The End of the World - Story I
The Story of Three Young Warriors (1)
Now I'm going to start a story about my adventure (Panthera Tigris) to pursue the fairy tale of dreams. It starts from a story in Hayawan Village, 6 years ago.
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I (Panthera Tigris) along with my two good friends: Arctos the Bear and Lupus the Wolf, gathered in the library of the Tribe of Ursidae. As usual, we came here to read stories about the great hero of the Great Continent, Emperor Akbar.
Sometimes we get excited when we read the story of his heroic fight against the Perverted Witch before Akbar became emperor. Sometimes also feel overwhelmed when reading the story of his victory and the unification of the continent. Proud to read the story of the first 4 Khan. He was sad to read the story when he disappeared.
After reading the story of his disappearance, we together always spoke fluently the contents of the prophecy in the inscription. It was as if we felt the sadness of our ancestors at that time.
One day, we were going to find Khan Ursidae, Miss Ailur the Panda to ask her to tell the story of the battle of the 7 Kings of the Bengal, because she was a cheerful and story-telling woman.
We looked for him in his room, at the end of the library hallway. But he wasn't there.
We then play around in his room while looking for books that might be interesting to read. Then Arctos found an important leather scroll on the desk of the Khan Ursidae. Some kind of official letter from the kingdom?
The scroll had an already opened seal with a symbol that felt familiar to us. Ah, of course you are. It's the symbol of the King of Greed from the story of the 7th War of the King of Bengal.
“It looks interesting! Let's read!” i said gleefully.
“It is better that we do not touch Miss Ailur's belongings that are on her workbench,” said Arctos doubtfully.
“Already... After all, Miss Ailur won't mind if we learn something new. He is a person who likes children who have high curiosity,” said Lupus to Arctos.
“Absolutely. He is a great scientist. There's no way he's just letting an important item lie on his desk. So surely it doesn't matter if we read this one for a while,” I said then took it and unrolled it.
“Hei! If anything happens, as his student, I will get into trouble.” Even so, Arctos continued to read the contents of the scroll.
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...King of Angkara :...
...The Ruler of the 7 Kingdoms...
^^^19 / Month 8 / Year 1 Angkara^^^
With my power uniting the entire continent, the,
I, King Angkara: The Ruler of the 7 Kingdoms. I am the Bearer of the Burning Panji Akbar in the Prediction of the ancient Emperor of the Great Continent.
Order all the territories that stand on this Great Earth to submit to my power and swear on my royal crown.
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“King Angkara is the 'Bringer of the Panji Akbar' in divination?! Has the prophecy really been fulfilled?!” I said excited after knowing the contents of the scroll.
“Wait first! See, this message is dated to the first year of Angkara. This is the 24th year of Angkara. Means it has been 24 years this message was sent by King Angkara,” said Arctos.
“True too. But this scroll seal is the symbol of the Greed King, right? So why did King Angkara use the symbol of King Greed?” ask Lupus.
“And also, it has been 24 years since the appearance of the 'Bringer of the Panji Akbar' as in the prophecy. But we don't know it at all. Are we not, Hayawan Nation, the most safeguarding and understanding of the matter of the prophecy than the Nation of Man?” ask Arctos that none of us can answer.
“See! I found another scroll with the same seal inside here,” I said after opening the locker on the table.
“Hey! You're so disrespectful to the Tigris. But let's see what it contains.” said Arctos excitedly.
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...King of Angkara :...
...The Ruler of the 7 Kingdoms...
^^^7 / Month 9 / Year 1 Angkara^^^
With my power uniting the entire continent, the,
I, King Angkara: The Ruler of the 7 Kingdoms.
He has ordered all the regions of the continent to submit to me. But there is one who denies my throne, the Hominid Khan of Angker Island. He refused and beheaded my messenger.
And from that, then,
For my eternal kingdom, I command all the territories that have sworn under my royal crown to send troops to the royal capital to go to fight the Apes across the sea and also as a reminder to those who doubt my power.
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“Sending team? Khan Hominid from Angker Island?” mumbling Lupus.
“Khan, isn't that our chieftain's title? And Hominids? What tribe is that? I've never heard of it,” I'm confused.
“Hominid ... If not wrong, I've read about them. It was one of the Hayawan Nation Tribes that was driven from the Buana Groaning Forest,” Arctos said as he rubbed feathers on his head, thinking.
“I have never heard or read it. And they have ‘Khan’. Wasn't there only 4 Khans appointed by Emperor Akbar on the day of the founding of the Sandya Aksata Empire?” I asked Arctos.
“Really? That's a very great story. I never thought the Monkey would become a Khan,” I said in awe. “But why don't you tell us if you know that story. Basic cheating!”
