Chapter 6: The Last Stand
Roland was leading his large army towards Ishmal. Archers were marching in front of the masses, and the rest were scattered behind them. There were getting closer to the town, and Roland was closer to his final goal, to crush Hyrule, and the world around it. To make him a part of history.
A guard saw Rolands army heading towards Ishmal. He rang the alarm bell and soon dozens of Hylian knights went up to the walls of the town, aiming their bows down at the army. The townspeople were frightened, and running back into their houses. Link sat up on his bed, he heard the bell sound. He looked out the window, and outside there was a tall tree nearby with a few branches. A small, dark raven perched on a branch, staring at Link and screeching harshly. Link ignored it and got his weapons and left to defend the wall, and on the way, he saw that Patrik and Antony already went. On the wall, Link looked out on Hyrule field, and the Terminians were drawing closer, getting their weapons ready. Then Rolands archers pulled back on their bows with an arrow in it. The Hylian commander yelled out an order.
"Shields up!" the commander yelled out to the Hylian knights. There were only few people who were trying to defend Ishmal, and it was the most important battle in the great war. Could they have a chance? Link thought. He raised his shield along with the other Hylians. The Terminian archers launched a swarm of arrows, slamming against the shield of the Hylians with full force. An arrow hit the chest of someone beside Link, and Link watched him as he lost his balance and fell of the wall, and sank into a spear of an infantry knight, blood flowing from the lifeless body. Link couldnt bear to keep watching, and he placed an arrow into his bow and pulled back. He aimed and fired, and missed. Some Terminians were dragging a battering ram onto the gate.
"Dont let them to the gate!" Link ordered. He fired some arrows, one hitting its mark. The Hylians were fighting frantically, and they were out of control. Rolands army were at the wall now, putting up ladders.
"Cover them!" Roland shouted to his archers as the knights climbed the ladders into the town. There was no moat sorrounding Ishamal, making it easier for Roland to capture. The archers kept firing arrows to let the knights get in the city.
Link pushed down a ladder that was set up beside him, hearing a scream of someone, hearing flesh going through metal.
"Theyve broken the gate!" somebody yelled out. Link ran near the gate, taking cover behind a building. He peeked around the corner and saw Terminians rush in the city, throwing flaming sticks of wood onto the house, and in minutes, the house near Link was on fire. Link could feel ash on his face. Hylians came and hacked and slashed at the enemies. Link rushed in and helped, dodging axes and spears. A Terminian thrusted his spear at Link, but Link blocked it and slashed back. Now the Master Sword was glowing with a bright light.
"What the..." Link whispered to himself. He saw Antony and Patrik fighting off Terminians beside him.
"Link! Theres so much of these guys, and so few of us." Patrik said, stepping aside from a sword attack, nearly getting hit. "Damn, I hate his situation." Link heard a scream behind him, and turned around and saw a dead man, lying in his blood.
"Dont get distracted!" Antony yelled, blocking an attack that was aimed at Link. Link saw somebody setting up a catapult, and putting big rocks in it. Immiediately Link took cover when Rolands men launched the rocks with the catapult. The rocks pelted the town in the gate area, and somebody beside him was crawling without his legs.
Roland was standing beside a ladder giving orders to his men, taking cover.
"Get in the town! Hyrule is ours!" Roland yelled. He climbed up the ladder into the town, and the Shadow Assasin was there too, and he climbed the ladder. Hylians rushed towards the Assasin, but he took out his bow and shot all of them dead. He rushed inside a building, waiting for somebody to come.
Everything was burning down around Link, Patrik, and Antony. No more Terminians seem to be coming. The three ran inside a building to avoid the flames.
The Shadow Assasing heard footsteps coming his way, so he jumped up to the upper structure of the building, and waited. Link, Patrik, and Antony went in the building, and it seemed empty. The Assasin narrowed his eyes at the sight of Link, he jumped down and pulled out his twin daggers.
"Link, I told you leave Hyrule." the Assasin said. Link told Patrik and Antony to step aside.
"Why should I? This is my home, and I wont surrender it to Roland." Link bravely replied, getting ready to fight.
"You could have lost your home, but have kept your life. And now youre going to lose both." the Assasin said.