[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MJkxryH.png[/img][/center][hr][color=gold]"Wa—wait, that's not fair you... somekind of Siamese bully!"[/color] Diana shouted with effort, after recovering the wind that was knocked out of her, while unsteadily pointing Ascalon at the bicephalus elephant man.

Before she even had the chance to finish her complaint, it began attacking them again, with extreme prejudice. Diana ducked out of the way of the furious axe blows, but didn't avoid the crushing feet. She jammed Ascalon at the mammoth's sole, in an attempt to force it to yield before she became a bloody stain in the snow.

If it worked, Diana would backflip, aided by her dragon wings, before landing a few meter away from their foe and unleash her breath weapon at its upper torso. Following the blast of her breath, Diana would charge in, blade held in a reverse grip, to parry any incoming blows as she attempted to zero into the giant's blind spots to deliver the counter it deserved. If the giant continued to crush her, despite of the sword jammed in her foot

[color=gold]"Suparna, hang in there! We're gonna get out of this in one piece!"[/color] Diana shouted, hoping that her friend was faring better than her. This creature certainly wasn't allowing much time for Diana to do anything other than take care of her own tail for the time being.
[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Xz8WOqN.png[/img][/center][hr][color=gold]"Why did I even bother to ask why does a rock fall?"[/color] Hoehenheim sighed out loud as Titanica turned around and began to —surprise!— stomp her way out furiously. [color=gold]"Seriously, this is even more boring than watching harpies molt. Such a pain in the ass lizard, I should just let that Eel Face rape you again. But..."[/color] she cursed emphatically, making quite sure to cast her annoyance to Heaven and Hell alike.

[color=gold][i]"Contrary to 'someone' know very well that a job is a job."[/i][/color]

[color=gold]"Hey you! Are you sure that this is the way you want to follow?"[/color] Hohenheim said, raising her voice a notch to call the attention of the tantrum-throwing lizard, breaking trees to quell her BOILING RAGE!!! —RAWL!!! [color=gold]"That which you want. You know that there are... more efficient ways of acquiring it, right? Unless you want to do it the hard way, or no way, I can make some arrangements to facilitate your pursuit."[/color] she added, getting back to her feet and turning around to face the direction Titanica stomped to.

[color=gold]"As long as you are willing to bargain, of course,"[/color] Hohenheim flashed her best smug grin, not even bothering to cover her diminutive body as the scalding water run down her silhouette. Why would she be ashamed of perfection, after all?
[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/RtXc4l2.png[/img][/center]The tides of battle raged under the glacial waters of Lenuria. As the warriors of the Triumvirate sifted in the ancient city or its surrounding ancient, forces rose to greet them...

Kayne's booby traps weren't the only danger that Cydone as well as Saef's forces would have to face as they prowled Lenuria in search of the Staff of Okeanos. The cowboy dressed warrior was met with the only enemy that could challenge his mastery of strings. A swarm of horse-sized jellyfish coming like wraiths from behind a rock formation wove their way around him as if guided by an unseen will. Their countless caustic tentacles, barely visible to naked eye sought to sting and digest him with a cocktail strong enough to melt the best of the Machina super-alloys.

Meanwhile, Saef and his troops would be met with hermit crabs large enough to wear entire houses as shells whose claws could split rock and bone with equal ease. The ambushing monstrosities would wait until some of the men came close enough to them, to search the "empty" domiciles before snapping forth like titans of the depths. For all of their formidable defenses and brute force, they would prove to be slow foes. If Saef and his troops would be able to capitalize on this flaw or not was yet to be seen.

Cassiopeia's journey in to the abyss would be halted on the darkness became so pitch black that it was impossible to tell left from right and up from down. Certainly such an effect wasn't natural, but the result of the bitter-tasting jet of ink expelled by a kraken that lashed at her with crushing arms and vice-like beak.

Safe from the giant hermits for the moment, Bonesword would have to deal with a much more prickly problem: countless sea urchins falling from a rocky arch above. as well as dotting the walls, floors and every surface of the dark section of the city in which he arrived at first. Left alone they would be harmless but, any proximity caused them to either try to swarm to the cause of their distress, in a attempt to skewer the aggressor with their steel-sharp spikes, or to simply... explode in a chaotic chain reaction, filling all the area in their proximity with sharp spikes and gore. Whether the skeletal swordsman would avoid search this sector in order to not trigger the urchins or risk it for the chance of finding any relic was up to him to decide.

Thanks to their distance and position, all of the other combatants would have to face similar hurdles to the ones above, or be able to avoid them with some fast thinking. However, avoiding the environmental dangers —by going to other sections of the battlefield— would make it easier to engage in combat with members of the opposing factions who also had the chance to avoid the first wave of natural threats. If this was to their advantage or not, it was their choice to make.