Warfare Augmented Intelligent Frame Unit

Chapter 132 - Reality-Warping Alien

Chapter 132 - Reality-Warping Alien

Agent Feena departed for Exestia aboard a powerful VTOL aircraft, its engines roaring softly as it ascended into the sky, vanishing like a silver arrow into the horizon.

The open field—nestled beside the grand arena of Orbital Tech—was just a short distance from KAWAII Headquarters, and it didn't take long for us to reach it. We were among the first to arrive. 

Around us, WAIFUs and support unit students began to trickle in, some with anxious urgency in their steps, others dragging their feet in half-asleep stupor, like they'd just rolled out of bed. The contrast was almost comedic—panic interwoven with sluggishness.

Myrrh, Fei, and I stood in formation, eyes drawn upward. The skies above were a chaotic canvas of terror and beauty. A meteor shower—no, a full-scale descent of Cosmic Beasts—continued to streak across the heavens, blazing trails of fire as they hurtled downward. But the Archonlight Tower stood like a silent guardian in the distance, its shield flickering with unseen energy, holding back the apocalypse above.

Every time one of those monstrous entities dove toward us, the barrier—thin as glass yet mighty as legend—would intercept them with pinpoint precision. The moment contact was made, the beasts disintegrated in a flash of radiant energy, their vaporized forms bursting into the air like deadly fireworks. If we hadn't known the truth, we might've admired the light show. But there was nothing celebratory about this rain of death.

Still, the assault was unyielding. One after another, the beasts came crashing down, erupting into dazzling pops and crackles that echoed like distant thunderclaps. The sky shimmered with a constant pulse of tension, never allowing us to forget the fragility of our safety.

"Will the Archonlight Tower's barrier hold?" Fei murmured beside me, her voice trembling with worry.

"My mother told me that the Archonlight is the purest and sturdiest form of particle energy," Myrrh answered, her gaze steady on the skyline. "As long as the tower is powered, we'll be safe."

"You sure?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at her. A knot twisted in my gut as I looked back up at the chaos above. "Because this... this feels worse than what happened fifteen years ago."

That moment—fifteen years ago—clawed its way back into my consciousness. I was only four years old then, a tiny, trembling toddler, sobbing amidst the ruins of a desolated city. The sky had been ash-grey. Buildings around me were scorched husks. And standing above my fragile body was a Cosmic Beast, its grotesque form wreathed in smoke and crimson glow, ready to end my life with a single swipe.

But then she came—Mirana Alicent.

The legendary heroine WAIFU. The beacon of Earth's last line of defense.

Myrrh's mother.

She descended like a divine bolt of justice and obliterated the beast with such ferocity that the image burned itself into my young mind, a permanent symbol of salvation. I owed her everything.

"I'm sure of it," Myrrh said firmly, trying to sound confident. "The Archonlight Tower here in Xyraxis is far more advanced than what Earth had back then. The particle energy, the lattice amplification—everything is enhanced. The technology we had back home doesn't even hold a candle to what Xyraxis can offer now... I think."

Fei glanced at her sideways. "You don't sound so confident."

"Ah, it'll be fine," Myrrh replied, forcing a grin as she rubbed the back of her head, her cheek tinged with a soft blush. It was the kind of smile that hoped no one would press further.

I said nothing. My thoughts were far away—trapped in a loop of that haunting memory. I could still see the white room where it all started: my kindergarten classroom. We were all dressed in spotless white uniforms, sitting on the floor in a blindingly white space that smelled faintly of sterilized air and chalk dust. Innocent. Untouched.