EXILE COG: OMEGA PROTOCOL
Zenith was once the ‘Elite Cog,’ the pinnacle protector of Magitek, until he failed. His failure to detect an ancient poison curse trapped the Empress in stasis, costing him his identity. He now lives as the Exile Mechanic, a nihilistic junk scavenger who channels his pain solely through confusing, absurd jokes.
However, when the Caledonian witch clans invade, Zenith’s ragged form can no longer conceal the Warlord’s combat memories. Forced to protect the teenage Crown Prince, he must balance the brutal ferocity of his military mode with the ridiculous buffoonery of his Exile persona.
Fleeing across the Kingdom, Zenith and the Prince uncover a secret darker than his initial failure: the failure was not a mechanical glitch, but the work of ancient fate bound by the King’s Forbidden Oath.
To destroy this curse and reawaken the Empress, Zenith must stop running from himself. He must learn to embrace the duality of the Warlord and the Clown, organize the remaining Magitek Legions, and prove that sometimes, the best way to maintain sanity against the horrors of war is to turn them into a joke.
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Chapter: Chapter 100: The General's Tactic, The Death GapThe purple light of the holographic tactical map reflected starkly off Zenith’s black Void-Steel armor, creating the illusion of pulsing nerve fibers along his now-incandescent metal arm. The atmosphere inside the emergency command tent was so cold that Prince Elara’s breath emerged as thick plumes of vapor that immediately froze into fine crystals in the air. Outside, the roar of the Sovereign’s black blizzard sounded like the bellowing of a thousand monsters scratching at the tent fabric, attempting to breach their final defense. "Look at these Sector 12 coordinates, damn it. This route isn't on any Royal Guard map," Elara muttered, pointing to a thin line that snaked beneath the foundations of Magitek City's Ivory Tower. Zenith, now fully locked into Omega Protocol, offered no emotional reaction to the prince's coarse language. His deep red eye lenses emitted scanning beams that swept the map at millisecond speed. "Data confirmed. Sector 12 utility tunnel. Abandoned since the sec
Last Updated: 2026-01-27
Chapter: Chapter 99: Magnetic DeviationCRUNCH! Zenith’s knee joint suddenly locked, sending a shockwave that slammed his massive metallic body onto the frozen ground. Prince Elara flinched, narrowly avoiding the black Void-Steel armor on Zenith's back, which was now spitting thick purple short-circuit sparks. Around them, the outskirts of Magitek City looked like a rigid hell; the neon-shining skyscrapers were now encased in black ice crusts, while the gigantic shadow of the Shadow Sovereign continued to circle the sky, exhaling a soul-crushing cold. "Zenith! Get up, damn it! Don't die here!" Elara yelled, his voice hoarse from inhaling the sharp ozone dust. He tried to pull Zenith's arm, but the robot felt as heavy as a dead mountain. "Magnetic ... deviation ... detected..." Zenith's voice emerged from his speaker, but the tone was extremely rigid, filled with ear-shattering static distortion. His purple lenses blinked wildly, emitting an unstable glow. "Logic core ... experiencing level three lockdown. Motor functions
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Chapter: Chapter 98: The Mastermind’s Escape"Shut down the scanner, Jory! The frequency is screaming, damn it!" Zenith yelled, his voice cracking from the static that snapped and crackled between the frozen command tent poles.Mentor Jory didn't reply verbally. His wrinkled fingers danced frantically across the Stonehearth crystal tablet, which now glowed deep purple, radiating heat capable of blistering human skin. The smell of burning wires and the foul stench of corrupted mana filled the cramped space. In the corner of the tent, Prince Elara stood rigid, his hands gripping a dwarven dagger until his knuckles were white, while Marcus drew his energy sword, his eyes wildly scanning the surroundings."Too late, Zenith! Valerius's containment vessel has been breached!" Jory shouted. He tried to slam his staff onto the floor to create a containment seal, but a wave of black energy exploded from the emergency cell, throwing the mentor into a stack of logistics crates.Zenith, now fully under Omega mode control, showed no human pan
