"Your back?" said Eret surprised. "I thought you were too hurt to fight."

"Did something happen?" Chopper asked. "You look a lot better now?"

"You really saved our lives back there," said Ruffnut.

"My life flashed before my eyes," said Tuffnut. "It was exciting."

"It was true I was seriously injured when I dragged myself to the kitchen to acquire this salt, but then something fortuitous happened," said Skull. "I discovered some delicious milk, which I probably consumed and thus recovering my health."

"Calcium doesn't act that fast! Come on!" Snotlout criticised.

"There you have it, everybody, milk and heal your broken bones," said Skull ignoring him.

"Regardless, we now have the salt we need now," said Ragnar. "It should be enough to purify that giant, but it might be a close call. Speaking of close calls, it looks like the kitchen is now blocked off. In other words, we only get one chance to do this."

"We don't have much time; let's move it," said Toothless. "If we don't want to melt when the sun rises, we have two objectives. We've got to feed the salt to that monster, and we've got to beat Moria."

"You guys got any idea how to get that to that thing's mouth, though?" Eret asked. "It's like climbing a tower with fists and teeth."

Moria laughed. "You want a chance to get your shadow back from me. Well, here I am. Go ahead and try. But I warn you I'm more than just a passenger in Oars' stomach; when I'm done with you, you'd wish that you had melted away in the sun. I'll show you what real nightmares are made of!"

"Thank you for this chance, Dragon; I'll fight beside you with every ounce of my might," said Skull. "That said, this small gesture scarcely pays the death for recovering my shadow; I shall offer what assistance I can."

He then suddenly winced as he had fully recovered from his injuries yet.

"We don't need you to break any more bones, just hold on to the salt and take it easy," Toothless instructed.

Toothless, then dashed off.

"Let's go," said Ragnar looking at Chopper.

"Right!" Chopper nodded and followed him.

Eret had dropped his giant nunchucks and fitted some new armaments to his bazooka. "I've got a few tricks up my sleeves. Let's try my anti-monster shells."

"Snotlout, give this a throw," said Ruffnut tossing him a ball.

"What is it?" Snotlout asked.

"Just throw it straight at Oars," Ruffnut instructed.

"All right, but I hope this works," said Snotlout and got ready to toss. "Snot Catapult!"

"Eret, like that thing up with some fire!" Tuffnut yelled.

"You got it," said Eret as he took a deep breath.

He then fired his fire breath straight up at the ball. The moment the flames hit the ball, it set it alight and headed straight towards Oars taking the form of a flaming bird and striking him.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" Oars yelled as he was now on fire.

"How you like them apples, jerk?" Tuffnut yelled.

"And there's more where that came from!" Ruffnut yelled.

"You two never fail to surprise," said Snotlout looking at them.

"Yeah, nice job; now let's get onto the next step," said Eret.

Snotlout and the twins nodded.

Oars were roaring in pain as he tried to put out the flames.

"You'll be fine," Moria assured him. "Don't let a little fire get to you, those feelings of pain and nothing but lingering memories back to when you are alive. It's all in your head. The zombies don't have to worry about any of that nonsense. Just calm down and put out the fire; you'll see."

Oars finally calmed down and discovered that he was no longer in pain. "You're right; it's not so hot."

"This is our chance, Toothless!" said Chopper. "Come on!"

"Got it!" said Toothless and quickly dashed towards him.

Chopper was standing directly behind a tower and cupped his hands together. Toothless readied himself and jumped into his palm, where Chopper then launched into the air with all his strength. Ragnar then positioned himself behind Chopper as if he was waiting for something.

"All right, Three-Sword Style…" said Toothless as he began falling back towards the ground. "Great Dragon Claw!"

As he felt, he began cutting through the tower into several large blocks. Ragnar then rushed right past him as he landed.

"My turn! Jazz Cannon!" he yelled.

Ragnar then kicked one of the blocks sending it flying straight towards Oars, striking him in the chest while he was distracted, putting out the flames.

"Again and again and again!" Ragnar yelled as he kicked the other remaining blocks at Oars.

Unfortunately, Oars was ready for the attack this time.

"Take this!" Oars roared.

He then swung his fist at the blocks and sent them flying straight back at the Dragon Riders.

"It's coming straight us!" Eret yelled.

Skull tried to move, but his injuries caused him to topple over.

"Twenty Flowers should do the trick," said Heather crossing her arms.

Arms then sprouted out of some nearby rubble, and arms began to strike on the other arms. They kept going until they reached Skull, pulling him out of the way before the repelled blocks could strike him.

"Damnit, no fair!" Eret yelled as he dodged one of the blocks. He then quickly spun around, aimed his bazooka at the remainders, and fired, destroying them.

"He's using our own attacks against us," said Chopper.

