On the Northern coastline, Hiccup and his team were still battling against the Alvarez ground forces.

Bakel had just swung his massive fist at Hiccup, who quickly blocked it. Hiccup then retaliated with a blazing fist and despite the fact that he managed to block it, Bakel was pushed backwards which unnerved the soldiers.

"Did that guy just pushed Captain Bakel with a punch?"

"I thought he was made captain because of his brawn, he's definitely not the strategic type."

"That is the only reason that he is the captain!"

Bakel looked at Hiccup unwaveringly. "You think a little tab like that is going to stop me?"

"Oh, good. He's fine you guys."

Toothless then landed next to Hiccup. "Hiccup, would you get serious? You would have taken this guy down in a single second so why are you holding back?"

"We're at war, Toothless. I have to reserve my strength for when I need it," said Hiccup.

"Fair enough," said Toothless and then he immediately went to join the other Exceeds with fighting back against the soldiers.

Valka and Merrill were fighting side-by-side blowing away their enemies with their dragon breath attacks. Eret was also swatting soldiers aside with his iron clubs when suddenly a burst of dark magic appeared out of nowhere, he turned and saw Kareem was descending towards him.

Eret quickly jumped back to avoid yet another one of his attacks, but Kareem kept on attacking again and again.

"I am Kareem of the Chaghatai Division, and I am here to carry out my orders," he said to Eret.

Meanwhile within Berk itself, Ragnar and Heather were doing battle the soldiers that managed to infiltrate the magic barrier.

"There's certainly a lot of these jerks," said Ragnar.

"That's true, but we faced more the fight with Avatar," Heather reminded him.

"True, but these guys are far better trained and a lot stronger. Also, this is just a squad, there's a whole army it's going to be a real pain."

Then suddenly they saw a cluster of soldiers being knocked aside and that when they saw Snotlout jumping in the air.

"The Snot is here to lend a hand!" Snotlout yelled as he slammed his hands down on the ground sending more soldiers flying.

"For once actually glad to see Snotlout," said Ragnar.

"Adelaide is here too," said Heather as she watched Adelaide stepping forth.

"Satan Soul Form…" said Adelaide and then started to transform into their amazement they saw standing in front of them was Seilah. "Adelaide Seilah!"

"What the hell?" Ragnar stared dumbfounded.

"You were able to use your Take Over Magic on her?" said Heather bewildered. "So does that mean you have her cursed power too?"

Adelaide smiled at the soldiers. "I order you all, to sleep." Then almost immediately all the soldiers surrounding collapsed and fell asleep. "Sweet dreams."

Both Ragnar and Heather were completely dumbfounded, though unfortunately not all the soldiers had fallen asleep and continue to charge them.

"Hey, Adelaide, it didn't work on some of them," Snotlout pointed out.

"Then let's give them a smackdown," Adelaide smiled.

"Remind me never to get on her bad side," said Ragnar looking at Heather, who nodded in agreement.

Wall watched as a soldiers advance towards them and he soon realised what was going on.

"Ah, the demon curse… Macro" he said. "Now I get it, she's playing with one of Emperor Drake's discarded toys."

Meanwhile, Astrid was getting completely overwhelmed by Chaghatai insanely powerful sandstorm. To make matters worse she found herself unable to Requip so she can mount a proper defence or attack.

"When I'm done with you, there's going to be nothing left but a cloud of sand blowing in the wind," said Chaghatai.

'Why can't I Requip right now?' she said puzzled and then she remembered what happened on Eos. 'Our spatial magic was blocked on Eos as well, could this same Vikings doing?'

Back at the Guildhall, everyone was still studying the situation, not only were they doing with this more than God but they had free advancing armies approaching them from the East, South and West.

"Call up the Trickster unit, Astrid is in trouble," Master Hiccup advised. "Is the Odin ready to fire?"

"Even if we survive this wave, they're just gonna keep on sending bigger ones," said Speedfist.

"Give my order now!" Master Hiccup ordered. "I need your telepathy, Speedfist!"

Speedfist looks as if he was having a mental breakdown, which wasn't the best time. Wartihog decided to fix the situation by kicking him in the crotch.