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Chapter: Chapter 97: A Message from the EmpressThe static whine emanating from Mentor Jory's crystal tablet was agonizing, tearing through the silence of the night at the Magitek Prime border, now blanketed in knee-deep black snow. The blue light from the Mentor's staff flickered erratically, casting long, trembling shadows on the walls of the ice cave where they sheltered. The scent of burning sulfur and ozone seeped through the rock crevices, mixing with the heavy metallic odor of Zenith, who stood rigid as a statue of black steel. "I got it ... I got the frequency, Prince!" Jory exclaimed, his wrinkled finger trembling as it pressed the crystal surface. Zenith, who had been locked in cold Omega mode since the battle against General Scrapper, rotated his head one hundred and eighty degrees. His purple lenses flashed sharply, immediately synchronizing with Jory's device. "Initiating Royal-Alpha protocol decryption. Neutralizing Sovereign static interference in three ... two ... one." A holographic screen exploded into life in
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Chapter: Chapter 96: General Scrapper and the Old CoreThe pounding sound of metal striking ice echoed like a death knell along the exit path of Fading Light Valley. Zenith stopped abruptly, his heavy metal feet planted deep in the black snow, which was beginning to freeze into sharp crystalline layers. The relic antenna on his back vibrated violently, emitting high-frequency sensory pulses that made the air around them feel static and suffocating. "Hold your positions. No one moves a single millimeter," Zenith commanded. His voice was a cold Omega baritone, utterly rigid and devoid of human emotion. "What is it, Zenith? Did your radar antenna pick up another enemy?" Prince Elara asked. The youth now stood straighter, his eyes fixed on the blizzard ahead. The purple veins on his neck no longer pulsed wildly, but instead lent a calm shade of darkness to his increasingly mature face. Marcus drew his energy sword, positioning himself in front of Elara. "I'm not getting any signals on my armor sensors, man. The air here is completely dead.
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Chapter: Chapter 95: The Bond Valerius Desired"The silver light from this Phasing Core is seriously frying my visual sensors, damn it!" Zenith exclaimed, his voice cracking with the static electricity arcing between the crystal pillars of the Fading Light Valley. Zenith’s optical lenses flickered wildly, briefly emitting the dull yellow of Exile before locking back onto the deep, static purple of Omega. His black Void-Steel armor hummed low, resonating with the silver crystal he had just integrated into his shoulder system. Across the light-shrouded chamber, Elder Lyra stood calmly, her long fingers pointing toward a magic circle newly etched into the stone floor. "Prince Elara," Lyra called, her voice melodic yet carrying a weight as cold as polar ice. "Our aid is not just a piece of metal you attach to your machine. To pierce the Sovereign's veil, your mind must be able to recognize the frequency of darkness before it destroys you. And in this place, only one person carries that frequency in his soul." Lyra turned toward the
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Chapter: Chapter 121: Ticket to Cosmic Hell"Stop grinning, Raka! That worm is still alive, oh my god!" yelled Sena in a panic.The girl stood trembling in the driver's room, pulling the train's emergency brake lever with all her might. Sparks sprayed from the iron wheels grinding harshly against the tracks. In front of her, Raka kicked the head of the cosmic worm that had just torn open the car's roof. His black bionic leg hit the creature's slimy snout dead on.An explosion of blue energy shattered the tunnel's darkness. The giant worm was thrown backward with its jaws completely destroyed.Crash!The worm's body slammed into the tunnel's support pillar until it collapsed. However, the residual energy kickback from Raka's strike caused their locomotive to be thrown off its tracks. The train crashed into the concrete blockade wall at the end of the tunnel, shattering into pieces, and launching them all onto the surface of the Megalopolis streets."Ouch, my back feels like it is go
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Chapter: Chapter 120: The Hunt Begins"Don't drive like a grandma going to the grocery store, Sena! Just ram that ugly worm!" Leo yelled.The blind man's left hand tightly gripped the edge of the open train car door. The violent shaking from the old iron wheels grinding against the rusty tracks tossed his massive body around. Thick smoke mixed with the smell of ozone from the alien laser fire outside seeped in, choking his lungs.In the driver's seat, Sena bit her lip gently. Both of her hands forcefully pulled the locomotive's control levers in reverse. Her tears fell not out of sadness, but from the stinging pain of the dust and flying sparks."That worm is the size of an apartment building! If I ram it, we are all going to turn into flattened sausages!" Sena shouted back.Sena took one hand off the lever, pulled a scavenged pistol from her jacket pocket, and fired it blindly through the shattered window. At the end of that dark tunnel, the round mouth of the cosmic worm, filled with thousands of viciously spinning meta
