Chapter 58: The Statue

Grimm and the others followed immediately.

"Let him go if you don't want your skin to burn!" threatened Mikee.

The tiyanak looked at him and without hesitation, he touch its skin on the fire of the candle he was holding. The tip of the skin was burned.

"Grrrrr!..."

It loosened its grip on Rey but the latter did not let go of its nape. Rodel and Ricky immediately approached Rey. They also touch the tiyanak to prevent its movement. Salv immediately sought refuge with the tiyanak until he caught sight of a large, old pot. He immediately took it and opened the lid.

"Put him here!"

They put the tiyanak inside the pot. The tiyanak is lying inside the big pot so Salv, Ricky, Rodel and Rey help each other by holding the lid firmly. The malignant is strong. Grimm saw an old stone stove. He had an idea. He quickly chopped down the old woods around him and immediately arranged them as firewood.

"Put the pot here in the stove and Mikee use the tiyanak's skin to light the wood!"

"Okay!"

Rodel, Ricky, Rey and Salv put the pot on the old stove and kept their hands on the lid so that the tiyanak could not escape. Because the woods are so old, Mikee can easily ignite them with the tiyanak's skin. He completely burned it. The lid of the pot moves violently. The tiyanak is still fighting and they all hear his horrible cry. Mikee and Grimm added more firewood. The fire grew stronger. Moments later, there was no action inside the big pot. No one moves and no one shouts horribly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the old floor. The pot remained in the stove and the fire was still burning there.

"Seriously, I don't know if I'm dreaming or what. You know, I have a phobia of the tiyanak but I don't even think that we will have an encounter today. It's a bad joke of destiny because I asked Lola Epang to tell a story about tiyanak earlier. I just did that to fight my phobia. But here, it literally happened..." Rey sighed.

He rubbed his chest. The strength of his heartbeat.

"You're right. The tiyanaks are really scary even though they are small. The brutality..." Salv also said breathlessly.

Ricky and Rodel laughed softly but did not comment. Grimm smiled at his friends. He did not do much. The rain stopped.

"Better yet, let's go." he said.

"All right."

They all stood up in their seats. But Salv swallowed and curiously looked at the big pot.

"Wait, I'm just curious."

He grabbed an old rag hanging from the side. He approached the pot which is still on fire. He simply opened it and smelled a foul odor of some kind of burned. He winced when he saw the tiyanak look inside the pot. He quickly put the lid back on and looked at his friend.

"What does it look like?" Grimm.

"It turned into charcoal!"

Unsatisfied with what his friend had said, Grimm peeked inside the pot. Even he, frowned. The tiyanak was burned. It became charcoal. Before they finally left the mansion, they also burned the statue that became the tiyanak's den. When they came out, the thick mud created by the heavy rain opened up to them all.

"How is that? Our bikes can't handle it?" Rodel said worriedly.

Grimm scratched his neck.

"I'll take care of it. I'll build a bridge that we can cross."

He walked forward and he estimated the distance and width of the bridge he was going to build. He breathed a few times.

"Creativity..." he said softly.

After that, he clenched his fists at the same time and he jumped up. When he jumped, he opened his palms at the same time and a very cold ice came out of it. Grimm's friends were impressed by the rapid construction of a magnificent bridge made of thick, solid ice. After what Grimm did, he suddenly fell down but Mikee caught him.

"Are you alright?"

"Y-Yes... But I'm dizzy. My body is still weak because of the beating."

Grimm's Kuwarog Boys looked at him in amazement.

"You're cool bro!" Ricky's language was unstoppable.

Suddenly he tapped Grimm hard on the back.

"Urgh! You engot! It hurt then!"

Ricky was stunned and guilty looking at Grimm.

"S-Sorry!"

Everyone laughed. Grimm just shook his head at his friends. Everyone looked at the ice-bridge that Grimm had made. They have already taken their bicycles. Mikee, on the other hand, supports Grimm. They will just walk first. Rey and Salv will take care of their bikes. Grimm smiled despite the weakness he was feeling. He is comfortable that his friends will not be harmed. Thank you very much on that wweird priest. He will no longer be angry with the teaching he did to his friends because he has a good reason.