The New Zebrican Empire

by Warhorse

Chapter 18 - Defense of Griffonstone Part 1

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There Chris stood on the side of the wall, looking down at a army of Caribou ready to attack. The Griffons around Chris were armored up, and armed to the teeth with weapons. They also had mounted stationary weapons, ballistas, and cannons aimed for the enemy forces. Just then a loud sound was heard in the distance. A Caribou general was riding straight to the entrance with a few of his elite bodyguards.

"Why have you come here caribou?!" King Razor beak snarled with annoyance.

The caribou general stopped right about 25 feet from the walls, and looked up with annoyance on his face too.

"The only reason I came here 'griffon' was to purge Equestria of those that believe females are equal to our superiority." The caribou said as he pulled out a documented scroll out of his leather hand bag. "This is what our king wishes to propose."

He showed the scroll, and read it out loud.

King Razor Beak

After what happened in Bold Brass I now turn my attentions towards you now, but with a way to spare both of us out of trouble. For too long the celestial sluts have ruled over this world, and I'm offering you a choice between life or death for all. Turn against Celestia and her sister Luna, and of course that human that you sided with, we won't hurt your kingdom. But if you don't, you both, along with Equestria will all pay the price.

Signed King Dainn

The airships were now locking on at the walls, including the gates. Razor Beak was looking at Chris, he was thinking to himself as he was trying to avoid fighting such a large force. But then something hit Chris' mind, something that he had forgotten.

"Razor, I got an idea!" Chris said getting his friend's attention, as he looked back to him.

"What is it my boy?" Razor Beak asked.

"I might know how to beat them." He said as he pulled out a egg shape crystal. This shocked not only Razor, but Glider too, as they looked at Chris' previous gift.

"Who by our ancestors did you get this from?"

"From my newest ally, Dragon Lord Ember my friend. This crystal will give me, and possibly our troops strength to fight this invasion."

The Caribou sounded a war horn, which signaled the mounted War Beasts to attack. They ran towards the wall, as the griffons took aim, and fired a volley of arrows down on them. A few died, awhile the others were wounded in the fight. They reached the walls trying to climb up, as their mounts were making it easier to get over. Then all of the sudden, the griffons rushed to activate the boiling oil they had installed, and poured it down on them burning their flesh.

"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" The mounts cried out in pain, as the oil rained on them. This made the general mad.

"Forget about our mounts!" He said in a rage. "Destroy the walls! Bring in the airships!"

Now the airships were in place readying themselves for a volley fire at the gates. The cannons on the buildings however was taking a short time to prepare for the volley.

"FIRE!" The caribou general ordered, and the flag waver signaled the blimps to fire at will.

The airships shot out massive cannon balls, destroying the defenses on the walls, but also the gates. The caribou infantry were now rushing the walls cutting down everyone in their way. Chris along with the others regained their bearings, and took a look around to see dead griffons on the ground. Some of the bodies were blown up during the cannon fire, while some died of blood loss after their limbs were blasted in the process. Just then out of no where a caribou warrior pinned Chris to the ground with a dagger in his hands ready to kill Chris right there on the spot.

"Hey! Leave my mate alone!" Glider yelled as she drew her sword in ready.

"Why don't you come, and make me pigeon!" The caribou taunted making her attack him.

Glider swung her blade missing her target, as the caribou spun around to knock her off balance. The caribou warrior pinned her to the ground as she struggled to break from his grip.

"Forget the mares you will do nicely." He said as Glider's eyes shot wide open. Just then the caribou was stabbed in the back. "AAAAAAHHH!"

"Leave my beautiful bird alone elk!" Chris yelled out, causing the caribou to turn around.

"What the buck did you just call me you little shit!"

But before he could get a response from Chris. He was stabbed in the back again, this time it was Glider with a horrified look on her face. The caribou laid dead on the ground, while Chris ran towards Glider.

"Are you alright Glider?"

"Y-y-yes I-I'm fine." She said as she was still shaking a bit.

"Come on Glider, pull yourself together! We need to retreat back towards the town square on the double."

With that they headed towards the center of the kingdom. A large group of caribou warriors had the town pinned, with a few dozen griffons killed. This now sparked fire in Chris' belly. He pulled out the crystal as it glowed red, and Chris and Glider received incredible power coursing through their veins.

