The core chamber of the Fallout superweapon pulsed with unnatural light. A rhythmic heartbeat of energy, as if the weapon itself had become alive.
Iden stood at the nexus—surrounded by Arlen, Kael, Nyra, and Rael—watching the Stabilizer Core descend into its final docking chamber. It was forged from a union of enchanted abyssal alloy and earth-born hypercoils, pulsing in arcs of raw blue and violet mana.
"This is it," Arlen murmured, sweat running down his brow as sparks danced off the floor. "No more tests. No more simulations. This thing is going to fire."
[SYSTEM UPDATE – FALLOUT STABILIZER CORE INSTALLED]Synchronization: 100%All 200 Constructs Linked.Status: Awaiting Overload Protocol.
Iden took a breath—then raised his hand.
[Accessing Weapon Config: MANUAL OVERRIDE]
• Primary Launch Command: 'Bring the silence.'• Overload Protocol: ACTIVE• Overload Mode: Simultaneous Detonation• Failsafe Trigger: Skybound Leviathan Protocol – Unchain the Requiem!
The 200 airborne constructs—dubbed Fallout Wraiths—had already been stationed in hidden altitudes across known threat zones. Invisible to detection, each carried a Big One-grade payload, a cluster of mini warheads, and a micro-reactor capable of single-use overdrive.
[Configuration Complete – Fallout Readiness: 98.7%]
Final Phase: Arcanum Flux Calibration In Progress…
Kael's undead mechanics worked in eerie silence, their tools floating with ghostlight precision. One of the Three Tyrants adjusted the runic inlays on the reinforced shell, its Level 28 tag pulsing green.
Meanwhile, Arlen was fine-tuning the capacitor loops.
"The overload phase…" Kael said as he watched the final couplings fuse, "won't just destroy a city. It'll fold mana itself into implosion. It's not war. It's memory erasure."
Rael stepped beside Iden, her gaze distant. "Are we prepared for the silence this will bring?"
Iden didn't answer.
He was already inside the terminal. And he knew the truth.
Once fired, Fallout's detonation would erase everything within 100 kilometers.
Not scorch it. Erase it—from existence, from memory, from time itself.
"Set the Flux."
[Stabilizer Core Configuration – Final Phase Initiated]
• Fusion Cascade Looping: 3x Multi-Lock• Core Sync Rate: 100%• Remote Detonation Key Registered: IDEN V. [ADMIN-RANK SUMMONER]
A quiet chime echoed through the chamber.
[FALLOUT SYSTEM FULLY ARMED.]
"Now we wait," Iden whispered.
A single drone—an orbital eye—hovered in high-altitude stealth.
Below it, a field of shifting black. The ice cracked. Forests decayed as they stood. Mana lines shattered in the air like broken glass.
Tzakaroth was no longer just awakening.
He was stirring.
And behind him—hundreds, no, thousands of monsters.
[THREAT CLASSIFICATION – EVOLVED OMEGA-TIER ++]
Subject Name: Tzakaroth Prime
Distance from Sanctum Core: 173 km.
ETA: UNKNOWN. Behavior: Unpredictable.
Back at the heart of Sanctum, the chamber dimmed.
The Fallout Wraiths now shimmered silently in the skies. The Stabilizer Core hummed like a loaded thundercloud.
All it would take… was the trigger phrase.
"Bring the silence."