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'Poseidon's army' does involve Jason the 'Red Baron', if I'm honest in the first 'rewrite' I decided against showing what happened and how a surrounded army escaped, just remember that it exists it will play a vital role in the future even if it'll be considered outdated by the new 'modern standards'.
Yes Jason is the Red Baron I won't make a side story on how he got it but ill drop some hints, I wonder who will guess first also no he didn't defile his enemies corpses or bath in blood, he might be a little edgy but not that edgy.
Poseidon=god of the sea ;)
My life is doing good thanks I simply had a lot of school and stuff so I didn't have a lot of time write and the last chapter was about 6k words, also nobody pesters me about making more chapters I simply wasn't happy with the quality before the rewrites, I like to read my own fanfics… damm I sound very narcissistic now.
Well there will be a reclamation campaign though it won't be as effective as for example in Vacuo or Vale because Mistral is mostly mountainous and a lot of caves, though Grievous already has a plan on how to make sure that people can walk around the countryside without fear of Grimm, it'll be explained in this chapter.
Story start
Grievous POV
The peace talks finally ended and I have to say to call that 'conference' a shit storm was generous honestly if it wasn't for the fact that I was there and stood in a corner for a few hours creepily staring at them they would have been killing each other after the first 10 minuets, didn't mean I wasn't bored though even if I couldn't feel tiredness in the sense that my 'body' gets tired it was boring looking at old men playing a game of diplomacy.
I finally understood what Bismarck (German chancellor) meant about the art of diplomacy of saying a lot of words and saying nothing at all, honestly listening to the, was listening to a group of people with the challenge to replace one one with as many as they can.
But finally they were able to come to an agreement Vacuo was divided into 3 pieces that weren't equal in size or development, they got the more destroyed east to share while the regime got the west with the fire dust mines while in the east there were other types of mines.
Because there wasn't anything in Remnant like free speech (in America there are shows that frequently shit talk Trump you know the president) here information was controlled by the CCT towers so officially it was a draw to make everyone happy in Mistral(we protected ourselves) and Vale and Atlas(we were able to defeat the Mistralian war machine), everyone is happy yay.
Still it's good that I hid the official records of droid casualties there were a few thousand droids on the Flying Fortress and a 100 hunters were able to wipe most of them out in a few minutes, that's not even counting what type of monsters those hussars were they destroyed a AAT per destroyed Hussar… that's of course when the AATs had the high ground and prepared defended advantages as well as numbers… yep those things were god damm monsters thankfully my spy network was able to spread misinformation about the number of destroyed AATs, of course that's not counting infantry casualties from the Hussars which are about 10% considering the soldier to Hussar ratio Atlas had… that was worrying to say the least.
People believed that the war was coming to an end because Mistral was gracious enough to accept peace talks while in reality it was because we wouldn't be able to continue losing 20 droids per enemy, while the veteran MM had a high K/D they still were very few in number compared to droids.
So precisely one year after the end of the second Great war the treaty was singed marking its end of that dammed conflict, still there would be a conference to update the what's not allowed in war treaty… Jason was a sneaky little prick… such cunning and audacity is impressive, just what I want from my men, I'll get him a medal for ingenuity.
From a insiders perspective it might look like all I did was destabilize the peace and weakened Remnant as of thousands died in the conflict, still there was a difference between me an Ozpin I planned for the future while he reacted always on the defense never planning further than a year, while for now the kingdoms will be weaker in the long run many more people will join the armed forces because of this should Cinder's plan continue in the future she won't be facing a Vale that grew 'weaker' from the absence of war, but now now there will most likely be a full garrison in the capital to support hunters in the defense, and of course that's not counting the fact that the White fangs grunts won't be nearly as effective as before in carrying out heists and terrorist attacks.
I don't remember who said it but sometimes to do some good in this world you have to be the bad guy.
The white fang was becoming more and more militant but still it was a very small percentage of them and they haven't to my knowledge committed any big terror attacks at most they protected protesters in Atlas.
Still they are supposed to change leadership when Blake's 12 which means that there's still a few years before they become terrorists… still there's nothing to worry about right now they're just a small percentage of their organization right now too small to invoke a change of leadership.
