The film was a recording of events that had occurred on this planet. The strange creature standing before them appeared in the video, speaking to another creature who resembled him, with only a difference in features. He said, his tone tinged with annoyance and anxiety: Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝·𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚·𝔫𝔢𝔱
"The war between us will never end until this planet ends. Our people have been corrupted after we were a peaceful race for our entire lives, until this fateful day. You must find a solution. You are the king now, my dear brother."
His brother said, rising from his throne adorned with mosaics, gold, and strange, precious jewels of all colors and shapes, "Gaia, my dear brother, you know why our people have rebelled against us. It’s this crystal! I have always wondered why it has been on our planet since the beginning of time? And why do we protect and sanctify it for no apparent reason? But I knew that behind it was a great secret that it was hiding from us... a tremendous power... and that something would be revealed one day. But I did not expect to live to see this day."
Gaia interrupted him, his eyes overflowing with pain and sorrow, "But Athenos, you know that our ancestors ordered us to protect it and leave it in its place until peace reigned forever on our planet. We must not approach it, or the doom of our race will be because of our greed for the power of this wondrous crystal. There are things that should be left as they are."
Athenos replied, melancholy evident on his face, "But as you can see, my dear brother, its hidden secret that our ancestors hid from us all has been revealed. And now our people have learned of its power, and everyone covets what it offers."
Gaia paced the room back and forth slowly, anxiety gnawing at him. He said in a sharp tone, "And do you think that this foolish alien from another planet, about which we know nothing, is the one who truly knows its secret? He must have invented this whole story to stir up sedition among us and be able to steal it! My dear brother, our world has been turned upside down since the day he came to our planet."
Athenos laughed bitterly. "My dear brother, he is not the cause, but our ancestors. All he did was make us know the secret of this crystal whose great power was hidden from us. And there is a servant in the palace who leaked its secret to everyone. What a wretch! He has caused all this sedition because he could not hold his tongue. Anyway, I want you to imagine if we had known about this power that exists in our world since the dawn of time, we would have avoided a lot of sadness and suffering. But for some reason, our foolish ancestors hid its secret for centuries. But nothing remains hidden forever. This is a rule that God has set for the universe."
Gaia replied in an angry tone, "But here we are, suffering the consequences of revealing its secret. Everyone is now demonstrating against us because we hid the secret of this power from them, and they want it to be used. They even believe they have the right to possess it. But do they really know what the power of this crystal can cause? It may benefit us, but its harms will be much greater than its benefits. When a person’s power increases, his tyranny increases. This is what we have worked for thousands of years to stop and control, and that is why we are a united and intelligent people with very few problems. Now tell me, how will you stop the riots and restore peace to our planet again by discovering the secret of this damned crystal?"
Athenos replied in a calm tone, "Do not worry, I have a plan that will stop the riots completely, and order and peace will reign again on our planet."
The clip stopped and then moved to another scene:
Gaia was walking down the palace corridor, which was filled with various paintings throughout history, while a long carpet extended along the length of the corridor, in a shiny crimson color. Gaia approached Athenos’s room, and suddenly he heard a conversation taking place between Athenos and another person with a deep tone. He approached, put his ear to the door, and listened. The person with the deep voice said, "Is there any news on the plan?"
Athenos sighed deeply, then said, "No, everything is going according to plan. I will let you see the Crystal of Life as I promised, and in return, you will give me the power latent within it that will make me the strongest and permanent ruler of this planet, to restore order and security to our planet, and then we will move on to our agreed-upon plan."
The unknown person was silent for a moment, then said with a well-feigned sadness and sorrow, "The best thing about your planet is the unity and order among the people. There are other races I have seen who destroy themselves with their own hands with the abundance of wars, disputes, and differences among them, despite being of the same kind and living on the same planet. But their ignorance is what led them to this, and I do not want anything to happen to your people for the sake of this crystal. I did not know that just by revealing its secret to you, all this would happen! I truly feel sad and regretful for what I have done."
Athenos said, trying to console him, "Do not be sad, it is not your fault at all. You have revealed to us something that we have the right to know. Everyone has always wondered about the secret of this crystal hanging in the house of worship for no use. Of course, revealing the truth was bound to lead to this, sooner or later. Everyone had to know its secret, so do not blame yourself for what happened."