When the pair had reached Vacuo, Amber gave out a shocked gasp and a horrified look. Debris filled the place, buildings that once reached the skies were now on the ground crumbling, streets once filled with people were now crawling with Grimm. Human bodies were at an all-time high. Amber had to avert her eyes when she flews by a public park that was literally a pyre of bodies. Looking over by the distance, the once proud walls that they have erected all those years ago were filled with breaches which the Grimm were using.
As they continued to fly over one of humanity's only safe havens, they could see the signs of the Eater of Worlds being here. Abysmal holes that were as big as multiple city blocks dotted the kingdom, telling Amber that the Eater of Worlds had been burrowing and re-emerging, leaving the holes that they see today. She didn't know how far down the sinkholes are, but she was sure that after seeing its length when it first came to their world, she knew that whatever was down those holes, nobody survived.
To make matters worse, as she took a closer look on those sinkholes, the Corruption was spreading from it, monsters that were exclusive to the Corruption coming out from the sinkholes like they came from the pits of Hell.
Despite seeing all of the destruction that were below her. She couldn't help but feel that there are still some people down there.
"Sir!" Amber called out.
Both of them stopped and hovered. The god stared at her, waiting for the reason of calling out to him. "I believe that there are still survivors down there."
"What do you propose we should do about them?" He asked.
"We have to rescue them, sir!"
"How are we going to do that? The Eater of Worlds is still loose."
Amber clicked her tongue in annoyance. She understood the danger that the Eater of Worlds brought upon their world. At the same time however, she couldn't just ignore the potential of survivors that could still be fighting for their lives in Vacuo. She looked up at him with a determined look.
"I still think that we should save them, sir."
A brief moment of silence passed through them as Amber kept her determined stare at the god before him. And after a few seconds that felt like forever, the god responded to her.
"Very well. I shall scour the city for any survivors. I shall leave it to you to deal with the Eater of Worlds."
Had she not been ascended, and the god gave her that order, she would've said no and stayed with him. While she understood the value of sacrifice, she also knew that some sacrifices are made in vain, resulting in no progression at all. But after looking at herself and her new abilities that she didn't even know she had, she believed that she might be able to take the Eater of Worlds on.
She also felt more assured because the survivors are going to be taken care of by the god himself. She had no doubt whatsoever that if she were to handle the survivors, she would be overwhelmed. She cannot be in multiple places at once but if it's the god that's doing this, she was confident that he will save those survivors.
Her brows furrowed and she gave him a nod before spreading her wings and made a beeline towards Vale. She took a moment to look back to see the shrinking form of the god descend upon the annihilated Vacuo.
She hand been flying for a couple of minutes already. In the middle of the flight to Vale, she noticed large sinkholes that continued onwards to the horizon. It didn't even take Amber a millisecond to know what caused those sinkholes and flapped her wings faster. She streamlined her body, allowing her to fly faster and before long, she could see the tail of the Eater of Worlds, just about to enter another sinkhole that it had created.
As she continued to follow the length of the Eater of Worlds, she noticed that the desert sands of Vacuo had started to bleed off, replacing them with more trees and grass. It wasn't long now; she was running out of time and she had to race the Corruption's deity to Vale. She ignored the Eater of Worlds' for now and continued to flap harder.
She could see the head of the deity now, diving and resurfacing. At this point, she could already see Vale over by the horizon. At the current speed that she's going, she knew that before she could even reach its head, it would've reached Vale already. Only one thing left to do.
Remembering the feeling of her mind expanding during her ascension. She remembered the spell that allowed her to bring down meteors. She opened her left hand, allowing her new untapped magic to go wild. The skies darkened and the clouds parted. Over by the skies, a multitude of orange dots peppered the sky. Those orange dots started to get bigger and bigger.
Amber having trouble controlling her magic, stopped flying and went for a hover. She felt the weight of each meteor, she grunted and brought up her right hand to assist her left.
She brought both of her hands above her head.
"GGGRRAAAAHHH!" She yelled as she dunked both of her hand back down.
Meanwhile in Vale, people were in a panic as they felt the tremors caused by the Eater of Worlds. Qrow jumped from roof to roof, heading to the direction where he and the rest of Ozpin's members saw the incoming Corruption deity. James had called all of his ships and told them to create defensive positions.
