Chapter—Kaizen Revealation.
The air outside the Guild Headquarters was thick with anticipation as the silver-clad figure of Auron stood before the massive headquarter. In his mind, Auru's voice was a whisper of concern. "Auron, if you walk through those doors in this form, every eye in the building will be on you. There will be no hiding."
"I have no choice," Auron replied, his voice echoing with a metallic resonance. "The answers I need aren't in the streets. They are inside."
As he stepped into the lobby, the bustling activity of the guild came to a sudden, grinding halt. Clerics dropped their papers, and high-ranking hunters froze mid-stride. The legendary Auramaster had arrived. Auron ignored the gasps, walking straight toward the elevator that led to the Kaizen office.
Waiting outside the office was Evelyn. Her eyes widened. "Auron? You actually came."
"I did," he said. "Shall we go in?"
Evelyn shook her head. "I've been knocking, but there's no answer. The receptionist said he came in an hour ago, but it's silent inside."
Auron stepped forward and delivered a firm knock. Silence. He tried again, his aura sensing the room behind the wood. Finding it empty, he pushed the door open. The office was pristine, but Kaizen was nowhere to be found. Instead, a single parchment lay on the mahogany desk.
"I will be back soon. I have been summoned to the Councils Office. Wait for me. My apologies."
Evelyn's face flushed with anger. "He makes us come all this way just to let us wait while he bows to those Councils?"
"Do you know where this office is?" Auron asked.
"Yes,Why?" she replied, her eyes narrowing.
"Then let's stop waiting," Auron said. "Let's go meet them."
In a cold, circular chamber at the heart of the capital, Kaizen stood alone. Above him, seated in high, shadowed thrones, were the members of the Global Guild Council.
"We gave you a direct order, Kaizen," the Head Councilman said, his voice echoing with cold authority. "No interaction with the devils. Yet yesterday, you led a strike team into a dungeon."
"My friends were in danger," Kaizen replied, his voice steady. "I could not stand by."
"We do not expect much from Evelyn; she has always been impulsive," the Councilman continued. "But you... you were our hand in the field. This defiance is a corruption of your power."
"I am ready to accept any punishment," Kaizen said, closing his eyes.
"Then you will pay," the Councilman hissed. "You will order one of your Aurafeist members to enter the S-Rank dungeon in the South —alone as they where with you. They will clear it or die. Consider it a sacrifice for your lawlessness."
Kaizen's eyes snapped open. "I will not risk the lives of a students because of my choices! I refuse."
"Then you are truly corrupted," the Councilman roared. He raised his hand, and a jagged, Aura Sphere formed—a power no human should possess. He hurled it at the unresisting Kaizen.
Kaizen braced for the impact, accepting his fate. But the blast never reached him.
**BOOM!**
A silver streak of light intercepted the dark sphere, obliterating it in a shower of sparks. Kaizen looked up to see ,Auron standing before him, his cape billowing, with Evelyn at his side.
"Auron! I told you to wait!" Kaizen gasped.
"Waiting was getting boring," Auron said, his voice dropping to a dangerous growl. "I thought I'd find something more interesting here. I wasn't disappointed."
The Council Head stood up, his face a mask of false hospitality. "The unique Auramaster Auron. Welcome. Have you finally come to reveal your identity? Do not worry, we can keep a secret... for a price."
"Do you think I came here to negotiate with you?" Auron asked. "I came to see what you wanted. And it seems you want the blood of children."
"Come, Kaizen," Auron said, turning his back on the thrones. "You do not have to follow the laws of these cowards."
"Auron you have to follow are order ,saty back" Another Councilman shout.
"I am not bound by your laws?" Auron mocked.
Council head whispered"So you have to."
He pressed a button on a small, metallic device. Suddenly, Kaizen collapsed to the floor, gasping as invisible waves of energy crushed his lungs. Another device hummed, and Evelyn was yanked into the air, frozen in mid-motion, unable to move or fight.
"Stop this!" Auron shouted, his aura beginning to flare wildly.
"It has only started," the Council Head sneered. "Reveal yourself, or they suffer. Even your mask isn't safe." He pointed a third device at Auron. The silver mist that formed Auron's mask began to flicker and fade, revealing the chin and mouth of the boy beneath.
