(A/N: Holy fuck... I just came to realize how similarly identical Mikekolt/Arsenal-Fox and Bucky/Winter Soldier look to each other. Sexy mullets, nose to ear covering cowls and a metallic prosthetic arm but at least there's differences between the two so it doesn't look like I intentionally based him off Bucky; it was just a coincidence of all things. This chapter is shorter than the last but that's because I've gotten the airships in full design written down like I was wanting before posting this. Now then, there might be another delay of chapters but not as long as this one took due to writer's block. I ain't got nothing more to say here, so just relax and with all due: Enjoy)
Above the skies inside Grashunov's Office from the LZ 129 Hindenburg shortreared airships that were hovering next to each other where a connecting rail-bridge allowed travel to the second one on the other side through the use of an gondola platform, the President was at his desk to place the finishing touches on a skeleton like bone arm with hand that laid against his that was unarmored; though he did not have to wear his exoskeleton and can take it off, he wore it for a good reason and that's to have him be protected under the Warlord's further attacks on him. It is all the more reason to wear something of their own creation here in San Hjierantruvalo, if it ain't him whose been building the weapons with the technical staff who outdo themselves all the time; then it's him who has the orders to give the staff to study their opponent's arsenal as to improve and use against them. He placed his armor back on and with the skeletal bone arm equipped to him underneath his armor, he can project golden orange bioelectricity that gave off more of a bronze color like a Seashocker but fire it like a Skrill. Standing back up from his desk, he walked over to the window on the right and looked out to his men below from the shadows
Grashunov's Office wasn't a lit room but the rising sun from outside it did lighten up the room if not just a little bit so it wasn't always dark, however it looked like a private hospital room that was creepier when someone was inside. The back of his office featured a downward shuttered rectangular window that gave off faint golden light while the entire room was shadowed with a very dark and deep army green overtone thanks to the heavy shadows even when there were some sunlight peaking through. The door inside can slide off to both sides and that's all there is to be mentioned as not much else can come at the moment, except for the fact that the office was at the highest area on the back wall engulfed in shadows and taken to extreme measures that it had bullet arrowproof armor in between the forward slanted wall since his office looked more like an theater boxseat. This was supported with three connected rails underneath that had the entire office supported with three stilts on both the left and right sides, to make sure that it does not collapse on his soldiers nor on the airship staff. The light from the sun itself was just an fabrication to lighten up the office since it's still night outside, even then this was more like a second office to him and the exterior wasn't seen; it's just above inside of the upper roof of the airships
The President of the San Hjierantruvalo knew that Mikekolt was coming this way and knew as well that he was infected with tuberculosis thanks to the medics reporting to him during their torture sessions in the guest house. Queen as he and Lucitreuz called her had the life medicine for this disease and so did he as he wanted him alive until the end when the ICBPSM launches and the Warlords are taken out. Then he will face him one last time as his purpose is completed and he can return back to how it was before Bludvist came to build his army and leave his three generals behind the shadows to control the battlefield of warfare. It's a real tragedy because it wasn't like this and his three generals left him to die when it was them who asked him for his help in expanding their profit, he wasn't corrupt either and he did care for his people when he wanted others to share the kinds of miracles he can bring to all rebellions and militiamen. It's all he ever wanted so that their homes can be better protected and evolve in peace
"Arsenal-Fox, though it's come clear to the Komodo Unit that I'm developing a Stockholm type of syndrome towards you; do not forget that we both have a fate that will determine who will be the one to break and free themselves out from the Guns of the Warlords through our battle in the end. But don't have fear about what you hide from us, there are a book of secrets I keep to myself to protect you" Grashunov, the President of the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula told him through his calming tone of voice to his nemesis; wanting him to live and not die from whatever kind of symptoms of tuberculosis would strike him down with. Removing his left eyepatch to feel the dried blood on the surface of his face before calling in the medics for a few more tests that can restore his eye that was taken, though he told them not to remove the scar from it
Leaving his office inside of the airships, he walked down the hallway and turned back one last time just when he was about to exit through the first door inside of a olive green toned room; breathing one out as he expected him to be well on his way over to here. He exited out through the door and with that went down to the bioweapons airship and towards the operating theater
Back down in the peninsula after leaving the guest house and escaping from the Komodo Unit's forces, Mikekolt left the medical bed disregarding the medical staff for him to not leave due to his tuberculosis and looked out from the truck. They've lost them for now but they're not that far from the campsite that the squad's set up here, the flying platforms will be coming here to chase them down again. The BCG he was injected with would suppress it long enough for him to reach his destination and bring their leader down so that the ICBPSM cannot be launched under his authority. He was given the syringe just in case the disease would come back at full force, he isn't letting a fatal infection like this that killed his grandfather come back for more like him. A moment of silence passed on until he was approached by Hervatlock, wondering what he had in his hands
"Just had a word with Queen over the communications inside the truck, she mentioned that you took and stole something from Bostonswelter; what was it that you took?" He asked him
