(A/N: A little intermission between the previous and the final chapter right here as I've given Mikekolt a redesign to look like what he'll appear from now on. This will serve to fix up some things here like having a new lair, learning about this tribe that his ancestor formed back then and finally discovering the insignia for him to use. Not to mention I've decided to have him in the meantime work on some new inventions that I've been waiting to experiment with for an long while. Plus I've got him building a new set of Dragon Scale Armor as his previous one can not longer provide him defense anymore, the reason why is because look at him now; he's an late teenager to adult and that's not something that can still be worn due to how it does not look good nowadays. That's all I have to say really but here's one more thing: if you love the black suit from Spider-Man 3, then you'll love what Mikekolt's experimenting with right here. Enjoy)
Back at Viggo's headquarters where he faked his death as the Dragon Hunters believe that he is dead, the man of the hour was informing Mikekolt about the abandoned base of Bludvist's generals who called themselves the Warlords; there was no reasoning behind it but if one is to guess then it would be due to the presence of an alpha nearby should they attempt to try and attack it directly head on which would be suicide. Nothing's cleared up but one thing is for sure indeed, he just got his hands on something new for him to find and what a surprise it'll be because although it's once again set underground; the area did turn into a overgrown mangrove swamp and it still retains it's previous identity as a former base for the Warlords as nothing was moved before leaving it abandoned. After being given the location of the base, he bid Viggo a farewell and thanked him for telling him about the tribe he mentioned before; having built weapons like him as well as infernal machines that can trap thanks to gathering a load of knowledge from the Dragon Trappers back then. Mikekolt looked different as of this time since he's aged after some time
Mikekolt now had longer bangs on his front face and sides of his head that curved downward before hooking upwards slightly, with a thicker mustache and longer quill adorned beard also on his face; the upper part of his hair was swept back into a line of backward quills on the top and bottom of the back of his hair as well, even on the sides. Shoulder guards that were detailed in having the silver beads and wire pattern that could be found on anything in the Norse Age, it's sides had two rearing steeds and the middle had a Leviatharon in the center. The crest of the Lupineraider Brotherhood Tribunal tribe would now act like his main insignia on his rectangular square shaped belt buckle with diagonal edges on the corners, though the appearance did look a little filthy which can be wiped away anytime but he's got a lair to set up now; no time for distractions. Not only sporting very dark undereye shadows on his face but also having a dark tycoon and spledor gold color to his skin, with a thicker split mullet that went down to the second halfway point down his spinal cord that was above the main center. He had dual upward slanted scars that went diagonally downward with curved harpoon like barbs on the ends, longer whiskers on the left and right side of his growing mustache as well as a longer soul patch underneath his lower lip. He even had his very own chestplate for once that looked ceremonial when it came to appearances, here is what it looked like:
His chestplate took many inspirations from the armor once worn by the Champion of the Owl Gut so there's of course going to be differences from the main armor that it's based on. With his upperchest having some hurstwic beads and wire patterns with not only Leviatharons as well as the twin headed foxes from the crest on both the left to right sides, there were also some rearing steeds that went farthermost as the middle was in the second and the former was curving towards the center like it was about to attack just like a king cobra. Two cutlass swords were on the bottom and pointed away from each other having ripped and tattered flags hanging on upper ends where they were near the tip but not quite. A downwards split arrow was in the lower middle as two inverted right angled scalene triangle were on the top, having a diagonally beaked downward border that went straight before going upwards and of course forwards again on both the top to bottom; studded with two pyramid spikes on both the left and right while three were in the middle, scales were found in between to fill up the extra space as well. Also having dual belts on the front for added flair, edged sleeves that all went outwards and down before curving inwards and going down again; going inwards again on both sides just like that. The collar was the same like before on his Bravo armor and jacket so nothing is changed there. Finally, the color scheme was all captured including the color of his mask as well that had a few engraved Dragonese runes for definite flair
On the back of Rainserviper he looked at their map together and followed the path exactly as it was drawn in front of him, being closer to their old home but nowhere near close to enemy territories which was a good thing. Sooner or later they were closing the distance between an island they're approaching and themselves, this might be the base that he told him about and it sure fits the exact description of what he's looking for to feel at home: overgrown swamp, a mangrove and abandoned ruins of a base that was once occupied by powerful forces. Perfect as although he speculated that he might've not been suitable for underground, this will be of no exception to him as he will make it the best looking lair for his further operations of both his and his team's comfort to make themselves at home here
Loaded with structures that oh boy really wanted them to know that it was once a headquarters for the Warlords here, only an faction of the former Bludvist's Army could've built these watchtowers; bridges and really tall fear imposing battlements to keep all intruders outside should they attempt to break into the base. A mountainous rocky structure for the island and like before was half above the sea level which made him use the name of the previous hideout for this one, considering this to now be his true second lair as the last ones were temporary. Landing on one of the many of bridges of the new island he discovered with the help of Viggo, he made his way to where the entrance was through the reinforced doors; time to get started