"Sorry about that!" Ragnar yelled. "You guys okay?"

They gave the thumbs up, telling them that they were fine.

The twins, meanwhile, had set up some sort of catapult and had Snotlout pull it back with all his strength.

"I can't believe I let you talk needed doing this," Snotlout grumbled.

"Less talking, more pulling," said Ruffnut.

"Yeah, but your back into it!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Let's do this!" Eret yelled as he dashed up to them.

"Will you hurry up? This is a lot harder than it looks!" Snotlout yelled.

"I'm ready whenever you are," said Eret.

"You know long-range attacks are more Ragnar's being!" Snotlout pointed out.

"We are the cannoneers, you know," Ruffnut reminded him.

"Just follow our instructions, and you'll be fine," Tuffnut assured him.

"Just make sure you shoot me straight acting stomach," said Eret. He placed himself inside the catapult.

"Fire!" the twins yelled.

Snotlout then released Eret and sent him straight flying at Oars' stomach, where Moria was located.

"Nice, now this is some super speed," said Eret as he readied his bazooka. "Get ready because this mortar cannon of mine was specially made to take down Sea Kings and jerks like you! I'm going to wipe that smug grin right off your face Moria!"

Eret fired, but Oars dodged it in the last second with unbelievable speed and agility.

"I keep forgetting that he's so fast," said Chopper.

"He may not look like him, but he's got Hiccup's moves for sure!" said Eret.

Oars then performed a roundhouse kick striking Eret and slamming him into the mansion.

"Eret, no!" Ruffnut yelled.

Eret hit the ground hard and didn't move.

"Don't you die!" Snotlout yelled.

Oars then leaned down towards Eret, who coughed out some blood. He may be gravely injured, but at least he was alive.

"Don't stop now, Oars," said Moria. "That was a nice shot, but I'm afraid he's still alive. Why don't you stomp on him?"

"As you wish," said Oars as he got ready to perform an axe kick.

Moria laughed at the sight of the Dragon Riders and quickly scrambled.

"Damnit, he's going to finish him off!" Toothless panicked.

"Stop! He can't even move!" Chopper begged.

"Eret!" the twins yelled.

It really did look as if this was going to be the end of Eret.

"Thunderbolt Tempo!"

"Valkyrie Lightning!"

A storm cloud then formed around Oars and fired a bolt of lightning straight at him by another stray bolt electrocuting him and Moria with a double whammy.

"I don't know what's going on, but I wanted to stop!" Moria yelled. "Oars, can you pound whoever is doing this?"

Finally, both the villages, he finally stopped, and Oars fell to his knees, smouldering.

"Nice shot, but where did it come from?" said Toothless.

"Lightning… it has to be them," said Chopper.

"I don't know where they are, but it looks like Fishlegs managed to rescue Astrid," said Ragnar.

The zombies just stared openmouthed at what they had just witnessed.

"What was that flash?"

"Was it lightning?"

"How frightening!"

"That must have been Oars; I mean, he can do anything, right?"

Ragnar finally spotted Astrid and Fishlegs on the demolished bridge. Astrid, who now changed out of her wedding dress, and both she and Fishlegs were standing on the battlements.

"There they are," said Ragnar.

"Looks like we got here just in time," said Astrid.

"Do you think Eret is all right?" Fishlegs asked, looking concerned.

"I'm sure he's fine."

Oars then rose to his feet and spotted the two of them. "It looks like two more rats have shown up."

"Yes, it would seem as if we have Dragon Riders popping out of the woodwork," Moria agreed. "All right, Oars, you know what to do? Smash them down just like you smashed the last guy!"

"As you command, Master," said Oars as he raised his fist. "Dragon…"

Everyone was immediately confused; Oars may very well be huge with long arms, and even he wouldn't be able to reach Astrid or Fishlegs.

"What does he think he is doing?" Astrid frowned.

"I don't know, but no way he can reach this far," said Fishlegs.

Toothless quickly turned to the twins. "Ruff! Tuff! Get Eret out of here!"

"You got it," they said and immediately rushed over to Eret.

"…Fist!" Oars roared, swinging his fist.

Then to everyone's shock, his fist then suddenly stretched and smashed what remained of the bridge.

Everyone stared, horrified by what they just witnessed.

"What?" Chopper stared. "H-He stretched! Impossible!"

Oars to look surprised. "How did my arms stretch like that?"

Moria merely laughed.

"You have to be kidding me," said Toothless.

"Astrid! Fishlegs!" Ragnar yelled.

They then heard screaming and looked up. There they saw swinging overhead were Astrid and Fishlegs, who was screaming his head off.

"Look, it's them; they're okay!" said Chopper.

It became clear that Heather had sprouted a number of arms to grab Astrid to form a swing, and she managed to grab Fishlegs.

