Golgius was still standing in front of Ruby and extended his hand towards her after inviting to return her back to the capital. The twins immediately placed themselves between him and her and they both drew their swords.
"Not so fast," said Ruffnut.
"You're going to have to go through us first," said Tuffnut.
They immediately slammed their swords down on top of him, but he drew his blade and blocked them. He then forced his blade upwards causing the two of them to topple over.
"Ruff! Tuff!" Ruby yelled.
"Now then," said Golgius removing the bedsheets off of Hiccup.
Once the bedsheets were removed all of them could see that he was holding the sword is held that he strapped around his back.
"Seems it has become rather pointless for you to keep the sword any longer," he said as he grasped the sword. "So I shall be taking it with me."
He tried to remove the sword from Hiccup's grasp, but it was iron tight. It took some effort but eventually he was able to remove it from his grasp.
"It's my now," he said. "You have no use for it."
However, Hiccup then suddenly stood up straight and grasped the sword handle once again much to the shock of everyone.
Doctor Sven just stared at him. "Impossible. No one could survive after that much poison."
"Too stubborn to die, I see, but you will release this sword," said Golgius.
Suddenly everyone felt strong presence emanating from Hiccup. "Even if I die, this sword is the one thing that I will never let go off. It's the only thing that I can do, the only way I could ever atone."
Ruby stared at him. "Sir Hiccup?"
Golgius merely laughed. "Spout all the nonsense you wish, the Princess and your weapon will still be mine."
Hiccup then looked up at him and suddenly he saw that his eyes had become splits. Golgius immediately felt a twinge of fear and then immediately smashed right through the window to escape. Once he landed outside he immediately made a run for it.
"He got away," said Toothless looking out of the window.
Ruby looked at Hiccup. "Is that really you, Sir Hiccup?"
Hiccup looked back at her and his eyes had become normal again. "It's me."
Ruby sighed with relief. "Thank goodness, your back to your old self again."
Hiccup looked around. "So where are we anyway?"
"The town of Dalmary which is right by Grimbeard Prison," Ruby explained.
"And who was that just now?"
"A Dragon Knight, who said that his name was Golgius," Toothless explained. "From the looks of things, it's pretty clear that he is after Ruby and the broken sword of yours."
"Yeah, and that quack over there was working with him to," said Ruffnut pointing towards the doctor.
However they found Doctor Sven was gone and the door was wide open.
"He was?" Ruby blinked.
"He hightailed it," said Tuffnut.
"Let's go after him!" Ruffnut yelled.
Ruby immediately grabbed the two of them before they could run out the door. "Wait, Sir Hiccup's injuries haven't fully healed yet."
Hiccup then remove the bandages around his shoulder, are the only thing there was a scar and it looked as if it was healing.
"I look pretty fine to me," he said.
Ruby just stared at the wound. "It can't be?"
"Whatever the cause, we better go after that Dragon Knight," said Hiccup.
Golgius was wandering down the street still a bit shocked about what just happened.
"I narrowly escaped there," he said. "So that was Hiccup the Dragon Sin. I chose to make my exit precisely at the right time then." He then rubbed the chin of his helmet. "Fascinating indeed."
"Hello," said Hiccup's voice.
Golgius immediately looked round the corner and saw standing there was Hiccup and the others.
"Impossible! How did they find me?" he gasped.
"My nose is sharper than a bloodhounds," said Toothless.
Hiccup immediately looked at Golgius. "I'm going to need you to order you to give up the name of the person who wanted you to swipe my sword and the Princess. Otherwise I'm going to have to beat it out of you."
Golgius immediately held his hands up. "Of course, I surrender."
Ruby and the others frowned, because that seemed way too easy.
"To be honest I'm very much a coward by nature," said Golgius honestly. "Combat isn't to my liking, particularly when my adversarial is the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins."
Hiccup immediately drew his blade and swung behind him and in appear to have deflected something. Ruby and the others turned back and saw two razor-sharp discs on the ground.
"I release to those laid when I raised my hands," said Golgius. "You were able to see me do it?"
Hiccup smiled. "My eyes are as sharp as a Hawks."
