The Groaning From Behind the Grave

chapter 17: Behind all this

" The sulastri curse, "the aryo murmur repeated the words of the arjo pakde earlier.

A moment of silence paused the chatter between them. The clock on the wall had shown at one o'clock during the day.The sun at the top of the equator slowly shifted westward.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words of the arjo sir.

" a curse sirde? " ask juno curiously.

The arjo sir nodded.The black skull on his head he had removed.displays his half-bald head.

" well a curse.maybe you and aryo as well as all the other citizens don't know about this, because this story is a story that is kept tightly by the old generation in this village, " continued pakde arjo explained.

Aryo and Juno are increasingly flabbergasted to hear the information of the arjo pakde. does the hamlet they have been living in, keep a dark secret?

" Regarding the disappearance of several girls, as well as the appearance of two supernatural figures terrorizing villagers, I suspect this all has to do with sulastri, " said the arjo pakde while closing his eyes.

Hearing the arjo pakde who seemed to have known all this, made aryo stunned half to death.

" D-two figures? What does pakde mean? " said aryo stammering.

Pakde arjo smiled briefly, then replied.

" you think I don't know what's going on in your hamlet aryo? about the death of your wife, also all the strange things that have happened to you, " said pakde arjo while staring at aryo with a terculum smile.

" wait! how do you know what happened to me? is pakde hiding something from me, " said aryo while standing up asking for an explanation from the old figure.

" quiet son aryo, let pakde will explain himself about all this, but before, pakde will tell first who is sulastri, a figure who often appears in your dreams, " pakde arjo said to aryo.

Aryo again sat down beside juno. the two men waited with tense faces.

Arjo began his story.

" The year 1960, is a time that will never be forgotten for life.a time when a dark terror once locked this village in fear, "the arjo pakde started the story.

Aryo and the others held their breaths as pakde arjo began his story.

" All that dark terror began with sulastri, an ordinary girl who had lived in this village decades ago, "the view of the arjo pakde looked far beyond the rice fields through the window of his house. take a breath to recollect the sound.

" sulastri is a girl who can be said to have a physical disability, especially on the part of her face. her face was ulcerated and issued a lot of disgusting pus. and maybe because of the disability that makes sulastri always shunned and ostracized by the citizens.the poor girl was always alone and also lonely. no one even dared to approach the girl because the residents believe that sulastri is a demon drop girl, a bearer of doom that must be destroyed, " said pakde arjo in a sad tone.

" what heart the citizens are, sirde. Why are they up to the heart to do that, "said juno growled.

" because sulastri is the son of nyai pammi, a mysterious shaman who lives in the middle of the forest. Nyai pammi is believed to be a figure of black magic, and perhaps from there the residents concluded if sulastri is the son of the devil, the result of the nyai paddy agreement with the figure of the peteng forest, " back to pakde arjo.

" what caused all this? I mean what caused the sulastri to be the beginning of the disaster for this village? " ask aryo with an impatient face.

Pakde Arjo chuckled, "you're just like your father, son, impatient.

" well pakde will continue, in short, although sulastri has gone through various trials in this village, but he is the type of loving, especially to children. Well sulastri always like small children, especially girls because they are the ones who always accompany sulastri in loneliness, " said pakde arjo while blowing cigarette smoke.

" Until one day, an uproar made residents restless throughout the village, " said pakde arjo again.

" K-what happened, sir? " the voice sounded so soft and weak. After being seen, it turns out that the dinda has opened her eyes.the woman was awakened from her sleep and then rose slowly.

" dinda, are you awake? " ask aryo at dinda.

Dinda nodded weakly with a smile on her dry lips. Bukde maryam a little difficulty when helping dinda who wants to sit.

" you better rest first nduk, "bukde maryam's advice.

" no bukde, I'm a little better, " said dinda while coughing a little.

" continue the story sirde, I want to hear directly the story of sulastri, " said dinda flat.

" heh well, the incident is the disappearance of girls exactly as it is today, " continued pakde arjo.

All eyes widened in shock. stared with a surprised look towards the arjo pakde.

" Where are you, sir, those kids? " juno said with a curious mimic.

