Brone Heavyaxe had stood at the center of the bridge. The beautiful waterfall behind him, while the view of the approaching titans became more vivid as they approached. Nearly half an hour had passed since the guild core members had dispersed with brigades to fight the threat. One of Aeris' archers had ran up to the dwarf, saluting, "A number of titans had reached Rush Valley."

The dwarf grunted, acknowledging, "Anyone intercepting?" Brone didn't look away but searched for Rush Valley, however from his position on the bridge, he couldn't see much, not like the archers who had taken higher positions to gain a better view.

"Yuurei and Haru have already arrived and have met them head on" the archer continued to salute.

"Good" Brone said. A low rumbling was then noticed by the brigade, some were readying their weapons hesitantly. Another archer arrived from the east end of the bridge.

"Titans have made their way here! They are nearing the bridge!" the archer seemed panicked, sweat fell from his brow and his eyes were wide.

"Return to yer post and remember Aeris' direction, aim for the eyes" Brone ordered and the archer dispersed, he then turned to the first archer, "Return to yer post and keep watch of Rush Valley, send the rest of yer platoon over to the east side of the bridge to help fight the titans approaching" the archer nodded and turned on his heel to run back to the west side of the bridge.

Brone began making his way to the east side of the bridge, "Where's Aeris?" the dwarf asked as he approached one of the ground troops.

"She fainted" one of the troops reported.

"What happened!?" Brone was finally taken by surprise. He was directed to a pair of infantry who was crouched over the unconscious body of Aeris.

"Don't know, sir, she looked as if she was overheating or something, then she passed out" one of the infantry reported as she was checking the red haired young woman's pulse.

"Take her within the hall and tend to her" Brone ordered and the infantry began to gently lift Aeris before taking her away, the dwarf then looked to the rest of the troops that stood around him, looking concerned, "The rest of ye get to yer positions, archers up top, ground troops with me! Remember, aim for the ankles!" he shouted with a stern voice before he ran off. The ground troops followed him. They made their way off the bridge, heading down the main path to intercept the incoming titans.

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Her senses were sharper than she was human, those senses spoke to her and said but a few words, "My kin is near.". Aeris, her little beloved sister, the only family she had left in the entire world didn't even know she existed, and most likely wouldn't until she solved her problem, her sisters problem being that the vampire blood she injectate her with, was now being rejected by her body, her body never really having accepted the blood she gave her and was in a constant state of regenerating, was now failing, she could feel this through the unholy connection she made with her despite staying away all this time, now here she was defying the will of the gods and defiling there creations for the sake of her sister, yet she felt no sorrow, but a overwhelming need to see her sister again, far from the priestess she used to be.

Hand gouged into the gods creation, it began to ran forward while it's hand hovered over her as if if it was deciding to smash her, but with her hand bent the way it was smacking her would just push her hand deeper. The creature did however attempt to grab her and Cailyn swiftly took a small leap while twisting her arm around causing the creature to halt for a moment in pain from it's eye but began to run forward. Nearing a bridge that was about twenty six meters ahead now Cailyn could see from her right side one of the other creations was running straight towards them, narrowing eyes as it neared about a good five or four meters, Cailyn yanked her hand out of it's eye as her left foot rose kicking the giant's already most likely blinded eye as a kick off into a back flip.

Mid-air Cailyn twisted her body further as her mouth opened as she let loose a melodic note that hummed to life while a magic circle formed on the ground in the area she was about to fall over, upon twisting her body to land on her feet, the ground immediately shifted like sand pushing her forward towards the bridge putting about twenty one meters of distance.

The feeling was much stronger, and so was her need to protect her little sister from the gods will that would see her dead this day. Before she could reach the center of the bridge however the titan from before was now closing in on her close enough she couldn't avoid even if she ran at full speed.

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As Brone and his ground troops made it to the rocky path, they watched as titan with one eye ran towards them. Initially, the dwarf thought the troops were the target, but they began to see as the titan was running, it was reaching down for something; a young woman who was riding moving earth to try and escape the creature, "Protect the woman who's escaping the monster! Follow the plan!" he called out as he drew his axes and ran forward, his troops following behind.

The titan was closing in, it's hand, outstretched and reaching closer and closer to the woman. Suddenly, the dwarf appeared into it's limited view, swinging his iron axe while yelling "Mind yer hand!" the axe sliced the massive hand, separating it from the arm, then falling away. The titan began to slow, registering that it was just attacked by another smaller being, but as it was trying to change targets, the dwarf continued his rush, moving towards the legs.

The titan began to reach for the dwarf with it's good hand, but two arrows quickly imbedded themselves into the creature's remaining eye, blinding it entirely. Once Brone had reached the titan's left leg, he swung his steel axe and the blade sliced into the ankle, separating the foot from the leg. The giant then dropped down to one knee. Soon, the troops began to swarm the creature, attacking it's remaining leg. With a number of good swings from their weapons, it was like taking down a tree, the titan fell over. As it's body hit the ground, a rumble was felt that reached the bridge, a cloud of dirt kicked up.

