Dark.

Humid.

Silent.

Those words are matched to describe this place. Puddling land, falling leaves, funny smell, this dense swamp is slowing them. Not to mention the slippery and muddy ground that makes ßenlong have to walk really slowly. ßenlong is able to fly, but he feels he is forbidden to fly in this floor. Alfi did ask it why, yet ßenlong didn't want to answer him. It's because even I don't know why I don't have ßenlong fly away so they can make it real quick.

'5th Floor: Floor of Grim. A dense swamp that full of mysteries.' Jeje explained.

'Mysteries? What do you mean?' Alfi asked.

'I dunno either... Yet, Can't you feel anything weird?' Jeje asked.

Alfi channels his Iru from his body to every direction to check his surrounding, yet suddenly his Iru returns to his body.

'What the hell? Megumi, do you know what just happened?' He asked.

Megumi appears standing on his bracelet.

'I'm sorry honey, I don't know what happened either. This is the first time I see something like this. There's nothing can manipulate one's Iru besides Doki-doki itself.' Megumi explained.

'Don't tell me that the guardian of this floor is Doki-doki user?' The agitated Alfi said.

'But that's impossible. If that's true, we should have felt his presence, right?' Megumi asked.

"Megumi did get a point. If he's a Doki-doki user, I should have felt his presence since we entered this floor. If only Kartika were here, she...'

Alfi sighs. Jeje who realizes Alfi's mood says, 'What's wrong, Alfi?'

'Huh? Oh, nothing.' Alfi is awake from his fantasy.

'Just spill the beans, Alfi. We are your friends, aren't we? Don't friends help each other?' Jeje said.

'It's nothing. Really.' Alfi said.

'Being secretive is bad, you know? Don't let it bother you.' Aoi face is right beside his face out of the blue. 'Don't be shy. Just chill out... Inhale... Exhale...' She teases him.

He then follows her instruction. His heart beats faster than ever. He realizes that he is being teased by a beautiful and sexy slithering nurse. His body is getting hotter and sweats are running from his head. A "tent" suddenly appears behind his jeans, on crotch area, and it's getting bigger as if it wants to savor her. He then holds it, and his face is getting red.

'Ara-ara? Why is your face getting redden?' Aoi is still teasing him.

Alfi is unable to hold his urge. It's been a long time he hasn't got laid with Megumi since the battle in Bali. It's no wonder for him being so agitated. Anyone, especially Alfi, has a beast within named lust. If it's not fulfilled, he will go savage.

'Ara-ara? Why are you touching your crotch?' Aoi is still teasing him.

Alfi will be unable to hold his urge if the demon like Aoi keeps teasing me. Not to mention that Aoi does look like Alfi's JAV actress favorite. Cannot hold his urge any longer, Alfi then...

...

WHY AM I WRITING AN ADULT SEX STORY?! THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENED, REALLY! PROBABLY IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE WATCHED KUZU NO HONKAI AND DOMESTIC NA KANOJO THAT I END UP WRITING SUCH A PLOT. NOTHING! REALLY! I WATCHED THEM AS THE HEROINE LOOK LIKE MITSUHA. NO, NO! I DON'T PLAN TO DUMP HER NOR HAVE ANOTHER WAIFU!!! ARRGHHH! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!!!!

"CUT THE CRAP, YOU ASSHOLE! BACK TO WORK!" Alfi scolded me.

"Oh, sorry. Guess I'm carried away." I come back to my senses.

"Honey, we need to talk." Mitsuha just smiles at me yet her gaze is showing that she is going to kill me.

"Ri... Right." I said.

'Well, that's enough.' Aoi said.

'Huh?' Alfi looks confused.

'If you want to...' Aoi is approaching his right cheek from behind. 'You have to tell us what's bugging you.' She teases him

"ORGASM DENIAL!" Alfi screamed in his mind.

Dang! I got carried away.

'Guess you need a temptation, ho~ney?' Mitsuha teases me.

I avert my gaze to her and I get shocked seeing her unbuttoning her shirt slowly. She unbuttons two buttons on the top of her shirt showing her beautiful cleavage and she crawls approaching me slowly. She hugs me from behind. A warm hug. Not too strong nor loose. Perfect! She blows my ear and says, 'You must be worn our, right? You work from 7 A.M to 7 P.M then sleeps from exhaustion that you don't have time to eat or shower. I am so lonely, you know?'

