Chapter XI: Stone Versus Stone
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It was soon moonfall. As the sun began to set beyond the horizon, radiating beams of red, orange, yellow and purple, an attack was imminent. Stone, Shaiya, and Inoyue were now in a simple wooden shack as they waited for night. The last beam of light soon disappeared. The moon revealed its shy self as it emerged from behind the clouds, illuminating the plains with a soft light. The stars ever so glittering as they began to dance around the moon, blinking on and off as if in symphony with one another. It was Stone who broke the silence.
"I believe it is time. We will proceed as planned."
"Very well then." Inoyue said.
That night, Langthorne forest sprang to life. It was as though the whole forest moved. The trolls began to move out, forming neat ranks in front of the forest. The trolls were well-equipped, ironically with weapons and armor that their masters gave them which they are now using it against them. Some carried bridges, wooden planks tied together with thick, strong vines. Some carried siege weapons while others carried spiked clubs and donned heavy shouldermails, helmets and platemails. The Elienor Clan followed behind, armed only with bows and arrows and short swords. For them, this was a battle for survival, a battle for the continuation of their clan. It would, very well be their last battle. Led by Stone and Shaiya on horses, the men began their march behind the trolls towards Wonder.
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"Master Thyezza, our scouts report that the trolls have moved out."
"Good, let them come. Prepare the armies in front of the gates!"
One by one, the evil men moved out, until the whole of Wonder has been emptied. Thyezza stood on a butte, a great spur of rock above the vast flat plain. His army of evil men flanked his sides. The victor seemed to be clear-cut and outright, as both sides marched to the river, stopping only where arrows were out of range of attack.
"Hold your fire!!" Stone commanded.
The evil men across the river, are the people who have destroyed your homes, killed your friends, your families. They took away all that you hold dear to and forced you to live off rocks, bark and roots. Don't show them any mercy, and don't expect to receive any. Men, and women from the Elienor Clan, fight with me, and regain what you have lost!! Stone said as he rallied the troops.
The trebuchets rocked into motion as the trolls loaded large rock slabs and fireballs onto the man-killing machines.
"Fire at will!!" Stone said.
Barrage after barrage of arrows fired across the river, hitting the charging evil men as they were laying the bridges across the river. The trebuchets swung into action. Large stone slabs plummeted into the sea of evil men, killing them in an instant as though they were ants. Many of them were set on fire, running around in panic trying to look for water to extinguish the fires on their bodies. Wave after wave of evil men rushed forward, dodging arrows and stone slabs as they made their way across the river, trampling on the dead bodies of their fallen allies on the way. There was no stopping of their onslaught.
"Charge!!" Thyezza commanded as he transformed himself into the stone giant.
"For Elienor!" Stone shouted as he drew his sword. The trolls charged forth, swinging their spiked clubs and hitting the evil men as they crossed the bridge.
"Do not under-estimate me, human!" A large monstrous voice boomed across the plains, engulfing all other voices on the battlefield. A large stone giant came forth, squashing and smashing the trolls with every foot forward and with every swing of the hand. Their spiked clubs were useless against the stone beast. Thyezza pounded the ground with his 2 strong fists, sending shockwaves so strong that the trebuchets were reduced to nothing but mere rubble. Many fell backward as they could not withstand the strong shockwave. Evil men fell into the riverbed as they lost their balance.
"Thyezza, I am your opponent!!" Stone said as he rode his horse away from the battle, bringing Thyezza away with him. Stone charged into a group of evil men, his blade cutting through several evil men with efficient and deadly strikes.
"Groarr!! I will crush you!!" Thyezza said as he followed Stone, crushing whatever that stands in his way, regardless of friend or foe. Thyezza soon caught up and was hot on his heels. Soon, they were both a distance from the battle.
"Boom!!" Thyezza sent a bone-crushing fist downwards. Blood splattered everywhere. Stone lay on the ground, his sword thrown to one side. He heaved a sigh of relief, glad to see that the blood was not his and his body was still intact.
