9.55 pm
Kai Wen was sitting alone in the boys room, he was a bit terrified as he was in a dark place with no one around.
Kai Wen: I can't believe Mithran just left me like that, I'm scared to be in this dark, even though there's that light in front of me.
Kai Wen kept glancing at the lamp he lit it up on the floor, he was sweating like a wet cloth. He checked on his phone and he was expecting someone to talk to him.
Kai Wen: We are in conference call, yet no one's talking to me. What should I do?
Mithran: Kai Wen!!
The sudden of voice of Mithran almost made Kai Wen to drop his phone, he glared at the phone and replied in a bit angry tone.
Kai Wen: Mithran!!! Don't scream to me like that!! Or else...
Mithran: Or else you what? What will you do?
Kai Wen closed his eyes and let out a huge sigh. He didn't want to show his anger to Mithran unnecessarily.
Kai Wen: Why did you decide to let me take in charge of our room alone?! Now I feel like I'm living in a dark place!!!
Mithran: It's for you and our own good, Kai Wen. There's only a few minutes left for the inauspicious night to begin, and you already started to blabber like you always do.
Kai Wen: Mithran, we still have the time to switch place, or you can just stay next to me. I'm scared to be alone here in the dark.
Mithran: Look, Kai Wen. I know you're scared of the dark, I'm not denying it. But, how long do you think your fear lasts?
Kai Wen: I don't know....until I passed away I think.....
Mithran: Passed away, 你的头!!!
( Passed away, your head!!! )
Kai Wen: What else do you think?! You do know how much I'm scared of the darkness, despite I'm behaving like a brave man outside.
Mithran: That's what your problem lies on, you are a brave man, but you're not brave enough to face your fear!!
Kai Wen: How can I face it when I'm being a total coward right now?
Mithran: So, what do you want to do?
Kai Wen: I don't think I can do this alone, Mithran. You should stay next to me, or we can just cancel this ritual.
Mithran: Cancel you say, huh?!!!
Mithran couldn't hold back after everything he heard from Kai Wen, he lost his patience and sat straight on the ground.
Kai Wen: Hey, relax! I didn't mean it like that.....
Mithran: You did mean that!! How could you decide to give up just like that because of your stupid fear?!!!!
Kai Wen: I....I was not.....you know....
Mithran: Forget what you wanted to say, but listen to me. Let's say we cancelled this ritual and end everything, and the next thing you know, we are all dead...
Kai Wen: Hey!!! Nothing will happen to us, I swear!!!
Mithran: If you wished to, you have to do this, Kai Wen.
Kai Wen: But Mithran, I'm terrified of the dark, how am I supposed to be here alone when you're not here with me?
Mithran: Listen, Kai Wen. It's ok to be scared.....
Kai Wen: What do you mean it's ok?
Mithran: Being scared means that you're about to do something very very brave, do you get that?
Kai Wen: What....I...I....
Mithran: How long do you think you can run away from your fear? You have to face it one day in the future.
Kai Wen: What if I can't fight it?
Mithran: I'll help you fight it.
Kai Wen: Promise?
Mithran: Promise, Kai Wen. I can do anything for my friends.
Kai Wen smiled and he felt slightly relaxed after hearing concerning words from Mithran.
Kai Wen: You know what? I feel a bit relaxed now, thanks for the encouragement.
Mithran: So, what are you going to do now?
Kai Wen: Well.....look after the lamp and make sure no evil presence is here.
Mithran: That's what I want to hear, Kai Wen. You're doing great.
Kai Wen: It might be weird to say this but...I think I can do this alone.....
Mithran smiled widely and asked Kai Wen excitedly.
Mithran: You can?
Kai Wen: Yeah, like you said, I can do anything for my friends, especially you.
Mithran: Really?! Oh thank you thank you thank you so much, you're the best, Kai Wen!!!! 很棒!!
( Well done!! )
Kai Wen chuckled at Mithran's words, he felt relaxed a bit after having a peaceful conversation with him.
Kai Wen: So, how are things going down there at the garden?
Mithran: Well, nothing is going bad, apart from some shadows I'm witnessing in the dark.
Kai Wen: ( sighs ) I guess you're right after all, they are trying to attack us tonight.
Mithran: So, remember what I said, don't ever let the lamp blew away no matter what. You got that?
Kai Wen: As you said, my friend. Anyway, how are the others?
Mithran: I don't know, I guess I have to check up on them.
