"Hey! These damn island aren't connected!" Mimir shouted, apparently the Skyloft had some type of defense mechanism to protect itself from attacks. Obviously it was not helping
"I am calculating that Levias might solve it. I will carry the soup to the designated area." Phi said and pointed a number of large pumpkins with open tops. She levitated over there and used her newfound a abilities to lift up the soup. It looked like it took an effort.
"That means we are going to have to clear a path. I have the lower path, you get the upper path to the destroyed part of Skyloft with Mimir."
"Multiple bands of hostiles closing in fast!" Joiasnair said.
"Ah, we have stranded knights in friends in the North, we got our bloody hands full right here. They are stranded in the Knight academy!"
"We need everyone we can get. Jorgen I trust you and Mimir to make it?"
"Less time talking; more time doing!" I said.
The three of us exited out from the statue keep just in time to ambush a force of moblins and Bokoblins hammering down a force of Gorons and Hylians. Strange, I did not remember any Gorons up here. Nevertheless they were welcomed and I wasn't arguing. I summoned my fire and clenched my hands and moved them upwards to summon a pillar of fire rate in the heart. I calmed my hands and armed myself with the Scythe as I felt the fire had a drain on some type mana. I and Link catapulted in the moblins and Bokoblins and ripped them apart with ease. Phi was behind us transporting the cargo, however she did managed to make a band of Moblins flew of the Skyloft with a twist of her wrist. I executed a dash while Link made a huge spin attack. The allied force was liberated for the time.
"Well, impressive show that you put on, but what does it matter? You fools cannot even cross the bridge. Such arrogance in yourselves." Ghirahim taunted, however Phi was almost here.
"What's taking so long with connecting a path?" Mimir questioned
"Have arrived, I have high chances that this will work." Phi said
"If I am right a huge aerial…thing is moving your way Jorgen. Size is a couple hundred feet and looks like a whale. What it speaks? Patching you through."
"My, well isn't my favorite soup, no doubt you are in need, aren't you?" Levias said with throaty voice of an ancient guardian, or something like that.
"We call upon you to aid us of the foes that wish to destroy the Skyloft. Will you aid us?"
"Certainly! I have seen that those roads have crumble, easy enough. Just will take a second for that."
Only in a few seconds, I saw this bearded whale arise from the clouds to head-butt a piece of rock that crashed into the smaller gap the separated the North of the Skyloft.
"Arrgh! Levias! Why do you insist on causing me trouble! Fly off! Shoo, go away!" Ghirahim was annoyed by the fact that giant flying whale was now aiding us. To be honest I would be too, however I didn't give a lick about it. I saw Mimir leading a bunch of Gorons and Hylians, well at least they know who to trust. We headed off onto the bridge Levias just made into the destroyed part of town.
"The hostiles have opened two gates: the Academy Keep and Watch Tower Keep." Joiasnair said.
"Oh, how quaint, the roads that lead an the foolish base? And unguarded as well? Volga make yourself useful!"
"I'll show them pain, unlike you." Volga remarked.
"We are getting a large number of hostiles moving to the south, lining up for an assault, there is movement to the North as well. Jorgen permission to make a run on the South side of Skyloft?"
"Just don't blow the paths up alright, keep the town intact as much as possible."
"Alright…40 seconds out, Link please standby. Arming AGMs, enemy commander found, target locked…"Joaisnair said and the Valkyrie was roaring towards us."…fire, cleared hot!" Joiasnair said and hail of blue projectile exploded on the attacking force, two missiles were fired and devastated the out matched force. The Valkyrie bellowed over the Skyloft as flew past, banked right, and pulled. There were huge dust clouds on the southern side.
"Multiple kills confirmed, enemy commander's state is unknown returning to AWACS flight." Joiasnair summarized the destroyed force.
"What! I don't remember frivolous birds of prey! Oh the lack of care that I almost give." Ghirahim
"Dammit, what the Abyss was that! It wiped nearly my entire…" Volga said.
"You twit, keep moving!" Ghirahim said.
"No, I need to retreat from here, even I have to know my limits." Volga argued.
