The Unknown Mecha God
On Astra, the Awakening Ceremony dictates every life, assigning a Core and a future. For Arin Vale, it was supposed to be his chance to rise above his humble origins....
On Astra, the Awakening Ceremony dictates every life, assigning a Core and a future. For Arin Vale, it was supposed to be his chance to rise above his humble origins and claim the woman he loves. But when his Core registers as "Unknown" with a pathetic energy output, his world shatters, and the woman he believed in publicly abandons him for a rival. Humiliated and cast aside, Arin is left with nothing but the crushing weight of an F-grade future. Yet, as he walks away, a hidden system deep beneath the city registers an impossible signature, a flicker of ancient power that defies all known science. What if his failure isn't an end, but the beginning of something far greater, something the world isn't ready for?