10.00 pm
Hui Yi sitting quietly on the ground of the girl's room, she could really feel someone was looking after her, when she clearly knew she was alone. She looked at her phone which was on the conference call with her friends, and glanced at the lamp in front of her.
Hui Yi: The inauspicious night has begun, so I just have to sit down and watch this lamp until 4 in the morning? Why does it have to be now?
Hui Yi tried to calm herself down but her mind kept telling her that something was not quite right, she felt like something horrible was about to happen tonight in her friends's house.
Loshini: Hui Yi? Are you there?
Hui Yi quickly looked at her phone when she heard Loshini's voice on the call, she grabbed her phone and raised the volume.
Loshini: Hui Yi! Can you hear me?!
Hui Yi: I'm here.... what's wrong?
Loshini: I just want to check on you, is everything ok there?
Hui Yi: I don't know, Losh. I can feel something is coming after me, I'm not alone here, I just have to believe this lamp that Mithran gave it to us.
Loshini: It's ok, Hui Yi. Mithran gave these lamps to us for our own good, we just have to make sure that it will never blew away from anything.
Hui Yi: I do believe in my brother's words, but I don't know if I should just sit down and wait, anything can happen in this moment. Should we do something?
Loshini: No no no!!! No matter what happens, don't leave the lamp behind, if you let it blew away, it will be easier for the evils to step into our house.
Hui Yi: I can't....I really want these to end right now.... I'm.... I'm useless right now....
Loshini: Just do what I say, Hui Yi. Trust me, you won't regret it afterwards.
Hui Yi: I hope so, but you need to be concerned as well. You have to look after the living hall and kitchen, are you okay to look after two lamps in two places?
Loshini: Don't worry about me, both lamps are in my full control, plus the places and the lamps are so close to each other, thus it's not a problem for me.
Hui Yi: Wow, you do sound calming. I don't really know where're you getting this much courage?
Loshini: Well, my mind was telling me to get scared, but my heart on the other hand was telling me to calm myself down, everything will happen for good.
Thunderstorms and strong winds were appearing outside of their house, the inauspicious night had finally began. Now, the only task the friends had to do was to look after their lamps and prevent the evils from getting inside their house before the night ended.
Hui Yi: Loshini, I think it's about to rain outside, thunders and winds keep appearing at the window. Should I do something about it? What if it's the evil plan to blow away the lamps?
Loshini: ( smiles ) An evil wind cannot blow away a divine lamp, no matter how strong it is.
Hui Yi: Yeah. But I have to say, something's definitely going on here, we haven't experienced such a weird encounter throughout our lives. Is it just me or did we miss something in the process?
Loshini: Not just you, Hui Yi. We have a dozen of unanswered questions in our mind, but time and patience will help us to find the right answer for this confusion.
Hui Yi: I'm still confused as to why would an unknown person wanted to kill us, I'm just thinking of what we have done wrong in the past.
Loshini: It could be anything, Hui Yi. Something that we even didn't expect to happen, but it could be linked to us if that bizzare letter wrote about us.
Hui Yi: And that bloody knife, someone has already decided to take their first move to kill us!!! But the question is, who even got hurt?
Loshini: Yeah, when we think about it, no one was hurt, apart from Mithran from almost burning his hand from that burned paper.
Hui Yi: But that still doesn't explain about the bloody knife, the knife itself is not an ordinary, it looked like an ancient one and....wait a second!!
Hui Yi was talking about the knife when she realized someone more serious.
Loshini: What? Is something wrong?
Hui Yi: Where is the knife right now?!
Loshini: I put it at....
That's when Loshini realized she lost the bloody knife somewhere inside their house, she slapped her forehead for her own silly mistake.
Loshini: Dang it!!! I lost it somewhere here!!
Hui Yi: What?!! How could you?!!! Do you know how serious is this?!!!
Loshini: How am I supposed to know?!! Everyone was looking at the knife!!!
Hui Yi: But still, you could have keep it somewhere safe, like the prayers room!!
Loshini: Hui Yi, it's no use to argue right now, we should never let that knife go into the wrong hand. We need to alert everyone.
Hui Yi: I agree, we need to check up on the others!
All of a sudden, someone screamed in a high pitch voice that scared the whole house and the friends.
Mithran: What the....who just screamed?!!!
Kai Wen: Mithran!!! Mithran!!! Are you on the line?!!!
Mithran: Kai Wen!! Did you hear that?!!!
Kai Wen: I did, and I thought it was you!!
Mithran: It's not me, I can't scream to that high note.
