Ki Jaka and his two troops united holding each other's hands, so that the power of their spells would be stronger to expel the tiger figure that possessed Rengga's body.
They surrounded Rengga.
Sitting with their legs crossed their eyes closed, lips muttering.
Suddenly the wind felt so strong that the tent shook because of the strong wind that came.
Ki Jaka released his grip and held both of Rengga's hands.
Indit maneh! Ngajagaan awak nu di pikanyaah lain kieu carana! (You just go! This is not the way to take care of someone you love, this is very dangerous!) Rengga's grip tried to fight Ki Jaka.
Until Ki Jaka was thrown because of the tiger's resistance.
Hawrrrr….
Rengga roared while shaking his head around.
Until he accidentally looked at Rico then, the tiger bowed as if afraid of Rico.
Rico, who was surprised by the reaction, could only shake his head and was confused as to why the tiger would obey him.
On the other hand, Ki Jaka's two troops also seemed to respect Rico.
Nggih sepuh, ngapunten. ( Ready sir, sorry )
Not long after that, Rengga vomited and fainted again.
Ki Jaka's troops suddenly disappeared and took Ki Jaka who was weak.
"What's wrong with me? Why do they seem reluctant to me?"
Rico was still confused by the situation he had just experienced.
After the tiger managed to leave Rengga's body.
They approached and tried to wake Rengga up to make sure he was okay.
"Get me a drink," Keenan asked for a drink that was in Riki's bag.
Rengga tried to open his two eyes which were still weak.
Ouch .. Rengga held his head which was injured after falling and hitting the rocks.
"My head hurts so much, what happened to me?"
With pain, Rengga tried to calm his body and drink the water given by Riki.
"Earlier when we were going down, you fell and hit your head on one of the big rocks causing you to faint"
"Your head was bleeding profusely but luckily the bleeding was stopped with the coffee medicine that Kinan made"
"Hopefully your wound is okay and there is no bleeding inside"
Hasan tried to explain everything that happened to Rengga until he fell unconscious.
Kinan gave Rengga a piece of bread.
"You quickly eat this bread after that take the medicine, hopefully, it can reduce the pain you are experiencing"
They began to try to calm down after Rengga was okay, at least their natural worries were slightly reduced.
However, they had to figure out how they could get home as quickly as possible.
Surviving with dwindling supplies made them try to save as much as possible on food, water, and other necessities.
Alya..
Suddenly, I remembered Alya's condition, who was still weak, and found out that she was pregnant.
Hasan and Rico went out of the tent to check on Laras, Tissa, and Alya, who were in the tent next to them.
The sound of their footsteps woke Laras who was behind the front of the tent.
Laras opened the tent and saw who was outside.
"Rico.. Hasan... How is Rengga now? Is he conscious? I'm really worried about him"
Rico and Hasan chose to sit outside the tent and only glanced inside the women's tent.
"Rengga is conscious, now he is eating and resting"
"How is Alya?" Hasan looked at Alya from outside.
"Are you feeling well?" Hasan half shouted to Alya who was inside the tent.
Alya just nodded and smiled at Hasan.
Indicating that she was fine.
"Thank God you feel better"
"If everyone feels better, we should immediately move back down"
"Before the night gets dark and it rains again"
Rico invited them to immediately fold the tent and bring their belongings back.
Hasan and Rico helped them tidy up the tent.
Beside them, Keenan, Riki, and Rengga folded their tent and brought their belongings.
They prepared to go back down with the light getting dark.
The sound of their footsteps touching the wet ground was clear and heavy.
"While we go down, use your headlamps"
"Use the sticks you bring and pray every time we go down," said Kinan, who was at the front leading their journey.
They used their sticks to make it easier to go down the mountain and avoid the slippery ground.
The purpose of the sticks they were holding was as a support for their bodies.
They began to pass through the forest with dense vegetation, and the sounds of animals calling to each other.
Alya tried to think carefully by guarding Tissa and Riki.
While Rengga, with slow and careful steps, was guarded by Hasan, who was on the right side, Laras on the left side, and Rico, who was behind him.
In a serious condition like this, Rengga was still thinking about something that tickled his mind.
"How can I be guarded by a human who is in a love triangle"
"Their position is right, only my presence is blocking it"
Rengga hugged his heart and couldn't hold it back until he finally laughed.
HAHA HAHA HAHA Rengga laughed as if imagining something funny in his mind.
"Rengga, what's wrong with you? Laughing by yourself like that" Laras caused Rengga to laugh.
"it's nothing, i was just laughing at you guys"
"And to make my mind clear so as not to be stressed facing all the events that have been experienced"
Rengga let go of Hasan and Laras' hands.
"Let go of your hands, am I paralyzed that I have to be guided by all of you"
Rengga tried hard so as not to look weak and weaken them.
They had traveled 30 minutes to get to Post 3 but it felt like Post 3 was far away.
"This forest feels like the one we passed earlier, why did we come back here?"
Tissa realized they had traveled a long distance but remained at the starting point.
Kinan started to look around and made sure they had passed this forest.
"That's the rubber tree we passed earlier!"
Hasan made sure it was the forest because he saw Rengga's blood dripping on the tree.
Hasan ran and looked at the tree.
And sure enough, their long journey was in vain.
It was like they were made to circle this forest.