Rain of Iron

'Do I just run?'

Seeing the monster shed away its outer shell and all of its injuries with it, only to then grow twice as fast as it was before as it rushed up against Theo's walls…

For a moment, Theo allowed a seed of doubt into his mind.

A seed he nearly instantly squashed down, but not before it grew some shoots, rooting itself deeply into Theo's psyche.

Boom!

His guns spoke as usual, unleashing a concentrated salvo to break the boss' stance, only for the rest of the guns to follow soon after, readying the atmospheric bombardment for when the monster would be at its most vulnerable.

And just like it happened before, when the barrage reached its target...

BO-CLANG!

The distinctive, familiar sound reached Theo's ears again.

Quite noticeably, however, now from much closer than before.

And then…

BOOM!