Prologue

A being screamed at the top of its lungs. Its scream was loud enough to echo throughout the vast dry land with mountains. Neither did it look like a human nor did it behave like one. It looked grotesque and was slightly humanoid having the bipedal features of human. It most certainly wasn't a human, it also didn't seem to possess any sort of intellect or sentience of a human. There were many other beings like it, some were quadrupedal, some had very special features like being about 20 to 50 meters tall.

"These 'RIORS' seem ecstatic today, don't they?", a voice spoke.

'RIORS', it was the name given to these inhumane organisms. They were in a horde and were seemingly hostile towards another kind of humanoid beings who were attacking them. 'Battle', would be correct word to define the conduct between these two beings.

RIORS were fighting against humanoid giants who were seemingly mechanical and were more like that of an automation.

These Mechanical giants possessed the 'larger size' of weapons humans use. Each of them had an individual colour, armor and 'frame'. It didn't seem to have any feeling of its own.

"My 'MECHA' is perfectly tuned for this day."

'MECHA', it was the name given to these mechanical giant humanoid automations. They had bipedal locomotion and pretty much moved like that of an "Homo sapiens". It had a distinguishable feature from that of a human that it was about 20 meters in height. There were about 4 of them.

One was coloured in purple.

Another was tinted in orange colour.

There was a Golden yellow coloured one.

The last one, was Mauve tinted.

The Mauve-tinted MECHA held its semi-automatic rifle in right hand and was advancing towards the RIORS. It aimed through the rifle and shot the RIORS in their seeming vitals.

"One down, two down.", the voice in the MECHA spoke.

Yes, there were humans inside MECHA.

They piloted the MECHA and hence could be called as 'Pilots'. They controlled MECHA from inside of the cockpit which existed and the upper chest area of the MECHA. There was a seat, the pilot controlled it joysticks present on the armrest of the seat and a screen which viewed the outside scene from inside of the cockpit.

"Don't be so quick to decide on victory.", the pilot inside the purple tinted MECHA spoke.

His name was 'Ker Farfal', he was a young blond man with a condescending attitude. His MECHA was called 'Scherr'. It held a sniper rifle and he went away from the horde to a safer place, going prone and looking through his scope.

"Its no fair that you get the safer spot.", the pilot inside orange MECHA cried with an annoyed attitude.

"I'll cover for the team Kurt", Ker replied to his words as he grinned while aiming through the scope.

Kurt, it was the name of the person piloting the orange Mecha. To be describe his appearance, he was a man who looked like he was in mid-twenties and had orange hair with brown eyes. His person was brash and rude. His MECHA, tinted orange was called 'Erik'.

Kurt moved Erik as it slashed its axe whose blade was glowing with the energy which passed through its blade. It slashed through through the RIORS which were charging towards him in an position to launch an attack. He slashed through the RIORS head with ease and then used the single-faced blade to stab in the abdomen of a bipedal humanoid RIOR with three arms and four eyes.

"I don't be saved by that 'pig' again. So, I will do this on my own.", Kurt enunciated in a disgruntled tone.

"Neither do I want to be saved by him.", Ker responded to his words in a monotone way.

Ker aimed through the scope from the cockpit of Scherr and shot two RIORS in their vitals.

"You two, less talk more focus", a voice said to them which came from the Golden Yellow MECHA which was implied towards them through the 'Specialized Portable radio Electronic communications', fixed in MECHA.

Specialized Portable radio Electronic communications or 'SPE' for short is the device which allowed the MECHA pilots to communicate through the screen with audio or both with both audio and video.

It allowed the communication of pilots without any sort antenna or a radio tower in the midst of nowhere.

"Look, Ker and Kurt, try yourself to not be saved by that commoner.", the man inside the golden yellow Mecha spoke. His name was 'Trig', he was young man with brown hair and a slightly calm attitude. His MECHA was called 'Krod'.

Trig moved Krod in a swift manner and the blade from the lance it held was full with energy. It glowed as it stabbed in the abdomen of a RIOR. The handle of the lance was slightly rotated towards the right and then it disintegrated the admen in a circular pattern. He repeated it the same for the other two to three RIORS.

"Its now my turn. I, 'Corel Von Regeria' will now take the spotlight.", the pilot inside the Mauve MECHA claimed. He moved his MECHA swiftly while shooting. The pilot was called 'Corel', he was a man with navy-blackish colour hair. He had a narcissistic and an active attitude. His MECHA which was Mauve was called 'Quartz'.

Seemingly, they all worked more or less in a coordinated manner.

Ker moved from place to place in the time intervals he got. He chose to take the safer place at all cost since he was a sniper. Plus he would mostly cover for the team from the side-lines or back-lines. He was an arrogant person who was full of himself.

