The darkness of the underwater caves gave little light for the two hunters. Sean and Junko continued to swim forward, their weapons ready as the followed the trail of destruction the elder dragon left behind.
A flash of ivory scales caught the blue armoured teen's attention as it vanished around the next corner. Nodding to Junko, the tow of them swam forward, a sudden crack echoing through the cave as the walls started to shake.
Ceadous was making it own entrance now.
Turning the corner, Sean and Junko watched as the large serpent slammed its horned head into a pile of boulders, leaving a few of them reduced to dust as it pulled back for another hit. Junko levelled her sniper, aiming for the back of the monster head as Sean swam lower.
The crack of her sniper echoed as the bullet flew, slamming into the back of the monster head. Only for Ceadous to ignore them, going for another head butt as it destroyed more of the blockade in front of them.
More bullets followed, only slightly cracking the hardened scales as Sean grew closer to the large serpent. Swimming above the large beast, Sean swung his blade over his blade, bringing it down on the monster back as the sharpened edge harmlessly bounced off the ivory scales.
The final boulders were destroyed as Ceadous pushed forward, the tip of its tail sweeping through the water, sending Sean tumbling as the currents produced were too strong to fight. Junko continued to fire on the escaping beast, doing little to no damage as Sean regained his balance.
Growling to himself, Sean swam forward, Junko following as the tow of them attempted to catch the large horned monster. They found it, idly hovering in front of what looked like an underwater temple, staring at the coliseum like wall as it looked for a way inside.
With a growl of its own, the beast reared its head back, the scales on it's under belly glowing brightly as Sean and Junko watched in disbelief. With a roar, the beast released a large bema of water, the torrent crashing into the temple walls, destroy the structure easily.
Junko snapped out of her shock first, firing another bullet into the back of Ceadous' head. She was rewarded with a large crack appear in the scales, a small trail of blood flowing out of the cracks as Ceadous flinched forward, its beam cancelling out.
Slowly, it started to turn towards them, its massive body just being able to turn in the large tunnel, as it one eye glared at them. Sean's eyes widened as he say the beasts scales glowing again, pushing his body through the water as he tackled Junko out of the way.
As both teens fell towards the cave floor, a water beam exploded over their head, destroying part of the tunnels ceiling as Ceadous slowly turned back to the temple wall. Sean stared in disbelief as Junko gulped, wondering if she would have survived that attack.
The tunnel shook as Ceadous pushed itself through the hole in the temple wall, slowly swimming towards the next tunnel as Sean started swimming after the beast. Junko stayed back, her thoughts wondering if they could actually defeat this monster with just the two of them.
Or if they would die in vain as the beast destroyed the village they were tasked to protect.
Shaking her head, Junko started after Sean, the Lagiacrus armoured teen reaching the hole in the temple as Ceadous swam through the entrance to the next cave. Following after the large monster, Sean watched as he grew closer to another blockade, Junko reloading her sniper as she took aim.
Only to stop as Sean held his hands up, watching as the beast dug through the blockade, pushing boulders out of the way with its horns. He could see the large cave in the next room, his eyes turning back towards the temple behind him as an idea formed in his head.
Swimming backwards, Sean saw the small cave entrance built into the wall, casting one last glance back at the titanic beats before swimming through. Junko followed, wondering where Sean was going as they started down the small tunnel.
Soon enough, both hunters emerged into a large temple like cave, numerous pillars and structures built into the walls as what looked like a dragonator, the large spike launcher, was build into the wall on the far side of them.
A crash drew their attention as Ceadous swam through the hole in the blockade, pushing itself into the underwater temple, its one working eye searching for an exit that would lead it to the village its prey stayed at.
Sean narrowed his eyes as the beast started to swim upwards, his eyes catching the bolt launchers built throughout the temple as he glanced at Junko. Gesturing to the large crossbows, Junko nodded, already searching for the bolts they would need to fire from the launchers.
With Junko searching, Sean started to swim after Ceadous, his blade ready as the beats started to turn. As he swam back down towards him, Sean saw it locking eyes on him, its jaw parting as it tail coiled slightly.
