Hiccup was staring at Eret Inferno drawn, with a flaming aura surrounding him. Eret just stood there smiling.
"I was wondering when you are going to show up," he said.
"Unlike you Phantom goons, I look out for my friends," said Hiccup. "I will let you lay a hand on her!"
"Hiccup!" said Ruby breathlessly.
Hiccup didn't look her in the eye, but said to her, "Stay back, this could get ugly."
"Eret?" said the bald headed man.
"This one's mine," said Eret.
The two then charged at one another. Eret fired his iron club at Hiccup, but he simply blocked it with Inferno and grabbed the club. He then tossed Eret into a wall and slammed a blazing fist at him. This caused a small explosion and the other Phantom members ran for their lives.
"We gotta get out of here!" one of them yelled.
Hiccup and Eret jumped out of the smoke and then Hiccup dealt Eret with some powerful burning fists sending him flying across the room. Eret looked up and saw Hiccup descending upon him.
"Fire Dragon's Blazing Claw!" Hiccup yelled and swung a blazing fist straight at Eret, who blocked it with an iron club.
Ruby just stared in amazement as the impact caused the small explosion. "Whoa," she gasped.
Toothless appeared and ran up to Ruby. "Hey, are you all right?" he asked.
"Toothless?" said Ruby.
She then looked at Hiccup and felt very troubled. She could see Hiccup's eyes burning with anger was hard to tell if he had control of it or not.
"Is something wrong?" Toothless asked.
"No. It's just… I've never seen Hiccup like this," she said.
"Hiccup, rarely gets angry," Toothless admitted. "But when he does you don't want to be near him. Just be lucky that you're not the guy he is angry about."
Ruby gulped.
Eret got up and rubbed his chin as if nothing had happened. "Gonna say, your more cocky than I thought," he said.
"You're the cocky one here," Hiccup pointed out. "Did you truly think that you would get away fast to what you did to Ruby and our guild? I'm going to use all my firepower to melt face of yours."
"Sounds like fun," said Eret.
The tour then then charted one another once again and began to trade blows. Then suddenly Eret's hand changed into a jagged steel blade. Sensing the danger, Hiccup jumped back just before Eret swung it.
"An interesting looking sword," Hiccup noted.
"This is the Iron Dragon's Sword anything it touches is cut to shreds," said Eret as the key for the sword began to spin. "Allow me to give you up close and personal demonstration."
"How was he doing that?" Ruby gasped.
"It Iron Dragon Slayer's magic," Toothless gasped.
Eret swung the blade straight at Hiccup, who was able to dodge it. When the blade hit the ground it created a powerful shockwave that tossed the other Phantom members across the room.
Eret carried on his assault on hiccup kept on dodging every single attack. After dodging one of Eret's slash attacks, Hiccup jumped a few yards away.
"You're quite nimble ain't ya," Eret noted.
"You no slouch yourself," said Hiccup.
"But we still got a score to settle from the other day. No time like the present, wouldn't you agree?"
"Then let's put an end to this."
Ruby looks at them fearfully. Both of them were Dragon Slayer's, meaning that they both had the power of a dragon and the two of them were about to fight it out right in front of her.
Suddenly, Eret's skin started to turn to what looked like steel scales.
"Are you very kid?" Eret asked.
"He's changing!" Ruby gasped.
"Dragon scales!" Toothless yelled.
"Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!" Eret yelled.
He then swung his steel fist straight at Hiccup, who made an attempt to block it. When the fist made contact, Hiccup was flown straight across the room and slammed into the wall. Hiccup was now on his knees and his arm was badly bruised.
"Hearing you hit that wall, was music to my ears," said Eret.
"He took Hiccup down with just one hit," said Ruby worriedly.
"That's because those skills on his fist are made of steel," Toothless explained.
Eret began to pummel Hiccup with his steel fists and was enjoying every minute of it. He then tried to make an attempt to kick him, but Hiccup saw this and managed to duck in time. It was a good thing he did, because the wind from the kick nearly toppled Ruby and Toothless to the ground.
"This is seriously much wind coming from his kick?" Ruby yelled over the wind.