"Will you stop crying and pull yourself together!" he snapped. He then forced Speedfist to face him and grabbed the hem of his jacket pulling him towards him. "We're all scared okay! Look at me I can barely stop my legs from trembling to stand up!"

"What am I supposed to do?" Speedfist asked.

"You're supposed to fight with us! They're trying to destroy our home and our way of life! We have a duty to protect Berk!"

"I'm kicking me in the nuts is supposed to help?" Speedfist questioned, but then he placed his fingers on his temple. "Come in, Trickster Unit do you read? This is Speedfist what is your status?"

"We just need five more minutes then we blast them," said Ruffnut.

"Good luck, we're counting on you to save the Guild!" He then took a deep breath and looked at Wartihog. "It did help, thanks Wartihog."

Stoick looked at Master Hiccup. "I apologise for all this, sometimes the kids can lose their cool."

"It's fine," Master Hiccup assured him though he was still slightly concerned. 'We can't afford to give up like this, that would mean the end. I need to think of a plan quickly.'

Meanwhile, Ruby was still rather bewildered to discover that Brandish was in her bathtub having a bath.

"I… I don't understand what you're doing here," said Ruby looking a little flustered.

Brandish just narrowed her eyes. "I want you to get in with me."

"What!? First, you break into my house to use my bathtub and now you expect me to join you! Are you insane or just—"

"Don't make me repeat myself, I don't like having to do that," she said in a threatening tone. She then turned her eyes to Atran and then picked up. "Oh, I get it it's because of him."

"Hey, A+ don't be shy," he smiled. Brandish then released him and then dropped him in the small plastic container. "Hold on! Please, my lady, don't do this to me!"

Brandish then placed the top on ceiling him inside. "I'll put him away for now so hop on in."

"Not a chance!" Ruby snapped.

Brandish then glared at her. "There's no need to fight it, besides your Guild lost the war the moment I came here. You remember what my magic can do right, in just a blink of an eye? I can make this town the size of an anthill, all we had to do is step on it. For now, I would rather take a relaxing bath then enjoy your company, you understand what I'm saying don't you? There's no need to cry so long as you do exactly as I tell you, no one is going to get hurt. My pets are extremely well taken care of believe it or not."

"Wait, did you just call me a pet?" said Atran.

"Why are you doing all this?" Ruby asked.

Brandish then snapped her fingers and the entire place shock.

"What was that?" Ruby stared.

"The building next door, I shrunk it," Brandish shrugged.

Ruby had a feeling that she wasn't kidding there was a good thing that no one was inside that building or they would have been crushed.

"I'm not asking you, this is me giving you a direct order," said Brandish flatly. "Get in the tub."

"Can I get a little peek?" Atran asked hopefully. "Just kidding."

Ruby then reluctantly began to remove her clothes. 'I can't use my magic so long as that guy is around. I don't know what she's really after, I'll take a challenge… it's a naked battle.'

Ruby then stepped into the tab and sat opposite Brandish glaring at her and trying to figure out what she wanted.

"Ah, come on Brandish please let me out," Atran pleaded.

"Now what is your goal here?" Ruby asked.

"You're not looking very cute," said Brandish and pulled out a headband with cat ears. "So put this on."

Ruby stared at him in bewilderment. "Are you serious?"

Sadly she was being serious and Ruby had no choice but to put the headband on along with a choker with a small bell. She was pretty glad that no one else could see because this was utterly embarrassing.

"Oh wow, I can't believe it, your adorable," said Brandish.

Ruby was fighting the urge to slap her, though she knew if she did it could end up destroying the entire town.

Brandish then looked at her curiously. "I could swear that I've seen you somewhere before somewhere."

"In Sorcerer Weekly, I would bet," Ruby murmured. "I was a reporter there and a model for about a year or so."

"We don't get your Eastern magazines in Alvarez."

"Maybe it was at last year's Grand Magic Games?"

"What is that? It's weird, I can't remember."

Ruby just stared at her blankly. "Wait a second, did you go through these ridiculous lengths just a figure that out?"

