Author's Note

This chapter will be done by Dainn's POV.

Editor:Vutava

Chapter 5:Regicide (edited)

After thorough consideration with the council about Equestria's new virus, I inevitably decided that me,and My left and right handed Caribou,alongside a small contingent of guards were to escort our best scientists throughout Ponyville,for anything We could use to study the virus. Reports from any remaining survivors had said weeks before the attack, a object fell near Ponyville. In order to get to it, we had to go through Ponyville.

Before we even entered the town however, all we could see were demolished buildings, strands of pulsing red covered the ground around the vicinity. I heard one of my guards comment on the looks of the place, pondering what kind of monstrosity could've done this. If there was any indication of the virus's presence, it definitely didn't care about secrecy. A quick analysis done by the scientists said that the red strands were dead, so we moved throughout the rubble, cautious of any nearby infected, with the scientists on our trail.

As I traversed the remnants of Ponyville, I saw the horrors the infection had inflicted upon my citizens. Hundreds of corpses laid across the ground, all brutalized in one way or another. A pegasus with his wings impaled by two spears stuck into the ground, the poor soul looking as if he had bled to death. A unicorn with it's frontal lobe bitten off. When I removed the rubble blocking houses, the scenary had only gotten worse. Ponyville's bar in particular, had became the looks of a brutal murder scene, every victim's gut emptied, most likely used for food.

Upon walking into such a scene, I had heard movement in the backroom. I halted the group so I could check out the noise. As I slowly opened the door, a purple colored slave covered in blood spun her gaze towards me. We stared at each other for a few moments, before she charged at me with a knife in hand. Before she could get close however, I shot a blast of magic, vaporising her in a instant.

I could only imagine what transpired. While many of us never outright killed a slave, it wasn't unheard of for slaves to go against their masters in dire circumstances. Looking at the corpses however, I figured chances were that the citizens had killed each other off while this slut hid. Yes I had thought to myself. It's the only explanation.

When I had returned to the group, I had told them of what had transpired. A few scientists had barfed, the Caribou soldiers mortified at the loss, and we had just scratched the surface of the damages. Most of the group just wanted to keep their eyes to the ground, not willing to see such brutality anymore. A quick lecture on not letting the enemy have the advantage put them back in place.

It was then we had noticed how empty the place was. I had first-hand seen what the infection had done to my people, but for not a single infected had made an appearance, made it feel like a trap. We moved cautiously nonetheless, expecting the infected. More and more brutality showed up, as we continued to move forwards. Where the Flim Flam brothers usually would have the Supermare show, now laid a smoldering corpse along side Flim, his right arm out of it's socket laying a few feet away.

Suddenly, Flim had sprung to life, screaming bloody murder as he tried to strangle a scientist that gotten too close to evade with his remaining arm. One of the guards rushed over, hitting Flim's forehead with the back of his spear. Instead of lying unconscious however, Flim exploded like a balloon, causing the virus to emerge from his carcass. It covered the two, and I closed my eyes, unwilling to see myself end the lives of innocent caribou.

I fired, and then opened my eyes. The guard and scientist were gone, in their place a scorch mark. We continued to move, this time wary of the bodies.

We were almost to the Everfree Forest, when army of the infected surged forth from the trees. Me and my men readied the spells, and the scientists ran for cover.

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"So you're the one I've heard so much about." One of the creatures said, bringing his arms back in a normal position as He walked forwards. "Dainn, defeater of the four princess, god of all males, or better yet known as nature's dumbest male." He calmly finished just as He stopped 8 feet away from Me. "What a pleasure it would've been for me to meet you, had you not enforced your ideal onto everyone else."

My right hand stepped forwards. "NOW LISTEN HERE YOU LITTL-" Was all he got out before the creature charged up a object, and fired a red beam so powerful I could feel it's power from where I stood.

"Now that annoyance is over with." It cleared it's throat. "My name is Aaron. I find your ideals is wrong on so many levels, both morally and intellectually."

"What?!" I growled out.

"If both sexes aren't as strong as the other, then said sexes will never create more powerful offspring. Your continued enforcement that males will always be dominant will stagnate your race as a whole, hence why you had to flee your homeland in hopes that you can repopulate from the equines." It then chuckled. "I should know. I come from a world opposite of your ideals. Did you know we already reached our moon without magic?"

"Impossible." I flatly stated. "There's no way to reach the moon without magic."

"Oh really? Then how come air balloons go as high as most pegasi?" He stated. "You simply don't know the requirements of what it takes, and your single minded ideals will slow down your development drastically. Hence why your pathetic excuse of a right hand lost to a single hit of my most powerful weapon." He then charged up the object again, and fired towards a rock, which bounced off and killed a twenty of my soldiers.

I could only stare in continuous disbelief. In one mere instant, a small amount of my soldiers had died. A feat I could only be able to do all by myself, until now.

"Surprised?" He smugly stated. "I'd think so. After all, being proven that even gods can fall at the power of technology scares you doesn't it? Regardless." He took on a monotone voice. "I give you two options, Dainn. You kill yourself here and now, or retreat back to your little empire, and wait as I slaughter those loyal to You. If you wish surrender afterwards, then just kill yourself with the Crystal Cock. I promise as soon as the surrender is sounded, and the caribou announce your death, I will give as much mercy as possible to your subjects."

"..." I stood there for what seemed like ages, contemplating the offer. This virus can steal my warriors, make them living bombs or even better than before, and comes from a race so powerful they needed no magic to reach the moon... how could anything hold a candle to his kind? How could I hold against a foe like this? With a sigh of despair, I chose my decision. "Fine."

"Oh?" It said, as if not noticing my response.

"If I have your word that my subjects live their lives in peace... I'll do it." I said, quickly charging up a powerful spell. This is the only way to win this fight. This is my ending. The creature simply stood still, unaware of the impending danger.

"B-but Lord Dainn!" My left hand called out.

"Head back to the Empire to give them the news. This is what must happen."

"Lord Dainn, we can't just-"

"GO!" I ordered, interrupting and pushing the guards alongside him away with a small but strong burst of magic. I continued charging the spell.

"Well I'm impressed." The creature said coolly. "You actually DO have some form of intelligence. I was hoping I could slaughter each and every one of you guys, but I'm a man of my word." The creature then simply stared at me with his guard down. I quickly finished up charging the spell, and lunged towards him, taking him by surprise. The last thing I saw was everything going white, and the sound of powerful magic from my antlers before fading to black...