(A/N: So now you're going to be thinking that Mikekolt has become too invincible and that the Dragon Marauders are not up to the challenge no more, well that's where this new bunch of commandos who have one purpose to take down and take him out steps in; but here they're scary because he can't fight them all alone by himself this time, they've got the upperhand over him because they're doing what none of the others are doing: using his weapons against him. How do they accomplish this? You're about to find out in this chapter as we are now at the third region of the Archipelago, Enjoy)
Mikekolt arrived at the Flaming Deathlands region to find his half-brother's Thunderdrum on the first area of the island which happened to be the Hollowed Woodlands which was no less than a series of islands in the volcanic region, composed mostly of beaches with sand but also huge rocks and boulders about; there were occasional evergreens that appeared to be ashen. He could only guess that Breyerkolt would be joining him this time which made it perfect for him to continue bonding with him, who knows how it's been since the last time they've ever fought together? However what Breyerkolt had in his mind to tell his half-brother may not be the news he wanted to hear, for it was about a threat that not even he can fight by himself in swarms when they come to attack; he landed onto the ground of the first area and got off his bud as he approached Poseidonsplinter, that was when he appeared by climbing up from the ledge next to his Thunderdrum
"Brother, I've got news and intel about the Dragonroot Company; the main branch had just an new unit out to fight with one purpose: take you down and out for interfering with what they have specifically planned for Drayko. You cannot fight these people brother, they've stolen a number of blueprints to forge their equipment based off yours; what's even worse is that the Komodo Darkblood Unit they call themselves are wearing armor that amplifies their power as well as their speed and dodging ability, by pumping their blood into themselves" Breyerkolt warned him
"What are the Komodo Units armed with?" Mikekolt asked him as he needed an rundown as he was not happy that they've been studying him to forge arsenal based off his, knowing that they'll be using it against him
"Double edged longswords with the ability to cut anything and everything at will through the use of high frequency tempering from Dragons using sound as their main firepower, full auto crossbows based of your Revenant's Talon dual fire crossbow with drummag and stock for use of armpit comfort; Deathgripper Acid Flare Bombs and war door shaped tusked shields, their lenses can allow them to use night and thermal vision after studying specific Dragons so that they can utilize their abilities to their usage" Breyerkolt gave him an list of breakdowns
"Anything else brother?" Mikekolt sounded like he was going to kick all of their asses with no problem at all, when it was clear that he was going to be killed by them
"Their armor I mentioned can pump vitals of darkblood into the suit which causes muscles of theirs to bulk up greatly like muscle enhancers, but they're also equipped with an retractable snaring whip like cable weapon that can restrain their targets; you cannot fight them brother, if you encounter them: run out of there now because they've got Titan Wings with them" He warned him of the soldiers as Mikekolt nodded, ensuring him that he'll not attempt to fight them
With the two brothers together like their last adventure they had, Mikekolt and Breyerkolt all tackled on the first group of Titan Wings as there were Zipplebacks to Rumblehorns and even Stormcutters as well; his half-brother declined him giving him the Gauntlet of Frynir as he did not want to be reminded about how he beaten him half to the verge of death, which he knew and understood well but gave him his projectile axes so that he has something to attack with. Now these really put up a challenge for them with enhanced strength, speed and endurance; this time it was getting dangerous right here. Breyerkolt used the projectile axes to throw at the incoming Titan Wings to distract them while his half-brother threw his bombs to take all of them down with a powerful explosion, which were the Volcanripper Napalm variations at the least because god forbid it if he used the main type of those bombs against them
One of the Titan Wings dived downwards to the duo of brothers and attempted to blast them into oblivion, but Mikekolt used his tusked shield to bash it to the side as the tusks got into a bit of it's scales where some blood was staining the tips; but it did the job well done by being thrown off to the side where the cure was immediately injected into their blood to kill and as well as negate the poisoning effect from within. At that moment was when they moved on to destroy the weapons of the Dragonroot Comapny soldiers, who all targeted them when they entered the next area of the region known as the Ocean of the Warring Tempests
The Ocean of the Warring Tempests happened to be a volcanic sea weaving area between an trio of large islands and seastacks, which the former was barren with the exception of burned evergreen trees; a southern lava pool with erected statues and a bridge were also found with an large skeleton of what appears to be an species with horns that curved down backwards in that instance, with them going forwards. They were not only soldiers but also ballistas and an load of ground based weapons that were once traps but modified to be used in combat, even that would not be enough to take them out
A round of multiple axes were thrown overhead and struck their skulls all at once, with the two half-brothers jumping off from the cliff to attack their mounted weapons; one of which happened to be an armored ballista that was protected on the front with plates of oxidized copper and a square hole in the center where the spearbolt would be ready to fire against their intended targets, also found on the sides and bottom front; but not on the back which was it's downfall. Mikekolt decided to use the main Deathgripper Acid Flare Bomb on this kind of weapon, rearing back his arm and jerking his wrist forward to have it sail through the air before detonating on contact; combusting into liquid acid that melted the oxidized copper and high burning flames that set the entire ballista ablaze. Now he was convinced that this is the kind of fire type he should be using for the effect on the thick fang pommel of his second sword, in combination with his Phoenixripper to create more than quite the deadly weapon all together just in case his contact with his team has been cut off
