Meanwhile, Nana, Jaja, and Jajat hurried along in terror. Suddenly, they were startled by the appearance of Demon Golek Arjuna and Demon Golek Srikandi, hovering in the air five meters away from the three of them.
They immediately stopped in their tracks. They were so shocked to see a pair of golek demons that could float and were slowly approaching them from straight ahead.
The two demon golek were deliberately slowing their flight, heightening the terrifying atmosphere for the adult men who stood on the brink of death. Two of them were going to die.
The three men felt as if they were gambling with fate itself. Whose life would the two demon golek claim?
"That pair of demon golek must have something to do with the purple-robed person carrying the human-faced golek on his right shoulder," Nana said, trembling with fear. Faced with the reality before them, the three of them could only hope this was all just a dream—that when they woke up, everything would be fine, just like always.
"Stop talking so much. We'd better get out of here before those two demon golek do something strange to us," Jaja said, trying to move his feet so he could leave.
But he couldn't even take a step. He couldn't move his legs at all. Nana and Jajat felt the same thing.
THUD!
All three of their hearts pounded violently.
It was as if the world had ended for them. Their hopes of surviving seemed to collapse in that instant.
Panic quickly overwhelmed the three of them with terrifying force.
"DAMN IT! WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF THOSE TWO DEMON GOLEK!" Jajat cried, staring at the pair of demon golek, who now stood four handspans in front of them.
Demon Golek Arjuna then moved toward Nana's face, while Demon Golek Srikandi approached Jaja's. Jaja appeared to be the most frightened of the three.
"Are you afraid of the two of us?" Demon Golek Arjuna asked, pressing its wooden right hand against Nana's forehead.
"Are you afraid of death?" Demon Golek Srikandi asked, pressing its wooden right hand against Jaja's forehead.
The moment Demon Golek Srikandi finished speaking, screams erupted from Nana and Jaja. They were in unimaginable pain as the pair of murderous demon golek massively drained the fluids from their bodies through their foreheads.
Strangely, their deafening screams seemed completely inaudible to any residents who might still have been awake nearby.
Only Jajat could hear his friends' screams.
Jajat wanted to help them. But besides being unable to move his body at all, he was completely overwhelmed by terror. He had even wet himself.
"Is this the end of my life? But I hope a miracle happens. God... please help me," Jajat prayed silently, hoping for a miracle.
Nana and Jaja's screams grew weaker and weaker. At last, they disappeared completely, because their souls had left their bodies.
Even after the two men died, the pair of murderous demon golek continued draining the fluids from their bodies. Jajat watched from the side, busy reciting prayers in his heart so he wouldn't become the next victim of the pair of murderous demon golek.
As time passed, Nana and Jaja's bodies grew increasingly dry, until they had completely withered away. All that remained visible were bones wrapped in dry skin, still fully dressed.
Once the pair of murderous demon golek saw that their victims had completely dried out, they suddenly vanished from the area.
At the same moment, their victims' bodies fell helplessly to the ground.
After the pair of demon golek departed, Jajat could move his body again. He immediately ran from the area to seek help from the nearby residents.
"Thank you, God. I promise I'll repent after this," Jajat said silently as he continued running toward his destination.
Jajat kept running, breathing heavily.
He ran on until he finally reached a residential area beside a major road that was still crowded with traffic.
Jajat immediately told the residents he encountered everything that had happened, throwing the place into chaos.
"You're not lying, are you, Jat?" one of the residents asked.
"I'm not lying, Mr. Jaya. If you don't believe me, come with me to the place," Jajat urged, still breathing hard.
"Let's go," Mr. Jaya replied.
Hearing that answer, Jajat started walking again, even though he was still exhausted and traumatized by what had happened.
This time, Mr. Jaya and the other residents followed him. They needed proof and certainty about Jajat's story, which they considered beyond belief.