Ace prepared for combat, warning the other Rangers to focus on their objective, which they all promptly did. Goldar and Knasty Knight stood side by side, ready for combat. "You! I don't know if you're a Ranger or what, but you'll pay for getting in Rita's way!" Goldar shouted proudly as he ran towards Shovel Knight. Both exchanged blows with their respective weapons. Goldar demonstrated superior strength and technique but had difficulty dealing with the ranged attacks that Ace used. As he approached, Goldar began to attack relentlessly, forcing Ace to remain on the defensive.
Using his superior strength, Goldar used his sword to attack from below, causing the impact to lift Ace's arms, leaving an opening. He jumped and attacked Ace in the chest. Sparks flew everywhere along with the sound of an explosion. "Weakling! You won't be able to defeat me like this!" Goldar continued to go against Ace, who was standing still. When Goldar went to attack with his sword, Ace turned around to see Goldar standing behind him.
"Take this!" A wind shot hit Goldar at point-blank range, making him fall from the ravine they were on. Ace wasted no time and fired non-stop at where Goldar fell, forcing him to start using the trees as defense. "Dammit! Our weapons are ruined!" The rangers spoke in an incredulous tone since their weapons were rusty just from coming into contact with Knasty Knight's blade. "Let's attack with our blasters!" The rangers began to regroup, jumping on top of each other, their blasters began to unite for a powerful shot. Knasty Knight would raise his shield until. Ace began to load his cannon, then, using his thrusters, jumped to reach Knasty Knight and mainly go behind him.
"Not so fast!" He shot at the knight's back, making him be thrown forward in the direction of the Rangers' shots, which, when hit, made Knasty Knight fall to the ground defeated. "Haa, let's see what you think of this!" Rita prepared her staff, throwing it towards the ground, which began to release sparks upon touching.
Knasty Knight's defeated body began to grow, transforming into a giant. "Rangers, take care of him! I'll go after Goldar!" Ace shouted for the Rangers to hear as he used all the power of his thrusters to go after Goldar. "He won't get away from me that easily!" When he tried to regroup with Rita, Ace ambushed him, attacking him hard in the chest, causing sparks to fly everywhere.
The Rangers in the background prepared their Zords, which joined together into one, starting a fight against Knasty Knight. Ace changed his strategy since it would be useless to try to beat Goldar with pure strength. Using the place to his advantage, he jumped between the trees, jumping between them and hiding.
Then he used his wind cannon to surprise Goldar, attacking him from all sides, not letting him get close. Goldar was enraged by this, but there was nothing he could do other than defend himself and dodge. "Behind you!" Goldar heard his opponent's voice, turning around and finding nothing.
When he turned around again, he came face-to-face with Ace, who was already close by, attacking him with the shovel, trying to pierce him. But Rita didn't stand still, using magic again to create a shield around Goldar, who used this opportunity to escape with Rita. In the background, the Rangers' battle came to an end.
Ace wasted no time and began to flee the scene, as he didn't want to rebel so soon or even meet Alpha. Arriving at a safe place far from where the Rangers were, he detransformed. The fatigue from the fight was beginning to take effect, along with the pain from the attack he had received earlier.
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[bo'ohw'o'wo'er: Wait, wait a fuckin second! That's Shovel Knight. What the hell is going on?]
[SinisterMark: Now that you've really said it! It's basically Shovel Knight but bigger.]
[KeflaIsMyWife: Besides, the situation with Trini is weird; the actress died so long ago, but now there are new scenes with her?]
[TunaKaslana: Yeah, if there were new scenes like that, we would all know, but until then, this new series came out of nowhere. Do any of you have any idea who Shovel Knight is? And besides, RIP Thuy Trang, our beloved Yellow Ranger.]
[AssPuller: If we were to follow the generic way that stories happen, it will probably be some time traveler or a friend of the rangers.]
[Wassup: Yeah, Hasbro said that they are not responsible for these episodes and that they tried several times to take this new series off the air, although nothing worked.]
[Wonder_of_U: I saw that news, honestly speaking. I'm even a little interested... all the scenes look so much better, and the acting and effects look so realistic!]
Power Rangers fans went crazy with this episode. Whether rumors or conversations started spreading about this case, Hasbro tried to solve the situation, but it was useless, they couldn't take the series off the air.
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Ace arrived home tired and looked at the system and the new notifications.
[Popularity: 50]
[Fan Arts: 5]
[Nsfw art: 1]
Looking at the notifications, he started to get even more thoughtful about what this popularity was, but when he saw the last part of the notification, he froze. "Nope, nope, hell no!" He decided not to even touch that part of the notification, afraid of what might come out of this thing.
"System, I wanted to know... what's this popularity?" Ace asked as he looked at the normal fan art, seeing that they were basic, like the fight against Buffaloid or with the Rangers, even a cute one of him with a tiny original Shovel Knight.
[Popularity is your fame in the real world, your actions changed the course of the show, and everyone could see it, but the real world cannot interfere with you; popularity will allow you to open new portals to other worlds.]
"So I became the sixth Ranger before the Green Ranger?...cool!" He gave a happy laugh. After all, who wouldn't dream of being a sixth Ranger? Besides, receiving fanart was amazing, although he was worried about the NSFW ones.
"I need to start working on new projects... I can't run every time an enemy gets huge. What if the Rangers don't have any next time?" With concern, he went towards his desk, taking out some papers, pens, and pencils, and started to design something. "Tomorrow I'm going back to the world of Goblin Slayer I'll need a lot of materials until everything is ready." The headache was just beginning, but he didn't know how right he was in his worries.
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• Meanwhile in space. •
"Damn it! That damn digger ruined everything! And you, Goldar, how can you lose? Next time I won't help you!" Rita's screams could be heard by everyone, she was known for screaming whenever something went wrong, and this time Goldar was the one getting scolded.
"I won't fail next time! I'm stronger than him; that pest only beat me by being a coward and running away!" He still had his confidence and arrogance since he knew that Shovel Knight was no match for him.