Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 104

⚙️ Scene 1: The Earth Descends

From Earth's lower orbit, 15 orbital-class Mechas streaked through the void like silver lances. Each was piloted by elite "Astra Valkyries," soldiers enhanced with artificial Krono, their minds synced to their machines in a perfect neural bond.

General Kael Vire—commander of Operation Eclipse—stood aboard the flagship Eidolon Spear, eyes fixed on the Moon's surface.

"Target location: Lunar Faultline Sector-9. That's where the anomaly was last recorded."

A masked pilot stepped forward.

"What if he resists?"

Kael's eyes narrowed. "Then… eliminate him."

The order had been issued.

Earth was at war with its most dangerous unknown—Zeron.

🌕 Scene 2: Lunar Faultline, Hidden Vault Base

Zeron stood at the rim of the Lunar Vault, now glowing with strange sigils. The gauntlet of Purple Krono pulsed on his hand.

Aeris looked up, her voice distant. "They're here."

Zeron's ears rang with incoming missile signals and Krono-charged impacts echoing from orbit.

"They're coming for me. Why? I haven't even—"

"Because you're not meant to exist anymore," Aeris said coldly. "Your power threatens the balance. You weren't supposed to survive your last cycle."

He gritted his teeth.

"Then maybe it's time I stop running."

🛰️ Scene 3: Countermeasures

Aeris reached toward a console embedded in the Vault wall. With a flick of her fingers, metallic wings unfolded from the ground behind Zeron—ancient Lunar-class Mecha armor.

"It's unfinished," she said.

"So am I," Zeron replied.

He stepped into the cradle. The armor clicked into place. Purple light surged through it, and the mech responded like it had been waiting centuries.

"Initializing Pilot Sync... Recognized Soul Signature: Zeron. Activating protocol... Voidborne Alpha."

The system's voice boomed across the base.

"Targeting hostile satellites. Initiating orbital counter-fire."

Laser turrets emerged from the lunar ground and began launching anti-ship blasts toward Earth's assault teams.

The war for survival had begun.

🌿 Scene 4: Forest of Forgotten Mechas

Zui and Arla ran deeper into the Bloomshade Ruins. Behind them, twisted Mechas forged from roots and iron bark crashed through the underbrush. Their groaning metallic voices sounded like corrupted lullabies.

Zui gasped, "How many of these things are there!?"

Arla's twin sabers lit up. "Too many."

Just then, a blue streak split the sky—one of the Astra Valkyrie Mechas crashing into the forest, firing indiscriminately.

Zui's voice trembled. "That's not one of ours…"

The Valkyrie's cockpit opened, revealing a half-human, half-machine pilot with blank eyes and a metal spine.

"PURGE. THE. VIOLET. CODE."

Zui raised her hand—and for a split second, a flash of green Krono flickered across her palm.

🔩 Scene 5: Zake's Truth

In the Time Rift, Zake and Ira finally reached the Core Stabilizer—the only known Reset Engine.

A strange being stood before it. They had no face, only shifting shapes and eyes that changed color with each blink.

"I am Aenox, Keeper of Broken Time."

Ira stepped forward. "We need the reset. My friend is breaking."

Aenox turned to Zake.

"Your mutation is a consequence of borrowed Krono. But your soul is something... unrecorded."

Zake collapsed, claws forming from his fingers again.

"Fix me... or kill me…"

"No," Aenox whispered. "You are becoming the bridge."

Zake's chest split open—revealing a second core inside, one that pulsed in tune with Zeron's gauntlet.

🛡️ Scene 6: Clash in the Craters

Back on the Moon, Zeron soared into the air. His armor, though ancient, moved as if it were part of his body.

A Valkyrie Mecha descended on him.

"Zeron of the Lost Cycle! You are hereby terminated under Protocol Eclipse."

Zeron's voice boomed.

"Then let's see if legends bleed."

They clashed. Blades of Krono energy screamed against each other. Explosions lit up the craters. For the first time, Zeron wasn't running. He was standing his ground.

One Valkyrie fell. Then another.

But Kael Vire dropped from orbit himself, piloting the Oblivion Frame—the Earth's most advanced Krono-class Mecha, forged using stolen alien tech.

"You're not the only anomaly, boy."

Zeron's eyes burned violet.

"I'm not a boy anymore."

They collided in the sky—two titans locked in battle under the dead stars.

🔮 Preview – Chapter 105: Voidborne Alpha vs Oblivion Frame

Zeron's first true battle at full sync begins against the Earth's strongest weapon.Aeris is targeted by a traitor from within the Vault.Zui unleashes a secret her bloodline has been hiding for centuries.Zake's mutation begins affecting time around him, distorting reality.The truth of Operation Eclipse's real purpose is uncovered—and it's not to stop Zeron, but to awaken something worse.