They now had a small army of about 30 to stand up against the belrog. Link
had a score to settle. They marched toward the mountain and watched the
belrog sit near the top watching them, hunched over like a gargoyle. The
group that had said they had been sent to stop the monster consisted of 15
Deku's and 10 Gorons. They said that if the belrog weren't stopped it would
destroy both of their homes, the mountain, home to the Gorons, and the
forest, home to the Deku's. They had been sent to try and attack with the
advantage of stealth, this advantage had worn off now, but they had the new
advantage of the fact their opponent was wounded. Link gripped his sword
and held up his shield as he walked as if he was expecting the beast to
pelt them with raining bolts of fire at any second. They reached the base
of the mountain and left the horses there, which had miraculously not been
wounded in the chase. The mountain was a rather small one and had many
small passages that led up it that had been carved right through the face
of the rock. They passed across a small creek when the beast suddenly took
flight with a roar and began flying over the mountain, making large
sweeping passes. It was looking for them. The native Gorons took over and
led them through side passages and secret caves. as they climbed higher the
beast landed and began searching on foot, tossing aside boulders and
sniffing inside caves. Soon smoke had begun wafting through the mountain
air. Now they were near the top and were in something like a clearing that
was surrounded by tall rock walls.
Goron: we're almost at the city, we can find...
But he was stopped in mid sentence as the belrog abruptly landed in the middle of the circle and flapped its wings, which generated so much wind that they were all thrown to the ground.
Link: spread out!
Everyone ran in all directions. Treom took the Deku's with him and made them follow him up a trail that led to the top of one side of the wall. They ran up and got down behind the rock formation. The Gorons, led by Drom took matters into their own hands and simultaneously jumped on top of the Belrog, slashing at its hide with their axes. The Belrog threw them off with mighty punches with its hand but they fought back bravely. Ralph got down behind a rock but the Belrog saw him and destroyed the boulder with one slash of its claws. He could have killed Ralph but just then the Deku's stood up from where they were hiding and hurled a volley of spears, rocks, nuts and seeds at the beast. The Belrog turned around and held up its arm to shield itself. He fired a blast of flame and killed several of the Deku troops. Maku leaped at it and clung to its chest, and then he slashed at the skin covering its heart. He ripped it open revealing hot Lava. Maku had made a target that could finish the belrog if struck. The belrog punched Maku and sent him skidding across the rock.
Maku: Link, now! The heart!
Link reacted and leaped at the beast he sank his sword into the Belrog's open wound and pierced its white-hot heart. The belrog roared so loudly that it started small rockslides all across the mountainside. Lava exploded from the wound and gush out all over the stone clearing. Electricity shot out from the wound and zapped Links sword. Link was hit with a blast of electricity. Fire poured out from the cracks in the belrog's skin. This fire flew towards the ground and created a rocket effect. The Belrog was thrown high into the air. It spun wildly as it flew into the sky. Link grabbed onto one of its horns and held on for dear life. If he let go he would be thrown miles away. The two of them rocketed back towards earth. They had soared all the way to the top of the mountain. Below was a small lake that rested near the peak of the mountain. The two of them fell towards it limply. From a distance they looked like two dolls falling from a high shelf. They smashed into the freezing lake, which snapped Link back into consciousness after being zapped by the electric shock. The belrog wasn't finished yet it flailed wildly in the water and desperately lashed out at Link even though it couldn't see him. The small lake trailed of into a river and the current caught both of them. Link desperately tried to not get struck by the monsters claws but soon he was simply at the mercy of where the river took him. The beast was creating large waves and splashes and Link struggled to keep his head above water. Soon, He heard a low roar from somewhere near. It was a consistent rumbling. He looked down stream and saw to his horror that they were heading right into a waterfall. Link scrambled for shore but failed. The monster's flailing was so extreme that it was now pulling link towards it. Link got underneath it and gripped onto the flailing beast like a giant raft. He gripped one of it legs tightly but the belrog kicked him off and he was thrown a few feet in front of it. The belrog saw him now and tried to do a sort of awkward swim towards him. Link looked at the enraged monster and then at the waterfall and decided he'd take his chances with the waterfall. He swam full speed down river and the monster gave chase. But they were now very close to the waterfall and would go over soon. It was at this point that the beast seemed to figure out the concept of a waterfall because it suddenly began trying to swim against the current. But it was to late link was pulled down by the current and went over the side, followed by the belrog. As he was about to go over link noticed a large flat stone protruding from near the middle of the waterfall. He reached for it and gripped its wet slimy surface. He pulled himself on just as he was about to go down. The belrog swept right over him, just barely missing him. It gave one last feeble roar before falling over the side. Link watched as it fell towards the rocks at the bottom. It struck the side once before slamming into the rocks. The monster basically exploded on impact into ash. Smoke and ash mixed with the cloud of mist and what was left of the belrog began to float down the river. It was finished. Whatever Savroth planned to do had just been ruined. Link leaned back on the flat rock and breathed heavily. But then over the constant roar of the water he heard something coming his way. He sat up on the rock and looked back. Coming out of the woods were several dark forms. As they came closer Link could see they were men. Behind the men were many, many trolls. Enough trolls to single handedly take over a large city.
