Chapter 4
All was ready, as I looked around. Everyone looked anxious to commence battle. "This is the battle of all battles. Whoever comes out on top, is the victor. Although we just won a major victory, chances are they have regrouped and are ready for battle. We will be fighting on their turf, and they most likely will have defenses erected. That is what these are for." He turned to the left to point to 4 ballistae. They were massive pieces of machinery. It was a gigantic crossbow on wheels. The shaft of the arrow was a log from a tree. Any building, no matter how strong, could not stand up to the might of a ballista arrow.
As the final preparations were made, the Priestess was nowhere to be found. "We will have to go on without her, we do not have the time to look for her." My mind swirled in though, as I wondered where she could be. She knew that we were about to attack, so why would she have left when she was needed the most? My thoughts were stopped as a fellow dryad shook my arm. "Sir, we are at the perimeter of their base" I nodded my head to her showing that I understood. All was ready, they were just waiting for my signal. I looked one last time around us for the priestess, but she was nowhere in sight.
"Onward my brethren, victory shall be ours!" With my command, we charged their base. We ran up a hill, where we knew the orcs were waiting for us. I saw the far seer, I looked at him with utter hatred. Behind him were several towers, and many mound shaped buildings full of peons with spears. "Bring in the ballistae, we will draw them out of their base!" The far seer noticed the ballistae coming and realized our plan. We heard him bellow out an orcish word, which probably meant charge. All of the orc's came charged forward. We were not expecting such swiftness. "Fall back!! We can not battle them from uphill." We ran back, as archers, dryads, and druids gave us cover fire. Once we were on flat ground we turned around and held our positions. I saw the far seer running to the right. I thought to myself "He is mine!" As he ran, I followed him away from the battle. . .
"Halt you coward! You shall fight me, here and now, with no one to help either of us. Only our magic will win prove the winner of this outcome."
"So it shall be, young keeper, but you shall perish."
As he said this he chanted an incantation, and two wolves came out of the forest by his side.
"You should see, that I am never alone."
"Neither am I! Elune praise me!"
The trees beside me started coming to life, slowly they formed faces, and their branches became harder then rock, yet at the same time flexible enough to bend. Their roots came up from the ground, as they walked over to my side. As I looked back to the far seer, he was already chanting another incantation. I saw the electricity coming, but it was too late. Pain was searing through me as the electricity pulsated in my very body. I started to regain feeling as I ran to the left, the treants had started to attack the far seer, but he retreated to the left with me, we ran, parallel to each other, exchanging blows. I summoned the power left within me; roots sprang from the ground and entangled the far seer. My treants, finally able to catch up, started furiously beating upon the far seer.
"You are a worthy adversary, but your pride blinds you from the help of your allies!"
A pebble was thrown out of the woods near my treants. As it laid down, it exploded and all of the treants were stunned. I looked at the far seer as he steadily grew, and his movements and reflexes grew faster.
He ran straight for me, I tried to stop him by entangling him with roots, but he was just too fast. He ran by me, and knocked me off of my feet with his scepter. He looked down upon me, almost with a sense of pity in his eyes.
"Are you so weak, that you must receive help from others? Are you so pride less that you cannot follow simple rules, well. I am not pride less I must tell you. For I too brought help!"
I pointed to the over to where two trees stood. What was more importantly standing there, was a ballista ready to launch its arrow. The far seer looked, and tried to move, but he was not fast enough. The arrow flew through the air, impaling the far seer, and carrying him off of his wolf, and thudding into a tree.
I looked at his lifeless carcass, thinking to myself, what a pity, that someone so knowledgeable in magic was so arrogant and foolhardy.
I looked to the skies. Through the great expanse of gray sky, a little patch of pure blue was streaming through the clouds, right where the battle would be. I ran back with all of my speed, to see meteors coming down around the priestess and obliterating the rest of the orc forces. When the priestess stopped her ritual, not a single orc was left. I ordered everyone to destroy the wretched base from our land once and forever, but told the priestess to follow me.
"Where did you go?" I asked her as I looked at her puzzling.
"I had to train alone, so that I could be at my full potential in the final battle." She looked at the ground sullenly, as if a little child, trying to avoid a scolding from their parents.
"Well, everything worked out. Now, we shall go back to our base, and enjoy our victory feast, because no one shall ever defeat the night elves!!!
