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Noctis, Gladiolus, and Makina reached the end of the path and found themselves face to face with the empire

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Noctis, Gladiolus, and Makina reached the end of the path and found themselves face to face with the empire. The MTs set their sights on the three and attacked. They were easily disposed of.

With the enemies defeated, Noctis shouted at the astral. "Hey! I'm here!"

Hearing the prince's voice, Titan's piercing gaze fell unto him as he began to speak in the language of the gods.

Noctis couldn't understand what the Archaean was saying. All he knew was when the astral spoke, his head ached. He grabbed his head and glared up at the god. "What the hell is it you want? Quit screwing with my head!" He realized Titan has swung his fist and it was coming towards him. "You gotta be kidding me."

Titan's fist crashes into Noctis and sends him skyward. He point-warps back to the ground, where Titan's foot begins descending toward him now. "You serious? Looks like I've got no choice."

He swings his sword into the sole of the god's foot to parry the attack. He manages to deflect it, but only for a moment. Titan attempts to stomp on him once more. "Oh man..." He prepared to perform another parry. However, the god's foot missed as he was tackled out of the way by his shield.

The two begin to get up.

Gladiolus checks over the younger boy. "Are you all right?"

Noctis nodded. "I owe you one."

"This ain't gonna work. We gotta run."

"Best advice you've given all day." It was at that moment he realized the princess was missing. "Where's Makina?"

"She's dealing with her own scaly problem right now. C'mon." Gladiolus and Noctis begin running away while Titan repeatedly attempts to punch them. "We're sitting ducks here. Hurry!"

"Yeah, don't need to tell me!" The prince retorted.

The two of them come to a rock wall that's too high for Noctis to leap up to reach. Gladiolus gave him a boost to the ledge above and followed by pulling himself up beside him. They quickly run and leap out of the way as Titan's hand comes down and smashes the ground. The shield gets back to his feet in a flash. "Don't stop! Run!"

Noctis gets back to his feet and runs. "He just won't quit."

Titan's open-palmed hand chases Noctis as he runs, ripping up the ground. Gladiolus steps forward with his sword at the ready. "I'll hold him! Get clear!" His sword clashes with the deity's stone hand and manages to halt its advance.

"Gladio!" Noctis shouted.

"Hurry up!" The brute bellowed with a grunt. "I can't keep this up!"

Reluctantly, Noctis point-warps down to Titan's feet.

Gladiolus felt his grip beginning to waver and gritted his teeth. He used all his strength to block the hand, but the god was clearly stronger than him. Just as he thought the hand would bat him away, a figure rammed their body and sword into the astral's wrist.

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