"Poor thing." Stone thought to himself.
Leaving Stone no time to rest, Thyezza sent another fist downwards, this time directly towards Stone. Stone rolled to the left, the fist narrowly missing him, hitting instead a large rock, sending rock pebbles flying everywhere. The attacks did not stop, it became more incessant as Stone dodged blow after blow from left to right. Suddenly, Stone rolled forward, picked up his sword and got between the giant's legs and thrust his blade into the beast's leg.
"Clank" There was hardly any scratch or indent from the attack.
"Give up, human... your attacks are useless against me!!"
Suddenly, the giant lifted his leg to stomp Stone. When Stone realized, it was too late,there was no way to escape, the large stone foot was already heading towards him, death seemed to be inevitable.
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Deep in the underground cavern below the plains, another battle is brewing. Zarekov heeded Sallam's words and headed into the cavern. Beads of sweat lodged deeply in both his brows. His body heating up and his breath turning heavier with each step. The air was turning increasingly stale. Zarekov was akin to food for the hydra. He had no shield to fend off the hydra's attacks, nor had he any armor to protect himself. All he had was a cloak and two short knives. Zarekov moved slowly, his mind spinning, trying to come up with a plan to defeat the hydra.
All of a sudden, a flash of green light appeared before him, blinding him for an instant. With lightning speed, a hydra head striked Zarekov. It caught hold of his cloak and lifted him into mid-air. Zarekov was scared now, afraid that he would die here. He was left dangling and he panicked and struggled to break free from the hydra's grip. He swung from left to right as the hydra slowly emerged from the river. It was huge, extremely large. It had heads that looked like snakes, voracious teeth lined its huge mouth. Suddenly, the cloak tethered and broke under Zarekov's weight and he was freed; giving out a plomp sound as Zarekov fell into the river underneath him. The serpent hissed and dived back underwater to look for its prey.
Zarekov swam as quickly as his legs would propel him. But the hydra was faster. With blinding speed, the hydra quickly entangled Zarekov with one of its heads. The constricting motion left Zarekov gasping desperately for air underwater. The hydra continued to tighten its bind and Zarekov writhed in pain, losing precious air from his lungs as they emerge as air bubbles at the surface. With a last breath of air, Zarekov plunged his knife into the soft underside of the hydra's neck. The hydra' grip released and Zarekov broke free as he swam towards the surface and clambered back onto land. He knelt on all fours, breathing heavily, gasping for air, water droplets dripping incessantly, forming small puddles at his hands and knees. The hydra retreated backwards and resurfaced. One of its heads slowly turned into stone and crumbled into fine dust.
Zarekov knew he could not defeat all of its heads. He needed to get out quickly.
He stood up, still trying to reach for more air. The hydra stopped its attacks. Suddenly, a new head began to grow out from the spot where it had just been destroyed! Zarekov was left speechless and motionless, knowing that his doom is near. Without hesitation, Zarekov charged at the hydra, striking it with his remaining knife and kncking down another of its heads which quicky grew back. The hydra retaliated by attacking with all nine heads simultaneously in nine different directions. One came in the direction of Zarekov. Zarekov stealthily jumped backwards; later putting his knife into the hydra's neck when it came back up. The hydra hissed even more angrily and launched another attack. Zarekov dodged. The hydra attacked continuously as though it had gone insane; attacking and bashing at the walls of the cavern, sending rocks falling and narrowly missing Zarekov. Zarekov had nothing left to attack the hydra with. He climbed onto the cavern walls, where he fell into a small opening in between the walls. He was now trapped and cornered, bu at least the tight crevice provided some soothing comfort and safety from the danger outside.
A hydra head slithered past the hole, only to return to face Zarekov. The hydra head hissed and unleashed its tongue to reach for Zarekov, only to miss him by inches.
Zarekov was scared and retreated into a ball, hoping that the tongue would not reach him.
