The Chronicle Of Jawata (Compilation Trial Edition)
4.15. Hunted Witches (2)
The fire broke out in the main cavity. One place is astounding. Not the place to be expected, laden with corpses scattered all over the expanse inside the cavity. In the middle of it, a group of witches were busy continuing the ritual in a circle and facing the great fire. Even more surprising, Raojhin is in the middle of the siege of the witches.
”That's Raojhin!” Lorr En was suffocated in shock, while Taja was just glaring towards Raojhin being pummeled from end to toe at the end of the wooden pole, beneath which exactly the blazing fire was ready to devour.
”We must act quickly before something terrible happens to him!” whispered Taja, muffled in the boisterous incantations of witch rituals like the sound of thousands of bees.
Slowly, Taja and Lorr En approached the point where a group of witches were concentrating. Unaware of the presence of two young men, they were sneaking around and hiding from the dark side of the cavity, stepping up to a short distance.
Taja crawled the highest towering rock mound. While Lorr En was at the bottom, there was something else that caught his attention even more. A dagger lay on the ground with no one nearby.
Lorr En intended to collect a dagger that he knew belonged to Raojhin. Unexpectedly when his hand touched the dagger, next to the metal-robed foot stepped on the iron scattering on the ground. Lorr En raised his face, in front of him exactly, the face of a magician with a pair of reddish-white pointed eyes caught on with a sharp look. That's not a good sign.
"Heeaaargh!" a witch threw magical energy from both the middle of her hands towards Lorr En.
Lorr En did not dodge, his dagger was already held apart again, along with his body slammed right on the side of the fire between the witch's foot witch ritual. All attention shifted instantaneously to the fall of Lorr En.
Lorr En vomited green blood before becoming unconscious. Taja saw from the top of the rocks no less surprised with Raojhin in a tied position.
A witch drew a sword as she approached Lorr En. The quiet atmosphere, just the sound of the sword clashing with the wind was enough to make Raojhin's guts tremble, as if he had also felt the sharpness of the sword.
”Lorr, wake up!” raojhin shouted without being able to do anything but thrash and saw the witch getting closer towards him. While Taja ignored his panic, trying to focus attention and gather energy. In any case, he grabbed a broken stick and turned the wind sword. The moment the power had reached the peak, it threw at the magician who was about to slash at Lorr En's back.
Dass!!!
The witch's body crashed far away, smashed into a steep wall and then no longer wiggled. Spontaneously, all the other witches instantly took action by throwing all sorts of incantations towards the direction Taja was.
”Taja!” shouted Raojhin aware of the arrival of Taja who suddenly immediately attacked
”Awas!” the thrill continued when he saw hundreds of magicians in droves blaspheming incantations towards them.
Blaust …!
A spell about Taja, he was pushed back and fell behind the towering rocks.
”Taja!” Raojhin shouted again. Lorr En slowly nodded. Threat turned on Taja. All the witches ran behind the rocks where the boy fell.
”Lorr, quickly grab my splint to break the chain of shackles that bind me!” raojhin exclaimed without wasting a leisurely opportunity. Half shaken, the wounded Lorr En grabbed the sword lying on the ground and slashed it at the iron chains that bound Raojhin. After breaking free, Raojhin pulled up Lorr En's arm, rushing to the side of the other rock crevices towards the last location Taja was seen.
They stopped at the crevices of the large, towering boulders, before reaching their intended destination, hundreds of witches had already gotten there first, but they seemed to be confused by losing the figure of Taja.
”So I saw him fall behind those rocks,” whispered Raojhin whispers on Lorr En.
”Are you okay?” Lorr En staggered as he rubbed the remaining drops of blood. In fact Raojhin felt strange at the green liquid patches coming out of Lorr En's mouth, but since the situation was not spare enough, then he did not care much.
”Before yes, but after helping you .. I don't know anymore his fate,” Raojhin's reply made Lorr En tensely stare at the location of the witches crowding. There were loud screams like the sound of an animal.
”It looks like he wasn't there, when I saw clearly the place of fall just behind the rocks. Where is he?”
”Hopefully he survived ...,” hope Lorr En is getting anxious once more.
They set their eyes to all corners of the dark crevices of the rocky space. Unaware that someone from behind discovered their existence. His hands from the darkness touched each one's shoulders.
”Taja?!” hiss Raojhin and Lorr En almost simultaneously, did not expect that Taja was behind them.
Taja's smile was briefly reviewed, ”Yes, it's me. Looks like there's an exit, this way!” whisper and invite them to hurry from that place.
Screams spread sharply and echoed in all corners of the cave. The witches have realized the loss of a trail of three boys who will be presented as a collision to create an army of zombies.
Krrraagh! oh kraaagh!!!
The voices have been heard since leaving the Saporo Settlement. Taja and Lorr En gasped and stopped their steps.
”Continue running!!! What is it to stop?! If we get caught again, then they will kill us!!!” Raojhin reminded his two friends. They broke through the darkness of the narrow passageways all the way to the other parts of the cave room.
”What is this ..?!” peekik Raojhin was more shocked than before. Taja and Lorr En are too. There was the most horrifying and heart-wrenching sight before them. Thousands of dead boys.
Almost unable to speak anything, they were glued to the spot, knees trembling as they gazed at the eerie panorama across the rocky cavity.
”Sadis ...,” Raojhin's trembling voice stuck in throat.
”Do we have to cross there?” Lorr En saw there was a bright path as sunlight entered his sidelines.
”Ya, that's our only way,” Taja justifies.
Lorr En shuddered as he began to step over the pile of rotting corpses.
Every now and then Lorr En cringed in horror.
”Ssst ... don't cry, Lorr En!” said Taja who caught his pair of eyes began to pool tears.
”I ... fear ...,” again Lorr En tried to calm himself, but was unable to last long enough to dismiss his fear.
”Kraaagh!”
The sound surprised them again.
”Quick again, before they chase us!” raojhin exclaimed at the very front waving at Taja and Lorr En.
”Wait ..!” Lorr En was nervous, too trembling to the point that his legs felt stiff. Unfortunately, his feet suddenly mired into the sidelines of the pile of rotting bodies.
”Aaagh, help me!!!” he panicked while looking back. Taja who realized that, instantly returned to the position of Lorr En at the back.
”Quick out! Lift your feet!” Taja took pains to pull upwards, but Lorr En could not move enough.
”My legs are cramping!” lorr En.
While the shadows of the witches had sprung up from the alleys of all directions.
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