Regrets and Stories of the Past

Martin looked at the light bracelet on his left wrist. The bracelet looked unremarkable. There is nothing unusual after he uses it. 

"So, until Ragnarok is over, I can't give this bracelet to anyone else?" asked Martin starting to feel anxious.

"No. And in addition to being a symbol of courage. The bracelet is also an affirmation, that registered fighters, are required to fight to the end. Otherwise, the bracelet will blow itself up. And during the 4 times Ragnarok was held, 23 fighters tried to escape from the fight. Those who run away, are not the weak. They are also very powerful. But of the 23 fighters, none survived the bracelet explosion. All dead and charred," Kyv said. 

Martin was more anxious than ever. In fact, he almost fell in shock at what he had just known. 

"Then, do I have to fight until one of them dies?" asked Martin to determine whether he could still survive or not. 

"To that question of yours, I will answer it. At the same time, I will explain any rules in Ragnarok," said Kyv. 

*** 

After nearly 1 hour, Martin finally walked out of the spacecraft. He is a member of. His loyal troops waiting outside, immediately approached Martin with anxiety. Moreover, Martin came out of the spaceship with a bad face. 

"What's the matter? What's going on inside?" asked Alex, one of the soldiers closest to him. 

Martin showed the bracelet on his left hand. Everyone who surrounded him looked at the bracelet. Most soldiers were amazed by the color of the bracelet. Because it looks like a circular light. 

"What is this?" asked Alex. 

"This is Lois's bracelet. I was forced to wear it so I could dig up a lot of information about this Ragnarok," Martin replied.

"Then? Have you got a lot of information?" asked Alex. 

"yes, I got it. But, to get that information, I was forced to participate in the Ragnarok battle. And I can't let go of this bracelet until I fight." 

"Then, what kind of fight are they having?" 

"1 on 1. We can use any weapon, any trick. And the one who wins, is he who can kill his opponent. Or at least make the opponent give up or can't move anymore," Martin explained.

Alex chuckled at this. But not with other soldiers. They didn't dare to laugh dismissively like Alex did. 

"Then it will become easy for us. We can indeed. It doesn't matter how strong our opponents are. And if you are afraid of fighting alone, I will also sign up to accompany you. Later we can go crazy like before. Like when we can burn cities," Alex said then walked to the space center to register.

Some soldiers who have a high spirit of nationalism are also about to follow Alex. But Martin forbade it. 

"Don't be careless. We must not make arbitrary decisions. This concerns the safety of our planet! We have to discuss this with the superiors first. Let them decide whether we will be chosen to be the fighters in Ragnarok. Or someone else," Martin said. 

Alex, who had just taken 4 steps, immediately obeyed Martin's order and returned. 

*** 

The sun had already set when Cecilia and Aji sat together on the balcony. The cold night air, and the twinkling stars are sprinkling. Make both of them feel calm and at home while there.

"About 8,000 years ago this planet was called Xyroz," Cecilia said, her eyes looking at the stars. 

"A beautiful planet with predominantly blue and green colors. 60 percent of the planet is landmass. Life in those days, was very peaceful and serene. There is almost no infighting between people. Making life in that era like in heaven. Natural resources are also very abundant. The sea, the lake, filled with various types of fish. Clean air everywhere. The diversity of fauna and flora is also very many and diverse. Making the people of that era live prosperously. To the extent that I once thought that this world would be happy forever. And it won't be able to change it all. But, can anyone be immortal in this world? Of course there will never be. All in the world, there will be a time. There will be limits. And it really happened," Cecilia continued. 

"What happened?" asked Aji.

"I had a dream," Cecilia replied.

"Dream? What dream?" asked Aji curiously.

"What a nightmare. I saw flames everywhere. People's houses were razed to the ground. The mountains spit out the contents of his stomach. Bodies lay on every section of the road. There were no signs of life. Humans, animals, plants die. The sea water is dry." 

"It was the worst nightmare I've ever had. When I woke up with a passionate breath, I thought dreams were just dreams. It's nothing more than a sleeping flower. But since having that dream, this heart has always been shrouded in uneasy feelings. It's as if something big scary is about to happen. And it turned out to be true, the bad thing happened."

"Just like this morning. Originally appeared the face of a monster in the sky. Then tell us things we don't understand. So we all ignored the warning. And assume that the appearance in the sky is just the devil's doing. So what we did at that time was to perform rituals to protect ourselves from demonic evil. In the next 39 days, nothing happened, other than the earthquake waves that we felt at first glance on the second day. It was only an earthquake with a very small scale. We hardly even felt the earthquake. And as it entered the 40th day since the monster's face appeared in the sky. Suddenly, millions of monsters with huge bodies came from all over. They have sinister faces. They carried various weapons and attacked anyone they could meet. They killed everyone blindly. Merciless, merciless. Old young, big small. All they killed. Of course at that time we put up a fight. But there wasn't much we could do. Let alone to kill hundreds or thousands of monsters. To kill just one monster, it took 1000 warriors' lives until we finally managed to kill one monster. And with the number of our troops, which is no more than 50,000. It made us completely slaughtered."

"Then, how did this planet still exist if indeed at that time this planet was destroyed?" asked Aji in surprise.

The look in Cecilia's eyes dimmed slightly when Aji asked that.

"Maybe, because I prayed. I don't know, I don't really remember the events of that time. All I remember, after I prayed to the god with hope and a desperate soul in the temple. Something happened. And just then, you showed up."

"Me?" said Aji in surprise.

Cecilia nodded and smiled faintly. 

"And valiantly, you managed to repel them. And at the end of the day, Xyroz is safe," Cecilia said. 

Aji fell silent after hearing the story from Cecilia. He then looked at his hands. As if, not believing what Cecilia was telling.

"I managed to kill millions of monsters? Was I that strong at that time?" 

"Of course. And I'm sure, you'll be able to protect the planet again. Just like before," Cecilia said with a smile. 

Aji was silent while looking at Cecilia's smiling face towards him. Although Cecilia said like. But in his heart, Aji still doubted. Himself, who is always trampled on, is not sure that he can protect the earth.