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67 Battle of the King

They started to enter the forbidden forest. While continuing to pay attention around, their lips also continued to mutter prayers and dhikr that never broke. The prayers and thoughts they said began to be heard all over the place. Moreover, the forest was indeed very quiet and silent. "Where's apri, huh?"

Yes, that question is already very much expressed by everyone. Because they have not found Apri's whereabouts until this second. Though they had already walked quite far from the entrance of the forbidden forest. The figure that inhabited Apri's body had also seen their arrival, and immediately approached to ask for the conditions he had proposed. But until now the existence of the figure has not been seen.

"Where else are we going, huh?" ask Ita who is getting tired and anxious.

"It's already an hour from the requirements that the creature has put forward. Has Apri been taken by him? Diah's question only made them more anxious. Because it had indeed been an hour, even more, than the requirement requested by the evil figure earlier.

"Hopefully Apri is fine. We just pray together," said Rea tried to think positively, although in the bottom of his heart was also very worried about Apri's condition.

"So where are we going?" dana asked while staring around. Their search was exhausting. Especially if the figure in Apri's body also deliberately avoids them, or is doing hide and seek to buy time or interfere with their patience.

"Hey is it possible that he was deliberately waiting for us at that old well?" ask Hana to give me an idea.

"Well, it could be. Should we go there, sir?" Dana looked at Mr. Wiryo who had been silent since then while continuing to observe around.

"Well, let's try to get there. Because at the well that's the source of all the havoc that's going on here. Maybe he deliberately lured us to go there, so you all have to be vigilant," said Mr. Wiryo seriously.

They began to walk towards the old well. Prayer and dhikr continue to be echoed in the heart or spoken verbally. Everyone continued to be vigilant while staring around.

The journey to the old well was not long. Moreover, some of the villagers have memorized where the old well is located, especially Mr. Wiryo who has very often come in and out of the forest, and does not even feel fear at all. They were finally in the old well. Sure enough, Apri was there. He stands above that age. Fortunately the well cover was made of a very strong iron slab. So that when Apri stands on it though, the object will not collapse and fall down. Even when Apri jumped up and down as if to think of it like a trampoline, it did not move in the slightest.

"We've come."

The position of the girl who initially turned her back to them, now turned around. He grinned with a sinister expression. Even Apri had never done such a horrible smile all this time. Apri is known as a good girl figure, cheerful, Sincere in making friends with anyone, although his brain is a little long in responding to lessons, and often cheating his friends, and, but Apri is one of the good kids in word and deed.

"So what's your decision? But I see, Fauzan is not with you. That means you don't want to trade Fauzan for this girl, do you?"

"Who said? It's just your wish, isn't it?" ask Mr. Wiryo. The girl laughed in a loud voice. "Then what do you want? Isn't it clear what I'm proposing? This girl or Fauzan!"

"Of course we won't give both. You should have known that. Because I won't let you have any of us either. You don't deserve anything. You're a nobody! So you better know yourself!" mr. Wiryo's statement made the creature angry.

Apri's eyeballs turned red.Both his hands clenched beside the body. Even now his body seemed to tremble withstanding the emotions he was about to let out.

" don't mess with me, Old Man! It's obvious I want one of the city's young people. But why are you against me. Do you want me to forcibly take one of your villagers? That so?" asked Apri whose voice had now turned into a male figure.

" You won't be able to take any of us. We're not the weakest creatures you think we are. Did you forget that God was on our side?"

"So you guys want to challenge me, huh? Are you sure you're going to fight me? Because if you lose, your whole life will be mine."

The threatening sentence made some villagers start to fear and doubt the situation they were facing right now.

" what? Afraid? You're kidding me, aren't you? Why am I afraid of you? If I'm afraid, I'm definitely not approaching you! You should be the one who's scared!"

"Haha! It's bullshit!" Apri jumped a considerable distance. He was now standing in front of Mr. Wiryo just a few steps away.

