Chapter 213
Hiccups POV:
It's been two weeks since my battle at the wall and that time had been spent preparing for the coming battle with Morgan la Fey and her forces. This was done by launching multiple attacks on her various bases, no matter what they did and then looting them of anything useful while also rescuing the people who'd been enslaved. The stuff we looted was used to help prepare Camelot forces and defenses while the people who were rescued were put to work after they'd recovered since we needed all the help we could get. All in all, things had been nothing but busy for me but if it would help us against the coming invasion then I was all too happy to do it all since it meant more people would survive the coming fight.
All this had been leading up to this moment with me on Toothless who was wearing his armor, while we were on the outer walls of Camelot with my jade warriors and multiple human archers. Down on the lower floors, at the gate were my ninja, Anubis warriors and my Spartan warriors, mixed with knights and soldiers while Adal was back on my island, waiting to be summoned. I would've had him here to help us fight but I wanted him at full strength for the battle against the horsemen since even if their power was sealed, they'd still be difficult for him. It was then I was brought out of my thoughts by someone asking.
"Are you alright Hiccup?" I turned to see Arthur standing there and looking at me in concern.
"Just a little nervous your highness."
"As am I but I feel a little better knowing you agreed to stay and help in the fight when I've already asked so much of you." I smiled at him.
"I may not have been born in these lands sire, but I am still a knight of the round table and for that I owe my services to both you and the people of this land." He smiled but before he could reply I saw something through the eyes of one of the scouters I sent out and I'm guessing it showed on my face.
"Is something wrong?"
"One of the scouters I sent out has just spotted the enemy forces coming." Arthur's expression grew serious.
"How many?"
"More orcs than I can count, a couple of trolls, a few catapults and twelve siege towers with metal fronts and sides but open backs." He nodded.
"Any idea how long it'll be till they get here?"
"I'd say about seven hours at their current speed." He nodded.
"I don't suppose you have anything that'll help us deal with the towers?" I shook my head.
"Not unless you count my mystic arrows, but I think a few of my explosive arrows might be able to at least do a little damage to them." He nodded.
"Will you share your explosive arrows with the archers?" I nodded.
"Gladly but they'll need to be careful since these things are dangerous."
He nodded and walked away before I began making my way across the wall handing explosive arrows, one per person as I did not want any incidents made worse if one arrow went off near others. When I was done I looked out at the summit and knew this battle was going to be a hard one but I'd do everything I could to make sure that the four horsemen were sent back from whence they came and Morgan la Fey and her son are sent packing with their forces.
6 hours later
I sat there with Toothless at my side on the wall while staring out at the summit as we waited for Morgan le Fay's forces to arrive for what everyone hoped would be the final battle between Camelot and Morgan le Fay. It was then the sound of drums echoed in the distance and that sound, sent a shiver up my spine before they appeared in the distance and I got Toothless ready to take off. For a few tense minutes all we could do was stand and get ready for the fight that was coming as I watched them coming with Morgan le Fay and her son at the back. We could only stand there and watch as their forces lined up with their forces forming eight squares with each surrounding the siege towers. They lined up ten catapults with trolls pulling them forward and others holding large boulders following behind them and seeing this I released my African earth club, hoping to knock a few of the boulders back. For a few tense seconds, all we could do was watch as they loaded their catapults and signaled Toothless to get ready and said.
"Ready for this bud." He growled and nodded as I got ready for the fight.
Nobodies POV:
An orc gave a roar and one by one the catapults were fired throwing the large boulders at the kingdom, striking various buildings as people screamed and fled, trying to avoid the falling rubble. When they launched more boulders not all were high enough to hit the buildings and instead were aimed at those on the wall which is something Hiccup took notice of and smiled at since it gave him the opportunity to do some damage. Activating his ox flame boots speed mode he rushed across the wall towards where one of the boulders was flying and when it was in range he swung his club at the boulder, smashing into it and sending it flying back at the orcs. The boulder went flying and smashed into the side of one of the siege towers, not bringing it down immediatley but sending the orcs who were standing in the spot where the boulder hit, flying while the trolls who were behind it stepped back in surprise. The trouble for the orcs didn't end there though as the boulder continued to fly and crush a few orc troops who were standing behind the tower.
It didn't end there though as Hiccup continued to strike back any boulder that came towards those on the wall or those that were low enough for him to strike. Hiccup did his best to aim the boulders at the towers and trolls, but it wasn't easy, so he mostly ended up crushing the orcs who were grouped together but he did manage to take out three of their catapults. Despite his bad aim and how he couldn't take all the towers down, the knights cheered for him whenever he struck a boulder back at the orcs before the knights were able to launch Camelot's own catapults doing even more damage to the enemy forces. Once Hiccup struck another boulder back, hitting the top of one of the siege towers, sending the orcs within it flying off and falling to their doom.
It was then another orc roared and they began marching towards the walls of Camelot with trolls pushing the siege towers forward while the orcs on the ground marched forward towards the gate. When they did Hiccup pulled his African club back into his prosthetic and took out his spirit bow with three storm arrows when he noticed some of the archers getting nervous. He growled and yelled out.
