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The Legend of Zelda: Legend's End
Chapter 1:
Link gazed out over the ocean in bewilderment and concern. What had happened to Hyrule? Was he even in Hyrule, or on Hylia? Thinking about it, he realized that he had to be on Hylia. He recognized the open-air atrium and coliseum structure of the Mirror Chamber. He gazed out over the sea and saw that there looked to be some ships off in the distance, with what looked to be islands, but he did not recognize the geography at all. It was as if the Arbiter's Grounds had been moved from the Gerudo Desert and dumped in the middle of a sea, or even the ocean.
He retreated back up to the Mirror Chamber and looked around it, just to make sure that he was, indeed, standing in the Arbiter's Grounds. He looked up at the top of the coliseum and recognized the spires on the top of the structure as being the shattered remains of the Sages' symbols. But why were all of them save one shattered? He quickly then thought about the Master Sword that he had tossed back through the Mirror of Twilight portal before being trapped in that what was it, stasis bomb, used by the Magic Lord. He looked around to see if it was laying on the ground near the Mirror of Twilight. It was not there. Given that he had been trapped in a stasis bomb's detonation field, he figured that a great deal of time had passed between the time he had gone to the Twilight Realm and the time he had emerged, but the question was how much time had passed, and could he somehow manage to find his way back to his own time? He would have to figure out that answer later, for the bigger problem was how he would get out of the Arbiter's Grounds, for it seemed to be surrounded by water now. He considered going back through the Mirror of Twilight in order to talk to the soldiers that had entered the Twilight Realm but as he approached the Mirror, nothing happened. No magical staircase formed for him to step up the Mirror. In fact, the Mirror looked to be in a deactivated state. He decided to wait for a while and see if the soldiers would return. He waited for several hours until he came to the conclusion that the soldiers had either decided to remain, or were unable to return, possibly due to the Mirror on the other side being deactivated. He wanted to help them, but he did not know how the Mirror was operated in the first place, so he did not know where to begin. He looked back up at the top of the coliseum and saw the shattered Sages' symbols. He wondered why all of the symbols, save for one of them, the Sage of Light's, was shattered. He would deal with that issue later. The first thing he had to figure out was what had happened to Hyrule, assuming he was, indeed, actually in Hyrule.
He went back down the stairwell once more and made his way over to the boat. The boat had a white hull with a red prow and a white cabin. At first glance, the boat did not look too much different from boats that Link had seen in paintings and in passing during his adventures. However, when looking at it a little more closely, he found that there were several differences. First and foremost was the fact that there appeared to be no sails on the boat. There was a device at what looked to be the stern of the boat, though, that he suspected was the main source of propulsion for the watercraft. The boat was armed with a cannon of some sort. It was situated on the bow of the boat. There was a single person on the boat near the rear of the boat. He was dressed in the same type of armor that the soldiers that had entered the Twilight Realm were and he also seemed to have the same type of weapon in his hand that they did, too. He looked to be waiting for someone. He looked up and saw Link and immediately genuflected before the Hylian man. "I salute you, Lord Link," the man, who was almost certainly a soldier, proclaimed in a loud voice as he saluted the teenager. "We did not expect you to return so soon."
Link's eyes went wide as he heard himself being addressed as 'Lord Link'. What was going on here? Why was he being addressed as nobility or even as royalty? "Who are you, and what has happened to Hyrule?" the Hero of Twilight asked.
The soldier looked back at the hero puzzled. "I am Alwyn, son of Gwynn."
The soldier then paused and waited for Link's reaction, turning his head in curiosity as he noticed that Link was looking surprised at the scene before him. Link continued to look at the small river and then out over the ocean. "Is this Hyrule? Am I even on Hylia?"
"Uh, yes, my lord," the soldier on the boat replied curiously.
"What happened?"
"The world was flooded a decade ago to the day."
"What caused it?"
