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BGM: Mountain (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
"Haaaah!"
Tulin unleashed a stream of wind toward the mountain as Weiss hopped on her glider and glided her way toward the mountain through the slipstream before coming to a gentle stop at the base of the mountain.
"How was that? I know it's nothing like Revali's but-"
Weiss smiled. "It's perfect."
"Really?!" Tulin's eyes sparkled.
"I told you that she'd like it." Ren said.
"I was worried that you wouldn't…" Tulin sighed with relief.
"Though if I may… might I suggest you do it diagonally?"
"Oh, get some lift in the air?" Tulin thought about it. "I can try."
"Wouldn't hurt to mix things up a bit." Weiss winked as they climbed up the mountain, shooting down a few Aerocudas that tried to harass them. They then climbed up on a few platforms where the archers proceeded to shoot down Soldier Constructs that tried to fire arrows at them, but were immediately defeated by headshots courtesy of Tulin and Ren.
As they went between platforms, Weiss realized she was underneath another platform and Ascended up. "Whoa!" Tulin exclaimed. "How did she do that?"
"She's a woman full of surprises." Ren said as they used their wind/wings to fly up right as Weiss swung her Opal Claymore into a Construct Soldier, destroying it instantly as she gathered up its remains and continued to climb up until they all reached the peak of the mountain.
"...Speaking of surprises." Weiss said as she looked at the Zonai platforms in front of her as she looked up to see that it continued to make its way up toward the sky. "How high does it even go?"
"Maybe it goes into space!" Tulin said.
"Maybe… much lower than that." Ren hoped.
"Well, no use wondering how high it is. Let's do it." Weiss said as she climbed over it and walked forward as the quad followed her as they all looked around as best they could in the blizzard. They found a large gap as Tulin unleashed his power of wind to boost Weiss across.
"Ya know, I just realized that you could just fly without me using my power." Tulin pointed out.
"I know… but how would you build your confidence in your power if I just took the easy way?"
Tulin's eyes sparkled again and gave her a hug as Weiss rubbed his head with a gentle smile.
"You really are a heck of a gal." Ren said as Tulin helped pushed Weiss, Ren and the pets across the gaps even though Revali could simply fly and hold Zwei… even he wanted to boost Tulin's confidence.
They soon reached a tall pillar leading up as Tulin concentrated, aiming it at an angle. "Haaaa!" He launched it forward as Weiss jumped and glided her way over as she hit the wall and latched on to it. She slid a bit but caught herself.
"Atta girl, Weiss!" Ren called out to her.
"You got this…" Weiss said to herself, seeing that she had a long climb as she smirked confidently as she leaped up, and then leaped again… and then once more…
Aaaand she started to slip.
"Ack! No no no no… come on…!" She grunted as she dug her nails into it but continued to slide down. "Noooooo!"
"Does that normally happen?" Tulin asked.
"No." Ren activated his wind powers and flew across, grabbing Weiss before she hit the ground as he gently landed on the ground. "You okay?"
"Hah… hah… ugh… damn you, Salem…" Weiss grumbled under her breath as Zwei and Revali came to check on her right as Ren set her down.
"Did I aim it too low?" Tulin asked as he flew over in concern.
"No. You had the perfect angle. Salem just did a number on my body…" She looked over at her arm. "A big number…"
"Aw man, I didn't realize how much of a jerk Salem was."
"I'll be fine." Weiss said as Ren and Tulin helped her up. "Guess I'm doing it the new way."
She immediately got underneath the floating pillar and Ascended up as the quad chased after her as Weiss popped out on the other side with the quad rejoining her.
"Wait a sec… is that a…?" Weiss wondered as she walked over and gently descended down with her paraglider. Once she landed, she approached to what appeared to be a floating boat. "A… boat?"
"Oh, this looks familiar…" Tulin mused.
"It's a boat. Of course it's familiar." Ren teased.
"No no, this is different. It's-"
"Come." A voice spoke to all of them as they looked around before looking up into the storm cloud. "Come… come to me."
Lightning flashed within the storm cloud, seeing a silhouette of a large boat in the sky.