"READY YOUR BOWS WITH REGULAR ARROWS!" The archers including Hiccups jade warriors did so and loaded their bows. "TAKE AIM!" They all pulled their arrows back with Hiccup doing the same with his three storm arrows and when the orcs were within range. "FIRE!"
The archers released their arrows at their enemies, and it rained arrows down on the orcs with many falling to the ground either injured or dead but the other orcs, just ignored this and trampled on the dead. From there the archers just kept taking aim and firing their arrows at the orcs trying to kill as many orcs as they could until the siege towers began getting close. When Hiccup saw this, he yelled out.
"BRING OUT EXPLOSIVE ARROWS!" Those who had one of the arrows immediately took them out and loaded them up. "FIRE AT THE BASES OF THE TOWERS TO TRY AND BRING THEM DOWN!"
As soon as the words left his mouth the men fired their arrows where they were told but all they succeeded in doing was killing a few of the orcs who were around the base and a little damage to the towers but only one tower came down. When it came down though it fell backwards, crushing the orcs who were behind it along with the trolls and the orcs who were within the tower. This still left nine siege towers to deal with and they were coming at the wall fast which is something Hiccup noticed along with how the men were launching at the towers. Seeing the arrows just striking the metal of the towers he growled in annoyance before he yelled.
"NOT AT THE TOWERS, AIM FOR THE TROLLS WHO ARE PUSHING THEM!" He ran along the wall while he continued to yell. "KILL THE TROLLS!" The men immediately did so, killing a few of the trolls but by then it was too late as the towers had reached the walls and the bridges had begun dropping which is something Hiccup took note of as he mounted Toothless. "Let's go bud, we'll attack the towers from behind." Toothless growled in agreement as Hiccup turned to the men on the wall as the bridges dropped from the towers. "KEEP FIGHTING WHILE ME AND TOOTHLESS ATTACK THE TOWERS FROM BEHIND!"
Before any of the men could reply the bridges dropped fully and orcs came rushing out, attacking the men who immediately began fighting back with a few archers sending orcs back into the towers and off the back. Hiccup didn't pay attention to this though as he and Toothless took off but not before Hiccup threw three of his scimitar throwing knives at some of the orcs crossing a bridge, either wounding or killing them with some of the wounded falling off the bridge. Hiccup steered Toothless close to the back of the nearest tower and took out two of his bombs in each hand before tossing them into one of the middle floors of the towers. Hiccup steered Toothless back before the bombs went off and this was all it took to kill all the orcs on the level while also destroying the support beams on that level. All the above floors fell back, onto the orcs who were behind it, along with the one orc that survived the barrage of arrows shot down at it.
Hiccup smiled as he released his spirit bow and took out three fire arrows and took aim at the back of another one of the towers before letting the arrows fly. The arrows struck the wood of the three middle floors and they immediately caught fire which then spread quickly as the orcs all screamed and tried to flee from the flames with those on the towers lower floors going so far as to jump off. Those who were on the upper floors though were doing their best to get to the bridge at the top, pushing and shoving those in their way with some pushing those on the bridge off it. The towers insides were quickly turned to charred wood and ash that brought the entire thing down with multiple orcs still inside it, killing them. Deciding to help those on the wall out a bit Hiccup looked down at Toothless and asked.
"Want to take some orcs down bud." Toothless growled and nodded before Hiccup smiled and steered his dragons towards one of the bridges that orcs were running across. "Alright bud, plasma blast."
Toothless launched a plasma blast into the middle of the bridge that created a shockwave throwing all the orcs on it off it and over the edge while also weakening the bridge slightly. The orcs continued to storm the bridge off before Hiccup flew Toothless right at them and they rammed right into the orcs, pushing them all off as Hiccup tossed a bomb into the siege tower. As soon as they were away from the siege tower, the bomb went off, killing all the orcs inside while destroying the first floor of the tower and exposing the lower floor and those on it which is an opportunity the archers on the wall took. Hiccup looked around and saw despite his efforts the remaining six siege towers were still able to make up for the ones that were dealt with and allowing multiple orcs to storm the wall. Hiccup knew if he could find a way to stop the orcs from getting on those towers for even just a few minutes, it would give those on the wall a chance to at least make a dent in those who'd already made it onto the wall. Hiccup raised his spirit bow while also removing two storm arrows and a single fire arrow as he said.
"Alright bud, let's cut the orcs off from the others and give the knights on the wall a fighting chance."
He growled as Hiccup took aim at the front of the orc troops and let the arrows fly, creating a small storm of fire arrows that landed behind the siege towers and hitting some orcs. When the arrows struck however, a large wall of flames burst from the ground cutting the orcs off from the siege tower while also setting a few orcs a blaze and those who were hit by the arrows were charred corpses in a few seconds. Hiccup smiled at this knowing it got the knights on the wall a few seconds to deal with the orcs who were already on the wall. He then turned his attention to the six remaining siege towers and knew he'd need to deal with them quick before the flames go out and the orcs could start climbing the towers again. Knowing it was best to get this done quickly Hiccup pulled his spirit bow back into his prosthetic and released his storm cutter axe before raising it above his head and swinging it around, making it glow with power until he threw it.
