The Juggernaut's corpse lay smoking in the dust, its crushed visor still flickering with dying power.
Ryo exhaled slowly, rolling his shoulders. His body was still thrumming, muscles charged with the raw energy of combat.
This wasn't just a victory.
It was a message.
Hellion had hunted him.
And now?
He was hunting them back.
Aftermath of a Battle
Karin wiped sweat from her forehead. "Tell me that was the last one."
Vos surveyed the canyon, his sniper still raised. "No movement. For now."
Ryo stared at the ruined war machines, the scattered bodies of Hellion infantry.
His hands clenched.
This wasn't a random attack.
They had sent a full kill squad.
That meant two things.
One: They were afraid of him.
Two: They weren't done.
> "Oh yeah, rookie. You made some enemies today. Hope you like war, because that's what you're getting."
Ryo's eyes narrowed.
"Then it's time to stop running."
Building the Resistance
Karin raised an eyebrow. "What exactly are you suggesting?"
Ryo stepped onto the smoldering wreck of the Juggernaut, his gaze locked on the distant horizon.
"Hellion controls everything. Their machines, their soldiers, their technology—it's all designed to make sure no one fights back."
He turned to them.
"So we're going to give them something to be afraid of."
Vos crossed his arms. "And that would be?"
Ryo smirked.
"An Iron Rebellion."
A War Worth Fighting
Karin scoffed. "You want to take on Hellion? Just the three of us?"
"Not just us."
Ryo looked at the burning wreckage around them.
The old battlefields. The abandoned soldiers. The forgotten Ironborn projects.
There were others out there.
People who had been fighting alone.
People who needed a leader.
And whether he had asked for it or not…
That was exactly what he had become.
The Call to Arms
> [NEW QUEST UNLOCKED: THE IRON REBELLION.]
[OBJECTIVE: BUILD A RESISTANCE. TAKE THE WAR TO HELLION.]
> "Oh-ho! Now you're talking. Let's start a goddamn revolution!"
Ryo grinned.
"No more running. No more hiding."
His gaze hardened.
"It's time to burn Hellion to the ground."