Juwita's shoulder.
Eldrige who was standing in the dark passage immediately stepped forward. But before he arrived, suddenly the body of Prince Awang slammed.
Eldrige's steps stopped. He was stunned by what had just happened. His mind wondered, what kind of power now rested on Princess Juwita's body.
"You.have the devil!" Prince Awang said while groaning in pain.
"Aren't you willing to worship the devil?" The girl laughed.
At that time Prince Awang dared to swear that the girl's face was no longer human and it made her heart shrink. But he would not have reached his present position if he had always shown his fear. This time he won't do it either.
"If you already know about it then obey me. I'll be kind enough to lift your death sentence. But of course there are conditions.." The man smiled cunningly.
"I'll give you the honor of being my wife. Of course you'll be the main one. That way you two can be devoted to me together." Prince Awang imagined how great it would be if he could also marry a princess from the Elfian kingdom.
Eldrige clenched his hands furiously when he heard the increasingly insolent prankings of Prince Awang. But a different reaction was shown by Princess Juwita, the girl even showed a big smile.
"Can you handle both of us?" Princess Juwita walked over.
"of course. I'll be fair." Prince Awang smiled and forgot his fear. Slowly he got up while patting his clothes that were exposed to dust.
"Avil?" Princess Juwita chuckled again.
For a moment Prince Awang felt Princess Juwita mocking him. Just this time he came face to face with Princess Juwita and it turned out that she was not what she had expected. The girl is not simple at all.
"I'll make you.."
"Stop talking nonsense. All your fantasies are ridiculous."
"Bad. Apparently you can't appreciate my good intentions. All right, looks like I'll have to resort to violence!" Prince Awang suddenly lunged towards Princess Juwita.
Shuuts.
It was easy for the girl to dodge so Prince Awang just grabbed the air. That certainly makes him upset not to play. He turned around and again attacked Princess Juwita.
But again the girl managed to convict. His body was extremely flexible as if he had been practicing martial arts for many years. And before Prince Awang again launched his attack, suddenly the palm of the girl floated to his face.
Plaque! Plaque!
Two slaps landed on both cheeks of Prince Awang. Although the slap looks powerless, but in fact the two cheeks of Prince Awang now look bluish red.
"Bad! " cries.
Prince Awang jumped while pulling out his sword. The insulting treatment of a woman he certainly cannot accept.
Trang!
Suddenly a streak of light flashed followed by the sound of metal clanking. The sword of Prince Awang has now been held up by a sword that has an intricate carving.
"You're always meddling in people's affairs." Prince Awang said.
"When it comes to him it means my business." Answer Eldrige.