Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 84

🌠 Scene 1: When Clocks Bleed

Location: Terra-Solis – Sector 7 (Capital District)

A quiet morning is shredded by chaos.

Street vendors freeze mid-movement. Rain begins to fall upward. Children laugh—but the sound loops like a broken recording.

Suddenly, the air warps. Twelve portals open in the sky like tears in fabric. From each, a figure drops.

The Sundial Apostles—each one marked with a Roman numeral on their chest.

I - Primora: Freezes moments for hours.II - Chronyx: Rewinds injuries and erases damage.III - Temporal Vane: Speaks only in future events.IV - Halberd Hour: Slashes through phases of time.And more…

They declare:

"We are the heralds of Chronarch. Time belongs to him now."

All twelve scatter across Terra-Solis, igniting anomaly zones wherever they land.

🧬 Scene 2: The Clone Rebellion

Location: Orbiting Alien Vessel – Zui's Containment

Zui's clone, Zarkel, stares at his own reflection. A ghost within metal.

He accesses files hidden by the invaders… and discovers a chilling truth:

He wasn't made after Zui.

He was made before her.

Zui might be his clone.

The rage, confusion, and protective instinct swirl within him. When he sees Zui unconscious in the containment prism again, he whispers:

"I'm not your shadow anymore. I'm your brother."

Suddenly, the ship rocks. Something's attacking from the outside.

💥 Scene 3: Mecha vs. Apostle

Location: Sector 13 – Edge of Anomaly Zone

Kael and Zake arrive first to engage Apostle V - Tockbane, whose mecha stretches miles and slows projectiles mid-air.

Zake's Beta mech activates its new Chrono Shield Module, reflecting slowed attacks.

Kael calls Zeron: "We need you now. They're bending reality."

Zeron, still within the Sky City, watches this from a floating orb and clenches his fists.

The Builders tell him:

"Intervention before the trial breaks the seal."

"But they'll die!"

"Yes. Or become stronger."

Zeron stares into the storm… and steps forward anyway.

⏳ Scene 4: Trial of the Timekeeper

Location: Aerethium – The Sky City Core

The Sky City glows purple, reacting to Zeron's Krono awakening. He's taken to the Chrono Chamber, where time collapses into a single moment.

He meets a younger version of himself—brimming with hope, naivety, and dreams.

Young Zeron: "Why are you so sad? Didn't we want to save the world?"

Zeron: "I lost people. I gave up love. I'm forgotten by those I cared for."

Young Zeron: "Then become someone worth remembering by the stars."

Zeron embraces his past, unlocking the Second Seal of his Krono—his aura now pulsing with fractals of purple and starlight silver.

The Builders announce:

"Seal Two unlocked: Chrono Pulse Sync—allows perfect synchronization with any mech in existence."

🕹️ Scene 5: Time Fractures

Location: Sector 13 – Mid-Battle

Tockbane begins slowing down Kael's heartbeat, one tick at a time. Beta is collapsing.

Suddenly, the sky above shatters like glass.

Descending from the breach—Zeron, inside the rebuilt Zethron Ascendant Mk II.

His entry ruptures the anomaly. His presence rewinds the slowed heartbeat. Zake gasps back to life. Kael steadies his breathing.

Zeron speaks:

"I've met time. And I told it to wait for me."

He fuses with the mecha using Chrono Pulse Sync.

In a single movement—barely visible—Zethron slashes through Tockbane's mech, dissolving it into particles across timelines.

One Apostle falls.

Eleven remain.

🔮 Preview – Chapter 85: The War Clock Turns

Zeron returns to lead the Resistance.Apostle VII attempts to assassinate the Sky City Builders.The traitor within the Resistance tries to delay the mecha upgrade rollout.Zui awakens—but now speaks in a voice not her own.Zarkel makes his first rebellion kill.