The drill from VaultaCorp's snow ship successfully breached the wall of the Blue Water Crystallis cave. The cave was a vast underground space, where the Crystallis Fortress was located on a small island surrounded by a blue, watery lake.
The large ship became visible through the smoke. Thick fog and cold air slowly seeped into the cave. VaultaCorp soldiers immediately launched themselves inside, heading toward the upper central part of the Crystallis fortress. Instantly, Anya opened fire from the fortress's machine gun toward the incoming VaultaCorp soldiers.
Several soldiers were shot and died instantly, leaving only four soldiers and one executive, Evan.
Private Rico: "Hans—Vin—down!" he yelled, firing a bazooka toward the edge of the fortress. (Got you, Private Rico thought to himself.)
The bazooka explosion destroyed half the edge of the fortress where Anya had been firing the machine gun.
Evan (Executive): "Good job, soldier. Let's get inside and take the Crystallis!"
Rian screamed Anya's name while running toward the rubble. "Anyaaaaaaaaaaa! Answer me!" Rian looked toward the collapsed edge of the fortress. A small sound was heard from the rubble. "Anya, it's you! Hold on a moment. Golem, clear the rubble and help Anya!" Rian commanded.
The sound of approaching footsteps grew louder. Private Hans immediately fired his weapon, followed by the other soldiers, aiming at Rian. Evan: "Soldiers, eliminate anyone you see! Don't leave a single one of these insects alive!" Evan commanded.
Rian ran toward the corner pillar to avoid enemy fire, then jumped toward a careless soldier, initiating a close-quarters fight.
Meanwhile, on the other side, in the island's training area, Salsa was confronting Moris while protecting the wounded Old Guardian.
Salsa: "Guardian, hold on! Zoe, attack him!"
Moris: "Hahaha, is this all the ability the Crystallis Guardian has? Weak!" he mocked, dodging the water orb attacks from Zoe.
Moris reached Salsa and delivered an energy slash toward her, but the Old Guardian shielded Salsa with his back. "Damn it, why are you blocking, old man?!"
The Old Guardian instantly fell before Salsa after taking the energy slash. Thick blue blood flowed heavily from his back. Salsa screamed at the sight.
Moris: "You people are weak. Why was it so hard to capture you? Now it's just you, weak girl," Moris said.
Suddenly, a massive flood emerged from the Lake surrounding the island, surging from behind Moris. Moris, having no time to evade, was immediately dragged away by the strong current. Zoe grew larger, carried the unconscious Salsa to a safe area, and then vanished like a bursting water bubble.
In another part of the area, Rian was still struggling fiercely against several VaultaCorp soldiers. A rumbling sound was heard from deeper inside. Instantly, the large door shattered under the impact of the tidal wave.
Everyone in the battle area, including Rian, the VaultaCorp soldiers, and Evan, was swept away by the current and thrown out into the Lake surrounding the cave fortress.
However, Moris was only dragged to a dark corner near the rubble. He was wounded and helpless in the current, where the Purple Crystallis Knife slipped from his grasp and briefly sparkled on the lakebed before drifting away in the current.
The Golem, carrying the injured Anya, immediately jumped high toward Rian. Anya: "Golem, help me save Rian!"