Just then a new group of soldiers who were equipped with deadlier weapons than what the soldiers wielded, firing off their crossbows and some of them going rogue by killing the allies of theirs with their high frequency tempered double edged swords; although at least two had committed overkill for interfering with their chance to take him out. They all landed on their boots and stood up as the one in front of Mikekolt pointed his blade towards him, Breyerkolt growled upon seeing them as they were none other than the Komodo Darkblood Unit that he told his half-brother; matching the vague details given to him as well as their weapons in the process, this is what they looked like:
Komodo Darkblood Units were mostly commandos that were formed in greater numbers with an purpose: take down and out Mikekolt no matter how gruesome they do it. All of them wore a short landsknecht open faced sallet sized helmet with sharply curved lenses, an dark brushed metallic bronze to crayola golden tinted color as they were one-way mirrors; stopping with a diagonally upwards edge that connected. Their powered combat suits that not only allowed them to amplify their speed, power and agility through the use of pumping tubes into their veins more than enough to be formidable against whatever Mikekolt tries against them; but also featured an half-brawny chestplate on the front with perforated hole pattern cushioning for devastating impacts that would've killed someone. The upperchest was segmented with a row of five thick metallic strips on the front while their dual beaked shoulder guards featured not only razor blades pointing away from their helmets, but also metallic fangs that were also pointed away from their helmets; with tusks sprouting outwards along with a cylindrical hole on the front that filtered their voices, making them sound heavily gravelish and deadly to the opponents they've slain without mercy. Their arms were plated with raised square patterns along with being adorned with spikes like their helmets that had a short visor bill going out, studded along the line and having long flaps along the sides to blow in the wind; gauntlets of course were shaped after the head of an Deathgripper along with some dual whiskers made from dangling chains for fashion and tusks included, having some razor blade adorned bracers that went up to their elbows like vambraces with the fangs included as well. Their battlekilts that went around their waists curved downwards on the front before going sharply upwards, diagonally towards the belt; with vertical ribbed straps x-crossing themselves on the front of their plated groinal spats armor. Their legs looked like they were wearing short harem pants that were vertically ribbed up to the groinal plate and went down to the top of their knees, where they wore shinguards that had the same pattern; but with no razor blades or fangs at all as the pants flared at the bottom and was flared on the back, always in that position as it never moved. The outer suit of their armor plates consisted of an ribbed undersuit but the idea still stood as there were even armored tubes on their back that pumped the darkblood into their armor, amplifying their power as well as their speed and dodging thanks to the muscles that bulked out to their maximum size. Their gladiator sandal boots were also plated but had a pair of razor blades that shot out, pointing downwards like talons; with the main inspiration of their main suit being Mikekolt's Bravo resistance armor that he wore, but it was his arsenal that was stolen and created to be used against him that made this unit more than a match against him. They wielded double edged swords based on his and crossbows as they were forged using stolen weapon development blueprints of the Revenant's Talon, with the large drumbarrel and stock involved; not even his Deathgripper Acid Flare Bombs and his tusked shield were left untouched, with the crossbows having full auto fire as they were one handed projectile weapons. Not to mention their boot plates were adorned with fangs just to even the odds against him. Finally, they were capable of blocking against firepower and had a tendency to come equipped with retractable snaring whip like cable weapons that could restrain any of their attackers; pulling them forwards towards them before landing a knuckle breaking punch towards their skulls, as their lenses sported night and thermal vision thanks to studies on specific types of Dragons to amplify them to their own usage
Mikekolt's Bravo resistance team had immediately taken him away as soon as they open fire directly on him with their crossbows, many of them threw their own version of his bombs to try to blow him out of the skies but to no avail as they easily escaped. But they would not in the slightest relent in pursuing him across the region as they fired all snaring restraining trap onto a group of Dragons flying over them, all of which were poisoned by Dragon Root to make haste in tracking him down as they have his thermal heat signature; now they're going to see him be sent falling to the ground as he's taken back to their headquarters for reasons that she asks for his imprisonment. Rainserviper turned and fired a ring of flames in order to send the pursuing unit down into the sea, which set them ablaze where they then fell into the seas to continue burning alive; they though they had gotten rid of them but these people can take a beating more than well, emerging unscathed as they followed them to Bloodsplit Bay of the Dragonscale Cliff
Bloodsplit Bay is exactly what it states in the name for the fact that it was a surrounded cove thanks to the cliffs, where whenever the sun begins to set the water began to turn red like a color of blood as if those who were slain were dumped into the seas so that they can bleed out the rest of the way to death; if that were true then it would be an illusion in the sunsets that come every now and then. A volcanic trio of land masses within a sea as they're mostly barren and rock but have occasional conifer white ash trees in the, a vent on the western bay is found as well. Mikekolt could see not see them pursuing them and landed to fight off what remains of the Dragonroot Company soldiers and their poisoned Titan Wings, those such as a Seashocker for instance along with a Hobblegrunt and Boneknapper had attempted to attack them; it was time for them to know just how powerful he was together with his half-brother