"Oh! Ooooh!" Tulin's eyes sparkled. "Is that what I think it is~?"
"A… very large boat?" Weiss wondered.
"It's the Stormwind Ark! So the children's song was true!"
"Okay, so what's this song about anyway?" Weiss asked.
"Ah! So glad you asked. It goes something like this." Tulin cleared his throat. "Once, a god fell from heaven, stilling the Hebra winds~ The heavens grew lifeless, just as the air below thinned~ With the world in upheaval, we pledged to help the lord~ A line of ships soaring, built as a passage skyward~ The god ascended to heaven, leaving behind an ark~ Its winds brought us new life , thanks to its great, divine spark~"
"I'm so gonna have to let Ruby know about that. That was the cutest thing I've ever heard." Weiss smiled.
"I was wondering what they were singing about earlier…" Ren said as he looked up toward the sky. "Now I know."
"Ahehe~" Tulin blushed. "I last seen "Ruby" at this spot and she flew up toward the ark. I'm not sure if she's trying to help from the great beyond or… leading us to our potential deaths, but I'm curious to see what's up there."
"Probably nothing good… but let's give it a shot." Weiss said as they nodded and walked up the stairs as they looked down at the sails below.
"So… do we jump?" Ren wondered.
"I'm sure it'll be fine…?" Weiss shrugged as she jumped off and landed, where the sails sunk down and then shot back up, sending her flying up into the air. "Whoooooooa!"
"Coooooool! That looks fun!" Tulin said as he did the same. "YAHOOOOOO!"
Ren silently shrugged and then followed suit as Zwei joined him and they launched up together as Revali flew over and snagged Zwei as Weiss gently descended toward the shrine and opened it up with her hand, then they walked in.
End BGM
BGM: Shrine (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
Mayaumekis Shrine: Downward Force
The group walked in and saw a locked door in front of them, and a switch on the other side from the window, to which Tulin fired an arrow to activate it as the door opened up.
"Wow, how'd you know?" Weiss asked.
"I didn't. It was just a lucky guess… that and it looked shiny and important, so I thought I'd shoot it to see what it did."
Weiss laughed. "Okay, valid." She giggled as Tulin had a beaming smile on his face as they walked through and saw ships slowly flying around.
"I'll go scout ahead!" Tulin flew off as Revali accompanied him, where they would immediately attack the Soldier Construct archers and knocking them out while Weiss and Ren made it across toward the different ships, making a detour to get some arrows out of a chest while Tulin fired an arrow at a switch, opening up a hatch where Weiss and Ren went underneath and shot up into the air and landed in front of the shrine.
"That was fun." Ren said.
"Yeah!" Weiss agreed as Tulin and the pets reunited with them as Weiss went to collect her Blessing of Light, then they warped out.
End BGM
BGM: Approaching the Wind Temple (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
The group went over to the next platform that had ice covering a huge area. Weiss proceeded to melt it with her fire as it completely melted to reveal a treasure chest, where she pulled out ten more arrows.
She climbed out as they proceeded onwards, using Tulin's wind to fly through the air and hopping on platforms, taking out a few Soldier Constructs as one of them fused a Flame Emitter with a shield, only to get immediately destroyed.
Weiss unfused the fusion as she looked at the Flame Emitter and then looked at her Hylian Shield. "Hmmm…" She mused as she put it down and fused it with the Flame Emitter, where the Hylian Shield's silver trim now was a bright orange.
"Pretty!" Tulin said.
Weiss put it back on, having an idea. "Hey Ren, give me your best shot."
"With what?"
"Anything."
Ren nodded as Weiss readied herself. Ren ran up and kicked the Hylian Shield, where he bounced off but it also countered with a small fiery explosion. "Ack!" Run grunted as he doused the flames into some snow.
"Sorry, I thought you were going to use an arrow." Weiss apologized.
"You did say "anything"." Ren pointed out.
"Yeah, that's kinda on you." Tulin agreed.
Weiss sweatdropped with a sheepish rub of her head. "Right…" She chuckled.
"I wanna see a parry though!" Tulin said, aiming his bow at the shield.