"The Sages and a traitorous child, my lord," the soldier answered. "You defeated them but there was a great deal of evil in the land and with the people of Hyrule turning their backs to the king, you, and your lover, Princess Zelda, as well as everything that the kingdom stood for and they were able to seal the people beneath the waves before their defeat. With the arrival of an enemy whose power could challenge even a piece of the Triforce, the land was flooded and the enemy was trapped in a time seal. The land was flooded so that the enemy's forces would not take over Hyrule. Those loyal to the crown, though, were evacuated to the mountaintops and the highest points of the land and, as such, they were spared the flood and sealing. Meanwhile, you and Princess Zelda kept the enemy contained but the seal is weakening. It won't be long before the seal is broken, and it may well be completely broken now, as evidenced by the fact that you are here."
"Who is the current King of Hyrule?"
"The same king we had during the crisis. He has been involved in ensuring that a war overseas does not spill over into Hyrule. Does that satisfy you, sire?"
Link gave a sigh. "Okay, first of all, I am not the Link you're talking about. I just arrived here from the Twilight Realm. I have no royal title. I am also not romantically involved with Zelda, who was Queen of Hyrule where I was from so you don't have to salute me."
"Then who are you?" the soldier asked.
"My name is Link," the hero answered. "However, as stated before, I just arrived here and I know nothing about what is happening or the state of Hyrule besides the fact that it is flooded." He then considered his position. He did not want to get in trouble, which was the reason that he had told the soldier the truth about who he was, but he also wanted to know everything that had happened and what the state of the land was. "Okay, next question: how much of the land remains above water?"
"There is a chain of islands all around the Great Sea, as well as the Hyrule Castle Town Island where the king rules from," the soldier replied. "The chain of islands is basically the kingdom, itself. There are some larger islands situated around the sea, too, before it reaches the ocean. Many of the islands are simply the peaks of mountains or the highest points of the former surface world of Hyrule. There are some small towns and settlements built on the islands, but nothing as large as the Hyrule Castle Island."
"Hyrule Castle Island?"
"It is a floating island that was built on top of the floodwaters by King Nohansen, himself," Alwyn explained. "It is the seat of power in the Kingdom of Hyrule, just like Hyrule Castle Town was." Alwyn then turned to Link and asked, "If you don't mind my asking, where, or rather when are you from?"
Link considered what he should tell the strange soldier a moment before answering. Eventually, he responded, "I am from a time where Ganondorf attacked Hyrule from the Twilight Realm. I had gone to the Twilight Realm to assist it in fighting against the Elvanheim." While he knew that telling the truth could be risky, he felt as if it would be worth it in the long run. He did not want to get on the soldier's bad side, especially since the soldier seemed to be his only passage off the island. The soldier soon asked him, "Did you encounter any other soldiers while in the Twilight Realm?"
"Twili or Hylian?"
"Hylian," the soldier responded cantankerously.
"I saw a party enter into the Twilight Realm and I left without being detected. However, none of them followed me back here. The Mirror was deactivated after I returned to it when I first saw the ocean."
"Then the others are likely trapped in that realm," the soldier answered a little too plainly for Link's liking. He had just said that the soldier's companions, and likely comrades, were lost and there was no reaction from the soldier, almost as if losing soldiers was an everyday occurrence.
"Do you know anything about the Temple of Time?" the hero eventually asked, not wanting to bring up the subject so quickly, but he felt as if whatever had happened to Hyrule began at the temple.
The soldier shook his head. "No, nothing." Link noticed that he looked down and to the left. He had heard from Rusl that this was a sign that someone was lying. He did not call the soldier out on it, though, especially since he soon heard a sound off in the distance. Both he and the soldier gazed out over the ocean and saw a speck on the horizon. The soldier's eyes went wide as he cursed went back into the boat and seemingly readied his cannon. "What is it?" Link asked, drawing his sword in preparation for battle.
"She's coming," the soldier answered.
"Who?"
"Me," came a sinister feminine voice seemingly from all around them.
Link glanced around and soon saw a flash of light in front of him. He shielded his eyes as he raised his Mirror Shield and drew his Ordon Sword. The flash soon faded and Link saw a young humanoid woman standing before him. She was dressed in opulent dress that did not look to have any protective qualities. It was mostly pink with some splashes of blue and had oversized shoulder pads that took the shape of crescent moons that also had the Gerudo Symbol. She had a navy blue cape connected to large black elbow pads, and a pink, blue, and white skirt with an eye-like symbol on it with what looked like a tear to be flowing upwards. Link recognized it as a perverted Sheikah symbol. As for the woman, herself, she had teal skin, an oversized bust, and her clothing also left her midriff bare. She also had what looked to be a long lock of hair falling over her face that was covered in a black hood. For a second, she resembled a Twili of some sort and Link wondered if there was a connection. It could have been the reason the soldiers had gone to the Twilight Realm in the first place. She looked at Link and gave an evil grin. "Well well, hero. So we meet again," she stated in an evil tone.
