Chapter 77: 074. Operation Saving Reizel.
Galih immediately stood up in a stances ready to fight, as did Ignoir who immediately approached Putri.
The large, muscular body stared at Putri who looked so nervous.
That figure was none other than Randa.
"Anu... That..." Putri stammered as if she had just bitten her own tongue, all of them looked ready to fight, but Randa just sighed after observing the three people.
"You guys are going to save Reizel, right? No need to be tense I already know your purpose," Randa said casually and made Putri and Ignoir become relieved and more relaxed.
Unfortunately Galih did not lower his guard at all, quite the opposite. His sharp gaze was directed at the muscular woman.
"What do you want?" asked Galih quickly.
"I'm getting sick of this place, Reizel deserves a better place," Randa replied with a slight smile to Putri.
Galih raised one of his eyebrows and slightly tilted his head to the side. "I still don't understand your intentions."
"I don't have time to explain this, but if you want to go in, go through the back. There is a room at the back of the village chief's house connected by a short passage. Jump into the passage and then enter through the back door," Randa replied quickly as if she was in a hurry.
"But -"
"There is no time, because of the darkness, you must go through the back. I'll distract those people." Randa hurried away without giving any further explanation.
Randa immediately did what she said before. Gathering the villagers and demanding them some distance away from the village chief's house then explaining something Putri could not hear clearly from where she was hiding.
But this was not the right time to be curious. Putri, Ignoir and Galih rushed to the place Randa was referring to.
The stilt house was quite tall and Putri was unable to jump that high.
Ignoir jumped and landed in the hallway without walls.
While she was still thinking, Galih picked her up and threw her with all his might. Ignoir caught her and helped her to stand in that short hallway.
Galih looked at the distance between the hallway floor and the ground he was standing on, measured it carefully and then took a few moments before finally jumping into the hallway.
"Miss Putri, I don't like this place," whispered Ignoir who continued to watch the room that Lana usually occupied.
"I know, we'll do this quickly," replied Putri swiftly without raising her tone of voice too much.
Without waiting for long, Putri immediately went to the back door of the house.
The door was open and everything was dark. Galih and Putri squinted their eyes to focus their vision but their eyes were not made to see in such darkness.
"Tsk, mutant system activated," said Galih who felt annoyed at not being able to see anything in the darkness.
Now, there were two people who could see into the darkness. Ignoir who was a demon and also Galih who had mantis shrimp eyes.
Putri held Ignoir's hand tightly. "I can't see anything, tell me where Reizel is."
Ignoir looked at a sofa and felt a tense aura from it. Galih also stared at the sofa, or rather stared at the hot temperature that formed a human figure.
"There," Ignoir and Galih said simultaneously.
The two of them immediately approached the sofa and found Reizel who was breathing heavily.
Putri could only grope towards the soda and finally held Reizel's cold sweaty hand.
"Reizel, are you okay?" asked Putri who used a low tone as if almost whispering.
The exhausted Reizel slowly opened his eyes and found Putri, Ignoir and Galih in front of him. Although it's in the darkness, he could clearly see people who stand in front of him now.
"What... What... Are you guys doing...?" asked Reizel with his breathing feeling so heavy.
"We came to save you," replied Putri swiftly.
"But... Why...?"
Galih interrupted and immediately lifted Reizel's shirt collar. "There's no need to ask why. There's no time to explain, we have to go now."
Galih immediately picked up Reizel and carried the man on his back.
The three people were about to leave, but Reizel said something that forced the three people to stop.
"I... Can't... Go without... Lana... Have to bring... Lana..." said Reizel who pointed towards the room at the back of the house.
Putri didn't know what Reizel meant, but she understood that someone named Lana was in that room.
"Alright, we'll bring Lana too -"
The sound of footsteps came from the direction of the front door. The three people turned around and Galih immediately sweated with worry while Ignoir growled and revealed a row of fangs in her mouth.
"Wow... Wow... Wow... There are three rats infiltrating," said the figure who was none other than Rama who was staring at the three people with his red eyes that glowed in the darkness of the room.
Rama raised his left hand forward and a row of red eyes suddenly appeared from the darkness.
"I won't let you take our village chief!" said Rama with a wide grin as the skull-headed kalombas darted towards the three men.
The attack was too fast, even for Ignoir who had high reflexes.
*Zyup~
The skull-headed kalomba suddenly disappeared right before Ignoir and Galih's eyes.
The two of them didn't understand what was happening, as if the goat monsters had darted into another dimension.
But Rama knew that ability very well. The young man chuckled as he glanced back.
"You can't do that... Randa," said Rama which made Putri, Galih and Ignoir startled.
"You guys, hurry up and leave! I'll hold him!" said the large and muscular woman.
Galih immediately understood and moved immediately. Ignoir followed Galih's lead while Putri rushed to a room that separate from the house.
"Don't think you can get away!" said Rama who launched a skull-headed kalomba at Putri.
A giant hand-shaped darkness suddenly appeared and blocked the kalomba. The skull-headed kalomba was instead absorbed into the giant hand and annoyed Rama.
"Randa!" An annoyed Rama instantly turned around and launched a kick at Randa's head.
*BHUK!
Rama's kick was stopped by a large goat monster whose front legs were hands. The goat monster had a normal goat head, but its face was covered with bones and its mouth was filled with rows of fangs.
The goat monster opened its mouth and stuck out its long tongue while staring at Rama with its bright red goat eyes.
Rama laughed in delight when he realized that Randa had taken out her kalomba.
"I'm going to kill you, Randa!" said a grinning Rama.