"Don't falter! Attack the head!" Brone shouted through the dirt cloud. His ground troops shouted in response. All that was heard was the sound of weapons hitting flesh and bone. From the dwarf's point of view, given that he was by the severed foot, the leg had jerked a bit, but eventually went limp, giving him the hint that the creature was finally delt with.

As the dust settled, Brone saw his troops gathered at the head of the creature that now laid still. He was going to compliment them, but the shock on their faces threw him off, they were staring at something behind him. A large shadow was cast over him. Just as he was turning around, another titan was reaching down for him.

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Landing on the patch of earth that her magic shifted into sand, Cailyn thought she was done with the giant she had been using as a transport, moving still she realized the one she saw earlier while still on the blinded giant was far closer than they were at previously, moving as quick as she though she was this giant was a good deal quicker, but there were a few more problems that she hadn't anticipated, the gods were not on her side this day.

The first and foremost problem being the giant she was using as a transport, although she thought she had done enough damage to it's eye to cause endless pain and quite literally blinding it in one of them it seems the creature anger had only been boiled to a point, one that Cailyn tipped over as it threatened to grab her now. Feeling her speed slowing Cailyn realized her magic was just about at her limit and it had only carried her about four meters before she had to leap off and make a dash for it as quick as she could, speeding up but not enough to outrun the injured giant.

Approaching the bridge and basically running deeper down Cailyn noticed people near the center of it all, she kept running and as she got closer she was able to make out what appeared to be like troops or a small battle unit, and then there was a particular looking dwarf that was yelling orders to the rest, interesting was the first thoughts Cailyn had when catching a glimpse of them.

As quick as she was running she couldn't escape the giant and it's hand was nearly upon her, she wasn't scared though because she was sure she could react to it still, it had been chasing them but they didn't so any signs of superior intelligence. However the dwarf, the small husky man yelled something about the hands just as she got past him, the dwarf arms lifting and then falling like anvils as the heavy and powerful axe swing cut right through the giant's hand.

Now that was when she saw something interesting, a flaw of the gods as Cailyn would look back upon this moment as. Despite having it's hand cut off the giant was slow to react to the assault, even further to react to the dwarf himself, it was truly not very smart and now she knew it had a delayed reaction time.

From there the battle with the first giant was swift, after having it's arm cut off it was completely blinded and then the dwarf and its soldiers began taking down each leg, until the creature drew it's last breath. Cailyn was colored impress but  not so much so she didn't notice the second creature approaching the Dwarf now from behind.

Cailyn mouth opened widely as her voice hummed to life again in a different melodic note as the earth around her lifted up as a magic circle did, the earth granulating into rock pieces that began to surround her arm and feet as she took a small leap onto the dwarf right shoulder, bending her knees so she could lunge forward into the creature's neck area while the earth around her fashioned themselves into makeshift claws like the tigers of her home, lunging Cailyn swung her right arm forward slashing the creature's neck open, and then twisted her hips to strike with her left hand as well, to create even larger gashes so blood spewed from it's open wounds, lastly she injected the claw tips into the creature neck as she hung onto it , basically ripping it's frontal body as the claws sunk in and dragged down as she landed back onto the ground.

Brone was taken by surprised, he hadn't seen second titan aside from the semi-blinded one due to the first titan blocking the line-of-sight as well as the dust cloud that was kicked up when the first titan had fallen. Because of this, the dwarf was slow to attack, not having enough time to swing, "Damn it" he cursed as he was still attempting to move his weapons.

Suddenly, he felt a pressure upon his right shoulder; it moved so quickly, he barely had time to register something had landed upon him, by the time he realized it, someone had leapt off him and headed straight fort he head of the giant creature. The titan, slow to comprehend that something was coming at it fast, had continued it's reach and successfully grabbed the dwarf and began bringing it towards it's mouth.

"Release me, ye ugly thing!" Brone called out as he tried to struggle against the might of the titan's grasped. In previous quests, the dwarf had overpowered larger beings that proved great in their strength using his own strength, so this was a surprise to him that this creature was able to keep him held.

Brone looked up towards the titan's face, it's eyes cold and it's mouth opening to devour him, "Damn thing! I'm not snack!" the dwarf yelled, trying all his might to try and break through the grasp and only barely managing to have the massive fingers struggle to hold him in place.

The titan's neck exploded, blood erupted from the wound. Brone was able to spot someone of darker skin complexion by the giant's throat, moving so quickly, tearing apart the throat as if a ravaging animal. Within a moment, before the titan could raise it's other hand to try and defend itself, it collapsed and it's grasped released and the dwarf tumbled to safety.

He got back to his feet, gripping his axes in his hands. The body of the titan jerked, alerting everyone that it was still alive, "The head!" Brone yelled. The ground troops acted quickly and swarmed the head of the fallen titan until it's body stopped moving entirely.