Man: Aye! Where's that ruddy belrog! Savroth said he'd be here by now! We're gona have a hel'uva time trying to take over the forest without em!
General: If he isn't here already then he'll come! In the mean time we can lead the charge as Savroth commanded!
Link: looks like I found the belrog's friends. So, they're gona try and take out the forest? I better spread the word.
Man: Argh! Look over there! It's the fairy boy! Savroth said to kill em if we saw him!
General: shoot him!
Some of the men grabbed bows and began firing at Link. Link held onto his rock and got down underneath the river for shelter. Holding onto the rocks in the riverbed he crawled his way towards shore. He came up near the riverbank where he could now stand without being swept over the side. As soon as he came up one of the huge trolls snatched him up by the collar and held him in the air. Link teleported with the green stone in his pocket and appeared on the troll's head. He sank his sword through the top of its head so that the end of the sword went all the way through the chin. The troll fell into the water causing such a huge splash that it knocked two of the men of their feet. Link watched as they were swept over the falls.
General: kill him!
Link used the fallen troll as a bridge and got back to shore just as the body was swept over the cliff. He chopped one of the men's head clean off and then sank his sword into another. But Link saw that a whole army was approaching to try and take the forest. It was a larger army then the small one they had faced before. Link noticed that if he stayed around much longer he would be hopelessly surrounded. He had to get to the other side of the bank and make a run for it. He ran back into the river and used his hook shot to spear a tree on the opposite bank. It dragged him across the river without being pulled over the side. He flailed his arms and splashed his way out of the water. Two more of the gigantic trolls were marching across the river. They're yellow eyes gleamed with the thought of smashing Link to death with their massive clubs. On the other side, men were scrambling to find a way across. Link heard a "KATHWUP!" as an arrow hit the water and struck a rock on the riverbed. They were shooting at him again. Without looking back he ran as fast as he could through the thick foliage. He eventually found a path and raced down the mountain. He looked back a couple times and saw a thick swarming cloud of enemies crawling its way down the mountain. At this point of view they looked like specks but He was no less afraid. Eventually he made it to the bottom of the mountain. Epona was where he left her but the other horses were gone. Next to Epona were three Deku's and a Goron that lay sprawled on their backs dead. The Deku's had severe burns and the Goron was heavily bruised. Link Leaped onto Epona and raced towards the towering trees of the Forest. About half way there He looked back and saw a massive army Marching after him. It consisted of mostly trolls. For every troll there were a couple of men that had it on some sort of leash or some other form of control. Link could see many torches and catapults. Even without the Belrog the army would be formidable and Link knew the forest did not have the defense required to protect itself from such a force. The Deku would need help of some sort. As Link rode into the woods he rode past many Soldiers that had rallied at the last minute in a scramble to put up a defense. Link quickly found Ralph, Treom, Maku and Drom. As He arrived an army of Deku's marched forward from out of the towering trees and stood in front of the Forest border. A general stepped forward.
General: don't let them into the forest! Save as many trees as you can!
The soldiers stood with their spears sharpened and weapons drawn.
Treom: they have no hope! This will not be a battle it will be a massacre of Deku's. The enemy will easily sweep through this weak defense and burn the forest to the ground!
Link: well better to put up a struggle then lie down and allow yourself to be trampled.
But Link felt the same depressing sorrow of hopelessness. The enemy marched towards the forest ready to burn it to the ground.
Link: well looks like this is the end, It'll take a miracle to deter Savroth's armies now.