Kai Wen: Then it must be one of the girls!!! Ask them!!!
Mithran: Wait, I should call them first.
Mithran called the girls in panic as she thought that someone might be in danger, the first person to pick up his call was his sister, Hui Yi.
Hui Yi: Mithran!
Mithran: Hui Yi!!! Are you all right?!!! Are you hurt?!!
Hui Yi: What do you mean? I'm perfectly fine, I just heard a loud scream and I was freaked out.
Mithran: What?! It's not you?! What about Loshini?!
Hui Yi: She was talking to me just now, and she was alright. Loshini, are you there?!
Loshini: Mithran, thank god you're fine, the moment I heard that creepy sound of screaming, I thought it was you!!
Mithran: That wasn't me, and so wasn't Kai Wen!!
Kai Wen: Wait, where is Xin Li?!!
That one question had gave them the creepy feeling into their bodies, Xin Li was the only person who wasn't in their call.
Mithran: What?! Didn't you call Xin Li to check up on her?!
Hui Yi: I tried to call her but she's not responding!
Loshini: Oh my god, does something bad happened to Xin Li?! What should we do?!
Kai Wen: Wait, I'll go and check on her right now.
Hui Yi: Are you kidding me, Kai Wen?! You need to stay and look after your lamp!!!
Kai Wen: How can I leave her like that when we know she's in danger?!!
Mithran: Wait, I'll try to call her, don't get panic!!
As Mithran was about to call Xin Li, she called him just in time by herself, he immediately picked it up and raised the speaker volume.
Mithran: Hello?! Xin Li!!!
Xin Li: Mithran!!
Mithran: Thank god you're ok, why are not responding to us??!!!
Xin Li: I don't know why, but my phone was acting up, and now it's working. I guess there's something up here not quite right.
Hui Yi: Xin Li! Did you perhaps hurt anywhere?!
Xin Li: What do you mean?
Loshini: We just heard a loud screaming sound and we thought it was you.
Xin Li: What? I didn't scream, what are you talking about?!
Kai Wen: So, it's not you either?
Xin Li: Kai Wen, I have been in this bathroom for like so long, and I haven't move a single step as I keep looking after this lamp. I won't deny that something strange is beside me but trust me, I didn't even make a soft sound at all.
Mithran finally understood what was going on between them.
Mithran: Guys, I think we need to be more careful. The evils are trying to fool us.
Hui Yi: I knew it, they're trying to scare us so they can blow away our lamps.
Mithran: Hui Yi, no matter how powerful those evils are, they can't even get closer to our lamps which has divine orbs.
Xin Li: And even if they can't get closer, what are they trying to do with us?
Mithran: Easy, they wanted to distract us from the lamps so they can find a way to blow it away.
Kai Wen: Mithran, it's been a while since that inauspicious night has begun, do you really think these lamps will protect us?
Mithran: As long as you don't let the lamps got blow away, you'll be fine as usual.
Loshini: But, I do know those evils will still try to distract us. They're not so easy on us as they're waiting to get us as fast as they can.
Mithran: You're right, Loshini. So, as I said, don't ever let that lamp to shut itself, keep changing the lamp wicks and refill the oil, until this inauspicious night ended.
Hui Yi: I'll try, Mithran. But I don't know why, I can't stop worrying about you all.
Mithran: It's going to be all right, besides, all of the evils are just.....
As Mithran was about to finish his sentence, a thick root crawled on the ground and quickly grabbed his foot. He dropped his phone on the ground and tried to release himself from the evils. The root's grip on his foot was getting more tighter and tighter.
Mithran: Let me go, you evil!!!
Kai Wen: Mithran, what's wrong?!!!
Mithran: A root is grabbing my foot, and it's pulling me away from the lamp!!!!!!
Hui Yi: What?!! No, MITHRAN!!!!!
Mithran tried to respond to his friends but the root kept pulling away from the lamp, if he got away for some inches, he would be out of the protection. His friends were kept shouting for him on the phone but he couldn't say anything. He grabbed onto one of the plants in the garden but he left it in a short time.
Lan Wei: This is what you get for ruining my whole dream! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Lan Wei kept performing his evil ritual and he gave his strength to the root which was grabbing and pulling Mithran away from the lamp. Now, if he got pulled away for a single inch, his life would be in danger.
Mithran tried to grab anything from his side, he even tried to grab the ground to hold himself, but he kept missing everything. The evils there were laughing as they were happy to see him suffering like a mad person.
What is going to happen next?
To be continued.....
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