AN: Hey,
surprise, I was hardworking, the next chapter is now up :). Please listen to Omnis Lacrima (the Behemoth battle theme in the demo) if it is possible. I wrote this chapter while listening to this soundtrack for the whole time I was writing and it gives the battles a thrilling touch! Well, please enjoy!
If everything goes well, I might have the next chapter after this one also up in a few hours, have fun reading!
ben4kevin: hey :), thanks a lot for staying with me! Glad you like it so far.
LisAlice: You are very welcome, my dear. And of course, I'll grant your wish :). Hopefully the battles will be in the manner that you are anticipating them to be. Ah, Lord Dius is just the temporary name for the hood-guy. As soon as we know his proper name I shall dutifully rename him xD. In this story he will be the son of King Eldercapt. He will be the Prince of Niflheim. Thanks a lot for your support dear, enjoy!
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Chapter 8: The Archeans - Part Three
"Do we have everything?" Ignis is taking a last look into the caravan of Wiz Chocobo Post, making sure we didn't forget anything. "Alright, let's get going. The Behemoth might be not that far away from here. We just need to follow the path further down from this hill."
Now that the hunt for the Behemoth becomes real, I feel a bit nervous. I look at Prom, who is standing beside me with a somewhat pale face and I lean over to his lips to kiss him once more. "Don't worry too much. Everything will be alright." He is nodding at me and taking my hand to squeeze it in thanks. Then we switch our flash lights on, as it is already dark outside. We decided to hunt Deadeye this evening, so that we can rest the night after and then pay for the car repairs immediately in the morning, to have our car back. There is a lot to do, lot's of subjects to research and a lot for us to prepare.
Suddenly, all of us feel this strange pressure in our guts, that something big will happen very soon. We need to set our plans into motion much earlier, than we originally thought.
Then I nod to everyone. "Well, let's go."
Gladio and Ignis are walking in front of us, guiding us to the final trail, that was leading us yesterday to where the Behemoth might be hiding. We are as silent as possible, to avoid any battles that would only exhaust everyone prematurely.
After walking for awhile, successfully avoiding two packs of sabertusks, we finally stand before the entrance of Deadeye's hiding place. We nod to each other, and tip-toe our way deep into the ruin very carefully. Untouched vegetation all around us, a thick fog is clouding our view further into this place, so we move nearer to the vegetated walls and bushes to secure our backs from any suprising attacks. Gladio is the first one who is leading us deeper into the hideout, and then we stop at once as he is signalling us with a quick hand gesture to halt our movements.
Just when he was about to start walking again, all of a sudden a huge pack of sabertusks are appearing and attacking us from every corner at once. Ignis is warning us: "Pay attention, everyone!" I instantly summon my ravage Avenger sword to start fighting them off in a chain of unstopping and rapid full thrusts and blows, the weapons varying quickly with each movement of my arms as I focus on each one to appear whenever my techniqes are changing. Even with my ability to see beyond the human spectrum of light, the darkness and fog around us is making it very hard for me to follow their fast-paced jumps. "Noct! Watch out!" Prompto is shooting his blocking bullets at the dark creature at my side, freezing it's body in the air for a few seconds, and I immediately rotate my entire body in it's direction, giving a loud cry as I spear it with the Partisan, slashing the sabertusk without mercy into the hard stone wall behind me. "Thanks Prom!" I see from the corner of my eye how Ignis is healing Gladio, one of the sabertusks seem to have bitten on his leg and injured him pretty badly. I grit my teeth in frustration. There are simply too many of them! As I run forward to protect those two from another incoming pack of these annoying animals, Prompto is giving a shout of pain. I turn my head in his direction and the sight is boiling my blood in anger. Prom is lying on the ground, being cornered by three sabertusks and one seems to have bitten him as well. Just when they are about to fully jump at his body, I activate my warp ability to teleport myself instantly before his feet, summon the Zweihänder into both of my hands and with a deep grunt I stab heavily at all three bodies in a finishing move, hurling them with a force as far back as possible, while listening at the collision on the grassy ground as their bodies give a satisfying thud. With a relieved smile we give each other a high five, then I warp back to Gladio, shouting to Ignis that Prom was bitten. He nods and rushes to Prom's side to heal him.
"There seems to be a whole colony of these monsters around here. What do you suggest we do?" Gladio is throwing off with all his might two of his attackers against the tree before him and is looking around for a loophole for us to run away.
