Both Tony and Cindy are still looking so out of place right now. Especially Tony, who starts getting curious about how Arifin was able to predict that incident. And about the last thing Arifin said to Prof. Irwan… “Man, what did you say?” asks Tony. “What you’ve gone through? What do you mean by what you’ve gone through? Don’t tell me… Have you experienced all of this before? How?” Arifin just averts his attention away, looking above to the sky. Despite the fact he already knows that there will be another two hours before the next meteor hits the city, he still looks up to the sky like he is anticipating it with a gloomy face. He stays like that for so long. Until Tony starts to be impatient by him. But then, just before Tony voices his confusion, Arifin suddenly talks a bit about his previous experinced in that exact same spot, in the exact time in his previous life. “Yes, I've gone through this exact same thing before. That day, I was here crying over my helplessness. I cried her
Most of the places in the western part of Padang city have been wrecked, both by tsunami and also that one meteor. Not a single life is seen around this area anymore. Until then, some strange creatures emerge from all the cavities on the surface of the meteorite. They look like hairless dogs, but in the size of donkeys. Their canines are sharp and big, the same with all their teeth. There are strange fins behind their head which can close and expand freely. And the tips of their tails are looking sharp and solid like ivory, and most of their backs are covered by exoskeletons. There are also two tentacle-like antennas on both sides of their heads. These antennas raise up and move slowly like they are trying to scan their surroundings. Just as these antennas receive some signal from some living creatures nearest to them, all of them avert their attention to the same direction. Soon after that, they move so fast leaving that meteorite, like hungry wolves hunting their prey. *** Arif
But soon, another two meteors appear, in similar size with the previous one. It shakes those people’s attention. Arifin immediately pulls Silvy, and takes her to behind the building and keeps her there.The others also follow him in a rush. That’s when Arifin explains to them about the phenomena of the rise of awakened people because of those meteors.“Then, why do you prevent me?” asks Silvy. “I also want to have a unique ability like Grace has. Don’t you see how convenient it is to have such ability?”And then…Booom!!!Those two meteors hit the city in the northern area near the airport. But these people seem like they no longer care about it anymore. They are more concerned about the awakening that Arifin talks about.Arifin just replies with a bit of impatient tones. “There’s no convenience in having this kind of oddity. You are going to be an object to be exploited by those who have interest in your oddity.”He then averts his attention to Grace. “If possible, never let anyone k
They may look like horses. But Arifin knows so well, they are much more aggressive than packs of wolves. At least, he knows something that these creatures don’t like.“Tony! Go with those officers and look for flashlights! I’ll try to make them busy!”“A flashlight?”“Yes! Anything with 2000 lumen is fine. These creatures have sensitive eyes to high intensity light.”At the moment, the entire city's electricity supply and its network are down. Most buildings have wrecked so badly.At least, there are a few streetlamps powered by solar panels. They are still on, but this is not the kind of light Arifin asked for.The rest, only the flames from the burning cars provided some illumination other than the clear sky full of stars. And Arifin has to fight all those nine monsters in this condition.Despite that, he has already quite adapted to fighting in the woods the last few nights. So he still can react to the incoming attacks.One of those cops looks so annoyed, approaching Arifin to sho
After learning some information about the weakness of Dilophocaballus, those officers share about it to the other police stations through radio. But then they receive news that the monsters that have been attacking residents in other locations are now running away to the forest area.[I don’t know why. They just behaved strangely, and then abandoned us]“What about the situation over there?”[We..., we couldn’t even save anyone here]“What? How many of you left?”[There are only eight of us. And most of us are badly injured. I’ll try to check on the condition first if there are still survivors around this area]That one cop puts down the radio with a desperate face. He looks so tired and pale with a face wet with the cold sweat. There is also that symptom in his face like it’s burning from under his skin, albeit not too clear.He has contacted every police station in the city. All of them gave similar feedback. Only his sector alone looks far better than the rest.A cop enters the off
After two weeks of meteor fall, more than 150 thousand people have been confirmed dead. The number of survivors recorded at five evacuation points doesn’t reach 70 thousand lives. The police, SAR, and army soldiers are still searching for victims in the ruins of cities. The condition in the several neighboring sub-districts isn’t better either, especially the small town that was hit by two meteors. While the death toll of the people affected by the radical radiation is still increasing each day. There has been no assistance from the central government, because similar disasters are still happening in other provinces in Indonesia. Likewise with other states that are members of the Pacific Union (PU). And Arifin, he is still trying to hunt a few of Dilophocaballus in the jungle, to minimize their number as much as possible. At least, he isn’t entirely alone. “Arifin! Where are you, man?” [Sorry, I’m busy right now. These monsters are stronger than the last time I fought them] “Just
Sadly, two of those foreigners already notice Tony. They are now walking toward the direction where Tony and Arifin are hiding.Arifin just squints his eyes at Tony with so much disappointment. He hides his sword in the bushes, and then gets up by putting on an act like he is trying to help Tony.“Be careful! This place is a bit slippery!”“Oh? Ah, thank you!” replies Tony.Arifin then continues walking toward his house while inviting Tony with trivial chat, until he greets those two gentlemen with an ignorant face.“Oh, hello! Um, what are you doing in my backyard?”“Your backyard?” replies one of them. “So, is this your house? Are you the kid by the name Arifin Tetsuo?”“A kid?”“Oh, sorry! I mean, a boy!”“Or we can just address you as a mister if you’d like,” the other man adds.Arifin just smiles awkwardly while shaking his head. He gets the impression that these two soldiers aren’t that arrogant like the soldiers he used to know.Currently, Arifin’s mom has already been at home
Despite the fact that he is back from the future, Arifin knows that many things happen conditionally. Everything can change if the causes are different. It is clear that the current situation is far different from what he used to experience in the previous life. In the past Zaw Min had never come to his house for recruitment like this. Merely knowing the future is not enough to be able to manipulate history at his will. So many complicated thoughts pop into his head. “Is it possible that Zaw Min isn’t as bad as in my previous life?” “Should I just kill him to remove all the risk. I can just go with them and then kill everyone on the journey.” “Can I do it with the abilities I currently have? They are soldiers from the PUA special forces, of course they are not just anyone.” “Wait a minute! Has Zaw Min experienced an awakening yet?” Arifin's attention is again focused on that quest notifications. Especially the description of the reward “a specific skill rune crystal”. He begins