Rise of the Dark Lord
Chapter Three: Total war is Declared
Link sat on his red mare, overlooking the defenses to the village of Kakariko. He watched as paliside walls were built around the entrance and archers were stationed in watch towers. Overall there was about fifty five men left in the village.
A man in very fancy armour walked up, his eyes blue with concentration," Commander Link, The defenses are complete and we await your orders."
Smiling, Link looked down at the captain,"Have the scouts come back with any information?" He turned to the gates were he knew there would soon be yet another skirmish over this important village.
"Yes sir. The scouts reports indicate that a troop of about one hundred fifty libernian troops are headed this way." Link frowned at that. Fifty men wouldn't hold that long, they needed reinforcements.
A wagon approached the commander of the defenses with a familiar redhead at the front," Well Link, take care!" It was Malon of course, with her wagon full of things she had traded for milk." And if you ever get injured again, you come by and see me yah hear!"
" Of course I will Malon." He waved at his friend as she headed out of the gates and back to Lon Lon Ranch. Link sighed, he had sent Bledda in his position to meet with the king and tell him of their current events. He would be back anyday now when he was done.
Qucikly Link turned to the captain again, startling him a bit," Captain, how many days until that enemy troop reachs the village."
THe captain frowned," Well sir...not even a day. They'll be here by nightfall." Link sighed again, heavier this time. He would have no rest at all now would he?
"Well then, in that case, move your soldiers into position. Have your archers rotate to keep watch in the watch towers. Tonight will not be easy, and we need a much better plan if we're going to take down that many men."
Later that day Link had been patrolling the village. The soldiers completed the traps set outside of the wall. Link had ordered hot tar be prepared for the bombardment of the village gate. He stopped, hearing foot steps in the distance, he knew it was the Libernians. HE dashed back to his camp, hearing the warning horns of the village. Battle had finally come again.
Link threw on his armor and helmet, and sheathed his sword at his side. He rolled out of the tent and ran towards the front gates where he found his trustworthly captain, already getting the men into position," How are things here? Can they hold?"
"Well sir we have spotted two enemy rams headed for the gates. If your traps work, that should slow them down." Link nodded and climbed to the top of a watch post, nodding to the archers on watch up there. He could see the enemy soldiers in the near by forest, setting up their siege weapons. The rebel soldiers really wanted this village badly and would stop at nothing to get it.
THe sun finally laid it'self to rest behind the horizon in the background, waking up it's sister the moon who loomed in the sky, full of energy." We have to survive the night..." Link uttered. He could see infantry running to their positions and archers strapping their quivers and bows to their backs.
Suddenly, like a river of burning fire, arrows began raining into the village, burning every house the arrows hit. All the men began huddling under the paliside wall to avoid being shot and burned to death by the fire arrows. Some hit the archers in the watch towers, making them fall to the ground with a crunch. Link couldn't take this chaos any longer, he whipped out his bow and carefully climbed to the nearest watch tower where he found eight archers letting lose every arrow they had had. He loaded his bow with an arrow and lit it on fire with a blow of magic from his breath. The knight aimed at a distant box in the feilds containing bombs.
Link waited until the first ram was in range of the explosion and let loose his arrow. It hit right on the mark, and sure enough the first ram exploded, taking many enemy soldiers along with it. Link finally spotted the other ram, and called back to his infantry," Get the tar ready!" He yelled," Get it ready now!"
The entire Hylian force inside of the village ran to their positions in front of the gate where the ram would take down the entrance. On the tops of the gate were five barrels of hot tar, ready to be poured onto the ram. Link turned and gave another command," Pull out your bows!" The soldiers did as they were told," Fire!" When Link gave the command, his soldiers unleashed a sea of arrows that rained down on the enemy soldiers from behind the gates.
Finally, after hard work from the enemy, the ram reached the gate and began bombarding it. The infantry let go of their bows and unsheathed their swords and battle axes, readying themselves for a final attack. Link waved his hand at some extra men on the sides of the gate, holding ropes. The men pulled their ropes and the hot tar at the top of the gates were poured onto the ram and all soldiers behind it, causing them to scream in terror and pain as the hot tar stuck to their skin, melting everything it could.
"Ready!" Link pulled out a bottle of rum with the top lit on fire." Throw!" He threw it over the wall, followed by many other bottles and set the hot tar on fire, completely destroying the ram.
Soldiers howled in victory, but their celebration was cut short when the enemy called in yet more reinforcements. All hope seemed lost as all the soldiers began losing hope and moral. Link jumped into the scene," We can still win! Keep your heads held high! If you lose this battle, everyone in Hyrule is doomed to fail!"
And with that the soldiers picked up their weapons. Link gathered every man and horse he could and told each one," Ride out with me, we're going to make our last stand in the outter fields." Overall he gathered twenty five men. He knew these men wouldn't last under the pressure of at least three hundred enemys, but when all hope seemed lost, a horn blew over the horizon. Link turned to the horn and smiled," Hyrules army has come..."
Suddenly as the sun rose over the hills, hundreds of men in white army spilled over the hills like a river of silver. Link watched as the two armys in the outter feild clashed with the Hylian army that seemed assembled for this one purpose. At the front of the army was two familiar people. Link could make out the black cloak of the king and his dyed black hair and crown waving his sword. And the other was none other than Bledda himself.
Link turned around," Everyone charge!" With that command every soldier in the village charged into what remained of the enemy soldiers. Link stabbed one soldier and took his sword, now carrying two. The hero turned and blacked a downswipe from a very muscular soldier; He moved to the side, trying to find a weakness. Link and the soldier exchanged clashs, but eventually Link caught the upper hand. He dodged one strike and front flipped over the six foot soldier, he quickly turned around and stabbed him in the chest.
Suddenly from behind Link came a red gloved hand, Link turned quickly to notice the king smiling down him," Well done master commander. The army will take it from here." They turned around and fought again, moving back into the Hylian army to avoid more conflict." This battle is significant in my case."
" Why is that sire?" Link asked, bowing slightly.
The king turned and watched the battle at hand, the enemy troops had been on a slow retreat, being hunted down and slaughtered by the Hylian archers. " It signalizes the declaration of war between the rebel forces and the Hylian loyalists. Well done sir Link, you make a fine general."
Bledda found the two of them and bowed to the king," Sire, should we chase down the reinforcements?"
The king nodded," No. Let them retreat. I want them to shiver in defeat. Come! Let us celebrate for tonight!" The entire army began to cheer. They had saved Kakariko.
Far away in the province of Alekia...
" They did WHAT?!" Yelled a very angry Lord Marcus.
" Lord sir...they slaughter Libernia's army. Their on a slow retreat here now."
Marcus looked down on this messanger and turned to look out the window." How many of them are left?"
" eighty five sir."
" Assemble my army. We attack Lake Hylia. Unlike those stupid rebel leaders, we're going to plan this invasion. Hyrule will fall, if it's the last thing I do." Marcus stormed back and forth." Send a messanger to the far off kingdom of Termina. Ask them if they would like another chance at taking down Hyrule."
"Yes sir!" The messanger walked out, leaving the King alone with two body gaurds.
" Hyrule will be my empire. Once I am emperor, the world will be mine."