I jump up high, the Wyvern Lance in my hands as I land directly on a clueless sabertusk behind Gladio to help him fight off some more, and then I shout back to him: "They will just follow us, if we don't find a way to eliminate them quickly we will exhaust ourselves too much!" My mind is working furiously to find a solution. The fight with Deadeye will be the hardest of all and then having all these sabertusks trailing behind us while we confront the Behemoth at the same time, would be impossible for us to manage. Think Noct! Running away is not an option. As this is the only entry to this hideout, there are no other ways to go inside from a different angle. Think!
Would I have more Phantom Swords by my side, the ancient weapons would make short work of their colony at once ...
God, that's it!
Phantom Swords!
"Gladio! I have something in mind, but it will put you all at risk. Take over for me for one minute!" My heart starts beating faster, as I look hastily around me to find a good spot to warp up to.
Gladio is growling at the wild critters before him and is shouting back: "Just hurry up with whatever you need to do!"
I squint my eyes at my surroundings, fear gripping over my heart as I hear Ignis cry out in pain and Prom fighting bravely to protect him. And finally! I gasp in relief when I see further above, just a few inches over the thick fog, the top of a transmission tower. I warp myself quickly up on the highest spot with one of my two Phantom Swords. Immediately I close my eyes to focus on the feeling that the aura of these mystical swords are giving me. With these feelings in my mind, I am trying to call all scattered swords around this area, my hope growing strong that there might be a chance for us to come out unscathed from this pressing situation.
And because I know now, that these swords have a consciousness of their own, I try to talk to them.
"Phantom Swords of Lucis! You have served King Regis Lucis Caelum until the bitter end, and I know, the contract hasn't been agreed properly upon my blood yet as the sole heir, for you to continue your duty the same way as the ancient rules do require, but my friends and I are in grave danger! I hereby summon all of you at my side, not to serve, but to protect us out of your own free will!"
My eyes are still closed very tightly, and with a furiously beating heart I wait for some very painful long moments. I can hear from here the pained grunts of my friends on the ground. I count every long second in my head, hoping and intending and calling in my mind with all I have, knowing that there is no time anymore to wait.
"Noct! Time is up! Ignis is unconscious and Prompto is injured!"
Damn these ancient contracts! Whoever invented them to tie magical artifacts to human beings by blood must have been totally deranged!
I let out a loud curse and prepare myself to jump down, my Wyvern Lance ready at my call, trying not to be dissapointed that the Phantom Swords are not answering to my plea. And then I let myself fall down, right into the deep fog below me and all of a sudden five Phantom Swords fly at my direction with such a speed, that I need to cry out in surprise from the impact, as they glow brightly and melt abruptly into my floating body. Merging with my inner power, waking it up as my eyes change their colour to red. With deep feelings of gratitude for their support, I land on my feet, falling down on my knees on the ground right behind Gladio, hearing him breathing hard with extertion. "What the hell took you so long?"
With a deadly serious look in my eyes, I raise my body up and just when he is looking over his shoulder at me I shout to him: "Take Ignis and Prompto as far away as possible!"
He is frowning at me for a moment, seeing my red glowing eyes. Not questioning my command, he is immediately rushing forward to help Prom up and I see them carrying Ignis far back into the field behind me, the fog making them almost invisible. Then I look in front of me again, eyes glowing with the intent to kill.
The sabertusks around me are closing in, whining loudly, growling and snarling at me as they creep slowly forward. God, there must be literally hundreds of them living here, as they do keep coming and coming from somewhere further deep inside of this hideout. And I wonder briefly, how the hell can they still be alive with Deadeye using this ruin as his hiding place? I give a snort, probably they taste as disgusting as they look on the outside.
Suddenly the first row of animals start to run, closing very fast the distance between us and just as they jump high at me I activate the Armiger with a blast, blowing the first row of sabertusks with a hard thud against the walls around me. All seven Phantom Swords glowing and closing in a secure circle around me, spinning and protecting me from any incoming attack while they warp themselves in succession to stab mercilessly at any enemy intending to harm me.
