I wake up to the sound of sirens.
Loud. Blaring. Citywide evacuation alarms.
I bolt upright, my pulse immediately spiking.
This isn’t normal.
I grab my wristband from the nightstand.
[COSMIC ENERGY SPIKE DETECTED.]
Red warning lights. Flashing violently.
I don’t even have time to think before my phone buzzes.
Dr. Lynn.
I answer instantly.
“Tell me you’re seeing this,” I say.
Her voice is tense. “Yuri… get to the safehouse. Now.”
That’s all I need to hear.
I’m already moving.
The streets are filled with panic.
Cars abandoned. People running. News drones hovering in the sky, broadcasting the same message across every screen:
?? EMERGENCY ALERT: IMMEDIATE EVACUATION. ??
I sprint past the chaos, moving toward the city center.
The air feels wrong.
Heavy.
Like gravity itself is bending under something massive.
Then—
I hear it.
A low, thunderous vibration in the sky.
I stop.
Look up.
And my stomach drops.
A massive tear in space looms above the skyline—a fracture in reality itself.
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It crackles with golden lightning, searing the air.
And then—
Something steps through.
Towering.
Fifteen feet of living war armor.
A colossus of black and gold, its form reinforced with plates of shifting cosmic metal.
Its helmet gleams, face hidden behind an obsidian mask.
But its eyes burn.
Not just glowing.
Burning.
Like molten stars compressed into its sockets.
I know its name before it even speaks.
Like the others.
Like it was always there.
Etched into my very being.
Ordis, The Executioner.
The strongest Harbinger yet.
I grit my teeth.
No test.
No mind games.
This one came to kill me.
I reach the safehouse just as Ordis lands.
The impact sends a shockwave tearing through the city, crushing buildings under its weight.
Dr. Bao is already at the command station, scanning live footage.
His face is ashen.
“This isn’t like the others,” he mutters.
Lynn storms into the room, already strapping on her combat gear.
“No kidding,” I mutter. “That thing’s built like a walking extinction event.”
Bao zooms in on the readings.
Ordis’s energy output dwarfs Noctis.
Dwarfs Vairus.
Even Xal’Zir.
Lynn crosses her arms. “We should be evacuating the entire city.”
Bao shakes his head. “There’s no time.”
Lynn turns to me. “You sure you can handle this?”
I roll my shoulders.
Energy flares around me.
For the first time, I don’t have to force it.
It answers me.
Like breathing.
Like I was always meant to have it.
I smirk.
“Oh yeah.”
I land in the middle of the wreckage.
Ordis turns slowly, its massive form casting a shadow over me.
For a moment, it just watches.
Then—
It speaks.
“The Cosmic Monster finally awakens.”
Its voice is a rumbling storm, deep enough to shake the earth.
I cross my arms. “You guys always talk this much?”
Ordis doesn’t hesitate.
It moves.
Not slow. Not sluggish.
Faster than something that big should move.
A fist the size of a truck swings at me—
And I barely dodge in time.
The impact annihilates the street, leveling an entire block.
My heart pounds.
Ordis isn’t just strong.
It’s precise.
I lash out.
Cosmic energy crackles as my fist collides with Ordis’s armor.
The shockwave rattles the skyline.
Ordis staggers—but doesn’t fall.
It swings again—
This time, I catch it.
My hands glow, cosmic energy burning through my veins.
I tighten my grip.
Ordis’s molten eyes flicker.
Then—
It drives a knee into my gut.
The force launches me through three buildings.
I hit the ground, coughing.
Pain explodes through my ribs.
I force myself up.
This is bad.
It’s not just stronger than me.
It’s more experienced.
It knows how to fight.
But I’m not backing down.
Not now.
I wipe the blood from my mouth and smirk.
“All right, big guy.”
“Round two.”