Building the pathway to the main lair just like before but adding in a few lightsources that all came in a olive green to yellow color using lanterns in place of torches as they glowed with a bright bioluminesence, never fading as he could turn it off anytime he needs to. Keeping the waterfall flowing inside in front of the abyss like pitfall areas that actually led outside, but it wasn't the only one that was added in. A few intermission hub locations located in the long pathway that intruders have to take were given a sewage cleanup facility look for the fact of having a wall like railing on the edges, with a tunnel hole going to the bottom to exit outside far away from the island as there were lights that led down though there was fog at the low point; wind from the outside echoing into the pitfall areas wherever they might be found at this new lair. The roof hung catwalk balconies all had a perforated pattern in the floor and a series of strong supports from the walls below though it uses at least one to maintain every ounce of structural balance. Just like Viggo's Hideout the main entrance to his lair was hidden and camouflaged well enough to not be detected by the Komodo Unit's thermal vision, given some natural formations to look like a dead end; but by moving behind the amount of natural structures one can find the entrance inside which leads down the stairs and through a hall, at the end where the reinforced entrance awaited for him
The main lair was dark, damp and sewer like as the only lightsources were floodlight lanterns that not only came out with a olive green and yellow color but also a sunrise gold for lamps. A little more expansive than previously as the catwalk platform was on the ground with a three step stair that reached both the left and right sides, having a railing with a ramp in the middle for easy access. Secluded like his very own office he could work on planning whatever's in his mind as there were also some rays of tan colored light diagonally peaking down from the roof that was shuttered like a detective's office on various places. Suspended chains with a ring in the middle every now and then between each of the seven links hung from various places as if Grimmel once used this place as his hideout, reinforced structural beams connected from a number of places above with an chained net above connected everywhere below the beams; having a tight triangular pattern with some plates placed sporadically as if Bludvist Army was still in control, but this is merely just junkyard pieces of scrap metal from the heavily armed ships that were destroyed not only by loaded firepower but by the trials of time that left the abandoned armada still in the shipyard aged. Although there weren't that many to begin with as the rest were all kept in great quality as of now. Tall climbing walls with both holds as well as tightened ratlines and climbing spider-nets were all standing, connected to various places as there was signs of recycling from aged war brigantines about; heavy shadows shrouded the place but it was bright enough from the lightsources to know where everything is and what it was they're seeing
Once again there were suspended catwalk balconies that led upwards on the left to the right sides, having at least eight catwalks going across which were not seen from the ground level; in the distance from where the main area was happened to be a running waterfall that faced in the direction of the reinforced locked double doors. Mikekolt set up his multiple desks as they were all ringed in front of him and on the sides, as well as his upper shelves lined up in straightforward rows of his bombs; some ringed stairs on the diagonal corners that led up to the wide hallway as the entire shape of the lair was in a wide upperhalf octagon with small slanted corners on the roof's edges. Along with having some prisoner cells that were all in a rectangular to square shape with grilled gates that slide in all three directions which were left, right and up; he had his very own blacksmith forge that had vents to release the heat from building whatever project that's on the blueprints he steals from his enemies to use along with countering against them. There was so much to be seen here as he set up his lair but so little time to write all at once, here is what Mikekolt was up to now
Sitting at his workbench where he was building a skintight attachment to his vambracers, he felt like it was time to remove his prosthetic as it was no longer necessary; dismantling it all together before deciding to use the pieces to rebuilt a newer and stronger one just in case he loses his left arm again. This was in the same shape of the spider which was chained from the pommel of his sword that could cut anything and everything at will, this did not get in his way or interfere with his retractable razor blades that now had five on each row on both shoulder guards and vambraces in the slightest; nor did it cover up the hurstwic engraved artwork. The arms of the spider wrapped around his wrists and still allowed him to wield his tomahawk as he wants to be as formidable as possible
These attachments would allow him to shoot webs of high accuracy as well as force to create strong constructs of anything that would he think of in times of desperation, even allow him to swing from the webs that were shot from underneath his wrists. They do not need as much fluid thanks to the function of cutting off half and most of what's needed to function well so it doesn't backfire on the user. Using multiple shells of vials that contained strong black webs with a dark tanzanite violet colored tint, the shells were all connected into a belt that fed the user it's ability to spew webs; acting like a beltfed submachine crossbow of sorts. It's looking like a spider whose upper four legs curved inward while the bottom legs were long as they're not only straightened but went down to the bottom of the third to last part before the elbow, not to mention the outer and upper leg curved downwards like a scimitar through toward the lower leg that also went towards the abdomen. The bottom half of the shooters had two rectangular plates next to a trio of hollow point flat base bullets that on the sides went diagonally outwards in front while the middle went out to the front as usual. A pair of tubes on both sides of the rectangular plates were connected to the main pentagon shaped plate that two thick barrels in front of it. The trigger that shot out the webs consisted of a narrow pad that made a silent snapping click sound when pressed. Finally the cuffs below was thin and narrow but it was also comfortable around the wrist as these can be attached under the vambracers of whoever wears them, as the two cuffs lock each other below the wrist like an pair of dual swords that interlock with each other; not to mention the trigger was a little bit forward up the wrist so that the two fingers can press it easily, it's position was so that it did not obscure the user's palm when holding something in their hand but it's alright because his variation is a lot more flatter and smaller than what he planned on giving his best friend
