Chapter 17: Midnight Hunting
Life is diverse. Second, it's just how we get through it.
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Tonight I feel like I'm not who I am.
I am afraid of the dark and afraid of being in the forest, I don't feel it in my mind anymore for now. Underline yes... For now.
Tonight, exactly at 22:03, I left my house and went with my father to the forest.
Why go to the forest at night?
Seriously, my father was a hunter. Yes, I didn't tell him much about him, he was a quiet, vindictive, mysterious person. But my dad is very kind and friendly to everyone I know and I just met for the first time.
Hmm. Hunt what?
Anything that can be hunted at night, for example, monkeys, pangolins, snakes, deer, and many more.
For what?
Usually, we consume, for the fleshy ones and for the ones we sell live, there are snakes and pangolins.
Dad and I were already in front of a gate that showed a sign that we were about to enter a forest that could be said to be still wild.
We walked, not using any vehicles. Complete clothes and also Pull shoes, Bring a drink, bread, flashlight, backpack, sickle, knife, and a rope.
Sorry, I forgot.
My father and I are not alone, we are accompanied by Helly, my family's beloved dog. The dog who had saved my father's life when my father slipped and was about to fall into the abyss, Helly was the one who saved him. Don't know how but it's real. Until dad is still with us, it happened 2 years ago.
You must also know why we brought Dogs?.. Because their senses are also very sensitive to everything around them. Including the invisible ones I can see, even dogs can see or feel them.
I had passed the gate just now, the air I felt changed instantly. Hmmm. I'm not comfortable with this kind of weather.
Biting cold, foggy, and dark. Huh. It was not my father who asked me to come, but it was my own will to come.
Only the flashlight guides our path at this time. Awan is not with me now.
I haven't just called him, hmmm maybe when the time comes I need him I'll call him.
You must be asking and thinking.. did I see something else..???
Yaaaaa... that's right, I'm seeing it right now. So many of them...
In the dark even if I don't point my flashlight at them, I can still see them based on energy emanating from them.
I see a variety of things, and various colors too.
Most of them are colored orange and dark blue.
Father also conveyed earlier before entering the forest,
"When you see an Energy that is yellowish-red in color like flames, you must quickly convey it."
Dad just said it like that and didn't tell me what it was. Hmmm, Animals or others I also do not know.
"Are you tired son?"
Suddenly dad asked me.
"Ahh, no I'm not. How much longer is this, Dad?"
"We have to cross a small bridge first before we go to a place called "Watu Parang" where there are many animals that can be caught"
I just nodded my head at him.
And suddenly, my neck felt cold as ice.
And Helly barked incoherently at me.
Now what I feel is heavy.
Just the weight I feel.
Duhhhh what else?
Then my father looked at me for a moment.
This weight is getting real I feel, and I can't walk just can't do anything right now. It was hard for my feet to walk, and to speak was difficult.
Dad then put down his bag and was looking for something in it.
Hmmm. Something grabbed me from behind. He was big, I could feel from his breath the size of his body that was hugging me from behind.
And the hand is hairy, I can see it. Long black and pointed nails.
Is this a monkey? a gorilla? or what...
I dared to look back. It's hard but push yourself.
Halfway through I could see the huge black shadow, I looked back further and further. And I saw, Two big eyeballs glaring at me. Those eyes were really big and reddish.
He has very long fangs. His whole body is covered with hair.
I turned my head to the starting position, I couldn't help but see that face.
I saw my father making like a kiln in front of me.
Duhhh, what are you going to do with this dad, instead of helping him, he just wants to keep himself warm.
But, dad hasn't burned it yet. The mound of sticks was ready to be burned, but suddenly father went to a field next to us. Dad grabbed a tree, hmmm cassava tree if I'm not mistaken.
Yes, dad took the fruit and put it on the mound the branch that you want to burn.
What do you want this father?
The hands and feet have begun to cover the whole of my body.
And dad took out a homemade cigarette that was rolled up on the spot and mixed on the spot.
God, this feels so heavy. My eyes are no longer strong enough to withstand the heavy feeling that prompts me to close my eyes immediately.
This time I could no longer hear the sounds around me, everything became silent.
I saw my father dimly burning the twig.
And the feeling of heaviness, tightness, and all sorts of things that I felt began to lighten.
I can see, hear clearly what is happening now.
And saw a large black creature in front of me.
"Genderuwo?"
I asked my father about it.
"Yes, son. Let's continue our journey"
I walked past him, but he was busy with cigarettes and cassava which my father was burning in front of him now.
This is the first time I'm close to Genderuwo, not close anymore.
His eyes were big and bulging, his whole body was covered in long dreadlocks.
Uhhh he looks a lot like the gorillas in Fantasy movies.
We continued our journey to Watu Parang which my father said was very close to where we were going to hunt tonight.
The bridge that father had told us about was already in front of us.
Hmmm. The bridge is ordinary, made of bamboo and the river is also small and ordinary. I don't know what's so special about this bridge.
When I set my foot on this bamboo, hmmm still normal.
'crack'
There was a broken branch behind me. And something was running towards the bushes to my right.
I just ignore it. Yes, because this has become a daily food to be able to taste, see and all kinds of things.
Even though this bridge is not that long, only about 2 meters. But why does it feel like I'm still so far away?
"Son, don't look down, behind or anywhere. Focus on looking in front of you"
Hmmm, it feels like I just realized that this bridge is not just any ordinary bridge.
After I did what my father asked. I very quickly got to the end. Weird.
Does this happen during the day???
After I entered. The air turned warm. Ahhh
And just so you know, Watu Parang is a big rock resembling a mountain in my village.
And it is said that if the boulder fell, my whole village would be crushed. ️
Yeah, let's not talk about that just yet.
Okay, now my father and I are walking towards a place like a cave, under a banyan tree. Which is right under Watu Parang.
The three of us sat down.
Wait.. three.??
The three of us are sitting right now. My father is on my left and one person is on my right.
Helly, just silently bowed. Not barking at all.
I see by glancing at it. she reminded the Javanese cloth, or you could say Jarik.
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Don't tell me she's the same person I've met before.
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
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