(A/N: In the HTTYD Comic "The Legend of Ragnarok" it was Hiccup who was being hypnotized by Phantom to do some stupid shit like sleep in the rafters and kiss Tuffnut. Here the idea for this chapter was supposed to be that Mikekolt's tolerance for the hostile behavior that she is displaying towards him is slowly running out, especially when he reaches the boiling point. What he does next is not something you would expect him to do especially when it's a Dragon and not a Hunter, but that's what happens when your taking advantage and taking him for granted; he does something as rash as this; just like in the Comic there is a bigger threat in need of her hypnotizing abilities, except it's brought forth by the Dragonroot Company to begin their assault on the School. Enjoy)
There was nothing that felt more sad that you were not able to understand what makes an Dragon of all beasts stubborn enough to refuse being tamed by you, the ones that seemed to hate and want to kill you however are the ones that want to save your life in the end; this is the exact case of a young female Changewing who was named Phantom as she once changed the thoughts of despair from a young man like our hero while he formed an bond with her who was violent and hypnosis creative. To him she reminded him about his evil shadow in times of this lonesome nature that would make him do things that were considered rash, as well as tribute to a cavalier nature that would make show no concern about the actions that he would commit. It was to be considered a counterpart to the time when Drayko once met the former frozen Skrill who was now Bladehead's friend, Storm as neither of them wanted to get involved with each other; but fate brought them together on the very night where he left him to be alone, Storm refused to let him starve himself to death and came to not only know but understand Drayko's bloodlust for seeing his father murdered before his eyes. It alone was something he could not oppose as it was justified for the road to patricide was a dark path. It all began here at the School of Dragons where Mikekolt and his rescued brother Breyerkolt were enjoying themselves at the Lookout section, he had his left arm prosthetic hidden underneath his black ribbed glove to make it look like he still had his hand; thanks to the inventive mind of Drayko nevertheless
The rays of the sunlight bathed over them and their Dragons in the partly cloudy light oak and tortilla brown sky with the sun resonating, shining down on them both as they lied down on the grass; enjoying the warmth they were given. Mikekolt breathed one out as he woke up from his dream where he experienced the living memory of the Hell in the Desert torture method that the Marauders used on them, this is what was found in the memory of this unbearable moment at Darkheart Prison; prior to rescuing his half-brother::
Even now as he lied on the stone ground the memories and the dreams of what he survived from could not be real, for who could ever expect to live after what they do to their victims like him and prisoners like the others who opposed them. They do not enslave them like the former Lava Lout Tribe in the ancient times for they have no use for slaves, but their leader known only as the Infernal Jackal who appeared to be more of a monster than a man thought the same thing. He mysteriously disappeared in the time when Oswald was known as his former name: "The Antagonistic" but having returned from when Viggo began to move onto the concern of any upcoming rebellions, with rumors flying around that this feral beast never aged due to being cursed by the Egyptian God, Set when his men traveled to that land of the deserts where the sandstorms raged onwards
Mikekolt had been subjected to the worst of the Marauders who tortured him on the orders of Ryker Grimborn, suspecting him to have carried vital information they could use against the Knights; but there was no such evidence he carried such plans on him whatsoever, this did not matter to them at all because they believe he was resisting their torture and he was quite the unbreakable and untamable spirit they'll give him that. The endless nights of the screaming of agony and his blood staining the walls of his cell, he was struggling weakly as they carried him by the arms towards their infamous method who had driven them to this point as they have been tolerant and patient for long enough; throwing him onto the dunes which were comprised of synthetically created grains of sand of their desert and closed the doors on him. These grains were enough to pelt and stab into the organic flesh of the victims who were cowering in fear as the bright light turned on, the rays that emulated sunlight bathing down on them as they all began to burn from the heat; as such when steam began to evaporated from their skin
"This is your final warning Castlekroftservkhall, you will either tell us what you know about the Knights that you ally yourself with; or you will not leave this prison with your life" Ryker's voice called out from behind the hidden observation room
"Go back to hell Ryker, I have nothing for you to know about..." Mikekolt's resistance always defied against the orders of the Dragon Hunters who demanded that he give up what they wanted to know from him, just so they can stop their enemies from interfering in their business. Ryker's voice spoke one last time as it would seem that his brother Viggo had obviously taken pity on him
"You chose this path, Castle; now you're going to be given no mercy, as I will not indulge you nor Drayko like my brother does" In that instant the enslaved Sand Wraiths who were driven to rage by the Dragon Root they've subjected them to appeared from below the dunes as they began to spew their boiling sand towards them, scorching their victims with the weak fire as they were further tortured when this happened