"Hjierantruvalo Chemical/Bioweapon Airship Identification badge, nothing we know about the second half but the first half states that it's a research facility. That's what the others are telling me about. Komodo Officers and visiting airship staff won't talk about the bioweapon half of it, Grashunov is suspected to know about what goes on but the idea still stands. The next place on our list are the Hjierantruvalo Airships just above the skies, we'll rest here for the night; we're still be hunted down so alert our men and women if there are Komodo Unit forces coming this way. I'll just stay out here and think for awhile"
"Just remember the BCG's gotta be taken every now and then if the coughing blood symptom is coming back, doctor's orders; I can use some rest myself but I don't want to be asleep for long. Gunfire might as well be the kind of awakening call I need" Hervatlock headed back inside the truck while Mikekolt remained outside in the temporary campsite that his squad needed before moving on
Finding an stick from near the bushes he started drawing on ground just like he did when he was young back then in the tribe, it was based off an Beretta 92FS that was heavily modified which also had a octagon silencer on the front as well as a rail stabilizer that came before it; near the bottom was a LAM and light adapter for that matter. Feeding ramp of this sidearm is polished to a mirror sheen to provide a smooth area for reliable chamber loading, it's national match slide would be reinforced. Mating of the frame and slide for an precise tight fit with the frame itself being iron welded and scraped down multiple times for maximum precision and accuracy, that's not all though as there was a stepping texture on the mainspring housing to avoid slippage as well as a checkered front strap for a more positive grip. Sight system would be a high profile tri-dot kind with a enlarged front sight for superior target sighting capability to help the user see over the suppressor itself. Ring hammer for eliminating the hammer bite that can decrease the lock time for faster ignition which is also shaped like a three holed crescent revolver trigger on the back, supporting this is the dovetail that stood in for the grip safety that was removed so it can simultaneously accommodate the ring hammer itself; the thumb safety and slide stop are both extended to allow for the easier operation of both controls. The trigger was a long crescent type that was three holed for comfortable long finger support and to strip down recoil bouncing to a heavy decree so that it was left to how one would feel with an bent elbow wielding a revolver. Magazine well was beveled well for easier and swifter reloading while the release was shaved down and recheckered to remove the chances of accidental magazine drops during a firefight. Cocking serrations just at the front of the slide allow for press-check and clear jumps using the front of the slide and the walnut grips were whittled down to create a less bulky grip. Punching power for this was meant to match the Shansi Type 17 to add that handheld anti-tank feel. The design of this crossbow weapon however was altered to his own design
Not only was the lower outline of this sidearm crossbow weapon given the shape of a rectangle with the front of the trigger was above it edged downward a little like an trapezoid based off a customized M1911A1 Springfield, but it was also altered to be a submachine carbine that's more or less based off the basic shape of the Vz-61 Skorpion while also taking an reinforced armored look of the EVO 3 model. Having a 50-round AK magazine clip on the front on both sides with a thick barrel on the front while there was an rail of the RPK-24 underneath connected and an dual pair of long upperwrist blades in the front acting like the bayonet, while the top featured the multi-rectangular holed rail of the Colt Anaconda/Taurus Raging Bull revolver; borrowing a number of elements from the customized version of the Benelli M3 and M4 Super Shotgun just for the extra strength altogether. Around the barrel when wielded like an rifle which is easy to do there was a multi-horizontal ribbed thick in between medium sized soft grip canister that was slightly longer based off the Ithaca 37 Stakeout with the thickness based off the Hardball 870 variant. As one could tell this was a pump action submachine crossbow that was just given form because of his wandering mind in the hours of the night, he just needed something so that he can be distracted. He continued to think about what he can use for his insignia and thought back to the time when he visited Caldera Cay
He came to Caldera Cay not too long ago with Deathstalker feeling that he was neglecting him in favor of his other ones and sought to eliminate that as he took him to here, his reason was for him to find something that he can use for his insignia. He consulted the villagers who have given him nothing to use until it was at that point that Mala told him about Ninetails which was a fox who had exactly just that: nine tails at once which would make this mythical beast a kitsune out of Japanese lore. Remembering that time he decided to draw various symbols based off what idea he was given, all which he had narrowed it down to at least one version: it faced forward with it's full body exposed as there were three brush tails on both the left and right side while the two others remained close next to the body of the fox, these tails went outwards at first as it then proceeded to close inward when it went back up to appear like a spherical bottom edged cone brush. Three of the brush tails went in a S-shape before going outwards while the fox itself wore a mask and it's ears went slanted downwards but curved up even as they were pointed a little bit backwards. It's arms went forward while it's hind legs stood up a little hunched forward with it's underbelly groomed downwards with such detail added in, having a nine pronged blade that was based off the seven branched sword called the Ninestrike which also had a brush tip for the pommel that like the others were supposed to be dipped in blood as the crossguard was a pair of upward pointed three fingered clouds that went up on both the front and back. It looked like it was shaped after the Hanukkah candelabra but there's no relation between the two, it's just how the constellation looked. He couldn't do much more detail on it not because of how it was dark outside but it's how the dirt limited his additions to whatever he could add on it, but he did add in details in the drawing of a sketchbook he drew