"Good thing Heather caught them," said Chopper.

Heather then lowered into the ground as gently as she could, and Fishlegs immediately felt his hands and knees.

"That was certainly a surprise; you're not hurt you?" Heather asked.

"A little shaken but otherwise fine," said Astrid.

"Thanks for the save Heather," Fishlegs panted.

"I don't get it, but I know it can't be good," said Toothless.

"If he had Devil Fruit powers, he would have used them by now, so it has to be something else," said Ragnar.

Moria continued to laugh, and everyone knew he had something to do with it.

"It's Moria; it must have been one of his tricks," said Toothless.

"This is going to make things a little trickier," said Ragnar.

"Now, Dragon…" Oars roared, and suddenly, his leg shot out, and they had barely enough time to dodge. "…Talon!"

"This is just great; it was dangerous enough, and short-range attacks now to long-range ones," said Ragnar as he jumped out of the way.

"Where's Hiccup when you need him!" Snotlout grumbled.

Hiccup was flying back to the mansion, though he kept within the tree line in case Moria hid within the trees.

"I need to get back to the mansion double-time," said Hiccup.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a rope appeared across two trees catching his neck and causing him to fall to the ground hard. He looked up and saw that there were two men, one very tall and skinny and the other fat and wearing a mask.

"Look, we got," said the guy in a mask.

"What did you do that for?!" Hiccup snapped. "In case you didn't know, I am kinda in a hurry! What do you want with me?"

Then suddenly, appearing out of the trees were more people, all of them looking rather ragged.

"Yeah, sorry to bug you like this, but this is really important, I promise," said the skinny guy.

"We'll only take a second time," the masked guy promised. "We've been looking around the place for you. You're our only hope."

"Huh?" Hiccup frowned, still not sure what was going on.

"They call us the Risky Brothers," said the skinny guy. "The gang here is the Rolling Pirates, and our captain is Lola the Proposer."

"You want to get back to the mansion from toes are you can beat up Moria Gecko, right pal?" said the masked guy placing a hand on his shoulder.

"That's right. Now can you please tell me what you want with me?" Hiccup asked.

"Listen, you're in luck because we so happened to know the secret to take out Moria," said the masked guy.

"We can give you the power to do it too, and all you have to do is kick his ass for us," said the skinny guy.

"Moria's secret? Give me power?" Hiccup stared.

The skinny guy nodded, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Yep."

"Just who the hell are you guys?" Hiccup asked.

"Allow us to introduce you to the Captain of the Rolling Pirates, Lola the Proposer!"

"Current proposal count 4443."

Then stepping forwards was a chubby woman with very big lips and pinkish-red hair.

"Oh my, aren't you handsome," she said, looking at Hiccup. "Will you marry me?"

"No," said Hiccup shocked.

"Rejected! That's 4444! Better luck next time!" said the Risky Brothers in unison.

"Anyway, Moria took all of the Rolling Pirates' shadows," said one of the Pirates. "So we're stuck wondering this forest until somebody gets them back."

"Well, he took my shadow too, which is why I'm in a hurry," said Hiccup.

"I won't take no for an answer Dragon," said Lola. "You're a hero; in all of Breakneck Bog's history, nobody has been able to wreak as much havoc as you."

All of the Rolling Pirates immediately cheered enthusiastically.

"You walloped the Mysterious Three, returned some of the stolen shadows and caused tons of property damage," said the masked brother.

"We've had nothing but misery in this crappy place until you showed up and started kicking ass," said the skinny brother.

"On the downside, it is kinda your fault that he brought Oars back to life. That maybe wasn't so great."

"We have a whole network of victims, so we know everything is going on here."

"We've been stuck here without our shadows for three years. I don't want to spend the rest of my life on this stupid shit. If you guys beat Moria for us can get out of here and finally see the sun again after all this time."

"But we've got another problem right now. Moria is making things even tougher than usual. You know where the bastard at; he's camped out inside Oars' stomach."

"Wait, he's where?" Hiccup stared. "Don't tell me that Oars ate him."

"It's complicated," said the skinny brother. "He's in there piloting him like a ship. Anyway, the point is you're going another take-out that giant with your shadow or otherwise, you will be able to lay a finger on Moria."

"But I think you want to beat him anyway since he is given your crew are pounding out in the courtyard," said the masked brother.

"Are you serious?" Hiccup gasped. "Damnit, I've got to help them before it's too late."

He was about to take off, but Lola grabbed him and pulled him back.

"Not so fast," she said. "Just wait one second, and we'll show you our trick. Trust me, you're going to love this. All right, boys! Bring out the shadow!"

"Roger!" said the Risky Brothers as they ran off. "Stay out of the way! Shadow coming through!"