"Yeah, so what? Speaking of ridiculous, how can we have a serious conversation while you're in cat ears?"

Ruby now really wanted to strangle her.

"Anyway," Brandish continued. "Think you can scrub my back for me?"

She then turned around facing her back against Ruby and she reluctantly began to scrub it.

'Why in the heck am I doing this?' Ruby grumbled.

"You haven't told me your name," said Brandish.

"It's Ruby."

"I would be more than happy to scrub your back, my lady!" Atran yelled. "Anything for an A+ like you."

'Her guard is down, now's my chance,' said Ruby. In her hand, she was holding the broken key of Aquarius. 'I'll take down one of the Twelve, I can do it.'

She then raised the broken key of Aquarius, preparing to stab Brandish on the back with the pointy end.

"Are you Crystal's daughter?" Brandish asked.

Ruby's eyes widened and she stopped what she was doing in shock. "You know my mum?"

"That is what it is, your Crystal's only daughter," she said turning to face her with a murderous look. "That's the reason I know you."

Then suddenly Ruby saw the house was beginning to shrink.

"Oh no, the room is shrinking," she panicked. Ruby immediately rushed out of the bathroom of grabbing a towel and her keys. "Gotta run!"

She wrapped the towel around her and rush towards the door, she managed to get out just in time before the building became the size of a dollhouse. Ruby looked up and saw the brandish was now standing in front of the miniature house.

"To think you live in that damp, still I'm glad I found you," she said.

"Who are you? And what connection do you have with my mother?" Ruby asked.

Brandish just looked at her with a murderous intent. "It's too much of a hassle to explain."

"Get the hell away from Ruby you weirdo!" a voice yelled.

Brandish turned and saw several cards flying towards her, she quickly jumped back and they flew right past her. She then turned towards the person who had tossed the cards who was none other than Agatha.

"Berk isn't your personal playground you know. So you need to get out of here!"

Ruby looked at her relieved. "Agatha!"

Agatha then looked at Ruby's appearance. "Am I interrupting something between you two, because it looks like some kinky stuff is going down."

Ruby immediately covered herself up. "You really got the wrong idea about this!" She then pulled out the container containing Atran. "Anyway, it's all okay now."

"Hey, what's going on out there?" Atran asked.

Ruby then dropped the container and then smashed her foot down on top of it and squishing Atran.

"Whoops," Ruby smiled.

"Atran?" Brandish stared, clearly forgotten she had put him in the container earlier.

Ruby then pulled out Aries' key. "Now I can use my Celestial Spirit Magic. Star Dress: Aries Form!"

A bright light then covered Ruby and within moments she was wearing a two-toned black and white, short woollen hoop dress that ended at her mid-thigh. Her shoulders and arms were bare, though they were covered by pink woollen arm warmers and a woollen scarf was wrapped around her neck. Her legs were covered by horizontally striped pink and black leggings. She also had Aries' zodiac sign on their left shoulder and her hair was styled into bangs framing her face whilst two gold ram horns sit aside her head and behind which a pair of side ponytails emerge from.

"Brings back memories of our tag team battle at Cove Island," said Agatha.

Atran was barely conscious and all the air was leaving his body. "You have such exquisite feet, my lady. They're A+."

He then fell unconscious.

Meanwhile, on the flagship, Astrid was still getting overwhelmed by Chaghatai's intense sandstorm she had no idea how long she could hold out. She then noticed that she was now able to use her magic again, how she had no idea but she wasn't complaining.

'My Requip is back,' she said.

Then suddenly her entire body began to glow dispelling the sandstorm with a powerful surge of wind.

"Is that wind?" Chaghatai frowned.

Astrid was soon standing there wearing a dark brown armour, which left her abdomen exposed and attached to her back where two pairs of razor-sharp blades that resembled wings. In her hand, she was also holding a pair of twin swords and she appeared to be wearing high heels.

"Stormcutter Armour!" she said.

She then flew directly towards Chaghatai with incredible speed and struck him with one of her blades. Next moment he found himself being sent flying across the ship, though he managed to withstand the attack.

"Nice try," he said.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Hiccup and the rest of his team had successfully take out the ground forces on the Northern coastline.

