Short Story (Cerpen)

A Creature A Village

Category: Fiction Fantasy Short stories

Title: A Creature A Village

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One day Law (the main character) gets news from the village head Viva about a mysterious creature that inhabits the lake in the village, the creature always takes a toll every night, every night, moreover around 10 – 1 am. The incident began when there was a small child playing around the edge of the lake at 10 pm, when he was looking for his toys that fell around the lake, then from a distance he saw a bright yellow light, quite interesting, he approached him and after that there was no news about him, this incident was very surprising to the villagers, there has been no negative incident about the lake, indeed the lake is a place where villagers can relax, wash fishing and others.

About how the existence of the creature is indeed no one knows for sure, but the previous village leaders have mentioned, that there is a monster in the lake, but not disturbing, but now the story is almost certain about the existence of the mysterious creature, previously no one heeded it. The shamans in the village had been called in to detect the creature, but after gazing into the lake, the shaman suddenly had a high fever, and finally died 2 days after that. And it's as if it's bad luck to the village, every night someone dies, everyone is scared, and the village head (Dwig) immediately wrote a letter of application and also went directly to the kingdom of Law. Arriving there, he immediately met Law's residence and explained all the events that happened to his village, Law looks very sympathetic, he was willing to help to kill the 'monster. Law also entertained Dwig with delicious food accompanied by soft music that seemed grand, they chatted casually, seen the familiarity between the two people, and the, then after a few hours of talking, Dwig was ready to go back to his village, Law immediately drove Dwig to the main gate of his kingdom, where members of Dwig had been waiting by riding a graceful white horse, and Dwig was saying goodbye and went home that afternoon.

Later that night, Law gathers all the troops in his kingdom in the main square. Seen how many troops consisting of humans, animals and half-human creatures, Law then explained the incident that befell the village of Viva in front of his entire army, and Law insists that whoever is called to escort and help Law is the best person and they must be prepared for the risks. After much thought and consideration, Law calls Magoichi to the fore, Magoichi is a firearm expert, and masteres a very admirable shooting skill, Magoichi was also Law's loyal assistant, with whom Law's mission was to accompany Law, Magoichi has won numerous medals and awards in the Law Kingdom, and other kingdoms, and after arriving at the front, Magoichi saluted Law and stood beside Law. Law then called Guan Yu, well, this is not to be asked again, a General with fighting skills equivalent to a god, nicknamed the god of war, respected friend and foe, Guan Yu walked forward gallantly, Guan Yu said, all the people who were there bowed their bodies to pay respect, even Law also saluted him. Afterwards Law appoints Bryan, a cyborg, bulletproof body, able to detect the invisible, master shooting skills that could easily destroy a steel tank with just a few shots. Then Law pointed to Leo, the Lion who stood upright, who could not be attacked by sharp weapons or firearms, with a height of 2.50 meters, prominent muscles, able to speak, and, once hit by a blow Leo is equivalent to being hit by a car at a speed of 80km/h. Law pointed to Musashi, a great samurai who had never been defeated, who had evasive and attacking speed that could not be seen. And the last Law appoints King, he's a tiger-masked wrestler, with a samurai on his hip, he bears the title of the no.2 strongest man in the kingdom and is the king of Law in his previous life, his strength was extremely calculated, even Law had only once won a fight against him. And after all the chosen people have been called forward, Law calls Draco, the dragon of Law's private vehicle, which can change in size between 15 meters to '0.05 meters, having a control room in his body but still having consciousness, which goes into his body can be reduced as needed. And draco, Law, and all the troops came to the whole kingdom and Law asked to keep the kingdom together while Law was gone, and that very night they set out to use the dragon.

That night, under the soft shining moonlight, they flew over the dark forests, the day drizzled a little, the trip to the village took 2 days. Inside the dragon they are seen relaxing enjoying music and eating while enjoying the mists of the sound of the rain that makes the body relax, Law and Guan Yu sit at the top of the dragon, at the steering wheel, and at the top of the dragon, the others sit down.

