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LONG-DECISION ANSWER

"Where, Ki? I wonder what he is like now, because the snake figure I have managed to kill," replied Darto while trying to stand from his sitting position. He looked still limp because the fierce fight he had fought was really draining.

"Not far, Dar. Above the waterfall was a bamboo hut that he always used" Ki Karta said, pointing with her index finger at the waterfall.

"Come, Dar. Let Si Mbah help you walk," Mbah Turahmin said as he directed Darto's arm to embrace his neck.

At that time Darto was occupied by Si Mbah Turahmin, they walked together with Ki Karta who became a guide. Not far from where they set out, there was a bamboo hut that was so reot and without the slightest illumination in front of them. Ki Karta immediately ran away from Darto and Si Mbah so daja, he immediately opened the door of the hut after arriving first.

"DAR! MIN! HURRY UP!" Shouted Ki Karta while waving his hand. He told the two men in front of him to immediately rush up to him.

Darto again forced his limp feet to run and when they arrived at the door of the hut a stench that immediately smelled. Darto immediately held his breath and then put his head to peek inside the hut.

There were two old men inside. They were waiting for a woman who was lying on a couch. Seeing that Darto immediately entered and ignored the foul odor that has now begun not to be so piercing, because his nose has begun to get used to smelling the smell continuously.

"Thank you, Dar" said the woman lying on the couch. His body was filled with ulcers and pus, even his stomach was bulging so big.

"Now, you can go home quietly, Nyi. I forgive all your mistakes," said Darto himself, staring at the misfortune that Nyai gending felt. He felt pity after seeing the condition Gending had experienced in front of him.

"Thank you, hu hu hu, once again thank you for the torch," Gending said as he tried to stand up, although Sastro and Wajana continued to stop him. He cried so bitterly that he was so excited.

"Dar, please stab Gending with the keris left by Darsa," said Sastro briefly while looking at Darto's eyes so sharply.

Hearing that, Darto did not directly obey Sastro's wishes. He sat down next to Sastro and asked Sastro again, "Why did you betray?"

Sastro and Wajana were silent, they lowered their heads without even opening the slightest sound. Until finally Gending opened his voice and gave an answer to what Darto asked.

"They didn't help you at my request, Dar. They are only afraid that their bodies will be destroyed, because their bodies are being confined inside the snake that created," said Gending, staring at Darto.

"They're actually dead, Dar. Long ago when they were helping Darsa, they were really close to being wiped out, if the snakes allied with me did not give them a little life energy. From then on, they both tied the same promise as mine. They could not dispute the snake's request, before the two objects that bound them were destroyed. They also could not tell that, as they could die at any time if they leaked the secret of his. Just like the buto ireng you've fought. He melted instantly after mentioning my existence," Gending said as he bowed. He felt guilty considering all his behavior. Then the kembai said "They both allied themselves with the serpent, only to live and ask for the antidote. Although they can only heal part of the body, at least they managed to save Darsa."

Darto, Si Mbah and Ki Karta were really surprised to hear the explanation from Gending. After all that happened Darto really still can not believe the speech. Until he finally forced to ask the dying woman in front of him again, "Then? Why don't you just give Darsa the antidote?"

"Did you know? Even to move my fingers I can't. After the fight with Darsa my body completely belonged to the snake. I could only see my body doing everything from a different side, and I could not at all snatch it. I can only have this body in seven years. It also only lasted one night, Dar," said Gending back, then he held Darto's shoulder and again said "Please, Dar. Puncture I used Darsa's keris, I want to meet everyone who has the snake figure killed, I also want to apologize to Darsa. And more importantly I want to apologize to Darsa's wife whom I killed for my own desires."

Hearing that, Darto turned to Si Mbah and Ki Karta who stood behind him, after getting a nod from the two parents, Darto immediately grabbed a keris on his hip, then remove the weapon from the scabbard.

Although a little pity, Darto forced his heart to remain pierced right in the heart of Gending's. Until finally the keris was stuck perfectly, even penetrating Gending's back when Darto stabbed him in an instant.

Gending just stared at the place where Darto stabbed the keris. He then turned his head to look at Darto with blood starting to flow from the corner of his lips. Then turned his gaze towards Ki Karta who was looking at him with pity while saying "Sorry, Karta. I used you once. But if I may ask, please take care of my son. I completely understood a love that was able to divert my feelings to Darsa, after the child had come out of my own womb."

Ki Karta immediately cried, she immediately hugged a body full of ulcers on the couch while saying "Don't talk no-no. Now you go home quietly. I'll take care of both of our flesh and blood."

Gending cried so much that night, no one dared to interfere with the release of longing for the couple, until finally Gending died in the arms of Karta. He died with the corners of his lips floating, but tears welled up all over his cheeks.

"Sastro.. Vajanas... What's keeping you guys?" Darto asked after Ki Karta finished laying Gending's body on the bed.

"That ring and that necklace, Dar. It's the prison that the snake created" Sastro said, pointing to two jewels lying next to them.

Hearing that, Darto immediately grabbed the two objects. Then squeezed out with a glowing hand. Not long after, the two objects let out a sound indicating the red and green stone in Darto's hand was cracked.

Sastro and Wana smiled widely as their energy that was originally shackled within the stone, gradually entered into their bodies again. In his delight, Wajana said something surprising, he said a sentence that read "Now I can help you without even being asked, Dar. Let us sum up all the creatures that even the serpent did not dare to look into his eyes. The real fight is just getting started, Dar."

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