HTTYD
The following Seashockers, Hobblegrunts whose scales became red and Boneknappers had all targeted the half-brothers; with the former jumping out of the ocean to bite at Mikekolt but only getting elbowed right in the left jaw. He fired his Revenant's Talon with an arrow to the Boneknapper's armor that had the beast's darkblood spray out, agony reigning over this poisoned victim but never stopped in firing out it's bellowing flames against him; with Frynir letting out a lightning stream of her own to electrocute the bone armored Dragon out of the sky, landing in the ocean as the next one to attack was the Hobblegrunts. Like all the others they were no match for the combined efforts of his entire team as well as his half-brother
Just then two hybrids known as the Brooding Boltstamper and Bonestormer had emerged to fire both of their firetypes at them, with the former launching a lightning stream against the brother with the Whispering Death while the latter attacked the other one who rode upon a Thunderdrum; neither of the two brothers were hit and simply threw it off as just another of their obnoxious attempts. Mikekolt threw another Deathgripper Acid Flare Bomb which had both hybrids scatter away to dodge the projectile, but this allowed Breyerkolt to throw one of his half-brother's axes overhead to take out the Bonestormer; while the former brother took the Brooding Boltstomper out with a third bomb to blow it right out of the sky as the hybrids fell. They both knew that this was not just them and that they were bound to get some hell to pay when they meet the rest of the new hybrids, for now all that awaited is their fight against Askari of Ashes and might as well start fighting the new Komodo Unit regardless of his half-brother's warnings that they'll kill him; as there may not be a choice when it comes to times like these
Askari of Ashes ambushed the two of them like before when it was just Mikekolt who went to investigate the kidnapping of Dustscorcher's hatchling, as soon as they landed firmly onto the ground. When he threw the first punch he was instead parried away when he swung his tusked shield off to the side, finding much better use for the weapon than to just ram into a group of enemies as that tactic was not only becoming redundant; but also not effective as it comes to a duel with an man like his opponent. As he swung his sword against his defensive weapon, Mikekolt bashed him across the face and stabbed forward with the tusks adorned; wanting to add a little more to his tactics in using the weapon itself. Askari only taunted him once again: "Foolishness, falling in our bait for the second time; there was never an army in this region except for the Dragon Hunter's new unit to bring forth the downfall and doom you have brought onto yourself!" Askari taunted as Breyerkolt took on the effort of fighting him this time around
Breyerkolt ran and jumped in the air to deliver a flying suplex kick that struck Askari right in the neck where he slammed him to the ground, just before he could land an strike against it however his half-brother's opponent tumbled out of the way and got back onto standing on the ground; grabbing him by the arm and flipping him over where he stomped onto his face. Mikekolt delivered a upwards donkey kick on his back to send him flying upwards where his half-brother kicked him in the stomach and launched him over the edge afterwards, getting back onto his feet as Askari ran off. Without warning one of the Komodo Unit soldiers fired out their retractable restraining whip that stabbed onto Mikekolt's chest, where he grabbed it and yanked it forwards for him to slam his forehead against the soldier's helmet; that was just a beginner's opportunity and he was in no way equipped to deal with them, because how can he fight a group of soldiers using equippment they based off him? It was like fighting his shadow and it knows better than him, so they chased Askari off to the final destination of the region: Dragon Island itself which needs no introduction
Given that Mikekolt had not set foot on this island since he went to check up on Green Death as he was the benevolent titan compared to his evil tyrant of an cousin, fighting Askari didn't in the slightest make him feel any kind of fear as he's only getting furious by the second as a fight like this is not supposed to turn into chasing the bastard down; he's had enough of this game of tag and it's going to end right here. He swung his arm back and struck him in the face with his right elbow as soon as he came rushing towards his back on the left side, he then had him caught by his arm and dragged to the floor when he kicked in his leg to make him lose his balance; smashing his body to the pebble littered shore of the volcanic island. Askari got back to his feet and brought out his blade, now this was getting into more of his style as he gotten his sword out to attack while his half-brother took his tusked shield to help him in this battle
He deflected each of his sword swings and parried a frontal attack with the square serrated serrations that allowed him to throw the blade to the side, and give him the opportunity to swing diagonally downwards to the right; spraying some blood onto his face while he got a kick into his stomach by Askari. This general whom Krogan had put great trust into him was not going to let him win just like that as he took advantage of his stunned state by punching him to the left, elbowing him in the cheek and landing a diagonally upward swinging kick to his throat; this temporarly forced him to use his evil shadow's voice to which ironically but not surprising to Breyerkolt, was his real and natural voice due to not sounding like someone to be trusted when speaking like this so he uses a higher octave in his throat to truly sound like himself
Askari once again threw a second punch against Mikekolt's face to send him flying upwards but when Breyerkolt intervened by throwing his half-brother directly against him by using his stature as a vertical pole, he landed an direct full auto rapid fire bicycle kick multiple times as this was enough to send him flying against the wall; crashing through to reveal an cavern as it was here that he then ran off inside. The Castlekroftservkhall Bros. got back to their feet just as Breyerkolt pointed to where the general ran off: "He's not getting away, after him now!"
