Jade: The Hybrid Mage
War machines fused and expanded, crawling up one another, snapping and locking into place, climbing themselves to form something colossal.
They were building a titan.
A beast of war.
A mountain of blackened steel, smoke, and raw power. Arms like towers. A torso the size of a hill. Legs that made the quaking ground feel like a whisper.
Its head turned.
It saw me. "I'm so dead."
Then from the swarm came more shifting, more assembly—a weapon. Massive. Its right arm transformed into a blade forged from hundreds of machines. The sword glowed red at the edges, heated by its volcanic birth. It pulsed with energy, as though alive.