The Crescent Moon Duo the Continent Explorer

CHAPTER 9: A SUSPICIOUS MISSION FROM THE VILLAGE ELDER

Nusa and his friends were escorted to a house to rest, the house looked fragile and had long been abandoned. They enter the house, in it there is nothing but a dilapidated mattress, even it is located in the back room.

Tara frowned and said. "I don't want to sleep here, this house isn't worth it."

"We don't need to sleep tonight, the woman who drove us earlier said that the village elder wanted to meet us" Nusa replied as he stared out the window.

All the houses in the village used bamboo and wood, mostly houses in the form of stilts. The model of houses in the village is like houses in Sumatra, precisely South Sumatra and Lampung.

Before arriving at this house, Nusa and his friends toured the village for a while. The villagers looked at them from their homes with strange gazes. Their gaze makes anyone uncomfortable, the residents like do not want Nusa and his friends to live in the village.

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At midnight, a shadow slipped into the house where Nusa and his friends were resting. The shadow ran quickly from the room to another room.

He stopped in the bedroom and said. "d! where they go. If this continues the elders will be angry."

The figure turned his body upside down, he was surprised to see a man standing behind him with a light shining on the man's face.

"Se-demon! " the scream of the shadowy figure while struggling.His body instantly became helpless.

Ehh... It's good to call me a demon, who are you?! Lu is also a demon mbak. Inner Nusa does not accept being called a demon.

The figure turned out to be a woman, Nusa patted her on the shoulder trying to calm her down. He remembered the woman who drove him around the village this afternoon.

Nusa helped the woman stand up and say. " There's a need for what Miss midnight's here."

"I apologize for my smooth running. I'm here to pick up Master and Miss to meet the elder" said the woman, bowing her head.

Naturally the woman felt afraid, the state of the house was quiet and dark without lighting. He was alone going around the mansion which was quite large, when a moment stopped suddenly Nusa appeared behind him, standing upright while shining his face with light magic.

Nusa and the woman came out of the house, they saw Tara and Atma standing outside while waving their hands towards Nusa. The four of them went to meet the village elder.

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Geck, tok, tok...

The woman knocked on the door of the house where the elders were gathered.

"Come in! the door is not locked" said the man in a hoarse voice.

The woman went inside first, then followed by Nusa and his friends.

"I apologize in advance for interrupting your rest time" said an old man as he invited Nusa and his friends to sit down.

The man was wearing a dark-colored robe, his long beard was white. The man's nose resembled a pig's nose, it seemed like the old man was from the Ngepet Pig Race.

The Ngepet Pig race itself has recognizable characteristics, one of which is their pig-like nose and their deep voice.

7 Old men sat on the floor covered in bamboo mats. They all wear the same clothes. The old men's hair was pure white, the length of their hair was roughly over the shoulder. They are village elders, or often called 7 sages.

"We tried to drive them away, but they always came back and damaged the fields. We heard, this afternoon there were adventurers visiting the village," said another elder in a trembling voice typical of grandfathers.

Nusa smiled and said. "So the elders and also the villagers need our help. But we are low-ranking adventurers, it seems like it will be difficult to repel a herd of monsters with a higher rank than us."

"For your rankings, we feel no problem. The monsters were very weak, even a child could defeat them easily. It's just that the monsters often colonize making it difficult for the residents, " said an elder in a heavy voice, "We beg you! so you can chase away the monsters. We also provide appropriate rewards."

Nusa will receive this mission if given a down payment of 100 Rupees. The elders fell silent and stared at each other. The elders agreed to the terms of Nusa, they gave a bag containing 100 Rupees to Nusa.

Nusa and his friends say goodbye to the elders and the people in the room, they will go to the forest where the monsters appear.

The elders smiled and escorted the Nusa troupe to the exit. After their guests left, the faces of the elders turned grim. They were upset with Nusa for asking for a down payment of 100 Rupees.

"Is it okay to give such a big down payment?" said the woman who drove Nusa and his friends to the elders.

One of the elders rubbed his white beard and said. "It doesn't matter, 'cause they're not coming back here. The monsters in the forest are so fierce and dangerous, we have a hard time defeating them."

"With makeshift equipment, the foolish children intend to defeat the monsters that are nicknamed all-eater. They are only weak men, who sacrifice their lives in vain. Moreover those children were only F rank adventurers." sneered another elder coldly, "We continue the plan to destroy this perverse kingdom, just let those foolish children die horribly."

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Nusa and his friends went to the forest, Nusa smiled evilly because he managed to deceive the elders. Nusa also slipped a tapping device on the clothes of the woman who drove him earlier, he also put some other tools in the house.

The villagers stared at Nusa's entourage from inside their homes. Tara did not understand why the houses in the village had light stones to illuminate the house, while the house where Tara was resting was pitch black.

"Atma! don't mind them, walk on without looking left right." whispered Tara to Atma, her hand clinging to Atma's ear as if blocking others' view.

Arriving outside the village, Nusa and his friends stopped for a moment. They knew there were some villagers following.

"Of course!" whispered Tara coldly, she was sick of seeing the faces of the villagers.

Aaa...

There were some moaning sounds from within the forest. Not long ago Atita dragged 3 men, their hands and feet tied firmly using a rope.

The men were unconscious from Atita's attack. Tara ordered Atita to bring the men to Melani to be tortured.

"Give them a painful torment, then cut off his head and put it in the bag. Keep an eye on the village, lest anyone go from there! " Tara looked at the men contemptuously.

Nusa patted his hands and bowed, knowing that the fate of the men would be tragic under the torment of Melani.

Atita slowly went towards the forest, she disappeared into the darkness of the night. Although the night is getting darker, but thanks to Nusa's hunter skills. Tara and Atma can see clearly like during the day.

"Yois... Let's continue this journey with a happy heart" said Atma while posing cutely. Two fingers, Atma glued to one eye.

Nusa, Tara, and Atma continue their journey with happy hearts because the stalkers were captured.