The axe went spinning rapidly towards the one tower at the end of the others before it smashed into its side destroying the wall and going through, slicing and shocking any orc within the level it broke into before coming out the other side and heading for the next tower. While it went into the next tower the one it just went through collapsed from the middle level with the top falling back and killing all the orcs within it. While the tower collapsed the axe continued this until it went through the last of the towers with each of them collapsing from the level that the axe struck. Hiccup at his handy work before patting Toothless on the neck as he said.
"Come on bud, let's go take care of those orcs on the wall." He growled and nodded before they took off.
With Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay sat on her dark grey horse clad in dark green armor with lime green lining and an armored skirt that looked like scales while her hair was tied up in a high ponytail. The most noticeable things about her though was how her skin had become ashen white while her eyes looked more like that of a demon with how the whites were crimson red, her pupils became glowing green slits while the veins in her eyes were pitch black. Next to her on a pure black horse was her son Mordred, dressed in the same armor he wore on the day he met Hiccup Haddock and tried to destroy him by burying him alive. It was safe to say that right now, neither of them were happy with what they just saw as their siege towers were destroyed and thus their forces lost a way into the city and a way to attack the archers on the wall. Along with this he also put a small dent in their forces meaning taking the city would take more time and to make matters worse his victory had boosted the morale of the knights and archers who were fighting against the orcs making them more difficult to deal with.
Morgan le Fay glared at Hiccup as he and Toothless swooped down and grabbed two of her orc soldiers before dropping them off the side of the wall, onto two of her archers and then had Toothless fire a plasma blast at another one of her catapults. She growled and tightened the grip on her leather stirrups before she said.
"Curses Hiccup Haddock, even now you get in the way of my plans and my sons' destiny." Mordred turned to his mother.
"I believe it's time to summon the four-horseman mother." She turned to him. "The siege towers are down and the battering ram against the gate is only costing us forces." She nodded.
"This is true my son but there is a time for everything and right now it is better to save them for when the time is right." She then smiled. "As for the door, it is an easy thing to deal with." She held up her hand and created a ball of black flames and threw it gently, but it flew far and struck the gate, setting it ablaze for a few seconds before the flames died leaving the door charred and weakened but still standing. "The door is weakened and shall be broken through soon." With that said they continued to watch the assault on Camelot.
Back with Hiccup
Hiccup looked down at the gate that had just burst into flames and knew that it would give way soon, so he had Toothless fly down to the front where all the troops were and yelled out.
"THE GATES WILL BE BROKEN OPEN SOON BUT NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUT OF THOSE GATES, STAND YOUR GROUND AND FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR YOU WILL BE FIGHTING FOR YOUR FAMILIES, FOR YOUR PEOPLE, FOR CAMELOT, FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU, YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM AND YOU FIGHT FOR KING ARTHUR!" The knights and soldiers cheered while the Spartans beat their shields with their spears and the Anubis warriors barked as another bang knocked on the door. "STAND YOUR GROUND MEN!"
Hiccup flew Toothless up and over the wall to see what was on the other side of the door and was not happy to see a group of six trolls helmets, wielding metal clubs, hammers or maces and some wearing armor on their chests meaning they'd be harder to kill. It was then Hiccup had an idea and patted Toothless on the neck as he said.
"Keep up the fight bud, I've got to do something crazy."
He growled and rolled his eyes just as the door gave way allowing the trolls in with archers on the other side of the door, immediately letting loose their arrows killing the troll at the front who lacked any chest armor. The one behind it though just growled and pushed it aside before it began smashing its mace down on any creatures near it and then swinging it around taking out a few Anubis warriors who were at the front. Hiccup growled seeing this and put his plan into action, jumping off Toothless while diving towards the trolls before spreading out his wings, allowing him to glide at them and as luck would have it, the ones behind the armored troll at the front were lined up next to each other.
Hiccup flew between them with his wings spread out wide resulting in his wings decapitating the first four trolls before he landed on the back of the last one at the front. He held onto its back by the straps of its armor while the troll shook around trying to shake Hiccup off its back but Hiccup just smirked and released the two top legs from his spider pack and stabbed them forward into either side of the trolls neck, killing it. The troll fell forward, dead as the before Hiccup looked around and saw multiple orcs pouring in through the door with all his forces and those of Camelot trying to push them back. Knowing he had to do his part Hiccup stood up to join the fight, but an orc charged at him with a knife raised so acting quickly he slammed his prosthetic fist into the orcs gut before launching the fist out. This sent the orc flying back and into the wall before Hiccup pulled his prosthetic back to his hand and switched out the fist for the flail head that he caught while releasing the full ten feet of chain to dangle the ball by. Hiccup dropped the head of the flail and grabbed the chain at the halfway point before he began spinning the head forward, rapidly at his side while looking around for an opponent from his place on top of the dead troll.
