Chapter 19 – Syeuzbinsila vs. King Dodongo

With the mask destroyed, the now unmasked figure's actual face was revealed to have pale-blue skin and the Twilight Emblem engraved on his forehead. He had orange eyes and he was shown to have red hair, though most of it was obscured by the balaclava he wore that covered most of his head and neck save for his face.

"Zant?" gasped Link.

"What?" gasped everyone.

"We thought Midna killed you in the Twilight Realm."

"You thought Midna succeeded when I was somewhere else in the city Uzu. I was revived by Lady Middee."

Zant was later joined by Ganondorf who was unimpressed.

"You just had to disguise yourself as Majora's Wrath… Zant."

"What brought you here?" Zant questioned. "I thought you died too."

"I offered you power and you squandered it." Ganon scolded at him.

"I thought you were here to grant me the powers or revive me without cease. Alas, I was wrong."

Aryll, Link and Dimitri were puzzled about 'Majora's Wrath' being unmasked.

"What's going on?" asked Dimitri.

"Big brother said the Twilight Princess killed the Shadow King and Ganondorf. Now they're back."

"But why become Majora's Wrath?" asked Link.

Ganondorf roared.

"Link, Link's sister, allow me to introduce to you…"

He unleashed a titanic creature with red eyes as well as grey and green scales. It was about 70 ft in length and 55 ft in height. It had a single horn on its snout above its nose. It had a grotesque bulb-like body with long arms and clawed hands, but no visible hind legs, as well as a wide mouth with multiple rows of pointed teeth. It possessed a sturdy build, with strong limbs, short hands with three hooves each, and huge feet with four hooves each.

Aryll panicked.

"Wh… wh…what is that?"

"This must be the Ancestor Dodongo, Majora… I mean Zant meant." said Link.

"King Dodongo!" Ganon presented it.

"There is something you've never seen about us." said Dimitri. "Link, Aryll, climb on my back!"

Dimitri became 55 ft in length and 53 ft in height. Zant and Ganon settled themselves on top of King Dodongo's head. With the full force, it crashed its massive paws down, blasting Link and Aryll aside with the shock of the impact. The young man and girl were hardened warriors, and not easily disposed to flee from a challenge. Even the monster's enormous size might prove no deterrent, they had faced such disparity before; size was often in inverse proportion to agility. Steeled for combat, Aryll dashed forward to try what she may.

"Proxi, get Ricky and Moosh to Ordon Village! Have them relay the message to Epona! And get them to help them to rebuild the villages in Ordona Province!"

"But, we're here to help." said Moosh.

"No."

"Do this, for us!" urged Link.

Proxi warped Ricky and Moosh away from the battle. Ganon's thoughts were on domination while Zant was still driven by envy.

"We will exterminate them, one by one until we conquer Hyrule for good."

"Yes, Master, but…"

"But, what?"

"The Hyrule Warriors' faiths are strong. Their powers restored the goddesses at their fullest." said Zant.

"But they do not know, the gods of the underworld is on my side. King Dodongo is blessed by the gods of the underworld and can even revive the dead."

"We will get rid of Link and his bratty sister. Then I'll decide what to do about Zelda."

Ganondorf had King Dodongo breathe in the wind and released abnormally large wall of fire.

"Master, if you see such fire power, direct the Skyward Strike at it!" urged Fi. "If you're Master's sister, fire the crossbow's power at the figure, it will purify any possessed beings."

"Who…"

"The Goddess Sword transferred some of its powers into the crossbow and the Master Sword." said Fi.

Link unleashed an energy crescent-shaped beam. Aryll fired white glowing bolts and Dimitri fired a red energy ball. Such combination put out the fire.

Kagoron on the Mountain of Fire witnessed King Dodongo's destruction.

The remainder of the Syeuzbinsila led by Princess Zelda arrived to assist in the battle against King Dodongo.

"Sorry, we're late, Link, Aryll." said Zelda.

"Proxi, Irene, Iris and I helped brought our allies to Death Mountains." said Midna.

Midna wore a long black skirt and bluish-black armour with gold outlines, as well as a black veil with green designs.

"Midna, we need to watch out." urged Zelda. "This dodongo is different to Dimitri."

"I know. Proxi told me about that monster." said Midna.

"Your highness." said Una. "The fairies are now helping with rebuilding Hyrule. Ibun and I are besides you."

"Thank you, Una. Make sure you, Yorinu and Ibun get the Twilight Forces ready! Sol Nurses and Twili Sorceresses, fire your sols at the beast."