"Imagine a little longer than expected," said Toothless.

"What do you expect when we've been holding back?" Hiccup questioned.

"Yeah, I was only using 1/10 of my power," said Eret.

"It's not over quite yet," said Valka looking up at the sky.

"Another wave of ships," said Skullcrusher.

"It's like there's no end to them," said Stormfly.

"Master Hiccup did say get would be like this, we just have to have faith that we can win," said Merrill.

"In the meanwhile, we have to hold the line," said Cloudjumper.

Bakel then immediately jumped to his feet and raised his fist. "Give up now!" He then slammed his fist right down on top of Hiccup. "How can you beat the army when this is all you've got! You losers can't even handle the Chaghatai Division!"

Hiccup, however, seem to be unfazed with the attack. "We can't, huh?"

"What?"

Hiccup then slammed his elbow right into his chest knocking the wind right out of him. He then clenched his left fist and then slammed it right into his chest and sent him flying into the sky at incredible speed.

Everyone just watched as Bakel disappeared into the distance, Kareem just watched from the ground in utter bewilderment.

'Yeah, I think I'm just going to stay down,' he said to himself.

Bakel was sent flying straight into the flagship, went straight through its hull and shot right past Chaghatai and Astrid.

"What the hell?" said Chaghatai staring up at Bakel.

Astrid then took advantage of the distraction. "Thanks, Hiccup. Forgiving me an opening!"

She then immediately took off and struck Chaghatai with her blade before he even realised what was going on. Chaghatai had been taken completely by surprise, not only because of her attack but because the attack actually dealt some damage.

"No way," he winced. "How did she—?" Astrid then spun around and attacked him yet again and just like before he felt the attack. "This shouldn't even be possible, because anything that touches my body should turn into sand. No blade can ever cut me."

In Astrid's right hand, she had traded one of her blades with the sword from her Scauldron Armour and he soon realised what was happening.

"A water sword?" he stared.

He then quickly unleashed a burst of sand towards her. "The Scauldron Sword solidifies your sand!"

She then swung the sword at the sand solidifying it and forcing Chaghatai to jump back and he landed on the crow's nest.

"Damn, you won't win this fight!" he yelled. "Cannon fodder like you is nothing compared to me. You made a mistake when you took me on, no one can beat me!"

He then unleashed a massive sandstorm.

"It's over," said Astrid. "I figured out your magic. Why the Stormcutter sword can blow away your sand!" To demonstrate she swung her blade and immediately dispelled the sand. "Sand is feeble in so many ways."

"I believe sandstorm will change your mind," Chaghatai smiled.

Then suddenly the storm returned, but it wasn't just rounding Astrid but the ship as well.

"It's covering the entire ship," she stared.

"And more."

To Astrid horror she discovered that the sandstorm was consuming the entire city.

"What's going on? Where did this sand come from?" said Hiccup.

"I bet that Sand Viking is doing it," said Merrill.

"It's hurting my eyes," said Toothless closing them tightly.

"Now what?" Skullcrusher asked. "More enemies are coming!"

"We can't step back, we Dragon Slayers can use our noses to find them," said Eret.

Things weren't much better at the Guildhall as sad was pouring inside.

"What's with all the sand?" said Stoick.

"Make sure the doors and windows are tightly shut," Master Hiccup ordered.

"What the heck is happening?" said Ruby.

"Chaghatai, you're always such a pain," said Brandish.

"This sucks," said Snotlout.

"I can barely see any vein!" Ragnar yelled.

"He's using Sand World," said Wall, who appear to be unaffected by the sandstorm. "Seems like they have a fight are strong enough to push Chaghatai to extremes."

At the temple, despite the fact that the doors were sealed sand was still pouring inside.

"Ah, crap," said Dogsbreath. "This stupid sand spell is getting through the hole in your Enchantment."

"Dammit," Fenris cursed.

"This is horrible! Now we have to live in a dust cloud?" said Rubbella.

"The sand is this thick inside, how bad is everything on the outside?" Dogsbreath wondered.

"Can't you reinforce the Enchantment and keep the sandstorm out?" Rubbella asked looking at Fenris.

