Chapter 45: Battle of Warfang
Silver: There will be no skit this chapter. The reasoning for this will be revealed at the end of the chapter.
Disclaimer: Silver doesn't own any Spyro characters or storyline, only his OCs and story.
Silvus' POV:
It's been three years since this search started. I found them once, but thanks to my stupidity, I lost them. Another three and half years, and no sign of that time crystal. Today was an exciting day. Hunter and I met and exchanged notes on different locations. I searched more of the eastern part of the Dragon Realms. Every possible location has been searched. Even Hunter's areas have all been searched and nothing. We found nothing.
The only two places that weren't searched were Warfang, and the Valley of Avalar. They were the most unlikely places, since they were not controlled by apes . Then again, there weren't just apes anymore. These new creatures, Grublins, have taken their place.
Maybe that's why apes took them, to screw Malefor over for replacing them.
Anyway, Hunter was currently searching the areas surrounding Avalar, I was searching around Warfang. Once I finished, I was to return to Warfang to report my findings. My secondary mission was to scout out any forces attempting to flank the city. The outside towers had been taken over.
Once I searched for the time crystal to no success, I began scouting out enemy troops. The south side was a nice and easy sweep over the ocean. Nothing could be seen as far as the eye could see. The north side was filled with grublins, no surprise there. The western side had huge rock cliffs blocking off any incoming attackers. The one opening to the cliff was blocked off by earth dragons once the attacks began.
As for the eastern side, there was a small forest, several gaps through the trees that could easily give away any oncoming grublins. I swept over the main part of the forest that would be the best place to hide a small army.
There was a large covering of trees that could easily hide troops. I silently landed a little ways away from the covering. My silver armor didn't make for good camouflage, but that didn't matter. Grublins were known for their poor eyesight, though I stayed behind the cover of bushes just in case. There is a reason why my second symbol is stealthy.
Out of the three other areas of Warfang, this was the best place for a secondary attack. From where I was, I could see a little camp of grublins. With a quiet flap, I flew onto the nearest tree to get a better look.
As I went further and further into the covering of trees, the camps of grublins became more and more frequent, at least a dozen for each encampment. If they caught the undefended eastern side by surprise, that could mean bad news for Warfang. With this troubling thought in mind, I made a mistake.
The thick branch that I was lightly standing on weakened at my increased tension. When I tried to turn and make my way out the covering, the branch broke. I fell with a yelp straight towards the fire of one of the camps.
Quickly, I breathed ice on the fire and braced for a rough landing. I landed on all fours and thankfully, my armor took most of the impact. I buckled from the slight force of the landing. I looked out to see the ugly, yet surprised faces of several grublins. I said the first thing that came to mind.
"Umm, hi guys."
Their surprise wore off and they made a jump for their weapons, but never got the chance when I made three quick spins while shooting icicles, each one hitting their mark. By now, I had the rest of the encampment's attention.
I yelped as an arrow barely missed my head and the camp attacked. Waves upon waves of grublins charged at me. I slammed my hand on the ground, the moisture surrounding their paws froze, as did their feet. I slowly backed away, knowing they would break free shortly.
"Normally I'd try and negotiate peace, but you guys don't seem interested. So I'm gonna go ahead and skedaddle."
I flew quickly towards the eastern wall of Warfang. I knew that a somewhat large number of grublins were on their way. With that in mind, I was a just a silver streak in the sky with only a bit of green showing.
There wasn't much of a field between the wall and the forest, making easy for a low attack. With one flap, I slowed myself to a stop atop the eastern wall, only spotting one electric dragon along the wall. I ran to him.
"Guard!" I yelled catching his attention. "There is an attack coming! Go fetch Captain Rak!" The yellow dragon gave a nod and flew off towards the northern wall, most likely where Rak was.
I currently was above the courtyard and above the door of electricity. I saw many citizens in the courtyard. I spread my wings to get their attention.
"Everyone needs to get out of here!" I said with authority. "This wall will be attacked soon."
Most of them let out gasps of surprise and they quickly ran off for the center of Warfang. I let out a sigh and turned away from the courtyard. I walked to the edge of the wall to see if the small army was getting close. For now, I saw nothing, but I knew they were coming.
Thankfully, each wall of Warfang was defended with a cannon above the gate. They are all different in firepower and elements. The north was defended with a cannon that shot fireballs. The west was equipped with a cannon of earth, that can shoot three powerful boulders in a matter of seconds. The south was protected with an ice cannon that could shoot either a large but deadly icicle or a large ball of ice that explodes on impact and freezes anything around it. The last cannon defends the east and uses electricity either as a single powerful bolt or multiple chains of electricity.
The mole that operated this cannon ran past me as he jumped in the control area. I turned at the sound of flapping wings as Rak and a dozen dragons landed on the wall. I gave a nod of my head at the Captain of the Warfang Guard. I looked at the dragons he brought with him. Four earth, two electricity, three ice, and three fire. One of the ice dragons I recognized to be Kafta, I gave a nod of acknowledgment that she returned.
