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Streak
Streak stood in before Azure City's front gates, ready for combat. He wore full plate armor from head to toe and held his shield and sword. His sword was a present from his father before he escaped from Varren. It's a vile reminder of his time their but is to powerful to discard. It helps Streak channel discord into his foes. Changing their ideals; messing with their minds. The sword turns friend into foe.
"Get ready!" Streak called to his platoon as the gates began to open. He got a chorus of yes sirs in reply. As soon as the gates were fully opened Azure City's forces streamed out with Streak and the rest of the elite guard in the front line. The first wave of attackers were hell hounds. Colossal three headed dogs with an armed rider. They were fast and the first to reach the walls.
One hell hound lunged at Streak with its first head. He slashed his sword upwards severing the head and triggering a flash of purple light from the sword. The other two heads swerved up to bite at the rider tearing him to shreds before slashing at each other. The hell hound fell to the ground by Streak's feet forming a pool of blood. Two more hell hounds pursued Streak, lunging towards him in long bounds. One was blasted to smithereens by the fire cannons of the top of the walls. The got its left head bashed into the ground by Streak's shield and the center sliced clean off. This one began to rips itself apart just like the other one. That was the last of the hell hounds.
Next up were waves of infantry men. Soldiers armed with swords and spears who are generally poorly trained. The only troubling this about them is their number. Hundreds of them come from every attack. Azure City's infantry formed a line to hold off the enemy while the archers picked them off which deadly accuracy, elemental, and explosive arrows. The few that made it to the defensive formation were made short work of.
The final waved that poured from the mirror are Herobrine's golems. Menacing earthen creatures that tower over humans. They pound their foes to a pulp and are extremely resistant to swords and arrows. Magic on the other hand sends them crumbling to the ground. Thirty to forty golems were lumbering their way towards the wall. Defending mages rotated to the front line. They hurled bolts of fire, ice, and electricity. Piles of rock were starting to build up from the fallen golems. Not a single one made it close to hurting anyone.
Once the golems had been slain nothing else materialized from the mirror but the mirror deteriorate either. Everyone was under orders to defend the city until the mirror vanishes so they all remained watching the mirror nervously. Five minutes later the mirror began to ripple once more. Streak couldn't believe his eyes as the horror emerged from the mirror. Streak had only heard of these nightmares in stories. None have appeared in three decades. But now a reaper stood in front of the mirror and it was no story.
The reaper was sixty meters tall and carried and a scythe that was even longer. All of its body was covered by long black robes. Its face was concealed by a white mask. The facial expressions appeared to be painted on but were still intimidating. All the canon fire and arrows were immediately focused of the reapers but they seemed to have no affect at all. The reaper kept shuffling onwards without flinching. The closer it got the larger it appeared. They didn't have a chance against a reaper but they had to try. If the wall were to fall than thousands of people would be slaughtered.
Streak readied his sword and tried not to shiver in fear as the reaper slowly approached. Once in range the reaper brought it's scythe in the air smashed it down at Streak with unimaginable speed for something so huge. Streak rolled to the side in hopes of avoiding the blow but it never hit the ground. Something had parried the attack. Streak looked up to see Zenith wearing his battle armor and holding his two handed diamond longsword flying in front of the reapers face. The canon and arrow fired stopped so they wouldn't hit Zenith. They trusted Zenith would be able to win.
The reaper let out a hideous moaning sound before swinging the scythe at Zenith. He dropped under the attack and shifted the air currents to launch himself forward. Zenith's sword was encased in a bright red aura made of destructive energy. He stabbed the sword into the reapers chest. The aura detonated in a bright explosion that made Streak shield his eyes. The reaper only stumbled back a few steps before recomposing itself. Zenith held his hands in front of himself and waited for the reaper to wrap its scythe far behind its back and slash it forward. Milliseconds before impact Zenith extended his hands and stopped the scythe midair. He had condensed the air to create a barrier blocking the attack. Zenith then swiped his hand tough the air and sent the scythe downwards. It cut through the reapers legs sending it to its knees. Now the beast stood only stood fifty meters in the air.
