Sorry for the late update guys. Just recently bought a new laptop, and with that I have to replay the whole game from the start... which is fine, to be honest. At least I could make right calculations for upgrading skills. Though... There's one thing I want to raise my middle finger to: Spacebar forward skills don't work -.- Changed Spacebar to B but it will be hella harder than usual. And I'm already bad enough in playing this game.
Also, thanks for your attentions toward this story. I feel very happy that the numbers of favorites and follows are quite high. I hope you could stay with me to the end.
Anyway, I did say about team RWBY reading your reviews, so I suspect that most of them will be mentioned from the beginning of the actual chapters.
Of course, there are some exceptions:
To dragonslayerajahn: Your review contains a bit too much spoilers, so I'm not going to show them in this chapter. Maybe in the later, mission 10 maybe because that's when Nero knows who Dante is.
To SoNNeikO: I did plan to write it in 3rd person POV, but it doesn't work well to my way of writing. Also, about your suggestion... I believe that maybe someone would try to write RWBY reacting to another games of the series once they found out my idea...but if there's no one, I will write them down after finishing this story.
To Guest: I will try to minimize their appearances. Maybe they will be in the beginning to tell something, and the rest will be RWBY only. They are the reasons RWBY can play the game, though. HOWEVER, team RWBY will mention them, because they made a ton of impacts into their life. And I did so because it would be more natural, like when you play with your friends and talk stuffs. Think of this story like that.
To XxExtremeSamX: Planned to write something cool, but ended up with that. Hope you still enjoy the main story.
With that off, let RWBY read the rest before starting the new mission!
I am planning to press Continue, when a similar paper note falls off a gap on the ceiling. Weiss grabs it and reads... "Reviews, as always."
Blake: "I guess it's your turn, since you grabbed it first."
Weiss nods, and starts checking the reviews... "The first one is Phoenix Champion. Cool name, by the way. He said that the statue we hit before was called Combat Adjudicator. The name was because of the previous game... T.O, might explain that?"
T.O: "In the previous games, those things can only be hit by one type of weapons each."
"But in this game... They have to make changes for better gameplay, right?" No response. "I will take that as a yes."
Weiss continues: "The next one... is a long one from lolrus555... two of them. The first one... we already knew about the Exceed, but the Taunt... different ranks give different ones, and it raises a super gauge?"
Yang: "I think it's like in that Tag game. There is a mana bar there."
Weiss then checks the second one: "Oh, he didn't read carefully enough... That blame is on you, Creator."
Yeah, I know.
Weiss continues: "He suggested us to upgrade the Exceed and Blue Rose's charge shots as soon as possible."
"Well..." I press Continue, and we're waiting for another cutscene...
Mission 3: The White Wing
Search Fortuna Castle!
We blink at that. No cutscene this time... "Huh, spare us more time to play."
Blake stretches her arms up and says: "Do you think team JNPR will find us soon? Or your father, Ruby?"
"Welll... maybe both will come. Who knows?" I then check the power-ups, and see the number of total Proud Souls. "That looks better when we saw it after mission 1."
Yang: "We did beat a Demon Boss, so of course we have to gain more than before."
I check on Red Queen's skills again to see the Exceed 2 and 3 able to buy, but I don't do it yet. I turn to Blue Rose and check the Charge Shots...
'A little recommendation: Don't buy Charge Shots right now. It deals way too much damage.'
Yang asks in confusion: "So? The more damage, the better."
'I mean it could nearly one-shot those Scarecrows. But it is not very stylish.'
"Oh... let's check everything first." Out of the skill charts, we see a new one appear: Devil Bringer. Though, when we check it, all skills are just extending the length of the grab. Not worth right now, in our opinion. Then return to Abilities... and we see MAX-Act being way higher than our current points.
"SO! What to pick, girls?"
Weiss: "The guy before did give out a good reason to upgrade Exceed System, so the ones in the Red Queen first."
Following the advice, I buy both of them. Blake comments next: "Then Split. Returning to ground faster is better for now."
After buying it and seeing how much left, Yang then gives out the last one: "Maybe upgrading Streak for now. The dashing distance before was way too near."