If they even try to threaten my citizens I'll show them why it's bad for their health if even one attack kills innocent civilians ill simply invade Menagerie and execute anyone associated with them, and of course my beautiful propaganda machine known as the media will blow the terrorist attack out of proportions and make them seem more savage then they really were, why it might be a bit evil if I have to make up a thousand deaths to save a hundred I'll do it.
As I was thinking and looking over battle reports something hit me…
Erwin lemmor = Erwin Rommel
I simply stared and couldn't help but ask the universe "really" they even have the same nickname the 'desert fox' honestly I didn't even have words for this, and how have I not even noticed this before…
One of The few things that surprised me was that the CCT system was still running but then I was told in confidence by the Atlesian diplomat that Atlas to spite Vacuo after the Great War made their tower defective just like I said a desert shit hole where even their allies backstabbed them.
And mentioning backstabbing while officially the Schnee got away with this war it made him a lot of enemies, while his families power in Atlas is too stable to push them into ruin with the actions of one of their relatives, it still was shaken and because a lot of businessmen's sons join the military as specialists so that after they become heads of their corporation to have a good PR and to not be as reliant on guards.
Because of this I probably made myself an enemy of half of Atlases upper class still didn't change who started the war so a ex friend of Alexander's gave a hint to where he was hiding, and well I do have my reasons to why he's still alive.
When the magma guards were complete I immediately made two new 'models' for them basically the original droid desert ranger, they were going to be given to the Vacuo regime, the magma knights would have a black cape and black plating so that they look less robotic, the rangers still would look robotic to give them a more badass look, the magma guards still existed though they had no capes and wielded a greater assortment of weaponry compared to their counterparts Star Wars counter parts.
While originally I wanted them to guard me, I saw that I need more types of droids I've already gave all of my ideas to the scientists and said "make this" they originally were surprised at the sheer amount of papers I gave them… while these guys weren't good at making up ideas they were very good at making ideas come to life which was the reason for Mistrals military advancement, in Atlas for example they made a few things and then were stuck wondering what to do next.
The reason why I did this was because I still wanted my own magma guards (super badass war droids) while giving a droid to the little regime, a droid that could walk in sand meaning that they wouldn't have the need for a organic military, since they had a more advanced version of the learning system I wanted to see if they could fight battles without leadership, the main flaw in a army was its dependence on it, while having a centralized command was good if the enemy were able to kill it or destroy communications the armies morale would plummet or they would be annihilated, since no orders would be given.
Though the Nazi army found a great alternative mostly Rommel though "in the absence of orders go find something and kill it" a great quote from a great general… even if his countries ideology was shitty and racist at the time.
Some people noticed the new addition and many were a little spooked by them as they were taller than most droids and looked buffer marking themselves as dangerous machines.
They(Magma knights) of course were only used to guard me and my secret fortress in the mountains, while the ranger droids were being used as a police enforcement squad in Vacuo and were cleaning up any Grimm that came too close to the cities, and Magma guards were used as special elimination squads that were part of the military.
Sadly they're not what you can consider hunter killers as the only titanium mine in Remnant was in… Atlas meaning that the resources weren't being sold by fair prices to me, still I was able to get enough to afford to make some of the 'magma knights' made of titanium, Summers body at least the robotic parts were made of titanium which allowed her to go head to head with specialists teams… now that I think about it Ironwoods arm had to be made out of Titanium to survive a full on attack from me.
But right now I had more pressing matters while the negative emotions were probably at a all time law in Mistral especially as half of the world was celebrating the end of the war, somehow more Grimm were appearing in the wild lands of Mistral meaning they were getting made there and when a group of droids went there they were quickly overwhelmed by the Grimm numbers, which was confusing to me at first before they ignored droids as they didn't have a soul to destroy or attacked them, but then i understood it they were getting something outside to influence them… Salem that bitch.
Well just like the old saying goes no rest for the wicked… and since I am mostly machine I thankfully don't tire easily… though now that I think about it Summer doesn't have anything to do right now and I do have some important business to conclude… and I can't give her time to think… well she can take care of this, this might even boost her reputation so that instead of a specter of death she'll be the hero who protected Mistral from a huge Grimm incursion.
