Legend of Zelda : Council of mages.
Chapter 10 : Showdown.
Baldor stalked into the room saying a command word as he did. Zelda felt herself being dragged from the window and fought with all her strength but it was useless. The irresistible force floated her through the air. "Ah you will be the perfect bait for the trap."
She floated out of the room behind Baldor as he Exited and made for the throne room on the first floor. Enemy mages fell into step around him as the party of Fourteen, including herself, walked through doors that where opened be unseen means.
The patrols of guards that roamed the castle thinned the closer they got to their destination.
The throne room had been dulled by the presence of the evil prince. It's once bright interior looked dark and alien to Zelda's eye's. 'Oh this is Ganondorf all over again.' Desperate thoughts filled her mind as she thought of every thing she could to warn Link of her predicament.
But her hopes where in vain as she was tied to the throne with magic and rope. "Ah the perfect bait for the trap." Baldor commented once more. "Men, have the fighters pull out and leave the way open for that fool to get in. Have the army leave the castle and flank the enemy amassing in the hills."
His orders where obeyed immediately as messengers scurried off. To his mages he said in a lower tone. "Get ready for the transport and keep an eye out for any more of those untrained pests." The mages bowed and left, leaving the trap ready for the up coming battle.
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Link noticed the thinning of the guards. Their ranks had diminished quickly once the signal had been sent to the army. Link didn't let his guard slip, instead he could feel some thing pressing against his mind. It felt almost like the feeling he got whenever he heard a re-dead scream. But this was different, almost friendly. Link didn't trust it and pushed it out of his thoughts.
He was almost to the throne room. The doors stood closed at the end of the corridor, but more worrying was the mix of soldiers and mages lingering in the hall.
Sliding along the wall link felt for the edge of a tapestry. He pulled it from the wall as quietly as he could then slipped into the space behind. Secret passages riddled the old walls and Link had discovered most of them in his original wonderings of the castle. This passage would take him through the wall cavities to a trap door in the throne room. Link prayed for Zelda to be there, if she wasn't then he might have to wonder the castle until he did find her and the king.
The stone was rough under his fingers as he felt the wall for the opening mechanism. He found it. The catch slipped and the wall slid open. Dull light flooded into the opening and stunned Link for a moment while his eye's adjusted. But he really didn't notice. The triforce on his hand was itching, she was close...
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Zelda heard the minute click come from the wall on the right side of the hall. She was shocked out of her drowsiness. Not many people knew about the secret passageways of the castle. She hid her surprise and strained her ears for the tinniest sound. Holding her dejected pose she snuck a look at the walls and saw a gap opening to her right.
Once it was open a blonde head she recognised inched out and looked around. "Link!" she hissed in a low voice. Link looked in her direction then back to the door before stepping cautiously on to the blue carpet.
He padded across the room looking for any sign of life, any sign of a trap. "Link don't stay here go quickly." Zelda hissed under her breath. Link heard and shook his head. "Link it's a trap get out now." She still couldn't get through to the stubborn hero. "I can't Zel, I swore to your father that I'd keep you safe through this whole thing." He was adamant in his decision as he cut the ropes to find the spell. Breaking it he helped Zelda to her feet.
But then a voice rang out, "So nice of you to join us, Hero of time."
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It had been to easy. He should have known that Baldor would have been prepared for anything. He looked across at his most recently acquired enemy. The dark aura that surrounded the man threatened to engulf the room as Link felt a tingling at the back of his mind. He drew his sword.
Baldor laughed "Do you really think you can defeat me with that puny thing. That's not the legendary blade that defeated Ganondorf, you will have no chance against me. So excuse me if you wished to die in Hyrule."
His face sported a triumphant look as the throne room started to waver. Link with out thinking hooked an arrow to his bow and sent it flying. It broke through the glass of a window and off into the night. "Hero your aim is off!" Baldor was gaining confidence in that intended mistake.
The room started to disappear and Baldor didn't notice that the arrow exploded.
