The Last Cliff's

Chapters 10

There was nothing in the cave, no demons or any other cursed creatures.

But a myth is not created from a lie, of course there are stories that become dogma reinforcement. Only, the stories were mostly based on supernatural or even mystical aspects. And the term 'cursed cave' was born from the mystical story of the surrounding community.

Traffle, a type of fungus that grows on the top of Mount Rinjani, was once considered the most expensive mushroom in the world, because of the high value of protein it contains.

Unfortunately, Traffle grows well inside the 'cursing cave', and has different properties to the traffle that grows outside the crater dome. Inside the 'cursed cave', the traffle is heavily contaminated by sulfur coming from puffed-up crater smoke. Resulting in the fine hairs on the stem and crown of the fungus it stores a lot of cyanide.

Anyone who eats the Traffle from inside the 'cursed cave' will be poisoned with cyanide, Arvine Dowson said. He looked limpid because his brain was hallucinating, his mouth was rummaging like crazy. Everything was recorded intact in Raquella Mae's camera.

"Vinnie, what's wrong with you ?" raquella Mae's. Then let his body fall to the rocks, along with a tear on his cheek.

All eyes looked at him pity, Nickolaus Welas, Billy Williams, and I Putu Sudharma could not bear to let the girl slumped alone. They stood up, then sat around Raquella Mae's body, which began to shiver in fear.

"Guild your heart, Raquella ! Vinnie must do all that to come to terms with his past. He had to conquer the demon lord of the cave with the ritual he did." whispered I Putu Suharma.

"But she talks like crazy." Raquella Mae replies.

"He's not crazy ! Vinnie was in dialogue with an invisible astral being." explained I Putu Sudharma.

"Vinnie won't lose, because he's the strongest demon in the universe." Nickolaus Welas. It further immersed Raquella Mae's mind into the pit of despair, making her tears flow more and more.

"Tomorrow is the last day of the ritual, Strengthen your heart !" continued I Putu Sudharma while patting Raquella Mae's shoulder gently.

"Where does Bang Putu know ?" go after Raquella Mae.

"This is the 8th day he carved the cliff, and only needed to sculpt one more letter ... It's the letter i or y."

" i ? Y ?"

"Yes ! He'll sculpt the name HANI or HANY."

"What's the name ?"

"Someone in Vinnie's past, who made him a traveler throughout his life. A name often spoken in his delusions, which made him not dare to settle in one heart, only to stop and stop in several women's hearts. Vinnie will only settle in one heart, because he is the type of loyal man. Right now, he was trying to get out of someone's heart so that he could settle in someone else's heart. And that's not easy !" I Putu Sudharma.

"Ga can do it !" Billy Williams.

"Can !!" Nickolaus Welas. "He is the 'King Of Demons' ! With the help of his men's demons, Vinnie can do everything." he continued with fiery eyes.

"With such a 'gilanya' ritual, it seems that Sang Hyang Widiwata will not be able to refuse Vinnie's request." added I Putu Sudharma.

At a time when everything seemed impossible, Arvine Dowson continued to engrave the name of a girl in his childhood on the cliff wall inside the crater dome of Mount Rinjani, a virgin cliff. Even though each end of his fingers had bled.

"Senja has blackened, your camera will not be able to record Vinnie's actions. Rest, and strengthen your heart, Raquella !" nickolaus Welas said at the end of the 21st day of their mission.

A dazed Raquella Mae by a faint heart followed her three seniors, heading for the tent to drift further on her own fears.

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Day 22 went too fast. Arvine Dowson who is increasingly run down by arsenic poison due to eating only the mushroom Traffle looks like he has lost his breadfruit, his skin as pale as a corpse, his whole body shivering, his eyes clenched unable to see anymore, his eyes are unable to see, but his right hand still continued to hit the chisel in his left hand, breaking the rock to scratch the last letter, 'i'.

Arvine Dowson's brain is hallucinating about his Junior High, when his closeness to his schoolmates is like heaven. Hani is one of the most beautiful names. The angel perfected his life's destiny.

"Eureka !" Bisik I Putu Sudharma, Billy Williams, and Nickolaus Welas at about the same time. Their eyes staring at the 4-letter configuration had been perfect, H A N I. Magnificently sculpted, stretching from the east wing to the south wing of the crater cliff of Mount Rinjani crater. A place no human would ever touch, "The name will be eternal" they thought.

"Buntle, Gw !" Raquella Mae suddenly complains. There was a jealous tone in his sigh.

"Otherwise ??" Billy Williams is upset.

"Ngapain Vinnie carved that name ? The past is the past, stay 'move on' doang kok !" Flinch Raquella Mae, spitting out anger due to her heat of jealous fire. Forcing 'the Wise man' I Putu Sudharma to assuage : "Listen to what Vinnie will say in a moment, focus on the audio ! This Vlog container will shake **toube !"

As far as Raquella Mae's knowledge, the Balinese man's speech was always right, also for that time. Raquella Mae caught a man's voice muttering softly, then grew louder as she set up her camera's infra-red 'range. Later ....

"To the ruler of the universe, behold my offering ! I've done everything you wanted. Sweat, blood, even my life I'm risking for her ! Then what more aral are you planting on the stretch of road between me and him ? If you remain unwilling to bring us together, then accept my body as a burning ember within the crater of this mountain, and my soul as the 'Blizardious Demon' in the realm between life and death." Arvine Dowson's voice then disappeared.

