They didn't understand what he said or care about it. Sant approached the inscription and tried to read it aloud: “It was 1876. I was still in the living statue state. No one has ever come to revive me yet.”

“Sant, read silently; otherwise, the statues will wake up,” Raghab interrupted.

“Please, brother, let me read. Do not always suppress me for being junior to you,” Sant was reluctant to keep calm. Raghab did not like to bother him more, so he went to the other side.

Sant kept reading, “No one came to praise me. My friends Gahon, Gaton, Gayon, and Gangmon were also in the same state. They were also immovable for many years.”

Sant thought for a moment. It must be Gapon’s diary. He might have written it before turning into a monster. But how could he write it when he was a statue himself? Sant got curious about it and asked Rigan to come to him. Rigan was far away, so Sant had to shout. Rigan came, and he asked if statues could write on the inscriptions. Rigan was about to say something but heard, “Statues could not do anything; these were writings from Binash.” Thinking Raghab said this, Rigan asked him how he could know it. However, Raghab picked up an old sword and, hearing the same sentence, dropped it. Raghab clarified that he did not say it. They thought Sant might have said it, but he also denied it.

But then, a voice came, “I said,” and the fallen sword rose above and was grabbed by a statue. The statue started coming forward with small steps. He approached Sant straightaway. In the meantime, the doors were closing in with a cracking sound, and the weather got worse with storms and thunder. Sant, Rigan, and Raghab were petrified seeing the scene. The statue came alive and started moving the sword.

© Santanu