A Swarm of Carnage

A Swarm of Carnage is the sixth part of the Trailblaze Continuance chapter Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue (II). It automatically begins after completing Novice in Zenithal Duel.
==Steps==
# Head to the Exalting Sanctum in search of Hoolay's whereabouts
# Find out Moze's whereabouts
# Battle the borisin pack
==Dialogue==
===Head to the Exalting Sanctum in search of Hoolay's whereabouts===
: Cloud Knight Soldier: General, report! The teams are in position, and the Sky-Faring Commission has taken control of the starskiff lanes.
: Feixiao: Activate all cycranes and have them scan everyone coming in and out of the port.
: Feixiao: Remain vigilant at all times. Any suspicious movements must be suppressed as quickly as possible before the situation gets out of hand.
: Cloud Knight Soldier: Yes, general!
: : Feixiao: Yanqing, (Trailblazer), follow me.
===Find out Moze's whereabouts===
: Feixiao: Moze's signal is nearby, but we lost contact just a moment ago...
: Yanqing: Could that mean...
: Feixiao: He will be fine. Cloud Knights, search for the target!
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;(Approach marked location)
: Moze: ...
: Moze: All of you, get out of my way...
: It's Moze...
: General, look there...
: Feixiao: Wait, don't go any closer.
: Moze: General... I failed you. That mad dog left me here as...
: Feixiao: A declaration of war.
: Unfriendly Foxian: That's right. I have been holding back the urge to slit his throat all this time. Well, Lord Hoolay ordered us to remain here, just to see...
: Unfriendly Foxian: ...if you, the great Merlin's Claw, mortal enemy of the borisin, are able to join him in a little... hunting game...
: Feixiao: Hunting is not a game, it is a battle of life and death. Are you ready for your death, abomination!?
===Battle the borisin pack===
;(Begin battle against , )
: Borisin: Die, you lowly beast! Die!
: Yanqing: Save your breath!
;(After one of the Eclipse Wolftroopers has been defeated)
: Borisin: Don't think you've won...
: Borisin: The Warhead has prepared... a road of no return for all of you...
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;(After the battle)
: Feixiao: Moze, are you okay?
: Moze: I... wasn't able to save Jiaoqiu. Hoolay was more cunning and powerful than I imagined...
: Feixiao: Tell me, how is he planning to declare this war against me...? With a one-on-one duel? Or with a hostage exchange, maybe?
: Moze: Hoolay is planning on attacking the bustling streets of the Xianzhou Luofu.
: Feixiao: What did you just say?
: Yanqing: Impossible! Even if there are still undercover borisin that we haven't sniffed out, Hoolay can't have more than a few dozen people. How is he planning on simultaneously attacking the streets of the Xianzhou Luofu?
: Moze: He has an ace up his sleeve. Hoolay's body holds a plaguemark passed down through generations of borisin. I've seen him convert a foxian to a borisin wolftrooper with my own eyes...
: Moze: This is Hoolay's "declaration of war." His blood... It can cause foxians to rapidly transform and lose their minds. He has passed his blood to his minions and is planning to spread it across the Luofu and stir up panic!
: You're saying that there will be attacks all over?
:: Feixiao: He wants to "encircle" us in one fell swoop... This beast is truly unpredictable.
: Evacuate all the foxians immediately!
: Yanqing: Contact the Sky-Faring Commission and the Cloud Knights right away! Have them enforce a traffic ban and order all foxians to remain indoors until further notice!
: Feixiao: The moment you see your enemy's declaration of war, it means that they have already begun to take action.
: Moze: But... if Hoolay succeeds in getting this panic to spread—
: Feixiao: Do you remember what I told you before? Hunting is about thinking in the same way as your prey, not just mindlessly chasing after them.
: Feixiao: What Hoolay wants is to see everyone on the Luofu descend into panic. He wants to see us lose our minds and waste our limited manpower scouring every inch of the Luofu for signs of an attack until we exhaust ourselves.
: Feixiao: It's like that party game that the people of the Yaoqing love to play: They hide an object under one of several bowls, then move the bowls around, and have you guess which one the object is underneath.
: Feixiao: The way I see it, this is all nothing more than misdirection...
: Feixiao: No matter what Hoolay does, there is one truth that cannot be changed: He is trapped aboard the Xianzhou Luofu. The only way for him to escape is to find a ship.
: And the only ship he is able to see is...
: So his only option is the Skysplitter?
: (Trailblazer): Right now... the only ship he'd be able to see is the Skysplitter.
: Feixiao: In his eyes, that ship is full of countless hostages. That would be the best place for him to go. So that will also be our final battlefield.
: Yanqing: But, if we're wrong about this... If he goes somewhere else, or if he does as he said he would, and his minions infect the foxians everywhere with wolf blood... What do we do then?
: Yanqing: Are we just supposed to abandon those "less likely" locations?
: Feixiao: This is another lesson that you must learn outside of swordplay: Weighing your options and making a decision. There are always questions that we will ask ourselves but never be able to answer.
: Feixiao: Before making a decision, we must destroy any hesitation that we are holding onto. Once we make a decision, we must fight off any regrets.
: Feixiao: There is a chance that we will make the wrong decision and allow our allies to be sacrificed in vain. There is a chance that we will predict our enemy's movements correctly, yet underestimate their strength and be overwhelmed in battle...
: Feixiao: But being lost in hesitation and failing to take any action will always be more harmful than taking the wrong path. We must make a decision, no matter what.
: Feixiao: Everyone, listen up. I will personally take charge of Starskiff Haven, evacuate the people, and prepare for any possible attacks. I will do my best to ensure that things are safe on the ground.
: : Feixiao: (Trailblazer), please lend us your strength as you did when the Ambrosial Arbor was reborn. I need you and Moze to go in search of Jiaoqiu.
: Leave it to me!
: Yanqing: General, please entrust me with the safety of the Skysplitter! I was originally meant to participate in the tournament, so now it is only right that I return to the Skysplitter.
: Feixiao: If Hoolay does come to attack the Skysplitter... Lieutenant Yanqing, I need you to hold him there until I am able to arrive.
: Yanqing: Please rest assured, General. If he dares step foot on the Skysplitter, I, Yanqing, swear on the blade in my hands that he shall not escape!
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: Feixiao: Cloud Knights! The borisin have arrogantly decided to challenge us on Xianzhou territory! They vow that they will unleash a bloodbath along the streets of the Xianzhou.
: Feixiao: The unarmed civilians of the Xianzhou and countless visitors from afar are under our protection. Let me ask you, as Cloud Knights, will we allow the borisin to succeed with their plan!?
: Cloud Knight: Never!
: Feixiao: Be on your guard!
: Feixiao: Calling Starskiff Haven. Have all Cloud Knights be on full alert for borisin attacks!
: Yukong's Communicator: Feixiao, the ports of Starskiff Haven are crawling with wolf-like creatures. They're moving fast—
: Feixiao: Hold them back, I will be there immediately!
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:Switching to Feixiao's POV...
:"Surround three and leave one." The Merlin's Claw initiates the hunt against the pack of wolves...
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