Suddenly, 5 loud booms came from above the ground. The earth shook violently and a large piece of rock and earth and dust fell and hit the hydra head.
"A cave-in!!" Zarekov thought to himself.
On all fours, Zarekov climbed out to safety, only to face the hydra again, the shaking continued and rock and debris continued to fall. The hole that saved him was soon filled by rock and sand. The cavern walls finally gave in. It caught the foot of Thyezza, causing him to lose his balance, falling into the gaping hole that he had just created with his bare fists, at the same time rescuing Stone from the verge of certain death.
"What the...?" Thyezza was shocked as he fell into the hole, only to land on the hydra underneath. The hydra striked back, but this time not at Zarekov, but at Thyezza instead. Its attacks were useless against the stone giant. Thyezza quickly picked himself up and grabbed hold of all of the hydra heads as it was attacking him again. With superhuman strength, Thyezza held the heads under his arms and began to close his grip. In an instance, the heads were squashed and turned into fine dust, bloodcurling screams from the dying hydra filled the cavern until it was finally dead. Zarekov saw the chance to escape and nimbly climbed out of the hole.
Stone regained himself, picked up his sword and moved closer to the edge of the hole to see whether Thyezza was dead. He saw no one else, but Zarekov who scrambled out to safety. Zarekov lay on the ground, motionless, breathing heavily as fatigue overcame him. Numerous cuts and wounds dotted his body, but he is still alive. And for that, Zarekov was glad.
"Who are you?" You look worse than me..." Stone asked.
"I...I'm Zarekov. Let's.... get out quick!!"
Suddenly, a large mass rocketed out of the hole. It was Thyezza, who leapt out of the hole with all his might. The battle with the hydra drained him, but he was still confident with dealing with the 2 enemies in front of him.
"You again!! Zarekov. I'll make sure I destroy you completely this time..."
Thyezza was angry, really angry now. He picked up a large rock effortlessly and tossed it towards Stone and Zarekov. With a heave, Stone managed to drag Zarekov to safety in the nick of time.
"Hey, Zarekov, get up!! Quick!! We have got to defeat him and get out of here! The fate of the Elienor Clan lies in my hands..." Stone said as he shook Zarekov, trying to instill some strength into him.
"The... the charm... the pebble charm... Thyezza can be defeated if we destroy it... or if... the charm is not on Thyezza himself; he will no longer be invincible." Zarekov forced himself up, using up whatever last bit of strength that is left within the inner depths of his body, his chest still burning from the hydra's grip.
"You'll have to distract him. I'll steal the charm from him. For I am the Master Of Thieves, Zarekov."
Stone looked at him in doubt but soon nodded, trusting the man whom he just met; for the enemy's enemy is your ally.
Stone stood up, sword in hand and provoked Thyezza.
"Hey, Thyezza, have your fists gone soft?" I can't seem to feel the pain. Come on! Let's have a real fight!"
"Roar!! Why you... You will regret this!" Thyezza bellowed as he gave chase to the running Stone.
They soon reached an area filled with different kinds of rock formations. Some were grotesque-looking with jagged edges and jutted out of the earth like a thorn. Some took the shape of small animals, kind and gentle-looking. Some were small, only a small mound at most; while some were large and gigantic and arched in peculiar directions and awkward angles. Stone hid behind a rock, waiting for Thyezza who soon arrived.
"Where are you? Human!!"
No answer.
"Hmmpph... I will crush every single rock till I find you!"
His actions are faster than his words. With each pound of the fist, Thyezza crushed the rock formations as though he were crushing paper.
"I'm here, Thyezza!!"
Thyezza turned towards the direction of the voice and crushed the stone. Stone darted back and forthm in and out of different rocks, taunting Thyezza to move further into the rocky ruins. Zarekov was already in position as he knelt on a large spur shaped in the form of an archway.