Link did not recognize her, but he did not care. Her tone of voice and the glace she gave him were all he needed to know about her. "I must say I'm surprised that you emerged from the seal this quickly. Still, it's going to be so much fun finally killing you once and for all. And you know what else? My killing you will make me a hero of this land, despite the fact that I served Twinrova and Ganon."
Link grimaced as she revealed that she was a servant of Ganondorf, though he had already suspected such due to the Gerudo Symbol on her shoulder pads. Still, he did not like the fact that she was talking as if she had already fought him. "Changed out your sword, I see," she noted, focusing on Link's Ordon Sword. "I must say that it looks quite plain." She smirked and shook her head. "I don't think you stand a snowball's chance in…" but she was interrupted when a loud bang issued forth. Even before the loud bang had sounded, she had already vanished from the spot she had been occupying. Link soon heard an explosion to his left as a large wall collapsed as something struck it and exploded. Both Link and the woman turned to the boat and saw that smoke was still rising from the cannon's barrel, the soldier hastily loaded another black ball into the cannon.
"Don't waste the ammo," the woman chided as she held out her hand and sent a stream of flame headed towards the small boat. Link attempted to intercept the flame, but suddenly, four dark humanoid forms appeared and attacked him, each of them armed with a sword and a shield, preventing him from being able to intersperse himself between the woman's flame blast and the boat. The stream of flame struck the boat and it immediately caught fire. Flames erupted around and inside the boat, forcing Alwyn to bring the boat in so he could jump to the makeshift dock in order to flee his burning wreck. He attempted to bring the burning boat in towards the dock, but the flame managed to melt through the hull and holes began to form in the boat and water began to leak onto the boat.
When the boat began to sink, Alwyn knew that it was time to abandon ship. He jumped from the boat and allowed it to sink into the water. He swam to a ladder on the side of the makeshift dock, a ladder that he and his comrades had brought with him in order to be able to reach the top of the dock. He reached up and gripped the rungs of the ladder, pulling himself out of the water. He climbed the short ladder and emerged onto the dock, and right in front of the waiting woman. "Veran!" he gasped.
Veran gave a sadistic chuckle. "You should have stayed in the water." She then powered a blast of flame and prepared to incinerate him with a blast of fire, but Alwyn was not done yet. He took out his weapon, what looked to be a musket, and fired a single shot at the sorceress, targeting her bare midriff. A loud bang echoed forth, causing Link, who had dispatched three of the Dark Links to look over to the soldier and Veran. Veran reacted to the blast with mild annoyance. There was a small burn mark on her torso, but she was otherwise uninjured, while there was a small clattering on the ground as a metal slug hit the ground. Veran merely glanced down at the bullet, and then back at Alwyn and grinned. "You're pathetic," she scoffed.
"Wait, you can't, no," Alwyn pleaded pathetically. "I'm defenseless."
"You still have that rifle," Veran retorted, looking down at the smoking weapon. She then grabbed the weapon by the barrel and melted it in her hands, the metal in her hands instantly becoming superheated and turning into liquid. She let the other two pieces of the gun fall to the ground, the pieces clattering as they hit.
"Please, Veran. Please! I'll do anything, just don't kill me."
"Why?" Veran retorted. "You're not even worthy of possession." She then grabbed Alwyn by the throat and lifted him up, his feet leaving the ground.
Link, seeing that Veran looked ready to kill Alwyn reached out and yelled, "No!"