Doctor Sven then appeared on the slope behind them. "There you are Sir Golgius, I've been looking for you."
"Hey, it's that quack!" Ruffnut pointed.
"Now I know that I was not able to end the young man's life all right, but I still poisoned him as I was told," said Sven with a pleading look. "A deal is a deal, please return my daughter as promised."
Golgius then suddenly disappeared.
"He's gone," said Hiccup.
"When he go?" Tuffnut asked looking around frantically.
"Ruby stay close to me," Hiccup ordered.
"Right," Ruby nodded.
"Now that you mention it, when that guy showed up in your room it was from out of nowhere too," Toothless added.
"No need to shout, I will reunite you with your daughter," said Golgius' voice.
"Thank you, sir," said Doctor Sven as he turned around. "She means everything to me."
Hiccup's eyes widened. "Doctor get away from there!"
Doctor Sven looked at him in confusion and then Golgius appear directly behind him.
"I shall send her to join you in the afterlife," he said and he immediately plunged his sword right through the doctor's chest. "We can't have you ruining the Dragon Knights good name by revealing that we all did you the poison the young man, now can wait?"
Golgius then immediately vanished.
"No!" Ruby cried and dashed over to the doctor.
"Ruby, wait!" Hiccup cried.
"Why are you helping him?" Ruffnut asked.
"Yeah, he's the one that betrayed us," Ruffnut nodded.
Ruby immediately bent down to the doctor and looked at him. "Doctor Sven, hold on!"
"It isn't safe here, because we don't know where or when that guy is going to show up next," said Hiccup.
Ruby cradled the doctor in her arms. "We can't just stay here was this man die."
Golgius then appeared directly in front of her with his sword held high. "I have you now!" he yelled and plunged his sword towards her.
Fortunately, Hiccup appeared in the nick of time and blocked his sword with his own, he then used his strength to disrupt his garden was about to punch him in the chest. However, Golgius vanished in a split second without a trace.
"Sir Hiccup!" Ruby panicked.
"He vanished again," said Ruffnut as she and her brother drew the blades.
"Is he teleporting or what?" Tuffnut asked.
They could hear Golgius laughing. "You're smarter than you look. Despite your strength, it is no match for my powers of teleportation."
Hiccup immediately turned just in time to block Golgius' attack, but he vanished before he could counter-attack. He then reappeared next to them and once again Hiccup blocked his attacks and then he vanished before he could strike back.
Hiccup immediately grabbed Ruby's hand. "We have to get out of here!"
Immediately all them began to run down the street as quickly as they could and Hiccup and the twins had to ritually dance around in order to protect Ruby. Golgius appeared and reappeared every few seconds making it almost impossible to predict his next move.
Golgius apparently was more preoccupied with attacking Ruby for some strange reason. The twins tried a pincer movement to catch him off guard when Hiccup blocked his next attack, but he vanished just before this blades hit.
Toothless growled in frustration. "He is definitely leaving behind a metallic scent trail, but now I don't have enough time to track it with him attacking us at the same time."
Hiccup looked intrigued. "A metallic scent trail?"
Hiccup quickly blocked Golgius' next attack and then kicked him in the chest as hard as he could sending the Dragon Knight back a good distance.
Golgius merely laughed. "No matter where you hide, I will always find you."
Eventually they made their way to the outskirts of the town and immediately entered into a rundown building.
"In here!" Hiccup yelled.
The twins frowned at Hiccup as they climbed the stairs.
"So what exactly are we doing hiding in this rundown building?" Tuffnut asked.
"Yeah, this place looks as if it would fall apart in any second," Ruffnut nodded.
"Think it through," said Hiccup as he led them down a corridor. "Do you want to get the townspeople caught up in this?"
"He's got a good point," said Toothless as the entered a room.
"Let's just try staying here and see if we can wait him out," Hiccup suggested.
"I'm still surprised that this place is still standing," said Toothless honestly.
Hiccup immediately turned towards the entrance and then swung his sword in a blink of an eye.
"What are you doing there?" Ruffnut asked.
Hiccup looked at her. "Just a little spell to keep him from coming inside."