"You useless piece of Dragon Knight…no matter, I lead the attack myself!" Ghirahim proclaimed
"Enemy commander Volga has left the battlefield, however Skyloft is still ain't connected, Phi call that whale of yours to bump its head on sector November Whiskey. Jorgen and Mimir head up there is a keep in front of you."
"I will call Lord Levias again, but I only suggest a 73% chance he will arrive due to disrespect from Joiasnair."
"Go my servants! Lead forth, to victory!" Ghirahim said and it actually hurt our morale.
"Men of War, with Honor, charge the enemy! Run them down!" I said to rally the troops and we had charged into the destroyed ruin keep. The garrison put up little fight there were big Moblins here but nothing I could not handle, especially with Mimir who seemed to have bloodlusted attitude towards his enemies, he struck with quick succession and effectively, and he fought as if he almost danced. Dozens of monsters lie slain before him. He was actually starting to get ahead of me.
"Mimir has defeated 500 hundred enemies during the course of the battle." Joiasnair reported, I looked at my kill counter, it was at 450 kills.
"Whoa, I had no idea Northmen were that good at battle it seems I still have a lot to learn? Also we have taken the west keep, Fi you can move up to the target position." Link said
"Of course I am on my way!" Phi said.
I lead my men towards with Mimir on the spear tip, we arrived to a closed shoddy wooden gate. Normally I would just use the overbearing brute power of our troops to knock it down, however, I sheathed my Scythe. I summoned my flames, I was going to burn it down.
"Phi, you ready?"
"I and Link are almost there, just a few more enemies. There we go! We are in position hopefully Levias answers our call." Phi reported. I waited for a short time, soon enough I could hear a large being coming.
"Oh, well is that just the sweetest of pumpkin soup! I will connect the paths for again?" Levias answered. The whale flew into a distant island and head butted it into the gape, closing it. I swear if that is the only thing this whale does he is not a great guardian. I summoned a wave of fire to blast open the gates of shoddy wooden fenc…gate. I charged inside throwing fireballs at the front masses which lead to multiple incinerations and deaths of moblins. More importantly…
"Jorgen has killed 500 enemies."
"About time, come on Jorgen!" Mimir said
"I think he will be an integral component to the success of this sally. More importantly, we can take on this Demon Lord Ghirahim."
"Enough with this nonsensical head butting! I will personally find you and kill you all! Sit tight!"
"Ghirahim has taken the bait, Link..."
"Jorgen a splinter of the forces are heading directly for the base, if they make it a whole lot of civilians are going to die, get over there!"
"Alright, Link hold back that Demon, I'll flank that force."
"He won't be too tough."
"Just try to stay alive."
I took our force and started to backtrack to the allied base. We went to an intersection where the splinter force had to cross. We readied are defensive positions formed a shield wall. Lo and behold they still came. They were not being led by Ghirahim, just by some regular moblins. We slowly advanced towards him steadily. Are morale was high, Mimir roared a shout. It shook the charging moblins, they clashed with us however. They Scythe was almost a full power I could see its break bar almost filled. With the killing of Aerolfos it was fully charged. There was still a concerning amount of moblins left, however I did not use the Death Strike, our men and I could easily handle this. I felt weird having Hylians under my command, but I guess I did not have much of choice anyway. I wondered what was happening in the real world, and the two other rips. I wondered what would happen at the end of all this, the status quo was an alliance, but I started to feel a genuine distrust forming. I ignored and finished off the rest of the damn moblins and Bokoblins. The splinter force was only a splinter of its original size and routing like rabbits being chased by wolves.
"Let's this be know they day that a Northmen saved the Skyloft!" Mimir shouted only I gave a proper huzzah.
"Damn, Ghirahim is harder than I expected." Link said.
"Link you have a 34% chance of being defeated, I recommend pulling back." Phi said
"But that makes Ghirahim have a 66% chance of being defeated!" Link reasoned.
I did not like the sound of it. I told Joiasnair to prepare for anything. I and Mimir lead our forces towards where Link was. There I saw Ghirahim, he was completely different last time I saw him, he had striking semblance to Phi, only with a red burlap cloak, and white hue skin and hair with actually eyes. He spotted us and flicked his tongue in hiss, it disgusted some of us. However Mimir managed to turn that against him.