Before he could help Alwyn, though, the sole remaining Dark Link grabbed him and attempted to subdue him. Link retaliated with a spin attack, bisecting the remaining Dark Link, which burst into an unnatural green flame as it was destroyed. Seeing that he would not reach Veran in time to save Alwyn with just his sword, he took out an arrow and notched it to his bow. Pulling back on the string, he aimed for Veran's back. He released the string and the arrow rocketed from the bow. The arrow almost instantly crossed the distance between Link and Veran and it struck Veran in the back. It bit into her flesh and stuck there for a few moments before falling out of her body. Still, the sorceress lurched forward, almost dropping Alwyn, grunting in pain. Link still saw what looked to be a red mark on her back where the arrow had struck. Apparently, the bow and arrow was not a useless weapon against her, but that was likely because she had had her defenses lowered. If he were going to defeat Veran, he would need to use stronger weaponry.
Veran turned back to Link and gave a smirk. "You're stronger than before," she remarked. "I must ask you why you are risking so much for this thing," she said, pointing at Alwyn. "Did you know that he helped carry out several attacks on schools and orphanages, murdering dozens of children in the process? Did you know that he kidnapped children from these orphanages for the kingdom so they could be indoctrinated into the service of the king's army?" Veran then smirked. "I must say that if I were to try to revive Ganondorf, the original one, I wouldn't need to do anything to light the Flame of Sorrow. It would already have been lit! And it's all thanks to you!"
Veran then used her fire magic to set Alwyn ablaze. The Hylian soldier burst into flames and cried out, flailing as Veran released him and shoved him a few feet away. The soldier rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire but was unable to do so. Seeing little chance of survival otherwise, he ran towards the edge of the dock and hurled himself into the water. The fire was immediately extinguished, but the damage had been done. His clothing was reduced to ashes and his body was covered with third and fourth degree burns. He floated up to the surface of the water but it was unclear if he was alive or dead. Veran smirked and nonchalantly noted, "Well, that's one more sorrowful soul that's going to be suffering for eternity."
Link seethed with anger at how cavalierly Veran had either killed or severely injured Alwyn. "You'll pay for that," the seethed.
All Veran did was laugh. "Since when did you get sentimental about the loss of a soldier? Wasn't it you who said that the soldiers in Hyrule were worthless, even with all these advanced magical weapons that they have been granted? I've heard about you, Link. You're not like the others who have carried the name. You enjoy seeing these worthless excuses of humanity suffer just as much as I do. The only difference for you is that you're punishing them for their weakness while I just do it for jollies."
She gave a laugh as Link readied himself, pulling out his Mirror Shield and holding it out in front of him. The sunlight gleamed off the polished surface of the Mirror Shield as the Sheikah Symbol appeared on it. As he readied the Mirror Shield, Veran's expression changed to one of surprise. "Huh?" she muttered. "He never used a shield like that against Twinrova, Ganon, or anytime after the change."
She gritted her teeth as she prepared to launch a magical blast on Link. Raising her left hand, a pulsing green ball of energy formed in front of it. The ball sounded like it was water flowing down a drain. Link steeled himself for the attack, raising the Mirror Shield over himself. Veran unleashed the ball of energy and it rocketed forth from her hand, leaving a trail of magical dust-like sparks in its wake. Link did not move a muscle as he saw that the ball was already on a course to collide with his shield. He stood his ground as the ball struck the shield and splashed against it, deforming into a disc, before being reflected right back at Veran.
Veran's eyes went wide with shock as she saw the ball of magic splash against the shield only to bounce off of it and streak right back at her. She did not have time to curse or raise any type of defense as she reflexively tried to dive away from her reflected projectile. As she was diving to her right, though, the projectile struck her in the legs, dispersing upon striking her. Still, the damage was done. The magical energy ball burned her legs and she could feel her defenses failing. She tried to stand but found that it was painful to do so. She looked ahead at Link and saw him charging right for her. Her eyes flashed again and she instinctively raised her arms to her head, trying to shield herself from his attack. His target was not her head, though, but her bare midriff, which she had left completely undefended. He thrust his sword forward and it bit into her exposed flesh, the sword disappearing into the wound. She gasped, a few specks of blood issuing forth from her gasp, as she froze, her body going into shock. Blood trickled from the wound as Link withdrew his sword.
