The Treaty of Invisibility
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

"Now sit cross-legged, set your breath until Nanda is calm. Then close your eyes." said the turban-clad figure in his head.

Abah Dul's feelings were still filled with excitement so he could not say a word. Abah Dul just obeyed what was ordered by a cloaked figure whose makeup was similar to the national hero Pangeran Diponegoro.

Trying to concentrate, Abah Dul did as ordered by the mysterious figure. Inhaled deep air through his nose, then held for a moment on the inside of his chest. Then slowly he let out air through his nose.

After breathing a few times, Abah Dul can feel something else in his body. Now he really feels calm.

Shortly afterwards Abah Dul segwra nodded his head in lieu of his words to the black-robed figure if he already felt calmer.

“Nanda had to go on a spiritual journey in the occult until Nanda found a bright white luminous object,” The black-robed old man said.

His voice is so smooth and spoken slowly, but gives a firm impression full of authority. Although the distance of the old man with Abah Dul was 5 steps adrift, the voice sounded very close like it was beside Abah Dul.

“Spiritual journey?!” abah Dul repeated.

Abah Dul was flabbergasted, his face full of confusion. In his heart he asked, What kind of journey is that? And where should he run it?

Abah Dul did not have time to ask any further, the subtle and authoritative voice was heard again;

“Follow this bird wherever it flies, this bird will lead you to that thing!”

After the robed old man finished speaking, suddenly a dazzling beam of white light appeared. Then soon the light vanished and a black crow flew in front of Abah Dul.

Abah Dul dived in search of the figure of the black-robed man who had originally stood before him. But the figure he was looking for had disappeared along with the appearance of the dove.

At a time when Abah Dul was still confused with the situation and conditions he faced, unconsciously when Abah Dul blinked in an instant the situation had changed completely.

Now he sees a different-looking atmosphere. What was once pitch-black is now turning into light.

Kontan only Abah Dul twirled his head to and fro looking around him with a surprised face; “Where is this?!”

Abah Dul saw the scenery around him is just a barren field, there are no trees or green grass.

As far as the eye could see, all it saw was a stretch of white sand and it looked like it was endless.

“Where is this?!” muttered.

Abah Dul looked up at the scenery around him. He looked up and his face grew more astonished because he did not find the sun in the sky.

“Anny...” murmured.

Some time he was confused, suddenly a bird chirping sound was heard above his head while resuscitating his astonishment.

Instantly, Abah Dul's memory was fixed on the last words of the black-robed person he met.

Abah Dul looked up to see the black crow flying one inch above his head.

The black crow then slowly flew away slowly opposite Abah Dul so that Abah Dul immediately turned his body to follow the crow.

After Abah Dul felt that it was far away from where it originally appeared in the unknown realm, in front of him there was a 2-meter tall monument standing upright on his right and left sides.

The crow that flew low as the size of Abah Dul's body stopped in the middle between the two monuments. The bird let out its chirping as if giving Abah Dul the opportunity to read the monument.

“Khaaakkk.. kyaaakkk... kyaaakk.

Abah Dul also stopped his steps, he felt he understood the behavior of the black crow. Then began to read the writing in the form of Arabic writing on the monument.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ....

قُلۡ هُوَ اللّٰهُ اَحَدٌ.....

Then Abah Dul turned to the monument to his right, and he read it again;

“Kulhuallahu.

“Kyakkk.. kyakkk.. kyaaakkk...!”.

After Abah Dul read the two monuments suddenly auara black crow flying above it barked, suddenly confirming what Abah Dul had read.

The forehead on Abah Dul's face was furrowed deeply, he was very confused by the meaning of the writing. Previously he thought that the monument was more similar to the boundary of a village or a region.

But the writing he read was the first verse of the letter of Al Ikhlas. Abah Dul thought hard, what does the reading mean.

Shortly after that the black crow again drove slowly flying in front of Abah Dul past the monument.

Just 3 footsteps past the monument, in the blink of an eye the scene in front of him changed completely.

Abah Dul stopped his steps, he was astonished to see the change. Under the dim light his eyes only hit the leaves and the trunk of the tree.

Abah Dul was like entering a wilderness with its thick trees and towering heights.

Abah Dul looked around. His eyes swept across every corner of the tree.

“Kyaaakkk... kyaaakkk.

The crow's voice this time barked twice. Again Abah Dul felt like he understood the purpose of the crow's chirp.

Abah Dul hastily resumed his steps chasing the crow that had gone 5 jengkal left him.

He sped up his pace but the distance between himself and the crow seemed to remain the same.

Abah Dul sped up his pace again with half a run, but still the distance with the crow was still 5 feet with him.

“Hahhh... hahhh... hahhh...” Abah Dul's breathless voice was heard clearly in the silence of the wilderness.

Half crouching with his hands propped up on his knees, Abah Dul paused for a moment to take a deep breath. His head looked up to notice the crow that also stopped flying in place as if someone was waiting for him.

“Kyakkkk... kyaaakkk.

After inhaling the air one breath, he resumed his steps. This time Abah Dul no longer steps fast but by running to chase the bird so that it is not too far away.

After a while Abah Dul stopped again. His breathing was very heavy and sounded rough, his chest was flat and felt like he was no longer strong to run.

When he was about to return to chase the crow, suddenly a gust of wind that was very swift to meet the body of Abah Dul.

Wuuussssssshh...

Bukkk!

“Astagfirullah!” Pekik Abah Dul plunged into the wild grass.

Abah Dul's body was hit by the wind that suddenly came from behind him. So that Abah Dul's body that big height fell down to the front.

Luckily in front of him there was no stone or tree trunk so as not to make him hurt.

Abah Dul immediately got up and sat down, he felt a slight pain in his back. He immediately closed his eyes as we recited readings that had karomah.

His hands clenched tightly, slowly Abah Dul stood up and turned his body to see the direction of the impact. But as far as his eyes could see, all he saw was a grove of big trees. There was nothing behind him, but it was clearly coming from behind him.

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