The Chronicle Of Jawata (Compilation Trial Edition)
4.20. Escape (4)
Krak .. krak!
Some roots are falling out.
”We will fall!” shouting Raojhin.
”Waaaa!” both fell a few feet down again. In retrospect, Raojhin grabbed one root, if he again collapsed then both of them would definitely be swept away by a large river current.
True once again, the soil where the roots are clustered with severe landslides. But the reach of someone's hand first grabbed Raojhin's hand before falling.
Raojhin saw a somewhat dark figure in the heavy rain atmosphere as it was now. Only his large round eyes lit up with green light that seemed.
”Lorr En, thank goodness you exist. Pull us up soon!” teramuk Taja recognized that figure.
Finally, Taja and Raojhin survived to the top of the slope. Instantly adjust the breath while dismissing the tension that just happened.
”Thank you!” Taja was still holding onto Lorr En's strong hand in his form at that time. While Raojhin, his surprise turns to Lorr En because of the appearance in a strange form. And only then did he see clearly. But he could say nothing but a tense glare full of disbelief.
Slowly the rain subsided, although the rest of the drizzle was not over. And now, the three of them were faced by a narrow, more meandering middle bend of the slope again. There are two slope paths that lead forward and upward. In a moment, Lorr En and Raojhin again argued.
”This time you must obey me!” lorr En said firmly. He was convinced that in such a bad state of nature, his views were clearer than others.
”There is only a dead end!” lorr En said again by pointing at the road ahead. Taja and Raojhin could only see the end of the road in the fog, not how far from dozens of feet they were.
”If up, we can get to the back of the mountain!” lorr En said again, this time pointing at the winding road and heading upwards.
”Then, then this will be the heaviest Nature Star ever!” Raojhin.
”I'm counting on you!” not many comments, Taja chose the path specified by Lorr En. Then he first climbed the twists and turns of the slope like a path leading to the top, getting higher from the foot of the cliff.
”Be careful, don't slip!” more than once Taja reminded that of two friends who followed in his footsteps.
”I'm like a lizard or a spider crawling on a wall, just without strong claws. You should I give me 100 points for being willing to go through it,” Raojhin fad broke the silence during the trip to the top. There was hardly a sound of birds chirping or just bees buzzing.
”Agree, 100 points for you and 1000 points for me!” respond Lorr En under Raojhin.
”Cheat! I suffer more than you!” Raojhin won't budge.
”Who said? I fought for you! If not me, who else?” Lorr En could not hear Raojhin speak.
”Since I first saw you, I had a hunch that you were a stubborn person, and it turned out to be true!” without stopping, Raojhin replied.
”You're stubborn!” Lorr En scoffed back.
”You're even more stubborn!” Raojhin did not lose out hard to reply similarly.
”Of course it's you!” Lorr En was upset.
”I have thought about it after we get to Tanapura, I will give you the title of Golden Praja!” taja continued as if ruling like a king crowned the title of nobility.
Raojhin turned his head to Lorr En below him, ”Golden King Lorr En, very suitable!” he said a little stuck. Smile unravels.
”Golden King Raojhin is also good!” reply Lorr En and smile back.
”Thank you, Sire Taja!” respond to Lorr En and Raojhin simultaneously.
”Kony! Can it be a little faster?!” exclaim Taja triggered his two friends who were left behind. He first arrived at the top of the cliff. Once at the top, there was an amazing view shrouded in mist there. The mountain peaks loomed before the eyes. And before him now, a vast sandy plain stretched between him and beyond the peaks.
”How now?” thought not alone after helping Raojhin and Lorr En up. Then they were stunned to see the situation above.
”Which way?” Lorr En waited for Raojhin to be confused in choosing a direction.
”You alone set the direction!” Raojhin turned his back on Lorr En, ”Didn't you choose the way here?!”
”Indeed, but once here another story!” Lorr En is not to blame.
”So how now?” asked Raojhin in his gaze circling around. Lorr En was no different. For a moment they guessed each other's choices, without realizing that Taja had stepped in without permission.
The shadows of the wings fluttered in the sea of sand. Seen by Taja as he looked up at the ceiling, there were a number of giant bat-like creatures flying low to the sidelines of the peak then lost in the thick fog.
”Taja!” call two of his friends in turn. Their figures followed Taja's footsteps, then stopped right behind him.
”What's up?” ask Lorr En astonished.
Without an answer, Taja's gaze was straight ahead, capturing the indistinct figure emerging from the darkness of the fog gradually fading and approaching slowly.
”There is?” this time Raojhin asked. But Taja ignored him, only he stepped forward while his two friends only followed one and two steps.
Lorr En also caught a glimpse of the shadow of someone standing a few feet in front of them.
”Don't get there!” shouted Lorr En felt an awkwardness. Half hesitated to continue. He also felt something strange on that indistinct figure.
”Now, I feel ... we know him!” Raojhin said another, pushing Taja forward a few more steps. After that it was clear the face of the figure standing as if welcoming them with an exhausted and tormented expression.
”I also ...,” said Taja lirih and increasingly confident to know the stature of the figure standing dozens of steps ahead. As the fog unfolded, his form became more and more apparent.
”Purwa?!” pekik Taja couldn't believe it. Calling one name is not foreign, but not long ago death has befallen a relative he knew. He also saw for himself when Arraoragh preyed on the shattered body parts of Purwa. But now what is clearly seen by them is really the form of Purwa that suddenly appeared just like that in one piece.
”No way ...,” said Taja getting closer to him.
The figure trembled while whimpering without a clear sound. Only his breathing was irregular and held a grin of grief.
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