Chapter 5

Arc 2 - Zeta Spirals - Part 1

This is Alpha Scion, a utopia full of heroes.

No, to be truthful, was.

It was utopia. Crime was there, but it was minimal. Heroes protected everyone and defeated the villains before they went too far.

But a few days ago, the world was torn upside down by the villain Black Wing, the Zeta Spiral - underworld emperor - of the capital state, Silanos.

“I have killed the old king of this world.”

Throughout the whole world, on every screen, one person’s face was showing.

Less than an hour ago, Black Wing broadcasted another message, telling them that he will take over the world.

But since then, he has already managed to kill the king of this world.

The rest of his teammates are resting after killing everyone in the castle.

So, Black Wing wanted to take this time and announce his victory to the world.

While he wanted to boast over his victory, there was a little unease in his heart.

The world will be turned into a battlefield.

Zeta Spirals.

This world is divided into fifty different states.

Every state has its own governor and laws, but ultimately, they answer to the one sole king.

Besides the governors, there exist different people who rule on the other side of the spectrum.

The Emperors of the Underworld, 「Zeta Spirals」.

Although this is - was - a utopia, it doesn’t mean it was devoid of the wrong people.

Each Zeta Spiral controls one state.

Their influence doesn’t equal that of the governors, but they are not to be taken lightly.

They don’t want to go to war with the government, so they stay low most of the time, just to carry out their evil missions and cause chaos around the world.

Furthermore, the other reason for them staying low is because of Cosmic Titan.

He is a hero who is known across the world and space. He is a powerful almost God-like person with enough power to reduce this world to dust.

None of the villains, except for Black Wing, ever tried to take on him personally. They wanted to avoid him at all cost.

Since Black Wing actively looked for battle with Cosmic Titan, the other Zeta Spirals wanted to do nothing with this madman.

Unlike Black Wing, not all of them seek chaos. Some want to rule the world eventually or become an influential person in this world.

“The governors are to hand over their states to me or else you will suffer the same consequences. Perhaps worse.”

His voice was stern, it was as if he had practised beforehand.

Even the kings' practice before they speak to the public.

However, Black Wing had not.

This is what he wanted to say.

A few minutes ago, he wanted to win over the public with sweet words of justice and how society is bad and then he would stab them in the back. However, he laughed at his words, so he chose to speak his mind with his future guinea pigs - citizens of this world.

“I have killed the heroes. They are gone. No one will save you now.”

A wave of fear fell through the planet.

A Zeta Spiral called 「Fear Mantis」, who rules over the Emvox state to the north, felt an intense surge of power due to the source of her power being fear, her own or others.

She had never felt this much power within her before.

Normally, these villains would be laughing like a maniac when they felt power of this calibre.

However!

The power was so much, she felt like her body would explode any second.

Her screams of agony were not heard by anyone.

“And to the Zeta Spirals… Stay out of my way. But if you do get in my way, I will not show you mercy.”

Black Wing spread his arms wide.

“THIS IS MY WORLD!”

His voice echoed throughout the entire world.

Everyone heard it.

Fear and anger spurted from everyone in this beautiful world.

In the capital city of Silanos, Verial, in front of the castle, the greatest hero of this world; Cosmic Titan, sat on the ground. With his back pressed against the wall, he held his head between his hands.

“What am I supposed to do?”

What are you supposed to do in this situation if you were the greatest hero of the world? What would you if you had a duty to an entire world - billions of people? What would you do if the weight of the world was sitting on your shoulders, yet you failed to hold it up?

He was a hero who saved this world over and over again.

He was a hero who puffed his chest out and smiled a confident smile as he said, “I will protect you all. None shall suffer in my presence.”

“Hah.”

He laughed bitterly as he remembered the promise he made to his people.

Cosmic Titan was a proud hero who had confidence in his abilities. He was standing at the top of the food chain in this world.

But right now, he cannot do anything against Black Wing, a villain weaker than him.

Black Wing stripped him of his powers, so powerless, the greatest hero sat down and listened to the world burn around him.

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Vordar:

The Enchanted World of Vordar is a state at the east of Alpha Scion. It is a magic heavy region, only those with the ability to use magic can live in this region.

