Gento Ireng said that after reaching into his shirt pocket and showing Arya a necklace like the one he wore around his neck.

"With that necklace.....?!"

Arya pretended to be surprised by gawking at the necklace with a white crocodile head in Gento Ireng's hand, then directed his gaze to the neck of the black-skinned man sitting beside him.

"This necklace is exactly the same as the one you wear around your neck."

Gento Ireng smiled then nodded.

"Yes, this necklace is the same as the one I wear. By wearing it around your neck too, you will be able to survive longer in the water."

Arya looked gawked again hearing Gento Ireng's story.

"Then who will we meet at the bottom of the hole?"

Gento Ireng directed his gaze to the middle of the skull hole, Arya also directed his gaze there.

"She is a beautiful and wealthy Queen, you will live happily if you are willing to be part of the White Crocodile Palace. Whatever you ask for like gold and diamonds will be given by Her Majesty the Queen like what I have now,” said Gento Ireng.

Arya shook his head and scratched his head, what Gento Ireng said did not make sense to him at all.

“Don’t talk nonsense Gento, how could there be a palace in that hole and also a Queen who would give wealth in the form of gold and diamonds. Where are the gold and diamonds you said?”

Gento Ireng seemed to be reaching into his pants pocket as if looking for something, but when his hand came out of his pants pocket, he didn’t find a single object.

“I forgot to bring it to show you as proof, all the gold and diamonds that have become my property are in my room in a box. If you don’t believe me right now I will take some of the diamonds and gold and show you that I can survive in that hole,” said Gento Ireng while pointing to the middle of the skull hole.

Because there was no response from Arya, Gento Ireng stood up from his seat on the fallen tree trunk. Gento Ireng prepared to jump from the top of the cliff into the middle of the hole.

“Wait Gento..!” Arya shouted to stop him.

Gento Ireng canceled his move to jump into the middle of the skull hole.

“I believe what you said about the gold and diamonds, you don’t need to pick them up to show me.”

Gento Ireng smiled and sat back down on the fallen tree trunk beside Arya.

“If you believe everything I said, what about my offer earlier to invite you to meet Her Majesty the Queen at the bottom of the skull hole?”

Arya pretended to be surprised again.

“So this hole is called the skull hole?!”

“That’s right Arya, this hole is called the skull hole, all the residents of Serayu Village know that. But they don’t know that at the bottom of this hole there is a magnificent palace led by an extraordinarily beautiful and wealthy Queen,” explained Gento Ireng.

Arya was silent for a moment, it seemed like he was contemplating and considering Gento Ireng’s offer to invite him to meet his Queen at the bottom of the skull hole.

“Hmm, there’s no harm in accepting Gento Ireng’s offer. That way I can enter the bottom of the cave and see the palace and meet the White Crocodile Demon Queen, after that I will think of a way to free all her followers,” Arya muttered to himself.

Meanwhile, Gento Ireng looked at Arya with a frown, perhaps because he was curious waiting for the warrior’s confirmation of his offer.

“Okay, where’s the necklace so I can wear it.”

Gento Ireng reached into his shirt pocket again, where he had put the white crocodile head necklace before reaching into his pants pocket to look for diamonds or gold.

He handed the necklace to Arya, the warrior then with a feeling full of anxiety put it around his neck.

As soon as the white crocodile head necklace was around his neck, there was a strange aura that radiated throughout Arya’s body. The warrior immediately used his inner strength to block the strange aura, silently he tried to find out what effect the strange aura that appeared would cause.

“Hmm, it turns out that this necklace, besides being able to make humans survive in water, can also make people submit to its owner. No wonder that bastard white crocodile demon has followers who are very obedient to him, including Gento Ireng,” Arya muttered to himself.

With Arya's inner strength being used to ward off the influence of the necklace with the white crocodile head pendant, the strange aura that could make people submit did not apply to the warrior.

However, Arya would not show his unaffected attitude to Gento Ireng, let alone the White Crocodile Demon Queen later, he would continue to pretend like the other followers of Dewi Purbalara so as not to arouse suspicion and his plan to free all the slaves of the White Crocodile Queen could be realized.

Gento Ireng, who thought that Arya had been affected by the necklace he was wearing, looked relieved and happy because he had succeeded in carrying out the task from his lord, he just had to invite Arya to the white crocodile palace.

“Come on Arya, let's meet Her Majesty the Queen now.”

Arya nodded then stood up from his seat on the fallen tree, just like Gento Ireng did then followed Gento Ireng jumping into the middle of the skull pit.

“Byuuuuuuuuuuur...! Byuuuuuuuuuur...!”

The sound of the splashing water surface of the skull pit when Arya and Gento Ireng's bodies landed there right in the whirlpool, Tarno and his two friends who had been watching from a distance behind the bushes almost screamed if only they hadn't quickly covered their mouths with their respective palms.

The three of them simultaneously came out of the bushes and met somewhere still in the edge of the skull pit, they really looked panicked not knowing what to do.

“What should we do, Tarno? What should we do now......?!”