Rain poured heavily on the floating city of Nexarion — a city of lights, data streams, and sky-piercing towers. In the center of this technological utopia stood a figure, bloodied but unbroken. His eyes glowed faintly with silvery circuits. His breath was heavy. His name… Zain Di.
Before him were the very people he once called comrades — the Council of Etherium, the leaders of technological advancement. Each of them stood, weapons aimed, their faces void of guilt.
> "Why…?" Zain whispered, his voice cracked by betrayal.
"You were the ones who raised me… gave me purpose…"
One of the councilmen, Dr. Elvo, stepped forward.
> "You've become too powerful, Zain. Your ideas threatened the balance. You were no longer a creator... but a god."
Zain clenched his fists. His suit flickered with unstable energy. The core embedded in his chest — the Gravity Nexus — pulsed, syncing with his fury.
> "So you betrayed me... and you call it balance?"
Without warning, hundreds of drones swarmed toward him. But with a wave of his hand, gravity inverted — drones were crushed mid-air, twisted into metallic dust.
Suddenly, the Sky Vault above opened. A rift in space tore open, and a spiraling force began pulling Zain in.
> "We're sending you to where you belong," Dr. Elvo said coldly.
"A world without technology."
Zain tried to resist, but the betrayal had drained him. The last thing he saw was Seraph's interface flickering in his vision.
> "Zain Di, protocol override initiated. Transferring system… binding soul to AI... stand by."
And just like that, the light swallowed him.
Darkness. Silence. Then… pain.
Zain opened his eyes to a sky unfamiliar — red clouds, mountain peaks, and air thick with energy, not particles. His body ached, his tech suit broken, sparks flying from his shoulder.
But the Gravity Nexus still glowed.
And so did Seraph's voice in his head.
> "Welcome to the new world, Master Zain Di.
Scanning… Error: No technological signature detected.
You are alone. You are the only one."
Zain looked at his palm, blood-stained and trembling… then to the horizon.
> "You betrayed the wrong person."
A new world.
A new war.
A new legend begins.