The only reason why Eldriana and her partners were able to fight so easily against the Titan was because its speed was not anywhere near extreme and it also had a limited range and predictable range of action.
But with the introduction of the vines those weaknesses all had disappeared. So the fight which was looking very close became one sided in favour of the Titan. The very first one to get in trouble with this change was Estatet as she was closest to the Titan. The vines wrapped around her and immobilized her. Then the Titan tried to smash her with its huge fist.
While training together everyone became closer to each other. But the pair who had gotten most intimate were Estatet and Eldriana. As both of them were front liners, it was inevitable that they got closer to each other while entrusting each other's back. So in the last few days, Eldriana and Estatet had developed a relationship like real sisters with Eldriana being the big sister and Estatet being the younger one.
So when Eldriana was in danger of dying a flashback of her family getting killed in that cursed night played in Eldriana's mind. If that heavy fist of the Titan could connect properly with Estatet then she would definitely be dead. That was an outcome Eldriana was unwilling to accept in any condition.
So her body moved even before her mind could react and with astonishing speed, she appeared before Estatet facing the incoming punch and guarding Estatet. Then she put strength on her feet to brace herself, pulled her hands back, clenched then so hard that her hands started bleeding and then met the punch of the Titan with her own.
Immediately both of them were pushed back. After clashing with Eldriana, even the gigantic Titan had to take two steps back. Eldriana was able to save her little sister this time. But her condition was terrible after that clash. Her fist was crushed, her bones which were as strong as powerful metal were broken into bits and she was bleeding all over.
But even in this condition she stood up while looking like a walking corpse and went to guard Estatet once again. Her eyes were burning with determination and she said just one sentence to Estatet that was filled with all her willpower to demonstrate Eldriana's intention to defend her little sister at any cost.
"I... Will... Absolutely protect you."
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Eldriana's determination acted as a catalyst and made everyone's moral to go up. Seeing that one of the comrades was willing to put her everything on the line, the others also decided to do the same.
Estatet again went to the frontlines with even more concentration and determination to not be a burden, Falgaria started to create more golems and threw giant boulders on the Titan while still trying to find some way to control the rock on the Titan in order to destroy it from inside. But she was unable to do that even after trying again and again.
Dainslek who was most useless against the Colossal Divine Nature Titan, finally managed to think of a way to truly contribute to the fight. He started to use his thunder to accelerate other attacks to increase their powers. This move performed exceptionally well with Falgaria's rock projectiles and Emilia's flaming flowers. While the four of them were busy fighting the Titan, Eldriana was using that time to recover from her injuries. And after recovering for a bit she so joined her sister Estatet at the front lines.
But even with all of them joining, the Titan was not having too much trouble in fending them off. The vines were truly quite troublesome. If things stayed the same as the current situation, the S rankers would soon start becoming tired and would eventually lose the battle.
So Emilia decided to use one of her Trump Cards. She was the only one with affinity for something that was extremely effective against the vines, so she decided to take care of them all by herself.
Deciding that, Emilia started to radiate an immense amount of mana from her body. Then her silver hair and silver eyes both turned chromatic with all types of colour shining in them. Then she folded her hands over her chest in a praying posture and muttered the name of the move she was going to use -
"Purgatorial Garden of Myriad Flowers."
Immediately after this move was used, flowers of various kinds and various colours bloomed surrounding Emilia. As super effective against the Titan, this garden had quite an abundance of hibiscus and lotus flowers.
This was not just a simple technique but a Domain type technique which was extremely powerful. Using this move, Emilia was very much capable of putting even Eldriana in danger. And just as she expected this move was super effective on the Colossal Divine Nature Titan.
All the flowers blooming in the garden had the flame attribute. So all the vines that were inside the domain got burned into cinders. At the same time, Emilia also activated the hidden measure that she was preparing for since the start of the battle.
Other than the red hibiscus and pink lotus, one another type of flower flame was extremely effective on the Titan. Actually it was the most effective one. But if she used it openly, then the Titan might find a way to resist it. So she needed to use it only when the time was ripe and now was the time.
Suddenly the Titan started to burn in a jade green fire and flowers with multiple petals started to bloom on the Titan's body. This flame was called the emerald chrysanthemum and it had the property of everlasting burning.
If Emilia was using this since the very beginning, then the Titan would have been able to get rid of it by giving up the body parts that had been contaminated with it. But Emilia was patient and she threw the seeds of the emerald chrysanthemum inside the Titan without activating them. So now when she activated this type of flaming flower, most of the Titan's body was already contaminated with it and the Titan would not be able to discard that much of his body.
This action taken by Emilia was game changing. Her "Purgatorial Garden of Myriad Flowers" was able to essentially make the vines useless and the emerald chrysanthemum flame was dealing a ton of damage to the calamity too.
This looked like a breakthrough point and everyone started to attack the Colossal Divine Nature Titan like crazy. As Emilia's flames were not doing any damage to her comrades, everyone was free to attack as they pleased.
So while getting burned by various kinds of flower flames, the Titan was also getting pelted by electrically boosted boulders and rock projectiles. At the same time, Eldriana was wrecking havoc all over its body with her monstrous powers. Estatet was also helping Eldriana by attracting the Titan's attention. After getting saved by Eldriana, she was extremely motivated to repay her back and to not be a burden, so she was able to tap into her untouched powers and her speed was about 30 percent better than before.
While this was going on, Eldriana was able to find a golden opportunity and used that chance to demolish the Titan's right leg. Without the support of that leg, the Colossal Divine Nature Titan was unable to maintain the balance of its huge body anymore and fell down.
For the first time in this battle, the S rankers were able to literally bring the Titan down. The battle was heading toward the final phase slowly but surely.
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