"Oh, I'm so pumped up! Lets kill those rapists!" Glider said with confidence.

"Don't get ahead of yourself Glider." Chris said. "We only use this power for this situation, and the time is now!"

After that, Chris drew his small sword, as the two rushed downwards to save what's left of the griffon guards. The griffons were backed into a corner, as soon as Chris along with Glider arrived on the scene. Chris stabbed a caribou in the head ,while Glider sliced off one of the caribou's limbs off. A caribou warrior tried to bash Chris in the head, Glider once again saved his life. They continued to fight off the caribou for about 34 minutes, until the elephant with the mask charged in with caribous dangling all over him.

"Oh! Big guy! How are you holding up?!" Chris asked as the elephant pointed towards the airships above still bombarding the area the griffon civilians are in. Many of them are dead, while others struggled to get out, and arm themselves.

"We got to get to the cannons, and take out those blimps!" Glider shouted.

Chris looked at the elephant, as he nodded his head. "Alright, lets go!"

The three now were making their way towards the tower where the cannons are there ready to fire. They slaughtered some caribou along the way, as they reached the bottom floor to the tower.

"Glider!" Chris said getting her attention. "Gather what's left of your troops, and meet us at the town square again!"

"But what about you my king?" Glider said with worry in her voice.

"Don't worry! My general here will protect me, as he saved me twice since I have got to this world!" Chris said looking up at the masked elephant.

"Ok, cause you died before we get married officially I'll never forgive you for it."

"I know better than to piss you off, now go!" With that she left leaving Chris behind with the elephant. "Alright big guy, lets save this city."

They went up the tower trying not to slip, due to the cold weather outside, and the way it is making it harder to reach the top. However, the masked elephant had stubby legs, so that makes things easier from here on as they finally reached the top. The tower had a perfect view of the city, and the airships were right there in range.

"Alright, help me load this thing!" Chris commanded, as the elephant was grabbing a cannon ball in his hands, as if they were milk jugs. He then help Chris put the cannonball inside the cannon, as he took aim towards the nearest airship.

"Open fire!" Chris shouted, as the elephant next to him lit the fuse to fire the cannon on the nearest airship. The airship gain critical damage towards it's ammo boxes on board, causing it to explode even more. And the airship right next to that one was blowing up too, as the blast from the first airship shot out a cannon loaded on the other side.

The caribou army looked up at the sky, as the airships came crashing down on them, wiping out more caribou than the griffons could count. The stirred up anger in the caribou general as he got up from his mount.

"That's it!" He shouted "This has gone far enough! I am tired of playing these games!"

The rest of the caribou army stood ready to advance on the city, as the general turned to face all of them.

"Listen well my brothers! We will march in that city, and destroy everything that these bird brains hold dear. But most of all, the death of the zebra king that has caused this to begin with!" The rest of the army cheered for the death of Chris. "Because of him, our destiny cannot be fulfilled, and our king disgraced to keep his promise to us all. The zebra king is no king at all. He is a female acting like a king, and shows equality that we will not become! Death to those who appose us, and may the females we spare please us now, and forever!"

The caribou, along with their reckless general marched at the destroyed walls, and gate.

Chris and the elephant continued to attack the airships, as some were trying to fire back, only to ram into each other by mistake. Just then an airship was 100 feet away from them, which looked like the last one was heading straight for the tower.

"Quickly! Fire at will!" Chris ordered as the masked elephant hurried up to reload the cannon, and shot out one last cannonball. It destroyed the ship, however it was coming directly towards the two, and wasted no time as the hurried down the stairs. Right at the split second that they thought they were going to make it, a piece of the tower somehow block another piece saving the both of them, as they jumped out. The airship crashed in the tower, and the cannon on top fell right next to them.

"Well, that could have been worse." Chris said with a laugh, as a rock fell right on top of them crushing their bodies, but not real hard just enough to leave bad bruises later on. "AAARRGGHH! You got to be joking!"

With that a group of griffons, and zebras were lifting the rock off of them, as they got up.

"Are you alright your highness?" A zebra asked.

"Yes, we are fine." Chris said as he then looked at the masked elephant. "How is the situation so far?"

"Princess Glider is alright, but Prince Scar needs help fending off down in the lower parts of Griffons!" A griffon guard said point towards a nest looking building with a lot more around that area. From a distance, it looks like its in ruins.

