Map of 7 Souls: Hikma Andapi
Promise : Ep. 9

As planned, they both Dapi and Artha went to Tulamben Beach.

From the Charly's Chocolate Factory area, they move to Tulamben Beach which is 26 km away. At 6 am, the two of them were out of the original place heading to Tulamben Beach. Whereas last night, around 3 o'clock they just finished with their activities. Activities that train Dapi knowledge and strength while having fun.

Dapi deliberately pursue the destination to Tulamben Beach in the morning because to do snorkeling or diving activities must be in the morning. The sun shining under the sea on Tulamben Beach will be brighter through the seabed to get the best view, the maximum limit until 11 noon. After that, the view on the seabed will be limited and hot weather will make divers feel uncomfortable.

Dapi runs off his blue motorcycle fast. They pierce the asphalt road which still looks a lot of forests and coconut trees. Dapi choose the back road from Jasri Beach to Tulamben Beach.

Artha, who was behind, tried to hold back her sleepiness because at 3 o'clock they had just finished doing the activity last night but she could not immediately fall asleep. Something was thinking.

Tulamben Beach Area is located in Kubu District Karangasem Regency. Tulamben Beach is already very famous in the international world, so there will be many classy hotels around the beach and of course many foreign tourists who visit in the region.

Dapi tried to contact his father's friends who were around the Tulamben Beach area, he tried to seduce his father's friends so that they could lend them a room from a simple inn to stay there. And it was approved by his father's friend.

At 07.15 Wita, they have arrived in front of Dapi's father's friend's inn. He put a motorcycle into the courtyard of the inn, then parked the vehicle in blue. The area is rectangular in shape on all sides there are simple rooms. Most who stay here are backpacker foreign tourists or local tourists who have minimal funds. But, the inns are nice and clean. Everything looks comfortable and neat.

Entering the main house. The helmet still stuck to the head.

Artha waited on the motorcycle. He was still sitting on the back bench of the motorcycle with a half-sleepy face. Artha saw Dapi already talking to the middle-aged man. Looks like that guy has this inn. He noticed Dapi's movements were very friendly. From his face that always smiles and moves - screech him who seemed to bewitch others to like it. From his lips, never let go of a small smile and sometimes laughed. When she laughs, her eyes will narrow slightly, which makes her look even sweeter.

Before long, Dapi again approached Artha who was sitting on a motorcycle.

"Come brother," real Dapi.

He pushed the motorcycle to the left and parked in front of the main house. Then rushed forward, approaching the middle-aged man.

Artha followed him from behind with a helmet and a large, long black bag.

The two young men were already wearing wetsuits on their way out of the inn at Jarsi Beach, so there was no need to bother anymore to change clothes.

They walk on the edge of the terrace - rooms lined up. The building of this house is like a house in Bali in general, has a high wall fence, covering the perimeter of the house and in the middle of the inside there is a small garden that is deliberately made. While the rooms are lined in the form of a rectangular room.

The middle-aged man stopped at the very end of the room which was at the first corner. The room is numbered 8. He opened the door and let Dapi in.

"Please. This is all Pekak (Om) can give." The man told Dapi and Artha. His tone is very thick with Balinese accent even though he speaks Indonesian.

"Thank you, Brother (short for Pekak). This is more than enough" replied Dapi.

Artha bowed her back a little. "Thank you, Om," actually.

"Please rest," the real middle-aged man again. Then he went to the main house.

Dapi's father is a descendant who has a high caste in Bali. Therefore, the people around Karangasem Regency have great respect for their father. So if he asks for help with people using his father's name, then those people don't dare to refuse.

Dapi enters the room measuring 8 x 6 meters. Inside there is 1 bed for 2 people made from meranti wood. The design of the bed is very classic. Then on the right side of the bed there is a small closet used for visitors. In the white room, there are 2 guest chairs and 1 table.

Artha followed Dapi. He immediately sat on the bedside and put down the bag that had been brought. He threw his skinny self on the bed.

"Sir Artha want to rest for a while?" ask Dapi.

"Ah, no. We'll just go straight to the beach. It's too late, it's not comfortable because of the hot sun."

"If you want to rest, don't papa. Half an hour or 1 hour can also be. It's still half 8 in the morning."

"No. Now let's just go. Come on."

Artha quickly lifted her body from the fall and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Related, brother?"