With the help of an Silkspanner that was freed from the former Bludvist's Army known as the Liberated Webtrapper, he inserted multiple shells of vials that contained strong black webs with a dark tanzanite violet colored tint that the beast was known to spew in order to trap his enemies for his former master; and ensure that they either join him or face a fiery fate. These attachments would allow him to shoot webs of high accuracy as well as force to create constructs of anything that would he would think of in times of desperation, even allow him to swing from the webs he shoots. They did not need to use as much fluid thanks to the blueprints having the functioning of cutting off half and most of what's needed for it to function well without backfiring, this being from the Marauder War Buggies in that case
He took them off for a moment before reaching down to pull his Dragon Scale Armor out from underneath, looks like he'll have to build a new set because this one has just flown on it's last flight. That's why he's began to draw the vision in his mind which he's using a spare set that as of now Drayko no longer wears underneath as it too took off on it's last flight, something that was bound to happen sooner or later when it came to raiding in the dead of night on yachts of which the trappers sail through upon. The armor was darker and had a more filthier look than previously to fit in with the overgrown mangrove swamp ruins environment. Mikekolt got to work on the new armor with no second to spare, especially on the helmet as his previous one looked like a departure from his original idea which was to look like Rainserviper; though he had more than one on his team, his first best bud could never be replaced as his main leader if he was taken by either the Dragon Marauders or the Komodo Unit
The first thing he worked on was the hardest part which was the helmet as he's going for the look of a German Sallet that was dual layered, curving backwards smoothly down and out like that. A thin rectangular hole grilled visor that was on the bottom slanted forwards diagonally, which is also flippable as well. The t-shaped visor that also kept the barbute look now had it's left and right edges slanted forwards, having the protection for the neck look the same as his actual one underneath with the razor blades and pyramid spikes; though now it's horizontally ribbed all around the neck itself. The new one-way mirror eyes on the front were shaped like half circles slanted down, though they looked longer and sleeker due to the fact that the end of each eye curved upwards into a tip like a teardrop; the color was a medium to dark green and an darker green for the streaks of flames acting like pupils, though some blood could be seen splintered against the background of the liquid like streaks as if they were marble balls. A nose covering cowl underneath could allow his mouth to be seen underneath in the center of the fangs that were both sharp and deadly, acting like decoration to imitate his foes since they're feared by many in the Archipelago. Finally, not only were there backwards slicked quills with three tipped batwings going down back like the fins of an aquatic fish; but there were also some tusks sprouting out in front for stabbing if he is unable to move his body, along with an pair of slightly outward curved nasal horns based off his best bud just like the rest of his helmet and armor
For the rest of his armor however came an new chestplate with dual layered biceps on the front that had two slanted scar shaped markings across on both sides, with three separate trapezoid shaped plates like his armor on the bottom going towards the center. Having an similar looking piece of armor underneath the chestplate which it what it was layered up against. The shoulder guards had pyramid spike straps on the bottom that acted the same way that his bicep plates did, ringing around the front and sides; it should be mentioned though that the armor meant to be for the baseline of the chestplate had two belts going diagonally downwards from on the top had horizontally ribbed underbelly segmented like plates on the lower half of the center of his chest. The sleeves for the armor was exactly as well as what will serve for his backup prosthetic should he lose his left arm again, design of this will be covered later on. The gauntlets had rectangular plate with a pentagon plate on the front of the backpalm, the wrist having two belts on both sides and a vertically ribbed center as well as upward beaked pieces on the sides; wrapped around on the end. The battleskirt had the same chainmail in between the fabric and long haidate armor that protected the thighs as well as in the front, though there was a diamond patterned loincloth in the middle just for decoration as it was achieved using scales
The cuirass pants had an rectangular shaped top round edged plate on both inner thighs of the legs as they were wrapped around with two parallel straps around, with one strap right on the front as they're slightly positioned to the left and right on both sides respectively. A duo of two straps on upper thighs with the farthest one to the opposite sides slanting to the left and right. Having some shin guards on the bottom for extra protection, not much to state here. The metal tipped boots had curved Monstrous Nightmare talons engraved on the front with five razor blades on the lower rim to kick and scratch, also having three bigger ones on the sides that went backwards; and with an Deathgripper/Whispering Death/Bat shaped wing on the upper rims that slanted back like Hermes, the Messenger God. As for the wings which he initially planned to develop a jetpack to help him fly without the need to have his Dragons fire underneath him to keep him afloat, they were in the same shape of the wings on the boot's upper rims; widely spanning out to the sides but being small enough for him to close them up if he's being shot in the air. Finally, this flat backpack he's planned will have razor bladed wings like a Timberjack and still keep it's bat wing like appearance; extending out to the sides and using an booster to help stay in the sky for longer periods of time, as this was based off the Komodo Unit Attack Gliders thanks to the transparent fabric used in them. His arm on the otherhand was on his workbench desk, which looked like this
This arm had four horizontal medium sized rims in between the upper and lower ones, with a chained shackle that ran through in between the upper to lower cablewires; the center of the bicep had a spinal cord layered against the diagonal edges while the rest of them had rims on four of the edges that were x-crossed. The second edge had rotating and revolving rings as it all featured engraved Norse runes that sported the name of his team, with Aztec lines that's in the background; found on the second to lower wrist of the prosthetic arm. In order to hide his elbow joint there was a strong flexible leather piece that had sidi flexforce straps on the left, middle and right sides connected to the other side; with horizontally ribbed leather in between for flexibility. Another chained shackle in between the cablewires was found on the end where another revolving set of thick Norse rune rings were. The backpalm of the hand had three pyramid spikes on the knuckles that shot outward, with the fingers being exactly like the same except longer and the tips being replaced with razor blades that all pointed forwards and can bend down thanks to the joints that allow it to do so. Inside is another story as it was a skeletal arm bone with various chains and cablewires that was functioning everything inside. Finally, this arm was to be built with various capabilities but for now was to act like a model for what's to come on his workbench desk