"You'd better face me first!" cetus, the king who now stands before his father, challenges the creature.

" Of course I'm not afraid. Then if all of you come up to me, I'm not at all daunted. It is precisely you that I will annihilate right now!"

Apri's body turned even stranger. The veins all over his body poked out. His skin turned blackish with red stripes on each vein.

The king stared as he gulped repeatedly. "King, don't let him develop his body. Because if his body swells, then his entire blood vessel will break. It's dangerous for the girl" whispered Mr. Wiryo who was behind her.

The king seemed to understand in this situation. He directly attacked Apri and made the living beings stop doing the action.

"Come on, all of them draw a row and form a circle!" mr. Wiryo's orders were firm.

Everyone then obeyed the words of Mr. Wiryo. They close the line by holding hands with each other. Then form a large circle, with the position of Apri and King in the middle. Do not forget the dhikr and prayer still continue they I wander with a loud voice. While looking at the fight between the king and the evil creature, they tried to make a sturdy perimeter fence so that the creature could not escape anywhere.

Without them noticing there was a pair of black eyes peering at them from behind the bushes, which were not far from them. He had just observed the movements of all of them. No one noticed his presence. All just focus on the fight of the King and the creature.

The king was the eldest son of Mr. Wiryo. He is currently only 25 years old. It's just that since childhood the King has been born special with some unique abilities that are different from his sister Radi. One of the King's abilities is to be able to communicate with invisible creatures. Since childhood he often played around in the forbidden forest. Even when children of his age no one dared to set foot in the place, the King actually considered the place a unique playground. The king is also not a child who easily socializes with his peers. He doesn't even have any friends. Most children of their age actually fear being near the King. The king did not show any interest in making friends with his peers. He was more often seen talking to himself and made people call him a child shaman.

Every word of the king will come true. Some calamities even the death of a person could be seen by his inner eyes. Some people curse the King and consider him the son of ane and pesky bearer, some even often use the King as a way to reach wealth instantly. Although in the end the King was more silent and did not want to crush these people.

This unique ability that made his parents send the King to school in a boarding school outside the island. He wanted his son to be better educated, especially regarding his unique abilities. Though some opinions say, if the King since birth has been plastered by subtle creatures. That was why he could see and even communicate with those invisible beings. Mr. Wiryo realized that, and never brushed it off at all. Because the King's abilities are passed down by him. Mr. Wiryo also has a similar ability, and he really understands how the King feels in the midst of his battle ridicule and insults from the people around him. Mr. Wiryo realized that the King had followers who had existed since he was born. People usually call it khodam.

Basically everyone has , but not all can know and feel.For ancestral khodam usually not all descendants can be accompanied, only certain people or descendants. Khodam ancestor is a magical deviation owned by the ancestors. According to Primbon Jawa, it is said that the inherited Khodam comes from science, amulets, and ancestral levels. The purpose of Khodam's ancestors is to guide, maintain, assist, and help the lives of his grandchildren or descendants. This ancestral jin can be passed down by ancestors to their descendants. In addition to being asked directly, the ancestral genie is usually given without the knowledge of the prospective recipient.

Khodam in the King is a white tiger. Khodam tiger or white tiger usually comes from the science of descent to look after someone. He is calm, relaxed, and not in a hurry. But this one khodam can affect the emotions of a person as his master if he can not control himself.

After studying at the boarding school, the King finally managed to control all kinds of knowledge he had. Even he began to be able to cure some diseases that are believed to come from sent by evil creatures such as magic or witchcraft. Now he is an adult, and is studying at one of the state universities in the capital. Because of the busyness of college, he rarely went home. Especially because the distance of home and where he studied is quite far and certainly requires no small cost. It's just that his feelings have been uncomfortable for the past few days. He often dreams of his village and family in danger. The king decided to go home to check on the condition of his family and it turned out what he thought had happened.