"But... we can buy Speed..."
'Only work outside combat.'
"Aw... that's a shame."
After buying what we need, we start the mission...
'Before I forget, girls.' Voice of Kuro resurfaces. 'During the Buster animation, you can spam Buster button or Rev button for extra damage. Not applying to every demon.'
Blake: "That's an info... that you could have told us before. It could give us..."
'I DID say not every demon. The Scarecrows and Berial aren't affected by that.'
"Well... later than never. Let's head into the game!"
And we see a Divinity Statue right next to us. We all look at each other with exactly one thought in our minds: The boss is nearby already?
"I think it's nothing, Ruby. Keep going." Keeping that in mind, I run deeper inside, and face another Scarecrow. Thanks to the upgraded Streak, I reach it in one go and hit it, and High Roller it up, but it just sticks their on the narrowed ceiling. Not minding it, I jump up and slash it two times before using Split, landing on the ground and Buster the demon to kill it. During that, the camera changes to the dead end to the left of the first entrance, revealing red lights coming from the Red Crystal. Though, I can hear two more demon laughs behind me, so I follow them first. It leads me to a more spacing ground, with a small waterfall (not natural though) and a broken train rail. I kill the second one, but for the third one, I Buster it, then while it's staggered, I rev Red Queen to the third stage, before holding the High Roller, and I send the Scarecrow to the air with three round spins, killing it during the process. And I can see a glimpse of what's above me: a few Grim Grips floating around broken wooden bridges... not nice.
During when I return to the Red Crystal, Yang asks: "Is this because of the Demons?"
Weiss: "Could be. Although, some mines could be like that naturally. Except the broken train rail though."
Blake then remembers: "Hey Ruby, after taking down the Red Crystal, how about we test the Exceed upgrade?"
Just in time for me to do what she just said. "Okay." Reaching the clear ground, I rev Red Queen up again.
Alright, time for testing!
With Streak, I spin three rounds filled with fire.
With High Roller (press only), I swing Red Queen three vertical rounds, all of them hit the ground in one point.
With High Roller (holding Y), I fly up while swinging in the same manner.
With Split, the pointy end of Red Queen is pointed to the ground as I stab it down from above. The more Exceed bars, the bigger and stronger the explosion after hitting the ground is.
Yang whistles: "Damn, that's powerful. Too bad we can't get it to the max faster."
Blake: "Later than never."
I then walk to the waterfall, jump to the higher ground, and start Hell Bounding myself up. Luckily I can hold Lock-on and it automatically changes to the Grim Grip I need, otherwise it will be a hard way to go up.
Weiss suddenly says: "Did we do something like this before?"
All of the rest turn to her as I ask: "Do what?"
"That kind of travel."
Blake: "Um, we don't have arms like his."
Weiss: "I mean, spinning around to reach higher ground..."
Yang: "You mean like going up that kind of water slide?"
Weiss: "... Yeah, we definitely didn't do that before. Good to know."
When I reach the end, I jump down below since I see a Red Orb floating patiently. Then I jump up to that end...
"Don't go in yet." Blake stops me. "I saw another Grip above."
Above? When I look to the right, the balcony seems to be able to jump in... and I was right. Jumping up to another one, the camera moves up and shows that there are indeed two Grim Grips, but they are lining to... a flat board?
I immediately press Pause there. Then I turn to Blake. "Any ideas?"
Before the Faunus could answer, Weiss comments: "Kick jump could work. I mean, that's how you decapitated that Nevermore, Ruby."
"But that's with your Glyph..."
Blake: "But could it work if he is flung towards the board?"
Yang: "Just try. I mean, a badass like him couldn't do something that symbol?"
"... It's a video game and there are limits, but I can see your point." Weiss admits.
For that, I continue the game, and Hell Bound both of them. When I reach the board, I manage to Kick Jump like we guess. What I don't count is that there are more Grim Grips, and I end up falling down to the first end. Not giving up, I retry again, and this time I reach the highest height and see the Blue Orb Fragment and nearly laugh... if that fall right to the lowest ground doesn't stop me from doing so.