Looking back to where they assumed to have lost their pursuers at he stood up and ran towards the edge with his sword in hand because he's been using the Revenant's Talon III a lot of times, and his blade can cut anything and everything at will but he's not been using that advantage at times where it would be nice for him to use; but he just doesn't want to ruin some of the kind of buildings here. Now that he's out of here he can cut whatever's his to target. While it was still dark outside he set up a fast assembled workbench for him to sit in and start constructing the new crest/insignia for himself, also building a new knife as he's becoming an lot more individualized and back then he looked up to Drayko; having a silver knife like his. It was meant to fit in with the rest of the fox theme he was going for and have extra blades that extended out like claws. He took his time assembling and testing the knife out with unwilling volunteers consisting of captured Komodo Unit soldiers he restrained, cutting and slashing in a swift full auto session. Now he can replace this old one as he hid this one into where he put his silver knife before, under his wrist just where his tomahawk that slid into his palm was on the bottom pommel. He heard a sound coming from the back and went to investigate, using his binoculars to look out to find that the flying platforms were closing the distance between his location and them. Not on his watch as he took out his missile launcher attachment and aimed it to the flying platforms before firing, the homing missile went directly to the middle one before taking out the driver; in which the following soldiers were killed in the explosion with the platforms crashing down in the bottom
HTTYD
Hervatlock awakened when he heard the launching of the missile launcher outside and did what he was told to do, alerting the rest of the soldiers while Mikekolt forced them to get inside of the truck; taking off just when the nearby sentries in the towers reported and called in a strike team. "Flying platforms were shot down, after them!" The sentries took matters to their hands and out from just behind where the truck left, an armored bridging vehicular tank jumped out to the road in order to stop Mikekolt's squad from getting away. This is what was known as the one and only Komodo Tumbler due to the bulky nature of this vehicle
The Komodo Tumbler was a force to be reckoned with as this was if not worse than the War Buggies of the Dragon Marauders, let's take a look at the appearance and how dangerous this is: This was a rectangular upward trapezoid shaped tank meant for preforming rampless bridge jumps over environmental obstructions standing in the way such as crevices, roadblocks and rivers that ran through the landscape; having multiple heavy armor platings laid against one another to form a true beast to be unleashed onto the streets of wherever the battlefield is taking the Komodo Unit over to. The topside view was given this look as there was a pair of two triangular rods holding up the single curved flap that went upwards to the other sides on the left and right with the smaller ones in the front and larger ones behind it. Two exhaust tubes on the left to right next to the bottom edge of the larger flaps were seen as the both of them spewed fire whenever driven and behind it was a cylinder shaped ring on the top as there were diagonal upward rods that also connected to them, there were two more round top plates on the left to right sides and were connected to a horizontal rod where dual maxis creepy crawler truck tires were situated next to each other on both sides; the main exhaust jet afterburner was situated in the middle for preforming the rampless bridging jumps. There were a pair of dual hinges on the bottom flaps with two thicker strips next to the thin rods on both sides to form a square on both sides and a rectangle in the middle for both the top and bottom hinges. There then was a lower armored plate that had two thick downward arrow like shapes on the left to right sides, split in between with a thin diamond shape with another wider one below it; all on top of an triangular plate which had slightly upward slanted edges on the front to the sides. Center in between the two large crossblock tires was a forward beaked scalene triangle that's stuck out with a upward squished pentagon plate that had triangular cut on the far side, all on both sides. Two lights were on the left to right sides of the front, on the far sides of the left to right and one in the back as well before all sloping downward and going straight down with a flat surface. The front windows were upward scalene triangles facing the left and right sides while the flat edges faced the center, the sides having slant up to the back while there's two plates that are situated in the front on the left and right sides with the left one making it look like it's square shaped on the right. It's sides featured this design in the meantime. It slanted downward from the back before it goes forward to the frontal wheel looking like a wedged crab like tank that it was known for, that's not all as it had a thicker bottom armored plate that was situated up against the farthest left to right back tires all on both sides to look a little more bulkier than it seemed to be but was actually a much more maneuverable off road bridging tank developed exclusively by Komodo Unit technical staff minds and creative ideas that think alike. The exhaust jet engine in the back was shaped like a cylinder with a surrounding inner ring that had a ribbed cone for the core itself, on top of that however was a flap that went upwards to expose a trapezoid with six holes on the upper top; seven in the middle and six on the bottom as these holes were housing one of the many weapons that this beast was armed with. Speaking of which that's the next thing to mention about the tank: the frontal plates moved up to reveal three dual fire machine guns while having a trio of top to bottom missiles that extended out from the arms that held the tires on the sides, an MRL that extended upward from the back that held eight missiles from top to bottom that tilt upward and fire into the air before striking their targets that were aimed for; the tri-fire machine gun are also back in the front scalene and like before as seen previously on the back were slots that held cluster mines that scattered for their pursuers to be attacked. This tank was also armed with a dual fire armored turret that retracted from the top but did not fully show itself acting like the gunner's seat. The front scalene also had a window on the front acting like the driver's first person attack mode, this is to allow the driver to lie face down with more substantial protection shielded by armor platings and preform extreme precision maneuvers that are made easier; as well as to reduce risk of injury should someone be aiming for the one operating the tank itself. Equipped with a landing hook to spring landing stabilization, stealth mode to cut off lights and engine so that they can throw off pursuers in the dark places while also assisting brakes with the six flaps in the back. Finally, this tank had the ability to extend outward in order to allow both driver and passenger to drive out forward from the husk of the tank on top of armored motorcycles; also to throw off the pursuer with the three of them leading them into traps