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Link and Zelda found them selves in a broken landscape. Rocks jutted above the plateau for as far as the eye could see. Across from them stood Baldor with his mages. "Well as you see you are far from home princess." he spat with mixed anger and glee.
Link looked around in dismay. "Then if I die I'll just have to take you with me." He shouted above the sound of steam being released from the earth. "Then lead on."
Baldor drew his own blade as Link charged.
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"Commander that was the signal." The Hyilian lookout reported the result of his scouting. His commander nodded, "Get word to the others and MOVE OUT!"
His orders were obeyed and the Army moved forward slowly at first but then picking up speed as they headed behind the Gorons to the castle's main gate.
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Link fought for all he was worth.
Baldor, he had to admit, was a good swordsman. He sweated as he parried the more dangerous attacks then countered with his own. Both combatants had many scratches from a failure to dodge on time but Link didn't have his full attention on his own battle. Zelda was fighting against the mages with all the magic she could muster. She'd transformed to sheik and was waging a full out war, One to four.
Link caught a glimpse of her progress every now and then over Baldor's shoulder. She was slowly gaining an advantage over her opponents by use of shear power but Link knew she couldn't keep up the pace forever.
Help Pleadies, Alexandria, Anyone!
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*Help Pleadies, Alexandria, Anyone!*
The call was borne through the minds of his friends as they faugh against the enemy, not bothering to cover their tracks. They stopped together at the call and concentrated hard. *Link we're coming* Pleadies meanwhile had drawn the yellow circle but this time within it was the picture of a desolate land starved of light save that from the fiery reaches of lava that snaked over the broken terrain.
Jumping through the portal they landed lightly and saw the battle before them, Electrete shouted "Let's go."
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Link saw his friends join the battle against the mages. They looked toward him, wanting to help but link had yelled over the clang of blades forbidding them to come close.
Instead they faugh the mages. Their lack of magical experience showed as they to became victim. They where brilliant but no matter how fast Alexandria was she just couldn't keep dodging the spells. A lightning bolt hit her squarely in the chest and she went down twitching before the merciless mage destroyed her with a fireball.
"No." Link was distraught. "Ah I see that my own council members haven't lost their touch. Say goodbye to your friends, hero." His eye's glowed a dark power as he faugh with new energy. Link faugh on a fresh burst of adrenalin and rage at seeing a friend fall.
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Electrete was the next to go. After a few minutes more fighting two of the enemy mages had been caught in their own tricks and killed. Electrete had driven himself past his endurance and his rock like skin had given way to a acid spell. His screams were silenced as his own blade floated round and stabbed him.
Link could see that very few of them would survive this encounter. Baldor was proving harder and harder to fight. He'd given up using the sword for now and had reverted to using spells. Link had to do things he'd never dream of doing in normal circumstances. In his desperation his flexibility and agility had improved three fold while dodging the craters left in his wake.
Cleo went down, followed by Pleadies after a spectacular move that killed one mage but most unfortunately themselves. That left only one other mage against Zelda. Link couldn't take the burning of the sorrow inside him. He'd lost his friends and he'd be damned if he lost his own life so far from home.
Baldor was pushed back under what came next. Link went totally crazy weakening Baldor to a point that the Evil man couldn't even stand, let alone defend himself.
Link was taken aback at what he'd done. Before him was a severely drained and injured man. Zelda came over then, she killed the last mage. She saw what link had done and cried out in shock. She drew a dagger to finish what he'd started and put the man out of his misery but Link stopped her.
"Let him be. I've got a better idea."
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Baldor regained consciousness in a haze of pain and found himself locked deep within the molten earth. Looking with all the strength he could dredge up he saw a last vision of the princess Zelda seeling his tomb with a relic so powerful it blocked out the world completely. The triforce of wisdom was left above him even as it's owner walked away. Baldor lost the last of his strength as he vowed. "I will come back, I will break free. I will kill you Hero of Time."