That must have taken a lot of power to pull off because Zenith looked exhausted, breathing heavily and simply hovering in place. Even in its current state the reaper managed to slam the scythe down once more. This time it hit Zenith directly in the chest and pinned him to the ground. He shrieked and blood spurted from him like a geyser. The reaper lifted the scythe to finish Zenith off. Streak wanted to do something but he found himself petrified by fear. He couldn't bring himself to move. All he could do was stand and watch.
Streak saw three glowing red arrows fly from the crowd and hit the reaper in the face. They exploded and delayed the reapers attack. It roared it looked around for who had shot at it. Whoever fired those arrow must be insanely powerful to get a reaction from a reaper. Someone pushed their way though the ranks and burst out the front line screaming at the reaper "Over here!" he yelled. To Streak's astonishment it was Hex though he hardly recognizable. His entire body was consumed by red aura. Streak feel the power radiating from him. The only way he could have possibly gathered that much force would be by using all of the crystals Streak had given him. Though small those crystals had enough energy to last Hex an entire year. He was using them all at once and it was slowly killing him. The power he took in was ripping him apart from the inside.
The reaper scooted towards Hex on its severed legs. Hex sent a steady stream of arrows at the reaper. Each one unleashing bone rattling explosions. The reaper was wailing in agony as it was bombarded by arrows. By the time it was in range the reaper's face looked like swiss cheese. It's massive body tensed and fell to the ground with a thud. As soon as the reaper was dead Hex collapsed to the ground. The red aura surrounding him receding.
The reaper was finally dead and Azure City would live to see another day. But it was hard to call this a victory. If Zenith didn't survive than the city would be vulnerable. If Herobrine sent another reaper Azure City would be overrun. That would mean 1/3 of Valencia's would be destroyed and Herobrine would destroy all of Minecraftia. "Get them to the infirmary!" Streak yelled. Nobody moved. Everyone must still be in shock from the reaper attack and seeing a son of Helix. It was surprising but there was no time to waste. "Don't make me repeat myself. Now!" This time Streak got a reaction and several people went to treat the wounded.
Streak made his way back to the city. The Elite Guard always gathers after attack and there would be much to discuss this time around. On his way to the castle Streak heard people talking about the reaper in fear. Even though they had no idea of its true horror. Only two people managed to face the reaper one was a god and he was defeated. The other a demigod without any training that absorbed more power then should be possible. Hex had stood up to the reaper while Streak was too scared to move. He was ashamed at how useless he had been.
When Streak reached the castle the rest of the guard has already assembled. He was late again. Since Zenith was on the brink of death Roy was standing in as leader. Roy was a mage and a researcher who worked at The Academy. "Today Herobrine lay siege on Azure City with a reaper. Not much is know about them except that they are rare and extremely powerful. The Elite Guard has gathered to discuss strategy involving defense against the reapers." Roy said to start the meeting. "This confirms that Herobrine has been getting stronger. Getting a reaper through a mirror would take insane amounts of energy." Streak stated.
"Which makes it even more essential that we set out to break the seals! We must set out as soon as we can!" yelled one of The Elite Guard. "It is true that things will get worse if we don't break the seals, but if the Elite Guard all leaves to break the seals Azure City will be left at defensive disadvantage. The mission will be postponed until Zenith is fully recovered." Roy countered.
There were a few protests but Roy shot them down "Since Zenith is injured I am in charge of Azure City. I say the mission will be postponed and that is final. For now we will ramp up security. Meeting dismissed." Roy was making a mistake. The seals needed to be broken. Herobrine was getting too strong to simply defend. It was time to break the rules a little Streak thought as he walked out of the castle. He would form his own party and set out to break the seals.