As Mikekolt exited his lair into the intermission room with the windtunnel hole as the railing had a door that flared out to dump bodies who were killed, Deathstalker walked up to him as he started to nudge him in the face; which was something he stopped as held his face, talking to him. "It's been awhile since I've actually used to ride on your back hasn't it, I haven't been to the School of Dragons much either since there's just so much happening; why don't you go and come with me? I'm wondering what our teachers our doing, see if they know anything of Katetiburon's sudden leaving as there was no reason for her to abandon us like that" Mikekolt was bothered by this as Deathstalker agreed on what he thought, mounting on his back and leaving their lair to head out to the School of Dragons for answers
Gliding just beneath the clouds but just in the middle where they were above the ocean, the man and his Triple Stryke took the path to the school that he attended to this day; though it's not shown as much as it was previously. Seeing the island in the distance and arriving just on the school's conveniently placed vantage point platform, he dismounted Deathstalker and in the process decided to test out the newly created web-shooter attachments; and did just that by shooting a web beneath the platform. He then dropped and hung upside down as if he is a human yo-yo and lowed himself down from the shadows, getting an view of his surroundings without being seen; at least not until he decided to sneak up on Axethor who was nearing his position. Seeing him take a seat on the bench and yawn due to boredom, he lowered down in front of him and told him this which was enough to startle him
"Couldn't understand our teacher's muffled voice again? Hate it when that happens" Mikekolt suddenly appearing from above had Axethor shout out in alarm, but of course curiosity rose when he wondered how he was doing it
"How the hell do you suspend yourself from a web? And what is your web attached to? There isn't anything that can be attached to unless there's really tall buildings around" Axethor looked for anything that he was hanging from
"Vantage platform but that's not what matters to me, where are the teachers? I need to find answers as to why Katetiburon left us, darkblood's starting to rush through my skull" Mikekolt asked his best friend as he answered him
"They're at the Lookout where a student's getting expelled because of the fact that he lied to his friend about a heist he told him not to do, which was stealing and reading a scroll that told them of an plot to gather all sources of Dragon Root into creating a chemical restraining toxin using Dragonvine itself. I feel as though that this isn't the last we've seen of that evil plant of theirs that came from hell!" Axethor told him and hoped this was the last time he sees that plant from the depths of hell
"Thanks for the information, I'm on my way there now" Mikekolt told him as he was about to leave before Axethor asked him one last thing
"Hold on there, can I at least test out those web-shooters of yours? They look pretty cool" Axethor asked him
"Sorry Axethor, but the black webs are mine. You can have the blueprints for building your own ones though, it's in this scroll right here and it's easy to build; here's the vials of some white web fluids. Not as strong as the black webs like mine but that's because Bludvist had used a few drops of an concoction to strengthen the firepower of his army, mainly the one Silkspanner he uses for his traps: the Liberated Webtrapper. Take it and find somewhere to swing from back at the village, Chief Gort won't mind" Mikekolt handed over the white vials of web fluids and blueprint scroll to Axethor before climbing half-way up, flipping over and swinging back and forth in order to jump upwards to the air; shooting another web and with that swung off to the Lookout
Though he had little practice with the black webs it turned out swinging on them isn't as hard as it looked, he even shot a black web and zipped himself over to one of the structures in the Lookout before he shot another one; swinging underhand as he jumped with a impactful land right towards the grassy floor and a fist to strike the ground. The students gave him looks that questioned his sanity as they were hearing rumors about him all the time, now he's made an dual pair of web shooting attachments for his vambracers; is he feeling alright or is he got an blacksmith's creativity overload fever? Bladehead was the one who gave him the most envy inducing look directly towards him as he approached venomously
"I'd come her' waitin' to beat the hell outta' the expelled student for lyin' and what do I see before me eyes? A web-slingin' heavy scholar swingin' in to get himself a front seat when I'm the one with the god damn Skrill here..." Bladehead growled in intimidation as Mikekolt calmly told him
"You might want to be a bit more nicer to me, considering the fact that I'M THE ONE WITH THE MOTHERFUCKING RIFLE HERE!" Mikekolt held his Revenant's Talon II in his arms and pointed it against Bladehead's face without the dual square shaped silencers at the end attached
Bladehead punched the crossbow out of his arms using the side of his fist before taking him by the arms and whipcracking him down to the ground, spinning him around with his strength thanks to his rising anger until he threw Mikekolt up into the air away from the Lookout; that was until he shot out two black webs that latched onto the berserker blacksmith's nipple like areas on his upperchest. He pulled and threw himself back to the ground where Bladehead then threw a hard punch against his nose, flipping him over onto his back afterwards. After calming down he picked him up and carried Mikekolt to where the rest of the Knights were, having more control over his anger than previously as he knew why he was coming here and this ain't nothing involving a treacherous student who lied to his friend and betrayed his trust; that is enough to have his blood boiling because of that
