“You heard the eye-witness’s testimonies. Henceforth, I, General Tian declare the person known as the Marooner is the traitor of humanity. He, intended to cause harm to humanity in all, thus will be hunted by the army!

My grandson, Tian Ling will henceforth be a hero of humanity. He sacrificed his life for the people of Unity! Thank you for coming.” General Tian quickly spoke and left before the press could question him.

“Hahaha!” Miles couldn’t help but roll on the bed. He was laughing so hard, he choked on his laughter.

“Why are you laughing, this is bad right?” Coin said. “They will hunt you!”

“Just wait. In 10 minutes everything will get hellishly chaotic.” Miles grinned widely. And as if he had planned it, in ten minutes three notices were published simultaneously.

“General Cross does not carry the same sentiments with General Tian, and refuses to decree individuals in concern based on a person’s testimony.”

“General Strankov does not carry the same sentiments with General Tian, and refuses to decree individuals in concern based on a person’s testimony.”

“The Presidential office does not carry the same sentiments with General Tian, and refuses to decree individuals in concern based on a person’s testimony.”

Miles looked at the notices in amusement. Coin looked at Miles and wondered how he guessed this would happen. “Wait for it. It had just started.”

Another ten minutes later a new notice unsettled Unity.

“Starve Cleric denies allegations directed. Starve Cleric had no part in such a plan, nor cares about thousands of Grace-Rank hunters. Starve Cleric always wanted one thing, which is to teach humanity humility.”

Miles was having a lot of fun. General Tian wasn’t a fool. Although two generals and the presidential office didn’t support him, his goal was to create a breach between the public and the Marooner. He didn’t need their help in the first place. What he needed was, when the time came, and he killed the Marooner, the public wouldn’t cause any ruckus.

But Miles wasn’t concerned at all. He was hardly showing his alter identity on Earth. And now that armor got destroyed, no one could recognize him. Even if he went around and called himself the Marooner, people wouldn’t believe him.

***

2 weeks later,

“I, Evelyn Cross, and my science team finally broke through the technological bottleneck stopping our progress for the last decade. The incoherence between monster cores and human technology was something stopping us from creating devices with the best of both worlds. In the past, we were creating simple, single-layered devices and were using them only as small pieces to support the bigger ones, but we finally overcame that hurdle.

I would like to firstly thank the person who made this possible.” Evelyn smiled brightly and looked at the cameras. “The Marooner!”

With her words out of her mouth, chaos ensued. People watching all around Unity looked at their screens with bewildered expressions. Evelyn smiled and continued. “In the auction where my family bought the dual elemental orb, the Marooner left me a note. Thanks to the note he left, I was able to find a way to break through the barrier stopping us.

And now, I hereby introduce you, the future!” Evelyn raised her hand and light flew out of her wristwatch. The light formed giant humanoid machinery in the air. One could see that the humanoid figure was made of metal.

“Yes, as you are seeing. This is the dream of every person! Mechs are now something we can create. With the help of the monster cores, we can finally create mechs that can work as humanity always dreamed. “ Evelyn put her wristwatch away and turned the cameras seriously.

“Henceforth, Cross Family declares the Marooner as the hero of humanity. His selfless acts of help allowed us to create weapons that can protect us from enemies threatening the Earth. The first prototype will be debuted soon enough. Our first model will be named, Roger! He was a friend and hero who saved me when people were jealous of our progress.

Thank you all for coming. Stand by!” Evelyn made her exit.

“I knew mother was a genius but isn’t this too much?” Miles smiled sheepishly as he watched his mother proudly. He gave the tip ‘resonance’ so Evelyn could create dual elemental orbs, but she brought it to another level and created mechs. If she wasn’t a genius, what was she?

The hurdle stopping humans despite having advanced technology from creating mechs was the incoherence between parts of the mech. The earthen metals were either too low in quality or too soft. And Portal World metals weren’t working when mixed together. When mixed with the monster cores, metals of both worlds could be merged together seamlessly. But, monster cores from different elements were creating dissonance between the parts. But Evelyn somehow managed to make them work together. ‘Since she did it with my tip, it must be the resonance!’

A mech had many parts. It needed a psychic monster core for the operating system. Different destructive elements for the weapons, and alloys made of different metals. To make them all work together was close to impossible. But if there was a medium that could balance the output of the energy and adjust for every part of the mech’s body, it would work. So the hardest part wasn’t creating the mech, but that key part allowed all parts to work together.

That is why mother is not afraid to show the bluepring. It is genius! How could I not think of it before?

Miles was once again surprised to see how smart his mother was. ‘I wonder how many mind serums she used.’

Miles shook his head and looked at the blueprint Evelyn showed. There were several alternatives. Hands could change their forms to swords or other weapons. Or could simply work as guns. Of course, all were made of elemental cores and metals. The diverseness was unlimited.

‘New age is starting!’