All was ready, as I looked around. Everyone looked anxious to commence battle. "This is the battle of all battles. Whoever comes out on top, is the victor. Although we just won a major victory, chances are they have regrouped and are ready for battle. We will be fighting on their turf, and they most likely will have defenses erected. That is what these are for." He turned to the left to point to 4 ballistae. They were massive pieces of machinery. It was a gigantic crossbow on wheels. The shaft of the arrow was a log from a tree. Any building, no matter how strong, could not stand up to the might of a ballista arrow.
As the final preparations were made, the Priestess was nowhere to be found. "We will have to go on without her, we do not have the time to look for her." My mind swirled in though, as I wondered where she could be. She knew that we were about to attack, so why would she have left when she was needed the most? My thoughts were stopped as a fellow dryad shook my arm. "Sir, we are at the perimeter of their base" I nodded my head to her showing that I understood. All was ready, they were just waiting for my signal. I looked one last time around us for the priestess, but she was nowhere in sight.
"Onward my brethren, victory shall be ours!" With my command, we charged their base. We ran up a hill, where we knew the orcs were waiting for us. I saw the far seer, I looked at him with utter hatred. Behind him were several towers, and many mound shaped buildings full of peons with spears. "Bring in the ballistae, we will draw them out of their base!" The far seer noticed the ballistae coming and realized our plan. We heard him bellow out an orcish word, which probably meant charge. All of the orc's came charged forward. We were not expecting such swiftness. "Fall back!! We can not battle them from uphill." We ran back, as archers, dryads, and druids gave us cover fire. Once we were on flat ground we turned around and held our positions. I saw the far seer running to the right. I thought to myself "He is mine!" As he ran, I followed him away from the battle. . .
"Halt you coward! You shall fight me, here and now, with no one to help either of us. Only our magic will win prove the winner of this outcome."
"So it shall be, young keeper, but you shall perish."
As he said this he chanted an incantation, and two wolves came out of the forest by his side.
"You should see, that I am never alone."
"Neither am I! Elune praise me!"
The trees beside me started coming to life, slowly they formed faces, and their branches became harder then rock, yet at the same time flexible enough to bend. Their roots came up from the ground, as they walked over to my side. As I looked back to the far seer, he was already chanting another incantation. I saw the electricity coming, but it was too late. Pain was searing through me as the electricity pulsated in my very body. I started to regain feeling as I ran to the left, the treants had started to attack the far seer, but he retreated to the left with me, we ran, parallel to each other, exchanging blows. I summoned the power left within me; roots sprang from the ground and entangled the far seer. My treants, finally able to catch up, started furiously beating upon the far seer.
"You are a worthy adversary, but your pride blinds you from the help of your allies!"
A pebble was thrown out of the woods near my treants. As it laid down, it exploded and all of the treants were stunned. I looked at the far seer as he steadily grew, and his movements and reflexes grew faster.
He ran straight for me, I tried to stop him by entangling him with roots, but he was just too fast. He ran by me, and knocked me off of my feet with his scepter. He looked down upon me, almost with a sense of pity in his eyes.
"Are you so weak, that you must receive help from others? Are you so pride less that you cannot follow simple rules, well. I am not pride less I must tell you. For I too brought help!"
I pointed to the over to where two trees stood. What was more importantly standing there, was a ballista ready to launch its arrow. The far seer looked, and tried to move, but he was not fast enough. The arrow flew through the air, impaling the far seer, and carrying him off of his wolf, and thudding into a tree.
I looked at his lifeless carcass, thinking to myself, what a pity, that someone so knowledgeable in magic was so arrogant and foolhardy.
I looked to the skies. Through the great expanse of gray sky, a little patch of pure blue was streaming through the clouds, right where the battle would be. I ran back with all of my speed, to see meteors coming down around the priestess and obliterating the rest of the orc forces. When the priestess stopped her ritual, not a single orc was left. I ordered everyone to destroy the wretched base from our land once and forever, but told the priestess to follow me.
"Where did you go?" I asked her as I looked at her puzzling.
"I had to train alone, so that I could be at my full potential in the final battle." She looked at the ground sullenly, as if a little child, trying to avoid a scolding from their parents.
"Well, everything worked out. Now, we shall go back to our base, and enjoy our victory feast, because no one shall ever defeat the night elves!!!