HORROR OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THROWING AWAY ARBITRARY SANITARY PAD PART9

Stretching in front of me is no longer a steep climb but a stone staircase. A thin fog floated at the top of the stairs. The light source only came from the torch fire on my left right. Gending gamelan was clear now, the source is at the end of this ladder. But I could see nothing but this stone staircase, all around me was a gray mist.

I panicked when I realized I was standing here all by myself. That guy's not anywhere. My body was immediately drenched in cold sweat. I fell on my knees, my trembling legs too weak to stand. And the smell of the cantile flowers came again. With both hands I dragged my body aside, my legs were already completely limp. My goal was to quickly hide behind the fog curtain before the owner of the fragrant cantilever flower appeared.

Closed in the fog was a forest. My body shuffled behind a nearby tree. My breath is an irregular kembis. The smell of the cantile flowers is getting thicker. My hair bristled as I forced myself to peek towards the stone steps. Something floated from the bottom of the stairs, stopped for a while at the point where I was standing, then floated up the stairs and disappeared behind the fog.

It was the figure of an old grandmother.the aura was so terrible, that I immediately shivered violently. He was wearing black clothes. And his hair is unusually long. Even when his body was lost behind the fog, his hair was still seen moving for a while. I was really anxious and freaked out. Not knowing how and where to go. I realize my stupidity now.

I'm too dependent on that guy. Ever since Cibunar, I've been determined to do this myself. Now I'm here, alone. Stone stairs, torches, gray fog, I wholeheartedly realized, I was lost in another realm. I keep reminding myself, I have to be calm, I have to go home, I can't die here.

My calmness only worked for a few seconds. When the fog was thinning I saw something that almost hysterical me if there were no hands that would smother my mouth. The man was right next to me, his hands still smothering my mouth. He gave me a warning to calm down.

I just realized, in front of me lay many bodies of mountain climbers. One body was right next to me. The others were scattered irregularly. They're all asleep. It's just that his skin is as pale as a corpse The man told me to stand quietly. I was ordered to follow him. He walked away from the stone stairs, entering through the darkness of the forest. I tiptoed around trying not to make any sound.

A crow above me. Jumping from branch to branch as if following. "Where did that come from? I... That's who's bang? M.. They were?" My voice trembled asking. Unlike usual, he replied in a whisper, "this isn't your place anymore boy, lest anyone know we're here." I nodded slowly. Still waiting for an explanation. "That's a climber.... Okay, no need to know. Don't wake them up." Whisper again.

We walked further and further into the forest. I was astonished to see some distance to my right, towering between the forest and the mist of a large building. In the middle of the night like this, a large building with its tall towers without any lighting at all looks like a giant. Apparently from there is the source of the gending sound.

I threw away my face, not wanting to imagine what creatures were in there and refocused on seeing that person's back walking in front of me. The atmosphere around silence was gripping. There was not a single sound of the forest beast. A thin mist drifts low among the cantigi trees.

Suddenly we reached the forest. The guy stopped. He gave me a cue to take a few steps back and hide behind a bush. In front of us slapped a large field. I don't know how wide it is because it's covered in darkness and a curtain of mist.

"Boy, we're here. From here you start your own road. Inget for what you came all the way here right?" The man opened the conversation.

"Yes bang. Take the pads that Ayu threw away." I said.

"Road street. Don't make a fuss. Don't draw attention. Don't let Nyi Linggi know where you are."

I nodded in understanding, "but instead of Nyi Linggi either bang, was he who howled when there was Kalong Wewe.. " Tanyaku.

"Cave of yepin. Nyi Linggi who gave you the conditions to take out the fucking trash again. He's the one who got you up here boy." Answer the man, "there's a point why he yelled at you earlier. He wants you to go to his palace without any injuries."

"That condition is just a joke boy. Nyi Linggi wants to ngunduh. Know about lu? She's gonna get married?"whispered.

"Who wants to marry bang?" I still don't understand the direction of the conversation.

"Elu boy."

Like being struck by lightning I heard the answer. So I naively entered the trap. My body shivered. The man took a cigarette out of his pocket, pinched his mouth and set it on fire. A faint smoke billowed from his lips. I was stunned, in this state he could have smoked quietly. Then consciousness hit me. I dare to ask him.

"So my brother nganter here so I can be sacrificed bang?" My toot. He brazenly breathed his cigarette smoke into my face. "The cave is here for your mastiin to ride safely to pick up the damn trash so you can help. And your mastiin came down safely.'' he replied calmly, "It's only you who can howl you. And only the cave can help you."

"I.. Yes, sorry bang." I regret my doubts.

"Now you're on your way. Straight ahead. When you meet, your trash wraps a white cloth that you carry. Straight back here." His order.

I nodded in understanding. Then with a sip I stepped forward towards this field. The mist is like having a life of its own, moving slowly without wind. The further I step this gray fog gets thicker. While in the distance there are silhouettes of the forest and dark shadows of the palace building Nyi Linggi.

I gasped as my eyes saw something behind the fog in front of me. In silence I stopped and squatted down while my eyes still looked at the silhouette within the fog. I slowly dragged my feet closer. Sweat dripped down on me. The closer, the shadow began to become more and more apparent. Looks like a mound of something.

When the fog finally cleared up, I was surprised to find what I saw. It was a new cemetery. Seen from the ground that is still red and loose. Above him lying just like that it seems to be a bandage that Ayu threw away yesterday. From the sanitary pad was seeping fresh blood smelling rancid. The blood flowed down until it finally made a pool of blood limited to the fog.

My body convulsedly read the name written on the grave's tombstone. Ayu's name is clearly written there, complete with her date of birth. The feather I'm sitting on, seeing the date of his death is the date of today. With trembling hands I took out a white cloth from my pants pocket. I picked up the sanitary napkin that was still dripping blood and I immediately wrapped it in a cloth.

As the fog grew thinner, the corner of my eye realized something was twitching. I screamed hysterically and fell down as the mist lifted the curtain. There was a creature who was licking blood in the puddle earlier. His face was full of blood. His tongue is long. His hands and feet were bent like a cat. Her long hair was thin and her eyes were looking straight at me.

With trembling legs I inched back slowly. As much as possible do not make sudden movements. The creature's eyes continued to look at me who was slowly moving backwards. But he stays there. His tongue stopped licking blood. But he stays there. Then I felt something soft touch my back. I immediately stopped and tensely looked back. Body freezes. Standing right behind me with long hair down to the ground.

.... Nyi Linggi's....