I nearly drop my controller in despair, as Yang giggles. "Not fun, Yang." "Do the same to me if I ever make that mistake. Probably never." "Noted."
After around five tries or so with all kinds of mistakes, I manage to grab it and make a Blue Orb, increasing one health bar permanently. Not joking, I spent three minutes for that sequence, including time to change my lock-on button. It's really annoying without Devil Bringer upgrades. And I did record it so don't try to tell me that I'm trying to troll you. "That's so tiresome...but it is worth."
Weiss: "Yeah... about that..."
Blake asks the Heiress: "You remembered something?"
"Nora." That one word reminds all of us about a collaboration battle with our other selves... which the powerhouse of team JNPR tried to nail the head of a dragon (not THAT Grim Dragon, mind you all). Needless to say that she nearly got burnt after that, and when we asked why she did that, she just answered that she wanted to.
"Though, it was worth, for her at least." I try to defend her, which makes Weiss sigh.
Entering the previous entrance, I am greeted by more Scarecrows. With new skills, they can no longer touch me, though there are few close moments that I manage to dodge in time. After killing them, I take a small break to look what the area looks like. So far, there are a few working wheels, with a seemly fine trail if the automatic cart runs once a while. Lights still working, and the conditions are seemingly in good orders...
Weiss comments: "That's like the beginning time of the mining work."
"It's like the time we visited one of the Schnee Dust Mine, right? Except yours are more futuristic."
Weiss: "It was like this before, so I can relate."
Though, we can't head further if we direct to the rail. Luckily, thanks to the map, we see where we can go next. After jumping the steps, I walk to a three-way section. The left one is a dead-end, but I still head there anyway, and I am rewarded with another Vital Star.
Blake: "For items like this, they are not doing good works in hiding them."
Yang: "Maybe the items aren't THAT important? I mean, we haven't used one of what we have yet."
"We are in normal level, according to them. Maybe it will be useful on higher difficulties?"
Though, when we head to the right, we're blocked by planks of woods, but with a simple shot they are down. I am planning to run out when I notice the part of the wall being painted white. I turn to Weiss and ask: "Hey, does any of your mines have this? I mean, seeing different colors..."
Weiss deadpans. "You are talking about a Dust Mine, Ruby. Any types of Dust could be there."
Blake: "I think she meant if there could be anything else other than Dust, but in nature."
Weiss puts her index finger under her chin and thinks... then says: "Not really. Unless it's the exit, then maybe that's why it looks different."
"Oh right. Forgot about the exit." That explains the whiteness. I run out of the mine, expecting to see a clear area...
And I am greeted by a blizzard. All of us blink at the sudden change of environment, then Yang jokes: "Hey, didn't know that mine connect their world to your place, Weiss."
Weiss snorts. "Not funny, Yang. But that's a surprise, considering we just faced a Fire Demon, and now we're standing in a storm."
Briefly looking at the map, I can see that we can run to the cliff. However, from Nero's view, I can see that there's a small way in the left, so I head in there first. Though, It's another dead-end, but there are steps to jump on, so I follow that and find a Red Orb.
Blake: "That's... not very...rewarding..." Everyone else nods in agreement. For a place like that and just having Red Orb, not very satisfying. Then I follow the cliff... which I then try to jump off out of curiosity, but there's an invisible wall blocking us from jumping off. Shrugging at that, I continue the walk, though once a while I use Streak just to travel faster... and luckily that's faster than walking now. Turning to a corner, the storm dies down, and we can see a full white moon, like ours.
We all then look out of window to see the shattered moon of Remnant. Blake says: "I wonder if the Younger Brother intended to do so, or he was just angry at that moment?"
Weiss: "Sir Oum never answered about that. Saying to let us find out on our own. He did say that there are documents about that..."
I groan. "You know that they're written in ancient languages, right? Other than sir Ozpin, none of us can read that."
Yang: "And no one else has the 'curse' like the Headmaster, so we can't ask anyone."
Running further, the front view of Fortuna Castle appears under the moonlight. And its design... Yang voices out our thought: "Hey, the castle looks like our academy!"
Weiss: "I totally agree with you. I know that our world has a lot of references from sir Oum's old world, us being the examples, but that similar design is way too coincident."