From behind there were Komodo Unit attack motorcycles that followed from behind in order to launch their jetpack soldiers into the air. Not much to talk about the Komodo Unit attack motorcycles because as mentioned before it's based off the Tumbler with the armored plates making it look more like a tank, using a pair of two Indian Scout Bikes next to each other as well as having an attachable sidecar that did not slow down the speeding acceleration once. It was armed with dual submachine guns with the backseat having an spring launcher that would fire the jetpacks into the air fast. What was not mentioned however was the fact that it also had some tank tracks that didn't dangle as it's all tightened together with another pair of wheels on the back just like the front. Finally, this is what the former Lost Paradise Army procured back in the town but those were just prototypes and these ones were not; the leader made sure to them that not a finger would be laid on the attack motorcycles once, so he fooled them first by allowing them to use the prototypes that did not have the cutting down on fuel feature like everything else did in their vehicular arsenal. Although there were three missile tubes on the back for each side lined up from top to bottom which the ones that the Lost Paradise Army lacked
It was a skintight backplate equipped on soldiers with a lower half octagon dent that went forward a little bit while also having two diagonally downward slashes on the upper sides, one slit was on the top and bottom on both the left to right sides for each while a medium sized rectangular dent where it was supposed to fit on the other side of the pack. Speaking of which this is what it looked like: it was rectangular shaped and medium in between thick to thin brick with two power cord prongs on both the top to bottom sides on the left to right sides as there was also a outward sun visor that was slanted into an scalene triangle that acted like a hood but provided no hindrance. On top of it were three large pyramid spike tips that were missiles that can be fired from the top through the use of a trigger that was meant to be fired in a one knee down position so it's user's head is lowered for it to be fired at a clear shot, though let's just say that on the bottom of the second among the three heat vents it uses to let the user fly; there's a trigger where all three missiles are fired through the use slightly moving back. This is supposed to be the ideal way for the Komodo Unit to fire on both the land and the air. The vents were not only barred off with a seamless diamond crossed screen protector gate as well as having upward horizontal shudders that were meant to direct the heat downwards, it also had at least five circular hole vents on the top line and three more on the bottom line to narrow it down to eight in total for each one. The first vents on the top curved upwards from the sides before going downwards like narrowed eyes, the second curved downward into an rounded scalene in between as it should be mentioned at this point that they're all built into and inwards of the jetpack so that it does not protrude out for weaknesses; at last the third of them all was at the bottom where it started out horizontally straight before slanting up across to the other side and slanting down like a trapezoid with long narrowing edges that were still thick. The vents were all plated with armor while a spinal cord similar to that of the tentacles on Viggo's back ran up along the center line consisting of inverted trapezoids stacked against one another with a rectangular shape in between. The homing missiles all shared the same appearance with transparent glass covering a square core where the pyramid shaped spike was on top, being laid against it with a octagonal edged cylinder. Below that was a three horizontal ribbed ring that was also on the bottom just close to the tri-boosters below, in between them was a round edged square on both sides with an horizontal line that slashed across; it was done again on bottom where a thick line was put in place to separate the transparent glass from seeing inside where the boosters were. Spiraling around where three razor blades while on the sides that pointed back down were two up and below ahead and behind them. Just right below the outward slanted visor was a hidden compartment where the user can fire a drone to home in on the target and detonate to unleash a blinding flash of the sun that will allow them to take in a few strikes before the victim regains their sight. It was also shaped as a vamparic bat spanning it's wings out to the sides and having red eyes made of rubies, under both wings being ribbed and looking like it was screeching out to unleash an echoing stream of ultraviolet rings. Finally, this jetpack utilized isolated heat rods that deprived from volcanoes using the Archimedes screw and cutting down half to most of the fuel to use it's source for extended flight; oh and there there were two other parallel rods that held the sun visor up from inward as if was a roof for the outer window of an RV, while the backplate meant to plug this in was dented outward as the back where the prongs were at was indented inward for a more solid connection that had no seams or cracks in between. Looking less suspicious altogether and in the case of the Heavy Gunners, they were equipped with the ability to drop and scatter bombs from under the jetpack itself