The Marauders dumped the same sand they created onto them as the deadly grains entered their open wounds, stinging as they made their prisoners scream and roll all around the floor to stop the pain but ultimately making it worse as the heated rays of the emulated sunlight above became even more hotter and hotter than before. A large device had begun to blow the deadly grains of sand everywhere, clouding his and the eyesights of the prisoners and they could not see anything; their skin were bleeding down while Mikekolt struggled to even move a muscle just as he collapsed to his knees, clutching his stomach as he felt like he was going to throw up and pass out due to a heat stroke. He began coughing up an real storm of his own when the grains got into his mouth just from breathing, some of the others began to reach out to the Gods who abandoned them but fell to the floor drying as they were burned to the bone; the rest lived on as they were more of the heavily resistant prisoners. But they knew how to deal with resistant prisoners as they Marauders swarmed out from the dunes in the torture room and began to tackle them to the ground one by one, all of them were being pounded and smashed before getting slammed to a very bloody pulp
Mikekolt was grabbed by the legs of an Marauder as it jumped and slammed his broken back to the ground, now he was fully incapable of moving as they began to swarm him everywhere as they grabbed him by the face; bludgeoning his face with their spiked gauntlets, slamming his skull against the walls and stabbing him with their spikes as each and every one of them took advantage of him. His eyes were becoming drenched and soaked in his blood that made his blindness worse, he could only hear the sounds of them beating down on him; everything felt like his life was starting to fade because not only were there was darkness, but there was also a cold chill running through him as the last thing he could hear was the sound of them dragging him away. He was still breathing though but he was silent and brief, moving to the side and having his blood sprout out from his mouth; the only words speaking for him was the one name he could only cry out for
"Rainseviper..." His voice was dry and his jaw hurt when he spoke, as he was thrown against the wall back into the highest cell of the second to final floor of Darkheart Prison
Mikekolt's resistance and defiance in front of the Dragon Hunters and it's ally branches were giving the prisoners courage to begin their underground revolt against their enemies, many freed themselves while some who lost their lives would not go unremembered; and it was all because of the Castlekroftservkhall Clan's deceitful desires to join forces with the Dragon Hunter's trapping division branch, only to steal their knowledge and use it against their allies afterwards. Another thing that was according to his cousin Drakekolt was that resistance has always ran in the family just as diseases do not in the Ingermans, their knowledge of Dragons of both their powers and flaws alike have always been passed down; treachery and exile do not run in the family as well, but neither arrogance nor pride are the same. But now that this memory has been shown, it was time to return back to reality at last::
He felt soothed of his troubles as Rainserviper and Breyerkolt were there with him by his side, this life was the living hell as nothing beats having a Dragon like his by one's side lovin' the setting sun at the end of each day. His half-brother was informed about the Dragonroot Company as mentioned previously and he was now on the look out for their barque ships and with a branch name like that they're bound to be chock full of that poison, thank god for the Gronckle's immunity because even they can cheat being poisoned too. Judging by the list of Maeve's comrades which there weren't too many of them, one of the members were bound to attack the school; if it was not mentioned before this is what their ships and crest appeared to look like:
It was a simple thick fern green circle surrounding the Dragon Root stock shown in the middle that sprouted wings for they tend to keep themselves highly respected to the Hunters Army since they're the ones who are helping them get boosts in their weaponry, but to help them in recovering from the mass losses they've suffered because of their enemies. These wings were also to match Maeve's Buffalord and there were also some magenta purple streaks on the sides, going downwards in order to match the scar war paint over her right eye; it should be mentioned that Ryker Grimborn fully supported their intentions and was by their side all the way through, he hasn't forgotten what Raedwit the Illusionist did to him
Their barques sported a similar design to the brigantines but the spikes themselves were dipped in Dragon Root as they were the providers to such poison, if their productions were not done back at the excavation sites where they provided the substance then they were out sailing in the seas, where their production was all done on board with their laced weapons armed and ready to attack any one who flies to their location to attack; especially the likes of the Knights and their Dragons. They however were mostly spending their time at the sites in the process of strip mining that Fishlegs had figured out and turned out to be right awhile back; although he first suspected this happening when they were being imprisoned at Darkheart Prison. Their soldiers mostly consisted of Dragon Root infected Dragons they unleashed upon the regions of the Archipelago, but to those who were not happened to be Dragon Hunter Elites who offered to aid them in helping the Hunters return to their business once and for all