With a roaring howl every animal in close range is rushing forward to attack, all at the same time, and I warp myself very high up in the air, only to warp down again to appear inches over their bodies to slash furiously at their weak points and eliminating one after another in a rushing tempo. My blood is pumping with adrenaline, as my inner power is keeping the magic flowing and I am very thankful at this moment for Prompto's life force. Without his help my magic would have run out by now and without the Armiger I wouldn't be able to clear out this place of all sabertusks at all. So I speed up my movements, plunging my weapons with each warp deeply into their bony figures, hearing their whines and howls, all the while relentlessly decimating their kind. From the outside I might look like a flash of light, appearing and disappearing from place to place, whirls of light following my body and blending with the fog around me whenever my weapons hit the enemies successfully through the air. The exhilarating feeling of being free, of flying around, is pushing my excitement in this fight to it's limit and I become even faster, my focus grows even sharper with every hit that I land. I never knew the Armiger would feel that powerful. And all of this only with seven swords so far. It's incredible!
After more precise stabs and slashes at their bodies, the end is finally in sight. One sabertusk is jumping, trying to bite at my leg from behind, but it's body is instantly repelled by the Phantom Swords, it's collision on the ground severe and the body instantly dying. My own body feels light as a feather as I strike down the last remaining wild animals and then land on my feet with a hard thump on the grassy ground, swords still acting as a barrier around me and I take a final look at my surroundings, waiting. Only now do I realize that their bodies have somehow completely disappeared.
"Noct! Are you alright?" Prom is rushing over to me, Gladio and a healthy Ignis following. "Dear Lord! That's the Armiger!" The guys are staring shell-shocked at the mystical swords that are still protecting me. Ignis is stepping forward "But how? You only had two ancient swords so far."
"I deeply apologize to all of you for letting these creatures hurt you. But I had suddenly this insane idea to call upon the Phantom Swords around this area. And they answered my call! Without a proper contract! I still can't believe it ..." I look at my hands, as my will focuses on the Armiger to stop it's protection for now, my body still feeling energized enough to take on Deadeye and then I look at Prom with a soft look in my eyes. "It's all thanks to you Prom. My magic grew stronger." He is beaming up at me and nodding. Then I look at Gladio and Ignis. "Thank you guys and again, I am sorry, but there was no room for explanations for what I intended to do."
Gladio is suddenly laughing out loud, as he is telling us relieved: "We are alive and well, that's the most important thing now!" And Ignis is walking towards me to lay his hand on my shoulder. "It may have been insane, but you did well to listen to your intuition. Thanks to that, we are free to go deeper into the ruin without further interferences."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's move forward!" Gladio is leading again and we are following silently behind him.
Prom is then halting me for a moment, as he is pulling me into him to kiss me softly on my lips. "I'm glad you are alright." He is drawing back with a gentle smile and I just kiss him one more time with a smile of my own, and then take his hand into mine. "Come."
As we finally reach the inner area of the ruin, we can hear distant snoring. The sounds informing us of Deadeye sleeping deeply. Ignis is now the one leading us, stopping behind a destroyed wall, as we all kneel behind it and he starts relating his plan with a soft voice. "Now listen closely, each one of us will need to do his part if we're to succeed. Noct, you are to wake up and lure the cat out of his deep sleep into the middle area of this place." I just nod to him, my blood still pulsing with the adrenaline from earlier. He continues, while starting to move ahead first, sneaking with his feet silently forward: "Let me walk you all through the plan. Follow me."
We all rush as quietly as possible behind him, running a small hill down until we reach a gas tank and we stop before it. Ignis is gesturing for Prom to come forward. "You will position yourself over there on the hill. Just fire one of your most volatile bullets on the gas tank to set off a huge blast, set the timing shortly afterwards when Noct has lured Deadeye into your shooting range." Prom is nodding seriously and with a final wink at me, he is running up the hill once more to get to his position and making himself ready, pulling his gun from the holder on his waist.
Then we follow Ignis further ahead, as he is stopping before a huge wall, just a few inches away from a transmission tower, to tell Gladio his part. "Gladio, you will lay in wait and immediately attack from the cat's blind spot, distracting it until the gas tank is blowing off, hopefully the explosion will weaken Deadeye enough for Noct to finish him off with only one hit." Gladio is then positioning himself as well, grinning widely, while saying to me: "Good luck." I only smirk back at him, glad for his humorous approach as it does lessen my rising nervousness somewhat.
Now there is only Ignis and me, running the last steps before the final wall, that is separating the Behemoth from us. "You will wake Deadeye, warp back to us with the beast in tow as quickly as possible, and amid the chaos of the blast, land the finishing blow at him." He is adjusting his glasses, making himself ready to protect me from his hiding spot just in case something goes wrong. I nod at him, saying softly: "Alright, leave it to me."
