This is the first time Arifin sees someone able to kill the evil spirits by using a kitchen machete. He himself can only do it because of that mystical kris. And he still doesn’t know why only that one dagger can hurt those spirit creatures.Looking at how tired that old man is, Arifin tries his best to not back off. There are still more than 10 dedemits there, and he has to kill them all to end.But old man Acil is not as useless as how he thinks. Despite how tired he is, that old man is still able to evade any incoming attack in the most efficient way. But Arifin is doubting the old man's ability to kill any of them.“Old man, just get back and take some rest,” Arifin issues.“You don’t need to worry about me, kid!” replies Acil as he raises the machete intending to deliver a strike to one incoming dedemit.Arifi
Acil turns away with an awry expression. He walks in a rush to get to Arifin. Tony also follows him with his own curiosity.But then they find Arifin having a good time, laughing with some of Mike’s men giving light jokes about each other.Arifin looks quite naive with his laughing, which makes Acil a bit doubtful with his worry. But Arifin already notices him, and calls the old man to join him and the others.“What’s wrong old man? Did the evil spirit hurt you somewhere?” asks Arifin as Acil approaches him.That old man just drags one plastic chair and takes a seat near Arifin. His face is still showing the anxiety, due to his worry to be influenced by that devilish item.And somehow, Arifin quite understands why that old man has been so awry to get close to him since noticing about that mystical dagger.“Did you afraid this thing would tempt you to do something?” asks Arifin.“You know?”“Of course I know. The first time I encountered this dagger, I heard a strange voice in my head.
Not getting enough with that thought, he just calls it a day and gets down from the hammock.“I’m going back to my room. Are you coming?” says Arifin to Tony as he leaves.Tony follows him, because indeed he also sleeps in the same room as Arifin, just a different bed of course. And there is a reason why Arifin lets Tony sleep in his room, and Tony quite understands that condition.Arifin always gets a nightmare every time he sleeps. He always dragged back to that ancient shrine, as if he never got away from that terror.Even tonight, he witnesses again how the zombies chew Grace’s beautiful face. But there isn’t that mystical kris. Only him running around in that closed shrine, trying to get away from the zombies who hunt him.It’s always an endless fight, and he will always be found delirious during his sleep. He retaliates so hard, with wet clothes and pale face.That nightmare will persist, at least until the little commotion he creates shakes Tony from his sleep. Only then does T
Minda’s dilemma doesn’t just end with that. The next day, Arifin even takes Andini out along with the team who are going to collect some food supplies.The thing is, when Arifin comes, Minda is already on the truck waiting for him. Now after seeing that Arifin also takes Andini too, she gets some mixed feelings.She likes to get off the truck. But she is just succumbed by her awkwardness not wanting Arifin to notice what she is feeling right now.“Um, she is coming too? Is it okay?” she asks with an unsure gesture.“She needs some changes of clothes, and she wants to choose clothes of her own choice,” Arifin explains flatly.They leave with just five people, all teenagers in Arifin’s generation. Two sitting in the front, while Arifin being the only boy sitting between two girls in the back.Andini is currently able to keep the production of that fume so low just like the other days. But the risk is still there.So, Arifin has to sit in the middle between them, just as a precaution to
The next day, in the afternoon, Jack visits that housing complex. He observes that area from a distance by staying in the woods, like he is spying on the enemy.He even makes a simple map, and then marks each point where they installed the floodlights. He goes around the place, just to find a spot that he could exploit. Until he gets to the area behind Arifin’s house, and finds so many people there.“Is this the spot Raden told before? Seems like they do concentrate their men here. They even make some camps around this area.”He goes a bit further to the uphill, so that he can observe the activity inside that housing complex. There he finds that most of the residents' activities are focused on the south, and the east part where Arifin’s house is located.The gate is on the west with a few armed guards watching over that area. The block in the north part looks so quiet, because indeed the house in that area is mostly unoccupied.He watches people in and out of certain houses. As he kee
The feeling is starting to be unbearable. But she still tries her best to finish the meal without leaving anything, just to show her respect for the food they served for her. And then…“Excuse me! I’d like to get back home first.”“Okay, I’ll escort you home,” says Arifin as he gets up from the chair.“No, you don’t have to,” she denies.“But I have to. I just don’t want you to kill anyone on your way back home.”“Maan?!” Andini whines with a tired face.They both leave. Cindy glances a bit at Minda secretly, and finds her looking at the two with a gloomy face.Cindy thinks that Minda is looking gloomy because of her jealousy to see those two being together. So little she knows, Minda is actually feeling sym
The next day, Arifin comes visiting Andini again. However, that girl denies his visit because of that sudden kiss she received last night.Arifin quite considerate, and understands the reason. So he doesn’t push his way and gives her some space.“Don’t worry too much. She looks fine today. Maybe she's just not in a good mood,” says Elma as she escorts Arifin out of the house.“Please, Aunty! Just inform me later if anything serious happens. I’ll stay in the complex doing my training.”Elma nods with her peaceful smile. And Arifin just starts his training right from that house, running around the housing complex to complete his daily training regime.He still wants to try the same thing as before, hunting blood and soul crystal in the night with a higher difficulty.Every time he passes that corner, Andini always observes him intently in secret from behind the curtain. She starts thinking, how great it is if she can join him with that jogging activity.At some point, she feels a bit of
In the next split second, that evil spirit flies so fast toward him, making Jack aghast with an open mouth.“Why don’t I make better use of your hatred, human?!”She gets into his mouth, and starts possessing him. Jack starts behaving like a mad man, moving rigidly in an erratic pattern. His limb looks stilted like a string puppet.He picks one broken metal pole, and moves with a weird motion toward Arifin. His left hand that holds the metal pole suddenly makes a move.The movement is so fast, much faster than how he normally could do. He slams the metal pole to one concrete stake, and destroys it.Slowly, his face expression changes with a mad grinning. In the next two second, he is already in range to hit Arifin with his metal pole.It shocks Arifin, but he is still able to react. The metal pole just slams the ground, creating a huge collision and sends the dirt and debris around. Just from that impact alone, Arifin knows how powerful that slam is.“What’s wrong with this guy?” he m