Their helmets had german camo grey leather cowls and their three spikes were dipped in the substance; they wore either magenta, fern green or even melot red armored scaled tunics. Their shoulder guards were triple layered duckbill pauldrons in the sense they also had three substance dipped spikes, with the first two diagonally slanted to the sides and the third one standing upright; their vests were made of Buffalord skin in the spirit of their leader Maeve the Matron of Dragons and their boots had three studded straps to keep them on, with some grey fur on the top rim edges. Their arms were wrapped in leather wrappings with bracers for protection, their battleskirts all around their waists were also made from Buffalord skin and at last they wore shin guards on their black leggings. Finally, they all wielded Gronckle Iron weapons such as swords and axes
Breyerkolt continued to wear his armor and now wore something on his upper tunic as it was a seamless diamond gambeson with an leather vest, having two straps attached to the upper edges of the uniform that went all around his neck; with a v-neck cut on the front as it still showed some of his tattoos, with a furry hood on the back. His sword rested diagonally on the right of his shoulder guard which now sported the same razor blades as he did, which of course they were bigger and slanted on the sides of the left and right edges. His half-brother in the meantime had a new sword that looked like it was inspired by a double edged scimitar, with a very long dual layered blade like Tiburonkolt's Tomahawk; for now it was not on him as the Phoenixripper will have to do the job for him
Drayko silently approached the two with an look of concern that seemed to have been drawn on his face since he had both his fingers pressed against his downwards tilted forehead, and his right arm supported by his left; something was clearly on his mind as Breyerkolt was the first to stand up and ask him: "There an issue, Lord Drayko?" He called him by his formal title that General Scorpio along with the Pendulum Guardians referred him to
"We'll need you both and Axethor at the Arena, the Executioner's got one hell of a fighter of Rose's breed; the others won't go near her at all" Drayko informed him as Mikekolt silently stood to the ground and began to walk off to the destination in mind
"Axethor's making progress with Vulcanus but that's just about it, complaining about being gnawed on the head just for the fact that it's his way of showing affection. At least he's not the one starting fires in the villaeg because Chief Gort's going to have him isolated until his shedding ends, but we all know how sensitive he can be; so much that he's going to fly away into a volcano that's made even worse because of his condition, not to mention he doesn't like waiting for too long" Mikekolt speculated to himself
"Now that's a suicide mission just to get him back if I ever heard one" Breyerkolt followed his half-brother to the Arena
After grabbing Axethor with them they arrived at their destination to find the students being tended by the medical riders led under the instructions of Arson and Tidalwing, all thanks to the likes of being burned by acid and hypnotized; a Changewing was found at the far end of the west side snarling and growling for whatever reason this individual might have against the students. It was then that Drayko appeared and directed them three to her as he began to explain:
"Meet Phantom, she's not very nice nor comfortable with anyone here as the students want her back in her cage permanently and how she will be tamed, that right there's the mystery for one like her classification suggests. Her name came from this creative mind: Tame her without trial and effort then consider this a boost in arrogance, I do not expect you to do just that right away" Drayko bluntly informed them as he spread his arm out to her
Phantom had an solid currant and scarlet red color to her scales with lighter merlot spots on her body, having faint peach pink shades on her wings with some mauve purple on the bottom; her underbelly was an pale flax yellow color with an eggnog tan undertone to it, as her claws appeared to be an filthy sand dollar tan color. She had an very nasty habit of shooting streams of acid to anyone who comes too close, but also had an mischievous but creative way of utilizing her hypnosis to send those on wild adventures worth hearing for the hell of it. Finally, she was known to be stubborn as she refused to be tamed by the students of Drayko; there was an secret revealed to taming her but it seemed that the students would rather not be involved after what she done to them
"Take warning there: Phantom's a violent girl and you'll know no hell like the nasty habits of a Changewing like her, you will bring out the Revenant's Talon on her without warning before you know it" Drayko warned Mikekolt about her behavior who gave out a narcoleptic to insomniac yawn that made some of the students think they they're hearing a fatigue Dragon nearby who hasn't slept for hours before sunrise
"Now she's going to be your next leader of whatever the hell you decide for your stealth and recon team, now let's get started" Mikekolt nodded and regarded his warning before heading off to confront her
As with every student who came within her presence she growled at Mikekolt, but also planned a very nasty adventure to send him on as her pupils deliated into slits before swirling around; however she was annoyed by the fact that he paid no attention to her face but instead looked at what was directly in front of him, which just so happened to be her underbelly as she turned to the man who stopped in front of her. Seeing that Drayko told him about her intentions to send her victims on crazy adventures, she fired some corrosive acid against him; making him dodge to the side before attempting to melt Mikekolt's flesh off which forced him to stab his sword to the ground. However he showed no difference as she continued to snarl at him, Axethor came with his friend as he told him this:
"She's not cooperating, she's not going to be tamed as of today" Axethor really wanted to move on when he hasn't made his attempt to train her
"This is not over between us Phantom, I will know what makes you stubborn" Mikekolt calmly told her as the Changewing only took that as an threat and spat acid near him, with them both leaving to continue the rest of their day. Drayko on the other hand however turned to Toothless and nodded, judging by how the events would turn out; his patience will not last very long as he may be tolerant as of this time and the first few days of the week, but each sign of her defiance shows his anger growing worse and worse by the second
For now however Mikekolt grabbed a bite at the mess hall as he couldn't stop yawning, not even as he ate his bacon and pepperjack burgermeat lunch that was warmed up with salty fries that had cheese more melty than flowing magma itself; by the way the cheese was fucking gross and not to mention it was burning his face, letting off some steam on his skin due to his drowsiness. His exertion from going off to rescue the half-brother he left behind from the Priest of Bolverk had taken it's effect on him from the morning he awakened, the pain did not strike until he slipped on his gauntlet like prosthetic underneath his arm that was injected with an bone growth serum; which would have his arm regrown soon but for now he usually hid his arm underneath his glove and arm wrappings. Never mind that his left arm made some silent to inaudible sounds of mechanical whirling about, not even an Speed Stinger could paralyze this arm; it was never really cut off from the beginning, but it was not meant to be known to anyone as it acted like an aid while his arm healed. Axethor on the other hand whenever he was in Dragur's class just wanted to slam his skull against the table since no one can understand him, not even with the sessions that always had a translator with them; which was the reason why Lethalruin always translated for Mikekolt whenever they began, too bad he had come down with an illness when they were learning Dragonese
For the next few days at the School of Dragons with Mikekolt confronting Phantom to make her less violent, the progress was far more slim than he could've known of as Axethor lost all hope in doing so within two days while his friend remained the way that he was. Although it was his patience that he was losing and not the war against the Dragonroot Company, whom they were definitely planning an assault soon since they haven't heard from them since he's heard the news about them targeting him as well. His attempts to train her resulted in mostly failures that he will not take responsibility for, neither will anyone who was close to him; these are the following results:
His approach without an weapon proved to be of no use as Phantom took advantage by hypnotizing and sending him to act like a servant to another one of her own kind, who easily exploited him until he regained his trance and gave her the middle finger; however he was still indifferent towards her as he wanted to make sure she was less violent than what she is to all of the students. A follow up attempt resulted in being forced to bash against her skull with his Shield after spewing acid against him
The second approach involved bringing some food to feed her, disregarding that she literally bitten the hand that was feeding her; which made Mikekolt growl in pain as he ripped his arm away from her bloodstained fangs, making her spit it out in disgust due to the taste of copper and immediately began licking the ground to remove the remnants of what the blood of an Castlekroftservkhall tasted like while the man in question left as pieces of his sanity and his tolerance were breaking away like pebbles of a rock. Although the taste of Mikekolt's blood did have her perk up when the after taste kicked in, seems like Drayko's given him his blood but for what reason? Even then, that scent has been with him for even before he came from nowhere; how did he come to be is what she wants to know
The third approach happened to be where Mikekolt was starting to get angry as she was going to keep putting up a fight by continiously spitting acid at him much more violently and using her prehistine tail to lash against both his face and body, this of course forced him to bring his knife out to threaten by stabbing her; which only made her even more hostile than she was, once again she hypnotized him before sending Mikekolt to kiss an Skrill which was evidence by the smoke that steaming off from his back. He left without a word spoken and didn't even seem to have any knowledge that he just kissed Frynir, nothing mattered now as she knew he didn't acknowledge her presence; even then she'll just give what Phantom hypnotized him to do just so she could be satisfied. Although she can taste some of Mikekolt's blood, and that is NOT his blood that's running in his veins; the Skrill turned to look at Drayko, continuing to keep her presence unknown to those around her
All in all the following attempts each resulted in Phantom taking advantage of Mikekolt and taking him for granted, causing his patience to run out as he placed his belt on; grabbing his tomahawk and leaving the studyspace for the Arena where she was ready to hypnotize him again. But this time he was not fucking around with Phantom's bullshit, he has been tolerant throughout the entire situation that Drayko was having; and she still would not let him know what makes her hostile, now it's going to become harder and dangerous when he puts an scar on her scales. Rainserviper along with Deathstalker and Blood 'n Bone's were found sitting at the seats of the Arena, as their eyes narrowed at what their rider was about to do against the Changewing who'd hypnotized him before sending him on adventures more crazy than the shedding sanity of Dagur the Deranged; speak of the devil where the fuck was he in times like these?!