Hervatlock saw the tumbler that was driving up to the back and increased the acceleration in the effort to shake off their pursuer, launching the missiles while it was at it and forcing Mikekolt to block them with his tusked shield and also having him block the gunfire that was shot towards the truck. To make matters worse it came down to the point of having to divert from the main road into attempting to shake them off which still proved futile, Mikekolt never had his sword placed back during this point. In spite of his tuberculosis he backed up from the rear end of the truck before rushing to jump onto the Komodo Tumbler, bringing out his sword in order to cut open the frontal windows of the tumbler; seeing that the MRL rose up to fire it's missiles at him. His palm shifted to drop a Deathgripper Acid Flare Bomb into his hand which he caught with his fingers clasping the spherical projectile before throwing it to blow it up. Destroying the MRL just as the turret fired at him, being forced into jumping atop of it where he then threw another bomb into the gunner's seat to detonate in the inside. The Komodo Tumbler would not go down thanks to the armor and it was worse as though his allies leapt across a short ravine, the Tumbler used it's booster to leap across; the two of them were now on the opposite sides
Mikekolt jumped to the back and stuck his claws onto the back wheels in order to slow their pursuers from following them to the Airships, with his sword he took the risk and slashed the Tumbler apart thanks to the tampered frequencies to alter the sound waves into razor cutting power. Throwing three Rope Axes at once to latch onto the truck where he then swung back into the transportation area, where he'll provide fire cover from here against the Komodo Unit jetpack armed soldiers they were about to launch into the sky with their motorcycles. He shifted the Revenant's Talon III into his flarethrower formation and aiming it's tri-muzzle towards the motorcycles, just as the drivers launched their jetpack comrades into the air to take the fight above their heads. Heavy Gunners armed with new grenade launcher models focused their attention on the truck's wheels to take it out, he melted them all down into a burning mess which resulted in a explosion that took the rest of the motorcycle drivers with them. Their new grenade launchers however is one that Mikekolt used his black webshooters to take for himself:
The Komodo Unit's new grenade launcher was meant to replace the old ones that had issues with safety switches jamming in occasions when needing to return fire after being shot at by the enemies. This was based off a RG-6 with the blocky furnishings of a M72 LAW Launcher on top of the weapon, being straight towards the frontal tip and not curving or slanting once. It's features include a barrel on the top and bottom like a Federal M201-Z, with hinges of a break action M79 Launcher while there was a cylinder on the bottom tip that was pump action like a China Lake Launcher. Having a second barrel that can be attached in like with the main barrel based off the CZ-805 G1, this new model also took it's ring guard and handle while also fusing the body of a Z-M LR 300ML as that's also where the pump action cylinder came from as well. Not the bad kind of weapon to use since the revolving barrel was ten shot and it's manually operated, the lower rail of course used that part of the RPK-24 to stabilize the handling; an rail stabilizer for the barrel that extended it of course was also fitted with a optional strong laser sight and two lights on the side to provide help in seeing the target in the night. What was the strangest fact is that when fired the barrel retracts itself which isn't the strange part, it's the fact that when reloading it auto ejects the shell as though the mysteries of this is not questioned; the power is devastating when the shells fire in a straight line with no arc. The aiming sights for the weapon was taken from both the Revenant's Talon III's rocket launcher and sniper formation, as this was fired from underneath the armpit. It's stock was triangular and outlined between thin and medium, though mostly thin as there were even three hook rings from the SPAS-12. Because of the extra barrel on the bottom it too can be used, heavy weapon indeed in terms of firepower. There was a strap for the weapon so that the Heavy Gunners can use it when the time calls for destruction, that didn't mean it's surprising just like the rest of the arsenal of the Komodo Unit; lightweight to be used for one handed firing and still having enough to be used comfortably. Finally, the lower barrel utilized semi-auto opposed to the usual bolt action which meant one shot and one kill; though it still opens like one and fits extra shells and even has the option for good old bolt action as a feature to those who are more comfortable using weapons that has that reload method
Due to their jetpacks allowing them to avoid the flarethrower from down below, he used his minigun formation to fire at the soldiers; acting like a diversion of sorts to allow his squad to retaliate with their missile launchers and rail cannons. The pursuing jetpack soldiers fired the three homing missiles on their backs, blowing up their firepower so no side takes a strike just as one of them ducked down to fire a drone towards Mikekolt; taking cover when it struck on his men's orders. While he was down he transformed his weapon into it's sniper formation as he hasn't been providing cover like this since he escaped the prison on the southern side, the jetpack soldiers were preoccupied at the moment with the firepower from his men
He took a shot at the soldier's right eye lens to blind him just as one of his men took one out, another soldier was shot with the rifle that struck the vents which in turn hit the source as it came crashing down to the floor; though the missiles fired were blown up as a last resort kill them. The third of the pursuers threw a stick grenade after another that detonated upon each impact made to force the truck into veering towards the left to right side of the road, he took out a new model of a Deathgripper Venom Serum as he decided to give it a more distinctive look than Grimmel's
A 31mm double point needle was added to the 50 BMG Bullet serum as there were clear double laid tubes inside which were cleared to be seen, liquid venom filled to the brim and ready to be injected inside of the victim; armored top and bottom caps with a trio of backward slanted razor blades along the three sides like his Rope Axes. He fired with a tranquilizer piercing through the air and hitting the soldier in the lens, falling to the ground with a impact. Mikekolt's squad escaped without a scratch and there were no other pursuers that came after them, upon reaching a watchtower just up ahead of them from the cliff that led down he resorted to his lethal arrows to snipe a soldier from his position. Killing the watchman on guard for the road, he supplanted the tuberculosis with a suppressor to ease the coughing in his lungs; making sure that it will be dormant for an long time until he reaches Grashunov's Office in the Airships above. Now he and Hervatlock is safe for the time being, his ally came to his side with the map that detailed their destination as it's been procured by Lucitreuz in his absence; at that time was when he took out his newly built knife to which his old silver one will be disposed of starting now. Although he didn't have a target to dispose it towards, but nevertheless here was what the knife finally looked like because it was only an few weeks to a month before he would need a new one:
