A/N direct continuation of the prologue and is more of a filler chapter then anything else, anyways thanks for reading and have a nice day.
Narrator's pov
And so the battle began the English army charged forward onto the bridge. There was a problem however, the bridge was only wide enough for 2 or 3 people to walk side by side, so in order to properly swing their weapons, the English troops were forced to go one by one across the bridge.
This played right into hands of the axeman, who had dispatched the first and second man attempting to cross the bridge with such speed and ease the soldiers behind them ran back to rejoin their comrades.
Meanwhile hidden in the tree's many pairs of eyes watch the action on the bridge with great interest.
Artemis pov
Artemis watched as the English fled back to safety, running away to avoid the reach of the northman's great axe, which had been used to devastating effect on the soldiers in front of them.
One of my Hunter snuck over to join me from a position in a tree a few feet away.
"My Lady" she asked "Why are we watching these MEN slaughter each other in their pointless war"
"Because Zoe, I fear that our enemies are plotting against us, i've heard rumors of Titans influencing human events and I want to know why"
"Why don't you inform thy father about such rumors?" Zoe asked confused
"Have but he's too busy with Other things to be bothered by rumors, even one's as dangerous as these" I responded with some frustration.
Zoe snorted in disgust "Sometimes I wonder how he is still King of the Gods"
"Be Careful Zeus has eyes and ears everywhere" I said with concern,
Looking back towards the bridge i saw that the man on the bridge was still standing. In fact not only was he still standing but in front of him lay the bodies of English soldiers, all butchered by his axe.
"I do hope these English soldiers kill that man soon"
Zoe laughed,
"Don't worry my lady no one, let alone a man, can stand against an entire army by themselves, soon he shall fall and we can back to the hunt"
I laughed with her and began to think of what we were going to hunt next as watched the battle play out in front of me.
Narrator's pov
Unfortunately for Zoe and Artemis the battle lasted for hours, the battle had devolved into continues duels where the English would forward a single soldier to fight on the bridge, when their soldier would attempt to fight the man on the bridge the English soldiers would cheer. This however would quickly stop when the Axe man would defeat his opponent, at which point their Viking counterparts on the other side of the river would cheer for their man.
Man didn't describe what stood on that bridge that day. The man that started the fight was gone, in his place stood a beast from hell capable of killing entire nation's, over the course of the day he had suffered many wounds all over his body, many of which would have killed a normal man, but yet there he stood continuing to fight and kill any soldier foolish enough to cross the bridge.
Trickery is what took the beast down in the end. Realizing the demoralizing effect the deaths of their comrades was having on his men, the leader of the English army had a plan. While the beast was distracted he sent a man with a spear down the river in a barrel to stab it from beneath.
When the beast fell so did the hopes of the soldiers behind him, having no more opposition on the bridge the English charged forward into battle
Artemis pov
I watched as the axeman fell and the English rushed across the bridge, I couldn't help but feel a bit sad, I had begun to respect the warrior of the north not only for his battle prowess, but also his loyalty to his fellow country men. Anyone willing to sacrifice their own lives for the good of their loved one's had my respect.
As I continued watching I noticed that the man who had killed the axeman was not with the English force that was forcing the Vikings back towards their ships. Looking around frantically I finally spotted him, slinking away into the bushes.
"Come Zoe, we must not let him get away" and with that we rushed after the strange man.
When we made it to where i had last scene him the man was nowhere to be found, it was like he had just vanished into thin air without a trace. Out of instinct i put my hand to the ground, pushing out my senses until i found what i was looking for.
"What is it my lady" asked Zoe.
"It's just as I feared Zoe" I replied " the man we were following was a Titan, this confirms the rumors going around but I still don't understand why"
I started to ponder what the Titan could have possibly been doing when suddenly an idea came to me, and I turned back towards the bridge in the distance and began to walk.
"My lady" Zoe called "where are you going?"
"I'm going to get some information from our friend on the bridge"
"But my lady" replied Zoe " you saw him fall, you saw his wounds there's no way he'd live much longer if at all"
"Then we'd better hurry" was the only thing i said before running full speed back to the bridge.