The Fate of the First Hero of Light
I look at the sky. A beautiful clear day without clouds. The sky is a deep blue.
The wailing of the enemies. I have never heard the sound of suffering so intense even the "master of tortures" my Grandmother has never made someone scream like this.
"What a clear day. Do you not think so Knight?"
The scene is so brutal. The Knight is throwing up, he is totally incapacitated. It looks like he is going to pass out soon.
Earlier
"Grandmother are you sure this creature's information is reliable? I removed an arm and gouged out an eye. Still it said nothing?" "Geir some creatures respond differently to external trauma. It was so shocked at what had happened, it could not react. You have to approach these ones with a gradual increase of pain over a long period. This information is absolutely true."
"Castle Brain-Stem, that just sounds too far fetched. The enemy is Lord Skeleton?!"
"Grandmother can you not make doubly sure?" "Geir this information, is reliable. I swear on my years of experience in the way of tortures. I can guarantee you this is the truth." "Very well I will find the Knight first." "What of Drusus and Teela?" "At the Royal Castle I asked Gerrick to arrest the Guards that were on duty and the Minister as well. Talk to them, they will know." "Thank you Geir." The jail's walls shatter. My Grandmother runs towards the Castle.
I arrive at the west battlefield, I climb a tall hill. The Royal Army is fiercely fighting the enemy.
The enemies are wearing white masks with frightful expressions. They are meant to intimidate the men. They wear dark purple cloaks. The cloaks are cut from top to bottom into separate pieces. It looks as if you would take a flower with long petals and turn it upside down. They move their weapons through the separations. You cannot see where the strikes came from. The Royal Soldiers are excellent warriors, even though they can only see the strikes when they are almost touching them. They parry and strike back immediately.
I am compelled to help the Kingdom by the various agreements we signed. Also my completely white parka bothers me. Where can I find the most dead enemies? The Knight should be there. In the distance a mighty man. He is so large, the other soldiers and myself look like children compared to him.
"Ruiseart where is the Knight?"
"Warchief wonderful to see you! Are you well?" He turns the enemy attacking him's head, in the same way you would when opening a jar. I hear every bone in his neck snap.
"I am well thank you. Do you know where the Knight is?" "The Knight? Warchief." "I mean Sir Hunfrey." "He is in the middle of the battlefield. Come Warchief I will throw you there!" "Thank you."
He picks me up by the neck. He cast me like you would a ball. Where I land, I hit the enemies with force. They are thrown over and roll on the ground.
"KNIGHT WHERE ARE YOU!"
"GEIR I AM HERE!" The enemies move to kill me. I hit them with an overhead strike with my blunt broadsword on the head. Their heads are cracked open and all of their spines bones are fractured. I do not have time for this parrying nonsense. I learned from the cursed sword "Houtplank". I can cast my crystal magics on a blunt sword to sharpen it. Blunt strikes can break bones and stun, sharp blades can only cut. This is a normal broadsword I bought in the Capitol. I will never use any Dwarven weapon ever again! I also have a spare on my back if this one breaks.
There are heaps upon heaps of dead bodies. The Knight's magic blade "Rustbane" is shinier now. You can see a tiny sliver of shiny metal when it moves. The unbreakable blade is reconstructing itself. The blood being spilled is sharpening it by magical means. I am also killing enemies, hitting them on the head, they drop like sacks of rocks.
"Knight we have to go and save Zelda." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN GEIR?" "That was not Zelda on the throne. The Minister Dafur was working with another creature who took her place." "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" He grabs a very unfortunate enemy. The Knight relieves his frustration on the doomed person, pulling him and twisting then pressing him together. Finally he throws him down on the ground. I hear something burst.
"GEIR AFTER THIS WAR IS OVER. WE WILL MOVE WITH SPEED, TO RESCUE THE QUEEN!" "Why are you not upset with me? I abandoned you did I not." I say while I kill two enemies.
"WHEN YOU LEFT THE THRONE ROOM AFTER HER LADYSHIP REPRIMANDED ME. I WAS THINKING FOR LONG MOMENTS ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANT TO BE CALLED A JUST PERSON. WHEN YOU ABANDONED US EVEN TOUGH SIR IZDRYN AND HER MAJESTY WERE DISGUSTED. I COULD NOT FEEL THE SAME WAY. FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. THAT COULD ONLY BE CALLED NOBLE. GEIR I WANT TO..."
I hear bones break, while my broadsword strikes the enemy. "Knight forget about all that. Is there a choke point close to here?" "There is a circular open area. It only has one entrance ." "Move all your men there." "GEIR THAT IS TOO DANGEROUS IF YOUR PLAN FAILS. THE KINGDOM WILL DEFENSELESS!"
I produce a circular object in my hand and show it to the Knight. "GEIR THIS CANNOT BE!" "Yes, Knight it is."
All the Royal Armies men are close to the back of the large circular canyon's open clearing. There is a large crystal circle on the side opposite of them. There is an even larger one behind them.
