"Sigh...sob...sick... you seem to be in doubt, young people! It doesn't matter to me whether you want to do that or not, because I'll only help you! However, if you don't meet the requirements, I'm worried." Another, more frightening calamity will befall the people of this village!" said the grandmother. After finishing speaking, suddenly something happened before the villager's eyes. The grandmother's body suddenly disappeared and turned into a wisp of white smoke. When the smoke cleared... there was a sound of meaningless moaning. The sound of laughter became more and more distant, until finally it disappeared.
The residents simultaneously jumped out of each hut. Several people hunted towards Prawira. Among them is his father, the village head.
"A very strange thing, father...!" Prawira said looking at the old man, his father. "This is very strange! I suspect that this old woman does not want to help the people, but instead wants to plunge into a real error, and into an even worse valley of misery...!"
"I myself do not know who the old woman is. But it is clear that she is not an ordinary human being, because she can disappear like a ghost. But... hm, let's just talk at home!" Mr. Bajo dismissed the residents who had gathered around them, by advising them to be calm, and not to make hasty decisions as suggested by the elderly grandmother. Meanwhile he will look for a way out of this incident, as well as the disaster that occurred in the village. Or maybe you will ask for help from a Kyai who can ward off or expel the curse outbreak.
After dispersing the residents, the two of them rushed back home. Meanwhile, the residents immediately returned to their respective huts with a thousand questions in mind. Who is that strange old grandmother? Is it a witch doctor? Or is it a demonic creature that guards the forest? And various other interpretations fill my head. But they couldn't solve it all...
***
That afternoon... a horse came out of the yard of the village head's house, riding a man. He is Prawira. This young man in his thirties turned his horse quickly towards the west. It seems that Prawira was running out of time, so he ran his horse at a faster speed than he usually did. His face seemed to be filled with extraordinary tension.
"I have to get to the foot of Mount Honje as soon as possible to report this incident. But I'd better go to Bojong Manik Village and report Uncle Crow Wulung's father's sudden illness!" say. Prawira in his heart felt uneasy. And the horse ran as fast as it could as if it was being chased by a devil.
At that moment a white shadow flashed from the forest like a ghost that moved as fast as a gust of wind. Prawira gasped in surprise, because suddenly his horse neighed loudly and raised its front legs. He almost fell over if he wasn't an expert at riding horses. This strange incident made Prawira surprised and surprised. It's not usual for his horse to do that. The soldier tried to tame the animal by stamping his foot on the horse's stomach and whipping the animal while shouting. But the horse continued to jump up and down, making non-stop whinnying sounds.
The man almost lost his mind. That's when suddenly he heard the sound of snickering, accompanied by the appearance of a white shadow in front of him. It turned out that the white shadow was a woman dressed all in white with a black belt. Her hair fell past her shoulders. Prawira gasped in surprise.
"Hihihi... where are you going Prawira?"
"Who are you?" Prawira snapped. Wonder was also surprised this man because he did not recognize the woman, who knew her name. Also his appearance is like a ghost.
"Hihi... Prawira! I know you are Kyai Rangga Jati's student! You don't know me, but I know you, because I was expelled from the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School!" answered the woman. Prawira gasped in surprise. His eyes widened.
"You... Galuh Ranti...?" Prawira snapped. He had heard that Kyai Rangga Jati once had a student who was expelled from the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School for behaving indecently, which embarrassed the parents. This incident occurred more than ten years ago. Prawira only heard from Kyai Rangga Jati who told him about the incident.
"What you suspect is true! I am indeed Galuh Ranti! Of course Kyai Rangga Jati has told you!"
"Hm, what do you mean block me?" Prawira asked. Secretly he already had a bad feeling about the woman's appearance.
"Hihi... I just wanted to ask, where are you going? You seem to be in a hurry?" said Galuh Ranti in a very flirtatious manner. This woman was approximately thirty-five years old. From her attitude and make-up, with thick powder, black eyebrows and lipstick, you can already tell that she is a prostitute. Moreover, Prawira already knew that his character and actions had defamed the name of Kyai Guru Rangga Jati, to the point of expelling his female student.
"I'm going to the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School to meet Kyai Guru! I have something important to tell you...! I hope you will make way and not bother me, Galuh Ranti!" Prawira said. Meanwhile the horse had calmed down again. I don't know what caused the animal to suddenly neigh loudly and look scared.
"What's so important that you seem to be in such a hurry? If I may ask. Hm, who knows, maybe I can help you...?"
"I can't say it! Hm, do you dare to come to the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School after you were expelled by the teacher?" The woman laughed coldly, as she replied.