"Thanks, lass" Brone turned to face the newcomer, noticing the clutter of earth upon her hands that resembled claws. Clearly she's a mage of some kind, but her reason for being was unknown and the dwarf cared little, the only thing he wanted to know was "Friend or foe?" he called to her without getting any closer, hoping he wouldn't be the next target.

The ground rumbled again, bringing everyone's attention to the next titan that was coming in... fast. This thing didn't walk like the others, it sprinted on all fours. It's eyes looking towards the ground troops behind the dwarf. "Look alive! Incoming!" he yelled, calling the attention of his troop. He ran forward, intercepting the quadruped titan, and as he closed the gap, he swung his steel axe, cleaving through it's left wrist, separating it's hand and causing it to tumble, but it only slowed it for a moment, it continued it's run with what it had, "Damn it!" the dwarf cursed, running after it, but due to his own speed, he wouldn't stop it in time before it reached his troop.

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The will of the gods was strange, she meant to follow her sister yet here she was fighting against the creation of the gods she had no quarrel, helping to defend some base or structure she had no connection to, it made her wonder why her sister was here? What did she get herself into? Such thoughts crossed Cailyn mind as she watched the troops and the particular dwarfing attack the giant she had blinded until it drew it's last breath.

However with the time allotted to her by the "reinforcements" so to speak Cailyn was aware of the secondary giant creature, moving so they weren't in her blind spot as she ran right towards the dwarfing because they were the creature's target. The events transpired fast, just as the creature grabbed the man she had already leapt off his shoulders lunging at his neck as the dwarfing was raised into the air, the creature looking to take a bite just as Cailyn makeshift earth claws formed around her hands and feet, ripping into the creature's neck and body in a three hit assault centered around the neck, a left and right claw strike followed by a rake down. Simple yet effective.

The creature let go of the Dwarfing as it grasped for air, each breath it took causing it's blood to splurge onto the earth, blood for the earth, she hoped Gaea was pleased with the path she set her on, it was going to be full of blood it seemed.

Heart beating Cailyn scooped the giants blood with her two fingers, licking the blood off her fingers as she felt her pulse race across her body, her pale yet tan complexion seemingly rejuvenating as her skin glowed with a bit more health. "Wretched." Cailyn said referring to the taste despite the benefit of it. Finished with her.."meal" Cailyn looked back to seeing the troops already get to work on destroying this creature's head, she watched it squirm until it stopped, presumed dead she say.

With the immediate threat gone Cailyn looked towards the dwarf, and he gazed upon her, there were many questions that came onto her mind, the foremost being where was a girl with scarlet hair but that questioned was answered when she could feel a certain amount of Aeris presence on him as he asked her if she was a friend or a foe. "The girl with red hair, Aeris. If she resides here, then consider me a friend and a participant of this battle. And don't mention it." Cailyn responded.

"Look Alive Incoming" One of the troops yelled as the ground began to rumble slow then pick up pace with every second, looking in that direction Cailyn would be surprised yet at the same time not as one of the gods creations was different, instead on all fours with enchanted speed, it's body structure completely different than the others she saw so far.

As the Dwarfing ran forward towards the creature Cailyn ran back towards the troops, well not exactly. As she ran towards them she was curving inward, her voice humming to life, Gaea, please save me from my demons~" Cailyn said as she began to sing out loud, a magic circle appearing underneath her as she made a circular motion with her finger onto herself, granulated rock lifting into the air around her as she curved further around the troops running straight back into the creature after gaining momentum, while empowered and a bit more protected Cailyn leapt into the air overhead the creature, cupping her clawed hands to slam them down onto the back of the creature's head to shake it's brain enough to get it to stop. before reaching the troops.

There were endless hoards, this was going to be a long battle..

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Brone chased the crawling titan, even though the giant was missing a hand, relying on a stump, it was still outpacing the dwarf, he wasn't sure he would even catch up to the thing, but before he could let out a curse, the darker skin woman leapt into the air and brought down heavy stone upon the head of the titan, stopping it in it's tracks. The dwarf was amazed and threw him off mentally for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and called out to his troops again, "Aim for the head!" and his troops replied by falling upon the the titan's head, their weapons slicing, stabbing, bashing, and carving into it until it stopped moving.

"Any friend of Aeris is a friend of ours!" Brone finally had a chance to reply to the newcomer, he was initially surprised when he heard she was a friend of the young redhead, "She's within the guild hall resting, but feel free to help clear the field of these pests with us!" he called as he spun his axes in his hands. He turned about to face the path and in the distance, more titans were making their way towards them, some of them moving very oddly.

"Alright, men, women, and demons that want my soul!" Brone yelled at the top of his lungs, catching the attention of his ground troops, "Ready yourself for the next wave, we shall protect our home with our lives, no matter the obstacle, ye already shown that ye can handle a few giants!" and with that, a loud group cheer erupted and they all stood ready with their weapons like a barricade, standing between the enemy and their home, for they have made it their own.

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