Chapter One: Hesitation
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-"Noct! There are imperials overhead!" Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum groaned in his frustration as his advisor called out the same unnecessary warning as always; it wasn't like anybody could miss the roar of an engine and the dark shadows cast by an Imperial Airship racing through the sky. The group looked up at the carrier full of soldiers that loomed above, ready to descend on them. The three were quick to draw their weapons as they prepared themselves for yet another fight.
The travelling mini-army lowered a little, before with the horrible sound of grinding gears the hatch opened up like a gaping mouth. Around two dozen Magitek Troopers jumped out and fell to the ground, their mechanical bodies contorting and crumbling as they absorb the force of the impact. The troopers were quick to straighten back up and activate their mechanical weapons, their purpose being to kill the Prince and his retinue.
Noctis always had wondered how a carefully constructed pile of nuts and bolts could possibly be so flexible, but as the battle started he pushed the question to the back of his mind. There's a lot he doesn't understand about the MT's: how they could recover from falls from such extreme heights, why their bodies evaporate once destroyed and most importantly how Niflheim could possibly program a mechanical soldier to be able to react so fluidly in battles. Brute force wasn't all the MT's have going for them; they can react to situations, adapt. Learn. Not even Lucis' top mechanics could program a machine to act like that, and yet Niflheim could somehow produce a seemingly endless army of these mechanical soldiers. It was odd, but yet another unanswered question about the MT's that Noctis threw to the growing pile of mysteries that would likely never be solved.
The battle was relatively quick: it took Noctis only one warp strike to fell one mechanical soldier, and once he felt his magic waning he resorted to the good old hack n' slash methods instead. Gladiolus sent the machines flying with strong, broad sweeps of his greatsword. Ignis was quick to finish off the troopers that were left vulnerable, initiating close combat with his trusty daggers. The Magitek Troopers had proven difficult to deal with when they'd first begun raining from the sky, but by now Noctis and his two companions were quite used to their attacks and proficient in dealing with them. The MT's seemed almost laughable foes now, compared to the threat they'd posed only a month ago when the Empire had first begun sending Imperial Airships after the Prince.
Two months ago the Empire had tried to storm Insomnia, aiming to steal the coveted crystal held inside the crown city. However they had been unable to penetrate the Great Wall, which King Regis had valiantly upheld throughout the assault. The Empire had been hitting it with everything they had, but it hadn't been enough to break the magic of the Lucis line. Angered by their humiliating defeat, Niflheim instead focused their attentions on Noctis himself, starting their campaign to kill or if possible capture the Crown Prince. The Empire had theorised that with no Prince and King Regis growing weaker by the day, the King would eventually die from the strain of upholding the wall and Insomnia would fall into chaos without a new King to crown. Niflheim planned on making their move during that moment of weakness, crushing Insomnia in its mechanical grip. First they needed to kill Noctis. So far, their attempts had all been unsuccessful.
King Regis had been understandably reluctant to let Noctis outside of Insomnia in fear his only son would be captured or killed by Niflheim. However, after weeks of persuasion the Prince had eventually convinced his father to allow him to leave the Crown City and explore the world. Regis had found some comfort as he'd heard that Noctis would be bringing Gladiolus and Ignis along for the journey and had eventually seen his son on his way with the gift of the Regalia. The car had served as Regis' reliable companion in the King's younger years, when he had set out on a journey of his own. He'd hoped that the car would serve his son just as faithfully.
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