"I still think this is a bad idea, and we should be coming down there, but I know you have to do this. I just don't like it," Sakura said as the wind blew around us as Helaina, her, and I all stood atop the ship.
The city below us was nothing like anything I had seen in this world, and it even made the high-tech cities of Earth look like they were from the stone age. This place was more like a cybernetic city, but it was hard to get a look at the people that were walking the streets far below. The buildings were all massive, and there looked like an endless number of them. The buildings were either gray or white in color, but I couldn't really tell since the night was so dark.
"Yeah, I feel the sa way, Sakura," Helaina said as she stared down at the city below us with a worried look on her face. "But this is what we need to do. We are new to this, but Ashia is not just doing this for herself. She is trying to protect her own people, and she can't do that from the other side of the world. We all will be with you, but we also all believe in you, my Queen. You have already done the impossible more tis than I would like to count since I t you, and I think this is just another step in your journey."
It was nice to know that at least one of them had confidence in , but Helaina was right, and I would do this. The only way for to gain control and trust of the ccat race was to complete the Trial of Steel and then defeat the King of the ccat. Then I could get going to take out the Divinity spike before it hurt people that I cared about. There was a lot riding on my winning; people counted on to save them from disaster and from imprisonnt. It was a lot to ask of a girl, but what could I say. I was the Queen, and this is not what queens normally did, but I was far from normal. I was born with nothing but rose up, and I have been working on building a kingdom where everyone could live together, but now I am trying to save them from extinction.
"I am sorry, my Queen. I should be bolstering you instead of complaining about things that can't be changed," Sakura said as she put her hand on my shoulder and gave an encouraging nod. "You need to go down there, Ma'am, and show them who's boss!"
I nodded at Sakura before turning back to look at the city below one last ti before speaking again. "Okay, then, let's do this." Then without waiting for another second or saying another word, I jumped off the side of the Massive ship into the air, falling towards the giant rent in the center of what looked like a perfect city. There was a massive barrier surrounding the city, and we had stopped just before it, but now I used it like a slide as I dropped down to the front entrance of the city.
Two massive Ravagers with red eyes and bodies like tallic skeletons of big cats were waiting for . I slowed down using gravity and lighted on the ground, then I waited. I expected both creatures to attack , but instead, their eyes went from red to blue, and then they started to project an image of a ccat face.
"So! You are the one that has co to challenge ?! The first non-ccat to ever take the Trial of Steel! This is quite the event, but are you sure that you are ready for this? My Ravagers will not go easy on you, and nor will I! I don't really enjoy the job, but I don't really want to give my place as King up, little DragonBee Queen!"
"Yeah, I know, but if you don't really like the job of being King, I think I might be a bit more Koala-fied than you for the job, so why not just Lettuce just set our differences aside, and this foolish fighting?" I asked, almost ready to spit my tongue out as puns found their way into my speech.
"Spoke like a true Goddess! Little Queen, you will make a fine ruler, but these rules are as old as our race and then must be respected. If you wish to command one of the most fearso races this world has ever known, you must prove to be stronger than us!" The King said as he moved his hand slightly to signal the Ravagers and . They charged towards , but I did sothing that seed almost like a dance around them, changing two arms into cannons while the other two smashed through reality to grab two BeeBliss Blades.
I didn't want to kill, but if the King told to, I would do what I had to. It was an incredible feeling as I slashed at the Ravagers with my blades, sending them flying backward with their tal bodies rolling across the ground. My cannons fired back and forth, blasting things into pieces until nothing moved any longer, and everything was silent once again in front of . The barrier at the entrance of the city ca down, and I walked forward. The King was nowhere to be found, but his voice ca all around .
"Congratulations! But this is only the beginning! I will see you in the center of the city, DragonBee Queen! Try to keep your head up, though; I would hate to lose such a promising ruler so soon!"
The King disappeared, and everything ahead of started to change around . The environnt turned from that of night into day in an instant. The whole landscape around beca one of ruins like it had been abandoned for centuries, even if it looked new and polished just seconds ago. Nothing was moving, but then suddenly, I was attacked by more Ravager creatures as they ca at with their claws extended, ready to tear my body apart before devouring my soul.
I attacked, slamming my blades through their chests and tearing out wires. I blasted them as they lept at , and then I sliced them in half, leaving nothing but carnage behind with broken machines everywhere. I had seen a strange landscape from above when I had been looking from the ship, but they had so reason to change the landscape. I knew I was being watched and that they were studying my every move.
An army of Ravagers tried to attack all at once, but I used two of my arms to create a spinning blade shield like a blender in front of , just as they attacked. The blades cut them to pieces, and then the barrier lowered so more so I could continue on toward the center of the city. Not only did each section change, but I had to clear it before moving forward. This slightly reminded of fighting to destroy the W1 Virus in Helaina, but there were no extra lives this ti, and I had to fight with what I had.
So far, I had taken almost no damage, but it felt like they were just trying to wear out before a serious fight. I was sure that there was going to be so type of midway boss, and I was not disappointed after clearing the next area.
"Look at you! Halfway already?! I didn't even go that fast! If you do win, we can booth rub it in that golden womanizer's face! Haha!" The ccat King cheered as I entered what looked like a garden filled with tallic flowers, but they still all looked beautiful.
This ti there was only one Ravager waiting, but this one was the sa size as and looked more like a samurai than a beast like the others. Then it looked at , and I could see the hunger in its eyes as it charged toward . As I blocked and dodged the sword swings, I knew what I had to do. With each sword swing, the blade on its arm would get stuck in the ground or be blocked by one of my forearms that changed into a shield.
I slashed at it with my blades and hit it in the side, sending it flying across the room toward a group of roses as they were cut down like wheat during the harvest season by a combine harvester. It got back up, but I was ready this ti as we charged toward each other once again. This ti though, instead of blocking or dodging his attacks, I used Nectargy energy like an aura around and blasted him away from ; slamming him into another group of tal flowers, causing them to explode upon impact while purple smoke rose high above us all filling the air.
The Ravager got back up again so quickly that you would think he never even touched anything as he ca charging at yet again for another round, but once more, I dodged out of the way. I used both hands with blades to slash vertically against its chest itself, making wires co flying out behind it before bringing one hand down diagonally across its chest.
Sparks flew everywhere, along with so strange blue liquid that dripped onto the floor, covering the entire area in multi-colored light. The battle continued like this for quite so ti until finally, after cutting off every limb from his body and then blasting what was left into pieces until nothing remained—showing how vicious these creatures could be when they were ordered to show no rcy. They remove all emotion/compassion leaving just a desire for destruction/annihilation.
The barrier lowered yet again, and the environnt changed to that of a desert for what felt like miles. It looked just as hot as Texas in mid-sumr, but I didn't have ti to think about that though. I needed to stay focused on my mission, proving myself worthy of being Queen, which also ant taking this stupid King out too!
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