"Hang on!" Weiss quickly put up wind shields around everyone just in case. "Alright, go."
Tulin fired an arrow as Weiss quickly parried it, where the parry shot out a stream of fire for a few seconds. "Cooool!"
"I like this upgrade." Weiss said, putting it away and taking off, deciding not to deactivate the wind shields just in case they get hit with a stray arrow. They continued on, dropping down on some platforms while Ren and Tulin took care of the some Soldier Constructs that spotted them.
Weiss pulled some blocks toward her with her Ultra Hand and stacked them up on top of each other before climbing up and ascending through the pillar as the others joined her at the top, where they walked ahead and came across a pile of rocks embedded into a platform.
She immediately pulled out a Remote Bomb and tossed it into the pile. "Clear the area!" She requested as they backed up as the bomb exploded and disintegrated the rocks as they jumped in and landed on the top of a boat as they flew high into the air, but they also noticed a platform with an opening covered in icicles, so Weiss sent some dragon fire to melt the ice while also burning alive some Nevermore and Aerocuda.
Ren flew inside and opened up a treasure chest, pulling out ten arrows and giving them to Tulin before walking out and then they launched up high and flew on over into a small shelter where there was a small pool filled with Chillfin Trout.
"Is it me or is it getting colder?" Tulin wondered.
"It is." Ren nodded.
"What? You live in the Hebra region and you're complaining about the cold?" Weiss teased.
"Hey! I'm not built like a Lanayran!" Tulin said, causing Weiss to giggle.
"We're gonna have to drink these to keep us non-Lanayrans warm." Ren said, pulling out a few Spicy Elixirs.
"Ugh, Ren… you know how I am with spicy things." Tulin said.
"You want to freeze your feathers off?"
"...No."
"Then drink it."
"Ooooh… fine." Tulin took it while Weiss fished out some Chilfins as Tulin gulped it down. "Hack! I-It burns… I'm dying…!"
"Here, have this." Weiss handed him a Chillfin while giving Zwei and Revali some fish as well. Tulin wasted no time gobbling it up.
"Hah… phew…"
"Don't be such a drama queen." Ren teased as they walked off.
"Give me a break, I don't have a spice tolerance compared to you!" Tulin grumbled as they climbed up and walked through the platforms as they witnessed the Soldier Constructs fighting off some Griffons.
"Do we watch or…?" Ren wondered.
"Let them fight." Weiss responded as they hopped on the platform as they quickly snuck around, luckily neither the Grimm nor the Constructs noticed as they were too busy mauling the other. By the time the Constructs barely survived the Grimm onslaught, the heroes were already gone.
They continued to climb through or launch from the boats, landing on a platform where a Soldier Construct sounded the alarm to alert the others, only to get completely destroyed by Weiss unleashing her draconic flames into them, also blowing up a time bomb in the process to add insult to injury for one Construct.
Weiss walked up the stairs after seeing the explosion and picked one up. She curiously gave it a light smack, which activated it. "Ack!" She yelped, tossing it to the side as it exploded. "Okay… highly sensitive bombs."
At that moment, a thought came to her as she pulled out a Remote Bomb and then grabbed another Time Bomb, proceeding to fuse them together to create a giant Remote Time Bomb. "Ooooh~!" She smiled as she went over and fused more remote bombs to the Time Bombs and then stored them away into the Purah Pad.
"I think I should be a little scared…" Tulin sweatdropped.
"I… think we'll be fine." Ren reassured as they went off with Tulin unleashing his wind at an angle where the others flew up high into the air and landed on a few more platforms, proceeding to make their way up until they landed on a platform that had a shrine on it.
Weiss walked up to it and opened it up, walking in to see a straight path. "What the…?"
Kahatanaum Shrine - Rauru's Blessing, the first of MANY (Probably…)
"Okay… free stuff. Cool." Weiss smiled, opening up a chest that contained a Large Zonai Charge. She put it away and collected her free Blessing of Light as she walked back out.
"That was quick." Ren said.
"I'm not complaining." Weiss shrugged as they walked off, where they saw the giant storm cloud in front of them along with several ships flying around.