With widening eyes, Sean jerked his blade sideways, pushing himself out of the beats path as it launched forward, its jaw clamping down on the water beside him. With the monsters head so close, Sean swung his blade upwards, the sword bouncing off the ivory scales as Ceadous flinched slightly.
With a gargled growl, Ceadous turned towards the annoying hunter swinging its large fin towards him. Sean cried out in pain as the scaled limb crashed into him, sending him tumbling into the cave wall, his left side smashing into the jagged surface.
His eyed widened as he heard Ceadous sucking water into its jaw, His legs already moving as he pushed himself upwards. The large water bema fired, crashing into the temple wall as Sean grabbed an outstretched rock, keeping himself form tumbling further away as he started at the destruction Ceadous had caused. As the beats gathered more water for a second shot at the blue hunter, a large bolt soured through the water, crashing into the monster back.
Ceadous cried out in pain as the bolt crushed its scales, the tip slicing shallowly into its flesh. Sean blinked, his eyes travelling down to see Junko loading another bolt into the launcher, Ceadous slowly turning to the girl.
With an echoing roar the beast surged through the water, its jaw wide as it pushed to crush the girl between it teeth. Only to cry out in pain as a bolt impacted against its furred chest, blood flowing from the wound as it veered away from the launcher.
Loading another bullet, Junko tried to adjust her aim, only for Ceadous to twist away from her, its tail slicing through the water towards her. Abandoning the launcher, Junko dove away from the tower like structure, just in time to avoid Ceadous' tail destroying the launcher as the ammo pocket.
Sean took his chance to lunge forward, his blade stabbing forward as the tip crashing into Ceadous' side. With an enraged roar, the beast released a beam of water, whipping its head to the side as it tore a use scare into the temple.
Sean was thrown into one of the launcher structures, his eyes widening as he pushed to the left, just avoiding a falling piece of the wall as it destroyed the launcher beside him. With another roar, Ceadous swept its beam down towards Junko, the girl only having time for her eyes to widen as she was blast into the wall behind her.
As the bema finished, Ceadous started to swim towards the surface again, Sean slowly pushing away from the destroyed tower as he swam to where Junko last was. He found her, her left side heavily bleeding as her right shoulder plate on her armour was cracked, the scales missing as well.
He could see her wincing painfully as she looked up at him, showing how much fear her gaze held as she spotted Ceadous swimming towards the surface. Sean only growled under his helmet, his fist cracked into the wall in front of him as he tried to figure out some away to defeat this monster.
And as if the heaven answer him, a piercing roar caused both hunters to turn towards the top of the temple. Ceadous was suddenly pushed back into the temple, a large wound being created by a large set of talon digging into the legendary monsters flesh.
Sean and Junko could only stare with wide eyes as a Rathalos dove into the water, its hooked beak taking a large chunk of flesh out of the Ceadous' belly as the larger monster cried out in pain. A second gargled roar caught their attention as something smaller than the Rathalos leaped from its back, landing on the descending ceadous as a sparkling blue sword was stabbed into the wound made by the dragon's talons.
Both hunters stared in utter disbelief as Glenn ripped the thunderclap blade out of the legendary monster, grabbing onto the Rathalos' leg as the beast pushed ceadous deeper into the water. He wasn't wearing any armour, his hand grasping the thunderclap tightly as his other held onto the Rathalos.
"Come here!" his gargled roar made both teens go wide eyed as they watched him dive from the red dragons foot, sweeping his thunderclap blade down towards Ceadous. The blade didn't cut through the scales, but it did send a agonisingly painful shock through the legendary beast, its roar of pain shaking the temple as Glenn kicked away from the beast.
Looking back towards the Rathalos, Glenn nodded as it started to swim back towards the surface, disappearing out of the temple as the un-armoured hunter turned back towards Ceadous. The legendary elder dragon snapped its head towards the blonde, a roar ripping form its jagged jaw as a beam of water exploded towards him.
Kicking his feet forward, Glenn pushed himself out of the path of the beam, diving towards Ceadous, keeping out of its sight as he swam towards the falling beast. Sean finally got his wits about him, grabbing his broadsword as he started to swim towards the descending monster, Junko grabbing her sniper with a wince of pain.