"Ntar drowsiness is also lost when we dive. Khan's got the water, '" in fact.

And a little laugh. He looked fixedly at the young man who was 3 years older than him.

"Come on. We walk from behind this inn, behind the inn directly to the beach." Dapi immediately went out to the door of the room and waited for Artha outside the front of the room.

Artha hurried to follow him.

After Artha exited the room, Dapi closed the room number 8 and they walked straight to the next side through rooms number 9 to 11. Next to room number 11 is a small downhill alley that will lead them to the beach.

They both went down a few stairs. Inside the alley which was only enough for 2 people to walk in hand, it had started to feel the cold wind from the high seas.

Artha was behind Dapi. He tried to reach the stairs slowly. His sleepiness began to dissipate, his mind now focused on the cold wind that hit his face. Currently he was wearing long-sleeved wetsuits, black in color. Wetsuits that fit form curves of the body, showing a chest area that is large enough for a young man his age. He only wears flip-flops for footwear.

While the young man who walked down the stairs in front of Artha, wearing black dominant wetsuits but there is a little blue in the left and right ribs. The wetsuits also took off in Dapi's body. His thin and slender body with the usual chest area, adds a cute impression on him. He also only wears a blue-striped flip-flop.

He stepped foot from the last step of the ladder. The initial view that was seen was the open sea in front of the eyes. His feet have been grounded in concrete cement made flat for 1 meter and 80 cm wide. On the right left they already have grass and small trees and coconut trees on the beach.

"Great khan brother?"

"Yes. It's beautiful. It's hard to find a place like this in Jakarta."

Dapi walked down the concrete cement to go back down. Of course Artha followed him. This concrete cement is like a stage facing the open sea. They have seen some tourists and tour guides on the beach who are ready to do diving or snorkeling.

Then they went down the stairs from a concrete building that was about 3 meters high from the beach. The concrete building and stairs were overgrown with some small grass attached to the sides of the concrete. This building has been established for a long time but still solid.

Dapi set foot on the rocky ground of medium-sized corals. Talumben Beach, is not a beach that has white sand like Jarsi Beach or Kuta Beach. This beach is scattered volcanic rocks in the ground. So this beach is not intended for sunbathing and enjoying white sand, but indeed for a beautiful underwater tour.

"We take a quiet position to start swimming into the sea, because on the right side it is too many people. We'll look weird if we dive without any tools."

"Why is it more crowded in that place?"

"Under the sea in the area, there are already attractions that they will visit at the time of diving later. The wreck of the sunken USAT LIBERTY is in the area. The wreck was their goal."

Artha simply nodded hearing Dapi's explanation.

"We go to the left, brother. It's deserted there. But we have to dive further later to reach the wreck," explained Dapi. He walked towards the left, away from the tourists who wanted to dive.

Artha followed Dapi.

Indeed they will look strange when diving without any tools. The Coast Guard will also ban them.

They both walked on the beach filled with volcanic rocks. Small stones that are spread on the ground, not rocks - rocks that are sharp but flat and smooth. The size of the volcanic stones are not all small, some are medium, slightly large and some are even very large for visitors who want to sit and rest on the beach.

Tulamben beach does not feel hot because so many shady trees, growing around the beach, especially coconut trees that grow on the beach.

After walking a few meters, they stopped at a large, densely leafy tree. Dapi did not know the name of the tree, but the tree was thick-leaved and shady, so that the leaves could go down as far as the head of a human, even that because it was tidied up by the janitors, so that the leaves could go down, otherwise the tree will grow more lush down.

"Here alone, brother. Unseen by other humans. This tree also protects our actions later."

Artha nodded.

"So, after we dive, we take the right direction towards the wreck sis."

"okay."

They do not use Invisible Cicle because Artha will be difficult to bring a bow and arrow when diving later. So they had planned this from the beginning that they would look for a deserted place to enter into the sea. Dapi will make air bubbles around the head so that it can be used as their breathing tool in the sea. He will harness his science and power to separate water and oxygen when diving.

"Ready brother? A few minutes after being in the sea I will create air bubbles for each of us" said Dapi.

Artha nodded back.

They were both standing on the shore, still under the trees.

"After aba - aba, we run and jump. Okay," real Artha. He turned his face towards Dapi who was on his right.

"okay."