"You think there's a way in?" Tulin wondered.
"We'll probably find our answer soon." Weiss said as she hopped down and launched high into the air as Ren followed with Tulin blowing them away the best he could until they eventually got so high, they got out of the snow storm, but saw an opening through the cloud.
Without even hesitating, all five dove in as they saw the Stormwind Ark before them as they quickly pulled up before they slammed onto the deck.
End BGM
"The Stormwind Ark… so it is true!" Tulin said.
"Hmm?" Ren turned his head to see Ruby walking over toward a small ring monument. "Is that…?"
At that moment, Zwei started to growl at Ruby before barking at her.
"Zwei never growls or barks at Ruby…" Weiss said as she conjured up an ice bow. "HEY! Turn around and face us, you imposter!"
"Ruby" turned around to face them and simply gave them a sinister smirk before she snapped her fingers. At that moment, Nevermore and Griffon came flying in, which alerted the Constructs as they came rushing over with weapons, some aimed at the heroes and some aimed at the Grimm.
"Looks like we got a three way here!" Tulin said.
Weiss's eyes turned draconic. "Not for long."
With a nod from everyone, they lunged directly at the targets while "Ruby" slinked away, disappearing in a dark void.
Meanwhile…
"Allow me to offer you my deepest apologies-" Ganondorf began. "-On behalf of the Gerudo… for taking so long to accept your repeated invitations. It is our desire to be accepted into the protective embrace of your kingdom. To serve it faithfully."
"A welcome appeal, Ganondorf. I will accept your vow of fealty to the Kingdom of Hyrule." Rauru said, as unbeknownst to them all, a small Grimm spider watched them from a wall, seeming to eye the Sacred Stones on Ruby and Sonia's chests and Rauru's arm.
What's more is that the Triforce itself was shining brightly behind the royalty. Ganondorf had noticed it, but paid no mind to it, even if it seemed rather tempting to steal three golden triangles… but he was above that.
The Grimm Spider, meanwhile, seemed to take great interest in the Triforce and the Sacred Stones.
"I understand that a single male is born to the Gerudo every one hundred years. Receiving such an appeal from you, a hero to his people and a king by birth… well, it is truly reassuring."
"It is my honor. When your Zonai ancestors first descended upon these lands long, long ago, they must have seemed to be gods, and now you rule as king and have taken a Hyrulean woman as your wife. I will admit… I was disgusted that the Hyruleans were being tainted by the Zonai and I thought the Zonai were ruining this land, especially with their constant use of this technology."
Ganondorf exhaled. "But… after doing some thinking, I realized I was just a stubborn man who refused to see the beauty of what the Zonai could do."
"Ah. I understand, Ganondorf." Rauru nodded. "From an outside perspective, it would seem that the Zonai would be doing more harm than good… and yet, we've made Hyrule more bountiful than ever."
"Indeed… regrettably, it took me a while to realize that, as I am more of a traditionalist."
"That would explain why you had just opened up trading to the rest of Hyrule…" Rauru mused. "Now, I am sensing some uneasiness from you, as if you're troubled."
"With all due respect, I am surprised you are willing to forgive my close minded transgressions… but, that is not why I brought myself to this castle. It is… my daughter."
"Your daughter? What about her?"
"I had unfortunately poisoned her mind with my delusions, and as such, she has taken extreme measures into making sure the Zonai perish and make sure Hyrule goes back to the way it was."
"Oh my…" Sonia whispered.
"Her latest attempt was to send a pack of Molduga toward your location."
"So she was the one who sent them after us?" Rauru stroked his chin. "That, along with her various other attempts, is highly concerning."
"I am well aware. I try to get through to the girl, but it falls on deaf ears… no matter how firm I get with her."
"Might I suggest you speak calmly to her about it?" Sonia suggested. "Sometimes speaking softly to someone is enough to calm even the most stubborn ones or someone who was about to have a panic attack. A soothing voice is what they need."
"With all due respect, your highness… a soothing voice is my weakest trait."
"Perhaps have a woman with you? Perhaps they could be the one to get her to see the error of her ways."
