Ren walked down the corridor of Overland castle looking over the reports he got from the fallen kingdoms. Where was still some resistance from corrupted plants and animals which the Mikos where dealing with. All of this was becoming less and less of a problem to them as their experience is becoming more experienced in the field which they he liked.
But despite all of this he was having strange feelings recently like something was coming something bad was coming. Something big and he didn't like it one bit. But then again that was probably just him as he walked into his office and sat down at the chair looking over the reports. A few moments later he got sleepy all of a sudden. His eyes soon fell shut and his head slammed on the desk as he fell asleep.
He woke up above from what looked like a large Great wall of China like place with city's at different points outside the main wall but still walled. Still looking down he stood and looked down with an interested eye as the Keeper appeared beside him.
"Nice place, let me guess I'm in a different universe right?" he asked.
"Yeah one that's about to collapse. I believe in your original world you called this story 'Attack on Titan." she said.
Looking closer Ren realised that she was right and gave a nod. "Yeah but why are you showing m..." before he could finish a thought came to his head.
"There's something down there that leads to our world right?"
"Yeah it could lead those Titans to our world, if that happens I wouldn't be able to handle the souls coming into the underworld it will change a lot in our world. You have to stop them."
"Right no problem."
Ren suddenly awoke back in his office. He stood and ran to the forge to get making on some weapons to fight against the oncoming threat. Removing his tops due to the heat of the room the then began making plans on his weapons. The fist he needed was some kind of grapple-gun to moved fast across the streets and get to the back end of the Titans to take them out. Speed and fight he didn't need to worry too much about due to his demonic powers that allowed him to extend bat wings out from his back.
The main problem he had was for weapons to use against the beast's. He needed both a long range and close rage weapons to take them out. It was going to be a problem for the ranged part because he needed some kind of explosive to make sure that the Titan would stay down. He needed some kind of arrow that would penetrate the thick hide of the Titans skin before exploding. It would be messy but will kill them almost instantly.
He then needed something to give him a speed boost. Looking at the plans he could put the weapons to onto a frame allowing for less risk to the user. He could also put a twin-linked speed booster canister that would release a for of steam allowing for full acceleration. Soon a design was made that looked a lot like an exoskeleton with a grapple hook on one side and an arrow shotgun on the other.
But before he could get it to be made he needed to inform his wife's.
OOOOO
Yuki, Celda, Kelda, Fay, Jenna, Rinka, Halsa, Salina, Siren, Vesta and Vex sat in the main living room which acted like a meeting and politics place for all of them. Ren just told them all what the Keeper had requested from him and all of them where silent. If the underworld had such an influx of should no one would know what would happen. Even some things had to have a limit.
"Ren-kun you know we have little info about them. Even then we don't know how they'll react to you." Yuki said worried about him.
"Wait you know about this?" Kelda asked.
"Hai remember those manga's we gave to everyone?" Kelda nodded." Well they come from a nation called Japan. Me and Ren-kun used to read them. One of them was called 'Attack on Titan'. Which is about the last bastion of humanity fighting against giants who eat them for an unknown reason."
"Sounds fun." Vesta commented sarcastic.
"Agreed but what would happen if the Titans come here?" Ren asked.
No one said anything as they realised that there was no other way. They had to do something and seal whatever would let the Titans in.
"Ok we need to do something. The Titan combat suit will be made on a mass scale." Celda said.
"Yeah we also need Grenadiers to be tried with the equipment before we can send them with you Ren."
"Agreed, the Keeper said we have at least two months. So the training has to be done by then." Ren said with everyone nodding.
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A Capitan walked out of the Officers hut at the Grenadiers island walked out as the Grenadier's tried in close combat. The Capitan stood on a plinth looking over the training area.
"ATTENTION!" he yelled getting everyone's attention.
The trainees quickly stood to attention unless what they where doing was dangerous.
"We have an operation that requires volunteers. The operation will take place over a long period of time and two months with experimental combat equipment. Recruitment will end tomorrow so please move fast if you want this assignment, humans are not recommended for this operation." the Capitan said before walking back into the hut.
After he left the Grenadier's recruits began talking about the operation and what it was all about. But as they did a few of the recruits walked over the to the officer hut to sign up for the operation.