Tuffnut frowned. "Since when have you been able to use magic?"
Hiccup smiled. "Well how do you know I can't?"
"Are you sure it is safe here?" Toothless asked. "Were stuck on the top floor in a cramped dump of the building, there is no way to run in here. At the very least you should close the door and hide."
"I very much doubt closing the door would affect a teleporter," said Hiccup. "And you never know, he could just pop up out of nowhere."
"Why did you say that?" Toothless groaned.
Golgius then appeared directly behind Hiccup with his sword drawn. "Good guess, tried behind you."
Hiccup smiled at him. "Good guess, try under you."
Suddenly the floorboard is that Golgius was standing on gave way and he fell through several floors until he reached the bottom.
"Sounds as if he went straight through the bottom," said Tuffnut.
"This place is really run down," said Ruffnut.
Ruby looked at Hiccup. "Then that spell earlier…"
Golgius groaned when he realised what had just happened. "He cut the floor and set a trap for me."
Hiccup then landed directly in front of him. "Your power is invisibility isn't it? There were gaps in time between when you vanish and when you appeared, I was confused for while. However, the biggest clue was Toothless' comment about you leaving a metallic scent trail, if you had been teleporting the scent would have been all over the place. The truth of the matter was you were running around on foot like we were and that meant that you are forced to come through the rooms only door. Plus fighting down here means I don't have to worry about protecting Ruby from you."
Flames then covered Hiccup's fist and then he punched Golgius in the chest and he immediately flew out of the building and crashed into the building opposite.
Hiccup then began to approach him. "Now let's get down to business. Answer the question I ask you before. Who told you to go after Ruby and this sword of mine?"
"Sir Hiccup!" Ruby cried as she and the others exit the building.
"We were wondering what was going on down here," said Toothless.
Golgius then vanished.
"Looks like he ran away," Hiccup noted.
Then they immediately saw a horse running towards them.
"Why is a horse heading this way?" Tuffnut frowned.
"All the racket we cause most have spooked it," said Ruffnut.
"So that's where he went," said Hiccup looking at the horse.
That's when they all noticed a figure riding the horse and suddenly appearing on top of it was Golgius.
"What a fright that was," he said as he rode out the town. "My superiors gave me quite a mission to carry out."
"Looks like he's headed to Grimbeard Prison," Hiccup noted as the horse disappeared into the distance.
"Then let's go," said Toothless.
Ruby however immediately ran into the opposite direction much to their confusion.
"Your Highness where you going?" Ruffnut frowned.
"The prison is in the opposite direction," said Tuffnut.
They follow Ruby until they reached Doctor Sven and she immediately cradled him in her arms.
"Doctor! Doctor Sven! Please hold on," Ruby pleaded as tears dripped onto Doctor Sven's face. "Why did this happen?"
Doctor Sven looked at her. "Why? Why are you crying?" He then gave them an apologetic look. "I am truly sorry, I only did this because I want to save my daughter. Dear Sigrid, all I wanted was to keep you safe."
He then closed his eyes and Ruby cried. "This is all my fault?"
Hiccup looked at her. "What are you talking about? It was Golgius that killed him."
"If we hadn't come into this town in the first place, Doctor Sven would be lying down here dead and his daughter would never been taken by the Dragon Knights. It wouldn't have happened." She continued to cry. "Not to mention it's my search for the Deadly Sins that brought me to Sir Hiccup. If not for that you would never have fought Gilthunder and got seriously injured and then you wouldn't be in a position to be nearly be killed by Golgius."
Hiccup placed a hand on her shoulder. "Ruby I know exactly how you feel. A long time ago I found myself at the exact same position you are now in. However I learned that only cowards would harm innocent women and children as a means of intimidation and I have every confidence that courage always triumphs over cowardice.
"I know that it's not easy, you never truly experienced loss of life that comes for serving the kingdom or the brutality. However, you started this journey in order to stop the Dragon Knights and I don't think that it is or two is going to stop you. I made the decision to go and find the Seven Deadly Sins with you as well stop the Dragon Knights, but no one said that he was ever going to be easy. I'm sorry to say that a lot of innocent people will be injured on our journey, but if we are to stop the Dragon Knights we can't let fear sway us."
