The End of the World - Story I
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After the victory of Devision III and Devision VI, now Udhata the Pambuka Gapura and the rest of his troops were captured to be prisoners of war.

The Devision I force led by Bubalis the Buffalo along with Prince I had joined the Rev III and Devision IV to cross the northern border of the Greed King's territory and prepare for the royal capital. While the forces of Devision IV and Devision V have also departed for the capital through the eastern route.

So far ‘Tactic Attack 3 Way’ is running smoothly. The combined forces of Prince I and the Hayawan Nation Soldiers were ready to make a final assault on the center of the kingdom.

Before leaving for the capital, however, they had to ascertain the situation of the Devision II and the Devision VII who were in charge of securing the western line. If the western route is not secured, then the siege of the capital will not be possible.

But there have been several days of no reports from Devision II or Devision VII. The troops that should be in the western desert area, could not be contacted at all.

Where are they at the moment? How is the battle there? Did they manage to defeat the relief forces from the capital?

No answer at all. None of the Canis of the other Divisions managed to send telepathy to their comrades in the western desert.

“How?” arctos asked anxiously waiting for news from his two companions who were far across the west.

The Bear's face grew grim when he found the head of a Wolf he was asking. That indicates if until now the troops in the west can not also be contacted.

“Calm, Arctos. Your friends will be fine. Commander Dirus the Wolf was with them,” said Bovin the Bison to appease the young Bear.

“But if we do not hear from them, the siege of the capital will not be able to be carried out,” muttered Bubalis the Ox who has now joined them with his army, Devision I and the Chief Commander, Prince I.

“We better send a search team to ensure their conditions in the west,” said Prince I.

“Let me join that team, Mr. Prince. I won't be able to calm down here if I can't figure out the condition of my two best friends,” said Arctos still with an anxious look.

“Good. Go west with a small battalion. Make sure you pass the line outside the border of the King of Greed territory, because we have not ensured the security of the west line,” replied the Prince.

“You'd better hurry. We don't know what happened in the western battle,” Bovin told Arctos. “Come here, I will prepare a Battalion that will accompany you there.”

Thus Arctos and a small Battalion set out for the western desert to ensure the conditions of the Rev II and the VII. While other forces (Devised I, Devision III, and Devision VI) set out to continue the journey to the center of the kingdom to prepare for the siege of the capital.

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After several days of travel, Arctos and his Battalion reached the border cliff where the VII Division was supposed to be.

But what they saw was not a dense forest on top of a high steep cliff, but rather a large, gaping crater in the middle of a vast wilderness.

The desert they now saw was not what they had imagined. Not a desert of rocks or a desert of arid sand, but a desert shrouded in trillions of glittering silver grains like a snowy field that stretches.

“A-What happened here?” murmured Arctos confused. He then took a handful of luminous silver grains into his palm.

Smooth, not like snow. Light, not like sand. And most strangely, these details are so glittering. Like a sparkling white gold powder.

“How, Mr Wolf? Can anyone be contacted?” arctos asked one of the black-haired Wolves who was trying to telepathically send.

“None,” replied the Black Wolf. “I also feel absolutely no signs of life here.”

“But this is clearly a former battlefield,” murmured Arctos. “Weapons? The magic? Or what kind of thing is so powerful that it can destroy forests and cliffs to create a crater this big?”

“It's silver, not white. And this is definitely not sand,” said the Black Wolf.

“Lantas what? Snow?” ask the Cow.

“Entahlah. I have never seen anything strange like this, ” replied the Wolf.

“Not sand, nor is it snow. Light and very smooth. Silver and glittering... Silver? Silver Princess? Tigris!” murmured Arctos then suddenly shouted loudly like a bright lamp appeared above his hairy head.

“Master Wolf, please connect telepathically with the main Division, there is something I want to tell Miss Bubalis!”

“Alright!” the Black Wolf then closed his eyes, trying to send telepathy over long distances.

“Connect! What do you want to say to Commander Bubalis?” ask the Wolf to Arctos.

“Nona Bubalis, what do you know about ‘Princess Perak’?”

“Response: The Son and Princess of Silver is a designation for the Hayawan Nation that has the magical power of silver relics of Akbar the Silver Emperor. Why?”

“How strong is the power of ‘Silver’?”

“Transaction: Very strong. Do you know the story of ‘The Giant’ Ape Event that destroyed the East and West Peninsula to create the Ape Bay? The Monkey in the story has the power of ‘Silak’ it.”

“So it is true what Miss Ailur said if Tigris was the Silver Princess,” muttered Arctos with a complicated look.

“Tigris? Isn't that the name of the Tiger friend you're looking for?” ask the Cow.

“Yes. He's a silvery-white hairy tiger,” replied Arctos.

“That means the Silver Tiger girl is what caused this to happen? No wonder if the destruction of this magnitude occurs with the power of ‘Serak’ it.” said the Black Wolf while looking at the large crater in front of him.

“Maybe. But where is he now, as well as his fellow Devotees or those of the VII Division? This clearly shows the traces of a great battle. But where are they all, as well as their enemies?”

“Everything seems to disappear instantly,” said the Cow.

Everyone was speechless looking at the beautiful expanse of silver sparkles before them. As if stunned by the brilliance of the bright light that dazzled the eyes.

“I have reported what we found here to the main Division by telepathy,” Said the Black Wolf breaking everyone's daydream.

“Then what was the Commander's response? What should we do next?” ask the cow.

“Continue searching,” replied the Black Wolf. “We don't really know what's going on here. But we should still try to find the whereabouts of our colleagues.”

“Then will the capital's siege plan be implemented?” ask Arctos. “With the loss of the forces of Devision II and Devision VII, the western line seems to have been unsuccessfully secured. That would add to the risk of a siege.”

“They will still carry out the siege of the capital by rearranging the plan and strategy of the siege barricade,” explained the Wolf.

“Then our task should only focus on the second search mission of the Devision that disappeared.”