I opened my persona scroll and called my spymaster "Jack do you have the information I needed as well as the location of the people I gave you" I knew he had all the information needed and he did have years to find them.
Jack:"yea boss I found most of them but still some remain illusive or your plans aren't possible to enact right now" answered his voice over the phone.
"Good, good get the chosen men ready for the mission" my voice was sinister as I said this some people simply needed to disappear, and I need to inform Summer of her new assignment.
Time skip
Captain Lee POV
It was a nice day in the frontier town of Pekin… still it was too peaceful because of which I was restless I served in the Vacuo campaign and even fought in the battle of Wir, I was officially a veteran MM though I didn't have my aura unlocked, I was given command of a company of soldiers who I immediately noticed had the standard black skulls meaning they were fresh meat and most likely weren't experienced in battle, while training was good even life saving it didn't change the fact that a battle field was hell on Remnant.
I immediately started giving them harsher training regimes as I knew something was up they don't place veterans like me in some random town as we were not 'expendable' since there was a few thousand of us still alive the battles taking a huge toll of live on the original corps, my suspicions were further increased when we were given tasks to escort what I assume are thousands of droids maybe even more to this town, it made me uneasy something was going to go down something big and bad…
Suddenly I heard the alarm I quickly got up and sprinted to the walls, I got up the ladder and looked over…
The town of Pekin wasn't big it was mainly a mining town with the standard walls and gun placement as well as a few AA guns, the population was small a hundred maybe but because of its placement it was easy to defend as there was only one way to charge at the walls since they connected from one side to the other of the mountain range making it itself a indestructible natural barrier.
There was a great field 500 meters in between the walls and the closest trees and on that field were thousands if not tens of thousand of Grimm.
"Fire" I yelled to those fools who until now were standing looking with disbelief on what was happening in front of them, the division was small 250 strong including me though thankfully the droids got here on time so now they were bolstering our numbers to thousands, the droids manning the bigger guns quickly targeted the spearhead of the formation a pack of Goliaths that by the increased platting I guessed were elder Grimm, the droids and my men started unloading their blasters on the charging black tsunami not even bothering to aim only to shoot as fast a possible as the Grimm were so numerous it didn't matter where you shot you would always hit one.
The Goliaths were powerful they took salvos of guns that would leave most hunters smears on the floor, still their armor was becoming smaller and smaller as their charge began to dwindle, the amount of B1 and B2 battle droids shooting among my men made a massive halt to the Grimm horde as they were swallowed by our red blaster bolts.
Just as everything was about to become a routine everything changed my instincts flared and I screamed "get on the floor" as soon as I did there was a screech the damm gryphons and nevermors appeared out of nowhere…
The nevermores unleashed a massive barrage of their feathers from their wings destroying hundreds maybe thousands of droids, and the gryphons threw themselves into the remaining droids that guarded the wall, most of them were killed before they could even land by the AA guns but some did destroying tens of droids leaving even more holes in the defenses on the walls.
I almost yelled out in pain as I felt pain in my abdomen and right knee, still I got up even though my armor was pierced in some spots… I could even feel the blood coming out of some of the Grimm feather that were in my abdomen.
The tide of Grimm that once stopped now once again began their advance my remaining men didn't get up as they were either dead or afraid… the veterans would have been already up by now… these men were weak.
Private Ray
I was afraid I heard the screams of my comrades dying by me some getting painless deaths(to the head) or being pierced in the most unfortunate of places, I couldn't get up I was afraid that if I did I would get hit.
Then I saw the captain stand up… I could believe it he had Grimm feathers stuck in his armor some even pierced it as I saw blood coming out… he didn't show any signs of pain he then took aim and fired… the blaster bolt flew true like a message from god it pierced the eye of a Goliath making it lose its momentum and fall over crushing the Grimm in front of it and blocking the path for the ones behind it.
We could still win this!
I quickly got up as well as my comrades did as the captain started yelling…
Captain:"get your asses up here anyone who lays down is wishing for the death of their comrades!".
Captain:"will you allow some mindless Grimm beat you, will you stain the armor you wear with dishonor, will you allow countless innocents to die behind us simply because you were afraid!".
Captain:"it's time for boys like you to realize the Mistralian Marines are soldiers who accept death, we do not fear Grimm they fear us!".
