
shalfa opened his eyes, his body felt stiff and cold, he saw his hands bound by iron chains. Then the scarf looked around the foreign room, stuffy and dark." where else is this? last thing I remember, I was chasing the monster and I threw myself into a big river hearing a fairly heavy flow, then I drowned because I could not hold back the swiftness of the river, then why are my hands tied? like a prisoner" said the shalfa in his heart.
as the scarf was busy with his thoughts, suddenly came footsteps approaching towards the room in his place.
BRACKET
" hoo, man, it turns out you are conscious" said the foreign voice then approached towards the scarf that was still sitting on the floor by leaning his body against the wall of the room.
shalfa stared at the strange creature, his posture like a human in general, only on his head there was a large hat resembling a crocodile and there was a tail like a crocodile as well, his right and left hands were filled with scales like crocodiles.
" what exactly is this place? why are they like crocodiles? don't-don't." said shalfa in the heart.
shalfa ventured to ask" What is this place? why am I here?" it sounded like a whisper but could still be heard by the two creatures.
" ha ha. stupid, can't you see us? you are the captive of our king now and this is our kingdom, the White crocodile kingdom" one of them replied.
"prisoner,? white kingdom?" the word shalfa lirih digested every utterance of the creature.
" we haven't eaten a human body in a long time" he continued.
shalfa clung his body to the wall more tightly and bent his legs, as if reluctant to be touched by the stealth in front of him.
" are you afraid of me humans? take it easy, I will not eat you because you will be brought to our king today" said the crocodile demon and looked at his friend who was standing behind him" let's bring him "he said.
the two dragged the body of the shalfa that staggered following their steps, his body still limp, stiff and cold because for some days he had not eaten and drank , plus his body that was cold due to drowning in the river long enough.
shalfa looked at the sturdy building like a magnificent ancient kingdom, many soldiers standing guard in front of several rooms, and the, then there was some like a ladyboy carrying something in his hand into one of the rooms.
then his hand was pulled into a large door that towered in front of him, the door was opened by the guard standing next to him after the crocodile demon carrying him had said something that the shalfa themselves did not know. shalfa was already used to communicate directly with spirits or demons like before, but somehow, this time he seemed to not understand what they were talking about.
" is my power not working here? or have I lost it? why don't I understand what they were talking about?" he said something that was only heard by himself.