"His attack twice as strong now he's coming in those dragon scales!" Toothless yelled.
Hiccup then punched Eret in the face with a blazing fist, but all he really did was into his own hands. Toppled over and grabbed his wrist and winced painfully.
"That has to hurt," Eret said evilly. "I hate to break it to you, but your puny hand can't scratch this steel."
"It's like he's got indestructible armour," Ruby gasped.
"Hiccup!" Toothless yelled.
"Don't worry I'm fine," said Hiccup wincing.
"Cut the act!" Eret yelled and punched Hiccup into the ground. "You just don't want your friends to see you crying like a baby!"
Eret then tried to punch Hiccup again, but this time he dodged the attack.
"I'll show you who's the baby," said Hiccup and began to take in a deep breath. "Fire Dragon's—"
Then Eret too took in a deep breath. "Iron Dragon's—"
"What?" Ruby gasped.
"He's got a breath attack like Hiccup," Toothless gasped.
"Roar!" they yelled.
Eret's breath attack was a lot different than Hiccup's, instead of fire he shot out shards of metal. The two attacks collided and caused an explosion that knocked Ruby, Toothless and the remaining Phantom members.
"Told you we should have run," said the bald headed man.
"I never said we shouldn't," said his sister.
When the smoke cleared both Hiccup and Eret were still standing. However, Hiccup was badly busied while Eret's body was just smoking.
"Looks like there are some major differences to between Fire and Iron Dragon, Night Fury," Eret smirked. "You can shower me with flame attacks until you run out of hot air, but it's not going to crack my armour. On the other hand just one of my iron breath attacks can ripe you're body to shreds."
"Hiccup," said Ruby worriedly.
"Come on, take him," said Toothless.
Hiccup then smiled. "I can't crack you're armour, huh," he said. "You sure you don't feel a draft?"
Suddenly the armour around Eret's face began to crack.
"He did it," Ruby said amazed.
"Look I don't just shot out regular old fire, the Fire Dragon's Roar can destroy anything it touches," said Hiccup as he removed his hoody that was now in tatters. Then a fiery aura surrounded him. "I think it's time we stopped playing around. Let's get down to the real fight."
Then Eret's body was surrounded by a powerful green aura. "Let's go!" he yelled.
"Whoa, their getting serious," said a the bald headed Phantom member.
"They were only playing around before?" his sister gasped.
"This rare advent we're seeing," said Toothless. "It's not every day you see two Dragon Slayers fight it out."
"There are amazing," said Ruby breathlessly.
"Rumblehorn, I'm ready when you are," said Hiccup.
"This guy is not big enough to dragons, kid," said Eret. "So I'll just have to take you down Night Fury."
Ruby just stared at them fearfully, she had no idea where this battle would lead, but she prayed to the gods that Hiccup would be victorious.
Meanwhile, outside, Dragon Tail was still battling against the Phantom Soldiers. Then all of a sudden they seem to all merge together into one big entity with several giant ghostly fists.
"These creeps have gone a lot creepier," Ruffnut noted.
"If it's not one thing it's another," said Spitelout.
"Yeah, it's bad," said Gobber.
Then the entity began to pound away at the ruined Dragon Tail Guild hall. All the Dragon Tail members just stared at it in horror.
"It's tearing down our Guild hall!" Agatha yelled.
At once every single Dragon Tail member began to shoot spells as it, but it seemed to have very little effect.
Meanwhile, in the giant, Hiccup and Eret charged one another with their fists raised and when they collide they created a powerful shockwave. Then they launch themselves straight into the air.
"Did they really just do that?" the bald headed Phantom member asked in amazement.
"They're flying," a phantom member gasped.
Seconds later the two Dragon Slayers began to attack one another. From where Ruby was standing it looked like fireworks.
"Whoa, what going on up there?" the bald headed phantom member asked.
"Fireworks?" said Ruby stunned.
They all stared in amazement as Hiccup and Eret colliding with one another. No one was more surprised than the Phantom members.
"What the?" said the girl in the bandanna.
"He's actually keeping up with the boss," her brother gasped.