"See, this Demon must be destroyed! Kill the fiend!"
With a roaring battlecry all of our force rushed into the keep overwhelming Ghirahim's force quite handily. Those Bokoblins were no match for the sheer power of two Northmen, well armored Hylians, and Gorons backing the flanks up. Ghirahim was taken surprise to the incursion we made. That actually costed him a stab in the chest from Link. Hissing with pain. Phi dived right into him and a blast of light which she emerged from knocked Ghirahim to the wall. I began to swing the scythe into get a good hit on him. Not a Death Strike but a pretty powerful swing nonetheless. I suspected that he had some tricks up his diamond sleeves.
"Well, well, well how does it feel that completely failed in succeeding in your redemption?"
"Harrumph! I do not take kindly to insults directed towards my majesty."
Ghirahim teleported before I could the blow and it dug into the wall. I tried to pull it out however I saw Ghirahim had teleported behind me, I braced for a strike as I needed the Scythe. However instead of strike, I heard a bang. Mimir blocked with his axe.
"Chief Mimir Frostsplitter, I hope you have wonderful time when I split your head!" Mimir mocked and swung into Ghirahim's chest knocking him to the ground. I pulled the Scythe out of the stone. The battle was raging, Ghirahim teleported and started to wreak havoc on our men, his was precision assassin. Killing captains and men in mere seconds with his teleporting.
"Arrgh! Some…" A captain said before being executed. That made Mimir snap.
"Alright, enough of this oxen shite. Come on!" Mimir proclaimed and proceeded to charge at him. He managed to run him over, damn, Mimir was being really aggressive. Ghirahim tried to block a blow from his axe, he did but it knocked his sword out his hand. Ghirahim dodged right and picked up his sword and twirled. Mimir advanced slowly and carefully, his axe horizontal. He fought like his father, never wanting to give up. Both wanted to win and be the better warrior, suddenly this became a duel. Even Link and I respected the boundaries. Mimir blocked a blow from the right of Ghirahim's swing and counterattacked with raising uppercut diagonal swing which struck Ghirahim's face. He backed up placed a finger on his hand and licked his own blood, he looked at Mimir intently and placed his sword. He waved it towards himself, signal "Fight me" I was still killing moblins put I still watched the battle.
"You fight well, your strength is hard." Ghirahim said and Mimir attacked but Ghirahim teleported to trick him. He struck on the side, however his armor protected him. He locked the blade and ripped from Ghirahim's hands. Mimir he tossed away and began to advance towards Ghirahim menacingly, like a bear that needs food, his axe needed blood. I knew what drove him, the tales of warriors slaying great beasts and armies. Ghirahim was that beast for him, though I reckoned he hated Volga more, this guy was his right hand man. With no weapon Ghirahim dodged quickly by either using his acrobatics or teleporting, the teleportations got faster until Mimir could not keep up. He teleported but never came back, Mimir was on guard, he probably went back to get his sword. With the slightest sound of air being pushed, he turned around and blocked a diving attack from Ghirahim. Ghirahim grunted in frustration, Mimir was basically a mountain for him, full of armor and a heavy weapon. Ghirahim smiled, he thought of something.
"Volga told me about your father, he said he was weak, pathetic, worthless to kill. I can see what he means from you."
That sparked Mimir to unleash a flurry of attack. But all of them missed in succession. Mimir turned around to block but Ghirahim only stood on the other side. I, Link, and Phi were almost done cleaning up
"Let the rest of you perish in the Abyss. Weak and dishonorable." Mimir retorted and swung overhead, Ghirahim blocked and teleported behind him standing. That swing was a lot power only to miss. However Mimir's fortitude was strong he knew what Ghirahim was trying to do. Mimir smiled at me to let me know. He turned around.
"Oh, he didn't say he was not honorable, Volga had the honor of killing the goat." Ghirahim laughed however, instead of charging Mimir remained strong.
