Avalon mechs marched through the ruined streets, their metal steps shaking the cracked pavement. Drones scanned from above, marking rebel positions and locking targets. For a moment, it seemed the rebels would break under the pressure.
Then a red flash cut across the sky.
A single beam sliced through a mech's torso, splitting armor and core in half. The machine toppled to the ground in two smoking pieces.
Something descended from the dust and flames.
Seraph Series-347.
A forbidden Eclipse android, shaped like a man but moving like a weapon designed by a god. A red Power Stone glowed in its chest, pulsing like a beating heart.
Avalon soldiers hesitated.Even the rebels, who had no idea what Eclipse was preparing, froze at its arrival.
Seraph moved first.
He crossed the battlefield in one instant.A mech swung to intercept him. Seraph dropped under the blow, tore the mech's leg off, and smashed another unit with it. Metal scattered across the ground like shards of broken bone.
Drones targeted him next.Seraph lifted a hand.A thin beam shot upward, and three drones exploded in the air.
Avalon infantry fired from all sides.Bullets curved away from him, bent by the Power Stone's distortion field.
Then a low vibration built around him.
Seraph extended both arms.
A wave of invisible pressure burst outward.
Every machine within range shut down at once.
Mechs collapsed.Drones dropped.HUDs went black.Armor systems crashed.Power cores died with a final spark.
Avalon's battlefield advantage vanished in seconds.
"He killed the systems!""We've lost all support!""Fall back to manual positions!"
Seraph stepped forward through the smoke, scanning for organic targets. His voice echoed without emotion.
"Organic entities detected. Eliminating."
With nothing but their rifles and blades, Avalon infantry rushed him.It was hopeless.
Seraph walked through bullets.He shattered bones with single strikes.He moved faster than trained eyes could follow.Every hit sent soldiers flying.Every second pushed Avalon further toward defeat.
Until four figures dropped from the rooftops and landed between Seraph and the retreating troops.
Kevin.Hunter.Lionaria.Sora.
The elite combat squad of Avalon.
Kevin tightened his grip on his sword. "Alright. Let's see what you've got."
Seraph scanned them again.
"Threat level: high. Engaging."
He moved first.
Kevin blocked the opening strike but slid back several meters.Hunter leapt onto Seraph's back, claws digging into armor, but Seraph released an energy pulse and threw him off.Lionaria unleashed a storm of blades, each one controlled with perfect precision, but Seraph weaved through them effortlessly.Sora dropped from above, striking at Seraph's chest, but he caught her by the leg and threw her through a burnt vehicle.
They reformed.They moved together.
Kevin struck Seraph's arm.Lionaria cut deep into his shoulder.Hunter cracked the faceplate.Sora bent Seraph's knee joint sideways.
For the first time, Seraph staggered.
Kevin smirked. "He can bleed. Good."
The Stone pulsed violently.
"System override: evolution mode."
Red energy surged across Seraph's body.His movements sharpened.His power doubled.
Hunter was the first to fall, thrown into a concrete wall.Sora dodged a beam, the heat searing past her face.Lionaria's blade storm shattered under a single shockwave.Kevin blocked a punch and felt his arms nearly break from the impact.
Seraph grabbed Kevin by the throat and lifted him.
"Termination."
Kevin's vision darkened, but he forced his hand to move. His blade rose, cutting through the joint in Seraph's chest panel. He twisted his body, grabbed the glowing Stone with his bare hand, and pulled.
Energy burned his palm instantly.He screamed but didn't let go.
The Stone tore free.
Seraph's entire frame collapsed.The android dropped lifelessly to the ground, its eyes dimming.
Kevin fell to his knees, gasping. He held the Stone in his shaking hand.
"Avalon… better give me a promotion for this."
The others exhaled in relief.
But Kevin suddenly went still.His expression changed—fear, confusion, disbelief all at once.
He stared into empty air.
"What… is that?"