7 The curse
Mountain Spirit
... The next morning Nana and all her student friends returned home after completing a community service program for approximately 1 month in the village of Sukamanah. From the beginning they were asked to ignore the Dragon, so none of them confirmed the incident last night and Arkan casually without feeling guilty bringing one of the colored stones home with him. The mountain spirit king who knew the culprit asked some mountain spirits to teach the colored stone thief the lesson as well as bring back the colored stone....
... Not long after the students left the entire village returned to their regular activities, as well as the Dragon who was about to take some fruits in the forest and plants he needed. As the Dragons were walking towards the forest, the Dragons met the 5 mountain spirits who were about to take their colored stones back....
“Didn't we have agreed not to interfere with each other's affairs - each Dragon lord?” asked Furion the leader of the mountain spirit team respectfully.
“I have nothing to do with you guys, I just want to take some fruits and herbs that I need in the forest.” replied the Dragon firmly with a sharp gaze.
“Sorry for my misunderstanding, please lord Naga.” Furion said as he coded his team to make way for the Dragon.
... The dragon and the five mountain spirits continued on their respective journeys. The five mountain spirits instantly made the sky of Sukamanah village dark covered with rain clouds and soon after a heavy rain accompanied by strong winds. Not stopping there, these five mountain spirits make a thunderstorm that makes some trees collapse to hit the houses of the villagers. Residents whose homes collapsed due to falling trees or being hit by a storm immediately fled to the village hall hoping the rain soon subsided....
... It has been more than 2 hours of heavy rain accompanied by a storm that never subsided to make the village chief realize there is something behind all this incident. The village chief immediately came to the village hall through the rain and rang a kentongan to call the village higher-ups. Not long after the village officials and village shamans had gathered at the village hall after penetrating the swift rainstorm....
“Shaman sir do you know what is going on with this village? This rain seems abnormal and has been more than 2 hours never subsided.” asked the village head of friendly hope.
“When it was only 1 hour I also felt that way, then I tried to communicate with the mountain spirit king, but there was no response as if the mountain spirit king was angry.” replied the shaman anxiously.
“Do any of you know what happened? Or has anyone seen something that shouldn't be done based on village tradition?” ask the village chief to all the village higher-ups while looking at them in turn.
... Not yet they answered the great lightning struck the door of the village hall until it was destroyed and the five mountain spirits led by Furion appeared themselves in the form of his monster. The dragon who had just returned from the forest saw the entire village being drenched in heavy rain and storms, aware that it was the actions of the mountain spirits that made him immediately run to meet them. The village chief was accompanied by shamans and the village elders walked out slowly to meet the angry mountain spirits. Suddenly the Dragon ran to the middle between the village officials and the mountain spirits....
“There is a need for what you came here Mr Dragon?” furion asked in a gripping voice full of respect.
“I came to save the village chief and his family.” replied the Dragon firmly with a sharp gaze.
“Alright.” Furion replied in a gripping voice then asked another mountain spirit to stop the rain in the area of the village chief's house.
“Please Lord Dragon, we will not harass the village head and his family.” Furion said, inviting the Dragon to look at the village head.
“Ah sucks.” protest Dragon who understands that the village head wants to save all the villagers of Sukamanah.
“Don't you guys know that the villagers have nothing to do with your colored stone thief?” ask the Dragon loudly.
... The five mountain spirits blamed the villagers who were not right in guarding the students until one of them managed to steal the colored stone from the sacred place. The mountain spirits also know that the villagers regard the Dragon as a madman who makes him ostracized except by the family of the village chief so that the Dragon's warning last night no one mengubrisnya at all. It made these five mountain spirits confused and asked to see the Dragon standing before them trying to defend the villagers who had excommunicated him...
“Yes it sucks, but seeing you do your best when you know who the real culprit is much more annoying.” replied the Dragon firmly with a sharp gaze.
“Devil Soul!” summon the Dragon who instantly appeared a Demon head figure on the left side near the Dragon's head which made the frightened mountain spirits see it.
“Is this an order from your king?” dragon asked as he slowly his right hand was about to touch the demon face that was on his left side.
“We understand Lord Dragon.” replied Furion who transformed himself and other mountain spirits back into the form of elves and fairies.
“We will hunt down the actual perpetrator of the Dragon lord.” Furion continued while nodding respectfully to the Dragon followed by the other mountain spirits and immediately went to pursue Arkan and bring his colored stone back.
... Seeing the mountain spirits who had stopped their artificial rain and went after Arkan made the Dragon eliminate the demonic figure on his left side and immediately walked home to his house without saying much. The incident suddenly made all the villagers of Sukamanah surprised to see the ability of the Dragon and the mountain spirits who are so respectful of the Dragon. They could only fall down in shame for what they had done all this time to the Dragons....
“Dragon!” call the village chief who stopped his steps.
“Thank you for correcting this misunderstanding.” said the friendly village chief who made Dragon turn to him and nodded then continued his journey back.
“Pak kades, does sir kades know the ability of Naga?” asked the shaman after the distant Dragon left with his hands still trembling.
...Then the village chief began to tell about the Dragon that the kades sir used to know because he knew the two Dragon parents. Dragon was five years old when his parents died in an accident. Since then it was the older sister Dragon who took care of and raised her, but when the Dragon Junior brother also died. All of his pain, suffering, hatred, anger, and despair turned into the figure that the Dragon summoned as a demon soul....
...It used to have a protective nature like his late brother Dragon, so that the demon soul will move itself when the Dragon is in danger. Aware of that, the Dragon secludes himself so that others are not affected by the Dragon's demonic soul which sometimes thinks that the Dragon is in danger. Currently the Dragon can control the full figure of the demon soul, so that the demon soul figure will appear and act when the Dragon asks for it....
...Dragons have a character that does not care what other people think, it makes him also so do not care about the people around him. But it is also what makes the Dragon never use his power to show the power he has. One of the messages of his late brother is that the Dragon wants to help people around him with the abilities he has where the ability of the demon soul does not yet exist. Her brother's message that makes the Dragon will act when something happens related to spirits or curses like the one that just happened....
“What pack of kades know how big the power of Dragon?” ask the curious shaman.
“I don't know and I've never seen it.” replied the village chief kindly.
“I once communicated and met the mountain spirit king, but this is the first time I have felt energy as big as that of a Dragon to the point of making me tremble in fear.” replied the shaman who still did not expect.
“Perhaps because it's the mountain spirit king of our village honoring the Dragon. He never used his power to oppress or just to gain recognition from others. He only used his strength when he was hurt by others which was also one of the promises with his late brother.” said the village chief while smiling kindly looking at the entire village population in the village hall.