That night, Jakarta was shrouded in an unnatural thin mist. The streets are quiet, as if the city itself holds his breath, feeling the big fight that will occur under his feet.
In front of a dark floodgate hidden behind the fish market, the red line team gathered. Their SUV is parked with the engine is still burning, facing out to facilitate escape if needed.
Void-Breaker, which has now been dismantled into several heavy parts, has been loaded into a special thrust that Anton designed. The complicated iron structure is wrapped in tarpaulin to hide his strange luster.
"Here it is," Bimo said, pushing the rusty iron door. With a metal groan, the door opened, expressing dark darkness and the smell of stagnant water and moist earth. A scrap metal ladder decreases into darkness.
"Are you sure this is the way?" Anton asked, highlighting the flashlight down. The stairs look fragile and slippery.
"The lines lead here," Bimo answered, his eyes radiated a faint red light when he scanned the darkness. "This is one of the entrances. The others have been closed or collapsed."
"Let's get fast," insisted Dr. Maya, checking her medical bag for the umpteenth time. "I don't like to feel open here."
One by one, they began to go down the stairs. Bimo led, followed by Anton who struggled to lower the cart containing void-breaker. Dr. Maya and Riani followed him, and Budi closed the line, carrying a bag containing equipment and inventory.
The air below feels cold and wet, very different from the Jakarta night air above. The sound of water droplets and small animal clubs echoed in a narrow tunnel. The floor is muddy and rocks.
They walked for almost half an hour, through concrete tunnels that were getting older and eventually turned into soil and stone tunnels supported by weathered old wood.
"The lines are getting stronger," Bimo whispered. "We are close."
Finally, the tunnel opened to a large room. Very large. The ceiling is so high that it is not visible in darkness, there is only darkness that is dark. Under their feet, the ground turned into a flat stone floor carved with ancient ancient symbols.
And in the middle of the room, there is a structure like a stone altar.
"Here it is," said Bimo, his voice trembled with admiration and respect. "Nexus point."
Around the altar, the red lines of destiny are not only visible; They physical . They spin, establish, and dance like a river from the light of life, all of them meet and cross on the altar of the stone. The sound of low energy buzzing filled the air, felt in their bones.
"Amazing," whispered Riani, her psychic eyes wide open, almost visible pain by the intensity of energy in this room.
"Hurry up, install!" Bimo's command, grabbed the void-breaker section from the cart.
They work quickly and efficiently, as they have trained repeatedly in the office. Anton and Bimo assembled ritual iron frames on the altar, making sure each leg was parallel to certain engraving in Batu. Dr. Maya connects their emergency cables and electrical components. Riani carefully put the fabric of pure destiny thread into the specified groove.
Finally, Bimo took the sun's heart from his box. The crystal immediately reacts to the Nexus Point energy, glowing with bright white light that illuminates the entire cave space, revealing walls filled with ancient cave paintings that depict battles between humans and dark shadows.
He placed the crystal carefully in his holder. So locked, the entire void-breaker engine was on. His previously loud buzz has now become a smooth and stable sound, combined perfectly with the Natural Natural Networks of the Nexus Point. The symbols in the ritual iron shine with a solid light.
"This works," Anton said, amazed. "There is no surge in power. That ... perfect."
"Good," said Bimo, his face was tense. "Now, we wait."
"What are you waiting for?" asked Dr. Maya.
"We turn it on here. His energy is like a bright flare in the darkness. He will feel it. He will come."
Like responding to his words, the air suddenly changed. Harmonious energy buzzing is disturbed by frequency that is not harmonious, piercing, and evil. The hissing sound was heard from the darkness around the room.
"They are here," Bimo growled, spinning, with the fire already burning in his hand.
From every tunnel and gap, the shadows move into the room. Not human being controlled. These are entirely inhuman creatures-the manifestations of pure darkness with too many limbs and eyes that shine with a painful green light. True troops from "the other".
"Protect Void-Breaker!" Bimo shouted.
The battle broke out.
Bimo became a storm of fire, throwing a burst of white fire that burned the shadow creatures into ashes. But for every one that was destroyed, two more emerged from darkness.
Riani struggled in his own way. He projects a psychic shield, encouraging the creatures to return, solve their concentration. But they are too much. He fell, holding his head throbbing in pain.
Anton and Dr. Maya uses a shock and high concentration salt spray designed by Mr. Daru, can only slow down the creatures.
Budi took a iron trunk from a cart and used it to hit the approaching creatures. He shouted, not because of fear, but because of anger and regret contained in every blow.
