Domination part 1.5 by Androidfish7
That very night in the land of Thumper:
Thumper was sitting on his throne, waiting. The battle, he knew, had begun over 10 hours ago and he was eagerly awaiting his brother's presence because he knew [or thought he knew] the Scorpians could not defeat the NorthAtlantic Vikings and was waiting for the moment Jaroess brought in Scorpio so he could gloat and work on terms of surrender, which would not be anywhere near as generous as he had them set before. But at that moment, he saw about 30,000 0f the NorthAtlantic Vikings coming down his way. Good they have gotten Scorpio, thought Thumper. Kylerst, the NorthAtlantic Vikings' second in command leader, approached Thumper, heavily panting. "Where is Jaroess? Where is Scorpio?" Asked Thumper. "We failed to capture the target, and Jaroess has fallen, may his soul rest in peace" Replied Kylerst. "What? But how did this happen? How many Scorpians are left?" Asked Thumper. "We estimate there are about 1700 or 1800 left, we are sorry, but we have failed you." Said Kylerst. "This is bull[expletive], I did not pay 50,000 gold Spioeens to see you take off less than 25% Of their army, keep your 2500 but you aren't getting the rest" Said Thumper. "We signed an agreement, we understood that would happen when we were forced to flee" Replied Kylerst. "Well then, be off, I am done with your clan!" Said Thumper, as Kylerst commanded his group be off. God! How has this happened! What I thought was going to be like breaking a toothpick has become like breaking maxiglass! Thumper thought. Thumper still had over 600,000 troops but they were poorly trained and on low morale, so even if they chose to fight, they wouldn't even be at full power. Thumper considered trying another attack. After all, the Scorpians don't have as many as they started with thought Thumper.
The land of Scorpio, Scorpio has called for another town meeting. Once again his troops are feasting at the town meeting table so it was once again easy to gather everyone.
Scorpio had made his final decision. He was about to unveil his plans. "My people!" He cried out and got the focus of his troops. "My people! We have won a miraculous fight, one of which came to more losses of our fellow men than Thumper inflicted on us. I realize Thumper has an unlimited amount of weapons at his disposal, a la, the NorthAtlantic Vikings. He will not stop coming up with devious ways to put us out of commission, and we do not have the weapons he has. Now I am not suggesting we call outside help, rather, I am suggesting we strike the land of Thumper!" Announced Scorpio, which was met by some approval, and a lot of talking amongst the troops and citizens. "My people! We cannot win this war by simply taking blow after blow after blow! We must strike back if we are to win this fight! Tomorrow at high noon I have planned us to strike, while the Thumper people are feasting on lunch, to perhaps surprise them. I plan on burning the land of Thumper to the ground, and what I mean by that is, should Lady Luck be on our side, we burn every single inch of property, kill as many citizens and enemy soldiers, and most of all, have Thumper's head! Now that I have explained, who is with me?" Announced Scorpio, this time, it was met by the familiar roar of approval from his troops. They were in business.
Morning, about 7:00 AM in the land of Scorpio
Scorpio woke up. It was nice to not have to wake up before the sun was up. He went to the top of his castle and looked around. There was nothing, and he was relieved not to have to wake up like he did when Thumper sneak attacked them 3 days before. Scorpio left his castle after saying goodbye to Priscilla. He emerged from his castle, and found a surprise. King Vorealph, his father and a well known King of Arbarath, was on the outside. "Why father, greetings!" Said Scorpio. "Same to you my son" Said Vorealph. "My Father, what brings you here? Have you come for a visit?" Asked Scorpio. "No, I have heard about a war going on between you and Thumper. Now I realize Thumper has imposed this war upon you, I have heard your plans to attack and destroy his land. Thumper shall pay for imposing this war, but is it really neccessary to kill his innocent citizens?" Replied Vorealph. "His innocent citizens have made their decision to be ruled by an incompetent king, and they have not objected this war one bit, so they shall pay as well" Said Scorpio. "Scorpio, you and I both know very well Thumper's troops will be brushed aside by yours!" Said Vorealph. "Now why would I give a damn! That's Thumpers fault and for the same reason the citizens have to die his pathetic troops shall perish as well! Thumper has the people, the supplies, the money, and I have the experienced troops, now Thumper has chosen to take his benefits for granted, but I, sir, shall not! We attack in 5 sun ticks [How Scorpians tell time, 1 sun tick is 1 hour, 2 is 2, etc] and there isn't a person in the world capable of convincing me to call of the attack!" Replied Scorpio. "My son, I can see I will not convince you to end the war, that is very noble, I knew this land did well picking you as king. Give Thumper my best regards" Said Vorealph, as he got back onto his horse and galloped away.