Blake: "Maybe it's because sir Oum took an interest in it?"
"Or the design is popular. It could be possible." I already paused the game when we talked. Once everyone takes that as the answer, I continue playing. Following the map, I see many pillars of all sizes, and the smaller ones can be broken, though they drop only small green orbs or even nothing. Then I reach to the left half of a bridge or something...
Nero heads to the end of the bridge when a small earthquake stops him. Hearing the sound from his left, he turns to see the old stone clock tower falling into the bridge, breaking itself and the bridge in pieces. But it seems to be nothing to Nero, as he just casually lands with his feet softly on the snow-covered ground. Then the structures collapse, spreading snow everywhere. After the damage is done, he just flicks any snow left on his coat out. Then, he hears something landing heavily on a metal floor above his head. He looks up to see two demons, their appearances look like white lizards with ice armors and claws. One of them roars, not very loud, and both of them jump off the place they're standing, but one of them then floats on the air...
And it teleports right in front of my face. Taken by surprise, I immediately jump back to avoid any damages it can cause. After regaining my composure, I head in and slash it three times, but the demon doesn't fling once, and it could have successfully slammed down its left claw on me if the fourth slash doesn't land on time and knock it away. A bit surprised by it, I decide to Snatch and Buster it... and I grab its head and swing the demon around my head one time before throwing it toward a different direction. Immediately Exceed Streak to it, High Roller to the air and slash three times before Buster it again for the kill. After landing on the ground, I try to Snatch the other one, but to our surprise, it jumps to the left to dodge, and then swings its ice claw up and sends me to the air. Landing on my back, I recover quickly and Streak it. Again, no fling, but I'm not being taken surprised anymore, I Combo A and grab it and, just remembered about what Kuro told us previously, spam the Buster button. This time, I swing it three rounds before throwing it away. When it recovers, I Lock-on and see that it's about a quarter of health left. Suddenly it encases itself in an ice diamond. Do not knowing what it's doing, I just come to it and slash normally. But when the third point of the diamond, the demon suddenly breaks out of the diamond, and the Lock-on shows that it actually recovers its health to about half! Now knowing that it will be problematic if letting the fight go too long, I go in and Buster it one more time, then Snatch it back and combo with Exceed System to kill it faster.
Once the demons are gone, the red strings break. I sigh and put the controller down, then stretch. "Those demons are not a joke. And that's just normal level..."
Yang: "I could say they're around the Alpha Grimm level. But that healing is really surprising."
Blake: "We can heal, at least while we still have Aura."
Weiss: "Then that red coat guy must be one as well, if he could survive that sword through the chest."
"I think he's half demon. That boy teacher is one, right?"
Blake: "Only later on."
I pick the controller up and start running into the castle. When I'm on the bridge, I have a better look of the front of the castle. The more I look, the more it looks like a big church than a castle. And I reach the middle of the bridge...
Nero feels something different in the air... and looks up to see one of those Scarecrows flying out of the castle. He points Blue Rose up and plans to shoot it, when he notices something different about it. Something white and brown is attaching to it, and that something then spins the demon a few rounds in the air before slamming its head on the bridge. The camera changes the corner, and it shows that's a woman with short white hair with blue eyes and brown skin. She's wearing some kind of white coat, with orange collar decorated with white patterns of sort, and blue feathers attached on both shoulders.
Nero walks to her, then stops as Scarecrows start surrounding her...
Blake suddenly comments while pinching her eyes: "That pose is... questionable..."
Yang grins: "Hey, I did that to Jaune once."
Blake: "Yeah, but for some reasons when that woman did that...it just..."
Yang nudges the Faunus, making the later blush. "Ho-ho, imagining something there, little kitty? Want to tell us?"
And Weiss just pull the Brawler's ear, causing her to whine. "Keep those pervert thoughts to yourself. If you want, do it later."
"WEISS!" I shout in embarrassment. I am old enough to know what they're talking about. Doesn't mean I'm comfortable with it.