He arrived at the entrance and was now on the edge as he held his Tiburonkolt's Tomahawk in his hands, ready to chop on sight whenever Phantom made anymore sudden attacks on him as he had been driven to madness by this point; once she appeared out from nowhere thanks to her camouflage ability that all her breed had, she resorted to her violent ways once again as she spat some acid near him. But Mikekolt only raised his tomahawk with one hand, shortening his breaths and really starting to burn off some steam; she was in a really horrible mood as of this day and Mikekolt picked the worst timing to make it even more so, especially as his patience had ran out and he resorted to threatening her with a weapon of his: she roared at him but he yelled back at her
"You shut the fuck up Phantom, I'm not interested in your bullshit no more!" He tightened his grip and prepared to chop into her skull, now he's really gone over the edge as of this point: "You've pissed me off for the final time here, your violent behavior ends now!" Mikekolt tilted his glasses downwards for Phantom to meet his dark walnut brown eyes, glinting with the rays of the sunlight reflecting off from the lenses; his fury will not be extinguished nor denied as Axethor attempted to reason with him by intervening
"God dammit Mikey, put the tomahawk down-" Mikekolt turned to face him
"I'm not dropping that shit!" He shouted
"You better put it down Michaengelokolt, there's going to be more than hell to pay if you-" Axethor started
"You shut the fuck up!" He turned to aim his Revenant's Talon against him with his left arm
"You'll be expelled from the School of Dragons, don't make the same mistake my parents did when they thought they could trust that man who calls himself the Night Fury hunter!" Axethor pleaded, not aware that he had invoked the anger of Drayko by mentioning Grimmel as his mouth began to leak out some steaming foam
"Shut the hell up, I am the one who decides here! Now take my Dragons and leave, I can't let them see how this ends; just back the hell off and get them out of here now!" Mikekolt demanded as Axethor did what he was asked before taking them out of the Arena, while the man in question continued to grip his tomahawk; ready to chop into her skull for taking advantage of him
"What the hell do you really hate about me Phantom, what has made you so god damn violent against me and the students; don't you fuckin' dare resort to using that hypnosis bullshit! Because I'll find out..." Mikekolt fell silent on the last part as Drayko calmly approached him from behind, revealing the answer as he placed his hand on his shoulder guard
"It's the audience that she hates Mikekolt, Phantom was not the first whom you've begin to grow a bitter bond with; you know of Storm but you also know how I first met him" Drayko revealed as Mikekolt would not cease his breakdown
"Phantom being drugged into being a fucking asshole towards all of us was a better reason than that, because it was the first thing that came to my mind when she fought me! In fact: I want to use his Deathgripper Venom bolts for my Revenant's Talon to use against both him and my enemies, but there's another reason for using them..." Mikekolt admitted as the Changewing knew what he meant by that, his breathing was breaking up into short breaths as Drayko looked at him directly in the eyes
"Then count me in on your idea" Drayko reared back and slammed his mask armored forehead against Mikekolt, getting a very painful bone crunching sound out of him before he fell to the ground; picking him up before leading Phantom over to a cave in the Wilderness area
The cave was medium sized as it looked similar to an nest with a door and some white light shedding down onto the middle of the cave, with the roof being high for them to move freely around inside; there were some stacks on the floor that made some steps and looked more like a prison but Drayko couldn't give one less of shit as he laid Mikekolt down and locked the door behind them. They were going to bond here since there was no audience anywhere inside, in the meantime Drayko's got an beatdown to give to Axethor's parents as he got onto Toothless and took off; he'll return to see how everything's going on
HTTYD
Regardless of being brought here to bond with Phantom he wanted nothing of her as he did what could be done so that he may be left alone while she was doing whatever the hell she desired, as she wouldn't be bothering him after what he did; however since her breed were known for their maternal nature she was no different, regardless of her hostile behavior at all. Mikekolt awakened after Drayko vanished above the clouds and lied down in the darkest place in the cave, that headache was hell but at least he was fading since he wasn't knocked out for too long; but he couldn't have found another way to bring him here? Fuck man!