Ruby just shook her head. "But I don't know if I'm strong enough. What if it's my weakness that causes more people to die?"
Hiccup gave her solemn look. "Everyone dies eventually. But as long as we keep the memories of those around us they can never truly die. There is no denying that you would suffer along the way, but if you do not think they would have died for nothing and that would be a very great insult to their memory. That is what a Knight stands for."
Ruby just sat there in silence.
Golgius was making his way back to the prison as quickly as he could, still little shaken up from his experience with Hiccup.
"That was a complete disaster, I didn't expect him to go that far," he said as he pulled on the reins to stop his horse. He then looked up at the cliff and saw Ruin and Friesia looking down at him. "Well, well, it seems our welcoming committee is ready and waiting."
Meanwhile Hiccup and Toothless were making their way out of town. Ruby had decided to remain behind and the twins stayed with her for her protection.
"We should make our way to the prison," Hiccup suggested.
"Are you really going to believe Ruby behind?" Toothless asked. "She hasn't come out since you carried that doctor back to his clinic."
"Personally I would prefer if she stayed put in town," said Hiccup. "The sizing case you have forgotten the Dragon Knights in the prison are actually after her."
Toothless nodded. "I see your point, but what is stopping them from going after her again now that we are no longer there to protect? So far I haven't seen anything impressive about the twins, I doubt they even Dragon Knights."
"Sir Hiccup!" Ruby's voice called.
They turned and saw Ruby and the twins rushing towards them.
"What are you guys doing here?" Hiccup asked.
Ruby then presented his backpack with the scabbard prepared. During his battle with Gilthunder, he had been able to slice through it.
"I had mended your scabbard while you are still asleep," she explained.
"Thanks," said Hiccup taking his backpack. The moment he strutted onto his back he immediately seemed the sword handle he was holding. "Looks good."
"Then let's get going," said Ruby.
Hiccup was completely taken aback, because this was not the Ruby he left behind a few minutes ago.
The twins smiled at him.
"I think your words of encouragement got through to her," said Ruffnut.
"Yeah, she's like a completely different person now," Tuffnut nodded.
"I may not be a knight, but I'm going to keep on fighting too so that I can keep on protecting the kingdom and its people," she said looking directly at Hiccup. "You're right, doing nothing would change nothing at all. Even if I fail at least I know that I tried."
Hiccup smiled. "Good, because I'm going to need all the help I can get. Now let's get to the prison."
"Then let's save Sir Snotlout," Ruby nodded.
"All you can look after himself," Hiccup smiled. "The person were actually going to be saving is Sigrid."
"You're not concerned that he might be in trouble?" Tuffnut blinked.
"Yeah, he might be death all you know," Ruffnut nodded.
Hiccup looked at them as they walked. "Trust me when I say that he is unkillable. I have a strong feeling that the moment he realises that were on our way, I think you'll probably bust himself out."
"You really think so?" Ruby blinked.
Suddenly something heavy slammed right in front of them and Hiccup immediately reached for the sword attached to his hip.
"We're under attack?" Toothless asked.
However they soon realise that it was Heather and her eyes had a dazed look about them.
"Heather?" Hiccup blinked. "What are you doing all the way over here?"
Heather blinked and her eyes returned back to normal. "What are you doing here? You should still be in bed and get a little rest. You are still recovering."
"I'm fine, but I'm more concerned about you," said Hiccup with a puzzled look on his face.
"What do you mean?" Heather frowned.
"After you took care of all the Fireworms, you charged full speed ahead to Grimbeard Prison," said Toothless.
Heather immediately looked at them confused. "Wait? I did?"
"Is something the matter Lady Heather?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know what it is, but something is off," Hiccup frowned. He then looked at her with some concern. "You sure you're all right Heather?"
"Uh, yeah… my head is just a little fuzzy," said Heather though the tone of voice suggested that she was very unsure.
Suddenly she heard the sound of a bell and her eyes became dazed once again. Suddenly she found that Hiccup and the others are completely vanished and standing in front of her was Ruin.