Upon seeing Bladehead approach carrying Mikekolt in his arms as the man in question was in the process of plugging up the bleeding from his nose which would heal sooner or later, they took him from his arms and placed him down on his boots where he wanted to ask them what he came looking for. "Why would Katetiburon abandon us now all of a sudden?! You told me back at the third sub-region that she left to do her own things, but that's not enough for me to believe she's not lying about her reason; I want to know the truth as to why she left us for dead" Mikekolt demanded from the Knights since it was making him upset and disappointed since they were nearing the end of his journey and all of a sudden she decides she's going to quit on them like she lost faith in their victory
"I did tell you before about why she left because it's to do her own things but that's just a lie she made up just so I wouldn't tell you about a promise she wanted me to make if you ever wanted to know the truth. Here it is since that promise means nothing to someone who has lost his brother once and would not die a second time" Drayko held onto Toothless' head and stroked his snout as Raedwit continued on
"The following reasons involve questioning her place in a event that she's not supposed to be meddling in, she's sent by Grashunov to take back what's stolen from them by the Hunters as well as kill anyone who unknowingly helped her out in her task. Tension's conflicting with an relationship she's developed with you, but not because you two fell in love with each other" Raedwit the Illusionist revealed the three reasons as Mikekolt turned away, now knowing the truth about Katetiburon's disappearance
"Now I know where to take out my frustration out on, and it's the MMA Weapons Ring back at my lair's training section; wouldn't matter if I told you about it since Viggo's the one who gave this gift to me in the first place" Mikekolt mentioned and mounted on Deathstalker before he headed off back to his lair, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to go ahead and check out the rest of the new hideout; this time being the one where he'll be staying for a long term
HTTYD
Mikekolt entered the training room that he called the MMA Weapons Ring which not only has the caged arena of the same name meant for both weapon and fist-to-fist combat, but it also has a obstacle course for him to traverse such as: quintuple steps, ledge walk, chain glider, spider jump, sucker puncher, salmon ladder, jump hang, big balls, wall lifting, rumbling dice, downhill jump, tire swing, hang glider, walk the plank, upwards dreadmill and finally ending it all with the block swing that must be reached by the flying bar that comes before this one. They were kept in an sturdy structure and along with having an little hanging post for him to hang upside down while he did his usual training, he had a few sword and unarmed mu ren zhuang posts that were sporadically placed about; with some targets as they not only had melee and projectile weapons in their hands but can also attack but not in the slightest harm the trainer at all. A few more obstacles in the course included a collapsible rope bridge, spider wall run and an trampoline jump across following the former afterwards. There were lots and lots of targets created for every one of his arsenal including his second sword that had it's own objects to cut, as the target dummies were auto aiming Komodo Unit soldiers that included their brutes and minigunner variations. Using every weapon they have on them so he can be stronger and faster than his enemies, the obstacle course had destructible objects everywhere to give him that feeling of being in the real world. This was not meant for his health but for emerging victorious over the forces that were built by Grashunov to fight him. If he fell from the obstacles he was going through, then he'll land on a soft cushioning bed and get right back onto the part he fell from. Finally, he was never without having vents in the caged MMA Weapons Ring for spilling blood as he fought inside there; against targets who can actually bleed and recover from heavy blows until they were fully unable to counter his attacks, where he can finish them off since they're simple to rebuild
His bedroom looked like the main area of his lair as there was his double bed designed after the same one back at his old lair at the Whispering Caribbean, with a window that was on the left side's diagonally upwards edge. The stables on the otherhand were more expansive but kept the same look and style as previously as he wanted them to feel welcome in their own respective environment. All of them having some reinforced gates to stop them from being broken down by intruders and having his team be captured, along with all of them having an form of soft comfort for laying down as well as playing with each other should they decide to kill some time off. Now of course with every lair there is always an escape route to escape his intruders and attackers, this one being a caramel brown colored lower half octagonal shaped slide; having two bronze lights on the top and the sides as this led down to two paths, left led to the west exit while the right led to the east exit. Finally, the two exits looked like the ones from the previous temporary lair which was one he took and led into the ocean; hidden from view and leading out from the rock face that was also hidden
After returning from the forge where he built more of his own arrows that would become his projectile for whenever he uses his crossbow, he dropped an few balls onto the ground and began to fire at them one by one; never having to reload until after the thirty-second shot of his Revenant's Talon II as at that time he shot every target that bled out into the vents that he had around his training area. He nodded at their performance and decided to start creating an few to many of them as he can until he's locked and loaded like his title says, hell he even got himself a few areas to raid thanks to Lethalruin's reconnaissance intel. He's even thinking of a villain's name just in case he needed to take his frustrations out on something again, the one name he's got called the: "Frarrefkell Knight" as not only does to translate to swift fox in Norse but it's also named after his father's best man when he was married to his mother
The Revenant's Talon II crossbow's new arrows had the following design changes listed here that he was working on such as a thicker than normal shaft and a little shorter to be less predictable to dodge by his enemies. Another was that the arrowhead had sharply backwards razed blades on all four diagonal edges that also shoot upwards diagonally against the tip, not to mention the middle of the tip was a sharp piercing caliber like bullet in the middle that shot outwards for maximum piercing damage. On the bottom of the arrowhead were a few dual pair of razor blades closely next to each other on the top and bottom, with the shaft of the projectiles having two tight medium sized rings around them on the bottom of the razor blades; with some high velocity rubber like surfaces to ricochet easily against off walls when he needs to be wild with his kills and sniping ability. The rest of the shaft had an engraving of both hurstwic wire and beads as well as some Aztec engravings all around, carrying the same color scheme as his mask given by the Knights as a gift to welcome him should he ever join in their group which he will at times. The fletches were also metallic razor blades on the ends as they provided enough speed to give it a extra punch into whatever it hits. Finally, half of these were being produced at the forge since Mikekolt wastes no time in getting started as soon as possible
