Equestrian Viking
Chapter 13
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“Welcome to the arrangement tournament between the two nobles; the lion Kosa and the human Alexander Hall! who fights for the ownerships of everything they have. Land, wealth, power, even all their servants and families! These two warriors will fight and the winner wins the tournament and takes everything that is theirs! One match, one chance! Who will win! LET THE DEATH FIGHT BEGIN!!!" The announcer shouted and the crowd started cheering.
Kosa made the first move, he jumped in the air and swung his sword down to cut me. I simply use my telekinesis to pull him down on the ground much faster so that he slams down on the ground with his face first.
"And I though cats always landed on their feets." I mocked him. Only a few seems to be laughing at it, not all because the majority of them are cats. 'lo' Kosa looked more angry and got up.
"Quit mocking me and FIGHT ME ANIMAL!" he yelled out at me.
"I have to start first before I can quit." I keept mocking him.
He then dashed at me again and launched a flurry of sword attacks that I easily blocked with my axe. He tried to bring his shield towards my head, but I bent backward and kicked him in his belly and cause him to fly towards the wall and hit very hard. I approach him slowly.
"You have crossed the line, filth!" I said as I shoot lightning on him and make him scream for 15 seconds, after my lightning Kosa was getting up.
"You treat others like trash, as slaves just because they don't have the same status as you!" I continued my lightning attack on him for 30 seconds as he screams in agony and fell down on the ground.
"You had your chance to learn how to live like the rest of us!" I yelled as I raised my axe to deliver a crushing blow that split Kosa's shield, the strike pushed him strongly down to the ground.
"But now, you will become food the for crows!!" I said with words of dragon killing venom.
"ShutupshutupSHUTUP!!! A noble lion can never loose to a... FREAK!!" Kosa spat back while attempted to impale his sword towards my belly but was easily blocked and I spined my axe round to send his sword flying away.
"Just to let you know, my death won't be in vain." Kosa said and was on his knees as he gave me a defiant look.
"How so? You have lost and you're attempt to take whatever you want has come to an end." I spoke with malice in my voice while I came infront of this skithög (pile of shit).
"Heh... I know who you are Alexander Hall, fugitive from Equestria. During this month I have been gathering information about you, both inside and outside this Kingdom. The sun alicorn has posted you as a wanted criminal and she's been sending agents around to find you. Before I arranged this tournament, I send a letter to the sun monarch about you being here." He explained to me with a wicked smirk on his face. Din jävla sate (You fucking bastard), if what he say is true and Celestia will know I am here it will be problematical. But since I am a Cat Kingdom citizent, she can't possibly do anything to touch me.
"So what? I'm a citizent of this kingdom, she can't touch me." I said with alot of hatred in me and prepare a flame attack with my right hand.
"Oh can't she... the sun... touches... Everything." Kosa said with a sadistic smirk as he then prostrated himself before me and that's when I had enouch of him. I shoot my flame magic on him and let him burn alive. After two minutes of screaming in pain and agony of being burned alive he laid down on the ground, silent and dead as his corpse still burning.
"Sir Kosa is down! Sir Alexander Hall has killed Kosa and now all things that Kosa once possessed are now his!" The announcer stated and the crowd burst into applause. I waved around as a sign of appreciation while I was on my way to the gate door. It opens to let me through as I removed my helmet and once I was inside the gate closed and Moona all but tackled me into the gate and licking my face. Once Moona was done with that, Mahadeva came rushing and planted her lips on mine before all my other mates came and joined in.
After my kissing time with my mates I was meet by a warm fatherly hug from Svarog as I returned it. Then I was greeted by all my parents-in-law.
"That was amazing, Alexander." Zetra said.
"I didn't know you became such a fine warrior." Mheetu said.
"It sure was very entertaining." said Sina, mother of Salama.
"I'm always full of surprises in me." I said as I blushed a little.
"You and I must definitely have a sparring match more often." Strong Arms said with alot of pride.
"We will, but first." I said as I both pointed and approached the females that was chained up by Kosa. They all were looking at me with tears of joy in their eyes. I used my manipulation to remove the iron collars on their throats and all the chains to fall down on the ground.
"I'll like to invite you all to dinner at my home where we can give you all proper food and clothes; then you all are free to go where ever you all want." I offer them all and they very quickly tackle me down to the ground in hugs as they all thanked me with tears of joy. Svarog came to me right after we all got back up on our feets.
"While we all prepare the food and the clothes for these lovelies, ask them which one of them wants to be with your herd." Svarog said with a smirk, causing the ladies to blush violently.
"Why you old pervert!!!" I yelled as I began to chase Svarog to strangle him in Homer Simpson style, he's laughing while the chase kept going on.
