Okay, war chest had been gathered, disparate survivors had been united, differences among tribe members had been smoothed out for the moment, yadda, yadda, yadda. If you're listening to this, you know the drill.
At this point, I just wanted to get through the titans, beat Rockwell for good, and move on. And make sure to get some better understanding of any offers of work I got from Celm before I took them. Because all of this boredom was my fault.
"Hurry up and get on with this!"
Yes, Vivian.
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There were three titans that guarded the way to the King Titan - the Forest Titan, Desert Titan, and Ice Titan. All had to be slain to face the King Titan, though you could also take them if you desired.
The order we felled them in was, unsurprisingly, Forest, Desert, and Ice.
And unlike the past few times, we took a lot less time to take them all down.
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Soundtrack Start: ARK Survival Evolved OST - Forest Titan Theme
With a mighty roar, the Forest Titan unleashed a wave of roots, hoping to ensnare its assailants.
Ruby just barely managed to avoid the attack before leaping into the air and opening fire on the monster. While Team RWBY's supply of Dust had been limited, thanks to Ruby's own ingenuity and gun-focused quirkiness, they'd improvised element into a suitable replacement ammunition. True, that left Weiss with some...very limited options (especially since Weiss hadn't mastered her semblance yet), but it was progress.
Oh, and the big grimm was helping attack the titan.
Ruby had a feeling she was never going to get over how odd it was to have a Creature of Grimm as an ally.
And then there were the dragons.
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The Vortigaunt gripped tightly onto the winged reptile's spines, for there were no other suitable gripping points on its hide. The creature, oddly enough, did not seem to mind his presence.
Why the wyverns were here was a mystery that not even their human host could explain, but it benefitted the Vortigaunts and their allies greatly - a free perch from which to attack the floral colossus without fear of retaliation. Occasionally it would try to remedy this by tearing a boulder or root out of the ground and throwing it at them, but its aim was poor. The vortigaunts, meanwhile, rained down upon the giant with the fury of the vortessence.
The creature raged and screamed, but it had no way to retaliate against them.
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Down below, Ruby smiled as the titan started to stagger. Deploying Crescent Rose into scythe mode, she planted the blade on the ground and took aim, lined up on one of the crystal growths in the titan's hide, and fired.
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Soundtrack Start: ARK Survival Evolved OST - Desert Titan Theme
The crystal mass exploded, causing the stingray like creature to howl in pain.
From atop his Concavenator, Thaurok smiled. The Green Martian had hit his target and managed, if only momentarily, to weaken the flying titan. Nearby, others of his kin fired at the small fliers that served the Desert Titan, clearing up a path for their allies to attack it atop flying warbeasts.
Thaurok was reminded of the Red Martians of Barsoom by all these...humans, and couldn't help but wonder if they were related, even if the huamns had repeatedly said no. The resemblance was uncanny.
Joining the humans were a group of bio-mechanical warriors he had seen earlier - the matoran, if he remember right. Led by one they called Turaga and another they called Makuta, they supplemented the strange firearms with disks, of all things. Powerful disks, if the damage they were inflicting was any indication.
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Atop her giant owl, Nycorax hurled another bolt of shadow at the mighty titan, managing to break yet another node of element on it. If she had a cranial unit that allowed it, she would've smiled - this fight was going surprisingly well. It seemed to be only a matter of time before beast would be felled, even with the horde of fliers backing it up. Some humans were even using jetpacks to attack it, while the insects the lady Vivian had dominated were flying in to relieve pressure on what would normally be their greatest enemies. Oh how odd things were.
The larger creature roared in fury and released bolts of lightning, but those were evaded easily enough. How disappointing - she'd thought it would provide more of a challenge.
Above them, a Quetzalcoatlus had been brought in to act as a mobile base, providing their fliers a place to land, refuel, and restock on ammo before returning to the fray. It made absolutely no sense, but it worked. Somehow. Nycorax had a feeling that common sense had gone out to lunch at this point. This universe was just too weird for anything to make sense anymore.
Below her, a human was charging up a railgun, already having their aim locked upon a giant mass of element. Moments later, the weapon was fired, and the projectile soared toward its target.
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Soundtrack Start: ARK Survival Evolved OST - Ice Titan Theme
Letting out a pained cry, the tusked behemoth recoiled, allowing the group to refocus their forces and maneuver around it.
Standing at the frontline of the engagement was a mixture of tyrannosaurs, giganotosaurs, golems, and the most recent addition of all, a group of meks, all either biting, punching, or shooting at the monstrous creature. Their massive offensive provided no room to maneuver, much to the chagrin of their foe. Amid the flurry of combat, small drones flitted about, moving between each of the meks and repairing any that were damaged.
On a perch hidden away from the frontlines, Lelouch smiled. Fighting was, most certainly, not his forte. Sure, he wished to one day bring his home nation to its knees, but right now, taking to the field of battle was not in the cards. But a supporting role, away from the frontlines? He could work with that. One day he would take to the front, for how could a leader expect loyalty if he wasn't willing to lead the charge, but for now, he was content to stay behind the first wave. Especially if it meant he could watch over Nunnally.
Said sibling, alongside Sayoko, Kallen, and the orange haired girl named Shirley, were also controlling drones, working to keep the frontlines from breaking, and so far, they were doing an excellent job.
Though, Lelouch did wonder what would happen when the enforcers entered the field.
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Teleporting forward, M4 smiled as her enforcer pounced upon the Titan, giving her an opening to start filling its maw with lead. Moments later, Gager and Architect added lasers and missiles to its diet, though this just seemed to do superficial damage to it. The meks attacks that followed, however, definitely did more than passing damage.
An intense barrage of fire soon followed, and moments later, the titan collapsed, dead.
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It took us about six days to go three for three with the Titans. But we did. And it felt awesome.
Now we were ready to take on the King Titan. And then solve this mess for good and head back home, because I had made a mistake accepting this particular offer.
Still, I had to worry about what Rockwell would do next. One way or another, I felt he had one last card to play...well, actually, he had two, but you get the point.
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AN: So, thoughts?
Will try to keep this down to five more chapters at max. Getting tired of this arc, but I don't want to skip it outright.
Read and Review! This is Flameal15k, signing off!
