BERHALA ISLAND
EPISODE 16: TERMS OF TAKING TREASURE

    Finally, Podin managed to return to the island, which was said by men who had met him as the Island of Idols, the island is said to be a place that there are many idols that will always prey on humans who enter the island. No matter what name the island, which is clearly believed by Podin, on the island are many treasures.

    After the boat he was riding tethered to the beach, as was the case when Podin first came to the place, Podin immediately rushed down from the boat. Although the person who runs the boat has not told Podin to go down, but apparently Podin who already understand, then he immediately went down where the boat moored. And after the foot of the poden retraced on the ground in that place, then Podin continued his journey towards the center of the island, where in the middle of the island there is a magnificent palace, a luxurious palace, a luxurious palace, the palace holds many treasures. To the palace was the place that Podin went to.

    Once the foot of Podin had come down to the ground, the boat he was riding had already passed leaving Podin without any words or words. Then, the boat vanished into the dim night. Podin also did not pay attention to the boatman who had delivered and left him. And indeed because Podin had been to that place for the second time, as if he had memorized it, already understood how the delivery boat was going to leave him, and of course will pick him up after later Podin managed to bring his treasure.

    Podin already knew his way to enter the island. He had to cross a nice little road, which passed into the middle of the island. Then Podin continued on his way, with a twilight glow illuminated from the western sky. Podin stepped slowly, setting his foot across the middle of the dark forest, which had not received the light from the reddish-yellow sky. Podin still remembered the road to go to the palace in the middle of the island. Yes, he crossed the road in the middle of a dense forest. But of course it is very easy to step foot in that place, because it lives to step foot following a smooth and smooth road. Although only a path, but apparently the road was built for people who came to the palace. So that the smooth road has shown the direction to the palace in the middle of the island.

    The day keeps getting darker. The light from the sun is no longer visible. And it just so happened that night the moon was dead. Of course the atmosphere in the middle of the island covered in forest was pitch black. Podin could no longer see anything around him. Podin can no longer distinguish the types of trees around him. But he kept walking. He kept his feet up with confidence. As expected, he would return home carrying a treasure chest. And of course, Podin will choose the largest treasure chest that he powerfully lifted to be carried home. Of course, it will be displayed in the vehicle. So there is no need to worry about the size and weight of the treasure to be brought.

    However, after walking for quite a long time, apparently there was something strange felt by Podin. There was a slight difference to when he first came to the island. Something was not the same when he first arrived. If in the past, when he had just stepped into the island, Podin immediately witnessed a bright light that pushed from the middle of the island. Yes, a glittering light emanating from the majestic palace. But this time, despite the long walk, there were no signs of bright lights from the lit palace lights.

    Actually, Podin was a bit hesitant. He stopped his footsteps. He hesitated to continue his footsteps. But when he stepped back, just a step, he saw there was a beam of light. Podin is somewhat relieved. Maybe that beam of light was his palace. Then his heart was relieved again, because what would be addressed was already seen. His footsteps did not recede. Podin continued forward confidently, for it was possible that he would soon arrive at the palace.

    After a few steps, it turned out that what was encountered by Podin was not the light coming from the palace, but just a small beam of light that lit up like a candle. Yeah, it's not the glitter of the palace lights. Only the light of the fire that apparently deliberately someone burned it.

    But it's okay. Podin was convinced, maybe it was just a sign. Perhaps that was where yesterday he found the magnificent palace. Or even Podin thought, maybe the electricity in the middle of the island, the electricity that illuminates the palace, was being extinguished. Then the place became dark.

    Podin continued his path. He kept walking towards the small fire, which was burning. And after being close to the light, it turned out that the beam of light was a small fire from an incense burning or incense done by an old man who sat cross-legged to face the small flame.

    Take heart, Podin. Plong felt when he witnessed someone who was cross-legged and was burning the incense. The fragrant smell of the burning incense was pierced firmly into Podin's nose. That is the characteristic of a person who is performing the ritual of puja semedi to a substance that is not visible to the human eye.

    "Sir ..., what are you doing here?" so asked Podin to the man who was cross-legged burning the incense.

    "here .... Come ... . I'm waiting for you. Please .... Sit in front of me, here." said the man who was cross-legged while burning the incense.

    "Waiting for me ...? asked Podin to the man who was cross-legged while facing the burning incense. What a strange thing, why is that man waiting for Podin? Does he know?

    "Yes .... Come .... Hurry up and sit with me here" said the man, who told him to sit down immediately before him.

    Podin sat cross-legged, as the man did. Surely Podin was observing the person in front of him. But he could not see the man's face. Maybe because of the dark.

    "Sir ..., can I ask ...? The palace that was here first, where is it, sir ...?" so asked Podin to the man who was still cross-legged in front of him.