*One week after*
It's been a week since the tournament, to my relief, none of those female joined my herd and instead they decided to be my staff. That's right, since I killed Kosa, all of his properties and wealth belongs to me and he happens to own a third of the city. I was never good with runing things that is too big but with the help of my whole family and those ladies I freed, things have gone smoothly.
What Kosa said before I finished him off haunts me. If what he say is true, I'm in trouble. If Celestia knows where I am who-knows-what she will do. As I told my family about my concerns, some of them believe that Kosa was bluffing while others share my worries. But until we know, we'll have to focus on getting everything on right track.
The worst thing of all is that when I entered the dream realm, being visited by Nightmare and Chrysalis. They brought bad news to me, so bad it made my worst fear come true...
"SHE WHAT!!!" I asked in yelling. Because Nightmare and Chrysalis informed me that Celestia did received a message from Kosa about my whereabouts and therefore she wrote a letter to the King of the Cat Kingdom to hand me over or she would drop the sun on the kingdom and cause all things to dry upp so that the entire Cat Kingdom would starve to death.
"It's true, she has." Nightmare told me.
"But why the hell would she be willing to kill an entire kingdom of innocents just to get one individual!?" I asked because I couldn't belive it i hela helvetet (in all of hell).
"It is her control over the sun that Celestia manage to keep other kingdoms from to attack Equestria, ensure that no one would try to invade her kingdom." Chrysalis explained to me.
"But would she even use it to force other nations into submission, or would she even use the same threat to other kingdoms for small things like me!?" I asked almost completely lost my mind.
"Actually, in Equestrian history, that's exactly what she did." Nightmare said. Nu är jag verkligen galen (Now I'm really out of my mind)!
"HAS CELESTIA GONE MAD!!!?" I yelled out.
"So.. what are you gonna do?" Chrysalis asked with a worried voice.
Ännu en gång till (once again) I was in a dilemma. I fleed from Equestria to have a better life, to be free. I had a very good life and now because of that lowlife bastard, Kosa, Celestia is going to force an entire kingdom to hand me over to her. If I don't act now, it might be the end of my freedom, or my life. I could find Chrysalis' hive and move my entire family there. But then Celestia would use her sun to force other nations to send their agents to find her hive and she would massacre the changelings just to get me. Ooohhh tänk, tänk, tänk, tänk! (Ooohhh think, think, think, think!), what am I gonna do, what am I gonna do? If I take my entire family with me, it's gonna take to long for us to pack up everything and when that's done we're probably gonna be arrested before we depart. When I woke up from the dream realm, I called my entire family to a meeting and I informed them about the dilemma. They were all extremely shocked, my mates were frightening and heartbroken that I would be taken away from them before my children would be born. After several hours of hard thinking and failed advice givings, I had made an extremely risky choice...
"I. Am. Going. To war."
*Two weeks after*
When I and Moona landed on Equestrian shores, I was thinking about my decision. When I said that I would go to war, everyone was surprised-scared at the core. They all though that I was crazy and my mates objected to this, but I told them that I can't run away from the alicorns forever and I would rather die before they get me. I explained to them that the best way for me to end this madness is to gather allies and followers, plan my attack on Celestia and become stronger enough to bring her tyranny to an end. My best bet would be to find bandits or groups of renegades and turn them into warriors. I figured if I can use my magic to enhance myself to become more stronger and agile, also if I can 'download' fighting skills into my brain; I can do it all on others too. My mates were very hesitant about it but Svarog and my parents-in-law seems to support that idea. With a little convincing, all of my family accepted my decision and to make sure that they won't be in harms way, we fabricated a few divorce papers of our family so that the Cat Kingdom thinks that I have no longer any connection and they can't use my mates as bait to catch me. I took my armor, axe, Elderstahl and I even bring Moona with me on a ship to sail from the Cat Kingdom before the cat guards comes to get me. I took farewell to my family and I gave them my words that once it's over, when I ever had a chance I will return to them so that we shall be family forever.
My plan is to find a group of bandits or renegades to be their leader, unite several more to form an army, call for Chrysalis for her aid and go to war against Celestia for the freedom and right of the males of Equestria. I shall create a new world order or equal rights between both males and females. If you all wonders how I shall build an army of freedom fighters, well heres the plan. There are other sentient creatures in Equestria than just ponies. What I was thinking about are the Diamond Dogs. Biped dogs that eat gems and they live underground and dig for rocks and stuff so Celestia's sun powers won't work on them. If I can find them and try to become their leader, I can make super Vikings out of them. I will plunder and raid many places in Equestria, free every males I can find and make them warriors; strong enough to handle at least five mares in a fight. I will kill Celestia and Luna to bring laws that enforce equality and rights to all genders and declare slavery and rape absolutely illegal; no nation shall ever be ruled by wills of monarchs, they shall be ruled by laws. So Moona and I will travel around on low profile to find them. It will take a long time but I know it will be worth it.