However the most important weapon of his arsenal that was in true need of refining was the tusked shield that also got no hesitation in being worked on, testing out the tusks which both retracted into the wankel edged board for protecting the warrior. The tips having some metal castings which were also armed with razor blades facing forward on the top, and the same old blades on the bottom that came from his crossbow; which the tipped ends were horizontal in addition to the same change made to his projectile weapon. Now being capable of shifting to a medium sized rotella shaped for throwing with added ricochet ballistics that can kill an man when throw in high speeds. Not only having an hidden laser sight that broke off into many as well as various walls around inside including against enemies that would be hit by him, all of the capabilities of the tusked shield will allow him to be more versatile than before; there is more than was being worked on such as the addition of having one extra strip on the sides of the decoration of a roaring and slobbering war-scarred jackal's head above an castle tower to represent Breyerkolt. To ensure that the Komodo Unit and other enemies don't survive their encounter with this tusked shield that also had it's tusks sprout out in the round formation, a hidden chain adorned with razor blades were inside and although didn't sprout out; these did not have to do so as the high speed can break through some walls easily. Finally, this took the rest of the day but it was worth it since he needed some rest as it was getting late; completing it by the next early morning
Roachkolt and Breyerkolt entered through the entrance in the upper part of the island where they took the tunnels leading downwards off to the sides, the heavily supported balcony as a twin splintered waterfall was found from the flowing rivers outside coming inside; raining all the way down to the abyss like pit that led to the ocean. Entering the third tunnel where the lift took them down to one last tunnel that led the two of them into intermission in between, looking down from the railing where the windtunnel was and seeing no kind of entrance into the lair. That was until Frynir peaked out from the camoflauged entrance to lead them inside, whom they followed down the stairs and into the hallway where they opened the doors; all to find his son and his half-brother's hideout when they took one look at it. Finding Mikekolt at work on his desk in the main mission area where he was mostly finished in building a new, although final but most powerful version of his Revenant's Talon crossbow line; this final one would be explained by him as soon as he looked up to see both his father and half-brother in his lair, inviting them over to his desk
"Just in time to see the near completion of the final version of my crossbow since Bladehead does his best to provide me with a weapon capable of kicking the Komodo Unit's asses, but to me it's about time that I give myself a upgrade by building the last and most powerful version that I could ever ask for: the Revenant's Talon III now has a beltfed chain formed into a drum magazine barrel inside but to make this even more broken than I already am by this point, a new feature has been added which is the addition to separate into a dual pair of one-handed crossbows. I'm using the Revenant's Talon II for the base which explains the dismantling and I'm mostly completed, so it's best to say that for the next two days I'll be preparing on our last assault against the Dragonroot Company" Mikekolt explained as his father asked him about the idea of the beltfed addition
"Why the hell would you add a beltfed chain?" Roachkolt asked as his son responded with this in return
"Revenant's Talon III injects the chainbelt once the new bullet arrows are fired automatically, so there's no reason to reload it through a painfully long time; all I do is just load a new one in and fire away just like that" Mikekolt explained with a simple explanation
"Your also saying that you never run out of bullet arrows for the Revenant's Talon III as well?" Breyerkolt asked him
"Never because the beltfed chains use a 32nd fraction of the 100-round drum to reload automatically, something that I'm glad to do as putting in the three shot burst was not something I'm comfortable in doing. The feature carries onto the dual crossbows mode and the best thing of all is that it's the lightest crossbow I'm wielding right now compared to the Revenant's Talon II as the first one was average, the second's lighter than that and now I've got a more comfortable projectile to wield in hand" Mikekolt explained
"Ah now I understand my son, you just built yourself a keeper; the Lupineraider Brotherhood Tribunal will not find a lighter lightweight full-auto crossbow than that. I assure that Viggo told you about our ancestor's tribe?" Roachkolt nodded and Breyerkolt agreed as the former asked him, who nodded in return
Breyerkolt approached his half-brother one last time to talk to him about if he remembers what he said back there to him in the waterfall. Mikekolt turned around from his chair and knew what he was going to ask him about, it's about time that he reveal what he told him since these words were going to serve him for when the time comes for him to build and form his own tribe. These words spoke to him about standing tall even when he is about to die in a bloodied and beaten death, never letting his back hit the ground and never letting his spirit be broken by the fall of his half-brother; should he ever die that is since he's got a gut feeling that he'll not survive the final confrontation before completely leaving. Bidding him an farewell as soon as he left, going down the exit slide that led down to the runway following the closing of the entrance doors