The enemies cloaks are burnt off, in not even a single instant. Their masks are melted onto their faces, some grasped their masks wanting to pull them off. When they were removed, more than just the masks came off! The metal armor of the enemies are white hot, the insides of the enemies are being cooked. The armour burst open at the sides. They contort their bodies, grasp at their throats and they are wailing incessantly.
A wind blows towards us, the smell is starting to reach us.
Everyone without exception of the Knight's forces are either throwing up, flinching or looking away from the brutal scene. My ice magics formed giant lenses and by turning them towards each other. I guided the suns light towards the enemy, focusing the light. Then finally burning the enemy soldiers. The Knight is so bleak. I wonder if I will have to carry him. Now there are only a few enemy soldiers left twitching and screaming out of pain.
"Can we leave Knight?" "GEIR THE CAMPAIGN IS NOT FINISHED YET!" "My tribe will assist you." "GEIR?" "They have become lazy."
My Tribe is fighting with the Knights forces. Almost a tenth of my Tribe have killed, the enemies losses are many times more. Still this is unacceptable. "Knight pull your forces back for now. My Tribe will fight this battle."
"GEIR I CANNOT ABANDON OUR ALLIES!"
"Trust me to handle this battle. Move on the next one. I will hurry to your position after everyone has been killed here." "I UNDERSTAND GEIR I MOVE!"
The enemy has been defeated. Two tenths of my Tribe are dead. I call everyone together. I speak to them "We will finish this war. I have been carrying you all this time. Look to what this has led to. Please enlighten me how this failure is possible? We were the most feared northern tribe! Look at us now. Being killed by normal soldiers! The next battle and the one after that. Will decide if the fallen ones here will enter our afterlife. You decide what you want to do. Honour your fallen family or join them in disgrace. Does anyone have any questions?"
They start grumbling.
"Let me show you the difference. Between myself and you."
The next battlefield. "GEIR YOU ARE SAFE! WHAT IS WRONG!"
He looks at my tribe. They are sulking and dragging their feet "GEIR THIS IS YOUR FAULT!"
"Yes, Knight you are correct."
"Please move you soldiers to the right please. I have to teach them the difference between us and them."
"I UNDERSTAND!" The soldiers move to the right. The enemies move to attack me.
I am so furious. I extend my hand suddenly all the soldiers on the left side of the battlefield are encase in my ice magics. A giant mountain of ice.
"UNBELIEVABLE GEIR!" The Knight crushes an enemies head, in his gauntlet like a rotten fruit. "HOW DID YOU GET YOUR CRYSTAL SO CLEAR?" "It is my ice magics."
The Knight stumbles "YOU FINALLY SURPASSED HER LADYSHIP! AFTER THIS WAR HAS BEEN CONCLUDED! THE QUEEN HAS BEEN RESCUED. WE WILL CELEBRATE LIKE WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE!" I am so glad at hearing this. I feel a few tears forming. "Thank you Sir Hunfrey."
My tribes people are whispering. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING BE QUIET!"
"YES, WARCHIEF!"
I close my hand. The ice shatters. The blood is almost flowing out of the broken ice.
"You will assist the Knight's army. Go now."
"YES, WARCHIEF!"
My tribe run in between the soldiers and enemies. The children have poisonous blades. They aim to cut the legs of the enemies. The poison is so potent, that not even 2 moments have passed then a normal person would be dead. These enemy soldiers have been trained since young and are immune to poisons. This poison will affect there nerves they will become numb. The Knights Army's men will kill them, when they hesitate for even a single instance.
The other ones reach through the cloaks covering the enemies and slit their throats. So they move together with the Knights Army. The Knight has withdrawn from the battle he is issuing the orders and consulting strategies with subordinates.
"GEIR YOUR TRIBE IS MOST IMPRESSIVE!"
"Knight I do not believe so. Look how sloppy they are compared to yours."
"I DID NOT WANT TO BE RUDE. THEY LOOK LIKE THE CRIMINAL GANGS IN THE CAPITOL."
"So you think so too? After this war is over, they are going to join the Royal Armed Forces to learn discipline and proper fighting technique."
"GEIR! ARE YOU PLAYING THE FOOL?!"
"No, Knight they will work for the Kingdom. Until you have decided, they can have the honour to be allowed to fight as one of your subordinates."
"GEIR I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY!"
"You do not have to say anything. I will send you a container where you can put in all the teeth you punch out, when they disrespect you. For every tooth I will make a donation to a cause of your choice." "I UNDERSTAND GEIR."
Many moments later.
"Let us move on to the next battle." "GEIR THE MEN ARE TIRED THEY MUST REST!" "I understand my Tribe and myself will keep on battling. Till you have recovered. Rush to our aid then."
"YES, GEIR I WILL!"
"Warchief can we.."
"BE QUIET! WE WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING!"
