Location: City of Tears

Ogrim was currently sitting down as one of the city's physicians looked over his wounds. Physicians were few and far between, but as a great knight, he was given special priority. Ogrim tried requesting that the physician focus those more needing attention, however as it turned out, all the sentries who fought the giant were dead. The giant did not let anyone who faced it in combat live to tell the tale. The physician bandaged his cracked shell as best he could, and ordered him to get rest, as well as to not physically exert himself too much.

Ogrim shuddered, there were many good bugs who had perished, many young aspiring sentries with dreams of defending Hallownest and their families. They were gone now, just yesterday they never would have guessed that today would be goodbye. Ogrim couldn't take his mind off it, so many dead, he was a great knight, he was supposed to be a protector of Hallownest, how could he have let this happen!?

Various sentry units and a force of watcher knights patrolled around the entrance to the Royal Waterways the giant went through. It was there mostly to prevent citizens with more courage then brains trying to go after the metal behemoth, the sentries under orders of Ogrim were to pull back at the first sign of the giant coming back, they all saw what that thing could do, and knew fighting it would be suicide.

A young pillbug came up to Ogrim, notepad in hand, his shell was blue, and he wore a matching hood over his head.

"Sir Ogrim!" The young pillbug said running up to him, when he got there the young bug put his hands on his knees at a loss for breath. This however did not stop the curious young pillbug from asking the great knight questions.

"Sir Ogrim Huff I heard Huff about a huff giant huff " The young pillbug said, struggling to the words out as he was heaving for breath.

"Slow down young one, breath, for wyrm's sake breath" Ogrim said, as the blue pillbug collected himself.

"Ehem, yes, sorry Sir Ogrim, it's just that I heard that a giant rampaged through here, and I would like to hear about it from someone who saw it! From a great knight no less!" The pillbug said with much enthusiasm.

"Well young one, first, what is your name?" Ogrim asked.

"My name is Quirrell, I am a scholar at the archives, and a student of Monomon the Teacher" Quirrel said proudly.

"Well Quirrel…. Sigh if you were looking for a tale of honor and glory, I'm sorry to say that there wasn't any, only tragedy and sadness" Ogrim said solemnly, as much as he wished to give a tale of a heroic last stand, it would not be truthful. It was a slaughter, plain and simple.

"However, the bugs that died today were valourous, and willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice to ensure Hallownest's safety, even if they were not successful." Ogrim added.

Quirrel was listening intently, and was diligently writing notes down in his notebook as Ogrim continued the story.

"The metal fiend crashed through a wall in King's Station, and from there it's campaign of destruction swept through this fine city. It was tall, towering over the likes of Hegemol, even Herra the Beast of Deepnest. Its eyes glowed a hellish red, and t was encased in a metal armor so strong that nothing we threw at it seemed to even so much as bother it." Ogrim said, the memory very fresh in his mind.

Quirrel was saddened by the tale, but continued writing, he would hate to meet something that can make a great knight talk about it like it was some unstoppable force of nature. News of the giant had spread quickly, it had been a day when the thing entered the Waterways, which made many wonder what it was doing down there. Monomon had been sent to collect information on the metal behemoth in order to help her make a solution against it.

Suddenly, heavy stomping could be heard, and Ogrim's head shot up.

"Everyone run! The giant is coming back!" Yelled a watcher knight, fleeing as far as he could from the Waterway entrance. Civilians ran into their homes, and locked their doors. Quirrel looked conflicted between wanting to see the giant up close, and his basic self preservation instincts. Self preservation won out, and he ran as fast as his legs could carry him.

Sure enough the giant did emerge from the waterways, and to the surprise of many was carrying a shorter white clad being over its left shoulder. What surprised them even more was the not insignificant damage to the giant's armor.

"The beast is damaged, it can be harmed, let's kill it!" Yelled a watcher knight, as it curled up into a ball, and began rolling at great speeds towards the giant. The other watcher knights did not share this seemingly suicidal sentiment and continued running.

The charging watcher knight would pay for his decision, as the giant simply kicked the rolled up knight. The kick cracked the knight's shell, and sent him flying several meters. Its not clear if it was the kick or the landing that killed the watcher knight, but it was most certainly dead. The giant was running at its normal impossible speed through the city again, the white clad being in tow. The sentries of the city stayed out of the way this time, and to the relief of many, the giant didn't appear to be keen on another slaughter, and let them live.

Location: The Abyss

The Shade Lord was in deep thought, he had mended Hollow's and Greeny's shells, and was now focused on getting his runaway children back. Hollow couldn't do it, at least not without help, the other siblings were too large, and would be expecting him. No, the Lord decided, he would have to get them himself.

The Shade Lord reached down into the depths of the void sea, and retrieved the object that would allow him to save his children. What emerged was a massive 8, eyed jet black shell.

He would save his children, like he had saved so many before.