It had taken three days for the pink alicorn to come to her decision but she requested that we wait for another alicorn one of the princesses of Equestria, to come watch the battle. I allowed it but made sure the guards and Chrys and her children knew to be on guard and ready for anything. The pink alicorn estimated that it would take the other alicorn close to a week to make it to the kingdom so I gave her permission to roam like the others of her group did but with Molly at her side. While they did that I worked in the workshop with Runestone and his fellow workers perfecting the connections that would insert into the slots where my arms and legs connected. Once Stone knew what to do I left him to the work and went to work with the pony named Bellows who was building what looked like a rifle mixed with a tank cannon.

I estimated that the weapon had a barrel made to fire 60mm shells but I was told it did not fire anything physical but instead fired condensed magic fueled by my own magic. I explained that I could only infuse weapons with dark energy and in return Bellows and his group explained the runes carved into the weapon which sucked in the infused energy and turned it into magic fuel for the weapon which would shoot blasts of condensed magic but they didn’t know what color the magic would be. I left them to their work but told them to design smaller weapons for people normal sized and not my mech armor size. They seemed to take to the project with vigour while bellows began to describe how the magic weapons my armor possessed worked. Apparently it used old runes that sucked in dark energy and dispersed it into raw magic but they had reconfigured it to flow into magic batteries so all I had to do was treat my suit like a weapon and infuse it with my dark energy to power the weapons. The batteries meanwhile would power the suit allowing it to be powered for up to a week while using all the functions at once. After the power explanation I was told of all the functions and weapons my new armor slash body possessed.

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I had sent letters to Celestia asking about what I should do and she responded by saying she would send me some armor and a weapon as she had full confidence in my ability to defeat the enemy and that she was sending a camera pony along with the group bringing my armor to take pictures of the battle and of me kicking out the self-appointed ruler but neither she nor Luna could come to watch. Jekyll had disappeared but the alicorn Molly had stuck around and waited with me at the base of the crystal spire while the group of ponies that had been sighted by the wall guards made their way here. I had yet to ever see my own armor but I had known Celestia was making it much different than her or Luna’s armor. Their armor was made during the times before the civil war and followed the ways used back then. Heavy plate armor that was runicaly enhanced. Along with the large spears that absorbed light magic transforming it into blades of pure magic the color of which was determined by the amount of power put in with blue and red being the highest followed by yellow and then purple. If your weapon was the same color as your magic it meant you were perfectly in tune with your weapon and the amount of magic was unable to be measured past there as all magical scales so far had melted from the magical pressure. Celestia had allowed me to try her weapon which she could get to a light blue color mixing her own magic with the weapon’s color increasing its power. I could only get a yellowish color with a hint of blue giving it a green tint. The fact that I could activate a weapon not made for me was apparently quite a feat in itself.

“Your friends have arrived,” said the bored voice of Molly who was toying with a ball of magic she had formed in her hand. “I hope you're ready for a fight princess because the king sure is,” she stated before returning to her orb of raw magic.

“Princess I am the camera pony sent by Celestia to capture your magnificent battle on my new invention the video camera along with normal cameras. Behind me are those who bear your royal battle armor and your alicorn blade,” she said showing the large cases containing the luggage.

“Follow the guards, they will escort you to your rooms and your armor will be taken to your room with your weapon,” said Molly drawing everyone's attention to herself causing the ponies to stop at the sight of a new alicorn especially one possessing Molly’s beauty.

“Another alicorn sorry we didn’t bow and may I ask but what is your title, are you the leader here or no and what do you rule over?” asked the camera pony quickly.

“Hmm I like this one straight to the point,” she said, licking her lips. “I rule beside the king and as for what I rule over well the basics are that I am the Queen of Trickery,” Molly said for the first time stating what she ruled over.

“Oh,” said the camera pony.

“Shall we move deeper into the structure and talk more about when the battle shall take place and where?” she asked, walking into the spire as the guards took the bags and boxes.

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I looked at the creation with the king, Bellows, and the workshop ponies beside me and stared in awe at the giant we had created. Bellows eyed the long metal tube on the table beside what I first assumed to be a staff weapon which the workshop ponies had spent several days on. Personally, I looked over the powerful runes carved into the armor and the massive magical battery held within the armor. On a whim, I had gotten the royal tailors to make a red cloak which hung over one arm and part of the king's back. The cloak bore the symbol which rested above the throne in high detail with a silver edge on the symbol. I looked to the king who was staring into the lifeless crystal eyes of the oversized helmet which would attach to the armor's body making him look larger.

“My king it is time it has been two days since the alicorn’s people arrived; we cannot stall any longer,” said a Changeling who began to assist in the readying of the armor.

