The New Zebrican Empire

by Warhorse

Chapter 19 - Defense of Griffonstone Part 2

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The battle raged on, as the griffons, zebras, and Chris held their own on the field. The group charged at the caribou that was not only at the up part of the city, but Glider was there with what is left of her guard. She was fighting most fiercely, and her red blood cloak got a new shape of red on, as she sliced off one of the caribou's arms. Three of them tried to gang up on her, but Chris dashed in at the last second, and made a figure eight with his sword to cut the three to ribbons. Glider was taken aback by this scene, Chris along with Scar, and the masked elephant stood their ground.

"About time you got here little shit." Glider snapped looking pissed, as she turn towards Scar's direction.

"Well, to be fair sis, I always show up late." Scar said back as he got his mace at the ready.

"What is the situation Glider?" Chris asked as he raised his sword at the caribou that are now surrounding them.

"The caribou lost 69% of their main force after you took down the airships." Glider said trying to catch her breath in the process, as she pulled herself together. "But their army is restless, and determined to take our kingdom my king. If we can find their leader, maybe they will run away. Problem is, we don't know who is in charge of this army."

Chris than looked up to the sky, and than everywhere else. The surrounding area seem to be destroyed after the bombardment from early. There was another caribou force heading their way, only this time a caribou looking young in a heavy leather armor was heading straight for Chris, and his group.

"There they are! Get them!" The caribou shouted while charging. Chris stood in front of Glider making a last stand. But suddenly a large fiery explosion blasted the caribou that had surrounded them. The group looked up once more, and saw a massive force of dragons in iron armor flying above them with weapons in hand.

"Don't worry your highnesses, we will clear the way so you can clear out this scum!" One of them spoke as she torched a caribou still alive even after he recovered from the flames.

"You heard the lady everyone!" Chris said as everybody got ready. "CHARGE!"

They charged straight at the remaining caribou troops on the field. Cutting, slicing, and smashing their way through cutting off the enemy. Meanwhile, a certain caribou was scared out of his wits looking around to see how things gone wrong.

"Its no good sir! The enemy defenders have quickly defeated our forces, we have to retreat before their new allies attack us too!" One of the caribou screamed in terror, as the general looked at him looking just as scared.

"You idiot! We can't retreat now, not after we come this far!" The caribou general yelled getting off his ride. "If we don't kill this creature now, our empire will be in ruins! And it will be me our king will blame for this mess not you!"

Things are now turning in the allies favor. The enemy army at the ground lost their will to fight, do to the deaths of the other caribou around them. Chris, Glider, Scar, and the masked elephant gained the upper hand on the battle field so far. The caribou lost so much after the blimps crashed into different directions, but smashed the army's numbers too. Because of this, the enemy lost over half of their whole army in total, and the blimps made perfect cover for the defending griffons still held up in different areas of Griffonstone.

"Think you can do this!" The caribou general said to himself, while gripping his sword. "How do you kill a leader?"

He thought about this for 10 seconds, and suddenly a thought had came up.

"That's it! Kill those closet to him!" He said as he sat on his mount again, only this time he had a spear instead. "Gather yourselves men! Instead of killing the king, kill the griffon princess!"

"Sir, we can't attack now, we lost too many already!" A random caribou spoke out. "We have to get out of here before those dragons-" He was cut off as the general stabbed him in front of the men.

"Anybody else wanna disobey my orders?" The general asked looking around, as the other warriors looked scared.

"No sir, we will obey no questions asked!" The other caribou warrior said nervously.

"Than fix up your sacks, and lets get to killing the precious bird of the zebra king, including him!" With that the other caribou gathered their strength for one last attack.

Chris, and Glider were fighting side by side, as they killed every last caribou that stood in their way. The masked elephant body slammed a group of caribou, while Scar smash one of they on the head splattering blood on his feathers.

"You know something Chris?" Glider asked as she gutted a caribou in her blade.

"What would that be my feathered friend?" Chris asked as he jumped over a caribou, and decapitated him, as blood dyed his brown hair red.

"This is exactly how our parents got together, and it repeats itself with the two of us now my king."

"Oh, really?" Chris asked looking a little flushed, imaging how Glider's family fell in love, and the story comes true once more.

"Of course my king! After all, you proven yourself once again, and after this, I introduce you to my mother!"

'Oh boy.' Chris thought to himself as he continued to slice out every last caribou. Just then one final horn blow came up. It was their leader on a War Beast, with a spear in his hands. With out warning, the army was now charging straight for Glider mostly, and right when the general got close, Chris pushed her out of the way taking the hit. After the impact hit him, it caused him to fly a great distance, until he hit a nearby stone wall breaking his bones, and knocking him out.

"CHRIS!" Glider screeched with horror, as she flew towards Chris' body. She picked him up in her talons with tears in her eyes. "I swear to my ancestors, if you don't open your eyes right now, I'll claw your face off!" She continued to hold him, as a caribou general lined his sword against her neck.

"Lay down your weapon female, and I might spare your so called 'lover'." The caribou general said in a cocky tone.

Glider only looked up at him with rage in her eyes, as they became crimson red. "HOW DARE YOU!" She said through her beak, as she quickly took away the general's weapon away, and punched him with her talons.

"What the buck was that?!" The general asked as he recovered from the blow, while rubbing his cheek.

"He was my husband/king, and you hurt him, and now..." Glider said as she looked pissed off completely as she threw her sword away, and raised her claws. "...I, WILL MAKE YOU, SUFFER!!!" With that, she dashed towards the caribou general in full speed.