Veran staggered backwards as Link pulled out his sword. "How?" she gasped, struggling to breathe. She placed her hands over the wound to try to limit the bleeding. "How could he do this to me without magic? He had always relied on magical weapons and spells in the past. Is he this good or am I this pathetic?"
Link gave no answer as he neared Veran once more. Her eyes now burned with hatred towards the Hylian hero. She considered her options. She could reveal her true form and fight him at full power, but she had a feeling that it would do little good against someone as powerful as he was. He had not even used any of his magic, just a shiny shield that was somehow able to reflect magical projectiles back at their origin. She grimaced. She had underestimated him, believing him to be as weak as he was when he had fought against Twinrova and later against a released Ganon. He had needed the help of a younger Link in order to defeat them. She had witnessed the battle, herself, and knew that there was no way that he should have been able to defeat her. The question here was, why was he so powerful now? She stared at Link and decided that it was time to try one last spell.
She slowly rose, keeping her left hand over her torso wound, while holding up her right. A ball of fire soon appeared over the hand and it began to grow in size, causing Link to back away. He could hear the crackling of the flame as the air was burned and set ablaze around the ball of flame. As the ball of flame grew, the hum that was sounding from the ball rose in pitch and volume. "This spell was taught to me by the Twinrova!" Veran cried out. "This spell is unstoppable! Now die!"
She then unleashed a vicious stream of flame on Link. Link, however, had experience dealing with this spell before. Thinking back to his battle with Twinrova, he raised the shield and caught he spell on it. The spell splashed against his shield and expanded outward a bit before being drawn into the shield as if the shield were a black hole. As soon as the flame was absorbed, a reddish orange circle appeared on the shield and began to pulse. As it pulsed, a sound similar to an alarm klaxon began to sound.
Veran's eyes went wide once more as she could not comprehend how a spell that was designed to explode upon impact would not wash over something like a polished shield and spill over to its holder. Perhaps there was something magical about the shield, which would not surprise her too much given the fact that it had a Sheikah symbol on it. Not only that, but even she could see the pulsing of the red orange circle and the chime sounding forth from the shield. Perhaps, the shield had a limit to the amount of fire it could absorb before being overloaded and unable to protect the user. Still, she would not let this setback slow her down. Powering another fire spell, she unleashed the next ball upon Link, aiming right at the shield. Again, the stream of fire struck the shield and exploded outward for a bit before being drawn back into the shield. The pulsing of the shield increased in brightness, frequency, as well as the alarm sound increasing in both pitch and volume. Link noticed that Veran was beginning to grin, almost as if she had discovered a weakness to the shield. Link's expression, however, did not change. He had a feeling that he knew what she was thinking and he would let her discover her mistake on her own.
Veran merely powered up a third ball of flame that grew in size until it was the size of a small boulder. She carefully focused on Link, seeing that he was not moving at all. She grinned. She had him. She targeted the ground just in front of Link, knowing that either the spell would spread to him and set him ablaze, or that he would try to catch the spell, only for the shield to overload and have the flame explode from his shield in every direction, and hopefully back onto him. As soon as she was sure of her aim, as well as being sure that Link would not back away, she unleashed the stream of flame right at the ground before Link.
She watched as Link moved forward to intercept the stream of flame and grinned. The shield would almost certainly overload and fire would explode forth from it, either burning Link or setting him ablaze. Either way, she would at worst have an opening to attack Link, and at best, Link would be dead. She watched as the flame struck his shield and was absorbed into it. She saw the pulsing get brighter and increase in frequency for a second, along with the pitch and volume of the alarm increase for that second. Then something happened that she did not expect. Instead of the flame bursting from the shield as if it was an explosion, it burst forth as a focused beam: its target, Veran. Veran's eyes went wide with shock as she saw the focused beam of fire streaking at her too quickly for her to be able to dodge. The beam struck her in the chest and the flame expanded outward as if it were a firebomb. Veran cried out as she burst into flames, her clothing being reduced to ashes as the beam of fire struck her. She ran around, flailing, as she attempted to think of some way to extinguish the flames before she succumbed to them. She knew that rolling on the ground would be useless, for Alwyn had tried that only to see it fail. She then considered jumping into the water and hoping that that would be enough to extinguish the flames before she died. The issue, of course, was the fact that she was not a good swimmer and that if she did so, she would likely have to transform into her true form, something she wanted to avoid doing unless absolutely necessary. In the end, she felt as if she had little choice but to do so, so she ran towards the water, hoping that Link would not shoot her in the back with a Bomb Arrow or some other weapon, for she knew that there was no way she would survive a subsequent attack in this form. So far, though, Link was not moving, still keeping his Mirror Shield focused forward, just in case she tried to take him down with her. She approached the edge of the stone ledge and jumped into the water.