Mikekolt's New Knife had a retractable blade that stood at 22/17" length in order for deep cuts and fighting against even a sword as there were nine square teeth serrations on the sides while the middle had Bowie Knife serrations that were all shaped like razor blades that've become more of a signature of his than a trait, nevertheless it's a double edged blade which of course had another one just in between on both the front and back; the razor blades were also hidden in between for an better deep stabbing to the victims which were also dual laid with little space in between so it can flow faster and greater in attacking unarmed. The sides of the fluer-de-lis was curved inward like his bronze ram horn while the three ends extended downward like a trident, acting like a helping hand in the crossguard which were a pair of two two wide trapezoids stacked atop of each other with the top being a top inverted one and the bottom being a regular one just like his sword; having two straightforward beasts that were tribal themed and being shaped like Dragons with narrowed downward eyes, there also seemed to be some spider legs that stuck out as they're based off the one from his black webshooters. This was laid against the main crossguard itself while also sporting three blades on both sides that extended diagonally up and out to the left and right, on top of that sported two scimitar fangs on each side with one being near the left and right while the second one were a little closer towards the split blade; looking as if they were pincers that went a little bit inwards like if they're biting into the target's flesh. The horizontal octagon rectangular wide handle for the knife was medium ringed on the top, middle and bottom in the same shape as the grip, it also had a round shaped hole that can let him spin the blade like a revolver while also still keeping the cute tribal tsuchinoko and also having a fox that leapt above it; having nine paintbrush blood dipped tails that went down to the handle as this was his newfound logo. Behind the fox was a narrow upward crossed pair of Kunais which had teardrop shaped brushes also dipped in blood, having Aztec engravings in between the thin ribbed borders. The grip itself was horizontally ribbed while also having two metallic strips studded with pyramid spikes that were situated so that the fingers won't touch them for comfortability. Seamless diamond texture, horizontal stepping ridges and an chainmail coating for definite no slip grip. The pommel was shaped like the axe he wanted to build for Drayko, having all of the details from his project and to make it more deadly; blade's dual layered for inflicting deeper wounds and in between had razor blades of course because he is the Arsenal-Fox for nothing. Finally, his knife still slipped underneath his wrist to easily be brought out for when he needs to take out a pain in the ass Komodo Unit soldier; such as Snipers who hid themselves well in the environment, Optic Deflection to hide from night to thermal vision and spotlights, Watchmen who were looking out for signs of infiltration as well
"You found the right insignia for yourself? About time, now we have a flag to rally ourselves behind. But the important thing that matters are the airships ahead of us. We know that she gave us the pathway to the plant so that the missiles can't be loaded into the ICBPSM while there's still time. The Airships were tethered to the security base so it looks like we're going in for a long trip, take the time to reconstruct yourself like always because I think it's about time for a little makeover; especially the gloves, cowl and undersuit armor although I suggest that you not discard the previous design" Hervatlock suggested as Mikekolt nodded in response
"Tethered to the third floor rooftop of the security base, that jetpack on the top of the truck still work?" Mikekolt asked as he looked at the corpse that dripped blood on the top, coming over to take the dead corpse off as he removed the jetpack
"You're going to head inside alone?" Hervatlock asked
"That's what the Sky Stick was recycled into for in a short amount of time I spent in the guest house, fast as fuck developers is what they are. I struck this one in the eye and the jetpack is supposed to be heavily armored like the rest of the machines of war built around here" Mikekolt revealed the fate of the Sky Stick and proceeded to strap it to his back
Activating the jetpack showed that it was damaged so he let the technical staff handle it, this journey would come to a point in time that he's lost himself in the modern aesthetics of a land foreign to the homeland he lived in with his father. Looks like it's time to remind himself that he lives in the Norse Age where Dragons roamed the Archipelago. He used the reserved freq. for his team and started to contact them, he needed their help as the Komodo Unit has some Airships that were tethered to the security base on the eastern side of the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula; he can't reach it there in time no thanks to the tuberculosis that a soldier infected him with. He would've gone over to Queen's medical office in the wilderness but he needs to take care of the stuff that they've gotten on board first
Rainserviper on the other line was alerted that he had tuberculosis but if this meant that he's in need of taking care of business on board their airships then it he's more than willing to fly him there. Mikekolt also told him to gather the others because he doesn't know if he can still fight without them for long as the Komodo Unit's getting desperate, sending stronger and if it wasn't enough deadlier forces after them. He agreed to it all because his life mattered to him more than anyone else's life, he ended communication with him and turned to face his ally in arms
"You're calling in the fire support? We can use their help now that Grashunov was nearly close to killing you during that trap that backfired horribly for both sides at the train" Hervatlock was relieved and wondered that if he had Dragons on his side, why didn't he call them in earlier?