Everything that's happening right now was so surreal, communications were out which meant that they didn't know what was happening to the other kingdoms. All they knew was right after the initial earthquake, they all gawked at the length and size of what they assumed to be the Eater of Worlds. Just from the length of the monster alone, everybody knew that a large section of the world has seen it. And even if they didn't see the Eater of Worlds, they would've surely felt the earthquakes.
To make matters even worse, their once glorified walls crumbled before them. Grimm were entering the breach left and were slowly gaining ground. The monsters of darkness have already made a strong foothold. In the last 12 hours, all available huntsmen and huntresses whether they were active, inactive or retired had banded up and formed defensive lines. To make matters worse, the students from all combat schools who were second and third years were forced to participate on the battle for Vale.
The Atlesian Fleet that James brought with him fired upon the spot where they called 'No-Man's Land'. Grimm that managed to pass the No-Man's Land were dealt with quickly by veteran huntsmen and huntresses. Despite this robust strategy, James' ships could only last for so long and as experienced as veteran huntsmen and huntresses are, they too are reaching their limits since they have all been fighting non-stop for 12 hours.
A stalemate occurred on the next hour, neither mankind nor Grimm managed to gain ground and so a slight respite was given to everyone. This alone confused everyone; since when did the Grimm hold off their attacks? That question was answer sooner than they had anticipated. Tremors erupted once again. Through the breaches on the northern walls of Vale where all the Grimm were entering, men, women and child spotted the approaching form of the Eater of Worlds.
Screams erupted, panic ensued and as panic continued to rise, the Grimm were invigorated. And yet, no Grimm attacked for some unexplained reason; no matter how much negative emotions were leaking out from the citizens of Vale, the Grimm didn't attack.
Unknown to all but the Grimm, the reason for their halt in attack despite the wave of negative emotions hitting them and sending the monsters of darkness into a near enraged state, they held back for the Eater of Worlds. The Grimm themselves couldn't explain it but they felt something inside of their soulless bodies a feeling that they didn't think was possible.
Fear
And then, something happened that nobody could explain. The clouds parted, everyone looked up to the skies to see orange dots slowly becoming bigger and bigger followed by a bone chilling war cry.
"GGGRRAAAAHHH!"
The ground shook, it felt like the end of the world, explosions of epic proportions could be seen in the horizon. For a moment, the sky turned a bright orange as everyone watched with horror and awe at the sight of an intense meteor shower bombarding the Eater of Worlds.
Amber huffed and puffed. That single spell alone took out a large portion of her magic reserves and the fact that she felt like she carried an entire asteroid belt on her arms didn't help. The ground was littered with craters both big and small, she knew without a doubt that nothing was living underneath the general area of where she threw those meteors.
All except for the Eater of Worlds.
As a matter of fact, the Eater of Worlds is no where to be found. She scoped the entire place for any signs of where it went but all couldn't find anything. That was when she noticed the trembling of the earth. She looked down to her feet, eyes widening as she stared at the jaw of the Corruption deity. Her wings flared and she gave one strong flap which caused her to bank to the left, nearly losing her left wing.
The head of the Eater of Worlds slammed on the ground, it started coiling its entire length. The large eyeballs that were on each of its segments locked on the Amber, the mouth itself closed before reopening with an earth shattering roar.
Amber, despite trembling at the sight of the Eater of Worlds, faced its roar with a glare of her own. She called upon her magic once more bringing forth the power of the Blade Staff, summoning eight magical swords that were as tall as a single segment of the Eater of Worlds. Each magical sword pointed their tips on the Eater of Worlds.
Following that, Amber brought forth her Fall Maiden powers. Her wings shed its white feathers and were replaced with wings that were made of fire, her eyes flared a golden colour and her magical swords were wrapped with flames.
The Eater of Worlds roared for the last time before launching its head at her. Amber responded in kind by flying straight towards it, bellowing out a war cry along the way.
A/N: heheheehe I am a cruel man :)
In all seriousness, what do you guys think about todays chapter? Some feedback would be well appreciated since I'm a little worried ever since I posted the first two chapter after the rewrite. That being said, if you liked it, tell me what you think about it!
Finally, I have a question. For the next chapter, should I do Amber's perspective or Sir BoinkGeminid's perspective? Do you guys want to see the Eater of Worlds vs Ascended Fall Maiden battle or rescuing survivors in Vacuo? I'm asking this question because both of these are separate chapters that I already have a draft of but I'm stuck between choosing both of them, which is why I need your help, fellow readers!
