Domination part 1.3 by Androidfish7
Scorpio and Thumper's war has began. Famous historians have already given a name for the war, calling it "Battle of the brothers". Scorpio's army is outnumbered badly, yet Scorpio is a far more experienced general than Thumper, as Scorpio got the throne from years in the military, while Thumper inherited the throne. Advantage enough to outdo 680,000 of a range?
Scorpio lunged at Thumper with the Scor Sword, and lucky for him Thumper did not have a special sword that is always usable[the Forbidden Blade needs 24 hours to charge after use], but headshots on Thumper were almost impossible, from his Rock Headwear, which a M1 Bazooka could not penetrate. Thumper took out an average sword and fought Scorpio, but about 4 of Scorpio's men saw Scorpio in the struggle and assisted, and Thumper found himself taking on 5 people, but lucky for him, his army noticed and he brought 10 guys in to make it more than fair, of course Scorpio is very experienced in fighting so he was able to tilt it in his favor while making sure no one else of Thumper's army noticed and he got to take down enough of Thumper's force to get a 1 on 1 fight with Thumper. Scorpio lifted his Scor Sword and thrust it at Thumper, but Thumper reflected the shot with his headwear and Thumper attempted to counter strike Scorpio but Scorpio who saw it coming and is extremely trained in fighting, deflected Thumper's shot, knocked the sword out of Thumper's hands, and knocked Thumper down. Thumper, with his heavy headwear, could not get up. Scorpio thought to himself, his head may be indestructible, but if I stabbed him in the heart and stomach, I doubt the headwear will help him much. Thumper was unable to move, and Scorpio got down and poised to strike Thumper, but then Scorpio realized he had made a grave error. He did not know if he was going to get hit from behind. Oh well, if I kill him his army is automatically set to retreat, let's end it quickly thought Scorpio, as he poised to strike. But at that moment, the Thumper army started retreating. Thumper, regaining consciousness, kicked Scorpio off of him while he was distracted, mounted his horse, and ran away. Scorpio took aim at him with his bow and arrow, and hit Thumper in the leg, but then Thumper got out of range. Scorpio immediately began surveying the damages. Scorpio realized he had picked his men well, as out of 20,000 there were only 4 that died and only 14 that got wounded, even though the Thumper army outnumbered them by 680,000 men and led a surprise attack on them. Scorpio looked at the sun. He realized the battle had actually taken 3 hours to finish and it was actually only 7:00 AM [of course being in medieval times they did not know this.]. Scorpio cried out: "We have demolished an army far greater than ours, with prior knowledge to our plans, and the preemptive strike. They will be back and likely with more men. For now, I say we have a great feast to celebrate this victory and honor our men who have fallen and get ready to train tomorrow!" and with that, everyone in the army roared in approval.
The land of Thumper, about 6:00 PM:
Thumper was in conniptions about the recent battle. He could not put 2 and 2 together. "They had far less men, a feeble minded leader, and we had the preemptive strike. How do they win that fight?" Said Thumper, talking to the medic healing his wounds from his head on fight with Scorpio. "Well sire, it appears we have not treated our men well, as all they ever do is slack off and do nothing for the community, and that may be the reason we lost more men then his army had to begin with. And I should also remind you Scorpio worked hard to earn the throne. You merely inherited it." Replied the medic. "How dare you question my ability! That is treason! I shall have you hanged for it! Guards! Take this man to the dungeon on a count of treason!" Ordered Thumper. As the guards were taking him away, Thumper got an idea. He heard that there was a gigantic clan of about 500,000 well trained people who called themselves the NorthAtlantic Vikings. They raided and plundered people all over the world and they were well trained. Even better about them is they fought people in exchange for mostly land but they sometimes but rarely took money and resources. Thumper called in the NorthAtlantic Viking leader who called himself Jaroess. "Jaroess is it? I would like to acquire your services. Name your price." Said Thumper. "We don't usually take money or resources for fighting, we take land in exchange, but since I like the way this area fights, we will take no more or less than 50,000 gold Spioeens [currency in land of Thumper] for our services" replied Jaroess. "50,000 you say? I was prepared to give up to 750,000 so you have just done us financially well, bargain struck" said Thumper as he prepared the contract. It read:
I, Jaroess, leader of the NorthAtlantic Vikings, agree to raid and plunder the land of Scorpio, and in return, I shall recieve 50,000 gold Spioeens if the King of Scorpio and his subjects are successfully pushed out of their land, killed, or captured and brought back to the King of Thumper. An advance payment of 2,500 gold Spioeens shall be made incase of failure to complete this contract.
Signed: Jaroess, leader of the NorthAtlantic Vikings
I, the King of the land of Thumper, agree to pay the NorthAtlantic Viking fighting clan 50,000 gold Spioeens if the King of Scorpio and his subjects are successfully pushed out of their land, killed, or captured and brought back to me by the NorthAtlantic Vikings. An advance payment of 2,500 gold Spioeens shall be made incase of failure to complete this contract.
Signed: The King of Thumper
An hour and a half later:
"Good deal! You may start the raid in the morning" Said Thumper. "A good deal yourself, those Scorpians will not know what hit them" Said Jaroess, but little did he know that one of the guards standing outside the royal room "guarding" Thumper was actually a spy for Scorpio, and he thought differently of Jaroess's recent words, as he went home to Scorpio with the news. "Is that so? He's getting outside help? Is he really that desperate? I shall destroy this NorthAtlantic Viking clan along side my men, without the 3rd party assistance that Thumper apparently needs! Ha!" Laughed Scorpio.
Scorpio has called another town meeting, but lucky for him, his soldiers are already feasting in the room they would normally have a town meeting in, so it is very easy for Scorpio to get the meeting he desires
"My loyal fighters! I have recieved word from a spy sent on a mission that Thumper has hired outside help to try to get rid of us!" Shouted Scorpio. What he had said was met by laughs and snickers. "Now I, more than the rest of you, see this is comical that Thumper would need help to defeat a force that he has outnumbered by more than 360%, but do not take these NorthAtlantic Vikings lightly, as they will not stop and wait for us to finish laughing at them and they are far more experienced than Thumper's men and should provide more of a challenge. So, we shall be ready for a fight in the morning!" Said Scorpio, then called the meeting to an end.