Me and more soldiers got up and started shooting ashamed probably like me that a man who was pierced in multiple places was stronger and braver than we were…
Time skip
The battle was won if you could call the Grimm casualties were unknown after all how can you count the dead if there are no bodies left after them with us losing 78 men and 4,285 droids… we also lost the captain after the battle he simply fell over dead, the doctor said that it was a mixture of blood loss,pain and tiredness that finally got him, we got the news that we were getting reinforcements supposedly if rumors are to be believed we'll get to see Darth Risen up close…
Woot woot woot woot woot woot…
A bullhead landed I immediately recognized the emblem on the ship it was a red skull meaning that it was a veteran MM transport… "attention" i yelled out immediately everyone got into formation, as we waited for the ship to land I wondered what kind of people will the veterans be while Lee was nice there was this feeling that something was off about him… like he wasn't really there.
When the door opened and the men came out they were… different they stood differently and it was a little harder to breath as they gave out a terrifying aura I knew these men wouldn't hesitate to kill, then it came out…
A terrifying figure came out two meters tall clad in black armor, a deathly black skull on its head with white lenses that looked like they could see into my soul.
While the veterans made it a little harder to breath there wasn't a comparison it was ten times more scary as the figure walked by it stopped and looked at me while I was 1.85 meters tall which allowed me to tower most people, honestly this was the first time I was dwarfed by a such an intimidating figure, I tried not to show fear hoping it would look me over and continue walking, still I felt sweat going down my brow… if someone were to tell me that elder Grimm run away from it I would believe them, this person could only be Darth Risen, the right hand of General Grievous.
Darth Risen:"I can see your fear" after a pause she continued "why do you fear me?".
Jeez I don't know maybe because you're bigger scarier and look like the personification of death itself, still I didn't say that out loud I really wanted to avoid antagonizing the Darth Risen the monster in a human body that can kill teams of hunter strength opponents on her own with no support…
"This is the first time I'm seeing you" after all while a lot of people knew who it was we never got a picture "I'm simply overwhelmed a little" I said hoping it would move on.
Darth Risen:"you have no need to fear me soldier" at this she turned and continued her walk "you are not on my kill list".
When she left along side her men I fell to the ground and let out a breath I didn't know I was holding, I was sweaty and my heart rate was a bit fast… damm that person was scary.
Time skip
Normal POV
The Winchester were an old family they had a mansion and were known for having capable huntsmen in their family that could kill Goliaths on their own, this night would have been like any other were it not for one single fact 2 bullheads with Atleasian markings landed outside of the villa which was far away from the city, Atleasian troopers came out and immediately descended on the old building.
There were of course guards but they didn't have their Aura unlocked which resulted in them being quickly gunned down, the family quickly was awoken with gunfire, while Cardin the child of the family hid under his bed his father came out came out to the hallway only to be fired upon by the seemingly rogue personnel.
While he was able to knock them out without his weapons he lost a lot of aura under the constant bullet fire, as soon as he was able too sadly for him more men appeared, after that his Aura broke… he fell over many bullet wounds in different parts of his bodies, after that they executed his wife and left.
Cardin Winchester POV
The bad men came into my room but left, they all had white armor with a snowflake sigil on it… a sigil that was painted red.
After a few hours I came out of my hiding spot convinced they left, then I found my fathers and mothers body while they weren't the best of parents, always ranting about Faunuss and stuff, I ran as quickly as I could.
As I was outside I stopped and looked towards the mansion… I didn't know what to do my grandparents were dead and I didn't know if I had any relatives my parents never talked about them, or visited for that matter…
Unknown voice:"hey kid need any help?".
When I looked behind me there stood a man in a trench coat with a hat and scarf on.
"Who are you?" I asked him my voice shaking a little I was still in shock after seeing the bodies.
Unknown man:"I might be your ticket to for revenge tell me kid you want to avenge your parents?".
"Yes" my life would change and those people… they changed it.
Unknown man:"well then kid you can call me Jack".
Li Ren POV
The town of Kuroyuri was doing okay while there was a crisis with a dangerous Grimm the droid army destroyed it… ever since then those droids were stationed here killing any Grimm that came too close to the walls, life was peaceful even if I openly opposed the war in Vacuo they never took away our defenses.