She got a point there. I am too busy working that I forgot her. It's no wonder she feels lonely. If it keeps up like this... Mitsuha...

'I'm sorry, honey. You must be lonely, right?'

'Very.' She said.

I turn around and hug her tightly. Warm... So warm. Her body feels warm meaning I haven't hugged her for a long time. I feel like I have failed to become his husband as I always leave her alone. If only I had a real wife and did like this, she would have become a whore as my salary is too low that it would be impossible to be rich from such a low salary that I have to be an Uber driver or beggar in my spare time. I am so happy that Mitsuha is a loyal wife, yet I just can't stand to see her like this.

'I'm really sorry, hun. You must know that I work for living my family, and realizing our dream, right? If you feel lonely, why don't you tell me?'

'I... I don't want to bug you.' She sobbed.

'Hey, don't worry about that. Do I ever scold you for bugging me? You know that I am always carried away every time I work that I always forget to take a break, and I ask you as my wife to remind me that I still have you by my side.'

She cries on my chest.

'There, there, I want to take a break.'

'You wanna sleep?'

'Nope, I want to spend time with you.'

She smiles at me. Her smile gives me a comfy warmth somehow. The chill on my body is turning into a joyful warmth. I get up and gives her a princess carry.

'******?' She seems surprised as I carry her out of the blue.

She uttered my name. I feel happy hearing her gentle voice calling my ordinary name. I hide my name, as I guess it's not important for you. No, no. She didn't say any rude word. Mitsuha is a rare name in Indonesia or even in Japan, I guess, is a beautiful name for me. I then walk slowly to my room.

Why the hell am I writing a story like this anyway? Keep going!

'I just miss my friends.' Alfi said.

'Tough, isn't it? Separated from your friend.' Buriko said.

'Yeah, I hope they are okay.' Alfi looks frightened. 'I was lost my consciousness while we were encountering the ones that want to destroy the world.'

'Waku-waku, right?' Jeje said. 'They are famous for their eerie power. But, I think Ki Bromo doesn't give a shit about them.'

'Why?' Alfi asked.

'FYI, if the world is destroyed, the Supernatural Realm will remain to exist. This realm will never be able to be destroyed no matter how strong you are. You may destroy this world, and we won't get in your way as this realm is imperishable like the Heaven and the Hell.' Jeje explained.

'That's right. Why you have to take a risk like protecting that perishable world while you can stay here peacefully with us?' Cocong added.

'No working, no money, you just need to learn some manners. Is the Supernatural realm better than the world?' Aoi added.

'Well, you do have a point. The Supernatural realm is better than the world, right? No working, no financial problem, no social pressure, everyone is free here. But, I don't want to live here, neither do you, right?' Alfi said.

'Well, actually, if we get his bless, we'll just end up becoming wandering spirits in your world. Ki Bromo is able to give us access to the real world only, not resurrect us as humans, as we are dead already.' Jeje explained.

'It means... I...' Alfi looks shocked.

'Don't worry Alfi, as you are still alive, I think you can go back to the world alive.' ßenlong said.

'Glad to hear that.' Alfi sighed. 'I do wanna die, but they are the ones that make we want to survive.' He added.

'It seems the world treats you really bad.' ßenlong said.

'The hell I care about that. Everyone has a right to do what they want, right? So it includes bullying me or whatever. But, I will be mad if they hurt my friend.' Alfi said.

'Why do you always prioritize your friends than yourself?' Cocong asked.

'Loneliness. I loathe that thing. When I was a kid, I just had Anto and Bunga by my side. They used to protect me when I was bullied by the kids my age. Both of them would always be my side, and I did appreciate it. And after that event, I lost everything, including the will to live, but suddenly they came giving me a new will to live. I will do anything, as long as I won't be lonely anymore. I'd rather die instead of living in loneliness.' Alfi said. 'So that's why we have to hurry to the top of this palace!' He exclaimed.

'But, will you forget us once we manage to get to the real world?' Cocong looks sad.

Alfi feels awkward seeing them in blues. Alfi feels that they have considered him their friend, and they are afraid of losing him. ßenlong seems to move slower than ever. Alfi does consider the, his friend. But the thing that he forgot is, what will happen once they get Ki Bromo's blessing?

'Never.' Alfi said.

They raise their heads.

'How about you join me? What about protecting the world together?' Alfi asked.

'Are you sure? How about your friends?' Jeje asked.