It's times like these that his evil shadow took over and made him into a very silent snake who shows no loyalty to anyone who seeks out his services as he would end up betraying the ones whom he always took advantage of, because he was always in their affairs for himself and he was not kind for them at all. His skin was an very pale porcelain with a faint pistachio green undertone as well as having some large charcoal black veins on both sides of his cheek that made him look like he's been poisoned, and some parts of his face were smeared in some filth that unsurprisingly resembled blood. His disturbingly solemn dark walnut brown eyes remained unchanged but his olive green toned lips were patched together, sealed tightly as he wouldn't make a sound at all; not even if he got hit by someone in the face, it was clear to the ones who saw this evil shadow of him that he had no hesitation in backstabbing nor betraying those all for the pursuit of those who have either wronged him and his family or just for some weapon development plans to use for the Knights. Finally, his father confirmed that they were also stealing weapon development blueprints just so they can use it for their Tribe and allies
Phantom's behavior mellowed out as she found Mikekolt looking off in the distance which had her give off a soft sound of confusion, touching his veins as he reacted by getting up and walking away from her without an word to say to the Changewing. This did not make her mad but rather annoyed since he could be faking it after all. He made no attempt to bond with her in their bitter time together since he believed he was the victim, it was justifiable since she's the one who's been hypnotizing and trying to melt him into a bloody skeleton; there was no bones about that. He just that lied there and stroking his new sword which looked like this:
Mikekolt's new sword was based off from a scimitar but featured many elements based off from himself, now that he thought about it Roachkolt mentioned it was designed exactly after the same sword that Tiburonkolt wielded when he was a teenager; even going so far as to mention that he was basically his ancestor reincarnated. It featured a very long and lightly wide medium sized split hole in between the brushed golden bronze color broadsword blade that began to sprout out straight before curving outwards with two sharp pointed fangs towards the top. In between featured some small rectangular shapes on the bottom and the middle near the top to secure the blade, being diagonally edged on both the top and bottom with a small horizontal line in between. Both faces of the blade were a spider black color with some very dark crimson and very deep maroon tinted markings of clawmarks that were more focused on a bronze undertone than a iron grey tint, and turned into a peanut brown to vanilla white color whenever the sword was ignited and bathed in flames. It's double cutting edges were slightly slanted downwards and having a teardrop shaped hole on the mid-curve, followed by a diagonally angled hole that went a little bit inwards with a curved bottom; making it look like an axe blade in between the scimitar like blade. The crossguard featured an ring square shaped castle battlement pattern around the blade as there were the same very dark and deep metallic bronze armored ram horns as seen when he wore his barbute helmet in the past, curving off and forwards to create a cutlass like D-guard to keep his hand from being struck. There were two spider leg blades on each sides that were lightly spaced away from each other, with two metal casted talons that looked like they came from a Monstrous Nightmare's skeletal remains. The ribbed handle was braided in a dark chocolate to peanut brown colored leather that went diagonally downwards towards the bottom on both sides, as there were also some Volcanripper Metal wirecord wrapped around underneath the leather for extra and tightened grip; being completely wrapped in an aztec rustic cabin pattern cloth that was horizontal ribbed, featuring various shades of brown colors. The pommel consisted of two crescent moons with carp scales on it's glinting surface, having two lightly thick and thin cobra fangs going down and lightly curving upwards on both sides against each other; and of course being spaced out in between. The cobra fangs themselves began with two equal length inverted trapezoids on the top that went down to slightly curved out, standing upright properly on a flat surface. Finally, there was some writing on both faces of the blade that wrote: "Fantasma Buccia Di Tiburonkolt"
Two hours passed on as Phantom passed out due to boredom while he was thinking about his family. Roachkolt was never around too much anymore because he's always out there where and however he could get out of exploring what kinds of treasures he could find from the nests of Dragons, always returning to see his face. Herkatlore on the other hand was not divorced but she was separately living elsewhere with the other members of his family, his bitterness towards Phantom led him to think about what life was like to him now. The name on Breyerkolt's sword was an actual half-brother that he also had, Cocytuskolt was real and he did act like the brother he imagined. Kicking the bullies he ignored in the ass and teaching him both him and Rainserviper many things they've come to inherit from him, simply coming up with his own ways to counter the backass flaws he's come to explain to him when being taught these things. Living on his own nowadays but always coming to visit him and Roachkolt as his mother's being mainly stalked by an creep that Roachkolt's tracking down as it was the main reason behind his absence, at least he was taught what every man should know to use against the Infernal Jackal and the Dragon Marauders