Trig, was slightly brave so he mostly chose to fight covering for his teammates in a meele stance. Krod slashed its lance on a RIOR separating its head from the body. It had better motion and momentum than the other MECHAS present there.

Kurt, controlling Erik, slashed its axe. He slashed through more and more upcoming RIORS. He killed each and everyone of them ruthlessly.

Corel, being narcissistic, he took most of other pilots' kills by landing the final shot on them. It annoyed the other pilots. But to him it was enjoyable and fun.

"Let us make sure to not depend on that pig.", Corel spoke.

"I don't need that words from you.", Ker replied.

"Aww, you're so cold, 'acting captain'.".

"Just shut your mouth."

The Pilots soon started to kill the RIORS to the point only one was left.

"Move guys, I'll have it.", Ker said it as he aimed through the scope, pulling the trigger.

The bullet passed through the RIOR's head, killing it. As it died, there was a flow of energy in towards its chest which appeared red in colour. The flow was shown through its opaque skin, all of them, the waves of energy moving towards one point, forming a sort of a solid object.

"Everybody, don't forget to collect the cores.", Trig told them.

When a RIOR dies, it forms a solid object a vital which are mostly in random three dimensional shapes. It was called a 'core'.

These 'cores' were the things for which the pilots in MECHA used to kill RIORS.

MECHA were seemingly the only beings able to kill RIORS.

RIORS were also hostile towards humans, trying to kill them everytime they see them.

The pilots were collecting the cores from their MECHA.

"We didn't really need the help of that pig now, didn't we."

"Yeah, we didn't"

"We probably don't need to help of the help of that commoner."

"We also might not need his help in the future also."

Soon, they all could feel tremors coming from the ground. Trig checked in his sensor and could see life signs from under the ground. Trig was stiffened and he told the remaining, "Everyone move away, something's coming."

The ground seemingly had cracks and it was shaking. The MECHAS jumped from there to a safer spot as something emerged from the ground. The pilots were shocked to look at it.

Thus, it emerged from the ground. 'Luquos', a RIOR which became famous enough to be given a name. It was thirty-five meters tall and had four arms with two legs. It possessed four eyes which didn't have any iris or pupil and was pure black in colour.

"Everyone, battle positions."

They all dispersed tried their individual attacks.

Corel tried to constantly shoot it down but its forcefield prevented it so.

Trig tried to sum up energy into the lance and tried to stab the forcefield but it was a failure. Only to be caught by one of the RIOR's giant arms and be thrown like a ball. His MECHA , Krod landed in meters distance near Ker's sniping position.

Kurt used his axe to slash through the forcefield but it was to no avail.

The 'Luquos' tried to kick it but Kurt controlled Erik to dodge it. He moved away from the RIOR, jumping backwards.

"Do we really have to rely on him?", Ker thought in his mind.

Ker summed up energy within the muzzle and pulled the trigger. The shot moved towards the RIOR's forcefield, penetrating it slightly. But the shot was bounced back a the RIOR looked at the shot. It was vapourized in the look after bouncing back.

Ker looked at the situation and was convinced, "Hey, commoner. Its your turn now."

He said those words with agony and anger in face. He was more or less disappointed in himself and his teammates. But, his biggest disappointment was to seek help of the 'commoner' he looked down upon.

"Roger."

Then, from the shadows emerged another MECHA. It was tinted in red and took out a dagger. It took a running stance and began running towards the edge of the cliff

"It looks like its your turn right, Hiro?", a voice asked him a playful tone through the SPE and continued, "Show how strong 'Vernier' is."

"Show them that you're also a strong hope for humanity."

Hiro, it was the name of the person piloting the Red colored MECHA called 'Vernier'. He was also a young man who had reached his twentieth year about more than 11 months ago. He had black hair and was seemingly a monotone person.

Hiro moved Vernier towards the the cliff and jumped from it, concentrating the energy to the sharp point of the dagger and stabbed it on the forcefield saying, "Focusing energy energy on a single direction penetrates any object or a field easily."

It penetrated through the forcefield and Hiro, controlling Vernier, used its latter arm to tear the field as he grabbed on the dagger to make a hole enough for his MECHA to fit in. It passed through the field and in midair, it got into position to stab it. It stabbed the RIORS eye as Hiro controlled it. It stabbed another eye out of its four eyes.

The RIOR screamed in pain. Hiro focused the energy throughout the knife into the eye. Then, it blew the head of the RIOR away.

Vernier jumped back, flipping backwards midair and it landed on ground. As it landed, the small stones and rocks and dust shattered away due to the force of the landing and the vibration and tremor caused by it. It stood forward and the sun was rising in the dry land. Making it appear like it was the only one there.

"You're the star of this mission now, Hiro."

"No, Vernier is."