The Arkana: The Demon Hunters
Secuil Pieces of the Past

In a dark place never touched by light, Dursasana sat in meditation. At one point he opened his eyes slowly.

"The Korimpa has disappeared" he said when he lost the presence of one of his subordinates. "Most likely, that person is already moving."

All eyes were wide open to hear the boy's words. Now a pair of eyes Dursasana burning red in the dark was staring at the two figures sitting on the left and right side.

"Bebashura, Kerikala, take my revenge for Gorimpa. Help Darto move to take the Kanigara boy. The boy is the key" continued Dursasana.

"Dursasana, our enemy is strong. Why don't you just intervene?" ask Yudha Kiranata's voice. His figure was invisible in that darkness.

"I have a much harder task than kidnapping a boy" Dursasana replied.

"Two more days of leap nights, if we fail then there will be no more time" replied Karna Rawasura.

"Leave it to me. Everything will go according to our plan" said Dursasana again.

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The Sun's hangar had already escaped from the evil aura that enveloped it. Now Santi and Bowo take Watan to the nearest hospital. Fortunately, Santi is very adept at driving cars with recklessness, so they still had time to save the man, despite his critical condition.

"Damn!" peekik Bowo was angry while hitting the hospital wall. He did not expect that Darto fled and had attacked Piran.

"Wo, relax. The water is strong, he must be fine," said Santi. "Now we focus on the same events today and gather all the information."

Bowo tried to calm down and dampen his anger. He set his breath back, then closed his eyes.

"Most likely, the name of their group Nidrajahat, kayak which is said to be the same Gorimpa. Meanwhile, the members we know there are six people" continued Santi.

"Six?" ask Bowo. "Yudha, Karna, Darti, Dursasana. Two more?"

"There are two demons under Dursasana, but do not know if outside the names there are still more," replied Santi.

Bowo leaned against the wall. He suddenly remembered something that intrigued him a little. "Oh, yes. When Darto came, he started Mahari. About why did he take Mahari there?"

Santi sighed. "Because the sanggar and dormitory was founded by the only person named Mahari Sagara. It's likely that all the events there happened to lure him out. Therefore Watan came to the association, not to Mahari for fear that these criminals had dark plans."

Bowo. "Sanggar had a Mahari?"

"A lot of things happened, he didn't want any other child to understand what he was doing" Santi smiled bitterly. "The sun was an orphan who grew up without parental affection. His life was hard, but Mahari continued to live and study independently. He's a strong boy."

"So Mahari make the hangar for children who do not have a purpose in life?" ask Bowo.

Santi nodded slowly. "There really is, but more than that. Mahari wants the children to feel they have a place to go home. Not just a house that is just a building, but a family that both struggle to live."

"When did he wake up, mbak?"

Bowo chuckles. He imagined the face of Mahari at that time. "What do you want, mbak? From Mahari to Sun. Kocak is also nulis, but applause is for him, already can make mas Mahari sprain."

Santi smiling. "I thought he was going to get angry or sprained, but he didn't. He's even finding a philosophy that intertwines between art and sunlight."

"Light is the power that gives rise to the secrets of art. Like the sun illuminating the world, art also exudes the honesty and beauty hidden within us" said Bowo who still remembers Santi's words earlier this afternoon.

"Until now he's not even in the association, he still likes to beg for the work of throwing to us to have additional income he said. Besides taking care of Tantra, he has other responsibilities elsewhere. All of her income until now is dedicated to the children in the dormitory. In the children's eyes, Mahari is like their parents."

"The sun once said, all food is the same if it has passed through the throat. I thought it was just alesan because he was stingy, but now I'm starting to understand a little why he's so." Bowo remembered how stingy the man named Mahari was. Although he can get a lot of bonuses every time he completes the task of the association, he always lives a minimalist life and not much behavior. Apparently there was something he was responsible for elsewhere that Bowo never knew about.

"Why didn't he ever say he had all this?" ask Bowo.

"The name is also Mahari. He is a strange and mysterious human being. He is too good to not want to be bored by others around him and tend to lose. He always thinks of others, but doesn't want anyone else to think of him. That's also what interests the association to recruit him first."

Bowo. "Where's the story, ma'am?"

"Mahari was born to a special family, a family called Sagara who specializes in the supernatural. They are the bridge that connects life and death" replied Santi. "The description of a child who likes to help the spirit is heard in the ears of the higher-ups. They want the boy to join."

"And finally Mahari joined?"

Santi nodded. "Yes, we're in the same division. Mahari, Ma'am, Yudha .. under the command of Captain Kanigara."

In the middle of the conversation about Mahari, the Doctor came out of the Water room and faced Santi. "The wound is deep enough, lucky to still be able to survive because the stock of blood bags here is enough." The doctor was about to speak again, but suddenly Bowo cut in.

"Had it been a little late, it must have been ...," Bowo chirped with the disconnected doctor. "That's it, Doc, then?"

The doctor smiled and nodded. "Yes, you're right, you're great." After that he left again because there was still a lot of business.

"Alhamdulillah," said Santi with a relieved face.

"Sir, who is that water?" ask Bowo.

"He's the first child who goes with Mahari" replied Santi.

"Not Yasa?" ask Bowo again. "Why isn't Yasa in there?"

Santi shrugged his shoulders. "Then ask the same person later."

Bowo was silent again. He has not told Santi that Mahari has come out of Tantra and knows where he is now. After knowing a little truth about Mahari, there was regret for being able to say harshly to the good man. However, rice has become a vegetable rhombus, Bowo is only able to sigh and pray that Mahari is fine at this time wherever he is.

After making sure Water is fine, Santi sent one of the boarders who took refuge with the children to look after Water. Meanwhile Santi and Bowo return to the dormitory to rest.