A green fog always covers it, but once you pass through it, it’s a beautiful and green region full of colourful flowers and animals which only exists in stories.

The infrastructure of this region is no different than the rest of the world, except for the fact that everything uses magic to operate.

The Zeta Spiral of this region is called 「Onoroth, the Demon King」.

It is said that this man will be the one who destroys the world.

When he was born, he engulfed the entire state of Vordar in a red mist, causing everyone a lot of pain.

The old muscular man's only lower body is covered by white robes, leaving his upper body naked to the eye. His long messy grey hair falls on top of his eyes.

The clean-shaven face makes him look very attractive, despite his age. Then again, he is over 80 years old but looks no different than he did when he was 30.

“To think this bastard managed to go this far,” the energetic old man exclaimed excitedly.

He should look angry or disappointed, but instead, he is happy.

Inside this forest, under a large green tree, he stood up and wiped off his sweat.

“Hm, hm, hm, now this a fun development.”

Near him was his old wife, but she did not understand what was going on.

“Whose side shall I take in this war, dear?”

He shouted at his wife, who did not even hear him.

But in the tree above, a young slender man heard him, so he replied. Albeit uninterestedly.

“One side wants to destroy it while the other wants to conquer it. My advice? The latter is the better choice for you. We get to live at the end of the day, no?”

The old man shook his head and laughed.

“Bwaha, where is the fun in that?”

“So, you want to destroy it?” the young slender man with blonde hair and blue eyes narrowed his eyes.

“Of course, not.”

“Tch,” the young man clicked his tongue.

He could never read this old man. His thoughts, words and actions did not match a lot of the time.

“There is a third option...”

A thin smile appeared on his face.

“I will gather the old gang.”

The young man muttered under his breath as he let out a sigh, “What will you do to Eul?”

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Lansel:

It is a single city-state to the east of Silanos. The alias of the state is called “The City of Future”.

It is the hub of technology in this world, creating state of the art technology which not only benefits this world but many others.

Leaving this colourful city, at the edge of the state near the sea, there was a tall building. So tall it looked as if it will pierce the heavens itself.

“YOU DARE, BLACK WING?”

In a grey chemical protection suit, which covered his entire body, the man screamed in anger.

The mask, which looked similar to a chemical gas mask worn by soldiers, dampened his angry voice.

There was a backpack-like bump on his back, which had two green pipes coming out of it and were connected to the back of his helmet, which provided him with oxygen.

“I have walked through the time-space continuum, I have been to over a hundred timelines and..."

He held up his arms in the air.

"I have conquered them all!”

Slamming his hands on the desk, cracks appeared in it.

“YET YOU STAND IN MY WAY, BLACK WING?!”

Inside this large luxurious office on the top floor, in front of his beautiful desk, the assistant’s body jerked in fear as he listened.

“S-sir...”

The assistant’s voice was very slow, but the man heard it.

“WHAT IS IT?”

The assistant’s shoulders jerked as streams of sweat flowed down his face.

With a stiff and nervous smile, he thought maybe he should have kept quiet.

“SPEAK, IMBECILE!”

“Y-yes, Lord Vortex!!” he exclaimed with force.

Vortex, the Zeta Spiral of Lansel state.

A man from the “future”.

"The experiment which we were conducting... Shall I halt--"

The assistant's shoulders jerked. He felt like Vortex was glaring at him.

"I will halt it ASAP," his shoulders shrunk in fear as he quickly wrote that down. "Ah!"

While writing, he remembered something, so he looked up at Vortex energetically.

“Perhaps--”

“No.”

Ehhhhhhhhhhh? The assistant’s mouth was half-open. But you asked me to remind you about the meeting you will have in ten minutes?

Vortex walked around his table.

“My ability to control the very time itself, someone as pathetic as Black Wing won’t stand a chance.”

The assistant of his really wanted to say: “Please don’t do that! Just take a minute and think about it.”

But if he even opened his mouth, he would die.

After all, the same thing happened to his predecessor. He was de-aged to infancy for trying to give him advice.

“I will make this world mine before he reduces it to ashes!”

His will and determination to save this world and make it his own are ironclad.

However...

Can his futuristic technology save this world from the coming reign of Black Wing?