Ch 21

I placed my hand over Billy's head, concentrating on my will as he stared up at me curiously. A blue light enveloped him, shielding his whole body as if it was another set of armor. I nodded, explaining how it would shield him from a few attacks until it runs out. He asked me if I had no faith in him and my reply was…you'll need it.

My hand glowed blue with will energies shooting off sparks into the air. I pointed my hand forward as a shape formed in front of us, turning into a huge giant of a man; I welcomed back the ghost of Twinblade. Reaching into my sack, I pulled out a will potion, chugging it down as Billy checked his pouch, making sure he also had his health potions.

I concentrated again as Bill asked me what I was doing.

"I'm getting us some help," I replied before whispering out a spell in the old kingdom's tongue.

"Archers!" the Guard captain yelled as he stood on top of the gates, staring down at the army of balverines trying to break through the gate, not only that, but an earth troll roared out in the air, slamming against the gate that held. He counted at least two of them.

Behind the gates, many wooden polls helped enforce the giant gate that was relentlessly being pounded by the enemy forces. Only a few guard stood behind, aiming their bows and crossbows up in the air as the guard captain yelled out, "Fire!"

They released, firing into the air as only a few bolts rained down on the enemy.

He watched as it seemed to piss them off, the earth troll looked at the guard captain, the arrows where sticking out of its grassy earth back which seemed to annoy it more than harm it. It scooped up rocks and dirt from the ground before forming it to a giant ball and tossing it towards the guard captain. He leapt out, tumbling into the ground as the ground boulder smashed through the post he was in.

"How is the situation," the town chief helped the Guard captain up.

The captain rubbed at his arm which looked bruised, he shook his head, staring at the rest of the guards. They were outnumbered, especially against the earth trolls out there; they would last only a few minutes before they died. Not only that, because of this block off, the food supply was low, their weapons aren't up to date, and his men were weak from staying up most of these nights securing the gate. The Captain looked up at the other post on the other side of the gate, spotting his assistant staring ahead also in gloom.

The chief looked down, placing his hand on the captain's shoulder, wondering if anyone in the Hero's Guild can defeat this army without any back up.

The whole village paused as they heard one of the trolls roar out loud. It was different, it sounded like it was in pain.



"SIR!!" his assistant yelled out loud, his face was excited, "You need to see this!"

The captain stared at the chief for a moment before running up the path way to the left where the emergency horn was held. He ran up with the chief behind him before reaching the top and staring out.

He widened his eyes as he saw several balls of will energy smack into the troll. He had to squint his eyes as he saw several forms in bright blue armor rush against the balverine army, "it's the Guild," the captain whispered in hope before turning to the chief who heard, they both let out a grin before the chief ran to the horn, blowing it in a specific rhythm which brought good news to the village. They spread the word, the guild had finally come; they would be saved.

"Follow the big man!" I yelled out to Billy in humor who had to grin back at me. The ghost Twinblade literally ran through the crowd, pushing aside any balverine who tried to latch themselves to him. I separated, watching as my minions fought against the balverine army. I was surprised, it seemed as if all the balverines banded together just to bring down the tiny settlement, and why where there earth trolls here with the balverines?

I had to ponder that later as I made my way to one of the trolls that continued to throw boulders at my sorcerer minions who fired bolts of will energies from afar at it.

I lifted my palm, shooting out a bolt of thunder towards one of the approaching balverines letting it fly back in shock before turning around and slashing down on another. It was when my blade landed on the creature did I realize it wasn't sharp enough. Imagine hitting someone with a stick, it was like that except Twinblade's sword was bigger so it was more like hitting a person with a large plank. It fell to the floor, smacking the ground before trying to get up as it growled low. I moved to the side, powering up a fireball and tossing it at one of them that tried sneaking up on me. I batted another one away before slamming my foot on the floor, releasing a wave of fire that blew the balverine around me back. I stared at the trolls, they destroyed a few of my minions, they needed to be taken down. I rushed through the crowd, batting one Balverine away with my sword, rolling forward, dodging one of them that leapt on me, sending that one a well placed fireball before shooting a thunderbolt at t few others who were sent flying back. I concentrated on my fist before slamming it to the ground. Fire erupted all around me, shooting out in waves, burning up a few more Baleverines with their howls of pain showing their defeat.

Pulling out a will potion I gulped it down before slamming down the glass on one of the creatures head, it's yellow eyes closed for a second as if dazed before I placed both hands on my sword and swung hard. It contacted, sending the creature flying away, slamming onto another group of Balverines. I looked around, wondering how many of my minions did I have left and wondering how was Billy and Twinblade.

Twinblade seemed fine, the Balverines where having a hard time penetrating it's tough ghostly armor and Billy…

He jumped back when one of his creatures leaped at him. His sword swung, slicing through its skin like butter before moving side to side, swiping down more with that enchanted blade of his. He fought like a 

rogue, using his speed and shape to his advantage, dodging swipes and returning with quick slashes. The shield I placed on him still glowed strong and I wondered if he even got hit yet.

I didn't have time to ponder anymore as I landed on the floor. I heaved as I felt several others land on my back before I got pissed.

Billy watched as a group of Balverines landed on David, piling up on him as he briefly worried over his friend, until, the balverines went blasting off, flying everywhere as the blue minions went to help their master. Billy watched as David disappeared, using that will magic of his to travel in extreme speeds before appearing in the air, jumping on top of the back of one of the trolls.

