The Story on the Slope of Mount Merapi
21
But they could not wait to see the three horses that did not run fast enough. Even sometimes the horse of the person at the front with a sturdy man tied with a red head actually stops and neighs. Only then did the horse slowly advance another few steps.
“The horse is lazy once,” hiss Dandun who also can't wait.
“We jumped up and surrounded him,” said his friend while gripping the sword upstream.
“Still too Far. If they are surprised, they can escape.”
“We have to be patient a little ”
But the three men did not come closer. It was even as if they deliberately stopped and carefully observed the situation.
“How?” asked one of his friends.
“We wait a moment,” replied Dandun, “if they are still waiting, we are the ones who ambushed up the cliff, then we push them down, we push them down, so that not many people can watch this fight from afar.”
“I agree,” his friend nodded.
Thus, restlessly and holding the breath of the two men along with the other two who had been hiding behind a rock waiting for the three men to become closer. But their patience seems to have reached its limit.
“The horses are presumably going crazy,” said Dandun.
The truth is that Munggur himself did not try again to move forward. His premonition as an unfortunate robber crossed as if to give him a warning, that before him was waiting for danger that could take his life. So that because of that, then the Eggur actually curbed his horse and stopped for a moment.
“Did you see something?” asked one of his friends.
“This road is too quiet and strange according to my hunch,” replied Munggur.
“This road is rarely passed by people,” said a.
“Yes. But it feels like something.”
“Benar Tunggur's. My heart also became palpitating.”
“Well we pause,” says Munggur, “maybe we have been burdened with prejudice. Maybe there is also someone who is stalking or watching us behind the rock – rocks below there. Maybe people –people Pucang Twins. Beware – Beware “
Both of his friends did not answer. But I feel like there is something.
Even one of the two suddenly hissed, “Kakang Munggur, I guess I did see something moving in the distance, behind a large rock.”
Stupor frowned. In fact, he had seen something move as seen by his friend. But he was still trying to convince her what she had seen.
Because his friend had called him first, then Munggur then said, “Indeed there is something moving on the edge. There are many possibilities that we can call. Maybe a farmer cleaning his tools or maybe a passerby on this road is resting.”
“Indeed Mungur,” said to his two friends, “ada various possibilities. But it seems suspicious.”
Munggur. Said, “Be careful. The hunch of a thief like us sometimes will not be too far from the truth if it will encounter danger.”
His two friends became increasingly fluttering. Thus the two barely blinked looking at the edge before them. But Munggur and his two friends did not immediately advance again. In that thrilling situation, only then did Munggur realize his haste. He did not prepare himself at all for the possibility that could endanger his soul when he decided to allow tygas to infiltrate the Twins.
When his suspicions grew sharper, he said to his two friends, “We cannot stop here until the afternoon becomes night. Whatever we face, we will move forward. So that we can immediately go home to report something that we have met in Pucang Kembar and solidified around”
Stupor frowned. But then he smiled. He said, “ We destroyed these –people who intercepted us. Hordes of Ijo centipedes not rats –cowardly rats “
“Let's go forward,” hissing Munggur.
Two men jumped from behind the grumbling and immediately intercepted Munggur and his two friends who were still on horseback. While from behind appeared again two people with swords drawn in hand. For a moment, Munggur looked at the people standing around him.
For a moment Madggur looked at the hard face of Dandun as hard as solid stones in front of Kali Asat. Then his face changed again. Their faces are tense. Although the face of – face looks dirty dusty but his sharp eyes still recognize that the person –people who intercepted it that he met this morning on the edge of the forest was cutting down mahogany trees.
Dandun, the oldest among them also took a step forward.
Seen by Munggur, “ Now give up, I know you guys are robbing –robbing Ijo Centipede. This morning we just met Kisanak on the edge of the forest. Do you still remember my face? And where by –okeh jadah and jenang alot that you promised?“
Unggur smiled, “ I still remember him very much and sorry for the order by-you I forgot to buy it. The market is very crowded. I reluctantly wait to be served “
Dandun smiled then he said, “ If you still remember me. I have a good offer. I'm still kind enough not to force you to complain about your lives. But if you don't give up. Please move forward again to the edge. On the edge we have a wide enough place to fight. Who was killed in the fight, we can easily throw it in the water. Do you disagree, should we fight on the river bank alone ?”
Unggur looked at Dandun for a moment, then, “Who are you really Ki Sanak? Did you drop the password from Jipang Panolan or the Twins?”
Dandun laughs. Answer, “Is there a need for you to know? But, well so you don't be curious. We are the young men of the Canggah pederasty who are still in the Pucang Kembar academy. Ki Demang ordered me to keep watch –jaga at the border. And sure enough this morning the rats –tikus from outside the academy with silent – quietly nudged in to ruffle the rice supply in the barn”
“ And you certainly can guess what my needs are. Therefore, you'd better get off your horse and turn yourself in. I'll tie your hands together respectfully.”
“Close your mouth,” Baning is the one who snapped. With bright red eyes Baning said out loud, “You must not insult. You must realize, with whom you are dealing”
“Alright,” says Stump, “if you're sure you'll be able to subdue me, do it. But I'm sure I'll be able to slash you like a banana gedebog in strait”
Dandun then waved his hand as a gesture for his three friends to start immediately. The men who had surrounded Munggur and his two friends began to move.
Slowly they advanced step by step with naked weapons in hand. Seeing the people who surrounded him began to move, then Munggur prepared. And so did his two friends.
Meanwhile, not only had the people who intercepted him moved forward. But the two men who were behind Munggur had also approached.
Unggurpun realized, that he was the main direction of the people who had been waiting for him on the edge of Kali Asat. Therefore, he had prepared himself to face all possibilities. As a gangster robbed under the leadership of the Ijo Centipede, then the Munggurpun do not feel daunted at all. Whatever happens, he will face it bravely.
But two young men from the village of Canggah were surprised. Not only them, but everyone in that place, including the two friends of Munggur himself, when they, seeing that suddenly, Munggur jerked the reins of his horse so that the horse was like jumping with ferocious forward.
And it turned out that it was the Munggur who had started it first. With great force his horse struck the two men of the Canggah with a drawn dagger. It was that unexpected attack that had shaken every chest. Dandun and his friend were like losing grip, what to do.
It turned out that the calculation of the Munggur can be done precisely even though it did not work out as expected.
It turned out that the two people from Canggah were really not ordinary people. Although they were surprised not artificial, but they still had time to do something. They were able to jump to avoid the weapons of the Munggur.
But not all of the two men were able to liberate themselves. It turned out that the Munggur keris still managed to scratch the back of one of them. When the keris touched his skin, it sounded he complained.
Then a strong impulse had thrown him so that he fell rolling on the ground. Although in an instant he managed to jump to his feet but then, his back was very painful. His strength was getting longer like being sucked by that wound on his back. But he persisted. With a tense face and rustling teeth he was ready to face the next possibility.
"Connected . . . . ."