The two of them ran a few steps, out of the shade of a shady tree, then Artha coded with a nod of her head towards Dapi. The bodies of the two young men leaped once, their legs rejecting their bodies strongly. Science lightens the bodies they have, helping their bodies repel far to the surface a few feet deep. They moved quickly and immediately slumped into the sea.

The sound of their bodies clashing with water was not heard at all due to the pounding of the very loud waves.

Dapi and Artha were already under the sea. He stood and floated on the water. Her long hair was beautifully expanding in the water. He's waiting for Artha.

Artha who was below him, swam and tried to align himself with the young man who had the power to control the water. He slowly swam up towards the left side of Dapi.

Fingers began to paint something. The shape of a circle, larger than the size of a head, is circular with air in it like a balloon made of soap. He threw the bubble towards the head of Artha who was beside him.

The air bubble that Dapi made moved slowly and approached Artha's head. Within seconds it had already stuck to his face and fused with the young man's head. Dapi is very concentrated on doing this so that no water enters even when the bubble is fused with Artha's head.

The perfect bubble covered Artha's entire head to the neck, helping the young man to breathe normally.

Artha presses the bubble with a finger. He's trying to test the durability of air bubbles. The air bubble was clear in color, so the foresight was very clear to see.

Initially, when it will unite and enter perfectly protect the head, these bubbles are very soft like soap bubbles. But now this bubble was hard but flexible, when Artha pressed her index finger towards the air bubble that was on her head, her index finger went inside, following the pressure that Artha made, she said, but it doesn't burst like a pressed balloon and these bubbles seem to come from solid material.

Dapi has managed to create air bubbles for Artha, henceforth he makes for himself. Slowly the air bubbles that had formed and were in front of his chest, rose upwards and fused with his head. Wrapping the cheerful-faced young man's head.

"20 minutes," is real Dapi. He spoke inside the air bubble to Artha.

Artha did not hear. His forehead wrinkled, trying to digest the sentence delivered by Dapi.

Dapi gives the code by lifting both index and ring fingers on the right hand to form the letter V and index finger fused to the thumb on the left hand to form the number 0 or letter O. Then his left hand pointed towards the air bubble.

Artha understood the meaning of Dapi. He's nodding.

They've talked about it before that air bubbles won't last forever. So Dapi would like to tell you that every 20 minutes he will replace the air bubbles that have been made.

Dapi then pointed to the right, giving Artha a signal to move there. They both attempt to straighten the body horizontally in the water. Before long, after their bodies are straight forward, in the leg area like there is a thrust that causes foam. They like to jump and push their bodies quickly.

The two youths straightened their slender bodies horizontally. The thrust that had been released, made them dart quickly towards the wreckage area. They dive at a depth of 200 meters from sea level.

Tourists and Tourist Guides, usually the maximum dive at a depth of 40 meters. The wreck of the USAT LIBERTY ship was sunk on the seabed, its base was at 5 meters, while the tip was at 120 meters from sea level. So the two young men dived far below the average man. They avoid human vision because they do not use invisible circles at this time.

After swimming for a few minutes through the beautiful coral reefs and some marine animals such as stingrays and sea turtles, they saw the base of the wreck from a distance. They are still in the marine sunlight zone. That means there is still sunlight that penetrates the sea water into and there are still many coral reefs and marine animals whose shape looks normal or often seen by humans in the open sea.

They tried to get close to the end of the wreck, which was stuck diagonally on the edge of the surface. The wreck was above them about 100 meters. They can see marine animals swimming above them and can also see humans who are enjoying underwater attractions but like small fish swimming because of the distance from the two young men that's.

He turned to Artha. The young man who was behind him had been shocked by the sea beasts that flashed in front of or behind him. This marine life was not his habitat, so he felt strange about it. Different from Dapi who has found his identity. This area is indeed a habitat and its power controls the water.

Dapi codes Artha to go upstairs, approaching the base of the wreck. They move slowly.

But... arrived - suddenly darted 2 pieces of high-powered spears from their left. The targets of the two spears were the air bubbles they were wearing on the head.

Dapi noticed that the object was about a meter long, attacking them. He dodged it quickly. Twisting his slender body like a top to avoid the attack.

But not with Artha. He noticed something was darting towards him, then he lowered his head. The 2-meter-long sea-blue spear hit the air bubble on the top of his head.

Taaa.