Thyezza moved until he was now directly underneath the spur, crushing rocks in his sight as he was being toyed by Stone. Zarekov made his move, pouncing onto the giant's head. The giant struggled frantically to get Zarekov off but to no avail. With a swift flick of the hand, Zarekov plunged his fingers into the giant's left eye socket and removed the charm. The giant froze, then shook violently, swaying back and forth. Zarekov lost his balance and fell off, the charm flung off his hand, hitting a rock and shattered into pieces.
"Now!!" Zarekov commanded.
Stone charged forward and plunged his sword into Thyezza's thorax.
"You, are human after all, Thyezza." Stone said.
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On the other side of the battlefield, the trolls have been overrun. They have dealt heavy damage to the evil men and have acomplished their purpose in this war. Many of the evil men have crossed the make-shift bridges and are re-grouping on the other side of the river. There were still about a thousand of evil men left.
Both sides of the river were littered with the bodies of both defeated allies and enemies. Inouyue was amongst them, multiple arrows lodged in his neck and several other parts of his body. Shaiya had no time to think about the deceased, for now she must do her best to remain alive. They have also regrouped, with only 50 of them left, and many were already injured.
This will be the place of their final stand. As the remaining Elienor Clan prepared themselves for battle, Shaiya took a glance at the eastern sky. The sun started to peek through.
"This, will be my final sunrise... It's so... beautiful..." Shaiya thought to herself.
The evil men began to close in slowly. When suddenly, as if it were a gift from the heavens, the war horns sounded, followed by cries of "For the Lady!!"
"Captain Dremor!! Ragen!! We're saved!!" Shaiya said as a drop of tear trickled down her cheeks.
The evil men were clearly frightened by the presence of the fresh reinforcements. They regrouped and moved to face the incoming attack. The plains would be the deathbeds of these evil men. The white rays from the sun blinded them . It was intense, as if telling the good people to garner hope in these troubled lands. The Elienor horsemen were quick, hittint the evil men and felling them with efficient strikes.
It was as though a fireball had just hit them.
The axemasters wielded their heavy axes around them as if they were light as feather. The horse archers efficiently pull their bowstrings taut and let the arrows fly with pin-point accuracy towards their foes. Blades were swang around gracefully, efficiently dispatching the evil men.
The evil men fell swiftly.
Cries of victory soon echoed across the battlefield.
"I believe it is time. We will proceed as planned."
"Very well then." Inoyue said.
That night, Langthorne forest sprang to life. It was as though the whole forest moved. The trolls began to move out, forming neat ranks in front of the forest. The trolls were well-equipped, ironically with weapons and armor that their masters gave them which they are now using it against them. Some carried bridges, wooden planks tied together with thick, strong vines. Some carried siege weapons while others carried spiked clubs and donned heavy shouldermails, helmets and platemails. The Elienor Clan followed behind, armed only with bows and arrows and short swords. For them, this was a battle for survival, a battle for the continuation of their clan. It would, very well be their last battle. Led by Stone and Shaiya on horses, the men began their march behind the trolls towards Wonder.
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"Master Thyezza, our scouts report that the trolls have moved out."
"Good, let them come. Prepare the armies in front of the gates!"
One by one, the evil men moved out, until the whole of Wonder has been emptied. Thyezza stood on a butte, a great spur of rock above the vast flat plain. His army of evil men flanked his sides. The victor seemed to be clear-cut and outright, as both sides marched to the river, stopping only where arrows were out of range of attack.
"Hold your fire!!" Stone commanded.
The evil men across the river, are the people who have destroyed your homes, killed your friends, your families. They took away all that you hold dear to and forced you to live off rocks, bark and roots. Don't show them any mercy, and don't expect to receive any. Men, and women from the Elienor Clan, fight with me, and regain what you have lost!! Stone said as he rallied the troops.
The trebuchets rocked into motion as the trolls loaded large rock slabs and fireballs onto the man-killing machines.
"Fire at will!!" Stone said.
