ADJOINING REALM
BEYOND REASON

After a long time floating in the air, Maung and Komang who were carrying Darto and Jaka finally began to see a bright spot. They were finally able to touch the ground even though their legs were completely broken when they reached the bottom of the abyss.

"You heal the wounds on the legs first, let me and Jaka ensure the conditions around," said Darto after seeing Maung and Komang moaning while trying to stand up.

"Does it matter if you walk?" sahut Maung.

"You can find our smell, right? tanya Darto.

"That could. We are both creatures who have a sharper smell than others" Komang chimed as he grimaced with pain in their legs.

"Nah ... then, let me and Jaka walk first, it looks like the place where he lives is not far from here," said Darto then stepped away from Maung and Komang.

Seeing Darto and Jaka had stepped up, finally Komang and Maung immediately changed shape and sat cross-legged with human form. They circulated energy throughout their legs, to slowly recover the wounds they suffered.

The further Darto and Jaka stepped, the darkness that enveloped the more plastered and more concentrated again. They continued to walk downhill, until unknowingly they had entered very far into a different place.

"Don't you?!" call Darto to make sure Jaka is still on his side.

"I'm here, Kang," Jaka replied as he tried to feel, and he finally managed to touch something nearby.

"Kang?! What'sthis?" jaka asked after touching the thing. The thing in his hand felt slippery, like a smooth object filled with mucus.

"What are you talking about, Jak?" sahut Darto while trying to create light using matches that he always carries.

Shortly after Darto lit a kerosene match in his hand. From the dim light yellowish visible so clear form of a creature that is currently held Jaka.

His form looks like a human, but he has a posture that is so high with a body that is so thin. The tall figure was sculpting while sticking out his long tongue, with the body completely not covered with skin.

His body was so red that it was the color of fresh blood, with every vein and muscle plastered so prominently all over his body.

The surprised Jaka instantly released his palm on the body of the figure. He pulled his arm as fast as he could, before finally looking down and spewing out his entrails.

Indeed, the stomach of Jaka and Darto was very nauseous at that time, they did not expect to be treated to such a terrible sight, even though they had not found the destination of the trip.

After being content to spit out his stomach, Darto rubbed your lips using the back of his hand then asked the figure, "Who are you?"

"You've been waiting for .." she answered briefly then turned around and stepped away.

Darto and Jaka who were still amazed could not find a reason not to follow the figure. They are forced to continue to look at the disgusting shoulders of the person who is leading the way, so that they can get to their destination.

For a long time Darto and Jaka walked behind the figure, until one when they both lost sight of the figure who was completely covered in darkness.

But even so, Darto and Jaka continued to step in following the blood trail left by their guiding figure, a foot-shaped footprint made of pooled blood, which had been left behind, in every place that the figure had stepped on as he stepped.

Slowly but surely they continued to step down, until finally one blinding light began to be captured by the naked eye belonging to Darto and Jaka from a distance.

Darto and Jaka were confused for a moment. They looked at each other for their sense of origin, because if thought carefully, they continued to dip down since they first came to the bottom of the abyss. Yet right now before their eyes there was truly a place that fully possessed such a bright light.

Although it felt very strange, Darto and Jaka could do nothing more. Because the only option they had was to enter the place.

"Let me in front, Jak," said Darto before finally entering into a hole similar to the end of the cave.

After the two of them entered the hole, one scene presented was really far from their estimates. They come out of the cave and see a completely different world.

In front of the eyes of Darto and Jaka is a stretch of forest that is fully filled with bright red leafy trees, with tree trunks that are completely red.

The ground that stretched out along the eye looked was completely blackish brown. Until the picture presented in the mind of Darto and Jaka directly refers to blood.

This place really fits the name, because the meaning of the word alas getih, is nothing but a forest of blood. Feeling that their destination was plastered before their eyes, Darto and Jaka again faced each other, then jumped down from the mouth of the cave, towards the ground which was located quite far below their feet.

Although the mouth of the cave is located in the middle of a cliff that is quite high, Darto and Jaka really landed smoothly. They were not injured, nor sprained, because their landing position was perfect.

But ... Because the ground under the feet of Darto and Jaka is very soft, their feet until it sank to the extent of their eyes, considering they jumped from a high enough place.

"It's blood, Jak!" darto shouted in a slight panic after pulling one leg of his from the ground. Darto was a little worried if the blood was coming from his legs, but he immediately felt relieved after making sure his legs were fine.

"My feet are bleeding too, Kang. Looks like the land here is covered in blood" Jaka said as he showed his feet. Jaka's feet are also the same as Darto's feet, the tips of their feet look like they are wearing red socks, which close to the extent of their eyes.

"Yes, Jak. The ground here is bleeding" said Darto as he grabbed a pinch of land under his feet. He grasped the ground for a moment, and after disposing of it a trace of blood immediately fell on his palm.

After a long time of astonishment, they finally decided to step in the direction they had chosen with the origin. Because they really had no clue at all, about the location they were going to.

Darto and Jaka really keep going non-stop, they walk more and more into the perfect forest of red, red, until one when they saw a river that stretched wide enough before their eyes.

The river has a very strong current, with a waterfall that stretches so high above it. The river is also red, its color is really like the color of fresh blood, with the smell of rancid exposed clearly in the air.

For a moment Darto and Jaka were stunned to see all the blood flowing so profusely before their eyes. The two companions were very confused by the amount of blood plastered in front of his face. They even thought hard to find the answer to where this blood came from.

"Jak .. How about we follow this river. Maybe at the end of there we can see where this blood comes from," proposed Darto after long stunned.

"I'll come, Kang. Just do not be invited to swim in the river," replied Jaka while shivering in horror.

"Who would want to swim in a place like that, Jak?" timpal Darto was a little mocking.

"That's .. they are swimming, right there," said Jaka as he pointed to the river.

Darto actually thought Jaka was joking, but when he turned his head in the direction his friend pointed to, one startling look was caught by his eyes again.

Just across the river from where Darto and Jaka were standing, a group of skinless humans seemed to be sitting lined up along the banks of the river. They submerged the lower body part into the stream and allowed the upper body to remain above the land.

All the creatures seemed to enjoy the things they were doing, they even occasionally scooped red water under his body, before finally washing his skinless face using the water.

Some of them drank it directly, and some went down to the river to soak the entire body up to the limit of his neck.

After Darto and Jaka watched them closely, suddenly one surprising thing came back. They simultaneously turned their heads simultaneously, and looked at the two companions with an extremely horrifying gaze.

One by one the creatures grinned alternately, before they finally went into the stream and began to swim across the river. They flocked closer to Darto and Jaka, with perceived killing intent, even before they made it across the river.

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