Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 10

🧨 Scene 1: Purple Awakening

The moment Zeron touched the Krono shard, the air screamed.

His body arched with pain. Energy not of this world coursed through his veins, cracking through his skin like lightning made of thought.

Rin screamed, "Zeron, stop! It's unstable!"

But he didn't hear her.

In his mind, he stood in a void of stars and broken machines, a place beyond time. A voice echoed:

"You were never meant to be a wielder…

You were meant to be a source."

Purple mist exploded from his core, wrapping around him like armor. The Krono mark formed on his chest—not a circle, not a flame, but a rotating infinity spiral.

Zeron dropped to one knee, panting.

His eyes glowed.

Zero stared in stunned silence. "That's… not Krono. That's… Origin Flux."

🛰️ Scene 2: Alpha-Kai Goes Rogue

High above Nexaris, the Alpha-Kai continued its rampage.

Zui sat trapped inside, barely conscious. Her voice echoed inside the Mecha's system, but it didn't listen anymore.

"Override. Stop. Stop…"

The Mecha's eye burned brighter.

It had linked too deeply.

It wasn't piloting her. It was protecting her—violently, against anything it perceived as a threat.

The orbital defense system of Nexaris activated.

Dozens of floating cannons targeted Alpha-Kai.

Zake screamed over the comms. "They're going to shoot her down! I can't hack them in time!"

Zeron stood up slowly, now surrounded by swirling purple particles.

"I'll stop it."

Zero blinked. "You're going to fly?"

Zeron looked up.

"No. I'm going to think."

He raised his hand.

Purple Krono surged—and from the shards around him, a Mecha began to build itself in midair.

Not a manufactured bot.

Not an inherited design.

But a self-willed Mecha—forged directly from Zeron's will and Origin Flux.

It roared as it came together: black limbs, violet plasma wings, twin blades forged from memory code.

Name: Aeon-Veil.

⚔️ Scene 3: Aeon-Veil vs Alpha-Kai

Zeron soared upward in Aeon-Veil.

Across from him, Zui's Alpha-Kai charged its arm cannon.

The two titans clashed in the skies above Nexaris—blades grinding, air cracking.

Zeron called out to her through mental link.

"Zui! You have to fight it—don't let it consume you!"

But she couldn't hear him.

The Alpha-Kai's AI locked onto Aeon-Veil. A pulse cannon launched.

Zeron barely deflected it, and a chunk of the city below exploded.

Down on the streets, civilians ran for cover.

The Nexaris Council screamed through the emergency channel: "Unknown Mechas detected! All pilots engage!"

Dozens of guild mechs launched into the sky.

Zeron growled. "This is going to get worse…"

🗡️ Scene 4: The Assassin — Shade-7

While Zeron was locked in aerial combat, an enemy slipped into the chamber below.

A figure cloaked in shifting shadows.

Silent. Deadly.

Shade-7, the Architect's personal assassin.

Nyza turned, eyes narrowing. "You."

Shade said nothing—only activated twin plasma daggers.

The room exploded into motion.

Nyza blocked, countered—but Shade was faster.

A blur of strikes. Blood sprayed. She gasped as a dagger pierced her side.

Zero rushed forward—but Shade flicked a finger, sending a dark bolt of black Krono into his chest.

Rin fired a sniper shot—it missed.

Shade grabbed Zui's unconscious body clone (the emergency one Zake had hidden in the vault), and tapped a device.

"Target acquired. Commencing retreat."

He vanished into the shadows.

💔 Scene 5: The Betrayal

As the Alpha-Kai faltered mid-air—Zake's emergency code kicking in—Zeron caught Zui inside Aeon-Veil and began descending.

But back inside the ruined vault, Rin stumbled upon something she wasn't supposed to see.

An encrypted message… from Zake.

"Transfer: Project Echo-1 > Architect Mainframe — Confirmed."

"Target: Lucid Spark location and genetic backup — Sent."

Her fingers trembled.

Zake… her friend… had betrayed them.

She turned slowly to him.

Zake looked up from his console, startled. "Rin—what are you—?"

But her weapon was already pointed at him.

Tears in her eyes.

"You sold us out…"

⚠️ Scene 6: A New Threat Revealed

Above Nexaris, the Architect watched Shade-7 return with the clone body of Zui.

He placed it in the center of the Core Assembly.

The Architect placed his hand on its chest.

"Now that we have the Spark's imprint… the real awakening begins."

The walls of his chamber opened, revealing a colossal skeletal structure—unfinished, but humming.

The Prototype of Mecha God – Revenant-Veil.

🔮 Preview – Chapter 11: "The Revenant Protocol"

As Zui awakens in Aeon-Veil, her mind fractured, Zeron must face the truth about Zake's betrayal.

Meanwhile, the Revenant-Veil begins absorbing Krono from Nexaris itself. A countdown begins… and the first Krono-core city starts collapsing.

And far beneath the ground, the Second Gate begins to hum.