When she entered the water, the salty water stung her body and she suppressed an additional scream as the salt entered her earlier torso wound, disinfecting it in the post painful manner imaginable. The good news was that the water did, indeed, put out the flame. The bad news, though, was the fact that since most of her body had received third degree burns, the salt from the water was only adding to her pain as now the water was pouring over her whole body. She sense Link approaching, readying his bow for a final strike. She would not survive a bow and arrow strike, much less anything else he likely had in his arsenal. She needed to do something fast, for she doubted that her true form, or even her Metamorphosis form, would be sufficient to defeat Link.
She looked around for any signs of Alwyn, hoping that he was still alive. If she could somehow possess him, she could use him as a shield, for there was no way Link would risk harming Alwyn just to get at her, that is unless he actually believed her about the atrocities that he participated in. She looked around and eventually found the burned body of Alwyn, or what was left of it, floating in the water. All that was left was desiccated skin and bones. It was obvious that he was dead. She frowned. Suddenly, Veran was wishing that she had not killed the soldier. She looked up and saw Link looking down into the water. She quickly receded beneath the water, holding her breath and making sure not to exhale, for she did not want him to be able to see where she would attack him from. For a fleeting moment, she considered trying to possess him, but thought better of it when she realized that he would be on guard and could react quickly to anything that she did. After she was beneath the surface deep enough so that she would not be easily seen, she began to transform into her true form. A glow appeared around her as she shed her human-like disguise and then burst forth at Link appearing in the form of a large, green fairy. She no longer appeared as the attractive woman that she had taken the form of at first. This form looked demonic in nature, as if everything that could go wrong with a fairy, did. She had two wings that sprouted from her back and antennae coming from her head, and a hideous face twisted by the rage and malice that she felt towards Link and the rest of the world.
Link recoiled as Veran launched herself towards him and he raised his shield and dove out of her way, just barely avoiding being knocked down by her. He quickly rose and turned to face her. She turned to face him and said, "To be forced to reveal my true form against a warrior without any magic to speak of, or any magical weapons. I must say I'm impressed. Still, you won't beat me the way you and your allies beat Twinrova and Ganon. I will show you why you need to fear Veran, the Sorceress of Shadows. Just before you die!"
She opened the next phase of the battle by unleashing a large blue fireball at Link. The fireball traveled slowly so it would be painfully easy for Link to avoid. However, Veran then charged him directly, forcing him to jump to the side to evade her. As he jumped to the side, he held out his sword and raked it across her flesh, the sword biting into it but only leaving a long but shallow cut. Veran was more durable in this form than she was in her human-like form. She retaliated by unleashing a flurry of blue fireballs towards Link, causing him to raise his Mirror Shield to protect himself. The fireballs struck his shield and were reflected back at Veran. She was more maneuverable in this form, though, being able to take to the air and she managed to avoid most of her reflected fireballs, only suffering a couple of hits. The hits counted, though, and she grunted with each hit, a burn mark being left on her chest as a sign of the damage she had taken. She grimaced. The reflected fireballs did more damage than Link's sword, so in order to have a good chance to attack him, she would have to engage him in close combat, his primary strength. Still, she felt as if she had little choice in the matter, primarily because of that blasted Mirror Shield.
