Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 44 Red Veil Girl

Om Bandi drives Herly and a friend along a steep hiking trail. Fog is thick, making them have to be careful treading.

Time seemed to catch up, they were racing with a bone-chilling cold gust of wind. Several times Herly or Good had to slip until almost fell into the abyss.

But fortunately they ran quite closely and looked after each other. While the genie army that will pursue them is prevented from nyai advisory raden Aryo by locking the creature in the mouth of the cave.

Om Bandi plans to lock the creature attached to Darsih's body inside him for a while. He wanted Herly and a friend to have enough time to get out of the village and set up a new strategy.

"Three of you go down, follow the map as a guideline. Never mind the others. I'll make a seal to keep them from here."

"If this works, I'll be down soon after you guys. We'll meet again where your car is parked. But if within an hour I don't show up, then you leave."

"Because that means I didn't survive."

"No om, don't be like that, I don't agree. We'll be lame without Bandi."

"Honestly, Ryo and Jaka's deaths still left wounds, and I don't want that to happen again."

"Om Bandi has to stay with us, so we can look after each other. If anyone has to stay, it's me, not Bandi."

"I don't want any more lives to sacrifice for our family."

Herly strongly opposed the plan om Bandi, he did not want what had happened to their two friends repeated once again.

"Listen to me, whatever way you have to lock this place up, and I want the three of you to do it without fail."

"Let's not make a mistake, because if this fails, then that woman named Darsih will follow you forever."

"The devil does not boles out of this village, therefore all of you must survive to reach the stone gate, then seal this village with the spell that is in the old book belongs to Angga, that's the only way to free Herly's family."

Om Bandi still whistled loudly, would perform the seal ritual, while Angga and friends did not want om Bandi to sacrifice himself.

After going through a debate for a while, Angga was forced to obey the will of om Bandi, and rushed down, letting om Bandi perform the sealing ritual alone.

"I'm sorry om, I shouldn't have involved Bandi in our problems from the beginning."

"Get yourself good, I'll wait for Bandi down there, don't let it not come."

Angga spoke to himself. In the heart of the young man, he wished he could return home safely.

There is guilt in the recesses of the heart that he cannot share with others. He could only pray for the safety of his mother's youngest brother.

Om Bandi begins a ritual to make a seal, while Angga and his friends rush to hunt the dawn. On the other hand, from a hidden place, the figure of a red-hooded woman was watching them.

The woman moved agilely from one branch to another while adjusting the distance from being tracked by the senses to the six Anggas, and her friend. The sharp eyes of the woman with the hood as if able to split the thick fog that began to thin with the arrival of the morning.

"Stop Ngga...!"

"What's up Gus, why stop, we have to hurry, soon the sun's up."

"Look at your steps, my heart, step back slowly and see what's in front of you!"

"Husssti... Hush...!"

Arrived Good, stopped their steps, Angga who did not focus then looked down, and was surprised by dozens of cobras that blocked, almost pecking his feet.

"It's not like this is the right track, we've strayed far from the map."

"What do you mean we're off the map of Gus?"

"Not good, I don't know this path either. In front of you is a cobra nest, you're lucky there's a good one who's observant of your steps. If not, we're done."

Herly confirmed Good speech, he went back to look at the map, and as it turned out, Angga had indeed taken the wrong path. They were silent for a moment. Neither Angga, Bagus, nor Herly knew where they were now.

"I'll follow the most votes. What do you think, Gus, Her, what's your idea of friends?"

"I'm dead-end, don't have any ideas, how about you Her, we'll just follow your advice."

"I also don't know Gus, if we continue this route, I'm afraid we will get lost, and again we have agreed with om Bandi, will gather at the location of the car, I'm afraid we will get lost, when we get to the bottom."

Their discussion found a dead end. For a few minutes they just circled their eyes around, looking for a way back on the right track.

"I don't see a path at all, rather than staying here, it's better to roll back up so we're on the right track."

It was good trying to give advice, and Herly immediately nodded, a sign of agreement. But not with Angga, the young man gave a code for them to shut up and look in the direction Angga pointed at.

"Ssttt...Well, do you notice that he is human or something else?"

"What if he's a human?"

"If there are women here, then we are close to the village. You wait here I'll try to find out, hopefully my guess is right, that woman is one of the villagers on this mountain slope."

Angga took the initiative to ask the figure of the hooded woman, who turned her back on them. But the woman was playing with Angga. As Angga tried to get closer, the woman deliberately walked away from Angga, as if she wanted to separate the young man from his two friends.

"Bak stopped, I just wanted to ask. Please stop for a moment, we're not bad people."

The woman actually ran until her veil came off sweeping Angga's handsome face.

"Come on this, I remember the fragrance, she's the woman we found in the woods."

Ma'am.. wait...!"

Angga ran without regard for Good and Herly. They seem to be amazed by the behavior of Angga. The two young men were forced to pursue Angga, for fear of something happening to Angga.

They continued to run after the figure of the woman in red, without recalling their original purpose in that place.

The sky is orange, the sun Saru shows its light. Unknowingly they had been far away running non-stop, and the woman disappeared along with the dewdrops on the leaves that were beginning to dry up.

"Where did that woman go?"

Gus, Her, did you guys see that woman?"

Angga pointed to the disappearance of the woman with red, while Good who from the beginning did not see who just shook his head confused.

"From that moment we didn't see who was around us. I'm wondering why you're pointing at a dry tree, and we don't know what woman you mean."

"Yes, I also see who. You just talk to yourself. We're after you for fear of something happening."

Good trying to convince Angga about his hallucinations. Herly finally confirmed Good speech to make her friend believe.

"Hey, where have you been, haven't we agreed to meet in a greengrocery car?"

The voice of Bandi surprised them. Angga who was happy to see his om had returned, then rushed to hug Om Bandi with glassy eyes.

Unknowingly Angga drops the book he bought at a flea stall. Herly immediately picked up the book and hid it behind a jacket pocket, unknown to anyone.

"Come child, we have to move, I'm afraid the demon managed to escape from the cave."

Om Bandi immediately led them to a vegetable car carrying produce. Herly prayed from afar, staring at her family's grave.

"Her, let's hurry bro, we have to leave this village immediately."

Angga's voice shocked Herly. It's good to pull Herly's hand, and then their car leaves the cemetery.