Staring down on the top of the head of an earth troll is pretty cool but I didn't want to waste time. I raised my sword in the air, powering it with enough energy before stabbing down onto the troll's head. When I felt it become stuck, I pushed it harder and harder until I felt the troll stop moving. Balancing myself on the troll's back, it fell to the floor and broke into pieces with me tumbling off with my sword. The other troll once seeing its brethren fall, it turned its anger on me, hurling massive balls at my direction. Quickly, I blurred out, sending a mental command to my sorcerer's to concentrate their blasts on the last troll.

Balls of will energies made contact on the earth troll's body as it roared out in pain. I placed my hands together, concentrating as I reached a group of my sorcerers. Separating them, I formed a ball of fire, aiming it towards the last troll before throwing it.

It sailed through the air with several other energy bolts from my sorcerers, each one landing on the troll as it roared no more. There was a blast that sent the creatures around it flying before chunks of earth and grass littered the area, the trolls were defeated.

After wards, I rejoined the battle with the rest of my minions, ghost, and Billy. We quickly took the lead, killing the creatures and slimming down their numbers until there was a howl in the air that sounded different from the rest. The Balverines perked their ears before retreating with a few of my minions following. I allowed them too just to slow them down just in case a few of them were thinking of coming back.

Billy approached me, a grin on his face as the blue energy shield still surrounded him, the ghost Twinblade next to him. My minions waited patiently for their next orders, I didn't have much of them, maybe five or six left so I decided to direct them to hunt down the rest of the Balverines in which they started moving.

We walked towards the gate, observing the battle ground filled with bodies then looking at the scratch marks on the gate, the creatures were close to breaking through and I had to marvel at how strong the gate really was for something being made out of wood.

I felt a twitch in the air, something was forming. I stopped, Billy and Twinblade both stopped as well, Billy looked at me curiously as I tried to sense where it was coming from. I looked around the area, 

trying to find it before I felt a rumble, "Below!" I yelled out before something rose from the ground, tossing me to the side.

I fell to the ground but quickly sat up as I spotted a rock troll appear from where I was at. Billy stood to the sides, his sword drawn as Twinblade rushed it, slamming its ghost swords on the creature. It laughed as if unaffected before slamming its foot on my ghost; Twinblade disappeared in a puff of blue will sparkles.

Billy was next as the thing swung its arm low, smashing into Billy who was sent him flying back, crashing into the abandoned stable near the gate; I hoped the shield energy took most of the damage.

I stood up, forming a fire ball in one of my hands before tossing it. It landed, briefly exploding on its rocky body before it turned its gaze on me, I readied another one and sent it flying towards the thing's face.

It blocked with its arms as an annoyed look appeared. It slammed its hands into the ground, causing a small tremor as I tried to stay on my feet before pulling out one of the biggest boulders I have ever seen…then it tosses it to me.

Billy coughed up; removing the wooden debris from the destroyed thing he went crashing into. He looked at the rock troll that took them by surprise and saw it holding up a huge boulder. Billy watched it toss the thing towards a shock looking David who just stood there. He tried to yell at David to move but a cough came out instead, he could only watch as the boulder landed and a pang of worry shot through him.

He felt it though, Billy watched as the boulder started to move as he felt a pulsing of dark magic. The rock troll also stared, watching as the boulder broke into pieces as David stood there, his whole body glowing bright red along with his eyes. Billy wondered if he was transforming again, changing to Death bringer but something caught his eyes, David was huge, his muscles expanded enough that he thought David would break right out of that armor of his; he was almost as huge as Twinblade if not bigger. Billy watched as David charged forward like an angry beast as the rock troll scooped up another boulder, something a bit smaller this time. It threw the boulder towards the hulking man who lifted up Twinblades sword like a tooth pick, smacked the boulder and sending it crashing back into the rock troll before David closed the distance and leapt at the it, whatever this spell was, Billy had to worry since David seemed a little out of it.

'Enemy…Smash…' was the only words that went through my mind at the moment as I felt the rush of will energy through me. Standing near the Rock troll, I swung my blade, using it like a club and tearing away at the rock troll. It fought back, raising a fist and slamming it down towards me, I brought my blade up, using both hands to slam it against the things rocky arm.

crack

Part of the thing's hand chipped off as my blade cracked then shattered in front of me. I roared out in anger, leaping onto the troll, climbing its body and standing on top of its head. I slammed my huge fists 

down against its head. I didn't care how much magic I used or how insane I must have looked but I continued pounding away, a word running in my head, 'Smash!' so I smashed and smashed. The Rock troll kneeled down in pain, its head was cracking into pieces as I continued to slam my powered fists upon its head until my hands went through, the face broke off and it stopped moving. I jumped down, staring at the lifeless body that towered before me before placing my hands together and slamming them both one last time against the body…it fell into pieces.

I breathed hard, panting as I saw someone approach me. I tried to remember who it was, my mind was almost completely lost to the rage but he didn't seem like he would harm me. His hands were in a pacifying manner as he spoke, "David, it's me Billy; come on now, the thing is dead."

"Billy?" my voice was low as I felt my will energy dissipate inside my body. I felt myself shrink as my thoughts came back to me. When Billy was about the same size I remembered him being, I had to shake my head, rubbing at my face as Billy approached me.

"Hey, you back?"

I nodded,"yeah," I started walking to the gates, "we should probably check up on them shouldn't we."

Billy nodded, his shield energy gone as we walked towards the gates; he asked me, "what was that?"

I was still rubbing my forehead, that thing always gave me a headache, "berserk," I answered.