Whaddup.
Yes, I'm not leaving THIS time! So then, I remember something I said at the beginning of the fic, and it has been nagging me.
So, to make this fic longer, I will have the following:
16 colossi from the game
5 of my own custom colossi
12 colossi created by YOU
The last one is optional, but if you create a really good colossus with a description of how to kill it, I'll include it in my story.
So then, next we have...um... (looks at his list) Cenobia!
I own nothing! ...except for my custom colossi :D
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Dormin's Speech
Sound Effects
Thinking
Chapter 15
The Lion
"He is not the one, surely?"
"He has gotten this far. Why wouldn't he be?"
"But he is no more than a child!"
"A child with the Ancient's Sword, certainly."
"Time will tell..."
The strange voices awoke Wander, and he shook his head before rising. The pains of battling Pelagia and Phalanx were gone, although he felt a distinct burning in his lungs. It was hard for him to breathe. With a gasp he stood, raising his head as the rumbling rose up.
Thy next foe is...a guardian let loose in a closed off city, beyond the channel...it lusts for destruction...
Unable to argue, Wander staggered over to Agro and mounted him, kicking off. He was going to take a break after the next Colossus whether Dormin wanted him to or not!
He crossed the stone bridge and found that the sword's light was leading him into the canyon where he'd fought Gaius. Shuddering at the thought of that encounter, he slowly entered with Agro and saw after a while the raised platform where Gaius's remains lay. But it seemed no other Colossus was there, and so he continued on. He discovered a huge plain with lush grass and trees, along with ponds, that he had never seen before. To the left was a sort of 'bridge' connected to the rocky mountainside, leading to a cave. Wander hesitated before dismounting Agro and tying his reins to a nearby pillar. Then he dropped into the plains to get a few fruits.
Several minutes later, when his stomach was full and Agro had eaten some grass, they continued to the cave. Bats flew out to meet them, and Wander yelled in surprise. Agro neighed and pitched forward, flinging Wander off of his back. Wander groaned inwardly and waited for the pain of his back upon the rocky cave floor, but it never came. Instead, something cool and wet slapped against his back, and he opened his eyes to find himself drifting on water.
Raising his head, he saw he was in the middle of an enormous--and deep--pool. Agro was on the other side, whinnying nervously. Wander smiled slightly before flipping over and swimming to the opposite end of the pool. He climbed out and shivered, then continued on. He found a large stone block about the size of his fist, with intricate patterns on it, and he decided to keep it. Pocketing the block, he soon found on that was as big as him. Sidestepping it, he continued for a time until he saw light at the other end of the tunnel. Smiling, he shielded his eyes from the brightness until he was at the cave mouth. Then his jaw dropped open.
This place was amazing!!
All around him were ancient sculptures and designs, each one centuries old. Whoever had designed this city was a genius! Awestruck, Wander stepped forward and found his foot meet empty air. He'd reached the end of a platform. Falling with a thud, Wander shook his head and checked if he was alright before continuing on. He found a river in front of him, a stone wall to his right and a fallen pillar to his left. Climbing the pillar, he found a flight of steps leading up to a higher level of the city. He found himself in a sort of plain, with pillars and arches scattered around. In front of him was a large temple with half of the stairs leading to the top broken off. And at the top, standing still as a gargoyle...
...was the Colossus.
Wander gulped and stepped into the plain. Immediatly, the beast's black eyes glowed blue like all the others, and it shook itself before leaping down from its perch. The collision of Colossus against stone shook the ground beneath Wander's feet, and he fell over, swearing, before looking up to see the monster charging him.
Reminded terribly of Celosia, Wander flattened himself. But the Colossus was smarter than Celosia, it seemed, for it simply lowered its head and knocked him down the stairs. He gasped in pain as he hit the broken pillar, but it seemed the creature was unwilling to follow him down. It turned and stalked away, apparently satisfied. Wander raised himself and felt a bone crack. Grunting, he rose to his feet and climbed the stairs to almost immediatly be headbutted once again by the Colossus down the stairs. "This is getting rediculous!" he growled.
Rediculous for thee, surely. But it is quite amusing for Us.
Hearing Dormin's mocking laughter sent a burning rage into Wander, and he rose before climbing the steps once more.
Something had changed--Wander's senses seemed twice as sharp, and he dove aside just before the Colossus would have hit him. He vaulted onto a fallen pillar and, seeing that he wasn't out of reach yet, leaped atop a nearby arch. The beast roared in anger and pawed the ground before racing forward and smashing its head directly into the stone structure of the arch. Wander yelped and nearly fell off as vibrations shockwaved through the structure. "This thing is worse than Celosia!" he said shakily, leaping to a stone wall nearby.
Cenobia and Celosia are much the same. But no flame will scare Cenobia--use its anger to your advantage.