"Why not? Let's go there together! I haven't seen that Islamic boarding school for a long time, are Kyai Rangga Jati's students increasing? And of course the situation there has changed a lot since I left..." Prawira gasped. I didn't expect that Galuh Ranti would offer to come with me to the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School.
And without realizing it, Galuh Ranti's gaze, which contained supernatural powers, had worked to influence the man. At that time, Prawira, who previously didn't want to pay attention to the woman, suddenly felt a strange force that forced him to look into Galuh Ranti's eyes, until he was stunned into silence. This great power turns out to be able to change the opponent's eyes to fade. Prawira seemed to feel his mind go blank. And a soft whisper suddenly slipped into his earlobe.
"Prawira...! Don't you know that I really love you? I've been in love with you since you came to the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School. Unfortunately, I was jealous of Somala, the teacher's adopted daughter ten years ago, until I was slandered that I had had sexual relations. with him. Even though the goal was to marry him immediately. But instead I was expelled from the Islamic boarding school! I didn't love him, Prawira...! And until now I still love you... Are you going to let me languish in vengeful love until the skin of my body becomes wrinkled? ? Look at me Prawira! I'm still beautiful, aren't I? And until now I'm still a virgin. No man has touched me. Because I still hope for you..."
The honeyed words containing venom slipped into Prawira's ears and shocked the man's heart until he was stunned. And a supernatural force made this young man slowly get off his horse's back. Then stepped closer to the woman.
"You... you are still very beautiful, Galuh Ranti. Still beautiful as before..." said Prawira in a hissing voice and eyes that didn't blink at the woman in front of him. In his view, Galuh Ranti had even turned into a very beautiful girl. At that moment, Galuh Ranti's arm suddenly moved quickly to touch the man's body. However, before his arm touched Prawira's body, he suddenly heard a loud shout.
"Depraved woman!"
"Whuuuk...!" Suddenly a strong gust of wind made the woman's body stagger to the side so that her hand movement missed Prawira. And suddenly a figure has appeared in that place. Prawira suddenly realized from the influence of the woman's magical power. On the other hand Galuh Ranti turned pale when she saw who was standing in front of her.
"Teacher...!" shouted Prawira with a giddy face
rang.
"Prawira! Get out of the way! Disobedient student
no match for you!" said the old man in a green robe with a rosary in his hand.
"Kyai Rangga Jati...!?" Galuh Ranti gasped in his heart. However, he had jumped to his feet in an alert manner.
"Good! I don't need to come to the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School to repay you for kicking me out, old grandfather!" said Galuh Ranti in a cold voice.
"Hm, after you studied with a pervert with demonic knowledge, do you still want to damage my other students?" said Kyai Rangga Jati in a calm manner.
"Hihihi.... thank goodness you know! I was free to make my choice after you kicked me out of the Islamic boarding school! And you coming will only bring life, old grandfather who is self-righteous! You know, since that day you kicked me out, I've been very vengeful. And that grudge is not will disappear before I destroy the people of the Sawung Galing Islamic Boarding School, including you!" shouted Galuh Ranti in a loud voice.
Prawira flinched from the great influence that had dragged him, and he almost fell into the woman's subtle trap, if his teacher had not appeared at that place. For a moment he was stunned. But he immediately jumped in front of Galuh Ranti and shouted loudly.
"Devil woman! You almost influenced me to commit sins with you! Before you destroy us, step over my corpse first!" Prawira quickly pulled out the keris from under his clothes and lunged at the woman. Kyai Rangga Jati shouted a warning. However it was too late. Galuh Ranti moved his arms forward. A yellow light flashed... At that moment Prawira's scream was heard. His body staggered backwards. The man's eyes widened. He felt like his whole body was being stung by hundreds of venomous animals. And his eyes could faintly see hundreds of moments swarming all over his body.
"Demon science..." Prawira said in amazement. However, at that moment his body fell and collapsed and he was dying. And within a short time after dying, the man exhaled. Those hundreds of moments disappeared along with the disappearance of the yellow vapor mist on Prawira's body.
Kyai Rangga Jati was aghast. He already knew that Galuh Ranti, his student, had become a disciple of a figure with heretical knowledge. And he already suspected that Prawira was no match for him. However, he didn't have time to stop the man who lunged at Galuh Ranti after quickly pulling out his keris.
"You lecherous woman! It turns out that your heart is so full! You really have become a servant of the devil!" Kyai Rangga Jati snapped, taking a step back. Secretly he prepared himself by reciting sacred sentences silently. His fingers didn't stop counting the beads.