Zelda fired her arrow of light at King Dodongo. Dimitri fired his fireball at King Dodongo. Link shot his arrows with bombs at the beast. Aryll shot her energy bolts at her target. Midna fired her Sol Cannon at the beast. Lana, Irene and Iris immobilised the beast with their magic. The Syeuzbinsila launched a barrage of powers in order to incapacitate King Dodongo in an attempt to attack Zant and Ganondorf, but failed as the gigantic creature broke free of its bindings. It sucked huge amount of air then proceeded to devastate several towns as well with a series of fireballs. Midna noticed Zant.

"Zant?"

"What's going on?" wondered Midna.

Despite the swell in numbers of their opponents, Ganon noted.

"Your efforts are still futile and that even after this war, history would only repeat itself and they would end up in this very same predicament."

Link chastised them both.

"There was a difference of opinion in a group, the majority vote beats all.

"They would make their decision after we exterminated the majority. Meaning, the Alliance itself." said Zant.

The Syeuzbinsila launched their strategy, the first attempt to slow down their targets by blinding them which was executed by the Twili Sorceresses and the Sol Nurses with Una and Ibun. Lana, Irene and Iris unleashed a barrage of lightning at King Dodongo. Impa, Link, Zelda and Aryll created a huge Tri-Force symbol under the giant beast. The moment the huge beam was released from the Tri-Force symbol, Midna used her Sol Cannon and fired at it. This led Ganon to state.

"I am surprised that 'Hyrule Warriors' or 'Syeuzbinsila' as they call themselves from different lands were able to pull off such a perfect combination.

The Great Fairy and Proxi informed them.

"Defeat Ganon and the twili while King Dodongo is still restrained. All the twili sorceresses, coordinate with Link and Aryll to exploit the other one's weakness and Godan must lead the gorons to deal with Ganon."

Meanwhile, Ganondorf remarked.

"The battle is getting more difficult than it should be. You're responsible for deviating from the original plan. You underestimated Link and his allies. You just had to get killed by the Twilight Princess. Now the invasion has failed. It's your entire fault."

"I was killed by Midna." said Zant.

"So be it. We'll see how this goes." said Ganondorf.

As various warriors as well as powers bear down on the two foes, Ganon realised.

"We're being targeted this time. However, that in order to do that, the Alliance would have had to stop King Dodongo first."

With this, a powerful blast sent the incoming warriors, arcing across the air and the emerged from the pit. After Ganondorf strengthened his control using the Tri-Force's powers, he fired a number of huge fireballs, annihilating the Syeuzbinsila including: Hylians and Twilis with among those fatally wounded.

The beast fired off a fireball. It launched at the longest distance, destroying Aboda Village. A second fireball was launched and destroyed the Ocean Realm, a third destroyed a huge portion of Sand Realm. And a fourth was fired, destroying Eldin Caves where King Bulblin once lived. King Bulblin grieved, knowing that his blin friends were annihilated.

Ganon had King Dodongo inhale and breathed fire towards the sky. This caused a massive rain of fireballs. Dimitri protected everyone.

Link, Zelda and Aryll called out Lana, Irene and Iris to create a huge force field to shield the warriors. Most Hylians and Twilis were killed. Midna was also caught in the attack.

"MIDNA!" cried Zelda.

When the explosion faded, there was no sign of her which made Link and Zelda worried. Una, Ibun and Yorinu were also worried.

"Your highness!" cried Ibun.

Link dropped to his knees, feeling he let everyone down. A voice snapped Link to his senses.

"Master, don't relent!"

"Fi…"

"You are a determined warrior; do not let the death of the Twilight Princess put you down. You need to look carefully!"

Upon hearing Fi's words, he looked and saw Midna who seemed otherwise unharmed.

"Midna?"

"Master, Midna escaped the attack since she can absorb through any surface and can create portals to escape." Fi reminded him.

"Ready?" called Impa.

"Ready." Aryll confirmed.

Aryll and Impa had Dimitri fight King Dodongo. The dodongo whom Link befriended, fired a projectile whenever King Dodongo inhaled air. The projectile was caught inside its mouth, causing it to get stunned by the attack. Impa and Aryll worked their way to the beast's head. Impa took out her glaive and separated Ganon from King Dodongo. Aryll fired a bolt from her crossbow at Zant. Both of them were respectively severed from the monster, before they were forced to the ground.