It was Saturday evening in the city of Sapa, and Relos was enjoying his day off from work. Just as he was drifting off to sleep after a conversation with his fiancée, a blinding light pierced through his window. The light was so intense it almost blinded him, far brighter than any light inside his apartment. Startled, he moved to the edge of his bed, covering his body and eyes with his blanket. Along with the light, there was a hum, a vibrating sound that resonated through the room. As he listened to this strange noise, his consciousness slowly faded. Terrified, he tried to force himself awake, but the sensation overwhelmed him, and he blacked out.

Relos found himself standing in a wide hall where emerald crystals floated everywhere, pulsating with light. The ground was made of metal, crisscrossed with lines of emerald light like an intricate circuit, all seemingly emanating from a giant throne in front of him. Symbols, unknown and mysterious, floated around the throne, appearing and fading away like dust.

The throne was empty, and given its immense size, he assumed the creature that sat there must have been a giant. Pinching himself to see if it was just a dream, he was surprised to feel pain. Trying to understand the situation, all he could recall was the blinding light that had entered his apartment and the strange vibrating noise he had heard before passing out. After standing still for several minutes, pondering his next move, he decided to call out to see if anyone else was with him, but no one answered.

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Since he was the only person there, fear began creeping in. He thought about his family and fiancée, who would be searching for him now that he was missing. Determined to find an exit, he began to search for a door or some way out. The hall had no walls on its sides; it felt like a vast platform suspended in a dark void. As he moved forward towards the throne, an emerald light suddenly appeared beside it, forming the outline of a giant door. The door's edges were adorned with unknown symbols and lines, creating circular and triangular shapes like a hologram, pulsating with an eerie emerald glow. After a few minutes, someone emerged from the holographic door.

A giant creature stepped out, surpassing the throne in height, its body encased in a robotic suit. Although Relos had braced himself to see a monster, what he saw was a huge humanoid figure with a bird-like head. Emerald symbols adorned its armor, and circuit-like lines traced patterns over its hands and feet, converging at its chest. Emerald crystals hovered around its body, moving in an intricate dance, and an emerald halo, inscribed with mysterious symbols, glowed on its back.

The creature sat down on the throne and looked at Relos for a few minutes without saying anything. Its posture, coupled with its emerald glowing eyes, intimidated Relos. Throughout his life, he had never seen such a creature. His heart pounded like a drum, and his brain urged him to run, but his body was rooted to the ground, unresponsive.