Finding an opponent didn't take long since he was easy to spot which is when a large orc, carrying a mace rushed at him but Hiccup loosened his grip on the chain before swinging the head down right onto the orc, crushing it beneath the blow. He didn't pull the ball back though, instead he quickly swung it to the side and into four charging orcs, sending all their bodies flying back onto their comrades. Hiccup then pulled his flail back just as an orc wielding a spear stabbed at him, but Hiccup side stepped the blow and swung the head upwards at the orc, smashing into its jaw and sending it flying. He didn't stop there though and swung his flail over his head towards where a group of his Anubis warriors were doing battle with a large group of orcs and slammed the flail down on an orc at the back. This not only crushed the orc but also sent out a small shockwave making all the orcs fall over while the Anubis warriors stood strong before they ended the orcs who'd become easy prey while they were down.
Hiccup pulled his flail back to his body and pulled the chain, straightening it before turning around and holding it up to block the sword blow of an orc who tried to attack him from behind. Before Hiccup could retaliate though a familiar blade connected to a thin chain stabbed into the orcs head before pulling out of the dead orc as Hiccup pushed the body away. He turned to see Earth rapidly spinning the chain of his kyoketsu with the blade at the end of it, killing any orc that got to close to him making Hiccup smile and nod at him in thanks before returning his attention to the battle around him.
Earth wasn't the only one fighting hard against the orcs though as the other four ninjas were scattered around the area, making short work of the orcs who were moving slowly in comparison. Wind was running across the battlefield, armed with a kunai in each hand, slashing at the orc's legs, causing them to lose their balance or their arms making them drop their weapons with either method making them easy prey for any combatant but he'd also slit a neck or throw a kunai at a head from time to time, killing the victim. Water on the other hand was on the wall, dealing with orcs who'd run up to finish off the remaining archers who were firing down at the orcs on the outside of the wall. He'd deal with any orc he saw by hooking their legs or under arms and then swinging them off the wall, to the ground below where they were either killed on impact or left dazed and easy prey for those around them. Fire was also on the wall with his naginata, stabbing and slashing at the orcs with the blade of his weapon or using the other end of the pole to daze them with a strike to the head before shoving them off the wall. Finally, there was Metal who was rushing past orcs with his katana drawn and being wielded with such speed that it was a blur to all those who saw it and those who were close enough to see it properly were the orcs who lasted a second at most before their heads or throats were severed by the blade.
While Hiccups ninja were busy around the battlefield Hiccup was still standing on top of the troll, using his flail to crush or strike any orcs within reach. This may have helped those within the city a little but no matter how hard he fought, the orcs just kept on streaming in through the gates as if they were a rushing river. Despite this the troops held firm, keeping the orcs back mainly thanks to Hiccups forces helping them stay strong with his warriors killing a lot of orcs and his ninja helping to weaken some of them or rescuing them when they were down. Hiccup threw three of his scimitars throwing at a few orcs who were fighting with some knights, killing them immediately when their backs were filled with the knives thanks to their lunar mirage ability.
It was then multiple orcs began to surround Hiccup and he quickly switched out his flail for his hand before pulling out both Pirus and Ventus, slamming their hilts together, merging them to create his double-bladed staff. The orcs all stood there, stunned in shock for a moment before they shook out of it and charged at Hiccup, weapons held high but Hiccup held his own weapon above him and began rapidly spinning it creating the flaming tornado. The orcs who were charging at him, never got the chance to back away so they were scooped up in the flames and reduced to ash by the raging flames. When Hiccup stopped spinning his weapon, the ashes that were once the orcs, slowly floated to the ground as Hiccup looked around to examine the situation while thrusting his blade back into the stomach of another orc that charged at him. From this Hiccup saw that they may be killing the enemy forces and holding them back but they were slowly pushing both his and the Camelot forces back. He knew if this kept up things would not end well if something didn't change and if how tired the soldiers and knights were looking was anything to go by, it wouldn't be long if the men didn't get something to boost their morale.
It was as these thoughts went through his mind the sound of hooves hitting stone echoed through the air and when he turned towards the sound he saw all the knights of the round table riding in on heavy horseback, swords drawn, multiple men following them on horseback and at the head of the group was none other than the king himself with Excalibur held high. As they rode down all soldiers and my own forces stepped aside to let them through as did I while watching Excalibur shine in the light of the sun, shining light on all the knights of the round table. This was a truly inspirational sight to behold and if how the soldiers and knights around the area were looking, they all felt the same way since they seemed to be reenergized and fought harder than before as the horsemen trampled on the enemies. Knowing he couldn't let the men down and figuring it was time to drive the forces away from the wall he threw his staff in the air as he yelled out.
"PIRUS, VENTUS SHOW YOUR TRUE FORMS TO THE WORLD!" The staff glowed as it separated into two swords that then took their true forms of a mighty dragon and powerful phoenix who looked down at Hiccup. "KILL THE ORCS AND HELP THE MEN IN NEED!" They both bowed their heads and said simultaneously.
"AS YOU COMMAND MASTER!" They then took off over the wall to help with the fight while Hiccup let out his dragon call before Toothless landed in front of him and Hiccup immediately mounted him.
