ADJOINING REALM
STILL IN THE SAME PLACE

After lying down for a long time, Darto began to wake up from his stupor. He turned to the four comrades who had woken up first, then sat in the middle of the crowd.

"Where's Wajana?" tanya Darto was full of curiosity.

"That's what we're talking about, Dar. I've been around just now, but he's not anywhere" said Maung with a lethargic face.

"What not-don't." said Jaka with a face that was no less lethargic.

"No... I believe he is still alive" Maung said, "Not far from here is a human settlement, maybe he was taken there by a foreign man we were fighting" Maung said.

Darto was shocked after hearing the sentence, he was very worried considering the power of such a large foreign man.

"We go there" said Darto with a worried look.

"Not yet, Dar. restore your energy first," declined Maung accompanied by nods of the heads of all his friends.

"This I can get outside," said Komang while thrusting a banana comb that has been completely yellowed.

"Where did you get it?" ask Darto wonder.

"Had Maung said, right? not far from here there's a village, they're really human, Dar... Everyone is farming just like all normal humans" Komang said.

Although still feeling awkward, Darto and Jaka could not refuse the fruit that Komang offered, they ate everything greedily, considering that they had not felt the fruit that they used to eat often.

After the banana runs out, Darto rests his body on the wall of the cave, he looks up while remembering all the battles he had passed.

"How do you know there's a cave in this place, Maung?" tanya Darto tried to make sure.

"I just wanted to run away, Dar... I brought Sastro and Wajana who started to faint after being attacked by dozens of dogs, and did not feel like I suddenly came out of the dark place," Maung replied.

"Then?" ask Darto back.

"After coming out of the black fog, I was really surprised to see a forest, and I accidentally found this place, too" Maung continued.

"So you're saying we're still in the same place we fight?" Darto still harbored a million curiosity.

"Yes, Dar. We dance on the palms of one creature, he created that dark world, so my ability doesn't work there, your eyes can't see, can they?" Maung again threw the question, and immediately got a nod of the head from all his friends.

"Certainly? How is there a human?" ask Darto with a face full of question marks.

"That's what we're all talking about, Dar. This place is really weird" Komang said.

"Now we rest first, however we are at war, Dar. Just trust the Wajana, he can certainly overcome the situation he is facing" proposed Sastro.

"But what if wajana why-why?" timpal Jaka with a worried look.

"At least just one... We can reciprocate what Wajana feels, if our condition has returned to prime," Maung replied with a gaze that is so firm, but looks a speck of bulir that pooled at both corners of his eyes.

Everyone nodded at that moment, they realized that if they stepped into a dangerous place, they would not be able to do anything.

How can they fight? Even to walk, their bodies were staggering.

That day, Darto, Maung, Komang, Jaka and Sastro chose a slightly selfish decision. They still choose to hide, and focus on recovering energy and energy that had been wasted before.

One night was very long, the five men continued to gather energy by continuing to meditate, with chaotic thoughts filling their entire head.

They could not lie to their hearts, in fact they all wanted to run immediately, to the place where the Vajana was being held back by his opponent.

After the morning sun had fallen from the eastern horizon, Darto and Jaka said goodbye to Maung, Komang, and also Sastro. They walked in tandem, towards the place that Maung had described.

After some time passed, finally Darto and Jaka arrived in front of a settlement. Some people start doing their activities, even though the sun has not fully appeared.

When Darto and Jaka arrived, one person who saw the arrival of two foreign men in front of his house was completely shocked. He rounded his eyes, then ran closer to Darto and Jaka.

Darto and Jaka stepped back slightly as the man in front of him began to approach, the man raised both arms, as if to give an attack to Jaka who was standing right in front of him.

But just when Darto wanted to attack the foreign man, he immediately dissipated the energy in his hands, after seeing the movement made by the man was not an attack.

Darto was also increasingly convinced that the man was a human being, because the man could not see the energy that Darto had created before.

The man seemed surprised by the arrival of Darto and Jaka, he held Jaka's shoulder with a face of disbelief, before he finally uttered a sentence that read, "What a miracle, really, because there's another human being here,"

The man looked very happy after seeing the arrival of Darto and Jaka. His face was very bright, and immediately pulled Darto and Jaka to rush towards his residence.

Darto and Jaka could not resist, he followed the man's request, and entered the house after being invited.

"Still in the morning... anu... What's your name?" Asked the man, he was confused when he wanted to call the names Darto and Jaka.

"I'm Darto, sir.this is my brother, Jaka," replied Darto still with a face of caution.

"alright... It's too early, son Darto and son Jaka. Sorry for the last night's leftovers, this is please eat, it was warmed earlier," said the man while thrusting boiled cassava which is still a little warm.

Darto and Jaka were a little afraid to reach for the food, they felt anxious, but when they saw the man eating it, Darto and Jaka immediately cut it all down.

"Ha ha ha you must be hungry... How did you come to this place? Where are you guys from? Though our leader said if there are no other humans as far as we go into the forest," said the foreign man with a curious face

"the leader? Is he wearing black?" ask Darto without answering the person's question.

"Yes, Nak Darto... You guys ever meet? He protected us all here, he even gave us clothes, and seeds for farming," the man replied back, "So where did you come from?" continued again.

Darto and Jaka were a little surprised by the explanation that person described. If indeed the person wearing all black was a protector, why did he attack Darto and the others in the room?

But Darto who had no other choice had to give up a little, he made up a little story by saying, "We are walking from the village to the city, but in the middle of the road we get lost and get here. Actually this is where sir... "

"Dakirs... My name is Dakir, son," the man replied when he saw Darto confused to call his name.

"All right, Mr. Dakir... Where is this actually?" Continued Darto accompanied by a nod to Jaka's head.

"Sorry son, we don't know either... Later let us deliver to our leader, he is a person who knows everything" replied Mr. Dakir again.

After saying the word, Pak Dakir who lives alone in the house asked a variety of questions.

He always looks very amazed, when he heard the story that Darto and Jaka said. It seems that he has never seen the outside world, because he always asks about the differences that his residence and the place where Darto and Jaka came from.

He seemed constantly amazed, and also seemed very if he wanted to visit all the places that Darto and Jaka told.

After being satisfied to hear all the stories about the outside world thrown by Darto and Jaka, the man peeked out of the window.

After confirming that the sun was high enough, he got up from his seat and said, "Let's get you to meet the leader."

Darto and Jaka hurriedly sipped a glass of water that had been idle for so long in front of them, then got up and followed the steps of Dakir who led the way, to get to the place he mentioned.

Seriate....