The Chronicle Of Jawata (Compilation Trial Edition)

50. The Valley of the Gundils (5)

“I'm happy to meet with Mr.,” Taja said sincerely. The Black Dog Master was impressed by his words.

“I hope, my father is like a Master,“ Taja imagines the figure of his father.

“It could be that he is better than me, younger and definitely loves you a lot.”

“If only I could meet him and ask him a few things,“ Taja no longer care what gendra said later after he got up, then hugged Mr. Black Dog.

“You're crying?" Mr. Black Dog was heartbroken, feeling the sadness of Taja.

Taja's body trembled in the arms of the Black Dog Master. Let it be like that for a while, after a while Mr. Black Dog whispered softly, “I have something for you, hopefully can help you find your father, Taja.“

Just stared back at Mr Black Dog, “What is it?“ ask her.

“Follow me somewhere,“ Mr. Black Dog invites Taja down steep.

“Still far away, Mister?”

The dark atmosphere made Taja wonder, he thought the Black Dog Master would give him what. But Mr. Black Dog does not answer whenever he is asked where, sometimes the man is mysterious in addition to his habit of joking, very contrary.

Finally they arrived at a place very dark, spacious without walls, only visible rows of blocks made of marble and wood that had long been porous eaten by age, roofed the sky and dry red soil floors.

“Macam? Master took me to the funeral, what for?”

“Sst! Don't wake the sleeping one, you're too noisy!” hiss Mr. Black Dog. Finally Taja could only obey the words of Mr. Black Dog, though his heart kept wondering where the man was taking him. Step by step they went through each row of tombs covered with high weeds as wide as the eye could see, stepping in a thick pitch that was cold, too silent, and very gripping. He's never been to a place like before.

Srak!!

The sound of dry twigs being stepped on something.

“What is it?“ tanya Taja lirih's.

“Sst ..!” again Mr. Black Dog hinted Taja to be quiet and to remain cautious.

“There's a move back there! “

“Ular ... viper scavenger! They're isolated here, eating anything. Their number is quite a lot, be careful .. lest it attract their attention!” Hearing that, Taja was surprised. It turned out that it was not the tomb that made Mr. Black Dog become quiet and very careful stepping, but the cobra. Taja shuddered, he drew closer to the body of the Black Dog Master and clasped the man's hands and clothes firmly. Looking back many times.

Sshhhh …!!

This time there was a hissing sound from a direction not far away where they were.

“Black Dog Master ... in the back!” Taja scared.

“Do not move! Hold your breath, sculpt in place!”

Taja followed what Mr. Black Dog did, the man stared with his eyes closed while holding his breath for as long as he could endure.

A huge snake appeared suddenly from an unexpected direction, its eyes radiating red, forked tongue with a terrifying hiss. Strange, the snake was only interested in Taja, Mr. Black Dog was completely untouched. The serpent's tongue licked to Taja's face, saliva soaking his neck and clothes. Kontan alone Taja felt very frightened, hoping Mr. Black Dog as soon as possible to do something.

Srakk!

The Black Dog Master throws wood as far as possible. The snake also ran towards the origin of the loud sound.

Bukk!

“Run!!” shouted Mr. Black Dog. They immediately ran, of course making the snake's attention back towards them. Taja sped up his run, breaking through among the 1.5 tall weeds. No matter the steepness he went through, all he knew was to get away from the snake.

“Fly …! Fly, Taja!” the Black Dog Master cried out in the darkness out of nowhere. Unfortunately, Taja only realized that he had lost the Black Dog Master. The darkness of the night and the atmosphere like it had made them scattered.

Waaaa ...!!!

“Master! The master! Where are you, Mister?“ Taja scooped up the weeds that covered his path while continuing to search for the Black Dog Master.

There was no reply to Mr. Black Dog, the silence and pitch-blackness frightened him even more. Especially alone! Taja gasped.he asked inwardly, why did the Black Dog Master take him to a place like this? Or is it just a form of intent. Is it true that his trust in the Black Dog Master paid off like this. But that's impossible! Refute heart.

“Black Dog Master!!” call him, but still unanswered. Between believe it and not, apparently the Black Dog Master had completely vanished.

Sjss ...!

The sound of snake hiss was heard again, felt closer, making Taja's body as if stiff, not knowing what to do. As the hisses grew more and more, he realized that not only one snake was eyeing him.

Srak !!!

An elongated black body suddenly appeared.stretched out from behind the weeds just in front of him. Taja was surprised not to play, without having time to shout he tried to run from the sight of the snake. But damn, another snake suddenly blocked him. Fortunately, Taja nimbly dodged when the head of a snake as big as a coconut shell almost grabbed him.

Run and run again. That's what Taja thought. But a snake that was twice as big had stopped Taja's steps this time. He was really desperate, especially when the snake stuck out its tongue, getting closer to Taja's body. Even more ill-fated, two snakes from behind followed

In tension, the child is glued to where he stands but remains alert.

Srak …!

“Hup!” Taja avoided the snake. But another snake attacked from behind.

“Nam-mora .. Zar-ye!” Taja uttered the Gunggali language spell, directing it to the snake's eye that attacked him.

Srak .. srak!!!

The snake squirms, sounding neigh his voice is holding back the pain because the incantation that Taja just uttered has dazzled his eyes. But, it was not a relief because there were still two snakes hunting him from behind.

Shaan ...!!!

His heavy and loud hissing startled, quickly blocking Taja again.

Taja repeated the same incantation, the serpent wriggled, sprawled among the dry weeds and fled before him. Taja's breathing is hunting and his heart rate is racing. Not yet he had time to take a breath any longer, the biggest snake was already right behind him, only a few snores from Taja's back.

When Taja turned his head slowly, the snake's saliva dripped onto the ground, looking very hungry and wanting to immediately swallow the child's body round and round.

Shaan ….!!!

A large snake with both eyes radiating red as the size of an orange, sticking its head as high as it could. Taja was like a duckling under his rattling tail. Although he tried to throw it with the snake repellent spell, but the snake's head was too far above it, continuing to move following. Taja took a few steps back, but he was getting cornered to the river bank.

The river? it crossed Taja in Taja's mind to see it. Without much thought he dropped himself onto the river cliff.

Wushh …!

Taja's light body was like the wind, before reaching the surface of the water, he floated and moved in the air and traced the surface of the river fenced by the weeds.

“Fly...!” yells. Why haven't I been thinking about flying? think Taja. Just felt a little relieved to avoid the snake earlier, Taja again surprised.

Srakk …! Buk…!!

Taja's body fell to the ground after a snake from the river bank grabbed him. He groaned in pain because he hit the hard ground. Not yet had he stood up, dozens of snakes had swarmed him. Taja can not think or do anything else, “Aaah! Givatri!”

The large snake wrapped around Taja's body made the muscles tighten until the leaves came out of his body. But the great serpent grew stronger and stifled his chest. Although she exerted fairy power, it did not last long as the winding further expanded to the limit of the neck.

Stifled, barely able to breathe let alone ask for help, his eyes grew blurred in the snake's red-eye radiance. As his body went limp, increasingly helpless and not twitching in the slightest, suddenly the heat turned into a huge lump of fire as it approached, widened, and continued to radiate heat in all directions.

Both eyelids Taja sayup-sayup dimmed towards the arrival of hot reddened embers and bright.

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