"I am the Dragon Knight Ruin, member of the Weird Fangs and destroyer of the Seven Deadly Sins," he said.
Heather immediately took up a fighting stance. "The Dragon Knight here! Captain you go and take care of the Princess!" She then looked around and realised that they had vanished. "Captain? Wait, where did everybody go?"
Ruin laughed. "They are all at my mercy."
"Release them now!" Heather roared as he swung her foot at him.
Ruin then immediately jumped into the air to avoid her foot and then she dealt him a powerful punch. However, it was not Ruin she struck but Hiccup and he was immediately sent flying towards the ground.
"Sir Hiccup!" Ruby cried as she and the others rushed towards him. "Are you all right?"
Hiccup immediately picked himself up and got back onto his feet. "I'm fine, but I'm a little confused why you attacked me Heather?"
"Lady Heather, Sir Hiccup is right in front of you," said Ruby.
"I don't think she hears us," said Toothless.
"I'm going to tell you here and now, I am not losing to some Dragon Knight," Heather glared raising her fists.
Hiccup immediately looked into her eyes and saw the dazed look. "Her eyes, she can't see it at all even if she wanted to."
"You mean she's hypnotised?" Toothless asked.
"But she was fine a moment ago?" Tuffnut frowned.
"What's the plan?" Ruffnut asked.
"We run," said Hiccup and immediately grabbed Ruby and placed on his shoulder.
"Good plan," said Ruffnut as the immediately began running.
Heather immediately began chasing them down and she kept on swinging her fists down at them. Her main focus definitely was on Hiccup, thankfully he was nimble enough to avoid getting squashed.
They then began running down a slope and then saw a man a young boy directly in front of them.
"There's people around," Toothless gasped.
"Get out of here!" Hiccup yelled.
The man and the boy turned towards them and then saw Heather charging towards them and immediately panicked. He immediately grabbed the two of them began running with them and hid behind a slope within the forest to get out of Heather's line of sight.
Heather immediately began looking around for them. "You can't hide forever Dragon Knight and when I find you I'm going to twist, tear open and polarise your body right along with you."
"Help us please," the man pleaded.
Ruby looked at Hiccup. "What's going on here? Did something happen to Lady Heather when she went to Grimbeard Prison?"
"I don't know," Hiccup shrugged. "However, I do know that we can't hide forever. I'm gonna try lead her away, you guys stay here."
Ruby nodded. "Be careful."
Hiccup immediately left them in Ruby turned her attention onto the small boy who was crying in her arms.
"What are you two doing out here?" she asked.
"We both work as shepherds in the area," he explained. "And we were on our way home after over the pasture. Please I don't want anything bad to happen."
"Now don't worry, it's going to be all right," said Ruby confidently as she looked up at Hiccup. "He can fix this."
Hiccup immediately made his way to the edge of the slope was just about to look over it when he suddenly heard the sound of a bell. His eyes then became dazed as he saw towering above them was Ruin, only he was the size of a giant.
"Where did you come from?" he gasped.
"I am the Dragon Knight Ruin, member of the Weird Fangs and destroyer of the Seven Deadly Sins," Ruin announced.
"And I'm willing to bet you're the one who cast that spell on Heather, aren't you?" said Hiccup narrowing his eyes.
However to Ruby and the others, Hiccup was actually staring up at Heather.
"He does know that is Heather, right?" Tuffnut blinked.
"I get the feeling that he's been hit by the same spell," said Toothless.
Ruin then immediately swung his fist down onto Hiccup, but he jumped out of the way. He was high in the air and then he used a piece of rubble to propel himself down onto Ruin. At the same time he drew his blade that was attached to his waist and immediately flames began to cover it.
"The time my friend back to normal!" he demanded as he slammed the blade down on top of Ruin.
Ruin immediately raised his four arms to block the attack, but the impact was strong enough to cause the ground beneath them to crumble. However in reality, he had been attacking Heather, who also believe that she was fighting against Ruin. She immediately shoved him away and then jumped after him.
"Looks like you are right," said Ruffnut.
