Chapter 3

Olivia slowly retreated backwards, trying to remember the direction of her destination yesterday, when she accidentally stepped on dry leaves, she immediately slipped, but she was still able to hold her body from falling into a trap hole. "It's a good thing I didn't fall. wait, now I'm back to where I was yesterday!"

Olivia checked and turned her head to look at the bottom of the ravine. "Right, I need to get down there immediately." Before reacting her eyes swept around to find a tree root that she could use as a rope to get down.

Olivia reached for a hanging root that was not too high in the vicinity, then after finally getting the root, she returned to the lip of the ravine, and prepared to descend the cliff that was lined with large stones.

After some time, her feet finally touched the ground, Olivia was mesmerized by the beauty hidden beyond, her feet moving nimbly to explore the place around her.

Before leaving, Olivia broke a branch to mark the way so she could find her way back easily. "All the trees here are lined up neatly."

Olivia suddenly stopped her steps and took a portrait with the camera on her cell phone, her laughter widening as the album filled up.

After that she decided to walk back, but without realizing it she saw something even stranger, a place surrounded by moss made her curious.

Ciklitt!

Again before approaching it, Olivia took another portrait like before. She wanted to confirm the state of the place. "I hope I can find something inside." Olivia thought.

The place looked pitch black, but Olivia didn't hesitate to walk down the dark passage that cut into the ground, as she entered the place, Olivia was mesmerized by the towering stalactites and stalagmites that looked like natural sculptures.

She continued to walk by the light of the flashlight from her cell phone. getting deeper, the mysterious aura began to feel suspicious making a little uncomfortable. "This place is quite mysterious, maybe I can find treasure inside like in a fantasy story." Olivia was amused when she thought about it.

While walking, Olivia accidentally kicked something, so she checked it and found a book the size of an ancient notebook that looked old and shabby.

She patted the cover on the dusty-looking book, suddenly Olivia heard a strange sound, she swept her eyes in all directions carefully, the unexpected happened, Olivia felt a strange vibration on her footing that slowly turned into a big shock!

"Astaghfirullah, what happened?" Olivia felt panicked, she even tried to save herself to get out safely.

"Ow." pebbles began to fall on Olivia's head, and she even tripped over a few stones and almost fell there.

The ancient book in his hand had almost slipped away, if he didn't pick it up again, his journey into the forest would have been wasted due to the increasing shaking.

"I must run before the cave door is buried by rocks, lest I be trapped inside." The woman forced herself to run fast with a small gap left. "Dear God, give me a way to get out of this place." Olivia prayed, and then she acted and tried to break through the gap while her eyes, silent...

When she opened her eyes, Olivia laughed widely, "this is a good sign!."

"It worked! I made it through," you can imagine what her expression was like now, Olivia looked up at the cave, the shaking slowly stopped. She took a few breaths, "Thank goodness, I thought I'd be trapped inside."

***

After putting the branches in the fireplace, Leon felt bored at home, the silhouettes he saw in the middle of the forest made him become more sensitive to things around him.

"Almost every time I go to the forest, I'm always safe and never see any apparitions, there must be something wrong with that place."

"Leon..." a voice called his name, as Leon turned his head he was startled by the figure in front of him,

"It's you." his chest was beating fast, holding back the shock. he didn't expect his little sister to suddenly appear there. "Why are you so surprised? Were you daydreaming?" the innocent girl asked out of curiosity,

Leon shook his head in response, at Sofia, she was an 18-year-old girl still in high school. Leon was very fond of his only sister,

He seemed to light a cigarette and smoke it, then he planned to leave there. "Brother Leon, where are you going?"

Leon stopped his steps, and turned around. "It's late afternoon, I have to go back to my ronda duty." he said with a smile.

The girl asked no more questions and let Leon's back slowly move away from her house, in the next minute when he was in a quiet mountainous area, the place was a dense forest, and lush.

However, Leon accidentally saw a pangolin that happened to pass in front of him. "It would be a shame if I missed it." Leon thought, "If I manage to get it, its scales can be sold and I get money!"

So Leon followed the rare animal silently and deliberately walked on tiptoes so that the animal wouldn't run away in fear. Unfortunately, Leon didn't realize that he had gone too far into the forest.

"Oh dear, the sun is almost setting! Damn it, I didn't even get my quarry," Leon cursed. "Now that the streets are even darker, I hope I can get out of this place."

Leon complained resigned to his situation, in his pocket there was only a old cellphone that might be used as a street light, but while on the road he saw something unusual. Leon thought it was the same shadow as before, making Leon curious.

So he decided to approach it and find out what awaited there, carefully, Leon walked slowly towards the apparition. Getting closer, with his eyes he saw something odd.

***

"It's already dark, but I still wonder what awaits there." Olivia thought to herself, feeling in doubt as she left the forest.

Dimly she saw a little light in the distance, Olivia had a high sense of interest that defeated her desire to go straight home. Olivia walked among the bushes by stepping on the grassland.

From behind the grass, Olivia could see that the light was coming from a cottage house that, it seemed, she would soon reach.

Cracking... the sound of Olivia's stomach, the woman immediately held her hungry stomach. "I can't even remember that I haven't eaten since before, even though I have drinks and bread as snacks on the way."

Olivia arrived at the house and knocked on the door, but no one answered. Olivia felt strange, so she peeked through the window to see if there were any people in the house. However, all she found was a resin lamp and a few candles for light.

"Maybe the occupants are leaving, I'd better go home," Olivia whispered again, as she was about to leave, Olivia felt her hair stand up along with a dim feeling of fear and anxiety.

When she looked back, suddenly in front of her eyes flashed a group of strange human beings who were gathering as if they were performing a ritual. Olivia rubbed her eyes, she wasn't sure at first, but once she cleared her vision and made it clear, Olivia was stunned to see the creatures performing their agile movements, she was sure that they all looked strong. 

Her two eyes could not look away from their natural appearance. However, unfortunately Olivia didn't realize that one of the creatures was looking in her direction, and their eyes accidentally met. Hahahaha... laughter boomed, making noise in the ears of the listeners, Olivia had to cover her ears with her hands.

"Looks like we have a guest here." Olivia became scared and immediately alert, even she deliberately put up a stance with her hands clenched into fists. Olivia felt indignant in her heart, and thought she would die on the spot this time.