(A/N: This is not only where Mikekolt is showing to be transitioning into his new main outfit that he will be wearing from this point forward but it is also where he manages to free one of the most deadliest beasts that roam the Archipelago, the Deathgripper because who doesn't want to tame one of the badass tusked beasts? in the game itself you were supposed to take Cloudjumper out of Grimmel's control but apparently your player misses thanks to the quest demanding to do so on purpose and you end up curing one for you to tame. Here, it's Drayko who does it on purpose since he's wise enough to know that they were never truly loyal to that bastard; and it was all because of the information he's learned. Nothing much more to say here but to ensure that you like this idea, Enjoy)
After their task in finding what they believed were the powerless Stones of Dragonkind that once gave the user unlimited power and abilities, Mikekolt had returned to his lair and began to fit each of the stones onto his prosthetic gauntlet for his left arm; making sure that it looks at least stylish to say. If it was not mentioned before then it looked like the Dragon Eye II as it featured an cylinder tube like structure, which was slightly curving outwards towards the top with a horizontal ribbed section in between the merlon and embrasure pattern rings; having some chains that raised and lowered themselves on the diagonal edges of this decagon ridge gauntlet that was meant for his use. The wrist featured a medium ring studded with pyramid spikes as both sides had two long rectangular bars while the front and back sides had a pair of shorter ones that were put together on the sides, with five small horizontal bars going across to form an entire separate bangle ring; the tall inverted half-octagon shaped pommel was the same size as both of his large hands while the knuckle joints were bending forwards, having a large pyramid spike on each one. Each of the layered fingers started out straight upwards and then curved diagonally before going straight and ending with the tip curving downwards, the twin layers on both side had an square lined pattern like a gear; being half as the length of a Monstrous Nightmare's talons with each of the finger tips being a metal casted fang. Finally, the prosthetic gauntlet had it's thick segmented rings rotate about frequently; as not only did the palm had an seamless diamond patterned plate that allowed him to feel things, but also had some functions to act more like a tool of it's own as there were two foldable blades that flew backwards and curved upwards at the tips
He had complete control over the prosthetic gauntlet and not to mention but he's beginning to transition into an new uniform that he was going to wear from this point forward, this may be the last time everyone sees him in this outfit because let's just say he's becoming older as the time goes on and he's beginning to outgrow this style of clothing he's wearing; now it was about time that he starts wearing an new type of armor that not only was armed to the fangs and heavily defensive, but also gave him the ability of stealthy sneaking on by whenever he would be infiltrating somewhere that's restricted such as a Dragon Hunter campsite. He just hoped that he could be back at the School of Dragons in time since he was not feeling very focused these days, just distracted as he wasn't energetic as he once was back then; it's a understandable reason since he's more focused on his own tasks rather than the ones of others. They stopped and landed at a towering seastack for them to take their break from there, however it looked as though it'll have to wait as Lethalruin flew in with an message coming from Headmaster Heryal; to which he sounded alarmed when he read out this urgent order requesting that he returned immediately as they're facing trouble, the note read out:
"Mikekolt, this is Headmaster Heryal
We need you back at the School of Dragons, the unfathomable and evil hunter Grimmel the Grisly has sent his venom controlled Deathgrippers to attack with the aid of the Dragonroot Company; yet another move made by an coward who refuses to show his face! Maeve and her servants including the likes of the former Outcast Lieutenant: Savage are coming forth with her army to attack, return here immediately and do not let them take Rainserviper out of your hands
You and I know we've been developing an Deathgripper Venom cure made from the same ingredients as the Grimora parasite cure, but there is always a difference:
Flightmare Ice from Scuttleclaw Island and a Shiitake Mushroom with the bioluminscence of an poisonous Omphalotus Olearious
I did not forget about what happened about the Stormcutter of ours as she's now under their control, he has refused to show his face for the last time! You're one of the best swordsmen in your Tribe that we have at our side, you and your brother must strike back at them as our enemy is about to be revealed!"