"I will think about it… maybe it is time I try to be nicer to her if she gets that itch again."
"What are her hobbies aside from potential Zonai assassinations?" Rauru asked.
"Necromancy and talking to her pet scorpion."
…Scorpions can be pets? Ruby thought as a chill ran up her spine thinking about it.
"I… see… Well, we all have our hobbies, though necromancy is concerning." Rauru said.
"Indeed." Ganondorf stood up. "I will speak to the girl again, see if I can get through to her."
"By the way… what is her name?" Rauru asked.
"Salem." He responded, which was enough to nearly petrify Ruby as Ganondorf walked off with the Gerudo.
Ruby snapped out of her stupor as soon as Ganondorf left. "Rauru… we should not trust Ganondorf here. Considering he's Salem's father… I feel like-"
"I agree. We should keep an eye on both of them." Rauru nodded. "This could be a ruse to get our guards down. We must remain vigilant." He said as both nodded. "The way he opened up about his distaste for us Zonai is… concerning."
The Grimm spider turned around and scurried away out of a window.
Back in the present…
Weiss used a healing spell on everyone to perk everyone back up. "Thanks, Weiss!" Tulin said.
"Appreciate it." Ren said as Zwei let out a happy bark and Revali let out a thankful screech.
Weiss nodded. "Right."
They walked over to the monument as Weiss put her hand on it, activating the gears as they started to go down and started to rotate, but only one could do so as the hatch in front of them that was blowing cold air barely opened.
"I wonder if there's a way to open this…" Tulin hummed.
"Brave fledgling…"
"Oh!" Tulin said in surprise.
"There are still five locks securing the hatch on the deck. Use you and your friends' power to release all five locks and the hatch should open. Heed my words…"
"Five locks… okay." Weiss nodded.
"Split up and find these locks?" Ren asked.
"I was just about to ask that!" Tulin smiled.
"Right. Let's go… but let's try not to go too high." Weiss looked over at a cannon on top. "I saw that cannon on the way down here. It looks like it has anti-air technology that could wipe out anything in its sights."
"I'll fly as low as I can!" Tulin saluted as the group split up.
BGM: Wind Temple (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
Weiss picked up a Zonaite Spear and proceeded to fuse it with an icicle, creating an ice covered javelin. With a satisfied nod, she put it away while Tulin picked up an icicle and looked at a lever. He stuck it on and used some string to tie it together and then he pulled it back, opening the door.
"Oh wow, I didn't think that'd work!" Tulin said as he walked in and saw a windmill-like device. "Oh, is this a switch…?" He wondered as he used his power of wind to blow into it, causing it to activate. "Woo! I did it!"
Up above, Weiss flew up high and landed on the tallest pillar, thankful that the cannon didn't target her as she looked at some metal doors and used her Ultrahand to pull them apart and looked in, seeing lasers all around the corridor.
"Here goes."
Weiss dropped in and used her wind to maneuver around the lasers until she spotted a windmill. With a raised eyebrow, she flew over to it and landed on the ground. She unleashed her wind magic into it to activate it.
"So these are the switches. Cool."
She turned around and would spot a treasure chest, where she flew over to it and pulled out a Soldier Blade. She put it away and walked off.
With Ren, he walked over to the edge in curiosity and jumped off, seeing an opening filled with icicles. However, he was spotted by a side cannon and fired at him. His eyes widened and quickly got out of the way.
"Missed a spot, Weiss." Ren said as he flew toward the icicles, pulled out his bow as his eyes turned draconic and fired as a wind dragon barreled through and slammed into the icicles to crush them, then Ren landed on the ground and fired a few arrows at some bewildered Keese.
He turned around and walked the other way as he saw a pinwheel rotating against him, but he flew up and over it as he then landed and saw some gears that weren't rotating. He rubbed his chin and spotted a large icicle. He picked it up and flew up as he put it down, where it proceeding to rotate with the gears as the door opened up.
He then walked out and saw a windmill in front of him as he rubbed his chin before using his wind magic to blow into it, activating it.
"Cool."
