The War Against Drakath

Chapter 26: The 2nd Beast of Chaos

While the dwarves were occupied, Masamune34 and I went to take down Vath and stop his crazy schemes, knowing that this time around he wouldn't be expecting us. Thankfully, his palace had an elevator we could use to go straight to the top.

Up above we saw Vath...but unfortunately we were too late to stop him from unleashing the Rock Roc.

He was in front of an egg made of granite, and he had a grin on his face. In his hand he was holding out Chaos Gemeralds. He couldn't be up to anything good.

"Finally, everyone will see my true supremacy." smirked Vath with satisfaction, dropping all the Gemeralds (which he had gotten from forced labor, that fiend) on the floor.

As soon as the Chaos Gemeralds hit the ground, the granite egg immediately hatched, and out came the 2nd Beast of Chaos itself. It was a giant bird made out of stone (hence its name) and it immediately flew high up into the air.

"We have to stop that Rock Roc!" exclaimed Masamune34. "But how do we get up in the air?"

I then noticed that Stalagbite was nearby, resting. Apparently Vath did not have anything for him to do at the moment. I also noticed his Chaos Dragon Amulet was lying on a stone nearby, and an idea popped up in my hand.

Picking up the amulet, I went on top of Stalagbite, and told him to fly up in the sky. Masamune34 noticed immediately.

"What are you doing!" he asked me.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" I answered back. "I'm taking this chaoruppted dragon here so I can trash that flying abomination!"

"This seems crazy, but I suppose it may be our only chance." With that, Masamune34 climbed up on Stalagbite with me, ready to take it down.

Stalagbite agreed to our every command (even though we weren't its master, as we had his amulet), laying waste to any Drow archers that tried to stop us from taking down the Rock Roc.

The Rock Roc fought back however, and launched several boulders at us. Thankfully, they weren't hard to dodge, as our chaos dragon mount simply used fireballs to destroy them.

In the end, we proved too much for the 2nd Beast of Chaos to handle, and eventually it crashed into the ground, creating a crater as it did so.

Masamune34 and I started cheering...

When suddenly out of nowhere Stalagbite knocked us off his back. We fell several feet down to the ground (although strangely enough we survived), causing me to drop the amulet as I did so. And to make matters worse the Rock Roc was still alive, dazed but otherwise unharmed.

Vath pulled out his sword, picked up the amulet and taunted us. "Did you think I controlled Stalagbite with my Dragonlord amulet alone? I use both my sword AND my amulet to control,my dragon, if you really must know. I enslaved him just as I enslaved the dwarves."

"What?" I exclaimed "You horrible, horrible elf! How could you do something so cruel?"

"Simple. Why should I care for others? Only MY wellbeing should be important. Now yes, now where were we? Ah yes, I really should deal with you myself...but I'd think it'd be quite entertaining to watch the 2nd Beast of Chaos fight you...Rock Roc, take the heroes down!" he ordered.

Although the Rock Roc was not controlled by Vath (at least not in the same way he controlled Stalagbite), it did as the 3rd Lord of Chaos asked, lunging towards us with its sharp talons.

Thankfully we managed to duck out of the way, but it came back trying to peck us with its beak. I blasted it several times with my magic, but it still kept on coming.

Thankfully Masamune34 reacted fast, pulling out a shield which the ferocious bird bounced off of. He then took the opportunity to slash the bird...

But unfortunately it did not have much of an effect on the roc, as it was made of solid, hard rock (as its name implied)

"Oh no..." said Masamune34.

The Rock Roc then picked the hero up, taking him high up in the sky.

"AAH!" he screamed.

Things did not look for him, as the avian prepared to drop him all the way down straight to his death.

This made me VERY angry, and I exclaimed. "Hey birdbrain! Nobody hurts him except me!"

Suddenly out of nowhere I produced an enormous bolt of lightning, which struck the Rock Roc charring it black. Masamune34 fell, but I was prepared and cast a protective bubble around him causing him to land on the ground harmlessly.

Unfortunately the Rock Roc was not as lucky. Already wounded by my lightning strike, it fell to the ground, shattering into many tiny pieces as it did so. Vath's fists clenched with rage.

"Thanks." said Masamune34, who out of nowhere gave me a hug.

This surprisingly made me feel warm inside, but the moment was interrupted when Vath suddenly came by, flying his mount once more. He wasn't very happy.

"You may have won this round, but don't think this is over! If you wish to continue this hopeless struggle, I'll be waiting for you at the top of the mountain." Vath suddenly flew high up into the air, and did as he said, landing straight on top of where the dwarves called home.

We weren't sure if we would be able to climb that far, so we decided that we might as well check to see how the dwarves were doing.

They were still occupied fighting the ones that had taken their home, and they were actually winning.

Suddenly out came a Drow riding a scorpion...he was apparently the commander of the dark elves that were fighting, and was known as Dwain Jonsen.

Suddenly Ironfist (the dwarf elder, in case you haven't forgotten) came swinging out at him...

And was stung by the scorpion who rushed to defend itself, which apparently gave him a deadly poison.

"NO!" screamed Masamune34, who went over to him.

"Masamune34...Blackmagic13...you have to stop Vath...that is all I ask of you..." A few seconds after that, Ironfist's eyes closed and he went silent.

Stifling back a tear, we decided to fulfill the dwarf elder's parting request, and we began climbing the mountain to the final showdown (well at least for the time being until Drakath chose his next Lord of Chaos).

I hoped that we would be able to stop him and make him pay for what he had did.

Sorry if I made you all cry...like I said I wanted to make this story somewhat different from the original story...even if it IS supposed to be a novelization...I hope you're ready for the next chapter!