"Let's go bud!" Toothless growled and they took off.
With Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay, sat on her horse and watched as Pirus and Ventus struck down multiple orcs with their abilities, with Pirus using his flames to turn the orcs into ash while Ventus used wind mixed with flames to burn them before slicing them up with a shredding wind blast. Along with this Arthur had finally made his appearance with his knights, all on horseback and had begun trampling upon her forces while also using their swords to kill the ones they passed. Hiccup then flew in on Toothless, dropping bombs onto her forces causing the ones who were near the bombs to die while those out of range were sent stumbling back. It was then Mordred made his displeasure known by growling before he said.
"That accursed rider and his dragon were bad enough, but now he's summoned another dragon and a phoenix and to top it off that foolish uncle of mine is now charging in with his merry band of knights." He turned to his mother. "I believe it's time for them to learn the true extent of my power mother." She nodded.
"Indeed, it is my son."
She then reached into her saddlebag an pulled out a brown leather book with the symbol of the horsemen branded onto the cover and a lock on the side to keep it shut. She opened the lock on the book that began to vibrate before she held it up to the sky and yelled out.
"COME FORTH CONQUEST, WAR, FAMINE AND DEATH AND BRING FORTH THE POWER TO STRIKE DOWN MY ENEMIES SO THAT I MAY REMAKE THIS WORLD IN MY OWN IMAGE!" Wind began circling around them rapidly as the pages of the book glowed. "YOUR MISTRESS BECONS YOU TO COME FORTH, MY FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCOLYPSE!"
From the book flew four figures on horseback who came to land in front of Morgan le Fay and her son as the sky darkened with clouds that were blood red and rumbling with thunder. The first one on the far left, resembled a knight wearing gold armor with his helmet covering he head completely, with only a slit in it for the eyes and a bow in hand while his horse was a majestic white steed with no armor other than its bridal and saddle, this was the horseman of conquest who was also known as the horseman of pestilence. Riding next to him was a rider wearing blood red armor with curved hooks facing up and away on the shoulder pads and a helmet that had a flat top and two curved horns on either side with a bloody saber that had a crescent shaped moon hilt, wielded high in his right hand. This was the horseman of war and the blood red, fur colored horse he rode had a body that was covered in leather armor while the neck and head was covered in metal with three spikes going down its muzzle as its eyes glowed red and steam came from its nose. The third horseman however wore the robes of a merchant that were dark grey in color and unlike the two before him, his head was visible but showed a human skull with long grey hair that reached down to his legs and in his left hand was a scale. This was the horseman of famine and his horse was the same blue as the night sky with glowing red eyes and smoke coming from his nose. Finally, there is the final horseman who looked like death personified, wearing a swamp green robe like that of the grim reaper with a hood covering his head and gripped in his right hand was a scythe. To add to the horror of his appearance his horse looked like a living corps with its body covered in rotting flesh, a mane that was swamp yellowish green and a face that looked like a skull. This look was to be expected though as this was the horseman of death and it was said that the power, he wields had been given to him by death himself and that he accompanies death to collect souls to send to the afterlife. Morgan le Fay smiled as she looked at the four horsemen before pointing at the battle with the book as she said. (AN: If you're having trouble picturing the horsemen, use the image of them on ' .com' since that's what I'm using)
"GO, DESTROY ALL WHO STAND IN YOUR WAY!"
As soon as the words left her mouth the horsemen charged into the sky with their weapons held high and glowing causing an effect on both the forces of Camelot and the orcs. In the case of the horseman 'Conquest' the orcs felt their power and determination increased to new heights as all feelings of fear vanished while the forces of Camelot felt fear and began hesitating when they fought. 'War' on the other was absorbing the energy of the battle and used it to enhance the skills and strength of the orcs who were now pushing the knights back. 'Famine' held his scales up high while looking at Camelot before the right scale went down the knights and soldiers began to feel, weakened as if they hadn't eaten in days. Then came 'Death's' contribution to the battle in which he raised his scythe high in the sky before the clouds began to circle and below the corpses of the fallen began moving again. They stood up, scaring the life out of those around them before they attacked them and with the forces of Camelot already weakened, they were easily pushed back.
Seeing this, Hiccup who was now sitting on Toothless on top of the guard tower, growled as he looked at the horsemen and knew Death was the biggest issue as he was able to bring any of the killed orcs back which would mean, all their efforts to drive the enemy back and weaken their forces would be in vein. Hiccup knew that it was time to call in the heavy artillery, so he yelled out.
"ADAL!" As soon as the word left his mouth a familiar howl echoed through the are as Adal leapt through a portal that appeared next to Hiccup before Hiccup pointed at 'Death'. "Sichem!"
