Some monsters refuse to die.
Even when shattered, burned, atomized… their legacy clings to the edges of time, refusing oblivion.
The God Killer was thought to be erased — his body vaporized in the climactic battle against the God of Fists. But flesh is one thing.
DNA is another.
22 Years Ago – The Dead Belt
After the great battle, the wreckage of the God Killer's warship drifted in the orbital graveyard known as the Dead Belt. Scavengers came like flies to a carcass — hoping for tech, power cells, weapon cores.
They found a pod.
Inside was a newborn.
Unmarked. Silent. Breathing.
The machines around it had failed, its purpose forgotten by time. But it still functioned long enough to birth something unnatural.
A lifeform based off the God Killer's DNA, grown in an artificial womb — not as a clone, but a new vessel. An echo.
The Slums of Sector Nine
She was a woman with nothing — a scavenger scraping out days in the polluted lower decks of Sector Nine. She had no real name anymore, just "Mira."
She took the pod. She took the boy.
And against every instinct of fear or survival, she raised him.
No one knew. No one cared. And perhaps that was mercy.
He grew slowly — unlike his predecessor. No accelerated development, no induced memory injections. Just an ordinary life.
Scraped knees. Fistfights in alleyways. Hunger. Loneliness. A mother's voice.
He became… human.
Or at least, he thought he did.
Xyprus Academy – Present Day
Kairon Vex walked the halls like a ghost.
Unassuming. Alone. Eyes quiet, always scanning. He didn't talk unless forced. He didn't make friends. But he also didn't start fights — they just seemed to find him.
His student file still rang with anomalies, but nothing illegal. Just unexplained. His bone density was beyond military-grade cyber-titanium levels, yet his scans showed no implants. His muscle fibers contracted like living shock absorbers — absorbing kinetic energy and redirecting force with inhuman efficiency.
The instructors couldn't classify his martial style because... he had none.
He simply reacted.
Predicted.
Overwhelmed.
Medical Report – Confidential
Subject: Kairon VexAge: 16Origin: Unknown
Anomalies:Latent mutation markers detected in neural cortex and marrow layer.DNA scan reveals suppressed recombinant strands, consistent with pre-Extinction bioweapons — possibly Type-GK variant.
Estimated latency release: Age 23+
Recommendation: Monitor closely.Avoid provocation.Contingency protocol required upon activation threshold.
Nightfall – Rooftop, Sector Nine
Kairon stood at the edge of the roof, wind tugging at his coat, eyes staring past the neon horizon.
He didn't know what he was.
But deep inside, he felt it waking.
Something cold. Something old.
Not hatred. Not rage.
But purpose.
A memory that wasn't his. A voice that had no mouth.
And above all… a name he didn't understand.
"You are not the weapon.You are the war that remains."
Meanwhile – Vaelric's Quarters
Vaelric stared at the combat footage again.
Every strike. Every dodge. Every movement.
Too perfect. Too fast.
"He's hiding something," he muttered.
"He's not a rival," he said aloud.
"He's a threat."