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Two days latter around 100 of the 500 Grenadier trainees stood in before a forested area at attention. Celda dressed in dark elven combat armour walked up and stood on a plinth looking over the Grenadiers.
"Welcome all, now you all know who I am so I'll keep this as brief as I can. You all are going to participate in an operation that will take place in another world. This world presents a threat to us in terms of gigantic beings known as the Titans. You will learn about them over the two months of training you will receive. You will not use conventional weapons to fight these beasts, but you will learn how to take them out with it. In order for this to be successful the Ou, Vex, Blade and Blaze will be training with you." Celda said.
That shocked the Grenadier's, to train with them would be an honour to them.
"Now you'll be spit up into 2 groups each with teams of 10."
Names where called out and everyone got into ten groups of ten which where then split up into 2 groups of 50. They where then dismissed until the next day.
The first group sat at desks as Yuki walked in. unlike the other group who where going to work on the anti-Titan combat gear. This group however was to learn about the Titan's. Yuki stood before the group and looked at them all.
"Ok welcome all, today your going to learn about the Titans, world and weapons you'll be using. Fist off let's begin with the Titans."
Yuki turned to the board behind her and drew four images. "Titan range from 3 to 17 meters high. There is an exception to this in the form of the colossal Titan which stands high at 60 meters high." Yuki said as a rumour sounded behind her which she ignored.
"Each Titan is different in looks and abilities. These Titans are called 'Abnormal'. Many Titans can be placed in category but their abilities are unknown unless you face them." Yuki said before turning to the class. "All Titans have regenerative abilities, for example if their head is blown off it will regrow in 2 minutes."
With that one of the Grenadiers raised their hand. "Nushi-sama does that mean that these Titan are Immortal?" she asked.
"No if fact they can be killed." Yuki said turning back to the board and drew the back of a neck and head of a Titan. "If you hit a Titan deep enough on the back of the neck or nape a Titan will not regenerate." Yuki turned back to the class. "Despite this however we do not have any information about their origins and purpose. Not to mention that their biology is really strange."
"Nushi-sama why is their biology strange?" asked another Grenadier.
"It's strange in that they have no noticeable organs. A typical Titan may look like an average human male but they are not. They have no organs as far as we know. As such they generate stream due to the amount of heat their body's give off. Also their apatite seems exclusively for humans but they do not need to eat us in order to survive. We don't even know why they need to eat us. Let that sink in, they are not eating us for their survival they are in it for the kill or something else."
The entire class was silent at that as Yuki continued.
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Outside the other group stood before Ren, Blade, Blaze and Vex.
"All right everyone listen up." Ren called out. "You may learn about Titans tomorrow but I will tell you something about them now. They can only be killed if you aim for the nape of their neck. If you go deep enough they will fall. But in order to fight then you need to master this."
He then indicated to a frame like suit that Blaze, Vex and Blade where wearing. "These have been named Titan suit's. They are equipped with 2 hook guns on both arms, 2 arrow shotguns and 2 flesh separation blades. It is made out of Moon steel which is the strongest metal we know of which is also very light. This suit will allow you to move fast across large distances. You'll have two months to master this weapon. Now can everyone pick up a suit and put it on as the instructions show."
The group of 50 then moved up and began picking up the suits that where on the tables in front of them. Each one took notice of the instructions on how to ware it. As they began to lock cuffs around pars of their arms and legs they noticed how light it was, despite it looking heavy. Once all of them had the equipment on they returned to a drill stance.
"Good now, the handles that you hold have 2 triggers and 2 buttons. The upper trigger fires the arrow shotgun, the lower trigger fires the cable. As for the buttons on the outer handle the upper one is for extending the blades and retracing them while the lower one is for a speed boost. These will help you in taking down a Titan. Now to moved with this aim one of the grapple gun's at a tree or building, it will then pull you in to that object. The forest behind me will serve as you practice area. The fist team that gets to the end of the forest will get first place in the food line. GO!"
With that the teams jumped off and fired off their cables into the trees and flew off into the forest with speed. The teams stayed close together as they moved through the forest as they where taught to stick together to make a better fighting force. The Medic weren't too far away to deal with the wounded during training. Ren watched as the volunteers flew through the trees wondering how many would come with hi to this world and how many would come back. But this was one of those things that had to be done.