"Hervatlock, drive to the security base and meet up with the spies sent there. I'll be taking the service hatch on top. One last thing before we head inside: there's no holding back this time from me, I'm through and over with restraining myself from cutting any and everything at will. That was only because I didn't want to damage anything from this region so it can still be left like we were never here, but from now on I'm stating it clear. Fuck it and fuck this, I'll choose what to cut in the peninsula" Mikekolt held his sword as he looked all around himself at the environment
"While we're waiting for the fire support to arrive, have any ideas left to integrate into your arsenal? You and I can do it together as it's just the early morning, but let's do it inside since it's freezing out here" Hervatlock rubbed his biceps
"I have more than just a few ideas for my weapons, Hervatlock" Mikekolt responded as the two of them headed into the back of the truck to begin integrating a few new tricks to the arsenal of the fox's den
HTTYD
Rainserviper and his team were led over to the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula at the command of their human rider, Mikekolt who was fighting a one man war against the Komodo Unit that had their deadliest forces targeted on their nemesis out of revenge from Grashunov; seeing a faint smoke signal that was lit and scented with garlic grass to gain their attention. Leading them to the site where the Dragons found much of their rider's allies including the likes of Adamel, one of them even exclaimed: "Holy SHIT!" That reaction was enough to get a response out Lethalruin who flew over to his helmet, looking into his lenses to see that it was a young time soldier; he then tried to nibble on his ear only to find that none of their helmets had ears to nibble on. Ah well, if they're unmasked then he'll definitely get the chance
"Now I'll be damned that you were called into action earlier, now the team's assembled" That voice came from the likes of Hervatlock who jumped out from the back of the truck, approached by Frynir who simply towered over him. "In the back workin' in his fox's burrow, giving himself a hell lot of upgrades as if he's gotten the exact same money as the Bludvist's Legacy that they're after. Head on inside sister, just took a ten hour tuberculosis suppressant; don't mind the sudden coughing as it's built for restraining the black lung infection" Hervatlock opened the flap for her to enter
Though it was Rainserviper who entered first as he longed for him the most, coiling around the tuberculosis infected man who made a soft and rumbling trill in his throat like a cat; Mikekolt stroked his scales just as he told him this: "Thanks for coming, I needed the comfort of Dragons like you. As well as that of a woman right about now after the overnight hell in the guest house" Mikekolt told him as he saw Frynir
The two of them embraced each other as Mikekolt held his sword in hand that was readied just when he needed, warmed through her scales that heated him and cackling with a little bit of her bioelectricity that she was infused with. The two of them departed from each other as he began telling her of the events that the two of them, him and Hervatlock went through after escaping from the prison; hearing every word that came as well as the trap Grashunov set for him but he ultimately survived his brutal assassination attempts. Thanks to their techincal staff procured on sight he recieved new Revenant's Talon III attachments to transform his main firearm into a lot more than previously, including this new feature he worked on alongside his gloves and cowl:
The Revenant's Talon III can now be shifted into a longbow which then unfolds into a one handed switchblade ballistic shaolin length staff that was adorned with razor blades, numerous rows of pyramid spikes and brazed chopping mace like flanges seen on his modified tomahawk for deadlier trauma inflicting; having the ability to spin itself like the scythes of the Pendulum Guardians back at Draconia and adding in the killing power with tightened retractable chain links because he's just one foolish ass bastard. His crossbow is a system weapon so why not throw in a melee staff for him, just in case he's training or he's fighting since it's heavy enough not to be uncomfortable for his hands but enough to inflict colossal blows
The new gloves were now looking more like skintight gauntlets that had three slots for arrows to be loaded in and shot, while the fingertips on the front were shaped like vertically long armored trapezoids that also slanted inwards a little bit like the razor blades that were one of his traits. Tightened with a shrunken like feeling but not constricting the blood vessels in his hands, these pair were wrapped around the wrists with a ribbed rubber like leather while the arms had the sleeve designed like the same material as the previous ones. All ribbed horizontally up to the fingertips and having that rubbery smack that had a near adhesive stick to it when slammed on sheets of glass. Underneath the bronze edged armor were five outward razor blade tipped claws that extended from the side of the finger to the side of the pinky, guided on flexible rails that used the same blades for his retractable knife for close encounters if disarmed
The new retractable cowl was based off the bronze edged Sup Grip Armor paintball gloves that had the same chainmail rubbery smack like the previous ones, horizontally ribbed as well up to the fingers. It had a liquid metallic armored cover that's flexible as well as having the chainmail look while the depiction of Drayko's Axe was featured on the front to both sides. A darkblood red colored edge ran along the top while there were two split narrow downward pointed eyes that slanted towards the middle on both the top to bottom, looking like a forehead ninja mask that was situated against the top to half middle edge of the cowl; tinted glass like the straps on the armor covered the eyes while also having some added fangs on the top but not on the lower bottom to look more fearsome, which had the same tattoo look as the Witcher-esque styled fox belt buckle with thick swirls and tribal barbed quills that spiked outwards. Also on the front had a pair of two of the same bleeding eye tattoos that streaked down and branched like smoking, faded heat faze like flares; which too are styled after tribal tattoos. Finally, like before it can be pulled from the collar up to cover the mouth and nose; which had the same features such as the fact it can stop the user from breathing in fiery smoke or lethal to non lethal gas, it was also edged with some tribal spike and barb border engravings along with razor blade shaped grooves that went backwards on both the left to right sides of the cheeks