Two days had passed, that afternoon they arrived at the village of Viva, and Law landed Draco in front of the entrance of the village, immediately all the villagers were shocked and frightened, understandably, and, they had never seen a flying beast like a dragon let alone they were being overwritten by worry because of the lake creature, and after Law set foot in the village then they knew that there were humans who controlled the creature, Dwig (the village head) came out, because he saw the inhabitants crowded in front of the main entrance of the village, Dwig (the village head) came out, and just immediately after seeing Law he gestured to the entire population to give a salute to Law members. Because it was still afternoon, Dwig and the other residents entertained Law in the main Hall of Viva village, they met each other and talked casually, and they met each other, Dwig also told that the lake is about 8 km to the back of this village. The lake is located in the wilderness of the village, the villagers used to enter the forest just looking for firewood or picking fruit, did not feel 4 hours had passed, the Village Hall clock shows at 9:25 p.m. And with a horse, Dwig led Law in Draco to the lake, the whole village went with torches and various sharp weapons, Law followed behind the people. And after almost half an hour until they arrived at the lake, they stopped at the guard post which was 100 meters from the edge of the lake. Law and the others then descend and explain to Dwig to keep a distance of 1km from the lake, Dwig and the other villagers left the lake and stopped about 1km from the lake. Law entered Draco and then reduced to a size of 0.05 meters, this is so that they can infiltrate the lake and also so as not to cause suspicious movements that might provoke the anger of the creature.

Suddenly from a distance of about 20 meters, the bottom of the control detected a suspicious movement that was getting closer and closer, Guan Yu also heard a strange snoring sound that was unmistakably the snoring of the creature, and after the wave of its movement grew bigger, Law prepared to dodge the collision, but suddenly, just, the dragon that Law rode was hit and crashed deeper into the lake, but they managed to put a sign to the monster and finally the monster can be detected by radar. Indeed, it looks like the monster is dark black, although it is sure where the monster is, Law did not see anything in the lake, and Law also directed the wheel to approach the monster, and Law also directed the wheel to approach the monster, but suddenly the monster seemed to want to return to where he was staying before eating the cow tumbal earlier, from the opposite direction Law immediately accelerate Draco to avoid collision, to avoid collision, given the size of the shrunken dragon it was difficult to avoid that huge lake monster. Still difficult, despite the sign, the monster remains unclear shape, and something strange happened, the monster disappeared suddenly in the radar, the monster was not clear, Law then ordered all troops to install extra safety on their benches, so as not to crash and cause damage in the control room. Suddenly Law saw a pair of yellow rays that were quite blinding and. they were thrown into the lake, which was like the head of the monster, because Draco said there was a pair of horns that hit earlier, and, just shake off the whole army of shock, horns? is this monster some kind of bull or sheep? But why is it so big?

The clock at the wheel shows at 11:10 pm, it occurred to Law to wait until morning so that it was clear what was in the lake, Dwig contacted Law to ask how, how, but Law explained there was no change but the monster had a horn on his head, Dwig asked to disconnect so that Law did not care about the next movement. Leo also spoke through the microphone in his room to try a lure in the form of a fireball that can be released from Draco's mouth, how amazing the idea, why not just now? in order not to eat live tumbals, Leo also explained that Draco was enlarged to a size of 5 meters, so that the monster knew there was something entering the lake, which is not the case, Leo also explains that to make various sounds that can disturb the monster, Law is very amazed by the idea, because Law feels that even though the monster knows that there are other creatures in the lake, Law is very amazed by the idea, he probably won't be able to attack her because like us, the lake can't show anything but darkness, so Leo refutes, and says 'Try sir remember first, please, wasn't there a pair of yellow rays? I think it was the eyes of the monster, the monster seems to already have the ability to see in the lake, ' he said, Law finally realized and thought that Leo was right, and Law also thought Leo did not want to spend time and immediately launched an attack to lure out the monster, because, want to wait long even the monster was still moving unexpectedly, he said, and then Law warned once again to put up safety, the situation now turned tense. Draco became as large as 5 meters, and firing a fireball along with a strong snoring sound, the fireball was shot blindly in all directions, and the fireball was fired, suddenly all the troops heard a powerful screeching sound resulting in a huge wave in the lake, Draco oscillated. The entire army in his room each felt a very rapid movement towards the dragon they were riding, and Leo felt it was time to wag Draco's tail, then he controlled Draco's tail to wag and rightly so, the flutter hit something like a horn followed by a loud screech, but the monster did not crash, then Law looked again at the pair of yellow rays, and suddenly Draco said someone bit him, and right, Law could not drive Draco, the real fight had opened.

