Cyrill Academy Ramparts (Destroyed Section)

"Secure those ramparts! Use the damn wall guns to drive those abominations back!" Cried Miia, the 'White Tiger' Winterfang, the acting Headmaster Gunslinger of Cyrill Academy since her mentor, the true Head Gunslinger was visiting the Far North on the opposite side of the world.



Miia was unique Torahime, a Tora Shojo, one born in the frosted southern lands of Beijio. She was an imposing, 6'2 woman with stripes across her entire lithe and slender body, and had a reputation as being one of the most feared Gunslinger Enforcers within the association.



Her large, bluish green cat's eyes glared at the crumbling foundation as a rag tag group of hired hands, mercenaries, adventurers and the like. Only a handful of seasoned, fully trained Gunslingers manned the academy at this point since the majority of the trainees were evacuated to the Far North Academy to preserve their teachings and Association's numbers. I'm working with mostly amateurs here, save some of the hired hands and that girl from Scarlet Devil Guardian Division... even so, half of these louts are becoming nothing but fodder for these bizarre freaks! Where the hell are they even coming from?? Miia was referring to the Eldrich beings that seemed to have little intelligence as far as she could tell assaulting the walls of the base.  



They stood well over the height of a man, with a grotesque form of writhing tentacles from beneath their bloated bodies as well as from atop their heads and shoulders. A pair of massive arms with five fingered hands sprouted from the sides of their girthy bodies, capable of breaking through the heavy stone and hurling rocks and projectiles with enough power to rip a mortal's head clean off their shoulders! Not to mention, their hands were wide enough to wrap around a man or woman's torso with ease, and not only that-

Screams came from her left, Miia turned to witness the very thing that made these creatures all the more detestable. A pair of unfortunate mercenaries were caught in the grasp of one of these beasts as the rampart walls crumbled and these abominations began to slither inside! The creatures had a pair of jaws- one far larger below its belly, while a more conventional mouth that jutted from their putrid faces! A woman was flailing in the grasp of a beast that rose her to its conventional mouth and began licking her face and neck, its other mouth busy devouring another female mercenary, a mage, whose face showed fear through the fatty membrane as the tongue of the larger belly mouth slipped between the mage's legs and reeled her fully inside with a sickening gulp.



"Shit! They're inside!" She screamed, and began rushing quickly to aid the other woman whose head and shoulders were being driven into the monster's more conventional mouth when she was side lined by another of these creatures! "Huaah!" Shouted Miia, sliding across the shale covered yard, kicking up flat rocks and dirt with her toe's driving claws. She eyed the creature with a snarl, bearing her teeth and sharp fingernails at the monster who interrupted her. She glanced back to the woman she was trying to aid, only to watch the woman's limp body slither deep into the monster's gullet. The woman's leather skirt flapped as her ass was swallowed- pulling in her long legs and leather clad thigh boots. The monster pressed its fingers against the base of the woman's kicking soles and guided her down its throat with ease before closing its jaws, its eyelids and swallowed deeply with a jerk back of its head.

Dammit... I'm too late! Mentally cried Miia as the monster belched and its stomach sagged before retracting- the beast slithering off to devour more of the defenders! Miia sensed a projectile aimed for her head and she quickly rolled to avoid the cinderblock tossed by the beast that interrupted her! She turned her attention back to it, since the pair of adventurers were already dead, and began her assault on the beast! "I didn't forget about you!! HUAAAH!!" She screamed, rushing the taller creature, sliding around its sticky and tentacle clad body, delivering a number of intense slashes and deep cutting kicks with her toes! The monster bled a deep green, and it roared as it swung its tentacles at her, wrapping one around her left forearm and dragging her to its belly mouth! "Nuh uh, I don't think so!" She spat spreading the jaws apart with a split of her long, slender legs! She swung her free hand down against the slimy tongue and gripped it tight as she let out a torrent of electricity from her nails! The beast was stunned as she electrocuted its belly mouth, which forced it to release its hold! She then peeled herself out from its mouth, vaulting up before performing a somersault in the air and driving her left heel into crown of the creature's bloated head! The power behind her kick was enough to rip the creature's head clean off and send the rest of its towering body flopping onto its side!

She landed on her feet atop it, and looked about for the next monster before pouncing into action again!

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She killed maybe six of these invading beasts, even resorting to her quad-barrel shotgun slung on her shoulder to take out distant targets that much quicker!  