Barrage after barrage of arrows fired across the river, hitting the charging evil men as they were laying the bridges across the river. The trebuchets swung into action. Large stone slabs plummeted into the sea of evil men, killing them in an instant as though they were ants. Many of them were set on fire, running around in panic trying to look for water to extinguish the fires on their bodies. Wave after wave of evil men rushed forward, dodging arrows and stone slabs as they made their way across the river, trampling on the dead bodies of their fallen allies on the way. There was no stopping of their onslaught.
"Charge!!" Thyezza commanded as he transformed himself into the stone giant.
"For Elienor!" Stone shouted as he drew his sword. The trolls charged forth, swinging their spiked clubs and hitting the evil men as they crossed the bridge.
"Do not under-estimate me, human!" A large monstrous voice boomed across the plains, engulfing all other voices on the battlefield. A large stone giant came forth, squashing and smashing the trolls with every foot forward and with every swing of the hand. Their spiked clubs were useless against the stone beast. Thyezza pounded the ground with his 2 strong fists, sending shockwaves so strong that the trebuchets were reduced to nothing but mere rubble. Many fell backward as they could not withstand the strong shockwave. Evil men fell into the riverbed as they lost their balance.
"Thyezza, I am your opponent!!" Stone said as he rode his horse away from the battle, bringing Thyezza away with him. Stone charged into a group of evil men, his blade cutting through several evil men with efficient and deadly strikes.
"Groarr!! I will crush you!!" Thyezza said as he followed Stone, crushing whatever that stands in his way, regardless of friend or foe. Thyezza soon caught up and was hot on his heels. Soon, they were both a distance from the battle.
"Boom!!" Thyezza sent a bone-crushing fist downwards. Blood splattered everywhere. Stone lay on the ground, his sword thrown to one side. He heaved a sigh of relief, glad to see that the blood was not his and his body was still intact.
"Poor thing." Stone thought to himself.
Leaving Stone no time to rest, Thyezza sent another fist downwards, this time directly towards Stone. Stone rolled to the left, the fist narrowly missing him, hitting instead a large rock, sending rock pebbles flying everywhere. The attacks did not stop, it became more incessant as Stone dodged blow after blow from left to right. Suddenly, Stone rolled forward, picked up his sword and got between the giant's legs and thrust his blade into the beast's leg.
"Clank" There was hardly any scratch or indent from the attack.
"Give up, human... your attacks are useless against me!!"
Suddenly, the giant lifted his leg to stomp Stone. When Stone realized, it was too late,there was no way to escape, the large stone foot was already heading towards him, death seemed to be inevitable.
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Deep in the underground cavern below the plains, another battle is brewing. Zarekov heeded Sallam's words and headed into the cavern. Beads of sweat lodged deeply in both his brows. His body heating up and his breath turning heavier with each step. The air was turning increasingly stale. Zarekov was akin to food for the hydra. He had no shield to fend off the hydra's attacks, nor had he any armor to protect himself. All he had was a cloak and two short knives. Zarekov moved slowly, his mind spinning, trying to come up with a plan to defeat the hydra.
All of a sudden, a flash of green light appeared before him, blinding him for an instant. With lightning speed, a hydra head striked Zarekov. It caught hold of his cloak and lifted him into mid-air. Zarekov was scared now, afraid that he would die here. He was left dangling and he panicked and struggled to break free from the hydra's grip. He swung from left to right as the hydra slowly emerged from the river. It was huge, extremely large. It had heads that looked like snakes, voracious teeth lined its huge mouth. Suddenly, the cloak tethered and broke under Zarekov's weight and he was freed; giving out a plomp sound as Zarekov fell into the river underneath him. The serpent hissed and dived back underwater to look for its prey.