But they are overwhelmed. They were pushed backwards, getting closer to the void-breaker.
"We can't win!" shouted Dr. Maya, spraying salt on the face of a hissing creature.
"We don't need to win! We just need to hold them for a long time!" Bimo replied, burning three creatures at once.
Then, everything becomes silent.
The creatures stop attacking. They retreated, forming a large circle, as if giving way.
From the biggest tunnel, a dark darkness than the others appeared. It doesn't work; He *happened *, moving forward like an oil spill. Two points of red light, full of old -fashioned hatred, appeared in it.
"STOP."
The voice was not a voice. It was a order that was directly printed in their souls, making them freeze in place, unable to move.
The darkness took a vague form-a very high and thin man, with a crown of a spinning thorn.
"Little fire gods," The voice trembled, full of ridicule. "You brought your little toy to my house. How dare."
"This is not your house," challenged Bimo, even though his breath was held back because of the pressure given by this entity.
"Every dark place is my house. And you have brought light here. It will be extinguished."
The entity the first - lifted his shadow's hand. Void-breaker trembled loudly, and the sun's heart suddenly dim, as if the darkness tried to strangle it.
"NO!" Bimo shouted, but he could not move. Nothing can.
Then, something unexpected happened.
Budi stepped forward.
He walked with difficulty, against the will from the first, every step like lifting a mountain.
"Slave anchors. Do you dare to oppose his master?"
"You ... no ... my master ..." hissed Budi, through a locked teeth. Blood flowed from his nose because of mental pressure. "I ... have ... one sir ... again." He looked at Bimo. "Now, Bimo!"
Bimo understands. This is the time. He mobilized all his will, against the pressure from the first only for one movement-throwing his spiritual sparks to the Void-Breaker activating panel.
The sparks were on, darted through the air, and hit the panel.
Void Breaker lives.
The light that blinds from the sun's heart. The machine roared, pulled energy from all the destiny lines at the Nexus Point. A pure, white and gold rays, centered at the end.
But that requires a guide. It requires an anchor.
Budi screamed. Not the screams of pain, but Jerimat is total surrender. A light that is even brighter than void-breaker popped up from his chest-his own Jiww, torn from his body and focused into a perfect guide ray, connected directly to the heart of the first darkness.
"No!" The first shouted, for the first time sounded ... afraid.
The ray of void-breaker exploded, following the path made by the soul of Budi. It hit the form of darkness.
There is no explosion. Only the silence that sucks all the sounds.
Then, an invisible pure energy wave spread.
The first is not screaming. He was revealed . The dark layer of darkness was peeled, decomposed, and disintegrated into light particles which were then extinguished. The eyes of his eyes widened in surprise and absolute anger before also disappearing.
"NOT THIS ONE..."
Then, he disappeared. Deleted from existence.
The waves of energy continue to spread, about every shadow creature in the room. They all shouted in the same pain before disappearing into dust.
Then, everything is finished.
Silence.
Void-Breaker died. The sun's heart is cracked, becoming a blurry and ordinary crystal. The thread of destiny that is spun has been lost, burning in the process.
On the floor, in front of the machine, Budi's body fell. Lifeless. His face was calm, a small smile that was peaceful on his lips.
Other bodies began to move again. They were all panting, astonished by what had just happened.
Bimo walked slowly toward Budi's body. He knelt down and examined his neck. There is no pulse.
"He ... he was gone," Bimo said, his voice was empty.
Dr. Maya approached, her eyes filled with tears. "He saved us all."
Riani cried, putting her hand on the shoulder of Budi that was lifeless. "He redeem his mistake."
Anton could only stare at the broken void-breaker, speechless.
They were silent for a few moments, respecting the sacrifice of Budi.
Then, Bimo stood up. His face is full of sadness, but also with new despair.
"It's finished," he said. "The first is gone."
"Is ... Is this over?" asked Riani.
Bimo looked around the big room. He saw the red lines of destiny. They are still there. They are still spinning. But now, the flow feels ... cleaner. Lighter.
"For this one, yes," Bimo answered. "But there will always be darkness. There will always be someone trying to disturb balance." He looked at his team. "But as long as someone wants to fight, as long as someone wants to sacrifice, we will be ready."
He looked again at Budi's body.
"Let's take him home. He has the right to get a decent burial."
They gathered their equipment and carefully lifted Budi's body. The journey again feels heavier, but also calmer. A battle has been won. A war has ended.
But for Bimo and the red line, their work will never be completely finished. As long as there is a red fate that must be protected, they will be there.
Balance guard. Jakarta guard.