Hiccup and Eret trading blows with one another, until the horn on the giant's head broke and felt towards them. They all ran trying just in time, because the horn had landed right where they were.
When the smoke cleared they saw that Hiccup and Eret standing there both breathing very heavily.
"Is that kid beating Eret?" said the girl in the bandanna stunned.
Her brother shook his head. "No. Look Night Fury is out of breath to."
The two Dragon Slayers stared at one another, until Eret picked up some metal began to eat it.
"Now you're playing dirty," said Hiccup.
"I can't believe he's eating iron," said Ruby stunned.
"Talk about having iron in your diet," said Toothless. "But all jokes aside this is a problem."
Toothless was right, once he finished eating, Eret began to glow with a very bright green aura.
"Where is it getting all that energy?" Ruby asked.
"Have you forgotten, when Dragon Slayers eat their own element they replenish their magical energy and increase their power," Toothless reminded.
"So Hiccup has to eat his own element, that shouldn't be a problem he's always got Inferno with him" said Ruby.
"One problem, Eret's had just eaten it," Toothless pointed out.
Ruby turned her head and gasped, because lying on the floor next to Eret was the handle of Inferno.
"When did he get that?" Ruby asked bewildered.
"He must took a while they were fighting in mid-air," Toothless guessed. "This is a problem, Hiccup counting his own fire has to come from an outside source."
"But how can we make that happen?" Ruby panicked.
"Say good night, kid," said Eret and is hand turned into a large spearhead. "Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!"
Suddenly a large number of steel spears shot out from it and blasted Hiccup.
Meanwhile, Ruby was turning out a pocket looking for a Celestial Keys.
"Come on, fire, fire. Do I have any kind of fire spirit?" she said. Then she remembered that she lost all of her Celestial Keys when she was kidnapped, apart from the one she got from Lunar Island. "Forgot her lost my keys when I was kidnapped. The only one I have on the new one, Sagittarius."
Problem was she didn't have a contract with it, but on the other hand Hiccup couldn't take much more punishment she had no choice.
"Open Gate of the Archer! Sagittarius!" she yelled.
There was a bright light and the sound of hooves pounding on the ground. When the light faded there stood a handsome centaur. The top half was that of a fair-skinned man with black curly-wavy hair that falls freely to his back. His lower half was that of all white stallion.
All he wore was a pair of braces on his arms with the Sagittarius symbol on them and a bow and quiver's full of arrows strapped to his back.
"You called milady," said Sagittarius.
"I'll explain later, but I need you to shoot fire," said Ruby.
"I'm afraid I cannot do that milady, I am an excellent archer but I cannot produce fire," said Sagittarius sadly.
"Well, it was a long shot," said Ruby disappointingly.
"Ruby, you guys better get out of the way!" Hiccup yelled.
"Okay," said Ruby and they all moved further away.
"Fire Dragon's Crimson Horn!" Hiccup yelled as flames covered him
He then slammed into Eret, but his attack barely fazed him.
"Is that all you got?" Eret snorted. "Don't make me laugh."
Eret then punched him to the ground and slammed his iron club pushing Hiccup's face down into the floor.
"Why don't you taste some iron!" Eret yelled and dragged Hiccup across the floor.
Ruby stared in horror, while the Phantom members looked disguised.
"That's brutal," said the girl in the bandanna.
"Eret's crazy strong," said her brother.
"Or plan crazy," said another Phantom member.
"I think I've had my fun with you," said Eret looking down at Hiccup's crumbled body. He then tossed Hiccup's motionless body across the room to where a huge hole in the wall showed the battle at the Dragon Tail guild. "So get lost."
"He's down," said Ruby putting her hands over her mouth. She stared at Hiccup, who was not moving. "This can't be happening. Hiccup can't just lose, can he? Get up!"
Eret laughed evilly. "Hey, take a look at your guild hall. We're doing so redecorating," he said.
Hiccup opened his eyes and saw the massive phantom entirety destroying the guild hall. He saw the twins, Gobber and the others attacking the creature with all they had, but nothing seemed to be working and then the guild hall collapsed.
