Chapter 173 - A Not So Cold Winter

[With Winter]

Winter was on the ship, hearing explosions out of the window of her ship's window.

*BOOOOOM*

"Everyone scatter!!! The general said that it was a titan class. He said for no one to engage the Grimm." One of the soldiers that had called the general said.

Winter hearing the soldier headed toward the doorway. She opened the hatch door. She pointed her sword at the Grimm, hoping to use her semblance to slow it down.

She pointed her sword toward the Grimm Dragon. Multiple black glyphs appeared in the air between them and the Grimm Dragon.

The Grimm slammed into the glyphs slowing only slightly.

Winter pointed her sword toward the front of their ship, placing some white glyphs in front of their airship. The airship went through the glyphs gaining speed.

The Dragon Grimm howled out, sending shockwaves at the ships.

"Everyone, evasive maneuvers!!!" Winter called out while over the comms.

The people were ready to try to survive to the best of their ability. They then heard a loud growl come from the Grimm before hearing an explosion.

"I was expecting more, but I should have expected this. It would only be a warmup if a Grimm could wipe out a country." Shallot said after seeing that he had blown off the right-wing of the Dragon Grimm.

The Grimm started careening toward the ground. It let out another howl that sounded different from its first howl.

Shallot had only fired a single ki blast at it and took out its wing. Shallot flew toward the Grimm throwing a punch into the head of the Grimm making it implode after the single punch.

"I need a challenge or something. I don't want to get complacent considering that the Dragon Ball world is far stronger. I'll start working on a way to get back as soon as I can so that I can explore the world there. I want to use the dragon balls at least once." Shallot said to himself as he watched the Grimm dragon fall toward the ground resolving into black dust.

Shallot flew toward the ships seeing that one of them was struggling to fly toward the rest of the ships.

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The soldiers inside the ship were shocked seeing the Grimm that was terrorizing them.

"Did you see that! He took down a Titan class with a single punch!" One of the soldiers aboard the ship said looking out of the window of the airship.

"Yeah, I saw! Who do you think sent him? We don't have anyone like that in Atlas. Do you think he came from Vale? I saw him fly from that direction." Another soldier said while looking at Shallot floating in the air.

"It looks like he's saying something. Maybe he's talking to someone of comms or something." A smaller guard who could barely see through the window.

"Little Tim always the curious one." One of the soldiers said looking at the guard in training that they had brought along.

"I'm not little guys. I just haven't reached my full height yet." The small guard said while turning away from the window.

Someone who seemed like the leader of the group came around the corner into the fuselage of the airship.

"Stop messing around. We nearly ended up as Grimm roadkill. Get back to your positions and check the ship for any damage." The person yelled at the others who had relaxed jumped into gear moving to check the ship.

The small guard was walking toward the back when he heard the captain call him.

"Tarlock! Come with me. I need you to do something." The captain called out to Tarlock.

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Shallot was underneath the ship that was smoking and losing altitude. Shallot placed his hands underneath the ship and was about to start lifting when his hands started to push through it. Before his hands could puncture the ship he removed his hands.

"Ok, so that won't work." Shallot said to himself.

Shallot placed his hands back on the ship and tried to use his ki to spread across the ship so he wouldn't damage it.

His ki started spreading but it started to fall apart the further away from him it got. Shallot struggled with using his ki at such a thin a precise range.

He had the ki for it but not the control. Shallot moved his hands away while thinking of another way for him to assist the ship. It wasn't falling fast but it wouldn't make it to Atlas with the damage it has received.

He would have checked to see if anyone else survive the other ships that were attacked but he knew they were probably dead.

The ship was completely wrecked and on fire. If they did survive the fall they would have been crushed by the collapsed ship. If they survived the collapsed ship, then they would have still been burned to death by the flames.

Shallot thought about using his semblance since it could work in theory. He hadn't done much other than using it to push the space around him down. If he pushed up or just spaces it outward he could use it how he wanted to use his ki.

Seeing as he couldn't spread his ki properly there was one more thing to add to his training list. He wanted to fine-tune the things he can since he could tell that his strength wasn't improving as much as he would want.

Shallot spread his hands against the ship and used his semblance encasing the ship in a light blue bubble.

It seemed as if the gravity that was being applied to the ship was removed. He moved the ship closer to the ground so that the crew inside would be able to repair the ship. They could then take off again and head to Atlas without any more problems.

After placing the ship on the ground, Shallot looked toward the other ships.

He saw one of the ships and could see someone standing by the door. The other ships started landing next to the one he placed on the ground so that they could repair their ship without worrying about having to crash land it.

The person that was standing at the door of the ship came over to Shallot. As they got closer Shallot was able to make out their features. He could tell that the person was Weiss's sister Winter.

"I would like to thank you for saving my men from the Titan class Grimm. We wanted to call Ironwood to tell him earlier when we were first attacked but we couldn't get through. It seemed that someone was blocking our communication but they stopped after a while." Winter said.

Someone else came over. It was a small guard coming over with a letter in his hand.

"Ms. Schnee. The captain told me to give this to you." Tarlock said while handing her a letter.

Winter grabbed the letter and scrunched her eyebrow while looking at it. Winter got closer to Shallot with her shoulder next to him. She showed him the letter that had a couple of words on it.

[The communications have been compromised. Tarlock used his semblance to link with the system and got the name Sergio Labra from it. The same name of the rebel leader back in Atlas.]

Shallot read the message thinking that Atlas isn't as secure as he thought it would be. He also had another thought. For someone named Winter, she was pretty warm.