Glider tackled him to the ground while punching him in the face, as her talons were stained with blood on them. Just then a caribou nearby knocked Glider off of the general. Glider still as pissed as ever recovered, and screeched in rage.

"Glider! Watch out!" Scar called out, making Glider look behind her. She saw another caribou trying to stab her, but she was quick to dodge his attack, and took the weapon from him. Glider than used the weapon that she stole, and drove the axe right into his skull. She then turned her attention towards the caribou general, who was looking scared, and was trying to run away on his War Beast, leaving the battlefield.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Glider screamed, as she took a dead caribou's spear, and took off after him, leaving Scar to mop up the rest.

Glider was now chasing down the caribou general, as she was flying above him. He looked back to see that he was being followed, he took out his small crossbow, and aimed it at her. "Suck on this, birdie!" With that he shot his arrows, but they missed her.

The chase had gone on for three whole minutes, until suddenly, Glider decided to use her own crossbow. She pulled it out of her pouch, and aimed for the War Beast. The shots hit the beast's skull, while knocking the general off his mount to land right in a snow pile.

He manage to regain his senses while looking straight at Glider, who had a face of pure rage in her eyes.

"You arrogant son of a bitch!" She said as she walked towards him, as he then drew his weapon on her. Glider walked faster, and as soon as she got to him, she did a disarming technique breaking his arm, while taking his dagger off his hands.

"Wait! P-Please, don't kill me!" The caribou general begged, as Glider grabbed his neck.

"Sorry elk!" She said gripping her talons. "But you crossed the line, when you hurt my family!" Glider than straggled the caribou. He coughed up his own blood, while gasping for air. And after a couple minutes of choking the life out of the caribou, Glider soon returned to Griffonstone.

Scar was patching up his wounds, as did the others. Griffons were picking up their dead, and so did the zebras. Glider ran over to where they were patching up Chris, as he lied down on the medical bed.

"How is he doctor?" Glider asked with worry in her tone. The griffon doctor turn around to face her.

"He will recover just fine my princess." He said, as Glider sighed in relief. "But, my I advise you to wait, and help him recover?"

"Of course, thank you doctor."

After he fixed Chris up, Glider took hold of his warm soft hands, and rubbed it against her feathers of her face.

"Oh Chris." She said with tears running down her face. "I'm so sorry I wasn't able to protect you the way I should have."

Back at the Caribou Empire Days later

"DAMN IT!" Dainn yelled out, as he threw his cup across the throne room. News have reached the capital days after the battle. "I gave the general of this army 50,000 of my best warriors, and what happens?! They were all destroyed by the hands of that human scum bag!"

"Sire please. We still may win over our conquest yet." A caribou dressed in shaman clothing said.

"I just don't get how this creature manage to defeat my best troops."

"That is because he gained the help of his allies, which is the main reason for this chaos. I think we should now attack the human for where he lives now, in Zebraic."

"We can't! My army is not yet prepare for another invasion force yet!"

King Dainn then got up his throne, and made his way down the halls of his castle. He passed by many guards, as they saluted him, and the females were pleasing the warriors. Dainn walked for hours, until he reached a room full of mystical artifacts. He look around the room for something he can use against his enemy, and he found something on the far right corner.

"Ah, yes here we go."

He said as he picked up a dark blue antler, made to fit a king, and was also showing a hint of dark magic inside.

"This will win me against the human, and his slutty harem will be all my forever!" He said, as he laughed manically, and put it on his left antler.

Meanwhile in Griffonstone

Chris almost fully recovered was up, and about was sitting next to Glider in front of King Razor Beak.

"I am proud of you boy, you really showed me what a great king you are." Razor Beak said with joy, and pride in his tone.

"I aim to please my king." Chris said, as he bowed almost all the way, but Razor stopped him.

"There is no need for that. We are friends now, and as kings we don't need to do that at all."

"Oh, sorry just trying to please a princess in front of her father."

The two kings laugh hearty, Glider than elbowed Chris' stomach that was still recovering by the way.

"I think we need to get back on the subject, don't you think?" She said looking at Chris dead in the eyes. Chris then took the hint, and cleared his throat.

"Ahem! Well your daughters right. About the damages done to your city-" Chris was about to say, as Razor cut him off, by raising his claw.

"There is no need my friend." He said. "You don't owe us anything, I'm the one that should owe you something now."

Razor than snapped his talons, and a couple of griffon servants came out with something.

"What is this?" Chris asked looking nervous about the mysterious object.

"Do not fear my friend. This is another gift to aid you on you path towards freedom. This is the kingdom's most prized possession, The Griffon's Talon."

The griffon servant revealed the item, and was literally a old talon from hundreds of years ago, let alone thousands by the looks of it.

"Ok, why are you giving me a very precious artifact of your kingdom in my hands?"

"Because I have complete faith in you. But, do not be fooled by this my boy, this talon is sharper than any other sharp object known to our race. I ask you to use it well, my kingdom, and yours are now both in your hands."

Chris then took the talon off of the servant's talons, and wielded it to test it's weight. It was really light to hold.

"Thank you Razor. I will use this to spread freedom through our two kingdoms, may our friendship last a long time."

With that, the two kings shook hands.


Author's Note

Up, I made yet another awesome battle, but this time in the griffon kingdom. Also I have been trying hard to make up from the past couple weeks. My family, and I will be moving which would be distracting me from my work. Anyways have fun with this story cause I'm still writing, and if you guys help me out with the details to have my stories have videos and images that will be great.

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