*Celestia's POV*
It's been the most worst time of my life. My sister, Luna, had been in constant battles with all the nightmares created by this Surtur demon, she barely wake up from her slumber for days because she explained that each day the nightmares would multiply and infect more ponies dreams, but each nightmare is so strong so that Luna must work overload to help our little ponies. During each battle she had with a Surtur nightmare, Luna was shaking violently with sweat matting her fur. She then started to wail unholy screams as she was surly suffering it's wrath. When Luna do wakes up, she barely eats or drink anything just to gather her strength to fight the powerful nightmares again and again. She seems to be on the verge of collapse. I was so burning with anger as much with worry for my little sister.
When I received a letter about Alexander Hall being in the Cat Kingdom, I wanted to make sure that it wasn't a prank so I sended one of my agents to search the Cat Kingdom and see if it was true. Once it was confirmed, I wrote a letter to King Khan of the Cat Kingdom to hand him over unless want's me to use the sun on his kingdom. I waited his respond only to be informed that Alexander fleed the kingdom before his guards could bring him to me.
Bucking Alexander, he is still so persistent for a mere male. But I don't care where he goes or how far he'll go I shall find him and he will learn the error of his ways.
*A changeling spy POV*
I have been ordered by my queen to watch princess Celestia and observe her to protect our savior from her cruel grip. When I heard her reading a letter about Alexander being in the Cat Kingdom and send a letter to the cat king to hand him over, I reported to my queen about it.
"Oh, ancestors please, watch over Alexander, he is the savior of our race. If he decide to go to war against this sun whore, then I will fight for him without any second thoughts." I thought for myself for the sake of the one who saved my wife and children from starving to death. I am forever in his debt.
*Alexander's POV"
I brought my axe down onto the timber wolf's head, witnessing the green ethereal light that apparently gave these creatures sentience visibly fade to darkness: One down, three to go. Moona took care of the timber wolf diving straight for my neck, her fangs are strong enough to smash their heads to pieces and I used my skyrim ice spike on another's head: Two down, two to go. I used my telekinesis to crush both of them to end this fight more quickly. But I forgot that there where four more of them and they were cowering back, knowing how powerful I am.
"Come on, vermins! Daylight is burning!" I yelled out on them just in time for them run away whining. Moona and I made a perfect team effort. It has been a long, long while since I was in the everfree forest, I remember that this is the place I was brought when that satans (bastard) merchant tricked me into buying Elderstahl and the five spell books; where I have been transported from my hom world to this planet against my will. I may never see my parents and brother again but at least I can makemy life much more better. Me and Moona had been in the forest for close to a whole day now and had strayed from the train tracks in favor of heading North through the forest itself. One might think why stray from the tracks and keep heading North. Well that's because just as we caught sight of the forest's treeline, we saw something else far off into the distance and most assuredly across the forest to the North: A mountain with some sort of tower city built into its west side! It was Canterlot.
I used my axe for cutting our way (In more ways than one) right through the forest in a straight line. We had yet to run into another one of those manticores. On the plus side, we used their meat for more food and another chance to kill something to grow stronger. Me and Moona had beheld many an odd creature in this forest of potential banquet: First there were those timber wolves to take down with ease. Another were the manticores; those were by far my favorite. Their corpses served perfectly for almost anything between food and armor, given the fact that I will soon lead an army of rebels who could use the right tools on-hand. I didn't have any of the tools necessary to exploit them to their full potential, but I already knew I would have to come back here after I formed my horde of freedom to make them more stronger. Other than the local fauna and flora, Me and Moona had yet to see anything that sincerely peaked my interests.
After a few minutes of swinging from very large vines, and jumping from tree to tree, we bounded as high as our legs would allow. Grabbing a firm foothold near the top of the canopy, we let our heads burst through the top of the thick foliage. We took a minute to survey the horizon and found that there where still no sign of any diamond dogs or any group of renegades. But still determined to find them, we hopped back down to the forest floor to continue trudging onward.
A few hours later Moona and I had finally discovered some semblance of cleared path way through the forest and was now efficiently blazing a trail to the other side. At that rate, it wouldn't be a bad idea to look for a place to rest, would be well on our way out of the forest by nightfall. I thought it would be a good idea if we should check the horizon again. We were about to start climbing one of the greater trees in the area when Moona discovered something near its roots. Taking a moment to closer examining this finding, we saw that it was a giant footprint, and not just any footprint. Looking intently upon the footprint, we realized that there was only one creature that this foot print can belong to: "Dragon." Det här kan vara problematiskt (This could be problematic).
Looking onward to see if we ould locate more, we saw not only more of them, but that the entire path he was blazing through earlier had likely been created by the the same monster passing through here continuously almost a century ago. We also saw that the path made a sudden turn in an incline off to the left, towards that same hill we had seen when we last checked the horizon. Decided to double check it we discovered an end when the extremely vague prints eventually led us to the entrance of a very large cave.