'Just leave them to me. You must not want us to take apart, right? Rather than disturbing some useless humans' life, why don't we just protect the world together? I know that you guys are strong, and I believe that you can do that.' Alfi persuades them.

'Are you not ashamed? The world protector having an alliance with demons like us.' ßenlong asked.

'What for? I even use Pukan to protect the world. The one who is ashamed is those I protect, and I don't give any shit over that. Why should I listen to what the people I don't even know want?' Alfi answered.

They all smile after hearing his answer.

'The Starless, The one his world hates most. Having a sad and terrifying fate, and now he shoulders a new one called protecting the world. Protecting the one who hates him the most. Aren't you burdened?' ßenlong asked.

'Burdened? My life is my own burden that I've been burdening since I was born. I always fall and rise like that without knowing why I keep rising no matter how painful it is. The only thing I fear is, loneliness.' Alfi said.

'You don't mind kept company by demons like us, do you?' Jeje asked.

'Of course not. There are so many humans that do like demons anyway.' Alfi said.

'Yeah, and you are one of them.' Buriko added.

'Asshole!' Alfi yelled at Buriko.

They burst out laughing. As all of them are demons, yes including Alfi, their laughing is heard eerie and terrifying that wakes the inhabitant around the swamp. They suddenly see something flies through the sky. They then get off from ßenlong. They become vigilant, as that one before could be the guardian of this floor. Alfi draws Paw-pang from his bracelet and throws those eleven pebbles to the sky. Those pebbles then fly through the sky to every direction.

'What are you doing, Alfi?' Jeje asked.

'Don't worry. Those pebbles will find that thing.' Alfi said.

Suddenly they hear a heavy collapsing rock sound. They then ride ßenlong, and ßenlong runs to where the sound came from.

When they arrive, they find a civilization which is inhabited by a shrewdness of 1,6-meter-bat-winged apes. They do fly, and when they fly, they do like sugar gliders instead of apes.

'Ba... Batis. The mythological creatures of Seram Island. They just like Ebu Gogo, but they live in a shrewdness.' Jeje explained.

'Cannibal?' Alfi asked.

'Right.' Jeje replied.

'Pedophile?'

'Right.'

'Why are the mythological creatures of Indonesia pedophile? Should I be a cannibal so that I won't get imprisoned?' Alfi sighed.

'Alfi, it's no time for that!' ßenlong exclaimed.

The Batis are looking at them. They are drolling as they see food coming to them. They then stampede to their direction, but frankly, they just huddle Alfi only mercilessly. They bite, slash, tear his body with their very sharp teeth. The view is really terrifying and good grief it's not a TV show, so it's safe for you. I wonder what kind of demon he would be. Cocong, Jeje, Aoi, Buriko, and ßenlong even didn't realize that they have caught Alfi all this time.

Does it mean the story ends already?

"The hell it does!" Alfi yelled at me.

Oh well, he can be stupid at some place, but not here. There's no way he would let himself eaten like that.

'As I thought.' Alfi appears beside ßenlong.

'Alfi?!' They are surprised seeing Alfi standing right there without any scratch on his body.

'Aren't you...' Jeje points the Bati having their meal.

'No worries. It's just my clone. I've predicted that they would eat me since you told me that they were cannibals. Therefore, I switched my place with a Jepitron turning into my clone.' Alfi explained. 'I can't die yet, even I want to.' He draws Pelidi and Tipit.

Those Batis are busy with his clone that they don't realize that the real one is right behind them.

'As I thought. Dangerous yet fool.' Alfi puts a stance.

He crosses his arms. Pelidi that he wields on his right hand is set to parallel his back and Tipit that has been turned into blazing spear he wields on his left hand is set to parallel to his waist.

'Gasing (Top)!' Alfi spins himself with both of his weapons set to his front.

He spins to those Batis obliterating them like blender blades obliterating a fruit. Not to mention the flame that comes from Tipit is blazing enveloping his body that he looks like a blazing giant top.

He stops spinning. When everything looks finished, Alfi is still able to feel their presence. It's not because of their number is increasing, they are just still alive.

'What the hell?' Alfi is confused.

'Alfi, Batis are the weakest guardian here as they can't attack demons like us, and vice versa. Yet, It is another story if they encounter a human like you! They just attack humans, as they are cannibals!' Jeje explained.