“But why are the Hominids driven from here? And why would they be able to live on Angker Island now? Isn't that a demon island and also a ghost? Then why don't they acknowledge King Angkara?” arctos said full of questions and we fell silent.
“But look at this,” says Lupus. “In both of these messages King Angkara wrote about “kota royalsku”. But is not in the prophecy mentioned the 'Bringer Panji Akbar' is “Sang Leader Without Crown”?” ask Lupus.
“Maybe the Humans have forgotten the last sentence in the prophecy?” arctos. “And for the seal of the scroll that uses the symbol of this Greedy King, it must be the Greed King who won the War of 7 Kings of Bengal and crowned himself as King of Angkara who ruled 7 kingdoms throughout the continent.”
“That makes sense,” respond Lupus. “But I can't believe the one who has united this continent is the evil King of Greed. I don't think it's possible if he's the one in the prophecy. I think the 'Bringer of the Panji Akbar' is the Emperor Akbar himself or at least the person from the same world as him.”
“But regardless of whether King Angkara is the person referred to in the prophecy,” said Arctos. “the conclusions we can take from these two letters are:
As we know, currently Hayawan Village has recognized King Angkara as the ruler of the continent. That means our village also sent troops as in the 2nd letter 24 years ago. But the question is:
How's the Hayawan squad doing? We've never heard of them, have we?
I also realized that there was no news or news from outside this forest. Butwhy? Have we not joined in recognizing the power of King Angkara which means we have returned to dealing with Humans out there?
And why did 24 years ago the Hayawans recognize King Angkara? Isn't it not certain that he is the 'Bringer of the Panji Akbar' in the prophecy?”
“For that, let me help you guys find the answer.” A voice suddenly sounded from the direction of the entrance.
Lothawat! That is Miss Ailur!
“Calm down, you three. I won't be angry after hearing your revolutionary critical questions,” Miss Ailur giggled after seeing the three of us who were shocked and quickly hid the scroll behind your back.
“Ma-Pardon us Miss Ailur. Ka-We didn't mean to mess up your workspace,” said Arctos stuttered.
“Do you really want to help us find answers to these mysteries, Miss Ailur?” tanyaku.
“Of course, dear,” replied Miss Ailur with a smile. “But before that, help me tidy up this room.”
“Good!” answer us simultaneously.
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After we tidied up Miss Ailur's study, she led us to the Silver Palace in the center of the village.
Arriving there, we met the three other Khan who was on lunch break on one of the balcony iIstana. We were asked by Ms. Ailur to join us.
Of course we are very happy and excited. Rarely can we eat with the four Khan in the midst of their busy while on duty.
After lunch was over, Miss Ailur suddenly emitted a gripping and solemn aura. Sensing that aura, the other Khan also emitted the same aura.
“What's Ailur? Is there something important you want to tell us?” my father said, Shimha the Lion.
“Do I need to tell the kids to come out?” said Lupus' father, Uncle Wolford the Wolf as he glanced at us. For a moment we felt the creeps it made.
“Not necessary. It will be related to the three of them,” Miss Ailur said as she took out two scrolls.
That's the scroll we read in Miss Ailur's study. Holy hooch! Is the scroll a secret of the Khan that no one else should know? Did we really make a mistake? Didn't you just say you wouldn't be angry about this, Miss Ailur?
“The scroll of letters from the King of Man 24 years ago, yes,” said Uncle Boss the Bull while removing smoke from the muzzle of his nose. “Then what does it mean this will be related to the three of them?”
“These children have read the contents of this letter. And they have a lot of questions after reading it,” Miss Ailur replied.
“So apparently..” As I understood what Miss Ailur meant, Uncle Wolford went on to say, “Say what your question is, kids!”
Hearing that, we nervously mentioned all the questions that were on our minds about what had actually happened, related to the letter.
“I don't know,” replied Uncle Boss briefly while raising both his shoulders and palms.
“I hope I also know the answer,” replied father resigned.
“As a spy, I feel ashamed of not being able to answer him,” said Uncle Wolford bowing his head.
There was no satisfactory answer from these three parents. What a disappointment for a dignified Hayawan chieftain. We were wrong to expect them.
Seeing the other reaction of Khan, as well as the look of our disappointment and annoyance, Miss Ailur giggled.
“Yes, this is also the answer you will get 24 years ago. Until now it has remained the same,” said Miss Ailur while holding her big belly, holding back laughter.
“What does it mean you all have been questioning the same thing?” arctos said narrowing his eyes in annoyance.
“Yah .. more or less like that,” replied Miss Ailur. “But to replace your disappointment, I will tell you a story that will probably help answer your questions. A story about the fate of the Human Nation after the disappearance of the Emperor Akbar.”
Hearing that, the three of us immediately sat in silence, sharpening our eyes and ears, preparing to listen to Miss Ailur's story carefully.