She focused on the hero and flapped her wings in preparation for her dive. As she did so, Link held up his sword and prepared to intercept her dive. She then swooped down upon the hero, trying to land on him and punch him as hard as possible. However, Link sidestepped her swoop and she crashed onto the ground with a massive thud. Link then slashed at her with his sword, the blade biting into the demonic fairy's torso. The sword did not bite deep into Veran's flesh, but the strike produced a second long and painful cut to her torso. She grimaced with pain as Link drew the blade across her torso. She knew that she would have to do something soon or she would be in serious trouble. One or two cuts, even long ones, might not be fatal, but a hundred would be. And given the strength of both Link and his sword, chances were that a hundred cuts would be overkill. Still, a shallow cut to the throat could be fatal. Added to the fact that Link was fast and skilled, things could go from bad to worse very quickly. Still, she had no choice, for her large fireball was too slow-moving to be effective in combat save for a distraction or an attempt to make Link do something stupid and maneuver into it, and her normal fireball barrage would just be reflected right back at her. She had to come up with a strategy fast or Link would most certainly kill her, and she did not want to reveal her final transformations to Link primarily because of her pride.
Still, she was not out of the fight in her demonic fairy form just yet. She soon switched to another tactic. She decided to use her blue fire spell on herself and have the flame surround her own body. Casting the spell, blue flames surrounded her body and turned her arms into powerful flaming weapons. Gazing over at Link, she chided, "What will you do now, self-proclaimed hero? You'll be taking a great risk by attacking me directly in this form."
Link merely shrugged, as if this was nothing more than a simple puzzle for him to solve where the solution was staring him in the face, screaming at him. He took out a bomb and tied it to an arrow. He lit the bomb and notched it to his bow. He pulled back on the string and let fly with the arrow just as Veran, seeing Link lower his shield, went to fire a barrage of fireballs at Link. Link danced away from the fireballs as he fired the Bomb Arrow at Veran, the demonic fairy not doing anything to avoid the Bomb Arrow. The Bomb Arrow struck her in the chest and detonated. Veran was immediately sent flying hurtling through the air, the fire surrounding her body dying in almost an instant. She landed several meters away with a thud and she grunted as she felt a crack underneath her as pain shot through her body from her wings. She struggled to rise and attempted to flap her wings, only to find that the process was far more difficult than expected, and also incredibly painful. Looking at her back, she saw that her left wing was bent in an unnatural shape, with the upper half of the wing merely flapping in the breeze, broken. Veran cursed as she realized that she was now confined to the ground, someplace where she was no match for Link.
She struggled to rise and face Link, the hero looking towards her, waiting for her to make the next move. As she rose, she knew that she had no choice. She would have to reveal her final transformations in order to have a chance of beating him. "I must say that you are far stronger than expected, and recorded. There is no way that you are the hero who had to be bailed out of a battle against Ganon by a ten-year old boy. I underestimated you and have paid the price for my arrogance. I will not make that mistake again." She then took a deep breath, which caused her more pain than she expected, causing her to grunt. "I had hoped to not have to show you these disgusting forms, but it would appear as if I have little choice if I wish to beat you, hero."
As soon as Veran had finished speaking, there was a brilliant flash of light that forced Link to look away from the sorceress and cover his eyes with the Mirror Shield. When the light died down and Link looked back at Veran, he no longer saw the demonic fairy that he had been fighting. Instead, he saw what looked to be a large purple beetle or turtle, noticeably larger than Link, with Veran's face. Veran's face glared at the Hero of Twilight. "I will make you suffer for forcing me to use this hideous form."
She then proceeded to jump high onto the air, far higher than Link would have expected. She withdrew her face into the shell as arced through the air and the hero quickly realized that the sorceress's jump would have her land right on his head. He promptly scurried out of the way of the falling sorceress, allowing her to hit right where he had been scant moments earlier. As soon as she landed, a pool of purple bubbling liquid formed beneath her and spread out a couple of feet from her. Link stood off at the distance and studied the situation, seeing that Veran's face did not emerge from her shell. Plans and scenarios quickly played out in his mind as he planned the fight and tried to anticipate Veran's next move. She did her best to not give him any time to think, though, as she quickly peered out to find Link and then jumped into the air once more and tried to crush him. Having seen the effects of her landing before, though, he knew that the acid would not spread out too far, so he could stand at a distance and strike her when she landed. He then sheathed his sword, hoping to catch her off guard with a Mortal Draw. Veran landed a few feet in front of him and the acid pool formed beneath her. Link watched and waited for her face to emerge so he could strike it with his sword. It did and as it did so, the acid pool vanished. This gave him the opportunity he needed to slash at her face. He rushed up to her, and pulled out his sword and performed a Mortal Draw. The blade was raked across Veran's face and she recoiled with the hit, crying out in pain.
