As soon as Saix acknowledged, Rin immediately equipped the Oathkeeper which she had on her back and ran over to the bridge builders. Soon finding herself in range, she swung the keyblade and several mana ruins appeared floating in mid air over the ravine. As she arrived next to the other builders, another ruin appeared under her feet and the bridge then began building at an improved rate. At this point in time it was over the half way point and wouldn't be much longer until it was ready to charge across.
Mana users on the ground had mostly turned to providing shielding from the fireballs which were continuously falling, some of them slipping through due to the force and frequency of impacts. The other fighters were making their way to the bridge while firing arrows into the sky to help out with the dragons.
In the skies the dragons noticed Saix slipping and began to come at him with an increased rate, alternating between clawing him as they flew past and blowing streams of fire and energy. As the dragons were doing this, a loud roar could be heard from above which when Saix turned to look, he noticed a Dragon which was three times larger than the others heading directly towards him at top speed, its eyes black with a dark mist evaporating from them.
The deep laughter from before could be heard again, louder than before as a figure of a man in full suit of armour came out onto the highest balcony of the castle. "If you can't even handle my Dragons, how could you have ever imagined taking me on. The fact you're here today is because I have allowed it. Unfortunately for you, my fun has run out and its time for you to go. Attack my minions." With the final command, the dragons collectively roared and began attacking with a greater sense of intelligence.
Most Wondrous Battle OSTs Ever: One DestinyBack in reality, above the Unanian Homeworld of Tyril, the third moon, Yol, began glowing a miniscule amount, though due to it being hidden by the purple atmosphere, it was unnoticeable by anyone. The mana energy being siphoned to a Galactic Network Terminal in orbit where it was transferred through the network to the terminal that Saix was connected through. This all happened in fractions of a second, as fast as the network would allow it to transfer.
Within AIocity Saix could feel the flow of Mana effecting him as its pull intensified. With the increasing amounts of Dragons attacking him he was having a hard time just holding them back, and with the new challenger approaching he knew that if it got close enough with the current situation, it would be all over. He may have been an Anari AI, but even he knew his limits. With the large dragon approaching, Saix took in a deep breath before he used his power to propel himself downwards causing the current attacking wave of Dragons to enter a state of momentary confusion while they re-acquired his position. With this confusion, Saix immediately took advantage and propelled himself back upwards with his blade at the ready. Infusing a large portion of the Mana into his blade, he swung at the dragons as he flew past, taking out several of them and managed to thin the numbers before stopping and propelling himself downwards again at an angle. Each time he did this the dragons grew confused at having to re-track his position and while they were chasing after him, his constant stopping to move in another direction as he flew past and attacked managed to severely thin the numbers. After the fifth time he had done this, the large black Dragon with mist evaporating from his eyes had finally made its way to him. The dragons behind him were low in numbers, but due to having less of them, he now stood more of a chance.
At the distance, Saix infused mana into his feet and propelled himself towards the large dragon, swinging his blade with all his might, but the dragon made a similar move with its head, stopping the blow in its jaws. With the blow stopped, he narrowly avoided an attack by the Dragons sharp claws and pulled back before going to swing again.
Most Wondrous Battle OSTs Ever: OsirisOn the ground, Rin Hoshira had been helping with the bridge which was nearing completion. If they could just hold off the dragons for another 2 minutes it would be complete and the forces could storm across. She had several Mana Runes going with her keyblade, splitting the roles with half helping with the building of the bridge and half directly defending against attacks from behind. In the corner of her eye she had noticed Saix entering into direct combat with the Large Dragon, but in the process the other dragons, bar the ones already in pursuit of him, gave up and returned to attacking the bridge building team at increasing numbers. It wasn't enough that the ground team couldn't take care of it, but if Saix slipped and let the large one through, it would be all over. Rin directed one of her mana runes to alternate between healing Saix when he got low and building the bridge.
Behind the bridge builders, the Defenders had entered combat with the dragons, taking out the ones which were going straight for the bridge building teams and defending against the ones going for the defenders. The struggle was real with the Defenders losing a few people in the process, though the dragons were suffering the most losses.
At the castle, the Dragon King bit the inside of his lip in frustration. He had used up his trump cards and it looked like the attackers were just barely holding off. In attempt to keep the attackers from getting in, he summoned another wave of fireballs to fall from the sky, the fireballs which fell down and managed to take out a few groups of the defenders behind the bridge builders. He was almost out of mana so that was all he could do for now, so with the progress continuing he decided to sit back and let his mana regenerate for the inevitable in-person combat. He turned and walked towards the inside of the castle, off of his balcony.
Back in the Sky, Saix had barely managed to hold off the Large Dragon. He had gotten a few attacks in, but the Large Dragon had sent back an equal amount. By this time the regular dragons still in pursuit had caught up and were only being a hindrance to the defence. Infusing mana in his blade, he quickly spun around in a spiral pattern to create a miniature vortex of wind which struck and injured the regular dragons before cancelling and going straight for the Large Dragon, cutting it on the neck which caused blood to begin spilling out. In retaliation, the Large Dragon had attacked back with seemingly all its might before Saix could pull his sword back up to defend. The blow sent him directly downwards crashing into the ground. If it wasn't for Rins occasional healing, he would have been done for at this point. In the sky he could see the normal dragons struggling to stay afloat and the Large Dragon still bleeding from the neck before turning and rushing downwards in a dive into Saix who was attempting to get up.
Back at the bridge, It was nearing completion and all of the defenders had moved closer towards the point. In Ten seconds the bridge would be done building and everyone would storm across at once. In the far distance, Rin could see Saix be hit by the Large Dragon and fall out of the sky to which she immediately set her runes to help with the bridge building and stopped her direct involvement to cast a levitation Unatro Ability on Saix to slow his impact with the ground, immediately switching to a full healing ability as soon as he hit the ground at the reduced speed.
The bridge had 5 seconds left.