"Do you think we could make it in time?" Chris asked the griffon.

"Yes, I believe we can, if we hurry."

"Alright everyone, you heard him, lets save the prince!"

With that said, the group ran towards the buildings. Somehow along the way they were ambushed by caribou warriors waiting for them. Each of them armed with axes, and bows as they began their attack.

"Kill their king!" One of the caribou yelled, as he took aim to fire an arrow at Chris. The arrow missed him, but a griffon next to him was shot in the shoulder plate, wounding him. The caribou struck fiercely swung their axes cutting up the group, while their archers rained down arrows at the zebras. A caribou got to Chris' spot trying to brainwash him, it did nothing as Chris stabbed him in the gut leaking out blood staining his sword.

"AAARRRGGG!" Another caribou yelled out in a battle cry as Chris prepared himself for his attack. Somehow the caribou was found crushed under the foot of the masked elephant.

"Thanks man." Chris said as the two were now charging at the enemy. The elephant bodied slammed into a group of them, while swing his weapon cutting them down like grass. Chris sliced, and diced his way through a lot more, while taking his dagger out ready to stab another caribou that came close enough. The group managed to kill the ambushers, as they moved on towards Scar's position.

They got to the area, it was a mess. Bodies of dead griffons, and caribou fowled up the air in a horrible stench. And in the area, a caribou surrounded Scar's troops including him.

"There he is!" One of Chris' zebras yelled pointing towards the site of the fight, and Scar was looking badly hurt.

"Alright my friends, charge!" Chris yelled as the others with him ran straight for the caribou, taking them by surprise. One of the griffons dived bombed into the group terrifying them as he decapitated one of them. A zebra stabbed a caribou straight at his back, and surprised the one next to the dead caribou one with a dagger in his hands killing that caribou too. The masked elephant bashed 5 caribous with on swing of his weapon, making a bloody stain on the snowy ground. Chris sliced off one of the caribou's legs off, and stabbed the another coming straight for him.

"Die human!" One of the caribou yelled, as he tackled Chris to the ground, armed with a knife trying to stab him. Chris struggled for a while, and the caribou was slowly digging his weapon at Chris' heart. Suddenly, a black feathered griffon smashed the caribou's chest, and crushing his skull with an iron mace in his talons.

"Get up Chris! We got a war to win here!" Scar yelled as Chris got up from the ground.

"Right! Thank you Prince Scar!" Chris said as he got back up prepared for the next fight.

However, there was another sound, but this time a group of mounted War Beasts were lining up for a Calvary charge. They all had spear points armed, and ready to strike anything that gets in their way.

"Quick! Get some pikes at the ready!" A griffon ordered as everyone in the group scrambled to get nearby objects. They hidden the weapons behind them as the enemy charged at them non stop.

"Steady, Hold." The griffon said as the group prepared themselves. The enemy were wrecking destroyed carts as they charged forward.

"Hold." And the enemy still hasn't slowed down. They ran past destroyed buildings looking blood thirsty.

"Hold!" The Calvary was getting closer, as they were about 40 feet away now.

"Hold!" The Calvary now raised their spears, aimed towards Chris, and the others waiting for the griffon sergeant's command. They now in range to spring the trap.

"Now!" The griffon yelled, as the others used the weapons to form a pike wall, which killed a lot of Calvary. Some of the caribou flew right at the wall instead of the mount, and those that survived took off leaving others to their fates. The enemy retreated back to the gates, while the others chose to regroup with the others.

"Well done Scar. We chased them off." Chris said while checking on the masked elephant, and safe to say he still survived after all of this.

"We should meet up with my sis back at the higher grounds." Scar said as he wiped off the chunks of flesh off his mace.

"Yeah, we should."

After that the group headed up on the high grounds as they passed by many dead corpses out on the streets. Some of the citizens weren't so lucky, as they burned on the spots stinking the air worse than a rotting body. It was terrible, the caribou must pay for their crimes of this savagery. Even in times of war, there are rules that must be followed. Just as the group got to the upper part of the city, many caribou warriors are attacking their most sacred sites, and the griffons are barely holding the enemy off.

"Well Scar, here we go again." Chris said as he wiped off the blood from his blade while looking at Scar.

"Yes, here we go again indeed." Scar said as he raised his mace up high.

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