One of them slashes her but ends up hitting its own member as the woman flips back and dodges every slash. Another demon thrusts its blade on her back, but she spreads her legs out to avoid it, then uses her heels to grab it and slams the demon to the bridge. She then leans down and reaches to something under her, then leans up and back to not get hit. She now holds a knife in her hand, which extends another blade on opposite side. She then cuts down the Scarecrows with ease, and jumps up and kicks one in the face with both her heels. One plans to back-stab her, but she just kicks it with her right leg, though it forces her to stay in exposed position, as the other demons aim their blades at her. In the end though, she spin-kicks them and then lands on heads of two demons with her heels. One narrowly cuts her, but passes over her chest, and then it gets cut two times before dying. She then concentrates and feels the last one behind her, as she turns her head back only to see it being blasted by Nero's shot.
"That fighting style..." Blake comments, a bit reluctantly. "Why does that remind me of that woman?"
Yang: "The one with whip-sword as her weapon? Yeah, me too."
Weiss: "At least... it's not that extreme. Though I can't figure out why they dress like how they do."
I decide NOT to comment on that. We have bad times enough with one, we don't want to know a second one.
The woman turns completely back and walks to Nero. "I owe you thanks."
Nero lowers his gun and takes a better look at her. Aside from the main theme color being white, her clothes expose most of her thighs and the middle of her chest. Nero asks: "You are from the Order? I have never seen you before."
The woman then stretches her right arm out and waits for a handshake. "I'm new. Gloria." She introduces herself with a wink, causing Nero to turn away in discomfort.
Everyone then turns their heads towards Yang, causing her to ask back in confusion: "Hey, why are you all looking at me like that?"
Blake: "The way she acts minds us all about you."
Yang protests: "HEY! I'm not like that!" Seeing the glances, she adds: "... Not all the time."
"Yeah." That causes her to pout at all of us, who then grin at her expression.
The woman then notices Nero's right arm. She asks curiously: "You are Nero, right?" Earning a nod, she continues: "I have heard rumors."
He retorts back while crossing his arms: "Hasn't everyone?"
Gloria confirms while trying to have a better look at the devil arm: "Quite a few in fact, and none too flattering."
Nero decides to change the subject: "So what's the deal? Where are they coming from?"
"It's strange." Gloria answers. "No matter the number you kill, more will come."
Nero briefly turns back to see the woman sheathing her weapon in... a little sensual way. That causes him to turn away immediately, which makes the woman smile in amusement.
"That's Yang alright." "HEY!"
Nero concludes: "Then I will leave that chore to you. I have got some personal slaying to take care of." And he heads to the Fortuna Castle.
Gloria nods and walks backward a bit. "I will join with the others, we will take care of them." Then she sees one moves, and she just steps and grinds on its body. She then says her last words: "May the Savior be with you on your journey." And with that, she walks completely out of the scene.
Hearing those words, Nero heads to where he needs while snorting: "Savior..."
"Who is that Savior?"
Blake: "Could be anyone. Kuro did have a title like that."
Weiss: "Maybe Sparda?"
With that cutscene ends, I continue heading to the castle...
Heading inside, we're seeing the giant portrait of that old priest hanging on the far wall on second floor. On the first floor, right in the middle of the ground is a coffin, with blue lights running on the edge. On both sides, rows of chairs and benches could be seen. Above is a big ceiling lamp, emitting warm yellow light. And to the left... another Divinity Statue.
"That's the second one so far..."
Blake explains her theory: "Maybe it's because of the previous fight. If someone who plays the game for the first time, they could have screwed up a lot of time."
Weiss: "That doesn't explain the first one, though. We have just begun the mission."
Yang: "Or people forgot to..." Then they hear me breaking chairs. "Really Ruby? In a church?"
"Hey, free Red Orbs for me." I smile 'innocently', causing my sister to just rub my hair playfully.
After breaking the chairs, I head to a statue far side on the first floor. I slash it, but Red Queen just passes through like it is nothing. I use Buster as well, but that doesn't work. Shrugging, I return to the coffin and cut it... only for the attack to be repelled back. "Weird..."
Blake: "Maybe later on, Ruby. There might be some special weapons or so to break it."