Sweeping his thunderclap through the water, Glenn roared viciously as the blade cut into the belly of the legendary beast, sparks exploded on impact as Ceadous cried out in agony. With it thrashing around, Glenn was tossed away by the current created by its fins, sending him tumbling into the rock face as his left hand shot out to grip the wall.
Sean took his chance as the beats tried to right itself, his blade coming up as the large sword sliced into the beast back just as it tried to turn over. The large broadsword ripped some of the ivory scales out of the monsters back as it cried out in pain, pushing away from Sean as the teen retracted his blade.
Two booms echoed through the water as the legendary beast cried out in pain again, blood exploding form its one working eye. Sean turned to see Junko standing on one of the stable platforms, her sniper held tightly against her wounded shoulder as she aimed to take another shot.
Only for the water around them to grow ice cold.
All three hunters looked to see Ceadous coiling its body around itself, water rippling across its ivory scales as tits under belly glowed brightly. Sean was already swimming towards Junko, just as the beats gave off a deafening roar.
Along with a roar came a maelstrom of water currents, each ripping through the water, cutting into the rocks and platforms around it as it roar started to shake the temple. Pieces of the walls started to fall, destroying everything in their paths until they hit the ground with crushing force.
Glenn leaped away from the water, twisting his body to avoid a falling piece of the wall as he flung himself towards Ceadous. With a roar of his own, Glenn swung his blade over his head, letting the blade drag him close to the beats as the tip sliced into the back of the creatures head.
As it roar turned into a cry of pain, Glenn glanced down to see his blade humming slightly, giving off a soft glow as he wondered what that was about. His attention turned back to Ceadous as the beast snapped its head towards him, glaring heatedly at him with its slightly covered eye just being able to see him.
"Come get me" he spoke diving towards the temples floor as Ceadous roared in reply to his challenge. As it lunged forward, missing the blonde by an inch, Glenn sheathed his blade, swimming down towards the entrance of the temple as Ceadous turned to follow.
It would not lose its meal now.
Sean and Junko could only watch n disbelief as Glenn disappeared through the hole in the temple wall, an enraged Ceadous giving chase as it crashed into the edge of the hole, cracking more of its scales as it pushed through the hole after him.
Junko was already swimming down after the two, Sean going her after he sent a glance towards the surface of above the water temple. He could just make out the large shadow flying away, his mind wondering how the hell Glenn convinced a Rathalos to help him at all.
But he couldn't think about it now, he had an idiotic blonde to save.
Pushing away from the cave wall, Glenn just avoided one of Ceadous' horns as it head butted the wall, shaking the tunnel as it pulled back in pain. Glenn kept swimming, his mind racing at every idiotic thing he had ever done, this was the worst!
"Why did I do this!" he cried in his mind as Ceadous snapped his head towards its prey, its tail coiling as it prepared to lunge after him. With a roar it shot forward, its jaw parting as devour the blonde whole.
Glenn offered a scream as he turned towards the beast, his blade flying out of its sheath as it swept it down on the oncoming beast. It was only luck, no skill involved that the thunderclap sliced into the armoured nose of the beast, releasing a small amount of sparks that repelled the beast before it could kill him.
As the beats recoiled in pain, the current it created shooting forward crashed into the blonde hunter, sending him flying into the tunnel wall, his side cracking against the jagged wall as he felt the rock slice into his exposed skin.
Maybe he should have grabbed some armour after all.
His thoughts were ripped away as Ceadous started searching for him again, its slightly covered eye just catching his sword as the blonde pushed away form the wall, swimming further down the tunnel as Ceadous gave chase.
With a scream of fear Glenn rolled to the side, just avoiding the beast jaw as it crashed into the wall in front of him. Pushing away from the beast, Glenn swam towards the tunnels exit, Ceadous roaring in rage as it swam after him, its roar shaking the cave as spiked rocks started to fall around him.
Glenn currently hated his life right now, mainly because of the amount of huge suposedly mythical monsters that wanted him for a meal.
Why him!
What the hell did he ever do?
Screaming as Ceadous came flying past him, its fin smacking him into the wall Glenn continued to think of why he ever agreed to be a hunter.
Oh wait...he didn't!
If he ever got out of this he was going to kill that black haired bastard for making him do this!
That is if he got out alive.
Another roar made the blonde scream as a beam of water destroyed the wall beside him.