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Chapter: Chapter 119: Reassembling the Devil"Die, you fucking worm! Do not dare come near my train!" Sena shrieked at the top of her lungs.The shoulder-length-haired girl pulled the locomotive's reverse lever all the way back. Her right hand stuck out of the shattered driver's window, firing her pistol blindly into the darkness. The muzzle flashes lit up the round snout of the cosmic worm as it kept crawling and chasing them through the underground tunnel. Thousands of the monster's metal teeth spun wildly, spraying acidic slime that hissed as it hit the train's body. The violent shaking made Sena's head hit the window frame a few times, but fear forced her to ignore the pain.In the corner of the violently shaking train car floor, Raka leaned weakly against the cold steel wall.He did not care about the roaring alien worm out there. His blank stare was glued only to what was left of his left knee. His cargo pants were torn apart, leaving behind thoroughly mangled flesh from Baskoro's shotgun blast. Thick red blood kept flowin
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Chapter: Chapter 118: Despair and Sena's Redemption"Give me back my girlfriend, you bastard!" Raka roared, piercing through the thick smoke.The man blindly slammed his remaining intact right hand onto the laboratory's tiled floor. He did not care about his shattered and bleeding knuckles. He also ignored the pain from his left knee that had just been blasted to pieces by Baskoro. Silver and red blood mixed on the floor. The underground hatch where Elena had been kidnapped was already locked shut. Raka wailed in the most absolute despair.In the corner of the room, Sena coughed hard, gasping for air. The tear gas and the aftermath of the sonic blast made her chest tight. The girl opened her blurry eyes. The sight in front of her made Sena's heart feel like it stopped beating."El? Where is Elena?" Sena muttered in panic.There was no answer. Sena saw Raka, who was usually invincible, now crawling pitifully on the bloody floor, crying like a lost little kid. On the other side of the room, Leo knelt completely frozen. Fresh blood poured
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Chapter: Chapter 117: Blood Negotiation"Leo, please don't come any closer! He's going to inject air into my vein!" Elena screamed. Her voice trembled violently, shattering the tension in the stuffy laboratory.Leo's footsteps stopped abruptly. The tactical knife in his left hand dripped fresh blood, but his massive muscles tensed up stiffly. His radar caught the sharp hissing sound from the tip of the steel syringe pressing against Elena's neck. Baskoro was not bluffing. The colonel's finger was already firmly resting on the syringe's plunger. Just one millimeter of pressure, and the empty air would enter her blood vessel, killing Elena instantly from an embolism."Let her go, you coward! If you dare to kill Elena, I'll tear your guts out until you beg to die," Leo threatened with a very deep, hoarse voice."Don't act like a hero, Leo. You guys have already lost," Baskoro replied with a very cynical chuckle.In the corner of the room, Raka lay helpless. His left knee was completely shattered from Baskoro's shotgun blast a
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Chapter: Chapter 116: The Blind Executioner"What the hell was that sound? Sounds like someone just shot an alley cat!" Leo cursed.Leo pressed his left ear against the steel wall of the isolation bunker where he was locked up. His blind eyes stared blankly into the darkness, but his radar caught the sound vibrations traveling through the ventilation pipes. The sound of a gunpowder explosion. Raka's scream. And Elena's incredibly hysterical crying."Bastard! That guy Baskoro is hurting them!" Leo roared in fury.The large man punched the thick steel door in front of him with his left hand. The sound of the impact echoed inside the cramped cell, but the door did not budge. He was locked tight in Sector 9. Pure anger burned inside Leo's chest. The memory of Julianna exploding in the cargo plane flashed sharply in his head. He had failed to protect the woman he loved, and he refused to fail his friends today."Use your brain, Leo, use your brain. Muscles alone are not enough to open this vault," Leo muttered, forcing himself to ca
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