Adal immediately charged towards death by forming ice chunks to run on as he went into his full battle form that he once used to fight the fire giants. (AN: Chapter 165) His appearance did not go unnoticed as he was now the size of the horses the horsemen rode but before they could react Adal tackled Death's horse from the side, sending them falling to the ground, crushing some orcs as they landed. Adal immediately dropped to the ground after him and raised his head while letting out a cold howl before icy winds circled him, freezing any orc within thirty feet of him before they shattered. It was then Death began to recover and his horse began to try and get back up but Adal was faster and pinned the horse down while trying to attack Death with his teeth, but Death blocked the strike with the pole of his scythe. This however meant he couldn't concentrate on his power, so the living corpses returned to just being corpses, putting a sizable dent in Morgan le Fays forces. Unfortunately for Adal the other three horsemen noticed their brother's situation and stopped what they were doing, ending the effects on those around them as they ran to help Death with Famine wielding the scales like a flail and using them to knock Adal off 'Death'.
The four horsemen immediately began circling him with their weapons ready and pointed at him making him growl before he lunged at 'Conquest' knocking his bow and making him release the arrow. The arrow went into the sky but before Adal could do anything, 'War' swung his sword down at Adal, but the wolf was faster and was able to barley dodge the strike, so it just scraped his ice armor. Sadly, his dodge put him right in the range of 'Death' who swung his scythe at him and managed to deliver an armor penetrating cut to Adal's right shoulder. The pain didn't end there as Conquest shot an arrow and nailed him in the left hind leg before 'Famine' delivered another strike to the jaw.
Seeing this Hiccup get ready to jump in and help but before he could, three more portals appeared over the battlefield only twenty feet away from the horsemen. From these portals came three very large wolves with three heads but they were each a head shorter than Adal, but they seemed familiar somehow to Hiccup. It was then the three new wolves knocked over the horsemen and ran up to Adal before gently nuzzling him and then Hiccup, realized who they were. Those weren't just any mystic wolves, they were Tartarus, Hrid and Mizore, the three pups born from Adal and Cerberus and they seemed to have unlocked their powers. This was surprising since they'd only started to learn how to hunt two months ago and even then, it was under the supervision of their father.
Hiccup took a few moments to examine their new forms and he had to say that despite them being younger than their father, their forms were still very impressive. Tartarus had flame like markings in his black fur with two other heads made of fire around him making him look a lot like a blazing Cerberus and to top it off he also had armor that looked like his father but made of molten rock so he clearly took after his mother. Hrid transformation created spike patterns on his fur but with a tint of a blaze pattern mixed in with it and like Tartarus, his power created two extra heads but these ones were made of blue flames that looked to be so cold they burned and he also had armor made of blue lava rock with blue lava flowing through the cracks. Finally, there's Mizore who had ice crystal armor like her dads but like her brother she had two extra head and they were made of ice, so she looked like an ice version of Cerberus.
Adal at that point had recovered and was standing up once more but was now glaring daggers at the horsemen with the pups on either side of him doing the same. Hiccup watched them stand across from each other with Tartarus standing across from 'Conquest', Hrid across from 'War', Mizore across from 'Famine' and Adal across from 'Death'. For a few seconds there was silence over the battlefield with the knights, orcs and even the trolls not moving as all eyes were on the giants, all waiting to see who'd make the first move. It was then each of the wolves let out a massive blast with Tartarus letting out a blast of flames from hell, Hrid launching blue flames that were so cold they burned, Mizore letting out a howl that froze all in its path and Adal his typical ice blast. They all merged in a giant blast, destroying all unfortunate enough to be in the blasts path or near it before the blast struck creating a giant cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, it revealed the four horsemen on their horses with their weapons held up with a strange transparent magic coming out of them and forming a dome around them which blocked the blast. The wolves growled and charged at them when they lowered their weapons and just like that, a battle between the horsemen of the apocalypse and the wolves descended from Fenrir began.
Hiccup watched as the wolf he raised from a pup and the pups it sired become locked in a battle with four of the most powerful beings he'd ever seen, and worry filled his mind. He knew his wolves were powerful, but Adal wasn't as powerful as his father since he was still born a runt and the little ones despite who their parents were, are still young. This is what worried Hiccup as he watched the fight before he said.
"I need to send those horsemen back to wherever it is they came from." It was then a voice from behind said.
"In order to do that you will need to destroy the object that is anchoring them to this realm and allowing Morgan la Fey to command them." Hiccup turned to see Merlin walking towards him with Arthur by his side.
"In other words, to kill a snake you cut off its head." He nodded before Hiccup mounted Toothless. "Alright then, I'll go kill the snake now." Before they could take off though Arthur walked up.
"Take me with you!" Hiccup looked at the king unsure if he should.
"Are you sure your majesty?" He nodded.
"Morgan le Fay is my sister and her son, my nephew therefore they are my responsibility to deal with once the anchor has been destroyed."
Hiccup sighed seeing the look of determination in the king's eyes and knew that it'd be pointless to argue so he offered him a hand and helped him onto Toothless before they took off with Merlin watching them go. Flying over the battlefield wasn't too difficult since everyone was too busy fighting or too busy watching the fight between the horsemen and the wolves. This included Morgan le Fay and Mordred who were still sitting atop their horses, engrossed in the massive struggle for power between the eight beings. Hiccup saw this and smiled before he looked back at Arthur and said.