"Then there's no time left for us to stay here any longer, Grimmel calls himself a hunter but a real one does not hide; Drayko will have him leave the shadows and face him face to fist!" He ran towards the edge of the seastack before jumping off with an leaping bound thanks to the darkblood in his veins, as Rainserviper flew under him to make sure he landed in the saddle before taking off with no time to waste. He's gotten what he needed and there's nothing left for him to do here, it was time to get back to the School and defend against this sudden strike by the nefarious Dragonroot Company
Arriving at the time of their need and diving down to aid the students as the Deathgrippers had attacked the students thanks to the likes of Grimmel who decided to lend a hand to their cause but nothing else afterwards, the Dragon Root infected beasts turned their attention to the approaching warrior; before Rainserviper fired off a ring of flames against them in order to allow the medical students to inject the antidotes by firing them directly against them as they were healed against their will, sending them off to the stables in the Arena afterwards. Mikekolt brought out his Revenant's Talon and began to load up on the arrows dipped in the Dragon Root antidote to heal the infected beasts, dismounting his quill adorned serpent as he ignited his flaming sword and went on to help out his brother Breyerkolt in fighting off these mantis pincer limbed menaces
Dodging the swarm of kerosene streams and fiery rock missiles that were homing onto him, he jumped out of the way to avoid the exploding impact as he fired his crossbow and healed them with the antidote as he had to be prepared ahead for matters like these; Breyerkolt had his fearsome tattoos give off a faint fiery glow like before, swinging his sword against those who dared to attack both him and his half-brother. Katetiburon came out from nowhere with no warning as she directly struck an infected Rumblehorn upwards against the head, grabbing onto it's horns afterwards and throwing it off against the wall; going as so far as to headbutt a attacking Deathgripper directly against it's forehead before ripping the collar off, grabbing it's tusks to throw to the ground and kick it in it's stomach to send it flying off into the ocean just outside. Now that's a real shield maiden if Mikekolt ever saw one, as he delivered a flying kick directly into an attacking Grapple Grounder; who had wrapped around his body in an attempt to constrict him like an serpent, only for it to be driven to the ground by the impact landing. Mikekolt got back up and slammed his leg against it's back to emit a crunching sound afterwards, as retribution
Mist fired off an blazing torus of fire against Mikekolt as the Dragon Root poisoning took it's total on her, to which his best friend Axethor jumped in the way and blocked with the shield that he still had with him; bringing out his axe and throwing it against her in an attempt to aid his friend, only for her to tilt her head to deflect it off to the side. Her scales were a spider black color with an dark peacock and ocean blue tint, while her head and underbelly were both an misty mountain silver; a rather fitting name for the color scheme as she was no less a threat due to her poisoned status thanks to the Deathgrippers sent to help in fighting off her attackers. While he was busy dealing with her Mikekolt took the time to escape while Drayko returned from delving deep into the motives of the Dragonroot Company, knowing full well that they're targeting him being that he had an Night Fury; and Grimmel would do anything to take him out of his hands just to kill him and achieve what he desired to have etched in the face of an obelisk
He ran through the battlefield to where Arson was supplying the Deathgripper Venom cure to his students in order to use against the victims who were pierced by the stingers and injected with the venom that even they were not resistant against. He took the antidote as it was tied to an rope for him to swing as it would act like a projectile for him, now with it acting like an sling to him and running back out to where Arson was taking cover from; he targeted Mist as he began to spin the antidote in a wheel from his side, making sure it'll directly fly towards the Stormcutter herself and he did not want to be the one who misses on accident. He breathed one out deeply and reared himself back, throwing his antidote towards Mist with the shot flying through the air; Mikekolt knew it that cure did not directly strike her, might as well say he gave it his best show
But by this time Drayko was fighting off the Deathgrippers controlled by their own venom through the use of collars that injected the serums on a frequent basis, throwing his punches against his first attacker before sending his victim upwards against the third one who fired a flammable acid blast; the second attacker was bashed upwards with his shield when he tried to ram and trample him to death to eliminate any threat of him interfering with his plans to be exact. He dodged the flammable acid blast and swung Inferno against his fourth attacker and landed a kick towards the side of it's head, while Toothless was dodging their stingers and fired off his plasma bolts that blasted a few of them out of the sky; sending them to the ground but while Drayko had his back turned he managed to have lightning surround his body and amplify his powers before sending them down to the ground. As the Night Fury left them off with more than just a few broken bones, they flew away out of fear of this unexpected ability he's revealed. Toothless had an feeling he should tell him more about his powers and abilities but it seemed to be too dangerous to tell him, until then he can wait as the Knight had his back turned and didn't see him preform the lightning amplifying ability; so it looks like he's got something to share with him
