Chapter 411: A Dream 4 (1/2)

Chapter 411: A Drea began in 2000 and with it cae of Villains, full of strife between superpowered individuals that thought theuard struck down Zahak

Fro the world into even deeper chaos

The Monstering ended in 2070 as Vanguard's power reached heights never before seen, pushi+ng back the great titans that killed billions

A full seventy years of conflict throughout the world By that point, peace was a faraway concept - a distant dream And that dream never came back

2077 and 2090 saw the first and second Corpowars

2100 saw the death of Vanguard

2120 heralded the invasion of the Greys

But now, finally, after over a century of constant devastation, an a new age

The Age of Peace

The Hero stood at the rooftop of a pristine white tower tall enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the clouds The sun was bright, its golden rays an ever elcome The skies were blue - bluer than they had ever been after world initiatives to maintain the planet's ecosystem with the aid of the Voice

The Herodoith are black shi+eld with three points shone with neon light on the face of the tower beneath hiht

One reen like the Hero's personal bulwark A symbol of the Hero

One a pure, snohite A syulated the world's variants

One a deep, ultraether, they created the WPA (World Protection Alliance) that was responsible for ushering in this Age of Peace

Carefully prograence of the Panopticon, now transitioned mankind into a post-work, post-scarcity era And with that transition ca ofwith the base struggle for survival, to fill one's stoht for one's life, ress

A progress borne out of a century of wartiress that, hopefully, would ress that, under the WPA's guidance, contributed to the Starbound Movereed to shelter humanity on earth, but only on the condition that mankind find a way off the world in time

Thus, the Starbound Movehtestuiding hand of its mother earth to seek the vast infinity of the cos so serious about?"

The Hero looked back to see his daughter She was now fifteen, nearly a full grooman She was dressed in a black costume streaked with lines of neon rainbow She had inherited y, and it showed in her multicolored, iridescent eyes and hair strands

She was a hero in her own right, though, having been born after the Grey invasion, she had never known any conflict above stopping the occasional street thug

The very concept of heroes the outdated Automented by corporate interests and Panopticon directive shortcolobal security

However, the Hero alwaystoo far to create a surveillance state where man was stripped of their will

By now, the idea of a hero was mostly a way to reminisce on old tiood

"I' down again His heightened vision could see far belon to the streets of Haven

They thrived with activity, full of people with srim, dirty, frown-ridden e of Peace

The streets were spotless clean and presented an oddly harmonious fusion between nature and futuriss of pure white Trees, grasses, and flowers and flowing blue waters stood side by side with streets andain, huh? But you know, this is all how far YOU'VE cohter She crossed her ar Which feels even worse considering I have an incredibly awesome dad who basically saved the world"

"I couldn't have done it myself I needed everyone Especially your e h a swirl of distorted space A white labcoat trailed behind her as she adjusted cracked goggles above her head

"Hah, I thought you were listening around," said the Hero, set the chance to bad mouth you, huh?"

Elaine raised a brow as she stood beside the Hero "And you feel like doing that?"

"No, not really - you get what I mean," said the Hero

"Dad, I think you should stop while you're ahead," said the daughter

The Hero sighed "You're right, Krysa Your dad can handle planetary threats, but your le"