Down below, a Construct Soldier thrust its spear into Zwei, but the corgi easily dodged and then lunged, grabbing a hold of the spear and yanked it off. The Soldier let out a robotic yelp of surprise as it tried to pull it back, but Revali corkscrewed into it to make it let go of the spear and made it back up, then Zwei proceeded to swing the spear at him.
The Construct Soldier blocked with its Zonaite Shield, but Revali pried it off of him and strapped it to his back, causing the Soldier to sweatdrop as he backed away slowly, but nearly fell off the abyss… to which Zwei put the spear on his back and pranced over to the soldier, where he put his paw up.
The Soldier shook its head "no" in fear as Zwei put his paw on the body and pushed it off of the ship, sending it tumbling down into the abyss. "Woof!" Zwei smiled, high pawing his eagle companion as they walked over to the windmill where Revali pulled his wings back and swung them forward, creating a gust of wind that activated the switch.
As with Weiss, she snuck around inside of the ship, throwing her javelin into a Soldier Construct that impaled its head, causing it to fall apart. Weiss used Recall to bring the Javelin back as she walked around, using Ascend to climb up and then placed together some wooden planks and rotated them a switch that caused a door to open. She walked inside and shield bashed a Construct where it was blown away into pieces from an explosion, then she found the windmill.
"There you are." Weiss sent some wind into it, causing it to activate.
A door opened up as Weiss turned around and walked outside as she was accompanied by everyone else.
They approached the gate as Weiss put her hand on the monument as the pillars sunk down and started to rotate, opening the gate wide open.
End BGM
However, it unleashed a massive gust of wind that launched everyone high into the air. They then heard a roar as they saw a massive beast coming out of it.
Colgera.
BGM: Colgera (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
"That's probably the beast that's causing this massive blizzard!" Ren exclaimed.
"Are you guys ready?" Tulin asked.
Weiss's eyes turned draconic as she summoned her dragon wings. "Ready!" She said as she pulled out Crescent Rose.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Colgera roared as he flew up toward the group that dive bombed them as lightning flashed in the sky. Colgera pulled its pincers back and slammed them shut as they quickly avoided the attack as Colgera turned around and smacked Weiss away with his tail.
"Agh!" Weiss shook it off as Colgera turned his attention toward the others, opening his mouth and firing an ice laser as Revali and Zwei corkscrewed into the head of the beast. It didn't damage him, only annoyed the creature as Colgera batted the two away as it started to pepper them with icicles from its armor, which slowly revealed its weak point.
Weiss's eyes widened as she flew up high as she got closer. Colgera looked up and flew in a circle to create an ice tornado that pulled Weiss in. She wrapped herself in dragon fire to melt the sharp ice as she dive bombed into the first weak spot.
Colgera screeched as it disappeared into a portal and then reappeared beneath Weiss, grabbing her with its pincers. "Weiss!" The boys called as Tulin aimed his bow at him but Colgera put Weiss in Tulin's range, using her as a meat shield and forcing Tulin to stand down.
"Coward!"
Colgera moved his head down and tossed Weiss into the air as he flew toward her while exposing his underside that quickly formed armor to prevent anyone from trying to sneak an easy hit.
Weiss immediately moved out of the way before she was eaten alive as Colgera made a few tornadoes that would suck her in. Ren quickly moved around and fired a wind arrow that transformed into a dragon, slamming into Colgera's back armor to expose the weak point, where Tulin flew around and aimed, pulling out two Bomb Arrows and fired, hitting the bullseye dead center.
Colgera screeched as he conjured up wind that made the Stormwind Ark actually move as he and the ship disappeared into the storm clouds, and then came barrelling through to try and ram them as they had little time to dodge the attack, most of them narrowly avoiding it while Tulin propelled Zwei and Revali forward, where one of the ship's "oars" slammed into Tulin.
"Graaaagh!" Tulin cried as he was blown away.
"Tulin!" Ren flew after him as Weiss's eyes widened before she growled, facing the giant ice wyrm.
"You'll pay for that!"
