(A/N I must severely apologize for the amount of time it has taken me to update and the shortness of this chapter)
Dear Goddesses. Spare the Light from the fear of darkness...
This was only his second time engaging in a full-scale battle along side the Hylian soldiers, but it was like he was already used to the rush one got while facing down an enemy. He's engaged countless types of monsters and faced off against the greatest of beasts, but it was so much different in the battlefield. You weren't the only person you had to watch, there were others fighting for their lives and losing them. He ducked down avoiding a blade that nearly beheaded him and gracefully twirled to his right disemboweling two soldiers. It was a disgusting sight, although it quickly left his mind as their screams of terror attracted the attention of others.
He jumped forward gaining the initiative on another with his sword drawn, the soldier had little time before his chest was split open. A Hylian soldier that recently brought down his own target leapt behind him and slid the tip of his blade through the throat of a Chaos behind the Master General. The green clad Hero simply looked back and nodded, which was enough to the Hylian soldier.
For we are your children, and our light shines from you...
Link was attempting to create a path into the enemy lines, some of the bravest and highly skilled Hylians trailed behind him acting as his personal unit. Every few steps required a slash from their swords or protection from an oncoming attack for they were pushing deeper into the heart of the enemy. It was strange though, for even with the difficulty he was having at the moment. Riax and Jiax, the brothers, asked to take most of the enemy force to practice up on their skill. When he first saw the abilities of the Sheikah and Gerudo, working together in perfect harmony as if they had a hive-mind mentality. Link was honestly as awed as he was afraid.
Out of the corner of his left eye, the Hero caught a glimpse of a Sheikah slitting the throat of a Chaos soldier and leaping over the body before it hit the ground to bring down a sickle in the brow of another opponent. To his right were three Gerudo with halberds, maneuvering the weapons to create a wall of defense that also threatened to cut down any that came near. One brave or stupid Chaos soldier decided to step up to the Gerudo, only to be dismembered by two Sheikah before being struck down by the center Gerudo. It was obvious that the Gerudo and Sheikah, the Free, were malicious and dangerous when needed.
Protect us from those that wish harm upon our land...
Their methods were simply more gruesome than the simple sword and shield held by the Hylians. Once an enemy soldier fell by their blades, he remained in the ground with his last sight being the glimmer of death reflecting from their blade. They were terrifying and those gruesome killings affected the Hylians also, it brought about a sense of dignity and courage when they saw an enemy that fell an ally be gutted like their own. In the end, the battle was still in the Chaos favor and will forever be. But if it were to end here, the Hylians would fall and take many with them.
An elite Hylian that stood behind Link was defending himself from the attacks of a Chaos. But this specific Chaos was one of a kind amongst the rest, being the personal guard to a Holy Bane General that has yet to show his visage. His weapon was an axe forged from the same black metal that resisted any form of damage, even the slightest of scratch, purely for the appearance of it all.
It roared menacingly as it brought down its ax with a tremendous amount of force. The Hylian froze, his mind accepted the fact that he was going to end here and his body wasn't able to respond in time. The adrenaline and confusion that he felt numbed his senses, it was almost silent as the axe drew closer to his head. He blinked, and in that short time, waited for the blade to split open his skull and when he opened his eyes, be with the goddesses.
Cast away the wicked, the damned, and the beasts of the deep...
But when a warm liquid is splattered across his face and the impending doom falls, he opens his eyes to see what saved him. He then came upon the gruesome sight of the Chaos soldier being dragged across the ground and tossed aside by a massive halberd. It's wielder, Jiax, stood before the Hylian with a rather uninterested look in his eye as he twirled the massive weapon and plunged his left fist into the stomach of a Chaos denting the armor and rupturing an organ.
Using that same fist, he stepped forward and pushed the injured soldier into the air switching his grip to the ankle. Jiax brought the soldier to the ground, upon one other, breaking formers back, and proceeding to deliver and skull splitting stomp upon the next. The silver flow of hair shot upwards then slowly descended around his neck as he looked up. The same Hylian he recently saved was standing in front of him, using the axe he lifted up off the ground as a projectile. He lodged it into the chest of a Chaos that took aim with an arrow.
"I thank you, General." The Hylian said. They were told by Link to address the brothers as General, for they were key factors that aided in a Hylian victory. The Soldier didn't have much time for he had to regroup with Link and the rest of his team so way into the enemy lines can continue. He turned around leaving Jiax to cover his retreat, but as he passed by the General, he noticed the dark eyes reminiscent of rubies.