Using some Komodo Brutes as targets that have been taken prisoner under their hand, he then showed off the capabilities of how the staff preformed when he demonstrated quite the skill; when he spun it in a windmill formation and began to smack away the incoming soldiers, as well as stunning the brutes before killing them viciously with a blunt force strike that snapped their neck with a loud crack. Falling to the floor afterwards and with that done, he took out his sword to cut down some of the foliage surrounding them; even with this sword he still cut whatever he wanted to bring down like a house and a Dragon Marauder's stronghold in one to few slashes of his blade. Now that he's done and the whole team is ready to move onto the airships which are tethered to the security base according to their resources, mainly the likes of Lucitreuz which the Dragons assumed to have been dead like previously and understanding that he wasn't lying; he jumped onto Rainserviper's saddle before he took off into the skies. Hervatlock will follow them back to the security base in no time or at least will trace them back to the location, with it settled he flew off in the direction of the airships while the rest of his squad drove to the east half of the peninsula
High in the skies on the back of Rainserviper, he never felt lonesome when he flew out into the far coastside when searching for the anti-malaria drugs meant for Hervatlock; now that he was on his back again, it made no difference to him as he was just satisfied that his Dragons were all back with him. He missed the others as ever since the aftermath of the Titan Uprising, he's never been on the edge like this before than when he first faced off against the Komodo Unit; having to fight mercenaries that were evenly matched against him. He's seen how overpowered they were like him and because he was restraining himself from using his sword to the fullest, he's been letting them take that weakness he made and use it to their advantage all because he did not want to destroy the environment since he might want to revisit the locations one day; never again is he to refuse risking in damaging some of the structures and landscape of such a foreign but perfect battlefield for him to live through fighting wars that are waged here. Deathstalker coiled two of his tails around his neck caressing him, while Lethalruin nibbled on his ear in the time it took for them to reach the airships
A Komodo Sniper that was now equipped with a visor based off the Oakley over the top glasses as it had night vision, thermal binoculars and an augmented anemometer stationed at a tower had spotted Mikekolt heading to the security base; taking the time to aim his shot with his rifle for this one was different from the rest: This non-lethal bolt action tranquilizer rifle was built from the Komodo technical staff using the stock of a Zastava M07/AF model while the chassis as well as the handle was based off the MDT LSS-22, meanwhile it was bulkier like the DSR-1 and it's full structural appearance was based off the PSG1. It had lighter trigger pull with a pistol fitting grip and folding stock for parachute jumps, one hell of a long range rifle. But it's a bolt action rifle, as in the rounds must be loaded by hand for every shot, that meant a lack of repeated firing. One shot loaded, one kill is all it takes. The charging handle was exchanged for a downward slanted handle that could be held easier, being that all bolt action rifles of the Komodo Unit were modified to be beltfed whenever it's needed and the sniper couldn't load the next shot through hand. Finally, the long cylinder bar shaped scope was taken from a SVD rifle to be fitted on
The shot was never taken as Hervatlock spotted the sniper prior to him arriving and took down the soldier with the rifle he was given but haven't used, now Mikekolt had a clear path to where the airships were. Speaking of which, god damn they were huge as hell:
Hjierantruvalo Biohazard Airships were short reared LZ-129 Hindenburgs that had a pair of two propellers to accelerate it forward through the air with two on each side in front and from behind it on each side right on the lower sides. The sides of each blimps had a number of solid windows with a widened square on the center and one on the back that was split into a thick rectangle with two thinner ones on both the left and right sides, which on the bottom of that had smaller versions just behind the front propeller. The frontal tip of the airships had a smooth clear bullet tip cone made of windows though the first third half was removed for a open field view of the peninsula. While the two windows on the center of the airships have a basic look, the one on the left had two the thinner windows covered with a square plate as in return the middle was covered with a rectangular plate that went across. On the top were of course armed sentries to fire towards any aerial assault that attempts to bomb their facilities. On both sides in the main center between the middle was a biohazard sign to represent what it's development was focused on, as the top tail went up and straight like a trapezoid and the bottom tail curved down like a Florida pompano's lower fin near the twin forked tail. Near it's bullet cone shaped nose tip separated by a thick bar that acted like a border, there happened to be a service hatch to enter inside just above the entrance to the bullet cone tipped nose. It was a large square outlined plate centered on the top with a slightly smaller plate that was an door, having a small and squished inverted trapezoid shaped window while a regular one was on the bottom; though it was a inward dent that housed the big round light with four more on the corners. Construction Site stripe pattern surrounded the round edges of both the inner to outer hatches, and with a warning sign on the front that warned the users about hazards; just to keep an eye out on them so they don't get hurt. The rest of the rooftop was railed off with short fences to prevent slipping when boarding and the border that kept the bullet cone tip and service hatch apart had square windows all over, with the top front having a wider square instead. Finally, the airships not only had a transportation lift to move across but there were more areas inside than what meets the eye as the first deals in chemical weapons and the second deals with bioweapons
Flying upwards from the side of the frontal bullet cone tip on his back, Mikekolt jumped off and onto the rooftops as the sun was rising on the horizon; wind blowing through his hair in the air and coming to understand that this might not be the last time he enters here. But it might be the last time he sees his allies and friends he made here, nevertheless he entered the service door hatch on the rooftop and vanished. His Dragons were ordered to return back with the others on the ground because he's not finished with Grashunov just yet, but neither is he letting him if it is possible unleash the chemical weapons onto the peninsula
Thus begins the infiltration in the Hjierantruvalo Airships, where it was more than an airship in the San Hjierantruvalo Skylines and these both held within their grasp a horrific project on board