Zarekov swam as quickly as his legs would propel him. But the hydra was faster. With blinding speed, the hydra quickly entangled Zarekov with one of its heads. The constricting motion left Zarekov gasping desperately for air underwater. The hydra continued to tighten its bind and Zarekov writhed in pain, losing precious air from his lungs as they emerge as air bubbles at the surface. With a last breath of air, Zarekov plunged his knife into the soft underside of the hydra's neck. The hydra' grip released and Zarekov broke free as he swam towards the surface and clambered back onto land. He knelt on all fours, breathing heavily, gasping for air, water droplets dripping incessantly, forming small puddles at his hands and knees. The hydra retreated backwards and resurfaced. One of its heads slowly turned into stone and crumbled into fine dust.
Zarekov knew he could not defeat all of its heads. He needed to get out quickly.
He stood up, still trying to reach for more air. The hydra stopped its attacks. Suddenly, a new head began to grow out from the spot where it had just been destroyed! Zarekov was left speechless and motionless, knowing that his doom is near. Without hesitation, Zarekov charged at the hydra, striking it with his remaining knife and kncking down another of its heads which quicky grew back. The hydra retaliated by attacking with all nine heads simultaneously in nine different directions. One came in the direction of Zarekov. Zarekov stealthily jumped backwards; later putting his knife into the hydra's neck when it came back up. The hydra hissed even more angrily and launched another attack. Zarekov dodged. The hydra attacked continuously as though it had gone insane; attacking and bashing at the walls of the cavern, sending rocks falling and narrowly missing Zarekov. Zarekov had nothing left to attack the hydra with. He climbed onto the cavern walls, where he fell into a small opening in between the walls. He was now trapped and cornered, bu at least the tight crevice provided some soothing comfort and safety from the danger outside.
A hydra head slithered past the hole, only to return to face Zarekov. The hydra head hissed and unleashed its tongue to reach for Zarekov, only to miss him by inches.
Zarekov was scared and retreated into a ball, hoping that the tongue would not reach him.
Suddenly, 5 loud booms came from above the ground. The earth shook violently and a large piece of rock and earth and dust fell and hit the hydra head.
"A cave-in!!" Zarekov thought to himself.
On all fours, Zarekov climbed out to safety, only to face the hydra again, the shaking continued and rock and debris continued to fall. The hole that saved him was soon filled by rock and sand. The cavern walls finally gave in. It caught the foot of Thyezza, causing him to lose his balance, falling into the gaping hole that he had just created with his bare fists, at the same time rescuing Stone from the verge of certain death.
"What the...?" Thyezza was shocked as he fell into the hole, only to land on the hydra underneath. The hydra striked back, but this time not at Zarekov, but at Thyezza instead. Its attacks were useless against the stone giant. Thyezza quickly picked himself up and grabbed hold of all of the hydra heads as it was attacking him again. With superhuman strength, Thyezza held the heads under his arms and began to close his grip. In an instance, the heads were squashed and turned into fine dust, bloodcurling screams from the dying hydra filled the cavern until it was finally dead. Zarekov saw the chance to escape and nimbly climbed out of the hole.
Stone regained himself, picked up his sword and moved closer to the edge of the hole to see whether Thyezza was dead. He saw no one else, but Zarekov who scrambled out to safety. Zarekov lay on the ground, motionless, breathing heavily as fatigue overcame him. Numerous cuts and wounds dotted his body, but he is still alive. And for that, Zarekov was glad.
"Who are you?" You look worse than me..." Stone asked.
"I...I'm Zarekov. Let's.... get out quick!!"
Suddenly, a large mass rocketed out of the hole. It was Thyezza, who leapt out of the hole with all his might. The battle with the hydra drained him, but he was still confident with dealing with the 2 enemies in front of him.
"You again!! Zarekov. I'll make sure I destroy you completely this time..."
Thyezza was angry, really angry now. He picked up a large rock effortlessly and tossed it towards Stone and Zarekov. With a heave, Stone managed to drag Zarekov to safety in the nick of time.
"Hey, Zarekov, get up!! Quick!! We have got to defeat him and get out of here! The fate of the Elienor Clan lies in my hands..." Stone said as he shook Zarekov, trying to instill some strength into him.
