The knights all came back to camp and Draven made a straight line for his tent, his second accompanying him. He took his armor off and shield. He sat upon a chair and poured a glass of wine. "What would you like to do, commander?" his subordinate asked. Draven sighed, "Let me think about it. Go get some food and give a count on artillery for the next wave. I need to speak to the king" he waved at his second to vacate the tent. The man did as he was ordered bowing and leaving. Draven sat upon the chair sipping his wine, 'The defenses are good and strong. He has the advantage of making his entire city mechanized. The giants are the biggest obstacle right now and we have no way of taking them down. I am unprepared with fire power and manpower this seemed like a straightforward invasion' he shook his head taking a long drink of wine.
He then pulled out a jewel and set it upon the table coursing chi into it the gem then started to glow. "What do you have to report?" the Sword King's voice asked. "First wave was a failure sire. The Topaz King is well fortified and his defense is impenetrable at the moment" the king was silent on the other end. "What defenses does he have?" the king asked. "Giant mechanized soldiers, and he somehow controls the city from a remote area. He has full control over this mechanical city he has built himself your highness" the king then suggested that Draven himself infiltrate the city and handle getting in. Draven smiled and it was a smile that would turn water into ice. "Are you letting me off my leash?" He asked. "Yes. You may use the armor of the Blades. Keep destruction to a minimum. I want my army inside that city by tomorrow Draven" the jewel went dim. Draven kept smiling as he looked at another jewel that was hanging around his neck. It was dark and swirled with blue chi. "Shame we didn't have these starting out. Our blacksmiths sure made quite a prize in this little jewel" he stood up. "Should be fun to let loose" he stated excitedly as he grabbed his light armor and coat. He put his shield upon his back. He examined his sword sheathing it.
He then walked out past his second. "Get the army ready by nightfall and attack when you get the signal" he said walking away from the army. They all looked confused as they watched their leader heading to the city.
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In the city people were in a panic and running scared. Besides the giants there were the automaton soldiers that were walking the streets. They seemed to arrest people on the spot and drag them away. A few families hid in alley ways when they were found by a few automatons who began to cuff them. The automatons were then set upon by Red and Smiling. They cut them down and freed the people letting them escape. More automatons showed up and began to attack the two. Smiling then clenched a fist and twisted as the bodies of the automatons coming at him froze in place as their bodies then twisted like a tin can. He then formed these machines into jagged balls and threw them at the next wave of soldiers.
Red used his two odachi to create a whirlwind of blades cutting down all soldiers. Some were more agile and built for combat that seemed to be the tough ones. Red dodged a fist from one only to parry away a sword attack. He made a quick duck and impaled it with both blades. He kicked it aside and then threw a ball of fire at more causing an explosion. "We should go," Red stated. Smiling slashed three automatons in half. They then headed down another street finding more people set upon by the machine soldiers. They saved them by cutting the soldiers down and giving them time to escape. They kept moving and more machine soldiers were chasing them. Crawling up walls of buildings and sprinting after the running demons.
The duo engaged the soldiers as they ran. "Where the hell are we even heading too!" Smiling asked, throwing an automaton to the ground and stomping in its head. "I'm not sure, but we need to save as many as we can," Red told him, stabbing an incoming automaton. The giants walked about the streets crushing buildings and streets. They saw a group running up the street and heading directly towards the path of a giant. Red turned his attention to this and led the large group of automaton's towards the giant. "Run the other way!" he screamed at the group. Lightning then surged into his legs as he sprinted at the giant slashing at its knee. The giant seemed unphased as it looked down at him. "Come on asshole attack me" he looked back as he saw Smiling coming up with the machine pursuers. "Fine!" The giant didn't seem to engage so he improvised. Creating a bolt of lightning in his hands he threw it at the giant's chest. This seemed to cause a reaction as the giant roared as electricity surged over it. It then twitched and lifted its sword.
The colossal blade seemed to create a gust of wind as it was lifted high over its head and bringing it down. Smiling, using all his strength, jumped to the side to avoid the attack. Red and Smiling ducked into an alleyway and were thrown forward from the force of the weapon as it struck the streets. The automaton pursuers were not lucky like them. They were crushed under the giant sword that cut through the concrete streets. The giant jerked its sword free and then kept walking after scanning the carnage. Red groaned in annoyance as he lifted himself off the ground. Smiling did the same and propped himself up on the wall of the alleyway. "You're a bold man" he shook his head. Red stood up, "yeah at least we can move forward. We need to find the Sun Demon's hideout and link up with them" he told him, retracting the Demon's Wrath back into his soul core.
"Where should we even start?" Smiling seemed annoyed by this whole situation he never liked when Red didn't have a plan, but that was typical. Always seemed to work out in the end if not getting to that result was a pain. "We follow the people that are running. Seems their heading to the east of the city could be heading to the Sun Demon?" Smiling stood up gripping his battle axe. "Alright" he then hugged the wall and looked out at the streets scanning for people. He was in luck. A small group was heading down a street and moving covertly, sticking to the darkness. They were about to follow when a ball of light flew over the sky and hit one of the giants crushing in its chest. Its chest then exploded into flames and electricity as the light moved around its body and erupted out of the top of its head. It swayed and then fell towards the group that was hiding behind a building. Red watched in shock as the giant then plummeted to ground crushing buildings and anything in its path before landing on the building the people used for cover.
From the chest came out a small figure from the distance they were at, but they both could see what it was. A man clad in shining silver dragon like armor with a broad sword and shield. The armor was equipped with metal wings, a tail that moved, a dragon head roaring for a helmet, and seemed to be rich with chi. Red had to suppress his hunger as he looked at the armor with delight. He shook the urge away as he kept watching. The eyes in the dragon helmet it wore was bright blue and the armored dragon man then started to laugh. "Yes!" he said, turning his head towards an incoming giant. He jumped off the chest of the giant and was in the air attacking the next one. Its sword sliced through its leg as the armored man ran up its falling body. It then drove its sword into the giant's eye slamming its head so hard it created a crater from the impact. Fire erupted from its body sending flames, everyone catching buildings ablaze. The fire then spread igniting the sky into orange and red hues