The second attacker who was in fact a late teen Deathgripper like Mikekolt locked his tusks against the flaming sword of Inferno in a weapons lock against one another, with Drayko's hand gripping his left tusk and stopped him from moving freely; both of them trembling as his grip remained while the Deathgripper could not bite him too easily for he could not free himself from the fury of this Knight that he was commanded to remove out of the way for his master. However when Drayko turned to look at Mikekolt throwing the cure towards Mist, he gave an sinister smile along with an evil sounding chuckle from his husky sounding voice; as his birthmark began glowing before he slammed his skull to the ground and began to revolve him around, throwing him up to the sky afterwards as he was sent airborne with his wings flapping. But it was not aware that Drayko sent him flying directly in the path of the venom antidote that was thrown by the student, he did not react in time as the vial was deflected by Mist and directly struck him in the upperchest of his underbelly; this action caused the collar to malfunction and burst into a explosion as the juice spilled onto the grass, falling towards the ground. "God fuckin' damn it!" Mikekolt's voice came with a slobbery growl like his half-brother
He was mostly angry at having some of the shittiest throwing accuracy that he can't even take down a Stormcutter because she deflected the attack, but he could take down an attacking beast sent by Grimmel whose cure was meant for the former; but it looked like he was meant and destined to cure him regardless of whatever he does. Seeing the now healed and freed Deathgripper fall from the sky, he began to sprint over to his location and leaped over to the very sport where the fallen beast landed atop of him albiet with a loud bone crunching sound following the landing that broke it's fall; if it didn't break whatever wasn't broken before that is. The soothing effects of the venom antidote had taken no more than an few moments to fully destroy the poisoning toxin from within, clearing the victim's mind and no longer having the commands and death threats of his now former slavemaster Grimmel echo in his mind; the disorientation faded afterwards and allowed him to stand up perfectly before a headache occurred, the darkblood rushing to his head and having the memories of the very moment when the man he landed on like a squishy and bony cushion indirectly threw that healing vial at him while Drayko merely threw him in it's trajectory on purpose. These thoughts were the ones that made them speak 'em out loud as Mikekolt could hear him ask:
"What the hell... am I freed from being drugged, does this mean Grimmel no longer controls my fate and destiny? If I am then..." He looked up before remembering something
He slowly turned to face the fallen body of Mikekolt whose face was half shrouded in a dark shadow from that crispy brown afternoon, laying his talons facing forward to the sides while his razor mantis pincers were facing upwards behind his muscled claws in the front; awaiting for him to awaken as he's always got time now that he's freed from Grimmel's control, he was wondering what his savior was like. He may have looked like a scorpion with the razor pincers of an mantis, but his appearance looked like this: He had an ebony to black beauty color with a very deep sherry to lipstick red underbelly, with his tusks being an light to champagne bronze color while his markings were a tony taupe to black fox grey; finally he had an solid and fiery salamander orange color to his eyes, along with his highly corrosively flammable acid blasts being a liquid kelly, lawn and harlequin green color that could destroy anything that not was made from Volcanripper Metal as none of his kind can destroy anything made from that specific alloy
Just then he began to breathe in as his chest was rising, alerting the Deathgripper who looked up and got back up from sitting as he now stood; watching Mikekolt awaken from breaking the fall of the venom healed Deathgripper, getting up from one knee and letting himself know his surroundings before he came to face the beast whose tongue was hanging out. Both of his tusks retracted back into it's jaw and began to stroke his face, feeling grateful for being freed from his own venom he produced and was misused against him. Grabbing onto his right tusk and letting him stand upright
"Nice to see you live after being struck by my own venom antidote, Tuskfang" Mikekolt commented as he breathed out silently afterwards
The newly named Tuskfang looked at him with his eyes narrowed upwards as he did not seem to understand, going as so far as to make a sound of confusion like a dog would but his species are the hunting hounds of the Archipelago they live in; being trained to seek and track down their prey before killing them
"I always have my names for nameless Dragons like you, now you've got an cool one of your own" Mikekolt cleared up the confusion for him as Tuskfang had his forehead stroked by his hand, now tamed by the hands of an Castlekroftservkhall; his team of Dragons to begin the uprising was now complete, now it's time to finish off this battle once and for all
HTTYD
