Edwin Lunar Chapter 52: The Heir of Orion

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Silver flames roared through the War Chamber. The air itself trembled as Edwin stood surrounded by blazing streams of silver and violet energy. Ancient Orion symbols glowed across the awakened armor covering his body while giant wings of light spread behind him like burning stars. Everyone inside Lunar Dominion Academy stared in silence. Even the giant Void being beyond the gateway had stopped moving. Carl pointed shakily toward Edwin. “…Okay.” He swallowed. “He officially looks like the final boss now.” Lucien lowered his blade slightly. “No…” His eyes narrowed at the glowing armor. “He looks like Wingard Lunar.” The words echoed heavily through the chamber. Commander Vael’s expression darkened instantly. “You awakened it completely…” Edwin slowly looked down at his hands. The armor no longer felt heavy. Or unstable. For the first time— It felt natural. Like it had always belonged to him. The ring pulsed once. And suddenly— Streams of information flooded his mind. Ancient battle tactics. Flight synchronization. Combat systems. Orion protocols. The armor was alive. Not mechanical. Connected directly to his consciousness. Outside the academy dome— The giant Void being stared silently at Edwin. Then softly spoke: The Silver Flame returns… The voice shook the moon. Students across Noroel watched the skies in terror while giant Dominion fleets surrounded the breach desperately. Inside the War Chamber, Humming stepped forward slowly. “Edwin.” His voice remained calm despite the chaos surrounding them. “Can you control it?” Edwin hesitated. Then nodded carefully. “I think so.” At that exact moment— The armor reacted. Silver energy exploded outward violently, cracking the floor beneath him. Carl immediately hid behind Iris. “HE DOES NOT CONTROL IT.” Iris adjusted her holographic shields calmly. “Observation confirmed.” Edwin clenched his fists tightly. The armor slowly stabilized again. But deep inside— He could feel something else awakening with it. Memories. Not his own. Visions flashed before his eyes suddenly. Wingard Lunar standing atop a burning Orion warship. Void creatures surrounding entire galaxies. A giant silver gateway collapsing. Then— A final image. Wingard kneeling beside young Edwin as a child. “Protect humanity… no matter what you become.” The vision vanished. Edwin’s chest tightened painfully. Vael stepped closer. “The armor contains Wingard’s battle consciousness.” Everyone looked toward him. Vael’s silver spear folded back into his armor as he stared at Edwin coldly. “The Orion Flame Armor was designed to synchronize with its user completely.” Carl blinked. “…That sounds emotionally dangerous.” “It is.” Vael’s eyes sharpened. “If synchronization reaches one hundred percent, the armor can overwrite the user entirely.” Silence fell instantly. Edwin looked down at the glowing armor again. “You’re saying my father is inside this thing?” “Fragments of him.” Vael crossed his arms. “Combat instincts. Tactical memory. Emotional echoes.” The commander’s expression darkened slightly. “The Orion warriors believed this would preserve humanity’s strongest protectors forever.” Lucien narrowed his eyes. “And did it work?” Vael remained silent briefly. Then quietly answered: “No.” The chamber dimmed as ancient battle recordings appeared again. Several Orion warriors wearing similar silver armor moved through giant battlefields against the Void. But one by one— Their armor consumed them. Their eyes lost humanity. Their bodies transformed into beings made entirely of silver Flame energy. Carl looked horrified. “…That is definitely a bad side effect.” “The Flame amplifies emotion,” Vael explained. “Fear becomes terror. Anger becomes destruction.” Then he looked directly at Edwin. “And grief becomes obsession.” The ring pulsed sharply. Edwin suddenly understood why his father vanished during the Great War. Wingard had not only fought the Void. He had fought the armor itself. Outside— The giant Void being slowly raised its hand towar