Colgera shot a laser at Weiss, but she quickly used Nayru's Love to reflect it back as she then aimed Crescent Rose at him and shot flaming bullets at him, forcing Colgera to turn around as she charged up a shot and fired, melting through the armor to expose the weak spot.
"Revali!" Weiss called out as Revali let out an eagle cry and flew off, holding Zwei in his talons as Weiss flew up, firing at Colgera to get his attention, looking through the scope and fired the top layered armor on the back to get rid of it.
Weiss quickly avoided Colgera lunging at her as he proceeded to use another Ice Tornado to pull her in as Weiss turned around and flew away the best she could as Colgera slowly approached her from behind, opening its mandibles wide open.
Revali dive bombed Colgera and corkscrewed, dropping Zwei as they both came down as wind drills as they slammed right into Colgera's weak spot, slamming into the deck of the ark.
End BGM
Colgera let out a loud roar as he started to fall into the abyss, falling out of the storm cloud. It briefly looked around the entire region before laying its eyes on Vah Medoh. It let out a growl as it corrected itself and then flew toward the Divine Beast.
Back on the Stormwind Ark, Weiss landed on the ground along with Revali and Zwei, where she would then see Ren coming in with a battered Tulin.
"Is he okay?" Weiss asked.
"Ugh… I feel like my stomach got struck by several Lynels…"
"Hang on a moment. Just hold still…" Weiss said as she proceeded to heal him as Tulin started to feel relieved.
"Phew… thanks." Tulin smiled.
SCRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!
"Huh?!" Weiss turned around to see Medoh shooting through the storm cloud.
BGM: Colgera - Phase 2 (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
"Vah Medoh?!" Tulin exclaimed in surprise.
"Look!" Ren pointed up as they saw a dark aura seeping out of Vah Medoh while also encased in ice and gloom.
"That thing took over the Divine Beast?!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Everyone!" A voice called out as they saw Teba flying in. "I'm sure you've seen what's going on!"
"I thought that thing was slain when we were done with it!" Weiss said.
"Apparently it gained its second wind." Teba said. "And now it's taken over Vah Medoh… the coward."
"I'll go see if I can find an entrance." Weiss took off flying as gloom formed several Guardian Turrets and opened fire at Weiss.
"We gotta help her out!" Ren said.
Teba looked over to a cannon. "There!" He pointed as they went over toward it.
Weiss barrel rolled around the lasers as she got close to the Divine Beast. Vah Medoh turned around and fired an ice laser directly at Weiss, forcing her to get out of the way… right as a cannonball shot and slammed into Vah Medoh, stunning it for a few seconds as Weiss flew on top of the Divine Beast.
At that moment, several Guardians Stalkers made out of ice rose up and aimed directly at Weiss.
"Out of my WAY!"
She activated Din's Fire as she swung Crescent Rose, and together with the fire boost, a dragon claw came out of the fire wave and decimated the Ice Guardians. She quickly ran inside and saw a giant ice cavern inside of the Divine Beast, all the while Vah Medoh carpet bombed the Stormwind Ark with lasers, forcing the others to take cover as Teba aimed the cannon.
"Pull!"
"Hah!" Tulin pulled it as a cannonball shot up and struck Vah Medoh.
Colgera popped out in the middle of the room, half of its body sticking out and its head looked at Weiss. She let out a growl. "You have no business being here!"
Colgera opened his mouth and started to suck her in like a vacuum, but instinctively, Weiss pulled out one of her bigger Remote Bombs and let it fly into its mouth where he swallowed it whole and then Weiss detonated it, which unleashed a strong explosion that not only did massive damage to Colgera… but it also damaged Vah Medoh as well.
"Sorry, big guy…" Weiss whispered as Colgera sunk back underground and then appeared at the western wing. Weiss jumped across while dealing with some miniature ice Guardians as Colgera's head popped out on a wall and fired an ice laser, forcing Weiss to take cover behind a block as she aimed at Colgera with Crescent Rose's sniper mode, but despite her aim getting better and hitting him in the mouth with a fire bullet, it did absolutely nothing.
"What…?" Weiss wondered as she threw a few fireballs, but it also did nothing to him. It soon dawned on Weiss what she had to do, her eyes widening upon realization.