The end of the runway happened to be an deep sea bay which was a large hangar like room in the process of having an rectangular shaped pool in front with an ladder, railings and a tunnel that looked like the bottom sides of the windtunnel abyss that was found in the intermission room before his main lair. Perforated plated floors with a ramp on the other side, a staircase which led up to the platform above through the door; some doors on the railings that opened and flared out and some dark monteverde california teal colored water that bubbles as if it is in the process of being decontaminated in a purification chamber. All while keeping the gold lights and brown color scheme as his exit slide to escape intruders alive, the ramp led down in the water that led through the sea tunnel cavern that was kept up and structured well; an mighty fine addition just in case something was bound to cause this island to collapse in the seas, a fate that Berk will soon have when the time comes for him to fullfill Drayko's wish. At the end of the tunnel was an cavern that also gave the impression of a dead end, nothing was suspicious there and it was all looking natural; not a single thing is out of place as it's all made to look believable to the eye. He mounted onto Dustscorcher and flew out feeling like he has been ignoring his presence in his team for a long time, which was not the case with him since there's not that many times he required his help. As of now he's out to gather the last of what he needs to fully amplify the Revenant's Talon III to make it suitable for his taste, because he will be a mercenary that will fight in any war; just call it his own form of business known as "Mikekolt Incorporated"
Following the acquisition of the materials needed to amplify the final version of his crossbow and returning back to his lair, he remained focused on building the amplifications all into the modified weapon as his Revenant's Talon II was being used to build this projectile. All of the additions given to him by Bladehead after losing his first one were all integrated into this, a state-of-the-art interchangeable lightweight system weapon designed to split into a pair of dual wielded crossbows for fast strikes to kill and take out his targets just like that. Only an man of his blacksmithing talents can go further than what the Norse Age limits everyone as well as respected ones from accomplishing. He wondered if the reason that everyone is all getting their hands on advanced weaponry like this is because they raided Corinth once, an act of stealing and procuring their blueprints that would be used in the future by the modern age; after all the Corinthians are Atlanteans as their society is built on inventions and without a shadow of an doubt, imagination too thanks to various features designed by them. For two days as he predicted, Mikekolt was always having his mind focused on this alone; never did he forget to take his mind off his project every now and then to be with his family. Once he was putting on the finishing touches by inserting the last piece into the handle for comfort and support to both hands, he put his tools down and began to put the crossbow together; assembling it into the final weapon he had drawn
Beheld in front of him among his throwing axes that he rarely used, his Bombs along with the respective variants such as the Razorjacks and Pursuerwings that were all resting on pedestals shaped like square pyramids fitted onto slots with eight short spider like legs all around; the Revenant's Talon III stood as it was now his to use with maximum power. The beautiful dark and ash to dust black color with an added darkblood red to the mix, this too was given some golden red to sunset orange reflective color for a sense in looking cool. Not only was this an beltfed crossbow that didn't have to be reloaded too often, but with the right detachments; he was able to disconnect the halfway point and sprout out into a second one-handed bow for him to wield with his other hand, but to further make it easier for him to wield it came with a hand tightening beltstrap that was hidden underneath so that he wouldn't drop it. Something that would make him go overboard he'll admit but that's not really the point, thanks to the completion of this projectile he'll go ahead and raid a outpost of the Dragon Hunters to celebrate this achievement; to test this crossbow out and start a whole new way of delivering a new meaning of hell to the tribe
Suiting up in his new armor that was built as well as strapping on the Vampiric Skeleton-VIII project that would allow him to glide and maneuver through the skies using a trio of jetvents on the back which were grilled, Mikekolt took Frynir with him to test out his new weapon on some living bleeding targets because that's what he does the best for new weapons for his expansive arsenal like this one he developed
"Let's bring some hell to the Dragon Hunters as the time for revenge against them is overdue for long enough, it will not go late again!" Mikekolt told her as she snarled in return, ready to bring some closure to the family she had
As the sun fell onto the horizon's borders of the Archipelago in the distance and the dust on the ground began to kick up through the oceans, a brigantine made it's route through and in their wake came the approach of an Skrill that landed on the side of the ship; it's not at least tightly guarded and it's feeling pretty light. Mikekolt used his binoculars to determine all of the hunters on the upper deck before confirming it was indeed light security, time to put his Revenant's Talon III's revolver barrel to great use as well some interrogation. He climbed on board the upper deck as he'll signal Frynir to tear the ship apart when he has all he needs to know about, hiding behind a crate out of sight from the few hunters patrolling through the upper deck; as soon as one of them went below he made his move towards them
Lightly treading up to the patrolling hunter on the upper deck, he kicked his leg in and got his hands on his victim's neck to chest; now his life is in his hands and the first thing he will do is to get his hands on some knowledge about a few things. "Maeve's been boosting your supply to greater numbers than previously, where is their headquarters? You have three seconds to tell me" Mikekolt asked him
"You don't scare me Castlekroftservkhall, I ain't going to talk" The Hunter refused to speak
"3..." Mikekolt counted down
"You're a dead man" The Hunter continued to resist
"2...!" Mikekolt was getting closer to one
"I... will not, you ain't got nothing on us" Even under the threat of having his throat slit, he was one defiant son of a bitch who learned from their prisoner about resisting interrogation
"I do not need anything on you to learn the Dragonroot Company's headquarters, NOW WHERE IS IT!?" Mikekolt shouted gruffly in his evil shadow's voice
"You're choking me... I can't breathe!" The Hunter was getting afraid and begged for it's life to be spared from this man who was going to gut him in the throat
"NOW!" Mikekolt was not playing around and lightly stabbed him in the throat
"Dragon Root Island: excavation sites everywhere and traps under camouflaged canopies, large island with two snowtopped mountains and sparse woodlands of Dragon Root trees; main base is a powerhouse filled with lava and a microwave hallway. You can't pass through that hallway, it's too hot in there and I lost several friends when trying to cross it; you'll melt before you reach the end. I even lost one of my legs and my arms were both fried inside of that hellhole!"