She could see many of the other defenders either handling themselves well or having just as much a hard time as the pair of women from before. "Shit, there's just so many of them!" She spat, wishing she had more people to rely on! The people down in Danton still had NO IDEA what was happening up here! "Stick together and drive them back! I need some barricades on that hole, we can't afford any more of these bastards a chance!!" She growled. The scantily clad cat rushing one of the beasts with a driving kick to the side of its gut, forcing it to spit out another hapless adventurer who took off rather than help out! "Get back here!!" She spat at them, before feeling the beast beneath her paws squirm! She glanced down, bearing her teeth at the repulsive creature glaring back at her with white eyes and leveled the four barreled shotgun and fired all four barrels into its skull!

The beast flopped dead and Miia was dripping with sweat where her fur was at its thinnest. "What the hell is that sound??" She spat, her ears twitching violently!

The walls shook, as did the earth below their feet when another section of wall exploded with grey dust and falling stonework which crushed both monsters and defenders alike! Miia managed to hop out of the way in time, covering her face with her forearms as the dust cloud rushed past her! "What the hell?!" growled the Torahime, who glanced up from her arms as the dust settled quickly and the large creature ambled its way through a new opening in the ramparts!

The beast was immense, but crawled low to the ground. It had rough, mustard yellow scales with large, gleaming white fangs from its drooling mouth. Its eyes were conical in nature, independently moving as it took in every part of the battlefield. Dust and debris fell across its plated back, from which, several towering crystalline structures lined the entirety of its plated, turtle like back! Miia wiped her eyes and stared at the large creature slipping through their defenses!



No way... its a Crystal Drake?! Aren't they subterranean beasts?! What is it doing up here?! Miia, shocked to her core noted as the Chameleon-like wingless dragon unfurled its spikey tail and swung across the remaining walls! Masonry and debris fell, as did defenders using the wall guns from the 40 foot tall walls! As they fell, something long and pink gathered them before they hit the ground! The Crystal Drake's tongue withdrew quickly back into its jaws with eight of them- and with a snap of its jaws, sealed their fates with a slimy, audible swallow!

Miia watched with horror as it began to push back her hired hands and mercenaries mercilessly! The abominations entering now by the droves! "Shit! Pull back to the secondary wall, do not let them into the city!" She roared, but felt as though her voice fell on deaf ears as she loaded her weapon with elemental shot, sticking low to the ground as she advanced quickly to parts of the destroyed wall, using it to elevate herself above the debris field she used for cover and level her gun's sights on the beast's left eye!

Before she could pull the trigger, the beast's eye shot her direction and launched up several pieces of stonework from the broken defenses and launched them at her with its tail! Miia gasped as she was slammed by heavy rock, and sent flying into one of the other walls, her lithe body slipping away before she was crushed by the rocks, kicking off the wall and rolling as the mountain of masonry fell around her! Her shotgun bounced off a rock ahead of her, and she quickly rushed for it on all fours before driving her feet deep into the soil to keep herself from being grabbed by the Crystal Drake's barbed, sticky tongue which took her weapon and withdrew it back to its mouth nearly 35 feet away!

"Dammit, bastard is eating anything it can! What the fuck's going on with these monsters? Where the hell did they come from??" She screamed aloud as she dodged more attacks from both the Drake and the unknown creatures that mindlessly slithered into the base on their tentacle like limbs!

"No worries Madam Miia, I'm on the case!" Ronkei exclaimed as she leapt from one of the damaged ramparts over to aid the other defenders from the despoiled horde of Eldrich beings, being mindful of the giant lizard in the process!

The squirrel woman who was often mistaken for a skunk (much to her chagrin), dropped down on one of the odd tentacle beasts, taking out the pair of sawn off lever rifles and firing rounds into the creature's demented head from its slimy shoulders! She then vaulted off, swinging her bushy tail into another creature; the fur toughened to become hard and each hair follicle became sharp and rigid as she slammed said tail into the creature and sent it flying! She cycled her lever guns actions, spinning the pair towards the direction of the knocked away beast and fired each weapon into the monster's face and chest!



"Phew, these things are nasty! Couldn't they have sent more humanoid looking beasts? It be so much easier to deal with~" harumphed Ronkei, who began loading the rifles given they had a low capacity of about 4 shells each. She could see the giant lizard thing attacking Madam Miia, but she knew to stay back and not fight that huge beast or suffer the Master Gunslinger's wrath later! For now, she regrouped with the other defenders and mercs hired to defend Grey Mountain and Danton City!