"Just give me a break, I'm at my limit here," he reminded her.

The twins were also getting pounded by this reading sandstorm which made visibility almost non-existent.

"The Odin Cannon is finally ready to fire again, but it's impossible to aim with this storm," said Ruffnut.

"If only we had some sort of beacon," said Tuffnut.

Back on the flagship, Astrid was still bewildered by what she was witnessing.

"No way, he's covered the whole of Berk with his spell?" she said. "They have the power to shrink an island and create massive weather events? They're truly unlike any foe that Dragon Tail has ever faced."

"Let me welcome you to the Sand World," said Chaghatai's voice. "In here I am God and Iranian without mercy."

Astrid then immediately sensed behind her, but before she could do anything he immediately pounded her with sand bullets.

"Sand Rain!" he yelled.

The attack struck with so much force that she was not to the ground.

"You're afraid of being completely immobilised, of having to fight an enemy you can't see," said Chaghatai's voice. "To me, it is clear as day, not only can I see your fear I can also feel it."

Astrid immediately spun around. "There!"

She then swung her Scauldron sword, but unfortunately, she missed. She was beginning to suspect that his power was somewhat similar to Heather's, who was able to turn into water but he was able to turn into sand.

"Pathetic, you don't have a chance!" Chaghatai roared.

Astrid then suddenly felt a hand grasping around her throat which belonged to Chaghatai, who then lifted her off her feet. She was barely able to breathe and as a result, ended up dropping her blades.

"Recognise me as your god and start begging to me for forgiveness," he instructed. "Do that and I'll show you mercy, I'll grant you an instant death."

'My strength is fading,' said Astrid doing everything she could to remain conscious.

"It's excruciating, my magic in dry up all the water in your body the source of life itself. Do you want to shrivel up and die painfully in that way?" He then tightened his grip. "Come on, say god and I'll end your suffering."

Astrid was getting weaker by the second, she was already fighting it difficult to speak and Chaghatai appear to be enjoying every second of her struggle.

"You are strong," she said weakly. "But still you are not a god and even if you were my guild… my friends… would never bow down… because we're not afraid."

Chaghatai was taken aback by this response, he was clearly surprised that Astrid still had the will to fight.

"And we don't put our faith in just anyone," she continued. "We know exactly where to look! Flightmare Armour!"

She then immediately transformed her armour once again which was now a ghostly blue and appear to be made mostly of leather. There was a short cape, with pauldrons protruding from under it, and the cloth circling Astrid's waist, held up by a simple belt on the front. She was now donating a one-piece suit revealing her legs, whose upper part is covered by fishnet leggings, and with high-heeled armoured greaves with large knee guards covering her calves. Her arms were heavily armoured as well and her hair was now styled in tangled buns on top of her head.

The glow emanating from her armour was blinding, forcing Chaghatai to close his eyes.

"You're wasting your time!" he said and sand began to appear around his free hand and took on the form of a battleaxe. "Sand Battleaxe! Now your head is mine!"

However, Astrid's plan was not to blind Chaghatai, but rather to give away her position to the twins.

The twins still had no idea where to fire the Odin Cannon, but then they saw a bright light on the horizon. So bright in fact that it was cutting through the sandstorm.

"I see a light, it's coming from the fleet!" Tuffnut yelled.

"I see it," said Ruffnut and she had a good idea where was coming from. "And I know exactly what it is. That Astrid's light!"

Without hesitation the immediately aimed directly at the light and charged up the cannon and then fired. Chaghatai was too preoccupied with Astrid to realise that the blast was heading straight towards him until it was too late and it struck him with incredible force.

"No, impossible," he said as he was tossed into the sky.

Astrid smiled and immediately switched her armour for her Red Death armour and with spear in hand she charged it Chaghatai at full speed.

"Red Death Devastation!" she yelled striking him with all her might.

The attack was strong enough to knock him unconscious and then moments later his flagship blew up and the spell he cast on the city dispelled.

"It's clear again," said Merrill.

"Sure is," Eret agreed.

Hiccup smiled knowing that Astrid had just been victorious.