For we are your children, protect us from the dark... - Hylian children's prayer
Jiax stood motionless as Chaos soldiers charged forward after seeing an elite be brought down. There was three of them, two armed with axes, and one armed with a broadsword and shield. The silver haired General began to calculate the multiple ways he could bring down all three of the enemies, and which plan would require the least amount of energy. His grip tightened on the base of his spear, until he felt a cold metal graze against his cheek. It was at that moment, Jiax relaxed his muscles and waited for a second.
Riax, the younger of the two, appeared on the ground before the soldiers and unsheathed the scimitar on his back. A large blade used by Gerudo Prison Guards, Riax twirled forward in an acrobatic motion. In that quick display, the soldiers on the borders were dismembered. He continued to use a Sheikah art which formed an arcane chain and sent it around the arm of the Chaos Soldier wielding the broadsword. The black haired Sheikah master bound forward and slid out a sickle-like blade from his sleeve, and plunged the edge deep into the temple of his target.
Sudden flashes of light blinded those around them, but the two other Sheikah that threw the, now almost impossible to find, deku nuts were airborne along with Riax. Using the chains and blades, they wreaked havoc on a small unit of soldiers, beheading, suffocating and splitting open skulls. They landed on the ground and drew their blades, the Sheikah bringing out short swords and a sickle, Riax drawing his second scimitar.
"Kill me, just try and kill me you dirty Bastards!" Riax shouted into the air. The heat of battle and his drive for violence slowly taking its toll on his sanity. Link glimpsed over and saw him dash forward at inhuman speeds spiraling with both scimitars in hand. His Sheikah partners formed a sign with one hand and used their art to multiply the chains as they branched outward.
The green clad Hero knew to compete with the Free, he had to pull exceptional feats from his own skill. With his second sword drawn, Link bound forward and used a form of the Mortal draw to strike down multiple enemies in a quick display of metal meeting armor and flesh. The red spray that clouded the air behind him was filled by the Elite Hylians as they finished off the enemies he only wounded or followed in his lead pushing their own skills to the limit.
Although it wasn't noticed by the combatants for adrenaline blocked most their higher thoughts, but the battle was turned in favor for the Hylians. Their newly brought morale and the increase in soldiers from the Free leveled out the playing fields. Their first encounter with the Chaos was a massacre for most of them were inexperienced. But it didn't take more than one battle to realize that death was a living being that hovered in the shadows of all willing to take up arms.
But at this moment, death decided to show its face.
"Slaughter is here!" A cloud of darkness descended from the portal in which all the Chaos arrived from. It expanded and changed itself into the form of what should've been a humanoid figure, but its height and sheer amount of muscle made it a monster. This was the second Holy Bane General, Slaughter.
A massive hulk of a man that doubled the height of Link with arms as thick as trees. His hair hung low to his neck in thick dreads which covered his tribal tattoos that stretched across his face. As he rose up, towering over the rest of the field, the clouds of darkness formed below his hand creating a sword that resembled the bottom jaw of a beast. His entire frame was nothing but menacing as he towered over the battlefield and tightened his grip on the weapon.
He didn't bother ordering his troops, his plan was simple. Kill the Hero and his allies and spread their entrails across this pitiful realm. He took a step forward which made a sound as loud as a tree suddenly falling to the forest floor. Each step became faster and faster as he progressed from a simple walk into a charging mass of terror. Chaos, Hylian, neither side were spared from his charge as soldiers were violently tossed aside like rag dolls or were trampled.
Link, Jiax, and Riax all stopped in the midst of their activity and looked in the direction of the Holy Bane General. They knew it would take more than one of them fell this massive beast and with a glance, they decided to work together. Link knew from experience that the Chaos Generals were overpowering in strength, but also held a magical power inside them. His demonstration of this was Ruin's skill with a spear, and the sudden execution of Rusl with the electricity. He had to only presume that this massive man known as Slaughter had the same, or another power on those lines.
"On the grave of the sons, and the throne of Din. I, Slaughter, shall slay the Hero." Slaughter bellowed in a deep voice that shook all to their core. He came to a sudden halt in his dash and tilted backwards to allow his body to inhale the most amount of air possible. The three Heroes saw Slaughters massive frame expand momentarily before he shot forward.
The sound that escaped from his mouth was like a roar nothing else could create, it's pure bass and deep tone was deafening. But it's effects were worse. A sound wave pushed forward from his throat and into the air, trailing down the battlefield directly towards Links position. It ripped off the right arm of a Hylian and split open the chest cavity of a Chaos, continuing to press forward with an intense amount of pressure still reserved. Soldiers dived out of its way to escape a gruesome fate, only to clear the path to Link.
"Die, Hero" Slaughter shouted.