I nod and head to the door to the left of the floor. Once heading inside (the place is called Large Hall), I can already hear the sound of the demons already. And how right I am when I press Lock-on, one has already on my left side. Revving up Red Queen to top condition, I start killing those demons. Though I do see some kind of wall with the same details and blue light like the coffin. Then, when I continue slashing one Scarecrow, the blade of Red Queen hits the mirror and makes a sound. After slashing it three times, a crack appears on the surface. Once that demon's killed, I slash the mirror again and this time it breaks, revealing two Red Orbs floating inside. Knowing that the mirrors can hold something, I find another one just a few steps next to it and breaks it... but turns out it's just a mirror with the wall right behind it.
Weiss: "So not all of them is going to give items that easily. It's expected."
A few more Scarecrows appear, meaning free Red Orbs, and the candles are the victims of the slaughter as well. Following the trail of the demons, I find a bigger area with those same statues like the one in Grand Hall. But, they're standing on two of four circles, and purple lights come out of the circles where those statues are. The others are still. And there's a wall of blue strings, with the Divinity Statue right to the left.
Once I have dealt with the demons, I back-track, because I remember there's a way I haven't headed in yet. When I head there, there's a door waiting for me...
When I enter, the room's called Torture Chamber. And while it's true we can see some cages hanging up, but other than that, there's nothing else that looks 'torturous' there. And there is water on the floor as well.
Blake: "For a torture room, it looks a bit spacious and not... very evil-like."
Yang: "I don't believe that too. At least, they're not the same like the ones in your books." And that earns her 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' right at the face by an embarrassed cat.
But when I walk towards, the red strings appear, and those Scarecrows spawn from nowhere. I am planning to call them 'free orbs' if not for the fact I'm in a room with not much space, and they're a lot. And what I do first? Bowing down and says: "Shall we dance?"
After killing those Scarecrows (which managed to hit me two or three times when they're out of my view), the red strings break. I head to the new area, where I could see the floor having a massive crack. Not very minded about it, I head to the stairs and run up. When I reach the upper floor, I see a small tower-like column with the same color like the wall and the coffin, and I try to hit but no success as well. Then I head to the only possible area I can see, and there's a Continuum Pad. When I step on it, a Grim Grip appears. I Hell Bound to it, and when I land to a VERY SMALL space, another appears just between me and the next landing place. Another fly, and two more appear, but one of them slowly moves. I time it to make sure I get to the other side, and... here we go! Then three more, but this time it appears one by one, which the one closest to me appear the last. I decide to wait for one circle, and when it reappear, I make the quick flight to the other landing area. The next is a duo, and since they appear immediately, I just casually spam Hell Bound. At the last one, luckily, I stop a tick before I do that again, because the middle one is way out of place. Once it's standing middle of the two, I fly to the last destination of the flight. There is a door waiting for me, and since there's no going back and no other way, I go in...
Yang wonders: "What would happen if you fall?"
Blake: "Since I could see water below... I think we might have to fight those demons again."
I shake my head about that. "I know I would say it's a good plan to gain Red Orbs, they are quite annoying."
When I get out of the door, I can see that I'm on the second floor of the Grand Hall. Since I know the first floor is there, I try to jump off, but a blue transparent wall stops me from doing so, with blue squares appear at where I land impact to the wall. Disappointed, I run up to where I see a trail of small Red Orbs. I try to jump and Kick Jump, but it could only reach about two third of the height. Then I remember the Exceed High Roller, and fly up successfully, of course with a Kick Jump to fully land on the higher ground. But... other than that small Red Orbs, nothing else.
All of us tilt our heads in confusion as I jump down. "Why is there nothing there?"
Weiss: "I think... that's just a suggestion. I saw something shining at the opposite side while you're in the first floor. This one maybe is a suggestion."
Blake: "I would disagree though. That makes no sense."
Yang: "I'm not arguing with that."