Hiccup couldn't help, but remember all the times he had at that old guild hall. He remembered his father taking him to the guild hall to finally become a member. His father had told him that dragons were powerful creatures and that they soared to new heights and told him that's why the guild was called Dragon Tail. A place where a Viking can soar to new heights and reach to new potential.
He also remembered the times he spent with the of Vikings at his age. He and Ragnar often wondered around the forest to go adventuring. He would watch Astrid at a distance as she practiced with her favourite axe. He would watch the twins get into trouble every time they blew up a building. Finally he could forget the times Snotlout had used him as a punching bag.
But the one thing that got to his feet was remembering the day Ruby was so excited to join Dragon Tail, the day they laughed and went on jobs and the day she cried saying she wanted to stay at Dragon Tail.
He got to his feet and slowly approached Eret, he could barely stand let alone fight, but that wasn't going to stop him.
"Hiccup! Don't do this!" Ruby begged as tears rolled down her cheek. "Let's just give them what they want. Maybe if I just let them take me they'll leave you alone."
"Ruby," said Toothless and Ruby looked down at him. "You know that there's no way he's let that happen."
Ruby can help but not tearfully.
"Your Guild hall is in shambles, so how does it feel to lose?" Eret asked.
Hiccup didn't answer, but instead raises fist to swing a punch at Eret. However, Eret struck first and passion so hard that he slammed into some electrical equipment and toppled to the ground in a crumpled heap.
"I can't stand watching this happen," said Ruby covering her eyes.
"I'd stay down if I were you, Night Fury," said Eret as he slowly approached Hiccup, who was trying to get to his feet. "Because I'm starting to get bored with holding back and it's not going to be good for you."
Toothless to was now tearing up. "Hiccup took down Odin and battle against two of the Element Four, he used way too much of his magical power," he said. "If only he could just eat some fire he be strong enough to beat this creep!"
They watched as Eret lifted Hiccup by the helm of his shirt and his arm turn into an iron sword and was prepared to deal the final blow. "So long kid, you reach the end of the line."
"Just a moment," said Sagittarius as he aimed his bow and arrow. "It would seem as if I didn't quite understand what you are asking of me earlier. When I arrived you asked whether or not I could produce fire and I answered I did not have the power to do so. However, now I see that it's the file itself which is important, it doesn't matter if I can't produce it myself as long as it's produced."
"This is it Night Fury!" Eret yelled. "This is the end."
At that moment Sagittarius fired several arrows at the electrical equipment. Seconds after they meet impact and explosion happened and covered Hiccup and Eret in flames.
"Nice shot," said Toothless.
"You found a way to create fire," Ruby gasped.
"Depending on the force that one applies when shooting an arrow and the trajectory that arrow follows, it's possible to pierce or shatter steel," Sagittarius explained.
"That blasted centaur getting in my way," Eret growled.
"Wow, you're an archery genius, Sagittarius," Ruby praised.
"Well, I aim to please," said Sagittarius.
"And he makes jokes, great," Toothless muttered.
Hiccup then started to exhort the flames and at once his magical energy was replenished.
"Just what I needed, thanks a million Ruby," he said giving her a big thumbs up.
Ruby smiled and gave him a thumbs up back.
Eret charges way towards Hiccup, hoping to take him down before you can fully recover. "It all the file you want, but you're still not beat me," he said and swung his fist at Hiccup.
However, it was hiccup who got the upper hand. He swung a blazing fist straight at Eret with such force that it sent him flying.
"All right," Ruby cheered.
"Taking down Hiccup!" Toothless yelled.
Eret slammed into the dislodged horn and it cracks and began to topple backwards. Eret recovered and faced Hiccup with a new burning rage.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" he yelled.
Eret's breath attack made its way to Hiccup, who blocked it with his bare hands and divided it into.
"He deflected my breath attack! And he did it with his bare hands!" Eret gasped.
"I don't know how many more people you need to hurt before you're satisfied, but it ends now," said Hiccup.
"There's no way," said Eret nervously. "I can't lose to him. It's impossible, he's nothing more than Dragon dung."
"Messing with Dragon Tail was the biggest mistake you have made!" Hiccup roared.