PROLOGUE
He walked into a white circle. He could clearly see the
circle was mixed with some words of a language unfamiliar to him.
As he reach the center, he suddenly felt cold in his
whole body. He shaking hard because of cold and sometimes rub his palms to heat up his body.
“It’s cold.”, he said.
After those words, he received a comment from corner of
the room.
“It is cold,
yes. Then, it must be one of
human’s.”
He looked to the corner and saw a girl there.
“Milly, could you make me warm with beautiful smile of
yours? It’s rare to find a blonde girl in this area, afterall.”
The girl called Milly smiled at that and locked her eyes
to the man.
She said,
“I’m honoured to be looked highly by you, Young Master.
But, please concentrate yourself to the ritual instead to me.”
He laughed hearing that. Then, he concentrated himself to
the ritual.
He placed both of his hands into his chest.
He started to closed his eyes and chanting some words.
“He siro ingkang
mboten dipunemuti, Kali ingkang wonten ing watesan, Panjenengan lajengi tretek
sukma. Tulung dalem kagem ngupadi jarwi, Kaliyan
kunci ingkang mbikak gerbang, Gerbang ingkang nunjukaken kasugengan ugi bilahi,
Rawuha!
He penghuni mboten kemriksa jagad!”[1]
Then, he saw the words within the circle started to
moving in clock direction.
He narrowed his eyes when he saw the circle with the
words which has been white-coloured changed into dark blue.
As time went on, the speed of the word’s movement went
faster and faster.
Then, he forced to close his eyes because a sudden flash
filled his view.
When he opened his eyes, he finally saw it.
It wrapped by white yet dirty fabric which cover every
parts except the face. Yet, it has no
face afterall.
He gasped after realized the black skull of it.
Although it has
no eyeballs, he could clearly feel that it
look at him with respect.
“So it is
Pocong. I’m a lucky one.”[2]
“Congratulations, Master. You are a strong candidate to
win.”
Milly smiled at him. He also smiled at her.
Then, he looked back at it and said,
“State your name. I can’t just call you Pocong, you
know?”
With a small roar at start, it began to stated his name.
“JaFaR”
After pocong called Jafar stated his name, the man rest
his palm to Jafar’s shoulder and said,
“Nice to meet you, Jafar. My name is Prabu. I hope you
will work hard for me.”
“As yOUr wIsH, Empu.”[3]
Hearing that answer, the man called Prabu grinned.
“O, Sacred Keris. For the wish of mine, I shall bring you
to sinner palm of these hands.”[4]
Tarung Ghaib.[5]
A ritual for getting Sacred Keris which will grant two wishes of the possessor.
Together with their familiars called Khadam -beings like ghosts
or spirits- masters called Empu would
fight each other until they gone from existence.
For their wishes.
For their dreams.
For their desires.
And for theirs existences.
With Milly opened the door for him, Prabu started his
journey to the fight.
Notes:
[1]. English translate : O' you whose unseen, whose live at borderland, please cross the soul bridge. Help me to find a meaning, with a key to open the gate, the gate which show salvation and calamity. Come, people of the unseen world!
[2]. Pocong : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocong
[3]. Empu is a javanese for master.
[4]. Keris : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris
[5]. Tarung Ghaib means Supernatural Fights
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