"The... the charm... the pebble charm... Thyezza can be defeated if we destroy it... or if... the charm is not on Thyezza himself; he will no longer be invincible." Zarekov forced himself up, using up whatever last bit of strength that is left within the inner depths of his body, his chest still burning from the hydra's grip.
"You'll have to distract him. I'll steal the charm from him. For I am the Master Of Thieves, Zarekov."
Stone looked at him in doubt but soon nodded, trusting the man whom he just met; for the enemy's enemy is your ally.
Stone stood up, sword in hand and provoked Thyezza.
"Hey, Thyezza, have your fists gone soft?" I can't seem to feel the pain. Come on! Let's have a real fight!"
"Roar!! Why you... You will regret this!" Thyezza bellowed as he gave chase to the running Stone.
They soon reached an area filled with different kinds of rock formations. Some were grotesque-looking with jagged edges and jutted out of the earth like a thorn. Some took the shape of small animals, kind and gentle-looking. Some were small, only a small mound at most; while some were large and gigantic and arched in peculiar directions and awkward angles. Stone hid behind a rock, waiting for Thyezza who soon arrived.
"Where are you? Human!!"
No answer.
"Hmmpph... I will crush every single rock till I find you!"
His actions are faster than his words. With each pound of the fist, Thyezza crushed the rock formations as though he were crushing paper.
"I'm here, Thyezza!!"
Thyezza turned towards the direction of the voice and crushed the stone. Stone darted back and forthm in and out of different rocks, taunting Thyezza to move further into the rocky ruins. Zarekov was already in position as he knelt on a large spur shaped in the form of an archway.
Thyezza moved until he was now directly underneath the spur, crushing rocks in his sight as he was being toyed by Stone. Zarekov made his move, pouncing onto the giant's head. The giant struggled frantically to get Zarekov off but to no avail. With a swift flick of the hand, Zarekov plunged his fingers into the giant's left eye socket and removed the charm. The giant froze, then shook violently, swaying back and forth. Zarekov lost his balance and fell off, the charm flung off his hand, hitting a rock and shattered into pieces.
"Now!!" Zarekov commanded.
Stone charged forward and plunged his sword into Thyezza's thorax.
"You, are human after all, Thyezza." Stone said.
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On the other side of the battlefield, the trolls have been overrun. They have dealt heavy damage to the evil men and have acomplished their purpose in this war. Many of the evil men have crossed the make-shift bridges and are re-grouping on the other side of the river. There were still about a thousand of evil men left.
Both sides of the river were littered with the bodies of both defeated allies and enemies. Inouyue was amongst them, multiple arrows lodged in his neck and several other parts of his body. Shaiya had no time to think about the deceased, for now she must do her best to remain alive. They have also regrouped, with only 50 of them left, and many were already injured.
This will be the place of their final stand. As the remaining Elienor Clan prepared themselves for battle, Shaiya took a glance at the eastern sky. The sun started to peek through.
"This, will be my final sunrise... It's so... beautiful..." Shaiya thought to herself.
The evil men began to close in slowly. When suddenly, as if it were a gift from the heavens, the war horns sounded, followed by cries of "For the Lady!!"
"Captain Dremor!! Ragen!! We're saved!!" Shaiya said as a drop of tear trickled down her cheeks.
The evil men were clearly frightened by the presence of the fresh reinforcements. They regrouped and moved to face the incoming attack. The plains would be the deathbeds of these evil men. The white rays from the sun blinded them . It was intense, as if telling the good people to garner hope in these troubled lands. The Elienor horsemen were quick, hittint the evil men and felling them with efficient strikes.
It was as though a fireball had just hit them.
The axemasters wielded their heavy axes around them as if they were light as feather. The horse archers efficiently pull their bowstrings taut and let the arrows fly with pin-point accuracy towards their foes. Blades were swang around gracefully, efficiently dispatching the evil men.
The evil men fell swiftly.
Cries of victory soon echoed across the battlefield.