"Hihi...hi... someday your life will catch up with your students, Kyai! Right now I'm letting you live for a while...!" said Galuh Ranti. Suddenly his body disappeared, turned into a wisp of white smoke, and disappeared from Kyai Rangga Jati's eyes.
This old man was stunned, in his voice praising God's asthma in hiss. For a moment he stared at the corpse of his student. His heart was silently jolted hearing Galuh Ranti's words earlier. Kyai Rangga Jati remembered his adopted daughter, Somala, who had not returned to the Islamic boarding school since he excused himself to visit his brother in his hometown. Somala left with three of her male students.
It was at that moment that a shadow flashed out.
"Friend Kyai...! Go and leave this place. Leave the demonic woman and her teacher to me! Let me exterminate those two accursed humans!" a loud, hoarse voice was heard. How surprised was Kyai Rangga Jati when he saw in that place a dwarf grandfather standing in a white robe with a big head, holding a crescent-shaped stick at the end.
"Ah...!? I hope you are Badubala's friend, the Crescent Moon Stick!" said Kyai Rangga Jati when he recognized this dwarf grandfather. The people of the Green Jungle world do know who this dwarf grandfather is. He is a figure who often separates himself from the chaos of the martial arts world, like Kyai Rangga Jati. Going and emerging is none other than for a reason. Namely looking for his wife who was run away by someone, or ran away with someone else. For more than forty years of his life he spent traveling to every corner. Over the decades he has penetrated this region twice. Apparently it just went round and round around the island of Java until it almost finished its life. He really is someone to be pitied. Where he appears he always brings poetry through his singing. So that when they hear a humming sound with the same sentence, people immediately know who is coming. For those who have met. Kyai Rangga Jati bowed his head. Suddenly he frowned as he looked at the dwarf grandfather.
"Friend Badubala... I'm the one who trains my students more in religion, I don't understand and don't know much anymore about the state of the Green Forest world. Are you sure that the events that have hit several places in this region are the actions of your wife and her students?"
"Hm, even though I'm not sure yet, but I told you I have sniffed his body odor! Then, I guess you should just return to the foot of Mount Honje while burying your disciple's body! Regarding what happened in this place is my business!" said the dwarf grandfather. For a moment Kyai Rangga Jati was stunned, but then said.
"Well then, my friend...! And thanks for your help...!" After saying that, Kyai Rangga Jati jumped over to Prawira's body. Then he leaned over the man's body, and carried him in a flash without looking back.
This dwarf grandfather stared until the figure of the old Kyai's body disappeared from sight. He took a deep breath, then pressed the tip of his wand. And like a doll the size of a small child, the pygmy grandfather's body floated up, then vanished out of sight...
***
Galuh Ranti flashed like a ghostly shadow towards the forest after previously scattering yellow mist vapor towards the village head's house. While the naked woman's body vanished into the forest, inside the village head's house a woman's screams were heard.
"No! Oh, noo! Noo...!" The woman, the wife of the village head, saw hundreds of snakes crowding all over her husband's body. With wide eyes he saw the strange incident. And this woman screamed in fear when she saw her husband stretching and dying twitching on the bed. After a while, the life of the village head man was gone. And... this woman collapsed unconscious after learning that her husband was dead.
Several residents jumped out of the hut. Then ran towards the village head's big house. What they saw shocked some of these men. He saw the wife of the head of the village in a state of fainting lying at the door of the room. While in the room, the village head was seen dead with his whole body full of hundreds of kala and other venomous animals. Of course they immediately ran out, without having time to carry the old woman's body.
A shadow darted along the side of the house, and suddenly was at the window of the village chief's room. It turned out to be none other than the dwarf grandfather. The dwarf grandfather's eyes were fixed on the corpse of the male village chief. His lips hissed.
"Bastard! Fairy Queen Kemuning's student is truly too much! Hm, now is the time to destroy those two human teachers and students!" Finished hissing furiously, his body flashed out of the bedroom window without anyone noticing.
Towards evening a strange incident appeared to occur in the forest. Who knows when it was founded, suddenly a palace appeared made of sturdy rocks, with three towers that rose to the sky. A strange palace that looked like something from a fairy tale... But it was clearly visible before the eyes of the dwarf grandfather who looked wide-eyed and flabbergasted...
"Demon Palace...!" jolted Badubala the Crescent Moon Wand with a hissing sound. Standing on the branch of a large wooden tree with his eyes wide open, this dwarf grandfather was stunned and frozen.
At the same time a shadow flashed at the side of the forest. The movement is very light. However, the dwarf grandfather was able to recognize the person's appearance. Its large eyes blinked and looked down at the shadowy figure.