Taking first a good look around me, assessing the best spots to warp myself to and finding a few scattered disabled transmission towers in my close proximity that are ideal for the plan to be successful, I run up to the sleeping giant cat making as much noise as possible to alert him of my presence. Instantly he is rising his head to look in my direction and with a deep growl he is standing up and immediately jumping down from the high place, from where he just slept very deeply, to hunt me down with huge running footsteps. Dear God, Deadeye is a massive beast! Seeing him now so closely, my heart starts beating furiously in my chest as I turn myself around, running forward and just as the beast is rising his huge claw to hit me down I trigger my warping ability to disappear from his hitting range, appearing high up on one of the towers. Deadeye is now growling louder, following me and with a grunt I warp myself onto the next tower, and then again after he is closing the distance between us. I trigger one final warp, placing myself high up on the last transmission tower in front of the gas tank and wait there for our plan to unfold.
Gladio is running at the beast's blind-side on the back, slashing with the Zweihänder directly at the left thigh in front of him, while Deadeye is giving a pained howl and looking confused around as he is stopping his huge claws, now standing directly at the tank, where I hear Prom shooting a bullet precisely into the middle of it to blow it off in a grand explosion. The flames engulf the entire huge body of the beast, all the while we hear him whining and growling in pain. And just when the blazing flames cool down enough for me to be safe, I warp down onto Deadeye's large back and with a loud cry I stab my most vigorous Phantom Sword hard into his muscles, ripping the flesh and cutting deeply through his bones. With a hard thud the beast is falling down onto the ground and I hold onto my sword tightly, closing my eyes, as the impact is almost throwing me off his back. I hear the guys coming over, their joyful cries and laughter at being successful are infectious and I look over just when Prom and Gladio give each other another high five and see a relieved Ignis nodding back at all of us.
I find myself laughing in relief as well, slowly standing up and vanishing the sword as it has become useless. But just when I want to jump down, the beast is growling once more, it's trembling body heaving itself up with vehemence and with a heavy shake he is throwing me off of his strong back behind him and I cry out in surprise and pain from the forceful impact on the ground, and I roll downward a few times, only to land somewhere further back from it's huge body. The collision is wounding my entire body instantly immobile. I let out some vicious painful groans and coughs as I feel inside of my chest that some of my ribs seem to be broken.
"Noct!" The guys are rushing at my side, Ignis crouching down beside me to look for any injuries. From the corner of my eyes I see the beast rising his claw at Prom, hitting him with force against the wall behind him, his bullets having absolutely no impact upon the hard muscles before him, and then I see how Gladio is rushing to stand protectively before Prom, rising his sword against Deadeye, but the angry beast is already knocking him out of the way, howling out a terrifying sound that is chilling our bodies to the bones.
I grip tightly on Ignis arm with my shaky hand. "Run!" I shout to him, coughing out the first drops of blood out of my throat. Deadeye already fixing his stare at us and making himself ready to jump on his prey. Ignis is looking desperately into my eyes. "Just take the guys and run far away from here! Trust me!", I cry out forcefully, making him understand that they can't stay here. All the while the area around us is becoming darker and darker, angry looking clouds are closing in on the sky above us and hiding the full moon. "Let me at least heal you!" Ignis is placing his palms over my chest, preparing himself to cast Cure at me, but my hands are instantly stopping him. "No!" I need to cough out more blood, the movement of my chest hurting like hell. "Ignis! Just do as I say! This is an order!" His displeasure palpable on his face, as he is grudgingly standing up and leaving my side to save Prom and Gladio and hopefully running very far away from this place. Prom is screaming at Ignis and cursing at him for leaving me here all alone, but it seems Gladio has taken already a hold on him to drag him with force from this place. My heart is beating madly with such a deep love for him, as I know how painful it must be for him to leave me behind.
I look up at the furious drumming sky, violet lightning bolts are roving above us and I force myself to lay on my back, wincing because of the burning pain on my broken ribs. I see the violet lightning bolts now appearing all around me, their constant hits on the ground heating up the air and making my body tremble, resonating deep within me, reverberating on my inner power, summoning the natural lightning elements from the sky to aid and function as my protection. I can hear Deadeye's enraged growls coming closer and I close my eyes tightly, preparing myself for the painful impact as the beast is striking down on my legs and I scream out in agony, hearing Prom's heartful cries for my name somewhere farther back. Good God! That was painful as hell!