Soon, Veran turned into a black blob of energy and the blob began to take a new shape. It extended and transformed into an oversized purple bee with Veran's face. As soon as the transformation was complete, she took to the air, hovering a few feet off the ground, and began to fly towards Link in an attempt to ram him and hopefully sting him. Link was prepared for her, though, and he sheathed his sword once more in preparation for another Mortal Draw. As Veran neared the hero, he gripped the hilt of his blade and drew it, striking down at the head of Veran, the blade biting into Veran's head and drawing blood. She gave an inhuman shriek and recoiled at the strike. She then backed away and transformed back into her turtle form.
Veran jumped into the air again and attempted to land on Link. The hero jumped away from Veran's landing spot and waited for her to peer out to look for him, stepping to the side so she would not immediately spot him. The acid pool that always formed on her landing spot soon dispersed and she peered out to search for the hero, and got the point of Link's blade as her reward. She shrieked and withdrew into her shell once more. She then jumped into the air and attempted to crush Link once more. He ran all around the area, avoiding Veran's jumps, waiting for her to emerge from her shell.
After she landed once more, she soon transformed into a black blob once more, which quickly mutated into another form, this one being that of a purple spider. While the spider's face was visible, it was not that of Veran's, so Link suspected that it was protected from attack. A spin attack quickly confirmed the hero's hypothesis as it did no damage to Veran's spider form. Veran charged after Link, moving surprisingly quickly, even for a monstrous spider.
Link's mind raced as he tried to figure out a way to expose Veran's weak spot, or find out if she even had one. He soon took out a bomb and strapped it to an arrow, knowing that Bomb Arrows had been effective on her in the past, far more than normal arrows or even his sword. Lighting the bomb, he notched it to his bow and pulled back on the string. He then let fly with the arrow. The Bomb Arrow struck Veran in the head and detonated, causing her body to become paralyzed and forcing her face to appear. The look of pain and shock on her face indicating that she may have even suffered some damage from the Bomb Arrow. Wasting no time, Link rushed up to Veran's face and performed a Mortal Draw on her. The blade bit into Veran's face and did not stop as it continued to slice through her head, bisecting her head. As soon as the blade had finished its downward strike, a gleam of light issued forth from Veran's wound as she cried out, "Nooooo! This can't be happening! How could I be beaten this way, by a teenager who didn't even use his magic?"
As soon as she uttered her last question, her body promptly erupted into several explosions, forcing Link to run from the exploding creature. After the final explosion, he looked back at where Veran had been standing and saw nothing but a black scorch mark where the Sorceress of Shadows had stood before her death. Not lowering his guard just yet, though, he waited, and hoped that this truly was the end of Veran. After several minutes of waiting and seeing that there was no sign of the sorceress, he finally relaxed and sheathed his blade. The battle was over and Veran was truly destroyed.
He would not get a chance to relax for long, though, for just as he sat down to rest and try to figure out what to do about his current situation, he saw what looked to be a metallic seafaring vessel approaching, along with several smaller motorized boats much like the one Alwyn had been stationed on. The vessel carried no sails but he could see several weapons that looked to be cannons on its side. After a few seconds, the boats arrived and Link saw that each boat had about eight soldiers stationed on it, each one armed with the same weaponry that Alwyn had carried. The boats were also armed with cannons. The soldiers wasted little time getting their boats to the dock and having teams jump up onto the stone ground and rush towards Link, their rifles drawn and pointing straight at him. Once they saw who he was, though, they immediately lowered their weapons and said, "Sire, forgive us. We did not know it was you."
Link, sighted, not wanting to be misidentified as the hero of this land when he had just arrived. "Sirs, I don't know who you think I am, but I am not royalty, nor am I involved with royalty right now," he told them. "My name is Link and I just arrived here from the Mirror of Twilight. I…" but the soldiers did not allow him to speak anymore, for they pointed their weapons at him and said, "Quiet! Now, under the pain of death if you do not answer, if you are not the hero and lover of Princess Zelda, tell us who you are now!"