I was a awakened form my sleep when there was a explosion, I quickly ran outside and when I looked what happened I was horrified the town was on fire there were people running around panicking the droids were destroyed laying on the ground… in the air bullheads with machine guns fired mowing down anyone on the street, people clad in white armor with guns ran around shooting and killing anyone outside, a man with a flame thrower was walking around burning houses, and then horror downed on me they were Atlesian soldiers.
I quickly charged hoping to save as many as I could, I immediately saw the one man without a helmet giving orders… he was most likely a specialist… if I could kill him they might retreat…
I tried to tackle him but he was able to evade me, I almost hit the ground but I was able to turn around quickly, I immediately jumped away as where I previously stood bullets were shot, the specialist had a revolver in hand, he tried to reload but this time he was too slow I was able to tackle him, I was expecting him to go down easily after all hunters and specialists trained to use their weapon to it's full capability not even bothering to think what would happen should they lose their weapon… but he, he didn't panic over losing his weapon nor did he began to flail around wildly he started hitting me… hitting me hard, i retaliated with my families special fighting style.
After unleashing a few strong aura punches I jumped off of him expecting him to stay down what I didn't except was for him to stand up as soon as I got of him.
Summers 1st Lieutenant Erwin Lemmor POV
This damm man was a hunter and he hit with just as much force sadly for him I had hatred cursing through my body after I saw his face he was the one that general Grievous said that sold information to Atlas on our troop placement during the war… he was the man why some men didn't return home to their families… he was the man who sold out men's lives for lien.
I of course after the briefing I asked the general why we didn't just place him on trial so he could pay for his crimes and he told me 'there are many influential families who are both loyal to the regime and are friends of the Li family and I wouldn't want to test them who they would choose, as a civil war is the last thing I want'.
We were then given Atlesian uniforms and masks and then told to kill anyone in sight as the entire village was covering the treason of that man, and for helping and or hiding treason just as for doing it there is one sentence… death.
I was in pain yet I still stood, I probably had a broken rib still many men gave their lives for Mistral and this man… he most likely took more than enough from the people… how many families lost a father… a son how many people were murdered because of him… it didn't matter because I would avenge them… I served with them in every battle and for a Mistralian to sell out the soldiers who were fighting to protect his life and rights… was disgusting, his blood would be smeared on my blade.
We stood a few meters between us completely focused I lost my revolver in the tussle so I had my combat knife out sadly it wasn't my MM saber but it would do to take his life.
We charged at each other and then…
Lie REN POV
Something was going on outside I was afraid I was hiding with Nora in my house, there were screams and gunfire outside I was too afraid to peak out, me and Nora hid in the basement.
After the clock showed the time 8.00 AM we came outside and what we saw ingrained itself into mine and Nora's memory… bodies lay fear on their faces bullet wounds all over them… as I was looking through the dead I noticed someone… there on the ground in the middle of the courtyard lay the body of my father a knife stuck in his chest.
Time skip
I was sitting in front of a would be grave me and Nora have been here for hours simply staring and coping with what happened… suddenly I heard something coming, when I turned around with Nora to look what it was I was surprised there before us stood a figure clad in a black cloak the shadows hiding his face, he suddenly knelt and place his armored? Hands which were a little thin on his knee that was still under the cloak.
Unknown figure:"Men clad in Atleasian armor with Atleasian weapons attacked, tell me do you want vengeance , for I can deliver you the possibility to avenge your father and to become strong to not end up like him", the figure asked me without moving.
This thing was asking me if I wanted power… after a few seconds of considering the question I asked "can Nora come too" I was really hopping she could otherwise I would reject his offer.
Unknown figure:"I do not wish to separate you, so tell me child do you wish power".
"Yes" I said knowing that Nora would go with me as we had only each other left.
Suddenly the hood opened a little and a terrifying mask showed itself… a mask I instantly recognized it was General Grievous…
Chapter end
Grievous shows himself to be even more ruthless than ever before.
Jack appears for a minute but still, I wonder where you guys think this story will go…
So how was this chapter hmm, pls review if I made a mistake you'll need to point it out so I don't do it again, and otherwise your review can make my day.
