The world outside the tower was a battlefield waiting to ignite.
Kai skidded to a halt just beyond the ruined doorway, his heart slamming against his ribs.
Through the ash fog he spotted it a mecha far larger than anything they had faced before.
It was a titan class unit towering almost five stories tall it's body a brutal mix of exposed machinery and armored plating .
It's head resembled a cracked knight
Helmet, glowing red with cruel intelligence.
( Warning: titan class threat detected.)
Recommended action escape or engage with extreme caution.
Kai tightened his grip on his blade.
Running isn't an option Lune said cocking her rifle with a grim smile it's faster than it looks.
Eira stepped forward, blade extended her movement strangely fluid half human, half machine.
I will engage, she said calmly. Cover me.
Without waiting for a response she launched her self forward with a sonic boom moving faster than Kai could follow.
The titan reacted instantly, swinging a massive arm lined with rotating saws
Eira twisted midair slicing deep into one of its joint. Sparks and hydraulic fluid sprayed
From the wound but the titan barely faltered .
Kai cursed under his breath.
This was going to be harder than he thought.
Lune he shouted. Weak spot.
Joint and sensors! She replied. But their cores are deep it'll take real firepower to finish it.
Kai nodded sprinting after Eira .
Dod ging debris and broken beams, he slashed at the titans ankle actuators.
His energy blade bit into the armor not deep enough but enough to slow it movments.
The titans roared a sound like grinding metal and collapsing cities, and stopped toward him.
Kai barely rolled aside as the massive food crushed the concrete where he'd just stood.
Above lune perched on the remains of a collapsed billboard sniping weak point with pinpoint precision.
Each shot weakened the titans balance but they needed something bigger something final .
Kai system pinged urgently:
( New skill available: overload strike lv.1)
Charge weapon with unstable energy for a devastating critical hit.
A plan formed in his mind reckless insane but it might work.
He sprinted toward Eira, who had just carved another line into the titans side.
Eira he yelled can you open its chest panel.
Without hesitation she nodded and leapt higher using the titans own armor to vault upward.
With a mighty double blade strike, she split open a glowing section near the titans core exposing flickering blue circuitry beneath.
Now' she screamed.
Kai activated overload strike.
his blade cracked violently with unstable energy, vibrating in his hands, screaming to be unleashed.
With a roar hi jumped driving the blade deep into the exposing core .
There was a blinding flash.
The titan staggered, spark erupting from every joint.
It topped back ward the ground shuddering crash.
Smoke and debris rained down, and for a long moment there was only silence.
Kai pulled himself out of the rubble coughing but alive.
Lune dropped down beside him grinning well... That was loud.
Eira approached untouched by the chaos, her glowing eyes calm .
You adapt quickly she said simply.
Kai grinned wipping blood from his lip thanks I'm getting used to this crazy world.
Above them the ash clouds shifted revealing a glimpse of distant tower untouched by destruction.
The city was vast .
The war just beginning.
But for the first time, kai wasn't afraid.
He had allies.
He had power.
And he had a mission.