    "The country is still closed .... Not yet opened .... Come on, sit here first. If you want to go to the palace, you have to sit with me first. Later there if it has been opened his palace ..." so said the man who told podin to sit with him, of course perform the ritual.

    Podin, who had followed the man's words, again, wanted to know, who exactly was the person sitting in front of him, who is the man sitting cross-legged who is now facing himself and only separated by the incense that is being burned by the man. In the mind of Podin wondered, why is his face invisible? Though highlighted by fire from incense burn.

    "If you want to enter the palace, we must do the ritual puja first ..." said the man again, who again put incense in the fire.

    Podin again assumed, if the person who burned this incense is the person who is doing the ritual. He will also ask for something on the island. Podin also thought, that person is the same as himself, he said, if the man in front of him was the one who wanted to obtain wealth by asking the old grandfather in the palace in the middle of this island. So Podin tried to find out who the man in front of him was.

    "If you may know, who is this father?" ask the man Podin.

    "Huh .... Here you don't ask who I am. I won't ask who you are either. We here are the same. We cannot know each other and we cannot know each other. Later if it comes your turn, you will know for yourself." so replied the man before him.

    Hearing such an answer, Podin was immediately silent. Podin no longer dared to continue his question. He was worried that the man in front of him would be angry if asked again. And of course Podin also did not want his identity known by others. Because the name of the person asks for wealth, asks for a gift, then he must not reveal his secret. He must not mention his name to anyone, because it will be known to others, if his wealth is only the result of asking for others, in this case it was the old geezer who had met him.

    "Sir, the palace is not it when, yes ...?" this time Podin asked the man who was still busy lighting the incense.

    "If this incense has burned out, then the palace will be opened for you. So sit with me, let's burn these incense sticks together, for offerings in order to open the palace doors." so said the man who then gave some of the incense he brought to Podin, so that Podin immediately burned the incense.

    Finally, the pin burned the incense given by the man. Then he put the incense piece by piece on the burning fire. Suddenly the thick smoke came out. The fragrant and fragrant smell again spread piercing the nose. Podin smelled the distinctive smell of incense he was burning.

    "You've never been here, have you?" the man in front of him asked Podin.

    "Already, Sir .... Just one time ..." answered Podin who still continues to drop the grains of incense into the fire that is still burning.

    "What a way, sir ..." asked the man, who was curious because he had been there but said he did not know how.

    "So, if you come here again .., you should bring offerings. At least, for the pilgrimage, yes you bring setaman flowers, bring incense or incense. Next you present the flower here, next to where you burn incense. Then do the ritual, what you will ask for, just say it .... So that the palace ponggawa prepare your wishes. Well, if you have presented the flower delivery and burned incense, and have done the ritual request, if your ritual is accepted, then the door of the palace will open. But if your ritual is not accepted, then the door of the palace will continue to be closed and will not be opened for you. It means that the palace will not accept your presence" said the man who explained his way to Podin.

    "Like that, yes sir .... Then I have to go home first, to take the flowers and frankincense for offerings" said Podin who of course was also still curious about the rituals that must be carried out on the island.

    "Not to go home .... Just put on my frankincense .... Just use the incense in my place .... Later you can also ask these flowers for offerings. Please ..., it's okay .... I brought a lot" said the man who was certainly kind to Podin.

    "Thank you, Mr. .." said Podin who of course he was very happy because he had been given frankincense, had been given flowers for the offerings. In fact, he was also taught how to perform the ritual in asking, that the door of the palace be open. Of course, Podin was happy and hopeful that later what was done in his ritual was accepted by the ruler of the island. And of course, the palace doors will open. Then the bright lights will come back on. And of course, most expected by Podin, he will go home with a chest containing treasure back.

    "Are we coming in together, sir? podin asked the man, who had wanted to see the man's face every time he could not see his face. Even as if the dark that closed the place had made the face of the man in front of him was also completely dark. So that Podin was not able to see the look of his face, lips, nose, or eyes. It was as if the man did not have a face. Stand up feathers luduk Podin. The person in front of him is not a normal human being.

    "No .... We will be different places .... You're going to that palace, right ...? Well, if I'm not going to that palace anymore. I no longer need wealth .." said the man to Podin.

    "Ooh .... Does that mean that father needs a job? Need rank? Or would you like a Regent? What is the Council?" podin asked the man, who was trying to guess.

    "Easy .... Just concentrate on the ritual .... In a moment, if the incense you burned was gone, the door of the palace would open .." said the man who then left Podin.

    Podin did not continue the question. But he suspected at most the man was asking that his position be raised. Then Podin continued to put the incense into the fire. The fragrant smell continued to flow, so that without feeling the frankincense in his hand was exhausted. The fire in front of him was also gone. And that frankincense no longer smells it.