"Auron! The mask is failing!" Auru screamed in his mind.
Auron's anger, held back for so long, finally shattered its limits. The floor beneath him cracked as a pillar of pure, blinding aura erupted from his body. The device in the Councilman's hand began to smoke. The fading mask stabilized, turning into a solid, impenetrable visor of light.
Auron didn't speak. He reached into the air and pulled out his Aura Shaft, which shimmered into existence. He didn't use it to strike; he tapped it softly against the ground.
**THOOM.**
A surge of silver energy rippled across the room. The devices in the Council's hands exploded into fragments. Evelyn fell safely to the ground, and Kaizen's breathing returned to normal.
In a fraction of a second—a feat that should have taken minutes of concentration—Auron generated a massive Aura Meteor above his head. The room groaned under the heat.
"Escape is impossible," Auron said, casting a massive Aura Shield that trapped the Council members in their thrones.
He walked slowly toward the Council Head. His aura was so intense, so full of cold fury, that even Evelyn and Kaizen felt a shiver of fear. Auron lifted the shaft, his eyes burning through his visor.
"Auron, stop!" Evelyn cried, grabbing his arm. Kaizen grabbed the other. "Don't let the anger control you! You'll kill them!"
Inside Auron's mind, Koru was struggling. "It's too much! I can't absorb this much negativity!"
"Control it, Auron!" Auru pleaded.
Auron stood frozen for a long moment, his chest heaving. Finally, with a burst of golden light, the tension broke. He lowered the shaft and became calm, though his voice remained like ice.
"These devices," Auron said, pointing to the wreckage. "These aren't Dungeon equipment. Who gave them to you?"
Council head said "This is dungeon device only."
Kaizen angrily replied,"Liar, I know what can be found in dungeon and what not , say truth or.."
Kaizen raise his palm to create Aurasphere. But no Aurasphere is genrated from his palm.
Kaizen realize after world had change it was first that he dont feel the Aura flow.
He tell Evelyn aboit this and said , try to generate Aurasphere and she also fail.
Evelyn in shock asked Kaizen why cant generate Aurasphere.
Kaizen replied" I think this was due to Auron intense Aura which evapporated our Aura flow.
Evelyn ask "For How much time they cant use there Aura?"
Kaizen replied"We are Aura master so in an hour we will regenrate ,but if average was there,it will need an week too. Evelyn dont say about it to Auron."
Evelyn nodded for yes.
Auron still calmer but in hard voice
"Tell quicker where you got this devices."
"I'll tell you,this devices where given by devils!" the Council Head blurted out, trembling at Auron's feet. "We were given a two-year window after the Aura Formulation. One year has passed ,After one year, the devils will reach their full potential. They are far stronger than us. They promised us that if we helped them—if we kept the Auramasters in check and didn't interfere—they would spare us. We wouldn't be slaves. We would be partners."
Auron's hand tightened on his shaft. "Partners with devils. You sold the world to save your own seats."
Auron turned toward Kaizen. "The Council is sold out. They are cowards."
"I see that now," Kaizen said, though his voice was weak. "But who will lead the Guild Association? The world needs a structure."
Auron looked at Kaizen, then at Evelyn. "You have your answer. I think so.
Kaizen was confused and then realized.
"But we are not capable much Auron."
Auron continued "While I go around world ,I have seen you all how you all help other in different country, So From now on, the Auramasters shall be the Council. Every country has a Master who protects their people. Let the true warriors lead, not the politicians. The global leaders will not disagree when they see the alternative."
Kaizen nodded slowly, but his face remained grave. "Auron... there is a bigger question. If the devils attack in one year, and their power is growing this fast... how do we stop them? We aren't ready."
"Maybe you and Evelyn know the answer," Auron said, his gaze piercing. "I've watched you both. You knew about Aura Spheres, Aura Flame, and Aura Purity before the world even understood what aura was. You've been hiding things from me since the start. How?"
Kaizen gulped, looking at the floor, then back at Auron. "I don't want to lie to you anymore, Auron. I never told you because I didn't think you were ready to carry the burden."
Auron said you can tell me Kaizen dont worry"I am ready for ,I can carry it on, just believe in me."
He took a deep breath. "I knew the Aura Formulation would happen. I knew it years before the sky ever broke."
End of Chapter.