He was not aware of the fact that Phantom walked over to him as she went into her maternal behavior that all of her breed had as she sat upright, holding him by his body with her claws on his shoulder guards; while her legs stood near the sides of his body and the prehensile tail coiled itself around the man in question as she got herself comfortable. Now cuddling and playing with the man she's tried to kill like a mother of her own kind raising Vikings like hatchlings of her own breed, having him pressed against her squishy but soft underbelly just as Mikekolt began to let out some trails of dark crimson smoke from the ends of his mouth. Phantom lowered her head and nuzzled against his chest with him doing the same to her as he stood up and held her with both hands, looking in her eyes as she let him stroke her snout while letting off an coo as the smell of Dragon Nip ran through her sense of smell. Afterwards they both decided to leave as she was now less violent and seemingly tamed, getting up as the door was unlocked and they left the cave to meet Drayko and Toothless at the entrance. Stopping in front of them as Phantom was now standing right by his side
"Looks like the students can rest easy now and ain't that a real as hell relief, Toothless and Phantom fought once about who I loved better; assured him that he will always be my 1# when I needed someone to be with along with Maria and the Knights" Drayko informed him as Mikekolt began thinking about what to do now, having lost his voice due to this phase of his; at least until Breyerkolt came running up to them with urgent news
"Dragonroot Company's launched an assault on the School, they've given their enslaved Purple Death a rude awakening alright; they've sent the victim towards this way, think it's an diversion?" He alerted him before asking them as Drayko nodded at what he was asked before turning to Mikekolt
"Take whatever Dragon you've got and get ready to distract the hell out of the Purple Death, I'll take Phantom with me and send it back to wherever the hell it was rudely awakened from; this will not be like the other battles you've fought in" Drayko told him as Mikekolt nodded and ran off back to the Lookout
Finding Blood and Bone at unease due to the seaquake as it was a sign that the Purple Death was awakening, he came up to them as he soothed their nerves before mounting onto their back; taking off to the skies with both his Dragons at his side while Breyerkolt mounted onto Poseidonsplinter before joining the rest of the students, Drayko took off onto Toothless with Phantom flying by them as her abilities were needed for something like this. From what lied deep in the seas was something deadly, tension further increasing when the Purple Death began to emerge from the surface; appearing as an beast who could not be stopped as the Titan unleashed it's roar out to the School of Dragons, the Purple Death made itself known Drayko stood atop Toothless before it. The memories of Red Death was like an haunting memory and it was as if she returned from the underworld, seeking revenge on them. This is what the Purple Death's fearsome appearance looked like:
The Purple Death was massive in size not unlike that of the late Red Death, being 400 feet which was enough to cause seaquakes that would cause great unease to the Dragons of all classifications and species; it sported sharply curved upward fangs and breathed an extremely massive flaring jet stream that was always encircled by a ring of fire. It was swift, fast and maneuverable in the sea as it was capable of emerging and submerging in mere instants while stalking both opponents and prey. Being able to take as many rocks and boulders being launched towards it, making this beast very endurable. It's scales were bumpy and coral like along with an long nasal horn and lack of wings, it's most notable feature happened to be the long tendrils that extend from under it's jaws. Like it's name suggested it came in a violet and eggplant purple color with waterfalls raining down on it's entire body, speaking of which was not seen too much but when it was it appeared that this beast had an serpent like body giving off the misconception to Berk that this was the Midgard Serpent to kill Thor; it's tail was also rarely seen but appeared to have two tailfin like spikes curved upwards to the sides. Finally, there was some Dragon Root Spears stabbed into it's back near it's head; infecting the Titan with the wrath of the Dragon Hunters
The students all took to blasting it's face with whatever firepower they had as the Purple Death unleashed it's rage onto it's attackers, some of them came crashing down into the waters below while most were retaining their balance in flight; as the beast slammed it's talon onto the floor of the oceans, the surface of the waters sprouted upwards like rocks jutting up from the earth itself. With the vibration of the ground rumbling and the Titan unleashing it's massive jet stream of fire against all who attacked it, Toothless fired off his round of plasma bolts to leave some devastating wounds upon it's face; and of course the power of some combined even left the Purple Death blinded. Breyerkolt saw that it was about to unleash it's firepower once again but stopped the Titan from doing so as Poseidonsplinter fired off it's sonic boom into it's gas chamber, exploding it's mouth in flames and having it stagger backwards; further temporarily blinding the enraged Titan
When he saw the Dragon Root spears stabbed into the back of the now discovered poisoned Titan, flew close to where he was able to jump off and land onto the enormous back; bringing out his tomahawk and scimitar as he was ready to remove the spears that were poisoning the Titan, but that didn't mean he had to play nice about it now did he? He ran up towards to the spears and struggled to rip them out as it was made even worse when the Purple Death did not relent in attempting to shake him off, so he had to stab his tomahawk into it's neck a few times and even dig his scimitar deep into it's skin which had really caused it pain; this action had the beast roar out before trying to throw him off which was of no use. Mikekolt of course did master the strength to remove the spears that were jammed deeply into it's skin, freeing them and being sprayed with darkblood in return as they were disposed of immediately; now was the time to leave as he ran along the body of the Purple Death before jumping off, being caught by Phantom afterwards