"Please excuse me sire." Arthur raised an eyebrow before Hiccup launched himself off Toothless, speeding towards Morgan le Fay while Arthur looked at Toothless and said.
"That rider of yours is without a doubt, the craziest man I've ever met but I am proud to call him one of my knights." Toothless growled and nodded before they both turned to watch Hiccup.
Back with Hiccup
Hiccup flew through the air at high speed with his eyes on Morgan le Fay who held a book in her hands and using the eye of the dragon, he could easily tell that it was the anchor that kept the horsemen on this plane of existence. He then released his wings allowing him to direct where he would land and slow his decent but when he was within range, he pulled them back in and turned his glide into a flying kick pose. When his shadow landed on Morgan le Fay she looked up, just in time to see Hiccup coming in and deliver a powerful kick, right to her stomach, knocking her off her horse in the process. While Morgan le Fay tumbled to the ground, she accidentally dropped the book but before she could retrieve it, Hiccup landed with his foot right on top of it and has star sword drawn. Morgan la Fey looked up at him in fear but he just glared down at her as he said.
"It is time to send those abominations you unleashed upon this world, back to where they came from." He pointed his sword at the book and raised it.
"NO!"
Hiccup plunged his sword into the book, the blade going right through it before black smog flew out of the hole as an inhuman wail echoed through the area, followed by a shockwave that threw Hiccup and all those within twenty-five feet back. When the shockwave died, people began getting back up, but a strange silence had filled the area and when Hiccup looked around, he found out why. The reason for the sudden silence is because the battle between the wolves and the horseman had created a sound that muted all other fights on the field and now the horsemen were no longer fighting with the wolves. They even had their backs turned to the wolves who also stopped fighting the horsemen who were now looking across the battlefield right at Morgan le Fay who looked back with utter terror in her eyes.
Before anyone could react though the horsemen had shrunk down to human size and had surrounded Morgan la Fey who looked up at them in fear. For few tense seconds there was silence before the horsemen all sank into the ground as a circle with their symbol in the middle appeared beneath her. Then things got truly scary for those near her as chains that looked to be made of pure shadows and ignited with blue fire burst from the ground and wrapped around her limbs as she screamed and looked at Mordred before yelling.
"MORDRED, HELP ME PLEASE!" Much to everyone's shock he just smirked and let out a single laugh before he said.
"I'm sorry mother but you have outlived your usefulness, and this shows how weak you truly are." He then gave a sinister smile as his mother looked at him in shock. "And I have no place for weakness in my kingdom." She growled before her body began sinking into the ground as she screamed out.
"NO, PLEASE NOOOOOOOO!"
And with that Morgan le Fay was taken from this world, never to be seen or heard from again other than in the legends that would exist in this world till the end of time. It was then Toothless came in for a landing before Arthur dismounted and immediately ran to the spot where Morgan le Fay had been pulled into the ground. He stared at the ground and dropped to his knees in sadness as tears formed in his eyes as Hiccup looked at him in confusion before Arthur said.
"She may have been my enemy, but she was still my sister and I did not wish for her to suffer such a horrible fate." Mordred then dismounted his horse and pulled out his sword.
"Then allow me to reunite you with her in the afterlife." Arthur turned to his nephew and glared as he pulled out Excalibur.
"It will not be that easy my dear nephew, you will pay for all the pain you have caused my people and for what you have done to the land." He just smirked as Arthur looked at Hiccup. "Hiccup, stay out of this fight and keep the orcs from interfering in any way."
Hiccup nodded and turned to a group of coming orcs before plunging his star sword into the ground and allowing the giant earth arms to burst from the land. He used the giant earth hands to swat the orcs away while Mordred and Arthur did battle but as Hiccup fought he'd occasionally look back to see how the fight was going between the two and could easily tell Mordred had been trained, very well by how skilled he was. Ten minutes into the fight however Hiccup heard a grunt of pain followed by a scream of pain and turned back hoping to see Mordred in pain but was horrified to see Arthur on the ground, gripping his bleeding stomach with black powder on his face. It wasn't that hard to figure out that Mordred had blinded Arthur with the powder before stabbing him in the stomach with his own sword. Hiccup left his sword, allowing the stone arms to crumble as he rushed over to Arthurs side and dropped to his knees as he pressed his own hands against the wound to try and stop the bleeding as he said.
"You're going to be alright Arthur, you're not going to die!" As these words left Hiccups mouth he didn't know who he was trying to convince the king or himself but Arthur smiled at Hiccup before he placed his free hand on Hiccups hands.
"Hiccup, now is not the time to worry about me." He smiled at Hiccup. "Hiccup, you are a truly amazing man and worthy to do what I'm about to ask." He held Excalibur out to Hiccup. "Hiccup, you are a knight of the roundtable and worthy of wielding my sword." He coughed up a little blood. "Please take Excalibur and use it to stop from the threat I could not defeat." He coughed once more as Hiccup took Excalibur. "This is my last order as king, I ask that you do this Hiccup Haddock, do it for the people of this land and for Camelot." As soon as the final words left his mouth Arthur closed his eyes and died in Hiccups arms as he watched with tears falling down his face until a laugh was heard from in behind him and turned to see Mordred, standing there with his blood covered sword in hand.