King gives the poison button to remove the poison from Draco's body to make the monster poisoned, and the monster eventually swallows the poison, but, instead of releasing the bite, the monster strengthens its bite, King secretes some dangerous toxins such as king cobra poison, and red scorpion, in King's control room there are several categories of poison from various kinds of poison animals. But the monster still did not release its bite, but after a few minutes, the monster released its bite, and Leo ordered Law to enlarge Draco's body to the maximum level, after being enlarged Leo directly directs Draco's tail to wrap around the monster's head, and Leo then orders the entire army to throw the monster out of the Lake, and the monster was thrown out of the lake, but had not been able to follow out of the lake, the monster returned back into the lake and bit Draco and shake his head as if to sever Draco's body, as if he wanted to, once again Leo directs Draco's tail to wrap around the monster's head and once again Leo orders all within Draco to throw the monster away, leo's idea is very risky because between Draco and the monster binds to each other, but they still obey. The two managed to get out of the lake, the pull between the two resulted in a big round in the air, the form of the monster was also a large black dragon, but had wings, in contrast to Draco who was like a snake, and the shape of the monster was also in the form of a large black dragon, both of them fell on the guard post and destroyed the guard post, then Guan Yu who was beside Law suggested to get out of Draco, 'We should just get out of Draco, let Draco control himself, while Draco fights, we can strategize the attack, he said, Law agrees to the idea and immediately directs Draco away from the lake so they can safely descend, but the monster continues to chase Draco, but Draco's speed was 2 times that of the monster so that it could leave the monster far behind, after arriving at the safe place Law and the other troops quickly down and Law told Draco to turn around to hit the monster who was chasing Draco.

Magoichi and Bryan advance, with the intention of shooting the dragon's leg, then they head to where the monster and draco are fighting. Once there Magoichi shoots the right foot and Bryan shoots the left foot, which provokes a great anger of the monster, so that the monster also let out a fireball from his mouth, Blasss, the fireball hit one big tree and finally scorched the tree. Guan Yu took over, he ran towards the monster, but unexpectedly the monster took out a fireball, and, crashing Guan Yu's body, he collapsed, his clothes torn, and he lost his legs, now he is only bare-chested. Law who saw this instantly canceled the strategy and told all the troops to attack the monster. Leo who was running recklessly jumped on the monster's head, he wanted to blind the monster's eyes, but had not yet reached the monster's head, Leo was captured by the monster's hand, then eaten, and then eaten, and swallowed. Law this time completely panicked, all the troops shouted, but the figure of Leo was no longer visible. Law and the others were enraged, including Guan Yu, who then Guan Yu ran and jumped towards the mouth of the monster with the intention to open his mouth using the spear he was holding, which he was holding, but like Leo, the monster's hand swung straight at Guan Yu, but Guan Yu was conscious, and he salted it while swinging his spear, cutting off the monster's hand, so that the monster's hand was immediately broken! Very dramatic.

