Kael Orion ran through the rubble of his hometown. The sky was streaked with gray and orange from the smoke rising from damaged buildings and the rusted towers of the industrial zone. Since he was a child, Kael had felt the strange pulse of resonance emanating from the nearby critical zones. It was a constant murmur, unnoticed by everyone else. His parents had disappeared years ago in one of those events, victims of uncontrollable energy. Since then, Kael had learned to survive alone, moving with agility among ruins and abandoned machinery.
Suddenly, a roar shook the air. Kael turned his head and saw it: a resonant beast emerging from the central plaza. Its metallic skin glowed with a fiery red, its movements were swift, and its size was imposing. This was no ordinary monster; it was a mid-level resonance creature, capable of destroying entire buildings in seconds. Kael didn't hesitate. He knew he couldn't defeat it yet, so he ran.
As he ran, something inside him responded to the beast's pulse. His hands began to glow with a metallic light, and his body felt lighter, more aware of every object around him. Without realizing it, he lifted an old metal cart blocking his path and threw it aside, creating an obstacle that deflected the beast's first attack. Kael didn't understand how he had done it, but he felt it in every fiber of his being: something had awakened within him.
"This… this can't be happening!" he gasped, dodging another attack.
A blue floating screen appeared before him, suspended in the air like a hologram. The Universal Consciousness, an entity monitoring the world's resonance, had detected his potential. Without a voice, it displayed a message:
"Potential detected. Resonance level: 8. Partial control granted."
Kael nodded to himself, trying to calm the trembling in his hands. Every movement he made now seemed to manipulate the matter around him with mechanical precision and partial spatial control. His feet struck the ground with determination, dodging the beast's attacks without missing a beat. For the first time, Kael realized he was not defenseless.
He leapt onto a fallen container, spun, and threw a metal chain that hooked onto a broken column, swinging it toward the beast. The creature staggered back, surprised, while Kael ran into a side alley. Every gesture he made was now accompanied by a metallic glow, and he could feel how the beast's energy interacted with his own, as if both were part of the same pulse, yet his power remained undiminished.
Kael paused for a moment, breathing heavily. The city lay in ruins, but he could see his surroundings clearly thanks to the spatial perception he had awakened. He could sense the exact location of the beast and the objects around him, anticipating its movements without losing speed or precision.
"I can't stay here," he murmured. "I have to… go further."
With an agile leap, he crossed the alley, using his mechanical resonance to move debris and create barriers to slow the beast. He wasn't playing; he was surviving, and at the same time discovering what it meant to have control over resonance. Every action was precise, powerful, and deliberate. The beast attacked with strength, but Kael did not hesitate, he did not falter. He knew this was only the beginning of his journey.
Reaching the city's outskirts, Kael paused for a moment. His hands still glowed, and the Universal Consciousness remained before him, observing silently. For the first time in years, Kael felt that he was not alone and that he could face a world far larger than he had ever imagined.