"MAX ... Vinnie No ! Don't kill yourself." cried Raquella Mae. Back his body was allowed to slump onto the rocks, he could not bear to watch Arvine Dowson spread his arms while cursing, then slowly rolled his pale body forward so that it could fall unhindered into the crater.

"Hold ! Stay focused on your camera." shouted I Putu Sudharma. But too late, Raquella Mae was completely crushed, unable to stand up.

As knowing there would be miracles, Nickolaus Welas, Billy Williams and I Putu Sudharma moved in unison. Take over that no-man's camera. Keep him focused on Arvine Dowson's 'crazy' action.

Rinjani coughed ! His breath hit a giant piece of coral, tossed it like cotton, smashed it into the body of Arvine Dowson who was hovering in freefall, bringing the fainted body to the lips of the crater dome as if he wanted to put it there, before finally the coral again decayed into the crater and then disintegrated into magma.

Back to the scene: "EUREKAAAAA !!" From the mouths of the 3 senior hikers, while on camera they were recorded feet Arvine Dowson was moving slowly.

"Vinnie congratulations, Look !" Whisper Billy Williams in Raquella Mae's ear. But the girl did not respond, she was fixated on the giggling in her teeth.

"We can't evacuate in time. Vinnie's scarred body will immediately attract the attention of vultures and swarms of wolves." said I Putu Sudharma annoyed.

The three hikers then dissolved in regret, they were human beings who had been saved by Arvine Dowson, but could not do anything when his friend needed to be saved.

"Om, I need a helicopter now !" suddenly Jonas Williamson's voice sounded like a fairy song in their ears. "On the top of Rinjani !"

Jonas Williamson smiled shyly as four pairs of eyes looked at him happily. "What the hell, Brother ? Shame I gw." said when closing the SatPhone. "15 minutes more Helli nyampe." he added kalem.

"We're packing now ! We don't have much time." Called the Co leader, Nickolaus Welas.

While everyone was packing his tent and gear, Nickolaus Welas whispered to Raquella Mae: "Only Vinnie can know what has happened yet, even he knew who could help him when others never thought about him. What's his name if it's not a demon ?"

***

Sean Rodmeyer's small steps imprinted on the sand, before long the waves wiped them out. So did the sweat on his forehead, it seemed to melt but Shanique Miller immediately wiped it. They ran and played on the beach sand next to the Miller family mansion. Edward Rodmeyer stared at his son's happiness with guilt.

"This is the end of the redness of my love for Helena. Grey and gloomy, scattered in disarray, leaving a child standing alone. How long can you survive without the guidance of a mother, Sean ? While the man you hugged and wiped your sweat off could not accept my love." - Edward Rodmeyer lamented to a nyiur at the end of the headland.

After divorcing Helena Krysnowack, Edward Rodmeyer did not want to linger a widower life. Not only because he wants to immediately forget his ex-wife, but more on the reason for giving the figure of a mother to guide the steps of the son alone puppet.

He did not want his son's life line to end up like the Panji characters in the novel written by Shanique Miller.

Step by step, Edward Rodmeyer approached. Shanique Miller and Sean Rodmeyer looked at her in different angles. If Shanique Miller thinks she's 'ordinary', then little Sean hopes that Daddy and Shanique Miller will embrace her soon to have a baby sister.

"Can Panji forgive Barata ? Because he's the one who's guilty of making the banner lose its way by divorcing Prameshwari." asked Edward Rodmeyer.

"C'mmon, Eddy ! My novel is fiction." - Shanique Miller.

"No, Shasa ! The more I read it, the more it looks like my autobiography, the more I come here ... Being kind of a prophecy of my future is also Sean."

"I wrote it, based on the results of my research in the slums. Not in the upper-class strata of life like your life."

"But why is the plot exactly the same as my life, Sha ...? Even the logic of thinking Barata figure is exactly the same as my logic !"

"Trust me, Eddy ! The novel doesn't challenge you."

"What I fear the most is if the logic thinks Panji character is the same as Sean's logic ! And that's tantamount to destruction for all of us."

"All right ! I gave up ... We assume the novel is a kind of prophecy for your life. Then you must take antithetical steps against Mahesa's behavior."

There was a triumphant smile on Edward Rodmeyer's lips. A chance.

"How's the antithesis going ?" go after Edward Rodmeyer.

"Will get married again soon, maybe ? Barata did choose a widower while lamenting the destruction of Prameshwari's life."

"Marry me ... For Sean."

Edward Rodmeyer's words were like strangling his neck. An invitation to marry was thrown from the lips of a man of all the dreams of women in the city. It is undeniable, there is flattery in the heart of Shanique Miller, if the invitation befalls other women then surely the woman will scream hysterically assent.

But not for Shanique Miller. His heart was indeed flattered, his face had indeed turned red for a moment. But her heart remained cold, as if it was pumping a lump of ice throughout her sanity nervous system.

"Dear Eddy ... There are many other women out there who have better qualities than me, they will make you and Sean happy" replied Shanique Miller.

"But-"

"If you knew who I really was, there would be no way you would choose me."

At that time, the gaze of Shanique Miller's eyes was very sharp, a little revealing the veil of how 'cold' his life story so sweet words from the mouth of an Edward Rodmeyer was unable to melt the iceberg in his heart.

"Vean ! ... One ... Two ... Three !" they ran away again laughing at each other.