    Along with the extinguishing of the fire ignited by Podin to burn the incense, suddenly there was a very bright beam of light. Well, that's the light that Podin was waiting for. And it was the light that showed the door of the palace was already open. It was good that Podin's heart watched the palace door open. The happy heart of Podin who witnessed the very bright light, and witnessed how beautiful the room in the palace was.

    I can't wait for Podin to enter the palace. Of course for Podin the most important is to want to take the treasures that are in the chests stored in the palace. So without cue, without being ordered by anyone, without being told by anyone, Podin immediately ran into the palace, through the main door of the palace which indeed had no guards. With the excitement of Podin directly towards the middle room, the room where there is a thick carpet on it there are piles of chests containing treasures of various sizes. Of course, many are large in size, and there are also small in size. Podin's eyes stared at all the treasure chests.

    Podin who had taken one of the treasure chests, he immediately stepped back and would take the treasure chest. This time he would choose a bigger one.

    "Hahaha ........!" there were echoes of the laughing voice of the man in the palace room, loud and deafening.

    Podin was shocked and stepped up. Although it used to be like that, but this time the sound of laughter was really surprising.      "Hi Podin .... You must remember, if you have ever taken a treasure chest in this place .... Your house, your possessions and all your wealth, come from this place .... I have given it all to you .... But now, you come again and will take back the treasures that are in my palace .... Not so easy .... It's not that easy .... Podin, yanganmu already can't lift back the crates that are here. Except .., you must pay the conditions you must meet. Your hand has touched the altar of the coffin .... Then if you want to touch the treasure chest again, you must clean your hands first .... Ahhaha ....!!! You have to clean your hands first .... Ahhaha ....!!! You have to clean your hands first .... Haha ....!!!" the voice continued to echo in the palace room. Many times it goes into the ear of Podin.

    Of course Podin who heard those words became confused. Podin did not know what the sound meant. A voice that is invisible. Doesn't look like the guy.

    Then Podin turned to the left and to the right, watching around the altar where the crates were placed. And it turns out, in that place, there was some kind of small basin filled with water. But in the basin it contained not only water, but also sent flowers, a presis as previously offered by Podin when burning his cake. Well, Podin immediately came to the conclusion, maybe his hands should be washed with water in the basin. Yes, his hands must be cleaned. That means Podin must wash his hands first before lifting the crate he will carry. Well, maybe this is the condition that Podin must do so that his hand can take one of these treasure chests.

    So, Podin immediately dipped his two hands into a basin filled with flower water. He cleaned it in the basin. However, how shocked Podin, when he saw the flower water in the basin, which had been clear, after being used to wash hands, suddenly the flower water turned red. Yes, the red color of blood. Is it true that the flower water used to wash the hands of Podin is indeed turned into blood?

      But because of the intention of Podin is to bring home one of the treasure chests, then he did not care about the water in the basin turned into blood. Importantly, the conditions for carrying the treasure chest had already been implemented.

    After finishing washing his hands, of course, now Podin's hands are not clean, but instead exposed to blood. But Podin had no business. Although his hand was covered in blood, he continued his intention, which was to lift bringing home the treasure. After all, when he reached the beach, his hands dirty with blood can be washed with sea water.

    Then, Podin headed towards the altar. He again tried to lift the largest box. But again, Podin was not strong enough to lift it. Until finally, after trying several crates, again, Podin can only lift the smallest crate. Podin lifted the chest, and immediately stepped out of the palace with the treasure. He's headed for the beach, going home.

    But when he reached the beach, where he was taken down by a small boat carrying him, it turned out that the boat had not been leaning in place earlier. Podin has to wait patiently. While waiting for the boat to pick him up, Podin turned left and looked at the surrounding environment. Even several times pacing to eliminate saturated.

    All of a sudden, his feet kicked a rather round object lying nearby. Then he observed a round object that he thought of as a coconut. But how shocked was Podin. It turned out that the round object he was stepping on was not a coconut, nor a stone, but it was a human head cumplung with a grimacing mouth and wide eyes.

    Podin was shocked and frightened. His fur stood up immediately. He immediately retreated, away from the head of the man without the body. Until his body hit the mangrove trees behind him. Podin turned his head, of course, wanted to hold on to the mangrove tree. But apparently, after his hand grabbed the tree trunk, the mangrove tree trunks had turned into hanging snakes.

    Podin's getting freaked out. He again ran away from the snakes that began hissing would peck at him.

    "Hoey .....!!! The boat is here, Mr ....!!!" shouted the boatman who told Podin.

    Podin ran fast, so scared. Luckily the boat that picked him up came. Podin was able to return to the mainland, and return home. Leaving Berhala Island.