Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 42 Return of the Duke of Rekso

Harly took a square, he intended to attack the tiger rider first. The devil who took the form of a human being, then smiled cynically, it seems he underestimated Herly.

"Come young man, just attack me, there is no need to hesitate. I'll take all your damage attacks."

"Devil is arrogant, jumawa, I will prove that you are weak beings, from among the outcasts.

Herly was upset, she was provoked by the devil's belittling remarks. With overflowing emotions, Herly jumped shutting the heirloom scarf into the demon's chest.

The devil who still took the form of a human, just laughed a little without a twitch. His body was really hard, Herly even bounced far away. His hands feel tingling.

With a whimper, Herly tried to get up, and returned to fight. But no matter how many times he tried, the result was the same. Herly could not scratch that demon skin in the slightest.

"The devil's body was hard, this dagger was completely unable to scratch his skin."

"I was, as if, smashing into a solid iron wall, until this hand was tingling."

"How about the young man, do you still want to try?"

"Where is your boasting, I no longer hear it. Let's attack back, don't let me get bored."

The demon's taunts made Herly, so furious. He thought of a way to look for the devil's weakness.

"Is there any of the mbah anom spells I forgot?"

"I have to try again, he must have a weakness in one of the limbs."

"Yes eyes, I will try to attack her eyes. Hopefully this time it will work."

"Hey boy, do you want to give up?"

"Does your silence mean it's my turn to beat you up?"

"Let's give it your best shot, son of man...!"

"MUAHAHA...."

The Devil continued to provoke Herly with derisive words to knock him off mentally. But Herly doesn't care. He was still paying attention to the devil's eyes in order for his attack this time to be more effective.

"Had Angga been here, I would have been able to make an attack from both sides."

"But what should I fear, all who live will surely die. Why don't I make myself useful while I'm alive?"

"Well the devil, you ask, so accept your first wound, and you better keep your promise this time!"

Herly ran quickly, her dagger aimed towards the devil's eyes. He jumped right into the face of the demon that was still silent on the back of the tiger.

Aware of his eyes being targeted by the demon then jumped while removing the keris that led to his eyes.

"Brother brash, how dare you attack my handsome face."

The devil is really angry, his face is red, his body is enlarged, and his horns are also fangs growing. He had taken on his sinister true form.

Harly who fell down, wiped the blood on her lips. The skinny young man then smiled in satisfaction, he finally knew, the weakness of the demons.

"My guess is right, the devil's weakness lies in his eyes, just find a way to reach out to the devil's eyes."

"If I had any help, to attack his eyes. I had to provoke the demon so that he would wrath and attack me blindly."

"HAHAHA...!"

What about the demon plinth, are you getting scared now?"

"Look at your bad face that's starting to blush. I am am glad to see it myself."

"Brazed son, now I will not forgive, you, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather will be my slave forever."

After taking all his vows, the demon's hand became long, strangling the neck of Herly who was still preparing her energy.

"Review Her...!!"

Herly's much-anticipated male voice was heard. He was so happy that he did not realize the threat was coming. Herly's neck was choked firmly, then lifted up and thrown out.

Luckily Angga showed up at the right time. He captured Herly's body, before the young man landed on the ground.

"You're okay what Her. I'm sorry I'm late, man. You can wake up, right?"

Angga's voice sounded comfortable in Herly's ears, the young man fingered his neck which was suffocating the large, hairy creature before them.

"I'm glad you came here. That evil devil almost made me despair, he was almost without weakness."

"But by the way why did you get here, you're not at the altar praying?"

"Here you go, I don't know either, but for sure, I heard you calling my name, and then I was just here. Anyway everything happened quickly, without my will."

"Let's discuss this issue again. Now we clean up the demon, then come back to help Good and Uncle Bandi."

Angga pulled out his heirloom keris, along with a mirror. Herly took a breath while whispering something to Angga.

"We attack the devil's eyes on the count of three ngga, you on the left side and I will attack from the right side."

They put up horse. Angga cast a spell in his heart, then his heirloom keris shone dazzlingly.

"So, you think I can't hear your whispers?"

"I can even hear your hearts, and your minds, bratty brat."

