Angus Poloso - Legend of Ki Ageng Selo.
Interlude - Time Machine.

After a long and meaningless talk, Mbah Jayos, as the main mentor, immediately went up to the stage to give a two-sentence sentence that he would convey to the participants.

“Ehm, okay kids. I am here to give a word for two for the participants who will take this Test of Faith exam,” Mbah Jayos said opening the speech. “As you know that in this test, you must exert all the abilities you have to re-seal the demons into Angus Poloso. Therefore, you must devote everything in this test, be it your treasures, spirit, abilities, even your life. Out of the hundred participants, I made sure only thirty people would be able to safely exit this exam and the others would either die or be lost!”

They were all silent, no one dared or knew the risks. I also fell silent knowing that this had been told by Brother Vita, but unlike Mela, he had

looks scared half to death, even his hands are not at all separated from his embrace to me.

“Mela are you scared huh?” manyworry.

“Eh, no really. This was my first experience, so ..” answered trying to cover up her fear.

“That's the name you're scared, you know! It's okay, there's me here ready to protect you.”

Then there was a voice from the pulpit, Mbah Jayos was like seeing me who was calming Mela's fear. “Oke, kids. Before this exam starts you should immediately rest first while looking for and forming your team.”

From the explanation Mbah Jayos above I managed to draw some conclusions in the formation of the team later. Each team must have five members, and that partner is not counted as a member, so we must gather ten people, if their partners are counted.

“Anoo, will you be one of my team squads?” ask a girl while tugging at my clothes from behind. I looked back until our eyes crossed each other.

“Meme Febtyana,” said I was surprised to see it.

“Eh, brother Umam. I didn't think you could be here. Follow Test of Faith again, sister?” answer him back asking. “Oh yes, how are you Danang?”

“Ah, bias. Three years ago I failed this test, so I have to repeat again!” answer hence. “Soal Danang, he's still like before. Next time you stop by the house if you have time,”

This Febtyana meme is the girlfriend or rather the fiancee of Danang. She is a girl who is able to heal the trauma of Danang when she was betrayed by Dewi Anjar who had cheated her raw.

Seeing our intimate chat, Mela who was beside me felt ignored, and it made her uncomfortable. Immediately, he pointed his forefinger towards Meme, and with a gaze

empty, he said, “Darling, can I kill this girl? I don't like being ignored by people I love. So, before this girl intervenes, may I kill her?”

Mela's words immediately made us both uncomfortable. “Quiet, Mela, relax! This meme is my sister's boyfriend, so where might I have a taste for her,”

Immediately Meme invite Mela to get acquainted, yes although I know she looks a little scared, “I Meme, her boyfriend Danang. Hello yeah?”

Mela returned to her original condition and rushed to introduce herself as well. “I Mela, her fiance Umam. Greetings too!”

They finally shake hands. Seeing Mela's behavior just now, making Meme undo his intention to get into my team. But after I said that in the exam this time there will be a lot of misfortune, he decided again to enter my team.

Duh! What I just felt this. Mela who was so spoiled turned out to have such an attitude. The attitude of a yandere who is so over in loving someone. Not wanting to make things worse, I invited the two of them to walk down the classroom corridors in the ponpes and hoped that someone would join our team.

“Oh yes, Feby. Which partner?” asku just remembered about the pair Meme that has not appeared.

“Oh, I don't know! Not usually Siti like this,” replied Meme who looked right to the left looking for her partner. “Umam, can you help me find him?” her door. I'm fine-fine, but I'm not

with Mela. He stared at Meme already like he wanted to kill him. Even so, I still persuaded him to understand, and I finally got his permission.

I left Mela in front of the cafeteria while the two of us immediately searched for Siti from all over the place. Classrooms, dormitories, prayer rooms and so on, but no nose was found.

After a long search, we both found her right in the bathroom. There he did something that even a madman wouldn't want to do. Naudzubillah Min Dzalik ...!

He scratched his stomach until it was torn and when the blood poured out, he filled the blood with both hands and then he drank his own blood.

I was really nauseous to see it, it almost made me vomit. But when I was about to help him and drive him to the location of the mentors, from behind, Meme suddenly thrust the knife he was carrying, hitting my back.

They're both possessed!

Fortunately at that time, knowing there was something strange to Meme, I rushed to put a cathone into my back clothes, so that the knife did not hurt me at all. I immediately turned my body and hit the stomach so that he stirred and limp. I hit him a second time and he fell unconscious there.

After that, I rushed to where the mentors were and told what had happened to my team members. Immediately two of them came to help me to carry Meme and Siti to the mosque and meruqya.

It took more than an hour for ustadz and scholars there to meruqyah Feby and Siti. But their hard struggle paid off, and Feby (call Feby to be delicious than Meme) also Siti finally woke up.

Before it happened ...

“Hahaha .. I am the ruler of night and darkness. I bound the soul and body of this girl to end the girl you were with, great-grandson of Kyai Marwan,” Feby shouted as she pointed her index finger at me.