Now Draco attacks the monster, then the monster strangles Draco's neck and then throws him into the Lake, Draco drowns deep in the lake. Law pulled out his mainstay machete, then ran towards the monster, but the monster released another fireball, now all the troops were half conscious. The drowning Draco flew out of the lake and attacked the monster from behind, almost getting hit! but the monster immediately swung its tail so that Draco slapped the tail, he fell to the ground. The monster stepped on Draco's body and beat him all out, now Draco's life is no longer predictable, all the troops are now lying half unconscious. Inside the monster's stomach, Leo woke up, he remained calm and did not panic, then fumbled because it was so dark, he realized that what he felt was the entrails of the monster. Leo also clawed, pulled, and hit blindly. The monster shouted loudly, this time louder, and spewing out Leo, Leo fell to the ground violently. The monster was still shouting as if completely furious, and Leo took Guan Yu's wand and threw it towards the monster's mouth, the spear pierced through the monster's esophagus and spine, and the monster's neck, too, within seconds, the monster was dead. All the troops suddenly cried out and immediately rose up, excited instead of playing, seen from their faces, smiles of victory, with all their courage and sacrifice, they together killed the monster, he said, Leo thanked the whole team. They all hugged each other, Law hugged Leo and Law thanked Leo, Leo then replied to Law's attitude by saying 'Thank you, sir, because without your cleverness and leadership in organizing the troops, we will not win, again thank you for all the courage and sacrifice of the master who has burned my spirit, he said, the two of them were like old friends who met again, then suddenly King shouted, 'Ayoo come home from here we have drinks in the kingdom to celebrate this victory!'. Law shouted 'Yaa!!' and then call Draco to return to Viva Village.

Leo was stunned by Law's idea of returning to the village, and he said, 'We better call the villagers here, so they know what this monster is like, if we go back to the village, then, maybe they will ask how this monster is, and many other questions, and in the end we will come back here again, why should we not just call Dwig to call all the villagers here, sorry sir, there is no intention of governing, I only suggest, ' he said, Law who heard Leo's words without thinking long and indeed Leo's words undeniably contain deep thoughts, he said, then Law immediately contacted Dwig, the village chief. They also immediately took out provisions that they brought for them to eat and sit while waiting for the arrival of Dwig with the villagers.

The long battle took hours, and now the previously unseen sun soon appeared to give its warmth, and the dark changed its light, from a distance came the sound of foot-banging which was estimated to be many in number, finally, Dwig with the villagers had arrived. Villagers were very surprised by the appearance of the enormous creature, the creature did look very creepy, with black skin, very sharp claws, and, this time they saw a creature like that. Suddenly the monster moved! the entire population screamed and ran, not least Dwig and Law, the mouth of the monster was wide open and from inside his mouth came a white head, which was white, the body of the black monster suddenly torn and appeared the same body with white color, the creature reincarnated into a white dragon, the dragon's face look different from before, the creature was reincarnated into a white dragon, this time it was more soothing. Law immediately pulled out his machete and suddenly the dragon said 'Don't put your machete back in its place, the weapon won't bring peace, it's the weapon that causes war, you can use a weapon for a good cause, but still produce bloodshed' he said in a deep voice, hearing this the entire village was shocked to mix quietly because this time the dragon exuded coolness, all the people who were there knew that the dragon would not do evil. The dragon opened its mouth and in its mouth was a fiery white pearl, and he gave the pearl to Leo, Leo refused but the dragon immediately grabbed Leo's shoulder and said 'The strong and wise lion, you deserve it, this pearl is called the pearl of intelligence, I do not choose people, I do not want to, because I understand you are the one who deserves it the most, ' he said, then Leo replied 'But.' and the dragon immediately smiled and cut off Leo's words 'You deserve it, then Leo accepted the pearl, everyone was still dumbfounded, and the dragon said, 'I'm sorry for the villagers, because my past form has hurt you a lot, and now I promise, 'I promise, I will sacrifice my soul and body to protect this village.