Okay guys, here's the next chapter:
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Underground Forest
"This area used to belong to another resistance group, but now it is a forward base of Dr. Weil's. I'm detecting plant-like nanomachines that are thriving on geothermal energy. At this rate, they'll engulf Area Zero."
"Alright, I'll take care of it." Leviathan dashes forward, but a plant like mechaniloid closes its jaws and snaps at her.
I've been caught off guard! I didn't think that these plants were enemies. Leviathan thrusts her staff downwards, ripping the plant from the soil and instantly killing it. Three Valiants surround her. Leviathan twirls her staff and sends ice particles forward, destroying all three Valiants.
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This room is empty! Leviathan looks around, but finds no sign of anyone. What!?
Leviathan jumps up as the ground beneath her starts to move. A plant like reploid comes out to greet her.
"I thought a rat wandered in here, but it was just you. I am Noble Mandrago of the Einherjar." Leviathan clutches her staff as she prepares for battle.
"I'll defeat you and protect Area Zero!"
"You're going to a lot of trouble for the environment. Too bad that will all be wasted. You have no hope of stopping Ragnarok. If you're going to waste energy, just give it to me. I'll drain you dry!" Mandrago starts spinning and goes at Leviathan.
Leviathan brings her staff up to try and stop Mandrago, but the force of the attack knocks her down as Mandrago stops spinning.
She's left herself open! Leviathan slashes at Mandrago as she stands up again.
"Nice try, but that won't stop me." Some sparkles surround Mandrago as she stands back up. She's recovered from that attack completely! This isn't going to be easy.
Leviathan twirls her staff, sending out ice particles towards Mandrago.
"Too slow!" Mandrago jumps up and uses her legs/drills to drill into the ground. Where is she right now?
Leviathan looks at the spot where Mandrago disappeared and feels something sticky on her back. She looks up to find Mandrago hanging from the ceiling.
"I've got you now!" Leviathan grabs her staff but feels a pain pierce her from behind as three bee mechaniloids attack her. Leviathan gets up and swings her staff in a clockwise direction, destroying al the bees.
This is… honey? Leviathan analyzes the substance as she takes the sticky things on her back. I see, so she uses the nectar to attract the bees.
Mandrago digs into the ceiling again and disappears. This time, Mandrago appears on the ground in front of Leviathan and fires three more nectar bombs.
Leviathan dashes, but gets hit by one of the nectar bombs. A bee mechaniloid lunges at Leviathan, but she twirls her staff and destroys it.
Where is she? Leviathan looks around and find no sings of Mandrago. "Come on out and fight!" Leviathan drops her staff as she feels a pain from behind. She turns to find Mandrago spinning before she gets sent flying back.
"Well, I told you to stop wasting your energy. Just accept the fact that you can't win." Mandrago stops spinning and throws some seeds. Leviathan rolls away from the one aimed at her as they get attached to the ceiling and floor.
Leviathan grabs onto her staff and slams it onto the ground, sending ice spike sto impale Mandrago.
"It isn't over yet!" Leviathan swings her staff at Mandrago, knocking her back. She finishes off by twirling her staff and sending ice particles at Mandrago.
Mandrago gets surrounded by sparkles just as Leviathan sends the ice particles at her, and the attacks disintegrate before it reaches Mandrago. Looks like I can't attack her whiel she heals. At least she isn't fully healed this time.
Leviathan raises her arm and prepares to attack, but feels her leg being pulled down by something. What the!? She looks down and finds plant where one of the seeds where.
It latches onto her and sucks some of her health before she was able to slash it apart with her staff.
"It looks like one of my seeds has fully grown. I wonder what the remaining three will bring." Leviathan looks around the room to find two more on the ceiling and one on the ground.
So that was why she didn't aim the seeds at me. They were never meant for attacking in the first place. Leviathan slashes at the seed in the floor, cutting it in half and destroying it.
Mandrago takes advantage of the situation and spins at Leviathan. Leviathan sidesteps, but gets grazed on the shoulders. I can't afford to turn my back on her! The seeds will have to wait. Mandrago jumps into the air and prepares to drill into the ground.
"Not this time!" Leviathan thrusts the tip of her staff at Mandrago's chest, causing her to fly backwards. Leviathan sends the tip of her staff out at Mandrago, but feels bullets piercing her armor from above.