But it looks like the battle will be finished for them as most of the Dragonroot Company's barques were bursting into flames thanks to the students setting them ablaze as soon as they came close to their borders, and although a few of them were shot down thanks to the boost in the Dragon Root arrows; none of them stayed in their hands for very long as Mikekolt and Tuskfang took off to engage with their enemies that were anchored near the School of Dragons. They flew over to the remaining barque ships of the fleet before firing off what he called his newfound Deathgripper friend's: "Acid Flares" which burst into flames upon contact but were also causing the wood to melt away like lava burning through a wooden roof of an building as some of the Dragon Hunters were forced to abandon ship and go overboard. None of them were left to escape with their lives as their flesh were melting after getting splashed with the acid of the Deathgripper, leaving every one of their barques to sink into the waves of the ocean
The rest of Mikekolt's Resistance including Lethalruin flew into the scene to find both their leader and newcomer taking out the last of the ships; now making their way to the main barque ship of the Dragonroot Company where the antagonist group were waiting for him. Drayko, Breyerkolt and Katetiburon joined him as they met the rest of the generals: Savage, Askari of Ashes, Bjarke the Bear, Fuld the Fiend and Tyree Treewalker
"Have your moron comerades enjoyed fighting against those whom you've come to love after what they've done to our buisness?" Tyree Treewalker crossed his arms as he asked Drayko, who did not respond but Mikekolt did have something to say as he viciously mocked one of the generals upon seeing their appearance
"You call yourself a Dragon Hunter? That is the most pathetic looking excuse I have ever seen, in fact I'm going to make him feel nothing but pain when I'm done breaking those twigs you call muscles. I'm not threatened by you at all" Mikekolt taunted upon seeing Fuld the Fiend's appearance as he sported wiry muscles and an very thin build, however Bjarke stepped in with a threat
"You'd be more guarded with your words... because you are going to learn a new type of pain, our army will crush your broken failure of an clan" Bjarke threatened as he gave off a smirk
"You may not have fought our army on the Dark Deep, but that time will come!" The hope of their lady crushing Draconia that continued to run in the veins of Askari of Ashes continued strongly
It was then that the main leader behind the Dragonroot Company had finally showed herself after all this time, feeling that it was time to reveal and introduce herself to Drayko and his students; with the other members stepping aside with their arms crossed, she appeared to them all and exited from the captain's quarters. Revealing herself as no one other than the vengeance driven: "Maeve, the Matron of Dragons"
"My, Drayko Karnage Ryder III himself; at last now I've gotten your attention and I've been waiting to finally meet you; it's very hard these days to see someone like you for a change" Maeve insulted Drayko's name as he replied with this
"You do not know what a pain in the ass it is to ignore an rampaging Titan like the one you sent against us, Maeve..." Drayko growled as Fuld became angry before chipping into the conversation
"You will address Maeve, the Matron of Dragons by her full title you reptile lover!" Fuld the Fiend angrily reprimanded
"We're not interested in your bullshit Fuld, now it looks like we've met the whole family" Breyerkolt swung his arm in a counter clockwise motion, ready to swing his blade while his half-brother brought out both his scimitar and the Phoenixripper
"Says the former Dragon Hunter who's a massive departure from all of the robust framed ass lickers and biters we've been fighting since they attacked Drayko first by capturing Stormfly when she had done no wrong to Ryker nor them!" Mikekolt was well versed in the history of how Draconia came to be and how Drayko became what he is today, Fuld the Field however did not tolerate the further insults towards their lady and warned him
"You watch your tongue you loggerblogger!" Fuld pointed at him with Mikekolt and Breyerkolt giving him the middle finger, further frustrating him as Maeve stopped him from chipping in their conversation as she knows she's getting enough respect from her enemies
"Now, now Fuld we were only just getting to know one another; I'm sure we'll be on a first name basis soon enough, I am as it would be in a dreadful hurry as of now. I trust we will meet again soon?" She asked him
"You've got more to say, that's what I can tell" Drayko replied
"Oh! Perhaps you've pieced together my plot? If not then you can do better than that, I know you will" She taunted
"I have more than most of the pieces to the puzzle together in order to know how to counter your plans for us" Drayko swept his hair back with his hand
"You put my employers out of business by killing Alvin and turning Dagur against me when he is not worthy of leading his father's tribe, being in an clan with no army is not a crime now is it? I know to defeat you and I know what your Night Fury's weakness is, but I'm not going to reveal what it is in front of my comrades; it's for me to know and you to know" Savage brought out his axe and threatened as Drayko knew that he was referring to Toothless' tailfin, he was smart enough to know by destroying it; Toothless will crash into an island where they'll be ready to take and imprison them, but he is still underestimating his powers and abilities because of his pride in being a suck up even after he's declared his independence
