Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Part 36: Isurd Vs. the Agnian Interlinks!
0Through Taion's plan, Ouroboros used the Urayan Tunnels to avoid confrontation against Taion's Colony Lambda. Even as some of their soldiers ambushed them from within the tunnels, they were eventually able to escape from there into Great Cotte Falls.
It would seem that Ouroboros were finally in the clear from Lambda. Unfortunately... their escape only landed them right in front of their grand Ferronis...
And at the helm of this Ferronis stood Colony Lambada's commander, and Taion's original superior: Isurd.
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Isurd's approach against Ouroboros was inspired by the death of his lieutenant and second-in-command: Nimue. With his glowing red Iris, Isurd had blamed Taion for Nimue's unfortunate death, as his team's escape from the tunnels was the same method he lost contact with Nimue during her final moments.
Isurd knew that Taion losing Nimue hurt his soul, so now he wanted to exploit that trauma against him. Of course, this was likely the Red Iris speaking for him.
Taion felt his anguish of Nimue's lost coming back to him where he had blamed himself and his plan in the tunnels for Nimue's loss...
However, Isurd's tactic against Taion now was the same one that led to Nimue's death, calling Isurd out on his hypocrisy.
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When you fight the Lambda Ferronis, it will release an area of effect. It is quite easy to stay out of it while still attacking the fortress.
You drain all of its HP in this one fight, but...
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Ouroboros was able to fend themselves against Isurd's Ferronis, but he was determined to kill Taion and all of his friends no matter what, and unleashed all of the Ferronis' lasers upon them.
Right before Taion got hit by one of those lasers, Eunie leaped in to save his life. And then...
They Interlinked once more... However, this time, it wasn't Eunie that led this Interlink. It was instead Taion!
The two saw each other's memories once more, but then formed into a completely different Ouroboros being that took after Taion and his abilities, including a more spectacular use of his endless supply Mondo.
Through this Agnian-led Interlink, Taion, himself, could become a Mondo!
Isurd was forced to shoot as many of the clones Taion made of himself as he could, but they were all decoys, including the one that attacked the Ferronis with a massive boulder. This irritated him to his core, and made him prepare to fire his strongest laser.
Inspired by Taion's Interlink, Sena was confident that she could lead one of her own. She took Lanz with them, and succeeded in their own Agnian-led Interlink!
The Interlink result led Sena to gain incredible strength and an even more incredible hammer, allowing her to divert Isurd's laser into the sky and tip his Ferronis over. Even then, Isurd was still determined to kill Ouroboros, even if his own soldiers had to be caught in his crossfire.
Realizing that it was time to take down the Ferronis' Flame Clock, Noah & Mio also Interlinked once more, but like Taion and Sena before her, it was Mio's time to lead this into Interlink!
Mio's Interlink was light on its feet as her normal form was, and utilized a combination of high-speed acrobatics and fierce chakrams.
Mio used her new Interlink to give Noah a boost towards tanking through Isurd final laser before finally smashing Colony Lambada's Flame Clock once and for all.
It would seem that Ouroboros had finally defeated and freed Lambada from Moebius' control, but then...