Edwin Lunar Chapter 101: The Truth of Groader

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The Core Chamber remained silent. Nobody moved. Nobody spoke. The Observer stood before them. Not as a conqueror. Not as a monster. Not as the terrifying legend that haunted history. Just a tired man. A man carrying twenty thousand years of regret. Yet despite his appearance, nobody forgot who he was. The Watchers feared him. The Architects followed him. Galaxies remembered him. And entire wars had been fought because of him. The Observer's gaze remained fixed on Edwin. For a brief moment neither spoke. Then Groader stepped between them. The movement was instant. Protective. Instinctive. The Observer sighed. "Still doing that." Groader's expression hardened. "You lost the right to complain." The atmosphere immediately became tense. Everyone could feel it. There was history here. A lot of history. The Observer looked at Groader for several seconds. Then something surprising happened. He smiled. Not mockingly. Not cruelly. Genuinely. "You survived." Groader frowned. "I disappointed you?" "No." The Observer shook his head. "You surprised me." That answer seemed honest. And somehow that made it worse. Edwin watched carefully. Something felt strange. Neither man looked like enemies. Not truly. Not the way Groader spoke about the Dominion. Not the way Humming spoke about the Great War. This felt different. Personal. Then the Observer looked toward Edwin. "You came here looking for answers." Edwin nodded. "Yes." "Then I'll give you one." The room became silent. The Observer slowly turned toward Groader. Then he spoke a sentence that froze everyone. "Groader never betrayed Orion." Silence. Absolute silence. Nobody moved. Nobody breathed. Even though Edwin already suspected the truth, hearing it directly from the Observer felt different. Final. Undeniable. The Observer continued. "The betrayal was my lie." Groader lowered his head. The old wound clearly remained. Twenty thousand years. And the lie still hurt. Humming stared at the Observer. His eyes widened. "You framed him." The Observer nodded. "Yes." The answer came without hesitation. Without excuse. Without defense. Just truth. For several moments nobody spoke. Then Carl finally broke the silence. "Okay." He pointed between them. "I know we're all having emotional revelations right now, but WHY?" The Observer looked toward him. Then answered. "Because I was afraid." The room froze again. Afraid? The most powerful being in existence? Afraid? The Observer slowly walked toward the Core. Golden light reflected from his silver eyes. "For thousands of years I searched for a solution." His voice echoed throughout the chamber. "A way to stop the Watchers." Images appeared around them. Ancient battles. Destroyed galaxies. Civilizations erased. The same horrors Edwin had seen before. "I failed." The images continued. More destruction. More death. More loss. "I watched realities disappear." The Observer's voice grew quieter. "I watched friends die." The visions showed Architects falling. Builders vanishing. Entire civilizations being consumed. Then the images changed. Wingard appeared. Young. Determined. Standing beside Groader. Beside Humming. Beside Edlin. The Original Orion. The Observer looked at them sadly. "They still believed there was hope." Silence filled the chamber. Then another image appeared. Groader. Alone. Standing before a massive machine. The room froze. "What is that?" Edwin asked. The Observer's expression darkened. "The Resonance Engine." Nobody recognized the name. Except Elyra. The Architect suddenly went pale. "No." The Observer nodded. "Yes." Elyra looked horrified. "What is it?" Edwin asked. Elyra answered quietly. "A weapon." The Observer corrected her. "No." His voice became firm. "A solution." The chamber grew silent. The Observer raised his hand. The vision expanded. The machine activated. Golden energy flooded entire sectors of space. Reality itself changed. The Watchers retreated. Entire regions were saved. Everyone stared. Because the machine worked. For the f