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Chapter 10 : Showdown.
Baldor stalked into the room saying a command word as he did. Zelda felt herself being dragged from the window and fought with all her strength but it was useless. The irresistible force floated her through the air. "Ah you will be the perfect bait for the trap."
She floated out of the room behind Baldor as he Exited and made for the throne room on the first floor. Enemy mages fell into step around him as the party of Fourteen, including herself, walked through doors that where opened be unseen means.
The patrols of guards that roamed the castle thinned the closer they got to their destination.
The throne room had been dulled by the presence of the evil prince. It's once bright interior looked dark and alien to Zelda's eye's. 'Oh this is Ganondorf all over again.' Desperate thoughts filled her mind as she thought of every thing she could to warn Link of her predicament.
But her hopes where in vain as she was tied to the throne with magic and rope. "Ah the perfect bait for the trap." Baldor commented once more. "Men, have the fighters pull out and leave the way open for that fool to get in. Have the army leave the castle and flank the enemy amassing in the hills."
His orders where obeyed immediately as messengers scurried off. To his mages he said in a lower tone. "Get ready for the transport and keep an eye out for any more of those untrained pests." The mages bowed and left, leaving the trap ready for the up coming battle.
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Link noticed the thinning of the guards. Their ranks had diminished quickly once the signal had been sent to the army. Link didn't let his guard slip, instead he could feel some thing pressing against his mind. It felt almost like the feeling he got whenever he heard a re-dead scream. But this was different, almost friendly. Link didn't trust it and pushed it out of his thoughts.
He was almost to the throne room. The doors stood closed at the end of the corridor, but more worrying was the mix of soldiers and mages lingering in the hall.
Sliding along the wall link felt for the edge of a tapestry. He pulled it from the wall as quietly as he could then slipped into the space behind. Secret passages riddled the old walls and Link had discovered most of them in his original wonderings of the castle. This passage would take him through the wall cavities to a trap door in the throne room. Link prayed for Zelda to be there, if she wasn't then he might have to wonder the castle until he did find her and the king.
The stone was rough under his fingers as he felt the wall for the opening mechanism. He found it. The catch slipped and the wall slid open. Dull light flooded into the opening and stunned Link for a moment while his eye's adjusted. But he really didn't notice. The triforce on his hand was itching, she was close...
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Zelda heard the minute click come from the wall on the right side of the hall. She was shocked out of her drowsiness. Not many people knew about the secret passageways of the castle. She hid her surprise and strained her ears for the tinniest sound. Holding her dejected pose she snuck a look at the walls and saw a gap opening to her right.
Once it was open a blonde head she recognised inched out and looked around. "Link!" she hissed in a low voice. Link looked in her direction then back to the door before stepping cautiously on to the blue carpet.
He padded across the room looking for any sign of life, any sign of a trap. "Link don't stay here go quickly." Zelda hissed under her breath. Link heard and shook his head. "Link it's a trap get out now." She still couldn't get through to the stubborn hero. "I can't Zel, I swore to your father that I'd keep you safe through this whole thing." He was adamant in his decision as he cut the ropes to find the spell. Breaking it he helped Zelda to her feet.
But then a voice rang out, "So nice of you to join us, Hero of time."
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It had been to easy. He should have known that Baldor would have been prepared for anything. He looked across at his most recently acquired enemy. The dark aura that surrounded the man threatened to engulf the room as Link felt a tingling at the back of his mind. He drew his sword.
Baldor laughed "Do you really think you can defeat me with that puny thing. That's not the legendary blade that defeated Ganondorf, you will have no chance against me. So excuse me if you wished to die in Hyrule."
His face sported a triumphant look as the throne room started to waver. Link with out thinking hooked an arrow to his bow and sent it flying. It broke through the glass of a window and off into the night. "Hero your aim is off!" Baldor was gaining confidence in that intended mistake.
The room started to disappear and Baldor didn't notice that the arrow exploded.