The Deku had not had enough time to form a resistance and what was here to defend looked like a couple of near by guards standing next to each other then an army. The Horde marching towards them could not be mistaken for anything other then an army however. Treom was right the forest would be lost. Link gripped his sword but it didn't give him the slightest sensation of protection. He could now see the trolls running at them and saw the sun glint of their horrible scaly hide. They had large clubs raised above their heads that were big enough to kill 50 men with one swing. Out from the back of the horde a trebuchet sent a flaming boulder high into the air. He came back down and exploded into a large tree near link. The Deku's near it were thrown from their feet and hurled into the air as burning leaves and wood rained down on them. A hundred other ones followed this first boulder.
Link: sages, protect me.
He muttered as he watched the boulders fall back towards earth.
Goron: we're almost at the city, we can find...
But he was stopped in mid sentence as the belrog abruptly landed in the middle of the circle and flapped its wings, which generated so much wind that they were all thrown to the ground.
Link: spread out!
Everyone ran in all directions. Treom took the Deku's with him and made them follow him up a trail that led to the top of one side of the wall. They ran up and got down behind the rock formation. The Gorons, led by Drom took matters into their own hands and simultaneously jumped on top of the Belrog, slashing at its hide with their axes. The Belrog threw them off with mighty punches with its hand but they fought back bravely. Ralph got down behind a rock but the Belrog saw him and destroyed the boulder with one slash of its claws. He could have killed Ralph but just then the Deku's stood up from where they were hiding and hurled a volley of spears, rocks, nuts and seeds at the beast. The Belrog turned around and held up its arm to shield itself. He fired a blast of flame and killed several of the Deku troops. Maku leaped at it and clung to its chest, and then he slashed at the skin covering its heart. He ripped it open revealing hot Lava. Maku had made a target that could finish the belrog if struck. The belrog punched Maku and sent him skidding across the rock.
Maku: Link, now! The heart!
Link reacted and leaped at the beast he sank his sword into the Belrog's open wound and pierced its white-hot heart. The belrog roared so loudly that it started small rockslides all across the mountainside. Lava exploded from the wound and gush out all over the stone clearing. Electricity shot out from the wound and zapped Links sword. Link was hit with a blast of electricity. Fire poured out from the cracks in the belrog's skin. This fire flew towards the ground and created a rocket effect. The Belrog was thrown high into the air. It spun wildly as it flew into the sky. Link grabbed onto one of its horns and held on for dear life. If he let go he would be thrown miles away. The two of them rocketed back towards earth. They had soared all the way to the top of the mountain. Below was a small lake that rested near the peak of the mountain. The two of them fell towards it limply. From a distance they looked like two dolls falling from a high shelf. They smashed into the freezing lake, which snapped Link back into consciousness after being zapped by the electric shock. The belrog wasn't finished yet it flailed wildly in the water and desperately lashed out at Link even though it couldn't see him. The small lake trailed of into a river and the current caught both of them. Link desperately tried to not get struck by the monsters claws but soon he was simply at the mercy of where the river took him. The beast was creating large waves and splashes and Link struggled to keep his head above water. Soon, He heard a low roar from somewhere near. It was a consistent rumbling. He looked down stream and saw to his horror that they were heading right into a waterfall. Link scrambled for shore but failed. The monster's flailing was so extreme that it was now pulling link towards it. Link got underneath it and gripped onto the flailing beast like a giant raft. He gripped one of it legs tightly but the belrog kicked him off and he was thrown a few feet in front of it. The belrog saw him now and tried to do a sort of awkward swim towards him. Link looked at the enraged monster and then at the waterfall and decided he'd take his chances with the waterfall. He swam full speed down river and the monster gave chase. But they were now very close to the waterfall and would go over soon. It was at this point that the beast seemed to figure out the concept of a waterfall because it suddenly began trying to swim against the current. But it was to late link was pulled down by the current and went over the side, followed by the belrog. As he was about to go over link noticed a large flat stone protruding from near the middle of the waterfall. He reached for it and gripped its wet slimy surface. He pulled himself on just as he was about to go down. The belrog swept right over him, just barely missing him. It gave one last feeble roar before falling over the side. Link watched as it fell towards the rocks at the bottom. It struck the side once before slamming into the rocks. The monster basically exploded on impact into ash. Smoke and ash mixed with the cloud of mist and what was left of the belrog began to float down the river. It was finished. Whatever Savroth planned to do had just been ruined. Link leaned back on the flat rock and breathed heavily. But then over the constant roar of the water he heard something coming his way. He sat up on the rock and looked back. Coming out of the woods were several dark forms. As they came closer Link could see they were men. Behind the men were many, many trolls. Enough trolls to single handedly take over a large city.
