Chapter 1 – The Arrival

  The world was burning.

  Not with fire, but with silence. A silence so thick, it suffocated hope, crushed dreams, and left behind only the echo of forgotten names. And in that silence… he was reborn.

  He opened his eyes.

  Cold, grey, and unfeeling. The boy who once cried for love and failed in a world that mocked weakness was now something different. No fear. No joy. No purpose—except one: survive.

  The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.

  He sat up in a crater surrounded by glowing ruins. Floating towers pierced the sky, and magic circuits buzzed across metallic trees. This world was not Earth. This was… something else.

  “Your soul has been chosen,” a voice echoed in his mind, mechanical and ancient.

  “You are now a blade in the weave of chaos. You are Ar Ees.”

  He stood, naked but unharmed. His body, lean but sharp, felt unnaturally light. His hands clenched without trembling. His mind registered danger—but his heart did not race. There was no fear.

  A drone swooped down from the sky. Without thinking, he moved.

  One step. One breath. One strike.

  The machine fell, sliced in two.

  And in that moment, Ar Ees knew what he had become.

  Not a hero.

  Not a villain.

  Just the silence between the screams