A new dawn in Remnant: Volume 7

The Greatest Kingdom

Manta airships patrolled the skies around the City of Atlas, keeping in communication with each other over radio. As Maria piloted the group's stolen Manta toward the city, they received radio contact.

Atlas Air Traffic Female: Manta 5-1. Welcome home. Please continue your approach to Atlas docking bay Omega-12. A security team will meet you there. Over.

Ruby and the others aboard Manta 5-1 looked around at the large military air fleet surrounding the kingdom's capital.

Ruby: I don't understand. What's happening here?

Qrow: I don't know.

Byleth: Something isn't right there. I have a bad feeling.

Maira: So, it's not only me.

Jaune: But we are here. We got the lamp to Atlas, so I guess we land and get some answers.

Weiss: I'm not so sure. I've never seen our forces deployed so aggressively before. If we land in a stolen ship, there's no way the security team will let us anywhere near Ironwood. They might even take me back to my father.

Blake gained a saddened look, while Ruby and Yang looked at each other, uncertain of what to do.

Blake: So...

Weiss, having gotten an idea, suddenly looks up.

Weiss: Winter! *brings out her Scroll and looks at Maria* Put some distance between us and the fleet.

Maria: You don't have to tell me twice.

As Weiss walked to the back of the ship, Maria steered the ship toward Mantle. As people wandered the streets of Mantle, the group looked over the city through the Manta's windows. They flew past a giant screen on the side of a skyscraper. Ironwood's voice came from the screen, catching Ruby and Yang's attention.

Ironwood: ...cannot express our appreciation enough. Many describe these as uncertain times, and while that may be the case for the rest of the world, I can tell you what is certain. The Kingdom of Atlas will remain strong, and it will remain safe. That is my promise.

Ruby and Yang look saddened.

Yang: General Ironwood. He looks...

Ruby: Tired.

Qrow: James, what have you been doing?

Byleth: Was happened here in the meantime?

He looked down from the window and saw four Atlesian Knight-200s walking down a street in Mantle. Somewhere else, a small drone floated along a sidewalk, but suddenly spinned and watched around. Weiss sadly stared out of Manta 5-1's window with her Scroll in her palm. Her Scroll was set to call Winter, who has not answered. She got more nervous.

Weiss: This isn't right. None of this is right.

Once again, the stolen Manta received contact over the radio.

Atlas Air Traffic Female: Manta 5-1, we've noticed a detour in your route. You are to make your way to docking bay Omega 12 immediately. Do you copy? Over.

Maria: We're kind of running out of time here, kids.

Yang: We need to ditch the ship.

Qrow: Agreed. Get lost in Mantle and buy ourselves some time.

Azura: And where? By the looks of it, the people doesn't seem to be friendly.

Weiss: I'm telling you, my sister can take us to Ironwood.

Blake, who had been staring out of a window, looked over her shoulder and spoke up.

Blake: Uh, Weiss?