Since I can't head right to that item (the blue wall), I head to the door left to me. When I'm through, I'm standing in the inner path of the upper Central Courtyard. I follow the stairs and walk to the outside environment... when two of those ice demons appear in the ice diamond before breaking out and starting to attack. Though, I see the back one suddenly raises its claw defensively, the ice glows, then it jumps up and throws out three icicles with surprisingly fast speed, one of them hits me and cases me in ice, the others meet surface and froze the area. During the time I am frozen, I try to move by pressing buttons, and the body slightly shakes up. Though, before I could break out by myself, the other demon slams its claw on my head and sends me backward, though it throws me back to my normal state. I then Snatch the front and beat the hell out of it before it could recover. Once I'm done with the first one, I look at the second, who has its ice back, and that ice glows again. I prepare for it to jump up and dodge... only for it to stand on the ground and fire three consecutive icicles directly at me, then three more but I manage to dodge the later ones. Immediately Streak to its location, I High Roller it up and slash it three times before Split it. Luckily I manage to Exceed at the last moment, so I only have to rev two more times. When the demon flips itself up, I use Exceed High Roller and kill it.
After I kill it, Weiss comments in surprise: "So those demons can use projectiles? Now that would be troublesome."
"The Grimm is the same. Though, I remember that only Nevermores could do so..."
Blake: "Actually there are Lancers as well. They are bee-like ones. But they are not very common."
Weiss: "According to what we found before, there are older Grimm who can spit Fire as well. Considering about magic being existed before our records according to sir Oum and sir Ozpin, there are more who could do different things as well."
Yang: "Well, that's why we have guns. To deal the same thing."
Running to the end and walking through the door there, it leads me to Foris Falls, where I can clearly see a real waterfall. And a floating Vital Star as well. I go down and start heading to that, and then try to Exceed High Roller, but it ends up me being right next to it while not being able to grab it. Luckily there's a small pillar down, so I could Kick Jump and take it. I run to the waterfall... and a quote appears and says that there's something behind the waterfall, but I can't reach it yet. I turn back and walk another way... and see a red Combat Adjudicator. I slash it, but the hit repels again, and a quote says that I can't take it. But if that's the case then...
Yang: "Yeah, we're definitely going to play that red coat guy in the future for sure. None of people we saw so far wears red."
"... Kurome DID say T.O used to copy someone's fighting styles... could it be..."
Weiss: "Pretty much. But, it seems T.O held back a lot, so we can't say about the red coat guy."
I reach the other door of the place, and it leads me to the opposite path of the previous section. And... two of those things appear. Geez, they don't know when to quit?
During when I fight them, Blake says: "I believe they could have a name... what do you think they could be?"
Weiss: "The first ones are Scarecrows, I saw those ones on the field having the exact same face. Those ice demons though..."
Blake: "How many words do you have to call ice?"
Weiss starts counting: "Icicles, crystal, glacier, hail, iceberg, frost, freeze,..."
Yang interrupts her: "Wait wait. Do you think it could be Blizzard?"
"Why do you think so?" Spin, spin, spin.
Yang: "Remember Weiss' HDD name?"
Blake: "You think they take the name because of this?"
Yang: "Maybe, I don't know."
Weiss: "Well, we will know. Either the reviews, or T.O just tells us in the future."
After having done with them, I run and head inside the Grand Hall in the new entrance. Now, knowing the technique, I Exceed High Roller and grab what's on the pillar. It's Holy Water, and it could damage enemies severely if that's the description saying. Jumping down, I see that puzzle thing again and I hit it to the point it needs. The wall of blue lights disappears, and the camera leads to a door near it. So, without hesitation, I walk in...
And I walk into a room called Gallery. And it seems there's a lot of different types of pictures in here, with glass cases of...
The familiar sound of red strings appear. Great.
Yang jokes: "He doesn't like them, obviously. Prefers those demons." That earns her nothing, making her drop her smile. "Yeah, it's lame."
"Definitely." And that makes her pout again.
Lots and lots of demons slaying and stuffs breaking during the former process, I manage to pass through the red strings. And luckily I don't have to deal with those ice demons during that.
I go to the other exit, and this time I'm in the Library. Though, it's more like the entrance of it. Following the way to the Divinity Statue, we decide not to buy anything yet, and head inside the library itself...