Hiccup blinked as they soon returned with shadow in hand. "You can grab them?"

"Once they're separated, yeah," said the masked brother. "When you feed the zombies a little bit of salt, and they come flying out, you can just nab them out of the air with your bare hands, no problem."

Suddenly two other pirates grabbed Hiccup and held him down.

"Heave ho!" said the Risky Brothers.

The next thing Hiccup realised, they plunged the shadow right into his body.

"What are you going?" Hiccup yelled in pain.

"Just sit still!"

Hiccup yelled in anguish as the shadow entered his body.

"All right, it's in."

Hiccup then collapsed, exhausted, and everyone looked at him.

"So, how is it?" Lola asked. "You didn't lose consciousness, did you?"

Hiccup opened his eyes and discovered that the paint had suddenly disappeared; in fact, he felt stronger than before.

"I'm fine, I think," said Hiccup as he sat up.

"All right, I guess that's a start. Can you use a sword?"

Hiccup found this line of questioning rather peculiar. "Only the basics."

"Bringing the sword!" Lola ordered.

A sword then came flying towards Hiccup, and he didn't waste a single second and grabbed it. The moment he did, he drew the sword and cut a nearby tree to pieces without even blinking.

Everyone immediately cheered as he began to sheath the sword.

"Wait, how did I do that?" Hiccup stared.

"It's quite simple; the shadow we just stuck inside you used to belong to a powerful swordsman from the Navy," Lola explained.

"It's like what Moria did with my shadow," said Hiccup.

"Yeah, but since you're still alive, it is the shadow's fighting power to your own," the masked brother explained.

"The point is as long as you don't pass out, we can stuff as many shadows into you as we've got," said the skinny brother.

"Ever since we figured out Moria's powers, we have been waiting for the chance to turn them against," said Lola. "With a little boost, you will be unstoppable."

"We still have a whole bunch of shadows left, too," the skinny brother continued. "As long as you're tough enough to withstand them, we can give you as many as you want; in your power will grow with each one."

"Okay, but why do you have so many?" Hiccup asked.

"The idea was to purify a bunch of zombies and our own shadows, not collect them. But even though we did know who they belonged to, it didn't seem right to leave them with the zombies. So we thought, what the hell and Maestro take them back with us."

"There is one important thing you've got to remember about this, though," said the masked brother. "As you know, putting a shadow in a corpse makes a zombie, but if your body still has a soul, the shadow won't stick around. You will only be powered up for about 10 minutes; after that, all the shadows fly back to their original owners."

"You got it pal?" said the skinny brother as more pirates showed up with more shadows. "You've got 10 minutes, sink or swim. We'll give you every shadow we nab, so you'll be pretty powerful when you're done."

Hiccup stared at the insane amount of shadows they possessed. "Whoa, that's a lot."

"Shadows or not, the fog is clearing up; we have about 20 minutes before the sun rises and roasts all of us anyway," said Lola. "Our lives are in your hands. Still, your mind Dragon, when we tried this trick before, we could only handle two or three shadows ourselves, but you should be able to 20 or 30, no problem. Go for it, boys!"

Pirates then immediately grabbed Hiccup and began putting shadows into him.

"Whoa, whoa! I didn't agree to this!" Hiccup yelled. "At least slow down!"

About 30 seconds later, everyone stood in shock as Hiccup had absorbed every one of the shadows they possessed.

"I-I had no idea this was possible," said Lola. "I've never seen anyone with so much willpower before. Now I know you can do it; he can beat Moria!"

"Whoa, that's all of them! He took all 100 shadows!" said the skinny brother.

"Unbelievable, I'm sure glad he's fighting on our side," said the masked brother.

Hiccup was now breathing rather heavily.

"Hey, buddy! You doing all right with all those shadows?" the masked brother asked nervously. "Still feeling like yourself? You're still Dragon Conqueror Hiccup, right?"

"Okay, yeah, it's me," Hiccup assured them. "I'm getting stronger and stronger; I can feel it."

Pirates then arrived carrying a massive sword on their shoulders.

"Here, Dragon, we've got you a sword."

Hiccup then grasped the enormous sword.

"He seems kinder differed, you know," said the skinny brother. "I mean, it's not my imagination, is it? Because I'm pretty sure that he used to be smaller."

"It's beautiful; I feel like I want to propose to him all over again," said Lola.

"They all want to fight," said Hiccup. "All the shadows want to fight now!"

He then gave a dragon roar that shook the forest.

"Then let them go wild," said Lola. "Hey, there's not much time. Just 10 minutes to show Moria the meaning of terror. It's time to escape from this hell. Now get going, Nightmare Hiccup!"

Hiccup then shot the air with unbelievable speed heading straight towards the mansion. "I'm coming for you, Moria!"