The air bubble broke as it was touched by the sharpness of the cutting edge. Artha immediately closed her eyes and held her breath when she realized the water had already touched her face.

He saw Artha's condition at the time. He turned towards the source of the thrown object, but he could not see any humans or suspicious creatures. He quickly turned to Artha and made a new air bubble for the young man who was holding his breath, 7 snickers were beside him. He immediately threw the already formed air bubbles towards Artha's head. He quickly looked for something around him. He was looking for a creature that was trying to attack them.

Artha who had regained the air bubble on the head and had it plugged in, immediately stood by. He also looked around to detect the enemy throwing the spear.

Srrut....

Srrute...

Two spears shot back from their left side. Now the target was the chest of the two young men.

Artha flicked her finger. There was the sound of fingers flashing together in the water. From the tips of his two index fingers, out came a blue-colored flame. The fire was as big as a fist. His current hand position was pointing forward. He is alert to his power. The fire is blue, but still burning at the tip of the index finger even in the water. That fire must be very hot.

Artha dodged to the side to avoid the spear striking her chest.

Dapi looked towards the darting spear, then he made waves from the sea water. A huge wave that rolled the two spears attacked them.

The two spears rolled away from before the two of them.

Srrute...

Srrute...

Srrute...

Srrute...

Srrute...

Back shot 5 sea-blue spears towards them. Dapi again made waves from the water that would roll the spear - the spear. Artha was still floating. One foot half bent as if - if putting horses in the water. He remained vigilant, the blue flames remained burning at both ends of his index finger. His eyes looked for the creature that threw the spear - the spear but he did not find it.

Dapi thinks hard to keep Artha, the sea is not his habitat, although he believes Artha can fight with his knowledge but the bow and arrow is not there beside him, surely his strength is slightly reduced.

Dapi regrets this. He thought, doing all this to train his knowledge and strength and having a little fun like last night. He did not expect that there would be such an event. If he knew there would be something like this, then he told Artha to bring her bow and arrow.

The whirlpools rolled back to the five spears that attacked them. It's easy to fend off an attack by anyone. Until now Dapi and Artha did not know the creature that attacked them.

Suddenly there was the sound of roaring water that shot from the bottom of the spiral-shaped sea. The water was bubbly due to the large wave friction. The movement was extremely fast and stopped fittingly in front of the two young men.

Dapi and Artha looked forward with serious faces. They put horses up to stay alert. Their bodies, silent, were floating in the water. One foot and a half bending. Only their hair moved following the water waves that were in the area.

They both frowned and looked at each other and each other. The waves that shot up from the bottom of the sea and stopped in front of them showed nothing. That's what makes them weird. What the hell is going on? What creature was moving? That's what's on their minds.

Before long, in front of the two young men appeared one slowly shining creature. At first the form only looks thin like fog, giving rise to several body-shaped lines, then a little clearer and finally show its original form thoroughly. It was as if it had light and turned that light all over its body.

Dapi.

Artha opened her eyes.

The creature that stood, floating before them was a human-shaped creature, but the bottom formed a tail like a fish body. Yep. The creature was human, gallant, muscular but half a fish on the bottom. There is a tail and finned from the waist down. He's not wearing a shirt. Only the bottom is covered with the entire fin in golden green.

The body of the creature at the top is a yellow color, while his hands reach the elbows visible covered with fins and the top skin color like the color of his body. He was holding a silver spear. Her hair was long blonde and she wore a silver-colored crown. His face is very human. Having a perfect jawbone, a small and pointed nose, his eyes are green mixed with ash. He stood up, floating and looked at the two young men who were in front of him with stern faces. No smile on his face.

Now, Dapi looks calm. Her lips slightly smiled. It seems like he remembered something.

But unlike Artha, his face looked very surprised. He had only seen such a creature his entire life. Not yet he had time to stabilize his surprise, Artha saw another creature behind the crowned creature earlier. The other creatures appeared one by one like lamps turned on in rotation. Finally there were dozens of beings of the same shape standing behind the crowned beings. Their shape is almost entirely similar, but the difference is that other creatures are not crowned and hold a simple spear that is sea blue.

Inside the sea stood an army of half-fish creatures in front of Dapi and Artha. They were the ones who threw the sea-blue colored spear earlier.

Dapi stared at the tens of troops in front of him who were ready to attack. He thought of something, it was visible from the look on his face.

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