Then a clashing lightning bold is striking around us, almost robbing me of my sense of hearing and I open my eyes to slits to get a glimpse of what is happening here. And suddenly a huge hand is materializing beside me and I feel it's soft grip on my hurt body as it is tightening me securely inside of it's palm. I ignore the deep pain as I hold onto it's fingers and I look up, only to hear myself gasp in absolute awe at the sight before me. This must be Ramuh, master of the lightning element! My father already told me about this elemental being, but to see him with my very own mortal eyes is truly an out of this world experience!
I feel his left hand closing fully around me and now he is lifting his arm high up to the level of his shoulder, his human looking face staring intensly at me as if assessing my injuries and I cry out in pain, because he is instanly healing my ribs with some burning lightning bolts into my chest, sizzling brightly from the inside of his huge palm. And finally I can breathe much easier, the pain vanishing completely and only now do I realize how close I was from dying. Sending Ramuh my deepest gratitude for his protection, his eyes glow brightly in answer and then he is rising his awe-inspiring magical rod high into the sky above us. I feel electrical charges all around us, collecting every bit of energy from nature, focusing intently into a huge ball of lightning that is promising a fatal destruction to come. My hairs are rising up on my body from the powerful force, making me dizzy with it's strength and with a final movement of his charged magical staff, Ramuh is raising the lightning storm around us to it's highest levels to thunder his immense power viciously upon the defenceless Behemoth below us with a deafening nasty bang! Reducing everything around us instantly to ashes! Deadeye didn't even have the time to howl out his last breath, the collision of this power having been too extreme.
After the blazing area settles down, Ramuh is moving his arm slowly downwards and as his hand touches the ground he opens his palm to let me jump down. I turn around to look up once more in gratitude at him and I think his glowing eyes are smiling back at me, bowing his head slightly in return and I can only gape totally awe-struck as his entire form dissolves into a myriad of beautiful shimmering colourful lights, caressing the vegetation around us to heal everything back to it's original form. And I smile relieved, because Ramuh was indeed not created for pure destruction. The only one not healing is the Behemoth lying dead before me and I squint my eyes at his charred back, when I identify a Phantom Sword sticking out of his back. How come I didn't see this one before? I rush over to take a hold of it, feeling it merging with the other ancient swords inside of me, their power growing with each additional sword that is joining my inner power.
"Noct!"
A relieved sigh is escaping me when I hear the guys running once again toward me, with a crying Prom in front as he is rushing forward to jump at me forcefully and embracing me in his tears, knocking me almost down. "Noct! Good God, I was so afraid!" He is then holding my face to look better at me, relief clearly visible in his eyes, trails of tears glistening on his cheeks and my heart is squeezing in pain at having scared him that much. "I am sorry ..." He is only shaking his head and then is taking a tissue out of his pocket and cleaning my blood stained chin. "Are you still hurt anywhere?" He is looking with a concerned frown into my eyes. "No, Ramuh has been healing me. I'm alright now."
Gladio is slapping me hard once on my back. "Kindly warn us the next time, of what is going on in this reckless head of yours, we really thought we were leaving you to die here!" I gulp down my rising shame, seeing him so emotionally ruffled is making me feel like a kid once more. But before I can open my mouth to say my apology he is grabbing me hard into his body to hug the hell out of me. "You don't know how glad we are that you are alright!" I glance sideways as Ignis is stepping forward. God! If looks could kill I would instantly fall down on the ground below me and never stand up again!
Gladio is letting me go and Prom is making room for Ignis to close the distance between us and I duck my head, closing my eyes tightly as I wait for his retribution that I deserve to come.
But ... nothing happens.
I open one eye to look at his face again and I give a sudden start at his expression. We have fought many hard battles in the past, and we have helped each other more times than I can count and we have survived some pretty horrible fights. But I have never seen him afterwards with such a deep relieved smile on his face, as he is looking at me now. From all of us, Ignis was the least touchy-feeling person in our group. And for the first time, he is closing in swiftly and is hugging me very tightly to his chest. His arms almost hurting my back, because of the strength with which he is holding me. I close my eyes once again, my head resting on his shoulder, feeling hot tears coming out of them as I hug him tightly back. And suddenly I feel Prom joining us as as well, his sweet kisses on the side of my face comforting me, and Gladio is laughing out loud and just for fun he is hugging me once more and then we all roar out in laughter at our silliness. Absolutely relieved at having each others backs and that we all are alive and well.