"Askari's going to die for this!" Mikekolt snarled in his real husky and gravelly sword to axe blade grinding and cutting edge sharpening voice, both of them running into the volcano to deal with the general; but it will not be enough for the Komodo Unit to stop their pursuit in taking down their main target
Inside of the mountain where the hellish red glow of the lava that boiled as well as sprouted up like splashing streams but with no sign of the benevolent Green Death nearby, Askari ran while the half-brothers pursued him on the top rim balcony of the heated vent of smoke and steam. By that time was when he jumped off onto the ground where they continued to run to his location before he sprung an second trap, using them as bait like before as the deadly and merciless Komodo Unit ambushed them. "Your road ends here today!" The Komodo Unit had their crossbows pointed at them from all sides
Nothing that the Gauntlet of Frynir can't handle with a swing of his armored white knuckled right fist charged with a spherical force of lightning forming inside of the palm itself, making a powerful impact against one of the soldiers as the rest opened fire on the two of them for they've warned them not to attempt to fight either of them. He charged up another punch as a orb of lightning formed together in a greater and larger degree, haywire thunder crackled upon contact to send his fist backwards before uppercutting the next incoming attacker on the right. One of the Komodo Units slashed their blades into his back and had him stunned, with the rest of them swarming him with their armor bulked to the maximum; some of them with their tusked shields came strafing around him as he attacked the advancing unit but was not able to stop them from apprehending Breyerkolt as he fought his best. The rest were too much for the half-brothers to take them all out, especially for Mikekolt as he was being taken by the arms before getting slammed on his back towards the ground and to their knee guards; smashing most of his face against the wall and throwing him forward in front of them like an ragdoll who was appearing bloodied but not too much as there were just a few bruises, that were not enough to really make him draw any
Breyerkolt threw both Komodo Unit soldiers over his shoulders and had Dustscorcher charge into a large group of them, ramming and trampling over their bodies like an herd of bulls all angered at the sight of seeing red; however a few of them had restrained the beast with the use of their retractable restraining whips that connected to his scales, using his strength and yanking them towards the wall as they were now sent flying. These soldiers were too strong for them to attack and emerge victorious over because of how they were specifically trained to counter anything Mikekolt tried. Askari had to comment still: "You overpower some of the new soldiers of the Unit, but how long until you fall is the question; we'll meet again soon"
Askari of Ashes slammed a pellet that made him explode into literal ashes before vanishing and disappearing out of sight, the Komodo Unit won over them but it was Mikekolt who won over him in their fight together with his half-brother Breyerkolt. He along with his team and his half-brother took off out of the volcano of Dragon Island for their next destination had to be the Woodland Isles, at this point his half-brother went off on his own to assure that he'll be back as he's got to tell their father about the new Unit trained to fight him before bidding his farewell; flying off in a different direction with Poseidonsplinter. Mikekolt and his Bravo resistance team headed off to the next destination where he'll confront Tyree Treewalker next, who is about to learn some lessons about how even women can be powerful like him who places great physical stock into force; though that doesn't say that he believes women are weaker than him nor up to par with male counterparts, it's merely just a ruse of acting in order to take his female opponents off guard by insulting them
He's going to eat those words of his soon but will the Komodo Unit interfere, that is the question that is in need of an answer...
What do you think about the new Komodo Unit: One of the worst threat Mikekolt's forced to face? Does it make you pale at the sight of them capturing our fantastic protagonist? Or are they just too modern for you because of how they looked? I was inspired by the Tengu Unit while their power armor came from the main antagonist: "Solidus Snake" from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty/Substance after all, I'll leave you to decide what you think about them