"Who the hell said that we were your comrades, you Scrawny Traitor?" Bjarke the Bear growled as his grudge against the Dragons burned greater than before
"Even if you about his weakness, you'll never win because you will die before then" Drayko stroked Toothless with an angry smug on his face, knowing full well that Savage is bluffing. Mikekolt was through with the lies and misconceptions before deciding to bluntly state what he's willing to say in front of Maeve
"You have no right to make allies with them Maeve, the Dragon Marauders are NOT to be trusted; even Viggo knows that they can't be trusted by any conventional means" Mikekolt called her out as she turned to face him, insulting his name once again
"Ah yes, how could I forget about the brave leader of the Darkheart Prison's inmate uprising; Mr. Michaelkolton Abomination Castlekroftservkhall?" Maeve knew about how he inspired others to stand up against their tormentors no matter the cost, as Mikekolt interrupted her before she began to explain and clear up the misconceptions
"The name's Anubis to you!" Mikekolt revealed with his half-brother confirming this as well
"Of course it is, it's the barbarians who made an alliance with us; they're merely the ones who want your leader's blood while I on the other hand seek to expand my business here, while my generals want retribution for the death of an overestimate God who was once a madness driven warlord. I trust that I too will meet you again as well, farewell for now..." She bid her farewells and mounted her Buffalord Titan before leaving, the loyal members including the former Outcast Lieutenant/Berserker Commander and now rogue viking left; as did our heroes with the ship burning down afterwards
Returning back to the School Grounds where the students were all gathered about, cheering on in victory as they defended their school against the Dragonroot Company; with both their leader and students landing upon the ground. Drayko went to congratulate everyone for their efforts and emerging victorious over their enemies, but also went on to warn them about the motives of Maeve and for them all to stand their ground should they come in contact with them as they have more than enough information to know just how much of an threat they are. Axethor was praised greatly by Drayko and Bovarasson celebrated in his own right, not arrogantly but also not in the eyes of others as he felt special; now he was getting his own recognition by the school for defending his best friend, it's all he really wanted when attending here
Mikekolt on the other hand as a reward from Drayko was given Tuskfang whom he saved but revealed that not only he deliberately threw him in the path of the antidote he threw, but also revealed that Mist was cured by Axethor as that made him relieved: "Tuskfang needs a better rider than that coward of an devil who calls himself Grimmel, me and Toothless will have our retribution one day; always be on your guard Mikekolt because her plans will be set in motion very soon, but we'll be ready to fight them no matter what gets in our way" Drayko told him as he proceeded to leave him be, flying out of sight back to Draconia and letting him be alone to bond with Tuskfang while Katetiburon went to speak with Maria the Huntress
"Looks like we've got some new information about what Maeve is planning for us, should I go out there and continue my intel gathering?" She asked the Huntress
"Judging by the way how our enemies are aligned with a tribe whose not to be trusted, know that it's going to be hell from this point forward just by returning back here to deliver what you've discovered" Maria stated
"I understand, if I'm not back by then you'll have to come; but you know me and I'm always fighting off my pursuers to make sure what they've got in mind for us doesn't fall into our hands, at least they try to do so but always fail in the end" Katetiburon began to leave
"No need to worry about being captured like an damsel, it may have happened to warriors like us but we've always found a way of getting out" Maria stroked her shoulder
"Who said I was going to worry? You know me better than anyone else does" With that Katetiburon left out of sight as Maria decided to return to with the other Knights
Back with Mikekolt, he turned to Tuskfang and stroked his body before his team of Dragons led by Rainserviper all joined in watching the sunset; now it was finally complete and thanks to this; they were ready to begin training to start the uprising to save both man and Dragonkind alike, with the help of their allies by their sides who would never abandon them. From this point forwards throughout this journey of theirs, whenever the Dragonroot Company would strike they will be there to stop them threatening the lives of the beasts they ride upon. As they took off to the skies once more and head back to their lair, the Marauders will surely be making their move in causing a series of destructive rampages across the Archipelago; they might make their move in attacking the home he lived in as well, but the question is will they break his spirit or those of the others? Time will be bound to tell
For now he's out there and he's going to begin some very destructive acts that not even the Vikings are willing to address the actions both publicly nor privately, the following things are just that evil and horrific to speak about; but there is one thing to assure about what he is about to commit: It is bound to give him a title among the most wanted criminals in the Archipelago...