"Warchief." "Yes, Onsku?" "It is becoming easier to fight. Why is that?" "We have a unique physiology, when pushed to almost breaking point. We unleash these powers." "I understand Warchief."
Two days later.
"Where is the Knight?"
I signal to the Tribe they stop.
"Rest now."
As if you take a rusted blade and sharpened it. My Tribe's People have fierce eyes. They have taken the blades of the enemy. As if by magic they learned how to master them, even though they have never even held them.
"Dekna take the young ones search the corpses for the rations they have. Break the weapons that are laying next to them."
"YES, WARCHIEF!"
"Do you want to attack me?"
"Why should we follow you? You are not even a pure Tulok. Only your Grandmother is Tulok. That is all."
"Gather everyone that questions my authority or has a grudge. I will not use magics. Use whatever weapons you want."
"Even if you beat us we will never..."
"Power is everything, it does not matter how you get it. The strength to defeat your enemies that is the Tulok way."
"I have more power than you."
"Still that does not give you the right to lead us." I open my bloodied parka. I take my right arm out of its sleeve. I remove the papers on my arm. The Runes shine in blue.
"This is the power that the Warchief sought those many years ago. When he asked the chaos god for power to defeat the enemy. This is proof of my right to lead. Do you still want to challenge my right to lead."
"No, Warchief."
"You are frustrated because of your impotence. Always having special treatment, we must be protected, we are the strongest, the most brutal and most fierce. Yet when we battle you run like cowards!"
"We have never done that!"
"When I had to fight the Red Skin Lizards you ran away."
"..."
After you left the slaves were retracted. I had to fight the soldiers and even two Earth Dragons!"
"Warchief..."
"I could only capture one, the other I killed by accident. How many Earth Dragons can you all kill together?"
"..."
"I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!"
"We do not know."
"The answer is none. When my Grandmother and I pass on. The Tribe is finished. There will be no Tulok Tribe anymore."
"WARCHIEF THAT IS GOING TO FAR!"
"How many of you can use magic on a level comparable to mine or my Grandmothers?"
"It is because of the runes on your arm."
"These runes produce flames. They interfere with my ice magics. As you said I am only half Tulok. How can a full Tulok not do more than I can?"
"..."
"After this war is over. Each and everyone of you are going to be trained by the Knight Sir Hunfrey. Until he feels you have earned the honour of being one of his subordinates."
"NO! PLEASE MY CAREER!""YES, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE CERTAIN TIME PERIOD IN SPORTS!""I HAVE FILMING!""OUR BUSINESSES!"
"I DO NOT CARE FOR YOUR BULLSHIT! YOU ARE TULOK FIRST! THEN IF I FEEL YOU ARE A CAPABLE ENOUGH. CAN YOU SPEND TIMES ON YOUR HOBBIES!"
"Warchief please..."
"When you are finished with your servitude under the Knight. The ones that can use magic will be sent to study under Great Mother Hurmihilda.
"WARCHIEF HOW WILL WE SURVIVE?"
"The Union will provide you with food and clothes. If you work hard, I will give you some spending money."
"Warchief this will destroy our lives completely."
"They were already destroyed when you chose to abandon the Tribe. Even when we reformed it. It was only a badge you wore to seem important and special. I will assign the children new curriculums. So that they will not be as useless as you are at this moment. "
"Warchief can you really say that of us?"
"Produce magic of my level or kill as much enemies as I have, in the same amount of time that I could. Then I will not impose these measures upon you."
"..."
"Is there no one here?"
"..."
"I will not let my sufferings be for nothing."
"Sufferings Warchief?"
"Who here could have formed the TADUC Union?"
"We could not have."
"Through all my humiliations and sleepless nights. Was I finally able to achieve this. I will not let my empire crumble because of weak foundations."
"Warchief I understand."
"Dekna thank you. Has everyone eaten enough?"
"Yes, Warchief."
"Warchief look it is Sir Hunfrey!"
"GEIR! ARE YOU WELL! WHERE IS HER LADYSHIP!"
"Ladyship?"
"YES, LADY TEELA! I WISH TO GREET HER!"
"My Grandmother is not here Knight."
"SURELY SHE IS! THE BRUTALITIES I FOUND. IS MOST ASSUREDLY HER WORK!"
"It is only my Tribe and myself."
"GEIR THEIR EYES! FIERCE LIKE A WILD BEASTS! WHAT HAPPENED THEY HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED!"
"That is just how we are. Shall we leave."
"MEN LET US LEAD THE CHARGE!"
"Follow the Knights orders to the letter. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
"YES, WARCHIEF. SIR HUNFREY WHAT SHOULD WE DO?!"
"GEIR?!"
"I told you, they will become your subordinates."
"I UNDERSTAND. FALL INTO FORMATION WITH THE OTHER TROOPS!"
"Formation? Sir Hunfrey."
"FREDERICK SHOW THEM WHAT TO DO!"
"YES, SIR!"
Now to win this war.
Finish.