Mandrago drills into the ground as Leviathan turns to find the source of the bullets. Leviathan finds arc cannon like plant. Looks like another seed is fully grown. Leviathan dashes and spins her staff in a 360 degree circle, destroying the plant cannon and the other seed as she lands.
"You shouldn't turn your back to me!" Leviathan feels herself get hit by all three of the nectar attacks from Mandrago. Leviathan sees the three bees and attempts to jump. I can't jump! The nectar is bogging me down.
Leviathan swings her staff in time to destroy two of the bees, but the third one stings her in the right shoulder. Leviathan lets out a scream as she rips the bee out of her armor and crushes it with her hands.
"That's right, keep on screaming in pain. I'll suck all your energy dry!" Mandrago disappears into the ceiling again as Leviathan waits. She notices a small disturbance in the ceiling.
Now! Leviathan jumps against the wall to get higher as Mandrago comes out from the ceiling. Mandrago tries to fire her nectar bomb, but Leviathan digs her staff a bit into Mandrago's body and slams her down to the floor.
Leviathan points the tip of her staff at Mandrago and brings it crashing down on her. Mandrago screams as Leviathan sends an ice dragon at her.
"So… cold... I won't let this stop me!" Mandrago jumps into the air and starts spinning rapidly, sending shards of ice latched onto her everywhere.
There's too many of them! Leviathan tries to dodge the attack but feels a large chunk of ice hitting her ice and her left leg. I can barely move! Mandrago stops spinning and goes down. Leviathan manages to avoid Mandrago's drills, but Mandrago's impact causes rocks to fly out, hitting Leviathan.
"I can barely move, but I'll make sure you'll be worse off!" Mandrago screams as she sends seeds flying. Leviathan, kneeling on the ground, twirls her staff and freezes all but one of the seeds.
I need to last longer than her! I can still win! Leviathan puts her staff on the ground to support herself as she backs up to the wall. She raises her staff up and slams it down, sending an ice dragon towards Mandrago.
Mandrago starts to spin as the dragon comes in contact with her. She's stopping the attack, but slowing down as well. She can't go on forever.
Mandrago stops as the attack comes to an end, but feels the tip of Leviathan's staff as she sends it out. Leviathan regrows and sends out the tip two more times at Mandrago, hitting her each time.
This fight is almost over. Just one more attack. Leviathan raises her staff up and twirls it. What!? Bullets hit her as the seed from before grows into a plant cannon. Mandrago recovers from the last attack and laughs.
"Well, this is just perfect timing, isn't it? To think, you had victory just within your grasps." Sparkles appear around Mandrago as she heals. "It's over for you now!"
Mandrago jumps into the air and starts spinning. Leviathan pushes against the wall, sending herself downwards, narrowly avoiding the attack. Mandrago stops spinning and goes down.
Leviathan rolls out of the way as the rocks come out of the ground. I can't get hit now! Leviathan slashes at two incoming rocks, but the third one follows right after, sending her to the wall.
"Well, it looks like you've been defeated. You're in no shape to be moving." Mandrago jumps into the air and prepares to drill through the ground. Halfway through, she gets stuck, leaving the upper part of her body exposed. "What's going on!?"
Leviathan smiles as she slowly stands up. "While you were spinning in the air, I sent my staff into the ground to completely freeze the soil. You won't be able to get through like this. I'll use all my energy in one last attack!"
"I won't let it end like this!" Mandrago struggles to move, but the ice keeps her trap. "Almost…" Mandrago breaks free from the frozen soil and jumps into the ground. She raises her arm up, but isn't quick enough to avoid Leviathan's staff.
Leviathan skewers her staff through Mandrago, completely freezing her.
"Agh! I'm… shriveling up. A flower cut down before I could blossom. Lord Weil!" Leviathan rips her staff downwards, completely cutting Mandrago in half.
"Operator… preparing for… transfer…" Leviathan pants as she forces the words out of her mouth.
"Alright, just hold on." Leviathan looks as Mandrago explodes, taking down a large portion of the room. Only one more reploid left… It's all up to you now, Harpy…
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Well, when I first started this fanfic, I thought I would have started the sequel as a Christmas gift by now. I forgot to include how many chapters boss fights took and stuff, so that's impossible now. Anyways, I might be able to finish by New Years, which means the sequel 100 years in the future will start in the first day of 2007.
Anyways, read and review.