"What are you, some type of botched child? Get over here and fight!" Mimir taunted back, Ghirahim's ego was insufferable he had taken the bait. He teleported and made a quick jab, Mimir blocked it with the axe and punched him in the face. Mimir surprised Ghirahim as he was dazed out of control and stumbled back. Mimir swung overhead, but Ghirahim blocked it, however, Mimir immediately swung to the left, it ended an in parry, then another successful swing, parried. Mimir lunged high over his and collided with his blade to form a sword lock. The two were powering other one of another. Ghirahim and Mimir's face they were nearly equal in strength, I could see sparks falling down their blade because the lock was that tight, both of them grunting as they tried to overpower the other one. It went to Ghirahim, but then in swung into Mimir's side, it was tense, very tense. I finished up the last Bokoblin before I heard the blades slip, Ghirahim had an axe on his should and Mimir had a sliver sword that protruded from his left thigh. They both retracted their weapons. Ghirahim snapped and teleported away.
"Ghirahim has left the battlefield. I registering multiple signs of concession, even offers to join the troops." Joiasnair said.
"That…was honorable display of
"Wow, I didn't have to use my full power. The local great fairy can be at peace. Most impressive display by all." Levias said.
Mimir sat down slowly and next to a wall, he took a deep breath, at least he had not died. I could still see the look on his face that he failed in killing Ghirahim, I looked at his wound, as long there was not any cursing effects we should be fine. I stood next to him and examined his blade, it was nearly broken in half the blade was. The handle had splinters running along the length of it. I saw that Mimir had some these splinters in his hands, he did not wear gauntlets. He was picking them out, grunting with almost each one.
"Estimated survival 90% chance, estimated wound heal time around two weeks, Mimir should stay up here in Skyloft to seek medical attention from the locals."
"Just patch it up, I'll be fine." Mimir said. That shocked nearly everyone but me, I expected it, really Northmen would just continue fighting into they either fatally wounded or a commander issues a direct retreat, injured men were a rarity among battles with the Northmen. There was a rite though, he would need to pass the gauze test, however, he could battle an opponent with on a gauze wrapping and win then he would be good to go. I would give him a couple of hours. I went around to explore the place, it was certain that once we left we are not coming back.
"Alright get the gauze and we will see."
Link and with the help of Phi managed to procure some medical supplies from the more than grateful civilian populace. They thanked us for our valiant defense of Skyloft, they seemed they either forgot what the Northmen were or generally did not care who saved them, besides there were only two of us, and the difference between Hylian and Northmen are not easy to point out if you wear a ton of armor. The majority of the Skyloftians were small to average size nothing to be proud of but nothing to be ashamed of. Until I met one brash looking Hylian, he was different, he had red hair with a ridiculous pompadour, and stoic build. He seemed rather impressed by my statue. I saw Phi was carrying the medical supplies back to Mimir and actually tending to him with newfound arms and hands, Link provide supervision, it felt unnatural to see Hylians and Northmen attended. We would need a few days before everyone was ready to move, people were starving, thirsty, tired, and quite possibly injured.
"Now that is what you call a man Cawlin and Strich, huge, bearded with awesome glory, where's shit ton of armor, carries a huge badass weapon, and just generally looks almost as good as me." The man said.
"Oh, I suppose that's what Northmen aspire to be. The name is Jorgen Frostsplitter."
"Groose...uh…woodpecker!"
"Groose will be fine. So you look like a stocky man, why were you not out and fighting?"
"Well, they umm…took are armory. We were just having lunch then all of sudden these moblins and lizards started to show up!"
"Well, they are gone now, I suggest you help with the post battle, helping the injured."
"Counting the dead!" One of Groose's companions said.
"Aye, counting the dead, you sound more enthusiastic than most, go out see how many you can find will you?"
"On second thought…"
"That's what I thought." I remarked.
Nothing to report here, other than the switch of Volga and Ghirahim's roles in the actual game, and the denial of service from the Great Fairy was superseded by the air strike Joiasnair did as the Deus Ex Machina. This one came a little later than usual, but I thank you for sticking it out. If you like to leave review to express your opinion please do so, they can help a lot for motivation to be honest. Hold on! I am opening a chest, stop this entire battle, oh look what is.
You received a 500 damage Thank You! Okay I'll go now.