"From what we've seen of the Dragon Knights in the area so far, it would seem they prefer using dirty tactics to take down their foes," Toothless concluded.
"You mean like with the Fireworms? And the poison?" Tuffnut asked.
"Exactly," Toothless nodded.
They watched as Heather immediately swung her legs towards Hiccup, it struck him briefly but he was able to jump over it. He then landed on top of the leg and jumped and kicked a right under her chin setting her down to the ground, but she quickly recovered and landed on her 2 feet.
However, she then immediately slammed her group hand into the ground and then raised her hand upwards. Instantly columns of rock began to emerge from the ground and headed straight towards Hiccup, but he merely spun around one of them slicing it to pieces with his blade and then began to jump from column to column.
Have the exact same time Ruby and the others immediately made a run for it, with Toothless carrying a small boy on his back.
"At this rate their gonna kill us as well as each other," said Tuffnut.
"Lest talking more running!" Ruffnut yelled.
Hiccup was then caught on one the columns, but he grabbed hold of it and used it speed to propel himself over its top. He then slammed his sword down towards Heather, but thankfully she was able to grab one the columns and use it as a club to block the attack. Hiccup was able to smash right through the column and only had a few seconds to guard against the punchers Heather slammed into him. The attack was so hard that he was sent flying through the columns of rock that she created earlier.
Friesia was watching the show with glee.
"Ruin has outdone himself this time," he said smiling beneath her helmet. "I suppose I had better get to work now too."
Ruby and the others had finally managed to get away from a safe distance from the battle, but he was deeply troubling watching the two Sins fighting one another.
"What are we going to do?" Toothless asked.
"We could jump in and try and stop them," Ruffnut offered.
Toothless looked at her. "More likely you'll be killed."
"But if this carries on they'll die," said Ruby with a panicked look.
Meanwhile at Grimbeard Prison several guards made their way to Snotlout's cell, but found that he had disappeared. They did find Ase, who to her embarrassment, was pinned to the wall by the same spikes and chains that contained Snotlout.
"Ase? You all right?" one of them asked.
"Do I look all right!" she snapped. "Find the Seven Deadly Sins' Snotlout! The Fox Sin of Greed! And get me down from this!"
Immediately several of the guards began to run down the corridors while the others attempted to free Ase from the wall.
"Curse him," said Ase through gritted teeth. "Mark my words, I'm going to make you pay for what you've done Snotlout! Understand me!"
Snotlout was currently making his way down the corridors as he heard the commotion going on around him.
"So actually entrance!"
"He might be in the ventilation shaft!"
"What with all the racket around here lately?" said Snotlout as he walked casually down the corridor. "Is like someone broke out of prison or something."
He didn't get much further as suddenly appearing from out of the floor with a shield in his hand was Gab.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked. "Snotlout of the Seven Deadly Sins."
"I was wondering when one of you Dragon Knights were going to show up, Gab," Snotlout smiled.
Gab then began to approach him. "I have come to destroy you. Prepare to take your last breath."
"So you want to kill me, huh?" said Snotlout raising an eyebrow and not looking particularly scared. "You know if you wanted to kill me from the start you could save a lot of time and killed me when you caught me."
"If we did you wouldn't have been as useful," said Gab as he started directly in front of him. "You have serve your purpose as the bait to lure the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins here. Even at this very moment, two of them members Dragon Sin Hiccup and Serpent Sin Heather are being eliminated at the hands of the Weird Fangs. And when I have finished with you, that will bring the total to 4 Sins who no longer exist to lead havoc upon this world."
Snotlout chuckled. "You guys are certainly ambitious, aren't you? But you do know that I'm not going to let that happen, don't you?"
Gab looked at him. "Who was the one who captured you years ago? And who has been torturing you ever since? Surely you haven't forgotten."
"I don't have time for this, so go ahead and have fun," said Snotlout as he walked past him.
However before he could take more than five steps, Gab impaled him in the chest with a spike. Blood immediately poured out of the wound and Snotlout coughed a bit of it out as well. At first he been taken completely by surprise, but then a smile appeared on his face.
