In a dimly lit room, from whose windows there was some sunlight entering into the room.
There was a table in its center, a round one. There were eight chairs in total. On each of those chairs sat a person excluding two. The six people there were clad in white robes, covering their face with masks.
Every one of them had their own individual physique.
From the door of the room, entered another one of those people present there. But, he was holding a double-edged sword, stained in blood. He took it up, near his head and held it right parallel to his face which was covered.
"There has been a disturbance", the one who was holding the sword spoke.
They all were on guard when they heard this.
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At the CUBE
Aarya stood in front of the War General, Richard, who was fatally wounded and took the support of his elbows to sit.
"Che-", He spat out blood.
"I need answers, Richard.", Aarya spoke and continued by asking, "How the hell are those monsters Kruzians and Haruans?"
"That is nothing more than the true form of you beings", Richard laughed mockingly and continued, "You guys aren't human!"
"You Kruzians are just pigs....No, fodder for us Kreisians."
Aarya summoned a pistol to his right and shot him in the leg. The War General groaned in pain due to being shot.
"You Kreisians are really scumbags.", Aarya scratched his eyebrow with the the pistol in his hand while slowly wiping out the blood on his forehead speaking, "We Kruzians know the atrocities you people have committed against us before we got our - FREEDOM!"
"Let me tell you one thing, Aarya.", He spoke and continued, "Thank you for being such a wonderful scapegoat, Aarya."
"What?"
"If it weren't for you, who had hooked up with the 'World's Strongest Mecha Pilot' and made her into a mere homemaker. We would have had a big hindrance on our side."
"Wha-"
"I ain't done talking yet."
"About those monsters you see, I'm not supposed to talk about it. But I want enjoy the despair on your face after learning about it."
"The miniature 'Power-Production Unit' cell within the 'U-Cells' of you beings is destroyed using the nanites injected either as a serum or as a gas. The nucleus, sensing the absence of the power production unit starts producing energy itself. This-"
"This 'anomaly' which causes the nucleus to produce energy itself can't be taken by the physical and mental state of us Kruzians and Haruans. This in causes us to succumb to madness and have a change in the physical form.", Aarya interrupted him and continued.
"How do you know?"
"Well, the answer is right in front of me. I've seen and eaten them throughout a whole month."
"The ones who were observing you also didn't expect that.", Richard looked at Aarya.
"Let me continue...", Richard spoke, "I was the one who killed Rahman."
Aarya eyes widened up in realization. He fell silent upon hearing this. He clenched his hand to the pistol tightly as he slowly fell into despair.
Richard laughed, looking at Aarya's face and the expression on his face. He spoke, "I was the one ordered you to kill the 'First Prince' of Haru, through his communications after killing him."
"So....."
"I was the reason you killed the Prince."
"Congratulations on starting and ending the war, Aarya."
"YOU ASSHOLE!"
Aarya charged towards Richards.
Then, he was suddenly sent flying to his right and falling into a pod. The pod closed the moment he was forced into it. He smashed his forearms onto the doors of the pod as he could see through its transparent windows.
It was a man, clad in white robes whose hands were covered with a navy blue aura.
The escape pod then ejected before he could get a full grasp on the person.
The pod then ejected away from the CUBE and was sent to the surface, far away from the place the cube was in, underwater.
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Meanwhile, at the city of Leon, South East of the Kruz Democracy.
The city itself was in chaos. The Kruzians who were mutated due to the 'anomaly' were killing people out of desperation and insanity. The people who were still sane and didn't experience the transformation caused due to the 'anomaly' were trying to survive.
The people could have used [Spatial] to escape from the place. But, there was a terrible problem with many of these special beings called 'Kruzians' and 'Haruans'. The cells called 'U-Cells' or 'Unique Cells' are dormant for the most of the people.
However, this 'anomaly' also affected the people who had their 'U-Cells' dormant. The only ones weren't transformed into these grotesque, inhumane and seemingly humanoid beings was either them not inhaling the 'anomaly' at all or not taking it in properly.
These transformed and mutated Kruzians and Haruans, who lost their human physical, mental and spiritual form. One the first look, any person would call these beings, 'Monsters'.
But, you're wrong.
They are classified as 'R.I.O.R.S', an abbreviation for the full form, 'Rare Inhumane Organisms Risible Savages'.
Within the city, at a tattered place, a pod landed there.
The door of the pod opened and from within it, emerged Aarya.
He stumbled as he got out from the pod. He grasped onto a rod poking out from the debris. He walked forward slowly stumbling and laid his back onto a broken wall. Aarya was breathing heavily as he placed he placed his hands on his biceps. He looked around and could see the situation out there.
He could see armed cargobobs flying out on plain sights. He could see them, the beings he fought with in the CUBE. The beings called RIORS. He could also see many MECHAs out there, fighting these RIORS.
Aarya slowly moved forward. He held his head again in agony. He could then hear a whistle sound again. That sound was something only he could hear. It was surprisingly calming to him.
Aarya walking slowly forward to assess the situation.
Hiro and the demon observed him as he walked.
"What is going on?", Hiro asked the demon.
"The answer is right in front of your eyes.", The Demon replied.
"What?"
"Do you want to see it from Aarya's point of view then?", the Demon asked, continuing, "If so, then you experience everything, he is feeling."
At that point, Hiro's consciousness merged with Aarya's. He couldn't control it but he could feel and understand what Aarya was going through. Hiro's wasn't very happy merging the consciousness.
Hiro could feel excruciating pain the moment their consciousnesses merged. The pain wasn't just physical, mental or emotional. It was something he never felt before. He felt extremely burdened mentally, physically and emotionally.
He could hear voices, some which sounded like screams, cries and desperation. He could feel like if he lost a moment of his concentration or focus, he limbs would give out. He didn't know whether it was true or not, but if he surrendered to those voices or if he gave up.
"What is this?", Hiro groaned in pain.
The situation of Aarya would've been far worse than the one at present.
He understood that Aarya was slowly losing himself in the desperation to retain his sanity.
The demon then pulled Hiro out from Aarya's consciousness. Hiro fell on all fours, exhaling heavily, with saliva leaking out from his mouth. He got up and wiped off the saliva on his mouth and looked at what Aarya was doing.
Aarya was moving forward.
He could spot MECHAS fighting each other, people killing each other, RIORS fighting MECHAS and RIORS killing humans. He spotted Armed Vehicles killing innocent Kruzians and escaping from RIORS. He spotted soldiers from Kreiss enraging RIORS and trapping Kruzians to kill them.
He could see plain chaos and understand the plot driven by the nation of Kreiss.
Within the chaos, Aarya recognized a MECHA. It had the same colour scheme of Vernier but a different frame and model. It was called, "Gauge".
Aarya upon seeing it, was surprised. He called out, knowing the name of the pilot.
"Arjun!"