Whispers of Metal: The Forge of the One Mage

Well new chapter, to be honest from chapter 24 onwards I will edit them next week because I didn't like how these turned out because it is more difficult to edit on a cell phone but will the plot be the same but more polished? if you can say. Well, now I have the computer repaired, we have to wait and see.

Tomorrow I will not upload chapters of this story but I will upload a one-shot series that I had saved I hope those one-shots are released

The smell of burnt stone filled the air, and their expressions shifted from playful to serious, leaving no doubt that they were accustomed to these situations.

With the arrival of the robots, triangular spikes rose from the ground. At that moment, we were behind one, while Nora's lion was behind another.

Nora created a pink light shield, the same kind she showed earlier when comparing the symbols, and stepped out as Adrián made a motion with his left hand. It was as if a river of murky water cleared to reveal a gauntlet or metallic arm adorned with lights, buttons, and a small screen.

As Nora stepped out from behind cover, she was hit by a laser from one of the robots, but she was prepared and deflected the attack from one of the closer enemies. Meanwhile, other robots fired a freezing laser that chilled the air. Adrián struck the first robot attacking with telekinesis, catching it off guard as it focused on Nora.

The first robot fell, but more emerged from the pillar, in addition to those already present. There seemed to be hundreds all of a sudden.

Nora seized the moment when the first robot exploded and hurled her shield at another robot preparing to attack.

"Guys, I need help here!" Nora shouted as more robots swarmed in. Adrián appeared to do something before rushing to assist her.

"This will help you—I'll be back in a moment!" he said to me without further explanation.

In an instant, I found myself clad in thick, semi-transparent platinum-colored armor. I had a sword of the same color at my waist and a heavy-looking pistol in my left hand.

Although I wanted to admire the design, my mind snapped into survival mode, and I focused.

Everything happened so fast, but I didn't mind.

As Adrián went to aid Nora, I stayed back for a moment. I considered that maybe I shouldn't be here, that I was only getting in their way. But I swallowed those thoughts and began shooting at every moving robot.

I felt the weapon's recoil—it was powerful, yet it didn't hinder me. Most of my shots missed their mark, but the first time I hit a robot, a sense of accomplishment surged through me.

Adrenaline coursed through my veins as more shots fired from the weapon. The feeling of achievement grew stronger with each hit. I didn't feel as useless anymore.

But the robots kept coming. One got too close, and I used the sword to push it back. I couldn't finish it in one strike, but the next shot did the job.

I wanted more of that sensation, so much so that I didn't realize we were surrounded.

I was snapped out of my manic trance when Nora grabbed me while Adrián destroyed the nearby robots, turning them into stone. It all happened too quickly to process. Suddenly, we were passing through the same pink portal as before.

Before I knew it, we were standing in front of the cinema again. However, the portal remained open, and more robots kept emerging.

Nora charged into battle with her shields, while Adrián now wielded a glowing hammer, smashing robots left and right. The street was in chaos, and I hadn't stopped shooting at the endless waves of robots.

At one point, Nora was cornered, but I managed to help her by shooting the robots closing in on her. Her pink lion went to her aid—I didn't see what it did, as I was too focused on keeping the robots at bay.

Suddenly, Nora wielded a massive pink sword and began cutting down robots. But her efforts seemed futile against the endless reinforcements.

As if signaling the end of the battle, Adrián raised his right hand, bathed in a strange supernatural light. His eyes glowed an ominous red, and his skin shifted to a texture somewhere between metal and flesh. Wings seemed to adorn him, yet at the same time, they didn't. Everything about him looked both real and unreal, incomprehensible.

The chaos around us was overwhelming, and the screams of people in the street didn't help. Despite it all, I kept shooting at the robots, unable to look away. He seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.

With a sound like shattering glass, all the robots froze. From their openings, only silvery sand poured out, and the pink portal closed with a dull silver light as Adrián stopped floating and staggered from his descent.

My armor and weapons disappeared as well. Nora and I rushed to Adrián, who looked strangely different in that moment.

"Adrián, are you okay?!" Nora shouted with visible concern as she held him.

Adrián seemed to recover his usual demeanor almost immediately. He looked like his normal self again, free of the incomprehensible elements that had adorned him. It was as if he hadn't been fighting for hours.

"Yes, I'm fine now," he said, catching his breath.

"Don't scare me like that," Nora sighed.

Despite everything that happened, the image of those two remained etched in my mind. It felt like something I wasn't supposed to witness—something personal.

I was pulled from my thoughts by the exhaustion in my body, now devoid of adrenaline. Adrián spoke to me.

"Hey, are you okay? You seem a bit distracted," he said, using his magic for reasons only the stars might know.

"Yeah, just a bit overwhelmed by it all," I replied, gesturing at the scene around us.

"Are you okay, Connie?" Nora asked, letting go of Adrián. I considered her question, but my mouth was faster, and I replied, "Yeah, just tired," and that was the end of the conversation.

The rest of the day passed in autopilot. We paid for our tickets, watched the movie, and chatted. At some point, Adrián used his powers to fix the street and the property damage. Nora and I called him a show-off. We ate, talked, and they took me home. Despite everything, it was a great outing with friends. I thought to myself, the best part was that rush of adrenaline—and no, I'm not avoiding the fact that I saw Adrián's twisted form, more akin to a GOD, despite what he had told me.

With those thoughts, I fell asleep that night.