And just at this moment a thundering, deep earthquake is shaking the ground below us and growing stronger by the minute.
We all look at each other in confusion. "What is happening?" Prom is looking at a wall behind me that is suddenly shattering apart in thousands of pieces as the stones meet the shaking ground and crumble at the force, the remains rolling forth and end up hitting our feet. "What the hell?!" He is jumping back in shock.
Huge cracks are appearing everywhere and we immediately look for a safe place somewhere higher on the hill. Ignis is guiding us quickly forward, while the eyes on his pale face are staring straight before him in thought. "We haven't experienced an earthquake of this magnitude for over hundred of years!" Gladio is cursing outloud as a deep crack is ripping the ground below us apart and now we are seriously starting to run away, all the while looking aghast at our surroundings, because the ruin is falling apart, the vegetation around us is moving constantly back and forth and a huge tree is almost hitting us with it's branches on it's way down, as the earth below is shaking madly and I almost trip over the uneven ground. But Prom is holding my hand and pulling me up behind him and I give him a thankful nod for his help.
"Where can we hide?" I ask, trying to catch my breath, because my heart is beating furiously at the realisation of the grave situation we suddenly find ourselves to be in. And as I feared, Ignis is shouting his reply: "There is no place to hide. This earthquake seems to be focused on the entire Duscae region!" Prom is staring at him in shock. "What now? The people on the Wiz Chocobo Ranch and the ones on the gas station! And Cidney! Someone needs to help them!" Gladio is then stepping in: "Calm down, I am sure they will find a solution to this, this is their area of expertise as this has always been an endangered place for earthquakes." But Ignis is shaking his head, not stopping his running and replying: "This earthquake is deliberate, it's force is not normal at all. My best guess would be, somebody woke up the Archean Titan!"
Then Prom, Gladio and I call out simultaneously: "What?!"
He continues: "If we want to stop this, we need to confront Titan!" Gladio is looking at him sideways, as if on each side of Ignis head have grown suddenly two heads. "Surely you jest! We are not prepared for such a confrontation! He is an Archean and not a mere mortal beast!"
Prom is then laughing in disbelief and shouting: "Guys, then I can just pack up and go home. See you later! I don't have any bullets on me, that will be strong enough to even tickle his feet!"
We laugh with him for a moment, and then Gladio is looking back over his shoulder at me: "But Noct has the Armiger! And the summon! Would your power suffice?" I shake my head negatively at him. "I'm almost at my limit. Imagine how all of this today would have ended up without the life energy that my power has acquired up until now." Then Ignis is smirking over his shoulder at me: "What's the problem? Prompto is within your immediate reach." I gape at him stupidly. "Are you serious? Did you just take a look around us? Where in the world do you see here a quiet spot for any erotic activities?!" He is just shrugging his shoulders at me. "Just teasing you." I run up faster to his side to punch him on his shoulder. "Smart-ass!" And I can hear Prom laughing at our behaviour.
"Over there!" Gladio is pointing to a high place where the earthquake is not reaching up yet, and we immediately run over to step on it, seeking the best place out to catch our breaths while we look down below us into the darkness of the night.
"I don't believe it! Titan is destroying everything ... " Prom is gaping and I follow his eyes with my own. I gasp out loud. "Dear God ..." The ground seems to have broken apart on several places, deep dark slashes adorning the terrain far below on the Duscae plain.
Gladio is pointing with his finger and shouting: "There, the Astral Shard! It's moving!" We all look at the gigantic feet stomping heavily onto the ground, as the colorful glowing shard on it's back is moving slowly but firmly along.
Prom's voice is shaking. "Guys, do you see the same as what I see just happening?"
Ignis is nodding. "Yes. Titan is walking ... in our direction."
And Gladio is cursing. "Holy shit!"
Holy shit indeed!
At this very moment, the only thing that we can do, is to stand here. Utterly stunned to the spot. Because nobody has a clue yet of how to proceed.
And if this is not enough for today, our hair is suddenly ruffling up and our clothes flutter madly from the forceful wind blowing from behind, as several Niflheim airships arrive. Just in time for the big party of the millenium. Because I am now sure, that the world has not seen an active Archean for over hundreds or even thousands of years.
Already the Magiteck soldiers jump down from their airships onto the ground, a dozen of Niflheim flags everywhere.
"I think we have a problem."
I roll my eyes. Trust Ignis to point out the obvious. But I reply back at him anyway.
"Yes. We do."
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