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Link and Zelda found them selves in a broken landscape. Rocks jutted above the plateau for as far as the eye could see. Across from them stood Baldor with his mages. "Well as you see you are far from home princess." he spat with mixed anger and glee.
Link looked around in dismay. "Then if I die I'll just have to take you with me." He shouted above the sound of steam being released from the earth. "Then lead on."
Baldor drew his own blade as Link charged.
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"Commander that was the signal." The Hyilian lookout reported the result of his scouting. His commander nodded, "Get word to the others and MOVE OUT!"
His orders were obeyed and the Army moved forward slowly at first but then picking up speed as they headed behind the Gorons to the castle's main gate.
************************************
Link fought for all he was worth.
Baldor, he had to admit, was a good swordsman. He sweated as he parried the more dangerous attacks then countered with his own. Both combatants had many scratches from a failure to dodge on time but Link didn't have his full attention on his own battle. Zelda was fighting against the mages with all the magic she could muster. She'd transformed to sheik and was waging a full out war, One to four.
Link caught a glimpse of her progress every now and then over Baldor's shoulder. She was slowly gaining an advantage over her opponents by use of shear power but Link knew she couldn't keep up the pace forever.
Help Pleadies, Alexandria, Anyone!
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*Help Pleadies, Alexandria, Anyone!*
The call was borne through the minds of his friends as they faugh against the enemy, not bothering to cover their tracks. They stopped together at the call and concentrated hard. *Link we're coming* Pleadies meanwhile had drawn the yellow circle but this time within it was the picture of a desolate land starved of light save that from the fiery reaches of lava that snaked over the broken terrain.
Jumping through the portal they landed lightly and saw the battle before them, Electrete shouted "Let's go."
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Link saw his friends join the battle against the mages. They looked toward him, wanting to help but link had yelled over the clang of blades forbidding them to come close.
Instead they faugh the mages. Their lack of magical experience showed as they to became victim. They where brilliant but no matter how fast Alexandria was she just couldn't keep dodging the spells. A lightning bolt hit her squarely in the chest and she went down twitching before the merciless mage destroyed her with a fireball.
"No." Link was distraught. "Ah I see that my own council members haven't lost their touch. Say goodbye to your friends, hero." His eye's glowed a dark power as he faugh with new energy. Link faugh on a fresh burst of adrenalin and rage at seeing a friend fall.
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Electrete was the next to go. After a few minutes more fighting two of the enemy mages had been caught in their own tricks and killed. Electrete had driven himself past his endurance and his rock like skin had given way to a acid spell. His screams were silenced as his own blade floated round and stabbed him.
Link could see that very few of them would survive this encounter. Baldor was proving harder and harder to fight. He'd given up using the sword for now and had reverted to using spells. Link had to do things he'd never dream of doing in normal circumstances. In his desperation his flexibility and agility had improved three fold while dodging the craters left in his wake.
Cleo went down, followed by Pleadies after a spectacular move that killed one mage but most unfortunately themselves. That left only one other mage against Zelda. Link couldn't take the burning of the sorrow inside him. He'd lost his friends and he'd be damned if he lost his own life so far from home.
Baldor was pushed back under what came next. Link went totally crazy weakening Baldor to a point that the Evil man couldn't even stand, let alone defend himself.
Link was taken aback at what he'd done. Before him was a severely drained and injured man. Zelda came over then, she killed the last mage. She saw what link had done and cried out in shock. She drew a dagger to finish what he'd started and put the man out of his misery but Link stopped her.
"Let him be. I've got a better idea."
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Baldor regained consciousness in a haze of pain and found himself locked deep within the molten earth. Looking with all the strength he could dredge up he saw a last vision of the princess Zelda seeling his tomb with a relic so powerful it blocked out the world completely. The triforce of wisdom was left above him even as it's owner walked away. Baldor lost the last of his strength as he vowed. "I will come back, I will break free. I will kill you Hero of Time."
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