"The poison on my blade worked slower than expected but it still got the job done." Hiccup stood up Excalibur in hand.
"You're going to pay Mordred, for the lives you've ruined, the people you've killed and the great man you have just taken from this world." He smirked at Hiccup.
"Is that a threat?"
"It's a promise and one I intend to keep." As soon as the words left his mouth he charged at Mordred and swung Excalibur at him but Mordred blocked the strike with his own shock, surprising Hiccup.
"My sword was forged with the same magic, used to summon the horsemen but fortunately I've been trained in duel wielding so once you've been dealt with I will wield both this sword and Excalibur." Hiccup glared.
"You'll wield this sword over my dead body." Mordred smirked.
"Then I'll have in my hand in a few minutes."
Hiccup glared at Mordred before he charged at him once more and the fight between the two of them began with each slashing and stabbing at each other with the strikes either being blocked or dodged. For ten minutes this went on with neither giving into the other and it ended with both pressing their swords against each other, both trying to get the upper hand. Mordred smirked at Hiccup as he said.
"I'll give you this Haddock, you're quite skilled but if you think you'll defeat me so easily then you're mistaken." Hiccup smirked making Mordred raise an eyebrow.
"Don't be so sure, I have a few tricks of my own up my sleeve." As soon as the words left his mouth Hiccup allowed his left hand to lower itself from the swords hilt and held it open before an arrow fell out and landed into his hand before he stabbed it into Mordred's side and stepped back and looked at Mordred who grit his teeth as he pulled the arrow out of his side and then looking at Hiccup with a smirk.
"Did you honestly think a simple arrow would kill me." Hiccup smirked.
"A normal arrow?" He shook his head. "No, but a normal arrow with a little surprise on it?" He smiled. "I would have to say the chances are pretty high." Before Mordred could reply, an immense pain began to spread through his body making him drop to his knees as he dropped the arrow and sword while he coughed up blood and looked up at Hiccup who smirked down at him.
"What did you do to me?"
"You're not the only one who know how to utilize poison." He walked up to Mordred and picked up the arrow before stepping back and examining the arrow. "The difference is I have access to hydras blood, the most powerful poison in existence that can cause pain even to a god." He looked at Mordred. "I intended to use it on your mother but since the horsemen took her, I'll settle for seeing what happens to you." Mordred glared before he dropped back while shaking rapidly as his skin slowly turned back as he spat out more blood and screamed in pain before his body turned to black goo leaving only his armor and sword behind but Hiccup just glared down at the goo while glaring. "Scum like you will never rule and that's something people will ensure as long as they have the courage to stand up for what's right." Hiccup turned back to the battle and saw the orcs were now fleeing in fear from not just the wolves but the knights as well. "Finally got those beasts on the run." He then turned to the body of Arthur and walked up to it before kneeling down. "I hope that with Camelot saved from your nephews insanity, your spirit can rest in peace my friend." A voice then said.
"I believe it can rest with knowledge that the people are safe once more." He turned to see Merlin walking up to Hiccup before the elderly wizard looked down at the body and frowned. "My king, you were always like a son to me but now your time on this earth has come to an end as have all my hopes and dreams for this kingdom but I shall not allow your body to be lost to time." He held his hands over the body and the ground pulled the body into the ground and then turned to crystal around it, forming an open crystal coffin before a crystal lid formed over it. "Hiccup, would you be so kind as to pick up Mordred's sword and the book his mother used to anchor the horsemen to this world as I do not think it wise to leave them lying around here where anywhere can pick them up."
Hiccup nodded and used his prosthetic to pick up the book and then the sword by the blade since he wasn't going to risk picking either up with his own bare hand before he joined Merlin in walking back to the castle with Arthurs dead body in the coffin between them and Toothless following with his head down. As they walked Hiccup picked up his starsword but when they reached the battlefield Hiccup looked around at the battle field and felt sick seeing so many dead bodies, both man and beast with all of them in some form of mutilation. Hiccup sighed in sadness knowing that things weren't over yet as a lot of orcs escaped and Morgan la Fey still had a lot of bases where she bred orcs that needed to be destroyed before more orcs could be bread while people also needed to be rescued from some bases. Although the war was over he'd still be staying in Camelot to finish off the remaining forces to ensure the safety of the people as he believed that he owed Arthur that at least for his failure to save him. For now, though, all he could do was help bring Arthurs body back and let the people know of their king's death before helping with preparations to rebuild Camelot and prepare for the coming challenges.
AN: And that brings an end to this chapter but this adventure isn't over yet as there's a lot of cleaning up to do in Camelot and I'm not just talking about the orcs that got away. Now then just to clear something up, Hiccup did not take control of the horsemen because they are not being you want to mess with as Morgan le Fay has learnt. For those of you wondering why the ritual wasn't interrupted, it's because interrupting it would be more dangerous since there's no telling what would happen if you interfere with something involving the summoning of any apocalyptic being. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and will review kindly and stay safe during these times.