Wander had no idea how getting a ten-ton monster the size of a small shark ticked off was going to help him, but he didn't argue. Running to the end of the wall, he looked down and saw Cenobia leaning against the wall, staring up at him. It was almost as if the Colossus was daring him to jump. Its eyes had changed from blue to red--something Wander had not noticed before. The eyes were much like Phaedra's had been, old and solemn...but unlike Phaedra, who had simply wanted peace, this thing was ramming down pillars to try and get at him. Clenching his teeth and hoping he was doing the smart thing, Wander jumped.
Cenobia leaped up, growling, but again Wander felt something sharpen his senses and his foot collided with Cenobia's stone face. He kicked off of it and his momentum drew him up to the top of the pillar. Crouching on top, he looked down to see Cenobia shaking off the shock of being stepped on. The Colossus then growled and rammed the pillar. The foundation cracked and Wander felt something shift. "What was that going to do...?" he called, then shouted in surprise as the pillar fell with a crash. Not only was he now in range of Cenobia's wrath now, but he had somehow formed a bridge to the next section. Running across the fallen pillar, he lept to a nearby arch and crouched instinctively as the beast leaped across the gap. Running across the pillar, he reached another wall and looked down.
WHAM
WHAM
Shocked, Wander realized Cenobia had rammed into the stone wall twice quicker than he would have thought possible--even for so small a Colossus! He also realized the wall was collapsing. Running frantically, he reached another arch just as the wall crumbled into the small river below. He jumped to a pillar and climbed to the top, seeing Cenobia sniffing the remains of the wall and looking in the stream. It had lost sight of him!
Wander took this as a sign and rested, but found this was a bad move. His panting had caught the Colossus's attention, and it once again knew where he was. Ramming the pillar, Wander again felt the foundation crack but this time it did not fall. Cenobia appeared just as confused as him, because it started circling the pillar as if waiting for it to fall over. "C'mon, if you want me then CHARGE the thing!" Wander screamed at it, shooting an arrow at it. He had no idea where the idea had come from, but it worked--Cenobia did not suffer any harm due to its heavy armor, but the arrow irritated it and it rammed into the pillar.
As it fell, Wander caught sight of a third pillar and leapt to it. He took this small distraction to survey his surroundings: A sort of temple was ahead, and between him and it were three pillars and two arches. He could get to it if Cenobia didn't stop charging his pillars. After several more repeats Wander found him on top of the second arch. He jumped straight to the temple and hung on to the ivy-covered ridges in it. Cenobia rammed the temple and nearly knocked Wander off, but he held on and jumped to a final pillar. He did not see, however, what this would lead to--how would knocking this pillar over help him?
He didn't have much time to decide, as Cenobia was charging. Judging by the way it ran, it knew he had nowhere to go.
Jump, warrior!
Startled by Their voice in his head, he leaped frantically and found himself on a raised platform on the temple. Cenobia, unable to pull back in time, crashed with full force into the pillar and knocked it clean over.
Wander turned and saw the pillar collide with a seemingly solid rock wall. But the wall crumbled as the pillar hit it. Wander saw with some surprise that the rock wall had concealed the platform leading to the tunnel he'd come from!! Smiling some at the irony of this, he did not notice Cenobia drawing back.
WHAM
THUD
Wander found himself sitting on a large stone block, and saw Cenobia several feet away. Its eyes were glowing red, and it pawed the ground before setting itself to charge. Frantic for anything to stop the beast, Wander felt around in his pockets...and his hand settled on the small stone block he'd taken from the passageway. He held it up and the Colossus stopped for a moment to look at it. Wander threw it behind the temple and Cenobia's head turned to look at it. Wander scrambled from the block and ran towards a stone ladder leading up to the platform. Finding its enemy gone, the monster roared and rammed into the solid rock wall with him on it. It made a small whining noise but rammed it again. Wander walked to the edge of the platform and saw Cenobia drawing back to charge. He closed his eyes and waited for it to come.
WHAM
THUD-THUD
IYYUUUU!!
The rapid flurry of sounds alerted Wander, and he opened his eyes to find half of the platform was gone. He stood and looked over the edge to see the remains of the platform on the ground. It seemed that Cenobia had rammed into the single unstable pillar that was keeping the platform up, and without anything to support it the stone platform had fallen on top of it. Wander thought for a split second that the Colossus was dead, but then sighed as it drew back and shook itself before sniffing the wreckage. Wander's eyes then widened as he saw that the force of the crash had broken Cenobia's back armor off.
Drawing the Ancient's Sword, he leaped onto its hairy back and stabbed the center. Cenobia roared and raced through the hole in the ruined wall, shaking itself wildly before continuing to run. Wander thrust repeatedly, twisting his sword, and eventually both the Colossus and Wander were panting for breath. Cenobia's legs shook terribly, as if it were struggling to keep standing. With a final jab Wander fell unconscious and rolled off of its back. Cenobia whined and fell to the side, the Ancient's Sword falling out of its back as if pushed out by the darkness now seeping over the dead beast's body. The tendrils rose once more and entered Wander's chest.
And, far away, on the opposite side of the Forbidden Lands, a great and ancient entity was beginning to stir.
I never really did like fighting Cenobia, but can anyone guess what the 'great and ancient entity' is?