The demon then appeared behind the two young men. With one stroke, he caught the bodies of Angga and Herly, then squeezed them, until they could barely breathe.

Both bodies were thrown to the ground. Blood from herly's mouth fell dripping onto the heirloom keris, along with the dried blood of Aryo's raden spilling over the keris.

Because the small bottle containing the dried blood of Aryo raden had spilled, Herly felt her efforts had failed. He was desperate and resigned.

But the magic happened. Herly's ancestral heirloom suddenly gave off a golden light, forming the silhouette of a dashing man who crashed into Herly's body.

The young man's body was cornered, his mouth gaping wide, then his muscle muscles hardened. Herly looked like a different person.

Angga saw Herly's body glow, the aura of prestige amazed him, not knowing what happened to his friend.

"Herley... What's going on, bro, what's wrong with your body, man?"

Herly was silent, just glancing at Angga, then rebuking him to retreat away.

"Reverse ngger, he's not your opponent. Let the kakung eyes that face this ungodly creature. You just back off!"

Angga just obeyed Herly's words, he knew, if his friend was being possessed by something, which he was not sure what kind of creature was in Herly's body.

"Let's Kala Yuga the wrathful angkara, I'm your opponent. We're gonna fight. I'm gonna take you back to hell."

"Kanjeng duke Rekso, this is none of your business, your son has promised his descendants to redeem our protection of his family."

"If.you protect all my descendants, then why does your people grant any other request?"

"Isn't this just a ruse from your people?"

"My people were exposed to the plague magic you made, they suffered. Then you still want to collect the tumbals?"

"A brash creature, I'll make you suffer."

As soon as he finished with his words duke Rekso, directly attacking the demons blindly, his fists continued to hunt down mercilessly.

Angga saw that the demon was overwhelmed with glare rays emanating from Herly's body. Angga then tries to reflect the light from the mirror into the eyes of the devil who continues to enlarge.

"Successfully, she had trouble seeing Herly's movements. Hopefully the creature can be subverted."

Angga's prayer was immediately granted a hard blow to the face of the demon. The creature fell down, and the opportunity was used by Angga to stab his eyes.

"Akgcch... You insolent Rekso, I'll repay you. I will definitely avenge this humiliation..!"

The Duke of Rekso who possessed Herly's body smiled cynically, then poked his dagger into the demon's chest while stepping right on his face.

The demon then turned into a fire with thick smoke that flew high into space.

The demon guards ran away. They chose to flee as soon as they saw that his lord had been defeated.

Three lights then flew down at Herly's feet. Slowly the three lights formed a silhouette, then became a solid body shape.

"Thank you, Romo, coming here frees us from our shackles."

"Now that you know Aryo, why did you know that Romo didn't allow you to do my job. Romo doesn't want you to get lost Ngger. Your attitude torments everyone."

"Kue by sakti mandra guno ngger, nanging iku kabeh kudu fully paid your daughter."

"Ciloko cake... ciloko...!"

The Duke of Rekso was visibly enraged, while the duke of Aryo could only bow down in shame filled with regret. The words of the father were right.

The knowledge he gained by allied, in the end, must be paid cash with his life to the posterity.

Duke Aryo realized he had made a big mistake, he accepted if the father called him a lilaka.

Duke Rekso stroked the heads of his sons and grandsons, then they all disappeared in front of Angga's face.

Herly who had just regained consciousness then looked around. He tried to recall what events he had missed.

"What's going on, why is this place so quiet. Where did the goddamn devil go?"

"Why are we both here?"

Angga did not immediately reply, he hugged Herly's body with a whisper of something that made Herly's feelings become mixed.

"You did it Her, we won. The blood contract with the devil has been canceled, your family has been freed from the agreement with ingon ingon."

"Your house is clean, you can return to the village safely after all this is done."

"But how can I not, I myself do not even remember what has happened."

"Your great-grandfather, Duke Rekso Sastro Wardoyo. This is all thanks to his service. He who has come sets all free. Your great-grandfather, father, and others, they can already continue on their way to the light.

"Nobody is lost, they are free. Our job now is to stop Darsih's curse."