Man: Aye! Where's that ruddy belrog! Savroth said he'd be here by now! We're gona have a hel'uva time trying to take over the forest without em!
General: If he isn't here already then he'll come! In the mean time we can lead the charge as Savroth commanded!
Link: looks like I found the belrog's friends. So, they're gona try and take out the forest? I better spread the word.
Man: Argh! Look over there! It's the fairy boy! Savroth said to kill em if we saw him!
General: shoot him!
Some of the men grabbed bows and began firing at Link. Link held onto his rock and got down underneath the river for shelter. Holding onto the rocks in the riverbed he crawled his way towards shore. He came up near the riverbank where he could now stand without being swept over the side. As soon as he came up one of the huge trolls snatched him up by the collar and held him in the air. Link teleported with the green stone in his pocket and appeared on the troll's head. He sank his sword through the top of its head so that the end of the sword went all the way through the chin. The troll fell into the water causing such a huge splash that it knocked two of the men of their feet. Link watched as they were swept over the falls.
General: kill him!
Link used the fallen troll as a bridge and got back to shore just as the body was swept over the cliff. He chopped one of the men's head clean off and then sank his sword into another. But Link saw that a whole army was approaching to try and take the forest. It was a larger army then the small one they had faced before. Link noticed that if he stayed around much longer he would be hopelessly surrounded. He had to get to the other side of the bank and make a run for it. He ran back into the river and used his hook shot to spear a tree on the opposite bank. It dragged him across the river without being pulled over the side. He flailed his arms and splashed his way out of the water. Two more of the gigantic trolls were marching across the river. They're yellow eyes gleamed with the thought of smashing Link to death with their massive clubs. On the other side, men were scrambling to find a way across. Link heard a "KATHWUP!" as an arrow hit the water and struck a rock on the riverbed. They were shooting at him again. Without looking back he ran as fast as he could through the thick foliage. He eventually found a path and raced down the mountain. He looked back a couple times and saw a thick swarming cloud of enemies crawling its way down the mountain. At this point of view they looked like specks but He was no less afraid. Eventually he made it to the bottom of the mountain. Epona was where he left her but the other horses were gone. Next to Epona were three Deku's and a Goron that lay sprawled on their backs dead. The Deku's had severe burns and the Goron was heavily bruised. Link Leaped onto Epona and raced towards the towering trees of the Forest. About half way there He looked back and saw a massive army Marching after him. It consisted of mostly trolls. For every troll there were a couple of men that had it on some sort of leash or some other form of control. Link could see many torches and catapults. Even without the Belrog the army would be formidable and Link knew the forest did not have the defense required to protect itself from such a force. The Deku would need help of some sort. As Link rode into the woods he rode past many Soldiers that had rallied at the last minute in a scramble to put up a defense. Link quickly found Ralph, Treom, Maku and Drom. As He arrived an army of Deku's marched forward from out of the towering trees and stood in front of the Forest border. A general stepped forward.
General: don't let them into the forest! Save as many trees as you can!
The soldiers stood with their spears sharpened and weapons drawn.
Treom: they have no hope! This will not be a battle it will be a massacre of Deku's. The enemy will easily sweep through this weak defense and burn the forest to the ground!
Link: well better to put up a struggle then lie down and allow yourself to be trampled.
But Link felt the same depressing sorrow of hopelessness. The enemy marched towards the forest ready to burn it to the ground.
Link: well looks like this is the end, It'll take a miracle to deter Savroth's armies now.
The Deku had not had enough time to form a resistance and what was here to defend looked like a couple of near by guards standing next to each other then an army. The Horde marching towards them could not be mistaken for anything other then an army however. Treom was right the forest would be lost. Link gripped his sword but it didn't give him the slightest sensation of protection. He could now see the trolls running at them and saw the sun glint of their horrible scaly hide. They had large clubs raised above their heads that were big enough to kill 50 men with one swing. Out from the back of the horde a trebuchet sent a flaming boulder high into the air. He came back down and exploded into a large tree near link. The Deku's near it were thrown from their feet and hurled into the air as burning leaves and wood rained down on them. A hundred other ones followed this first boulder.
Link: sages, protect me.
He muttered as he watched the boulders fall back towards earth.