"WHO BUILT IT!?" Mikekolt demanded
"It was the Komodo Unit, the lower lava filled powerhouse is abundantly loaded and filled with them everywhere. They're the ones who gave us the weapons and the traps, that's all I know!" The Hunter felt his neck further get stabbed deeper as Mikekolt asked him one last thing before leaving
"Remember something else you're not telling me?" Mikekolt asked one last time
"San Alrkroynamo (AL-KHRON-NA-MOE) Peninsula, on the mainland of Whiteburah Isle" The Hunter told him everything before he slain him in cold blood
He was about to leave until he turned back and threw a incoming attacking Dragon Hunter to the other side, bringing out his Revenant's Talon III and blazing out a hailfire of bullet arrows through his attacker's body where he fell to the floor afterwards. He took the hunter's clear warning about the microwave hallway in the lava powerhouse in their headquarters, he did feel his blood run cold just from the threat of it alone but he's come too far to turn back away from the path he took. It was time for him to return to his lair back home since the projectiles he used were good, but it's going to take more power and force than the current design for it; they'll have to be smaller for him to fire though not too small for him to wield in his hands. A moment of his time to revisit the design won't hurt too badly
There is but a few hours left before his journey ends here today as the sun will rise when the moon comes down, he will be the first to attack their headquarters on the excavation site as well as their leader; Maeve's Buffalord was supposed to be with Drayko according to him and he's ready to move on from going under her leadership. He wanted his real mother and it's a mother he needs, then it's one that he'll get from one who's willing to help teach him what it's like to be truly loved by someone who cares for him
Hours later after returning back to his lair, Mikekolt entered his mission room where he was finished in shrinking the size of the bullet arrows; shortening more of the shaft but too much. He loaded them all into Revenant's Talon III with them all sporting Volcanripper Metal covers for piercing force, rubber layers for ricocheting off walls and sharpened tips for killing power; all while having the ability to split into multiple bullet arrows because why not? As long as he can clear a room easily without having to rely on what weapon to use, then it shouldn't by all means matter to him god dammit. After increasing the chemical restraint concoction serums of his Deathgripper venom projectiles to have a higher chance of controlling without killing whoever's the victim, he moved away from his mission desk and pushed in everything as he was ready to leave as early in the morning; he was also shirtless without his armor on but it's all just something like that which can be rearranged by him
Mikekolt took his Bravo Armor which was now bleeding with a badass ebony to spider black and dark charcoal brown color, but he was not done yet as he now sported an kickass below the knee battleskirt that ditched the treebark camo pattern; giving him the image of a heavy arsenal and frontline combat ready warrior. Locking and loading himself with all weapons on him as well as putting on his webshooters along with blades that sprout outward in case he's disarmed, being slanted diagonally downwards towards the left and right side on both arms. His battleskirt which was of course changed to being below the knee had this new design in mind, to reflect him now and forever as the mercenary machine of war who has brought the Dragonroot Company down; here it is before your eyes:
The new camouflage reflected the bleeding stained battlefield of San Alrkroynomo with the sky having a ebony to spider black and dark charcoal brown on the top, but along with that is also some carob, revenna, melissa, chocolate, mud oak and peanut brown for extra layers of the sunrise; which was also found on the filthy earth the soldiers stood on. The second layer came with a beige, oat, sand dollar, biscotti, sand, sandcastle and sugar cookie tan. The third which was a banana, butterscotch, pineapple, blonde, daffodil, tuscan sun, laguana and golden rod yellow for the rising sun in the background amidst the black palm trees that swayed downwards for more of a tropical feel while some of them stood upwards like that. The explosions of course had edges and fiery mixes of a salamander, tiger, basketball, papaya, orangutan, goldfish and tangerine orange; but that's not all as there were also an added candy apple, carmine, barn, maroon and sangria red color on the edges and on most parts of the fiery explosions that blew up in the background with black shadows of warriors that were fighting in the background. To further add into the scene there was some splinters and splatters of darkblood because these warriors had it running in their veins, all carrying the same crossbows he's wielding right now as if they've upgraded from the traditional warfare into the modern age. Finally, the reason for it being below the knee was to make it less of a hassle for it to get in the way when fighting and moving; it's all in the artwork drawn by him as well as the feeling of fighting freely without being restrained
Gathering his team over to the deep sea bay at the end of the runway of his lair, Mikekolt got onto his best bud's quill adorned back before taking off into the water with his team closely following their leader behind. Coming out of the water at the end of the camouflaged cave and emerging out from the dark seacave afterwards, into the air where they vanished in the cloudcover in the early hours of the morning
Mikekolt's Journey to begin the Titan Uprising ends here in the following morning where the sun will come to greet them at the end, though it will come with a horrible sacrifice that will not have him prepared for what he will lose once both Maeve the Matron of Dragons and the rogue Outcast Lieutenant; Savage the Staunch are dead. The end begins here now...