" petting pad, "a short answer pakde arjo, "in the dark forest that sulastri brought them to play with him, " added pakde arjo.

Pakde arjo nodded.

" right, and do you know what terrible things people encounter when they arrive at the peteng forest, " said pakde arjo increasingly provoke aryo curiosity.

" what is pakde? " ask aryo curiously followed by juno. dinda also waiting with anxious hope for an answer from the figure of his uncle.

" According to the instructions of a spiritual teacher, the villagers went into the plinth and there they found their children dancing in the woods, but..., " the words of the arjo sir were interrupted when a beam of lightning from afar sounded rumbling.it seems that the rain will come back down, as evidenced by the presence of a procession of cloud overcast in the sky.

All eyes waited anxiously.clockwise seconds were like the tinkling of terror that seemed to lurk them from behind the darkness.

" The residents found the children dancing together in a circle, but in a headless condition, " concluded pakde arjo later. There was a bitter tone in his sentence when pakde arjo said that. the look of his old eyes blankly swept outwards.his mind was watching peek at the flashbacks of his past.

Like a bolt of lightning in broad daylight, all eyes can not resist the horror when hearing the story of pakde arjo.

" Why can you sir? What happened to those kids? " ask aryo almost jerking.

Pakde arjo stared fixed aryo with a pale face.

" sulastri.he was the mastermind of all the dark tragedies.he also sadistically beheaded the innocent children to taste their blood, "the arjo said shaking. The door to his old memory opens again to peek at the flash of tragic past events.

" what a terrible tragedy is pakde. Then what about sulastri himself? pakde said if sulastri was the cause of the tragedy, "ask juno.

" sulastri.., the girl was in the middle of a row of headless children.she was silently pecking with a horrible face.her whole body was covered in foul liquid. the citizens who were already unable to contain their emotions and grudges, immediately approached the girl until something terrible happened, "

" Under the moonlight, Pakde saw sulastri beaten by angry citizens to the brunt, then without being given a cue, one of the residents involved in the action, he said, throwing a burning torch that makes the sulastri immediately burned violently, " said lirih pakde arjo.

They all gulped with their eyebrows in cold sweat.The room temperature slowly cooled down.either because of the cloudy influence outside or what, they must have felt a gripping aura.

" long story short, sulastri burned to death, but before he died, sirde heard the girl say something, "

" what is pakde? " say them in unison.

" he said, after what you have done to me, every blood that falls on the ground will fall on your children, " said the arjo sir.

Those who were sitting in the living room were washed away in a tense atmosphere.the cold slowly entered from outside.the increasingly humid air made the room feel terrible.

" What happened after that incident, sir? " this time it was Juno who asked.

" a nduk terror, a dark terror began to approach this village after the death of sulastri, "punglas pakde arjo shook.

" what kind of terror is Pakde? " tanya dinda raspy. it seems that the woman is also as curious as juno. occasionally her round eyes glanced at aryo who looks pensive.

What happened to aryo? The whisper of dinda in his heart.

" terror in the form of gamelan sound during the day before night accompanied by the sound of laughing children who came out of nowhere, " said pakde arjo later.

Juno shuddered in horror at hearing that.

" What is more terrible than that is, the disappearance of some of the children of the residents after the death of the sulastri. they disappeared without a trace, just like the current case, " explained pakde arjo.

" pakde arjo, "aryo who was silent earlier, suddenly said slowly.all eyes looked at him, including pakde arjo.

" was panjenengan said, if the death of my wife has anything to do with sulastri, what does it mean, " said aryo asked.his eyes stared intently at the face of the old pakde arjo. The man seemed to ask for an answer to his curiosity desire.

Pakde arjo was silent for a moment not immediately replied, even the old man stared back at aryo.

" Do you know nduk, about the story of a cult that adores the figure of the sulastri as a demon, "instead of answering, pakde arjo even offered a new question for aryo.

Obviously the man was getting confused and surprised. Whatdoes thatmean?

" what does pakde mean? " ask aryo.

" believe in disbelief, your wife will join the sect, " said pakde arjo.

Wh-what?

TO BE CONTINUE