The ustadz and other scholars again read the prayer.

“He is the darkness itself. Let us go young, you will know for yourself that the girl is not as good as you think,” said Siti who touched on our conversation. “Not only are we observing the girl, but there are thousands, not millions of demits and demons who are spying on the girl right now. And as soon as you let your guard down, the girl's life will drift in our hands. Hahaha!”

“By Allah, and by His glory. Don't talk about my fiance. Fucking devil!”

As soon as they came from a trance, they both said they knew nothing. Feby didn't even know I was taking this exam and he got into my squad. That means she was possessed before I met her again.

I'm sure that the demons that have possessed Feby and Siti are a call from someone, because there's no way the demit knows that I invited Mela to take this exam, and where maybe a teri-class demite is able to enter the human body that has a bloodline from Kyai Marwan, other than because the human will itself allows it.

...

After everything returned to normal, Me, Feby, and Siti rushed to the ponpes yard to look for members. Unfortunately, we were late. All the participants had their own partners.

Not getting any new members, we immediately returned to the place where I left Mela. There were already four men who tried to seduce Mela to join her group. Not knowing why, when they tried to touch and touch the delicate hand of Mela it made my temperament rise instantly and directly hit the four young men.

“You don't bother my lover!”

“Cih! How dare you too?”

The four of them beat me in turn. Honestly, my martial arts lost to them. So there I was just their moons. Feby and Siti couldn't do much to help me because they were just weak girls, while Mela, trying to help me but she was affected as well.

Until came Mother who came and broke up our fight. Seeing her great-granddaughter injured by being beaten by other participants, made Mbah Mommy's anger peak. He was about to take out the four participants, but I prevented it.

“Don't, Mbah Mommy! If you take them out, it'll make it harder for the rest of his team. So please forgive them!” I said I tried to persuade Mother Mbah. “Partially I was the first one to hit them, so it was his fault for me too.”

Mom finally took a long breath. He immediately treated my wounds with his Sewu Urip. “Yes, son! Sometimes this good decision will be disastrous for you later. However, mba

grateful you have such a big heart!”

Half an hour later, as we were unable to find any other members, we were randomly paired with the remaining participants. Yes, even though our members are less than ten people, but at least they have a qualified mental and supernatural strength.

They are: (Umam and Mela), (Feby and Siti), (Andre and Wulan), and (Agung and Cici). Having already taken this exam, I was asked by everyone to be the leader as well as the person in charge of this group, while Feby was appointed as his representative. It made Mela pout a little and half to death, but in the end she agreed.

Once all was ready, we were all summoned by Mbah Jayos into the ponpes hall. We were the last team that hadn't been sent to another dimension by the mentors, but it turned out to be a reason for Mbah Jayos to talk to us.

“Le, do you know why I called you here?” tanya Mbah Jayos is friendly. His eyes look cool to see. “Do you know the reason why I sealed your power?”

I nodded slowly. “Iya, Mbah. But I also don't understand.”

I saw Mbah Jayos slightly glancing towards Mela who was still unceasingly embracing my arms tightly, as if frightened by Mbah Jayos' gaze on her.

“Oh so? Then what don't you understand that, son?” tanyakanya.

“Why does Mbah seal my powers? I'm sure there are other reasons besides what Mbah Gel said a while back. What is it?” my reply asked for a certainty of the reason why my power was sealed, whereas in this exam I needed it most.

“Yes, if darling still has strength, surely he will not be injured like that, Mbah,” exclaimed Mela to defend me.

“In retrospect there is indeed a truth to your words, Mam!” the others defended me.

Mbah Jayos just smiled wryly to find their defense all. “Shut up all of you! You have no idea what I'm planning. I did all this to protect her!”

Everyone was surprised for a moment. “Protect? Protect from what?”

“Many things. I'll tell you one reason. Protect from the pursuit of Ki Sugeng, Ki Ujek, and Ki Susilo. Do you guys understand?” replied Mbah Jayos who was slightly snapping. “Originally you know, take Mela in

this test caused a lot of disasters, you know? All the heretical sects that are all over the country in droves to Java just want to get it!”

“So all this is my fault?” ask Mela who is starting to blame herself. “So I'm only here because I'm worried, not because you want to take me that way, Mam?”

Mela rushed out of the room, and I immediately clasped her hand and I hugged her. At first he was still rebelling, but in the end he gave up and let me calm his heart.

“Cih! So baper see,” said Andre. “Kudenger-denger the hell they're engaged. Is that true?”

“Yes, Umam's sister is my boyfriend's sister, so I know all about him. If Mela, this is the first time I met her.” Answer Feby.

Once all is ready, we are sent to another dimension connecting space and time by Mbah Jayos. Either we will be sent to which place or what adventure we will face, but one is certain.

We will take care of each other so that the team I lead this time passes this test without losing anyone.