"Ah, titta Moona. Det här är kan vi värkligen behöva. (Ah, look Moona. This is what we really need.)" I said to Moona as we stepped across the threshold into the cave. I'm sure I was looking forward to spending the night in some form of shelter (Sleeping on the open ground for the past two nights had really started to take its toll on my back.) But we were no fools; we knew the dragon might still be lurking within, but it was a risk we had to take for the sake of a place to stay before darkness set in, before we even found ourselves overrun with nocturnal horrors due to shear exhaustion. It was very dark for the most part within the caverns, but every now and again we could see a few phosphorescent crystals protruding from the walls and roof, creating a wondrously illuminated path for us two to follow. At the end of the crystal-lit trail, we beheld something I never expected to find here in a million years.
"Nämen titta på det här! (Well will you look at that!)" I whispered to Moona in awe as we took in the sight of the huge room. The room itself was very large, with many mighty stalactites reaching down from the high ceiling, and many hulking stalagmites tearing up through the floor in the corners of the cave. The room also had a fairly large tunnel leading out of it off to the far left and a smaller nook of a tunnel off to the right, but it was the center of the massive room that took his breath away.
There, resting in the massive room's core near the back wall, was a treasure trove that could rival that of the cave of wonders from the movie Aladdin! It was filled with all manner of shining precious stones that even I couldn't begin to name, and that was to say nothing of the various solid gold items that littered the wondrous trove, or the innumerable glittering gold coins composing armies of the mass. Men sakta ner nu litle, skata ner lite (But slow down a bit now, slow down a bit), for both Moona and I knew that a dragon who I think formed those foot print would use this huge cave to sleep, commonly rested atop of his gatherings in guardship of what was solely his. But if I want to earn the leadership of the diamond dogs I think bringing alot of gems would make a good first impression.
"Bäst vi tar det här (We better take this)." I said to Moona as I started running up to my new found riches, but just as I got to the foot of the mound, the dreadful happened: It moved. The movement was slight, but it was enough to make me stop where I am. The trove then gave a large puff of black smoke as the distinct odor of brimstone began to permeate the air. Okej, nu känner jag mig som en dåre! (Ok, now I feel myself like a fool!) I had completely forgotten that the dragon might have been hiding in the enormous trove itself in order to coax out shadowed intentions, and may also have been resting there for as long as it'd last made those footprints. Now there was nothing w could do but to steel ourselves for the coming battle. It didn't take long for a giant-dwarfing, green-scaled, fire-breathing, rock-crushing dragon to be standing infront of us, and never mind the fact that the monster could speak.
"Who dares to disturb my slumber?!" The beast bellowed lividly in a low guttural voice, but I was not easily intimidated.
"We are here to claim this cave, and all therein!" I roared at the monster, the dragon did not seem intimidated, it only seemed agitated.
"Insolent fleshling! You shall pay for your trespassing!" well here goes.
"VALHALLAAAA!!!" I shouted my own choosing warcry and Moona and I rushed the large ball of scales and flame. The dragon immediately reared back and let loose a yellow ball of fire from its gaping maw, but we easily rolled to the left and right of it. We got up and continued to charge the fuming behemoth. The dragon next swung its huge clawed hand at me with intent of swiping my head off. I simply jumped and brought my axe towards it's forehead. With only one strong swing I penetrated his scales and my axe entered it's brain, of course it was roaring and grabble for a minute or two until it finaly stayed down and was consumed by death.
As soon as the deed was dealt, the dragon's thrashing, and all other movement ceased, time seemed to slow, and the only sound was that of the massive beast's legs buckling underneath what was now dead weight. The still moment of slow time undone, the reptile's lifeless form suddenly fell forward and collided with the floor of the cavern with a giant, ground-shaking Thud. When all that was over, I removed my axe from the dragon's forehead and now Moona and I turned our attention towards the treasure. I used my magic to conjure a huge bag to gather alot of these crystals, jewels and gold inside. When the bag was full, thanks to my extremely enhanced strenght the bag was but a mere stick to me. But now, coin after coin, gem after gem, if we kept this up, we will have plenty of riches to bribe any group, and anyone else that I needed to form an army. After about an hour or so, I was done collecting the riches into my huge bag.
All we could do now was to use this cave as a place to sleep for the night, first I used my magic to burn the dragon corpse away so that the stench of it's flesh won't be turned into disease. While Moona was sleeping I took my minutes of the night time looking at the map I brought with me.
Nej! Nej! Nej! Vi har letat överallt både utanför och innan för den här skogen, och inte en skylt av diamant hundarna! Var! Är! Dom! (No! No! No! We search everywhere both outside and inside this forest, and still no sign of the diamond dogs, Where! Are! They!) I was talking to meself in frustration, before I calmed myself to sleep.
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