On her approach, Rareth focused every sensor available to her on the creature at the bottom of the lake. Any slight weakness she could identify could be important. Although, if Thebes was correct, the creature’s central mass could be a weakness for the whole organism. “If it is controlling the trees, then we need only kill it to protect the others. If we get Carthage to safety, I will destroy it.” 

Rareth did not truly swim, though she was still relatively swift through the water. She used her powerful legs to push across the bottom of the lake, moving straight towards the creature’s maw without hesitation. The smaller tentacles along the lake bed lashed and grabbed at her, but Rareth did not miss a swing of her blade to cleave through anything that might slow her down. With her sonar, she did not need to look to know which were the closest to her, and which she needed to swing at next. For the smaller tentacles, they did not so much as even slow down her progress. 

Regardless, Carthage needed their help immediately, so Rareth attempted to assist from distance as well. Much like her other arm, Rareth’s right arm opened up in four parts to reveal a new weapon. Rather than a sword, the energy projectors on the inside of the mechanical limb used electromagnetic fields to contain and direct particle beams at near the speed of light. It was similar in principle to a railgun, but instead fired streams of much smaller particles at [i]much[/i] higher speeds. She fired a few bright violet beams from her particle cannon at the larger tentacles that were trying to pull Carthage in, hopefully to at least weaken them.

One of the larger tentacles started to cut through the water towards Rareth, though she made no effort to dodge or try to get around it. Rather, she leaped forward off of the lake bed straight towards it to meet it head-on with her sword, rather than to give it any chance to potentially catch her by surprise.