"...You bastard." She growled, gritting her teeth angrily as her eyes turned draconic and lunged, her hand turning into a fiery dragon claw, but Colgera struck her with a powerful wind that knocked her back and then started to suck her up. She breathed dragon fire into Colgera, but it was ineffective.
She had no choice.
She pulled out another giant bomb and threw it like a bowling ball where it was sucked up and went into Colgera's gullet. Weiss immediately evacuated the wing and then detonated it, as a resounding explosion severely damaged the wing so much that part of it started to fall off.
Colgera disappeared and then reappeared on the eastern wing as Weiss ran over, quickly slashing through the ice spikes and then threw a giant remote bomb into Colgera's mouth as he started to suck it up and then was immediately blown up just like the east wing, part of it starting to fall apart.
Down below, the others witnessed what was going on.
"What's with those explosions?" Ren wondered.
Teba let out a growl. "The beast is making her damage Vah Medoh… the bastard."
Up above, Colgera appeared at the beak as Weiss approached it, fire slashing through the Guardians as Colgera fired icicles at her. Weiss spun Crescent Rose and deflected the icicles as Colgera fired a laser, but Weiss dove out of the way.
Colgera proceeded to suck her in as Weiss pulled out her last two giant remote bombs. A tear ran down her cheek as she reluctantly tossed them into his mouth and jumped away. She held the Purah Pad in her hand as her eyes glistened in torment, not wanting to deal the final blow into Vah Medoh.
…But she had no other choice.
Tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Forgive me, Revali…" She choked out as she pressed the button.
End BGM
The resounding massive explosions sent a shockwave throughout Vah Medoh, kicking Weiss out of the Divine Beast.
BGM: The Final Word Part II (RWBY) (Start at 6:57)
The storm cloud dissipated to reveal a clear sky as Teba flew ahead and grabbed Weiss, tears freely falling off of her cheeks as he pulled her toward the Stormwind Ark where everyone else came to check on her.
"Scraaaaaaawwwww…"
Vah Medoh crumbled as it rapidly decreased altitude toward the Hebra region, but it did not seek to land peacefully on the top of Rito Village.
All the Rito looked up in shock to see a crumbling Vah Medoh descend rapidly towards the mountains as they all watched on.
Weiss recovered as she got back up and started to run toward the edge of the Ark, but Teba grabbed her lest she injure herself further. Weiss reached out to her as she silently called out to Vah Medoh before falling on her knees helplessly while Teba looked away, closing his eyes while Tulin and Ren watched on in horror.
Vah Medoh slammed into the peaks of the Hebra Mountains, sending debris everywhere and causing an earthquake to be felt all around Hyrule. It caused a massive avalanche that buried the wildlife that could not outrun it. Grimm and other monsters were caught in the crossfire as they tried to run but failed.
The avalanche made its way toward the Rito Village, parts of Vah Medoh crashing into the tall rock that stood proudly in the Flight Range, causing the rock to fall and buried the range in debris and snow.
The rest of Vah Medoh, along with the massive tidal wave of snow, crashed down into the chasm surrounding Rito Village. The village was unharmed, but the residents were all in shock and in dismay over what just transpired.
End BGM
A light shined brightly behind the group as everyone but Weiss turned toward the Secret Stone, and as such, a spirit appeared before them. The spirit was an owl with glasses over his beak and the top of his scalp was gray plumages over his brown feathers.
He also had a cane.
"Quite the bittersweet ending, wouldn't you say?"
"Who are you?" Tulin asked.
"Who am I? I am your ancestor…"
"Our ancestor?" Teba wondered. "What is your name?"
"My name? It is Ozpin."
Meanwhile, within the depths…
"Hmhmhm…" Salem let out a malicious chuckle. "One Divine Beast down… three to go."
Gloom Hands emerged from the ground.
"Bring that heroine of Hyrule to me."
Gloom wrapped around Salem's rotting body as her Secret Stone glowed, transforming her into her beautifully fair skinned, blonde self.
"I wish to speak with her."
Rest in peace, you majestic Divine Beast...