"Hm, who else appears at this time of night? Human or ghost?" Hissed the little old man. Suddenly his body shot up and disappeared into the darkness.
Meanwhile, a figure appeared on the side of the forest, staring stunned into a gap in the bushes. In the dim moonlight he saw a strange palace which had three tall towers. Who this person is is a man who wraps his head with a black headscarf. He has a mustache and a thick, brownish beard. Wearing a dark long-sleeved robe.
"Strange palace! Magical palace! How amazing!" The man could be heard saying to himself.
Suddenly the body of the man wearing the headscarf shot into the air and did two somersaults. Suddenly it disappeared and you couldn't see where it flashed. This apparently did not escape the eyes of the dwarf grandfather who was watching from a dark place behind a bush.
"Hey? How quickly did he disappear? Strange! I thought my eyes were still sharp enough to see clearly no matter how dark it was..." said the dwarf grandfather to himself. As a veteran and highly knowledgeable Rimba Hijau figure, even though he rarely experienced combat, this grandfather had sharp eyes. Even the slightest movement could be seen in the dark. But this time he was really surprised, because he didn't see where the hijab-wearing man was moving. Suddenly it disappeared before our eyes.
"Hm, I don't know if he's friend or foe... But from his words he was also surprised to see the appearance of that strange palace! I'd better not rush into action. I want to see, will the strange palace disappear again tomorrow morning? I have a strong guess "That all this is the work of a witch woman who I suspect is my wife," thought and said in his heart the dwarf grandfather. Then he flashed from the side of the forest...
*
Meanwhile, at the top of one of the towers of a strange palace, a woman's head appeared... It turned out to be the head of the old old woman who had been screaming this afternoon in the middle of the village. This grandmother is seen looking down at the tower, watching the forest that surrounds the palace.
"Heheh...hik...hik...no one would think that Fairy Queen Kemuning was me. And no one would think that I was the one who spread the disaster! Good...! My student Galuh Ranti can be relied on to eliminate humans dissidents who want to hinder my dreams! I will build a kingdom on my power. The power of a human servant of the devil! Because I feel that the devil has helped me a lot! The more followers I have, the longer my life will be, and... hihik... hihik... hic... I will be young and beautiful again..!" said the hunchbacked old woman, and snickered.
Suddenly a crow flew in from outside, screeching loudly. This crow perched on the hunchbacked grandmother's shoulder.
"What's wrong, sweet...? Why are you screaming? Say it! Is there something you saw out there?" asked the grandmother to the crow. The crow seemed to understand the old grandmother's question as it screeched and flew from the tower window. The grandmother knew that something had made her pet crow behave like that. This grandmother snorted and hissed.
"Heh! Who is the human who dares to enter the gate of my palace, it means he wants to quickly take his life...!" In an instant, Peri Ratu Kemuning's body disappeared into a wisp of white smoke. Suddenly it was at the bottom, right in front of the gate. But suddenly this old woman's eyes widened, and her face changed in shock. What did he see? It turned out that his pet crow seemed to be lying dead lying on the ground.
"Huh! What happened?" this old woman snapped in a screaming voice of surprise.
"My crow... oh, my crow...???" he shouted as he flashed and his arm caught the dead bird that had just flown down the tower. But now found in a state of lifeless again. Just then a shadow flashed from inside the room.
"What happened. Master...?" It turns out Galuh Ranti exists. This woman gasped with surprise when she saw the carcass of her teacher's pet crow had become a carcass.
"Bastard! Who did it, Master? Let me smother the humans!" said Galuh Ranti with an angry face.
"Heh! Look for that bastard around the palace!" said Fairy Ratu Kemuning in a loud voice. He slammed the crow in his hand to the ground. However, something strange happened that a lifetime just happened before his eyes. The crow turned into a stone. Both the grandmother and Galuh Ranti were shocked.
"Bastard! I was deceived! Hm, it turns out there is a human who has possessed magic infiltrated here. Who is he?" Fairy Ratu Kemuning snapped with her face turning dark.
"Who is it. Master? Do you think you know?" For a moment the grandmother was lost in thought. Suddenly he pranced and roared in a loud voice. "Bastard! Damn it...! Is he the owner of white magic?"
"Who do you mean. Teacher?" asked Galuh Ranti. This grandmother did not answer, but immediately chanted incantations. Suddenly the moon seemed to disappear covered in black mist that came rolling. And slowly the strange palace vanished covered in black mist. Everything became pitch black.
When the moon came back ... it seemed that the strange palace had disappeared. The place was back to being a dense jungle like its origin. And the two women who are followers of demonic science also disappear somewhere they go...