Chapter-1:summoned by the dying light,new adventure begins
The crowd roared intensively,digital overlays danced across the air as virtual spectators watched the final showdown of the global RTS championship. kairo valenhardt-known online as ironmind-sat calm amidst the storm,eyes sharp and movements clinical. His fingers flicked across a custom neural interface,commanding thousands of digital troops in synchronized fury.
He didn't care about the prise,the money or the fame. For him,war-controled,calculated,and strategic battles were purity. A place where people obeyed. where emotion was a exploitable and obvious weakness.
He won.
And then died,being stuck by lightning as soon as he was about to be crowned as the best RTS player.
The lights in the stadium surged white. for a brief second,the world froze in time.his VR console exploded in sparks.kairo,s body jolted back- then everything turned black.
When he opened his eyes,the sky above him was a sickly red. the air crackled with magic and decay. kairo sat up,coughing,as dust fell from his jacket-still his tournament gear,now covered in ash.
Before him stood a woman. clad in broken gold armored wing burnt,the other missing and blue gushing out of her from her severed hand. her voice echoed like a war drum wrapped in grief.
"You have been summoned by my last breath,strategist.the world lies on ruin. Take the command nexus....and reclaim what we could not."
A glowing artifact floated into his chest,embedding itself into his soul. reality twisted.a translucent surface blinked before his eyes-familiar,like his game overlays.
[Command nexus:Activated]
[Unit capacity:0/1]
[Relic slots:0/2]
[Current objective:Establish territorial foothold]
Kairorose slowly. It wasn't a game. His senses told him that clearly-heay,pai ,hunger. But the nexus system was teal,too. He could already see it mapping terrain. Nodes blinked in the distance.
Near him stood a ruined tower. Eton it scattered bones. He focused on. The tower.
[Fortify location?Y/N]
He selected"yes."
Stones lifted from the ground,the cracked walls shimmered and restored themselves slightly. A core platform haunted with power. His first base-primitive,but real.
Then came a warning.
[Beasts incoming-Threat Level:minor]
With no units,kairo scanned the wreckage and found d a faint purple glowing from a battered war banner:the ashen fang relic.
[Relic acquired-Tier 1-scavenger ghouls unlocked]
[Relic slots used:1/2]
Moments later,skeletal figures began rising from the ground,summoned ed by the nexus. They hissed in silent obedience.
Kairo smiled faintly.
"Let's begin the war"