A door appears behind Nero and blocks his way out. The door has the same blue symbol from before. He doesn't mind it, as he looks around the library, then flips the books with the barrel of Blue Rose. "Didn't figure this guy for a bookworm..." Then he feels something appear behind him, and he points his gun back... to face a knight in a bulky armor holding a shield and a lance. There's a gem on his chest which is glowing regularly. Nero then casually comments: "That's one way to get yourself shot."
Weiss: "Happened to Ruby when she tried to sneak on me in the Initiation." I say nothing and blush in embarrassment. We have avoided that in this new timeline, but it's still an embarrassing thing to remember again.
The knight says, and looks down at the devil arm, which's then hidden by Nero. He retracts his gun and starts reading the books. "So you after that guy too, or just here to catch some demons?"
The knight keeps silent, and he slowly walks towards Nero with his heavy feet. Nero turns back a bit and says: "Silent types, huh?" Though, he already knows something's off, so he fakes reading. Then he grabs a book, turns back and uses said book to hold on the lance which is launched to his head by the knight. "So much for friendly banter!" Still not speaking a word, the knight swings his lance off the grab and tries to hit Nero, but ends up breaking a vase and a table as Nero keeps dodging. Then he pulls out Red Queen, points it to the ground and revs up. "If you want a fight, then come on!" The knight turns back and prepares to fight Nero...
"So he's a boss?" I guess just when the black screen appears. However, after the gameplay returns, there is no health bar like the fight with Berial. "It's not?" Well, he's still the enemy. I decide to shoot him first, but much to my surprise, it's not like before when the demons are not flinched, all bullets are blocked by the shield. I Streak, but get the same result. Combo A to the third hit, the sword gets knocked back, then the knight bashes its shield at me, and thrusts the lance forward, knocking me down. Not liking this, I shoot him a few times while walking towards him, then jumps to his back. Due to the heavy armor, the knight turns very slowly, so I take the chance to slash him. Sending him to the air, I slash him two times before Buster him... by grabbing his lance and stabbing him through the body, thrusting two times (I was surprised I press Buster button one more time) and sending the knight to the ground...and turns him into light. WHAT?
"WAIT WAIT WAIT! It's just an armor? No one's inside?"
"A little surprise..." I immediately turn to Weiss, who's not looking surprised at all. "But doesn't mean it can't happen. Remember when I told you how I got the scar?"
"But... this one's human-sized..."
"Forgot the Atlesian Knight, Ruby?" With Weiss' remark, I shrink back in embarrassment. I really don't like those ones after the Fall of Beacon. Thanks to General Ironwood creating more servers, the problem is no longer there, but still... mental scars.
Another knight appears, and this time it aims the lance towards me and flies straight to me. Though, its stance is way too long for me to figure out what it's planning to do, so I dodge the moment it nearly hits, and then start hitting it again. It seems to have no resistance once it's caught off guard, so I easily take down like the first one. Then a duo appears, one of which then floats up and tries to thrust me from above... which has the same result as before.
As I smash them, Yang comments: "I thought they could give more challenges, but..."
"Normal difficulty, Yang." Blake reminds her partner.
After the beat-down, the last knight collapses, and its helmet falls out and rolls to Nero's legs. He picks the helmet up and looks at the walking armor. "Empty..." When the armor bursts into balls of light and flies away, the helmet follows. "A demon. It possessed the Order's armor..." Nero speaks to himself and stands up. "That's not a good sign." Then, a part of the wall slides down to reveal a secret room with a pillar of sort in the middle. Nero heads in and grabs something from inside of the pillar like the Evil Legacy. He examples the thing, and he looks towards the 'statue' in the room... then he grins.
After that cutscene, the hint appears again. The item is called Anima Mercury, an artificial soul... sounds like Penny.
And with that, the mission ends. I put the controller down and stretch again, and look at the clock on the wall. "We sure have played for a while. Maybe two more missions before we rest, shall we?"
Chapter 3 end!
Okay, I feel like mission results are not needed anymore. Though, I will try to see if I could balance the amount of Proud Souls got through the missions from my gameplay and the others.
Right now, the skills I got:
Streak and Streak II
Exceed 2 and 3
Split
Currently I have 3900 souls.
Again, your recommendations. I will make it work for my gameplay as well.
See you all in the next chapters!