"What's the force we're dealing with?" Rak asked.
"Big enough to worry about, but nothing we can't handle." I said.
"Understood." The Captain said. "Ice and electricity, I want you to stay up here and provide cover. Earth you will go head on with the enemy. Fire I want you to firebomb their flanks, thin their ranks before they arrive. Don't worry too much about burning the forest, there aren't many trees out there anyway." Then he turned to me. "Do what you do best Messenger."
With a nod, I got into position with my fellow ice dragons and the electricity dragons, all at the ready. The fire dragons took flight as well as the earth dragons, the fire flying further out while the earth took to the ground.
From where we stood, we could see the fire dragons begin their bombings on the incoming grublins. Then, we heard a loud rumblings, I recognized it to be earth attacks.
"Dragons ready!" I heard Kafta say. "Fire on my mark!"
Each got in a ready position. I began charging up an icicle that would cut through the air quickly. We could clearly see all five earth dragons firing earth missiles at the enemy. Then after a few moments we could see them.
Kafta then yelled something and each of us let lose our attack. The electricity dragons fired bolts that spread out and killed multiple grublins at once. The other ice dragons fire icicle after icicle at the enemies. The mole operating the cannon shot one bolt of electricity at a time, taking out big chunks of their ranks.
I cleaned up the ones that weren't hit by this deadly barrage, shooting one icicle at a time. They would hit one grublin, freezing them, then multiple icicles would shoot out, killing the grublins around them.
We kept the same thing up for a while. The electric dragons did the work of repowering the cannon. The earth dragons kept them at bay while we mowed them down. The fire dragons were also with us. They reported that more troops were on the way and that more troops will be needed on the ground.
"Join the ground troops." Kafta told them. The lead one nodded and flew to the ground and stood by the earth dragons, shooting fireballs into the crowd of enemies.
Though we had a good defense going on, the cannon included, more would have equaled a nice and easy victory. Because of this, the eight dragons on the ground were pushed back all the way to the gateway, forming a half circle around it. The rest of us did our best to keep them at bay, but soon enough, we began to fall.
I watched as two earth dragons and a fire dragon were overwhelmed by grublins. The others tried to get them off their back but that lead them to be exposed and attacked as well. Kafta ordered the two electricity dragons to the ground and clear them off. They did it with success and the remaining five were able to fly up to the wall.
The two electricity dragons tried to escape but one was taken down and the other performed a fury to try to help his comrade, all of us using elemental attacks to support the pair. The fury shot waves of electricity out, taking out the majority of those by the gates. That gave us enough time to take the injured and exhausted dragons out from the battlefield.
The fury left at least four dozen troops left and more were on the way. Apparently, I didn't exactly see all the troops. The grublins were able to reach the wall and began stacking up on each other to get to the top. The remaining earth dragons didn't allow it. They sent shockwaves through the wall, knocking them down.
"Captain Rak!" Someone called from the air. I glanced behind me to see who. Trak, the Messenger for Earth, was hovering above us. "You are needed at the northern wall! I can handle things here."
The Captain nodded and took off for the northern wall. Trak then landed next to me.
"Hey Silvus, long time no see!" Trak said. He had gotten taller and more muscular than the last time I saw him. His armor had been replaced and repaired it seemed.
"Likewise." I said between icicle shots.
"We need troops down there!" Kafta said.
Trak and I exchanged looks. We were trained for this sort a thing. They had the numbers but we had the skill.
"Silvus and I can handle that!" Trak said. Kafta looked unsure, then gave a firm nod. Trak then looked at me and smirked. "Lets see what you're made of!"
At that we both flew down the wall.
Immediately, we were surrounded, blades and arrows bouncing off our scales. I took to sniping grublins with my icicles while Trek seemed to be drawing on his power. He slammed his mace-like tailspade to the ground, killing multiple. He jumped and performed a front flip, followed by a massive spin, wiping out dozens of them. We kept this up for a few hours before the grublins stopped advancing. Kafta called us back.
We flew back the wall. My bones were aching slightly, but nothing I couldn't handle. I could still fight like that for hours, but a short rest wouldn't hurt. Though I could not.
I saw something that made my jaw drop. A large fiery beast was making it's way through Warfang, destroying everything in it's path. I could see several dragons flying around it. I recognized some of them to be the Guardians, but I couldn't be to sure.
I stood there in awe as I watched the giant creature climb the tall tower of the Warfang Temple. At the point it reached the top, I began flying towards it, but there was no need.
As I got closer, I could see two small figures atop its head, blasting away at it. The creature stopped moving and almost looked like it was falling backwards. It did.
The two creatures, two adolescent dragons from what I could tell as I got closer. They flew off the head of the creature and landed on the roof of the temple. Then, the fiery creature fell, dead.
Those two dragons just took on that huge creature alone. From what I could tell, the Guardians couldn't take it on as well as several of the guard. But these two just took it down. Whoever they were, they sure were powerful.
Silver: Chapter 46 will mark the end of The Forgotten Legend. There will be no skit next chapter either. Until then, have a great rest of your day!