Beneath the Skyborne Kingdom of Neon, Achilles and over a hundred Titan Dwarves stood triumphant, their grand project- the Ancient Impenetrable Titanwall Dome- completed in under an hour.
There were no days or weeks spent laboring. Both Neon and Titanfall Mountain had ascended into the skies, wrapped now in a shimmering veil of purple and gold, its edges finally sealing the peaks in light.
A deep, resonant hum pulsed across hundreds of miles, echoing outward as a radiant barrier locked into place, encasing the twin floating citadels in a shell no force could penetrate.
Achilles pressed his hands against the earth one last time, the torrent of Primordial and Evolutius Energy subsiding. The Titan Dwarves did the same, awe blooming across their soot-stained faces. They stared at what they had built, breathless.
All in less than an hour.
King Darrun Flamewake turned toward Achilles, his usually stern eyes softened with a rare expression—respect.
"You may have used unsavory means to bind me and my kin," he rumbled, "but for this… you've earned the respect of all Titan Dwarves. If you were one of us, my people would follow you without question."
Achilles simply smiled, shaking his head. With his power, he could become a Titan Dwarf if he wished—but he didn't need to.
"Come," he said. "Let's head into Neon. Meet my people. Explore the city. Find where Titan Dwarves can strengthen its infrastructure. But your next task… will be to forge Runic Monolith Sentinels—greater than anything crafted in the Ancient Times."
His mind spun with possibilities. He could go anywhere within his Kingdom. Do anything.
The Titanwall Dome wasn't a relic of the past- it was a rebirth. Something new. Something stronger than it ever was before. It fused both Primordial and Evolutius Energies, surpassing the ancient version it was named after.
He hummed, heart warm with pride, but his mind anchored itself in realism. Hardships would come in the near future.
And yet… he would still live.
He turned toward Rose, floating to her side and gently taking her hand.
"I want to show you something," he murmured.
Her eyes curved with a playful glint, lips tugging upward in a smile as she nodded. In the next instant, white flames erupted from Achilles, covering Rose, Seraphelle, and every Titan Dwarf.
A heartbeat later—they vanished.
And reappeared high above inside Neon a second later.
They hovered above the Primal Neon Tower, where Achilles was meeting with the city's former high officials and representatives of the Magitech Colony Dynasty. The Kingdom's Hymn still echoed faintly through the air, and as Rose heard it—her expression shifted.
Astonishment bloomed across her face.
Because their city, their home, was singing Achilles' name.
But that wasn't even what he brought her to see.
All around, eyes turned toward them as they descended. The illusory screen within the foremost Magitech Frame flickered, displaying the tanned figure of the True Magitech Throne, who blinked in surprise and finally asked.
"So this is… your main body? Just how many ability factors are you carrying?"
It was a question she'd clearly been holding for far too long.
But all eyes soon fell on the massive 5 and 10-meter-tall Titan Dwarves who descended with Achilles. He pointed at them as his feet touched the crystalline floor of the tower.
"These are the Titan Dwarves- a lineage older than time, alive during the age of the Ancient Ones. The technique that made Neon fly came from them. They'll be working with us moving forward, strengthening both Neon and their home- the obsidian mountain floating beside us, the Titanfall Mountain."
Introductions barely had time to settle before Achilles turned toward Dr. Shaw, voice steady.
"Can you disable the transparent barrier that's been protecting Neon all this time?"
Words that once would've been unthinkable.
But now, they were spoken like commandments.
Dr. Shaw paused only briefly before responding.
"Neon's Evolutius Energy Barrier...which drained half of our power plants to maintain, will now come down for the first time in decades...goodness!"
He said it with pride.
And he sent commands to Andromeda Sentinels as their intrusive Artificial Intelligence spread through all corners they needed to go through!
And then...the pylons stationed across the edges of the Kingdom powered down one by one.
The transparent barrier around Neon flickered and began to fizzle!
First, the world turned purple and gold, bathed in the brilliance of the Titanwall Dome outside.
Many looked up as their faces were reflected in this light.
"Turn clear," Achilles whispered.
And the once-visible purple gold dome shimmered…
From the heights of the Primal Neon Tower, now one of the tallest spires in the city, they could see it all.
The clouds. The endless blue.
And the people of Neon—millions of them—saw the open skies again for the first time in years.
For some, it had been so long they forgot what the sun looked like without a barrier.
And just beyond the horizon—the obsidian mountain, veiled in purple-gold light, floated in majesty. A mystery, a monument, a promise.
Achilles still held Rose's hand as he leaned closer, whispering into her ear.
"I couldn't buy you a big house. Or one of Neon's skyscrapers. So instead, I built you a skyscraper. And then I lifted the whole city into the skies. What do you think?"
He said it like a gift.
And he could feel her heart beat faster.
She tightened her grip on his hand, her voice soft, rich with feeling.
And when her gaze returned to him, her fiery green eyes flashed with a light only he could understand. A light that told him he may just get an even grander gift back later on!
He cleared his throat, slightly dazed and flustered at her boldness before he recovered. He felt like a powerful and confident being when he wielded Primordial Energy and Evolutius Energy among other Seas of Assimilation, and yet whenever he looked at Rose...he at times still felt like the shy young man years ago who was dazed by her presence and personality alone.
Even now, she could still leave him speechless.
But the moment passed as he recovered.
His eyes became serious and turned to those gathered on the tower.
His voice turned firm.
"Alright. Let's talk business- and what lies ahead. Seraphelle. Darrun Flamewake. Share what you know about the Ancient Races, Unique Lineages, Supreme Forces, and the Mythological Ancients rising again. Let them see the truth of what is coming"
Because Achilles knew of the horrors that were coming.
Humanity wasn't ready. And somehow, that had to change across Dynasties!
The Kingdom of Neon wasn't hovering idly in the sky.
It was moving- toward the Holy Hyacinthus Mountain Flower, where an Aeonic Treasure was said to be waiting.
There were still wonders to assimilate.
Both in the outside world, and in the depths of his Lineage Dreams!