Before Mikekolt could come up with anything to repay the debt he now owed to the one who stop him from splashing into the seas below, Phantom turned to face him underneath her underbelly before giving her a look that he owed her nothing as she placed him back onto the School Grounds before returning to Drayko's side. He returned on the back of Blood and Bone to go ahead to see the final confrontation that was about to unfold, being the type of student who would just not stay out of an fight like this as they were trying drive the Titan off back from where it came from; not kill this Titan at all. Phantom flew up close to Drayko and in front of the Purple Death, with her pupils deliating into slits before swirling around; hypnotizing the Titan who was now at her mercy as Drayko's voice of authority had called out to it's mind
"Titan of the Marooned Dragons, I know where you have come from and I know who has sent you; return to Ragnarok Rock and rest for the next thousands of years; but I will not deny your retribution first. Let the Dragonroot Company know that they're not safe while I walk this Archipelago, they and their allies will fall long before we do the same; give them the hell they deserve before you return to sleep, it is not safe to awaken just yet while the Dragon Hunters remain in this war. You will rise again and when that time comes, come to our aid and see them fall into ruin; this is only the beginning of the end for them!" Drayko's heavy voice carried through into the Purple Death's mind and in response nodded, he will not let himself be poisoned by Dragon Root again
Without question, the Purple Death immediately followed the order before returning to the seas where it slept in order to rain it's fury onto it's enemies for disturbing it's slumber; with the School of Dragons left to return to the former island as the students returned to the earth as the half brothers landed to dismount, as Drayko approached them both. "Mikekolt, you've done well in not only taming Phantom but also removing those spears from it's scales; in the meantime Breyerkolt if you hadn't used the same strategy I used against the Red Death, you wouldn't have sent that sleep deprived Titan staggering backwards. You two and Axethor done well" Drayko thanked them both
"It's nothing to be thankful of, you've noticed the spears as well and he had to rip them out while you were diverting the Purple Death to make sure Phantom would hypnotize it to go back to sleep" Breyerkolt crossed his arms as Mikekolt nodded, still silent as his skin returned to it's dark manchester tan color; no longer feeling his blood run cold
"Now I am really moving up somewhere in the School, hope I can impress you even further!" Axethor hoped in his enthusiasm, willing to make the Prince of Exiled Legends impressed enough with his skills that he'll join him on a single adventure; no matter if it was not what he was expecting
Drayko knew what Axethor was thinking and decided to have a word with him tomorrow morning as he nodded at them both before leaving with Toothless, just as Phantom landed in front of Mikekolt to bid him one final farewell as he wanted her to take a rest at the Black King's sanctuary after their battle; which she followed before embracing him in a little short hug as she took off towards Draconia afterwords. Mikekolt, Breyerkolt and Axethor went on their separate ways as we now conclude the story of how a Dragon whom appears to hate and wants to kill you is also the one who wants to save your life
The Dragonroot Company will strike back next time with the new plan and the help of the infamous Night Fury hunter: Grimmel the Grisly, but wherever both Mikekolt and Rainserviper will go they'll be there to put a end to what kind of evil has been planned for the residents of the Dark Deep...
Finally, I have the damn chapter posted and I decided to give you a detailed description of Grimmel's projectile weapon that he uses; and the idea Mikekolt about him using his projectile venom bolts came is one that I intend for him to use, albeit they'll be designed differently. This is what Grimmel's venom arrows looked like:
Grimmel's Deathgripper Venom syringes were dart sized projectiles that were not only used to sedate but cloud the mind of the infected into control of the one who commands both the man and the beast alike if injected through an apparatus to the head. It featured an studded metal cap around the front with a long needle and round edge fletches on the bottom of the other metal cap that had a wide ridge in the middle. The rest of the syringes were a dark brown color while the studded metal caps were a black color, in the middle featured an containment tube that held the bright fuchsia to creamy pink colored venom. Finally, the venomous effects of these weapons can be removed by vomiting and various other ways that Grimmel does not want Drayko to know at all costs
One last thing is that I am beginning to regrow some interest in writing The Young Drayko Ryder Chronicles thanks to the influences of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom/Last Crusade's ideas playing out through my mind, although it was the former film that's gotten me interested thanks to the action scenes and just how dark and violent it was. This time it will not be made up of separate stories but instead a complete series with some separate stories for each chapter, and let's just say that they all have some unique treasures like an animal statue that possesses a large jewel. That one's come from a book I used to own called: "A to Z Mysteries: The Jaguar's Jewel" which takes place in no other place than the king of city movies: New York as the jewel is stolen and Dink's grandfather is a suspect due to being believed that he replaced it with a fake one; it's up to Dink, Josh and Rube Rose to find the culprit behind this theft and show the police that he's done them no wrong. Hope this catches your interest!