They suddenly eat each other. Their teeth are biting the body parts of their own shrewdness. Leg, hand, stomach, foot, head, wings, etc. Their meat and blood are sprouted clearly as they are tearing their own meat off mercilessly. What a terrifying view.

'Wh... What the hell are they doing??!!!' Alfi looks shocked.

'Since there's no human here, they survive by eating themselves. But, as they have a great regeneration power, they will not die in a condition they are not fully eaten. For instance, if one of them is eaten and they remain its mere finger, the finger will regenerate and form the new body like it used to be. Not to mention that they will get stronger after having a meal.' Jeje explained.

Alfi is getting agitated. Annihilating them is easy, yet it's a different story if they do have regeneration skill. Not to mention Alfi is the only one who is able to kill them. The Batis are getting stuffed and some of them has been regenerated. Alfi must figure out how to annihilate all of them as fast as possible, as he is sure that they won't let him away so easily. The Batis are coming to Alfi.

"Your Highness! Please let me assist you!" Pukan exclaimed.

"Oh? It looks like you've read my mind, eh? Just do as you please!" Alfi replied.

"Right!" Pukan exclaimed.

Those Batis suddenly stopped. They can't move any single of their muscle like they used to do. Without realizing it, black needles have pierced on their body. Alfi who is standing there is seen surrounded by black silver Iru. He shows an eerie grin, and he laughs maniacally. He summons his Iru arm that looks like an eerie big jet black arm with pyramid spots on it. He extends his arm, and it's getting bigger even more. He sweeps them off to the sky, The black silver Iru is enveloping his head expanding his head into a massive one. He opens his mouth wide and eats them all. His head returns to normal size and that black silver Iru vanishes in the jiffy.

'Ok, moving on.' Alfi said.

He sees Cocong and the others seeing him in terror.

'What?' Alfi asked.

'A... Alfi... Is it okay for you to have such power?' Cocong asked stuttered.

'Though I do know that Pukan is a fearsome weapon, I didn't expect that you were compatible for it. Pukan does absorb the life force of its wielder, yet it strengthens you. Just like it strengthened Shikulo when we encountered Garuda, and what just happened to you. If Pukan does require one's soul of rebellion, then...' ßenlong is getting afraid of Alfi.

Alfi just smiles at them, while they are staying away from him.

'I do have one dark soul of rebellion thanks to the world that loathes my presence so much. I am used to be hated, insulted, badmouthed, tortured, etc. It's no wonder to see your reaction after seeing me like that. But, if I have to be like that to protect those that I want to protect, then It's okay. It's better for me to sacrifice myself rather than giving you all trouble. Guess, you are disgusted by me, eh? You must be scared of me losing control and starting to annihilate you one by one, right? You may leave if you want to...' The sad Alfi said.

They just remain silent. No one wants to approach him. They feel pity yet frightened at the same time. They feel bad for Alfi's dark fate, yet they are afraid of Alfi annihilating them with such power.

'I don't wanna be alone, yet in the end, I am always alone. I'm going.' He walks to the stair leading to the sixth floor slowly.

Megumi comes out from his bracelet and says, 'Honey, is it okay to leave them?'

'They are free to do what they want, including leaving me, right? I don't want to coerce them. It's better to leave them so that they can be free, rather than hold them with terror surrounding them, right?' Alfi said.

'Alfi...' Megumi is worrying him.

'Well, if only they were here, would they be like them after seeing me like that.' Alfi said.

Suddenly both of them are ambushed by ßenlong and the others.

'Don't you dare to leave us, Alfi.' ßenlong said.

'Aren't you afraid of me?' Alfi asked.

'How about you? You are even not afraid of us, in fact, you consider us your friends. Why should we be afraid of you because you just have a fearsome power?' Jeje explained.

'You have quite fearsome power, yet you can use it well.' Cocong added.

'I still owe you that one, remember?' Aoi teases him

'You are strong, Alfi. If I were you, I would just kill myself. I want to learn more from you.' Buriko added.

'Aren't we promised to reach the top of this palace together?' Jeje said.

'You guys...' Alfi is surprised.

'Hop in.' ßenlong said.

Megumi clings to his arm. He averts to that smiling Megumi.

'You'll never be alone anymore, honey.' She said.

She returns to his bracelet. He smiles and hops into ßenlong. ßenlong then runs to the stair to the next floor.

'Let's go to the next floor!' Alfi exclaimed.

'Right!' They exclaimed.