“Rune if I somehow lose I am putting you in charge of the resistance of the tyranny the Equestrians will bring,” said the king causing me to stand straighter with pride that such a job would be given to me should m=the battle go poorly. I watched the king stand behind the now open back of the armor and allow technomagic arms within to detach and store his arms before more attached two arm control systems into his arms and removed his false legs also storing them and attaching the control systems to the metal where his flesh limbs would be. His body was held in place with a mix of magic and mechanical arms with cushioning runes on them. The back was then fused onto the armor and the environment control runes activated, keeping the king at a comfortable temperature despite the heat given off by the machines within the armor and the cold on the outside. His head looked too small for the armor he wore and as it activated and the helmet was attached I saw him smile and remembered his explanation to me of what the Grey Knights were. They were powerful beings who were well known for battling against chaotic demons. As the eyes lit red energy like that of fire with swirls of the king's own black energy filled them and caused the runes to fully activate as the armor now treated like a weapon was imbued with darkness which fueled the runes. I watched as he moved the massive armor and grasped his weapons which now seemed perfect for his size attaching the weapon he had named the Boomstick to his back and the as of yet unnamed staff to his hip like you would a sword or axe. I personally attached his royal cloak to his side and strapped a large blade to his left side opposite of the staff.

“Whump!” an audible sound was made in the room as the magic in the suit pulsed and all its functions activated including the voice modifier which altered the king's voice to a deeper more menacing tone that we all agreed caused fear and intimidation if used on your opponent.

“So shall we go speak to the princess,” said the king the deep voice ending with an echoing sound making it seem as if it did not leave the lips of a mortal but instead some god in disguise which many already believed the king to be including most of those of us in the workshop with me only half convinced.

“Let's,” I replied simply as we all followed the king.

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I could not wait for the opportunity to capture the coming battle between the princess and the king who reigned here. I sat at the side of the throne room near my friends next to a crystal pony who seemed to be vibrating with excitement.

“Are you alright?” I asked him.

“Yes sorry for vibrating like that I’ve just heard rumors from workshop ponies of the king’s new armor,” he said in reply. “Apparently it is really imposing and bears the mark of the kingdom.”

“The mark of the kingdom?” I asked only to have the pony point above the throne which had begun to shift in size and design becoming more elaborate in design. I pulled out my non-flash camera and prepared to take pictures of the being that the princess had written to Celestia about. I was not disappointed.

“Thump...thump...thump,” a loud thump sound was made with each step as the massive armored being walked into the room a large weapon resembling the experimental muskets the guards used in Equestria rested on his back but the king’s musket was much larger. He carried a staff and a large sword and stepped with the confidence only those with massive amounts of power could muster before sitting on the throne. I had heard from several ponies that the king had never said what he reigned over like the princesses of the day, night, and love who proclaimed their realms proudly but apparently the crystal ponies had pretty much guessed it and the advisor was going to announce him.

“Announcing King Jekyll the God of Battle and War,” the advisor got a look from her king as he sat down and his eyes flashed with a power which filled the room.

“And now announcing the Princess of Love also known as Princess Cadence,” the Princess walked in through a side door and stopped as she laid eyes on the king of the land, and even from here I could see her helmetless face mouth something. “By Celestia.”

“The battle shall take place outside of the walls so as to keep the city out of the fallout zone,” continued the advisor. “Any animals within the wastes that enter the battle will be considered battlefield hazards but should a friend of either side enter combat then that group automatically forfeits the battle. The battle shall not be to the death but instead till the opposing side yields but should the other side not yield any force is allowed including torture and the removal of limbs.”

“I jerked at that along with my group and those that had accompanied Cadence who had also paled at the words she heard.”

“Hmmm,” a deep rumble filled the room coming from the king. “Perhaps you wish to give up before we start alicorn?” he asked his voice causing fear to fill me.

“N-no I shall meet you on the battlefield.”

“All are invited to watch from the walls tell your neighbors, your family, even those you dislike that they may come to watch the battle between the king and a foreign invading force,” said the king who stood and spread his arms wide before the alicorn Molly and his royal guard who looked nothing like those in Equestria instead seeming like they were built for long term battle. The king then left the room his advisor also following his entourage along with a pony I had heard referred to as Runestone.

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I stood on the hard ice devoid of Ice worms ever since I killed a large version of their kind. Seemed the creatures had a small amount of intellect after all. Far from me close to a hundred yards was the Princess of Love who was putting on her helmet and held a poleaxe in her left hand but on her hip, I saw what looked like the hilt of a greatsword. I watched her strap her helmet into place while the runes inside mine fed the view straight to my eyes using a mix of runestones and my techno-magic. I watched as the Princess grabbed her poleaxe and I retrieved my Boomstick from my back a crystal bayonet now mounted on the front and as I held the weapon I filled it with my dark energies powering the weapon to its maximum power level. I then heard Dart’s voice still frustrated at the name she had given me. I'd have to make sure they knew I wasn’t a god but after this, but I’m not sure if I could dissuade them no matter how hard I tried.

“The battle starts when Molly shoots off a firework spell so that I have time to return to the walls,” she said to each of us before running off. Time ticked by until I saw a streak of green energy explode in the air and I brought my weapon up aiming down the barrel and hastily made sights. I then squeezed the trigger and there was a pulse of magic with the weapon bucking back into my robotic body’s shoulder and releasing enough heat to turn the nearby snow to steam while making a loud “BOOM!”

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I watched the King raise his odd weapon but charged forward till I felt the magic pulse and heard the loud explosion prompting me to dodge what I guessed to be an oncoming spellfire. Instead, I dodged a red and black bolt of hardened magical energy that flew well past me and further than any spell I knew of could before hitting the ground and doing nothing for a moment as my mind processed what was happening. The released raw magic altered the nearby reality creating an explosion of chaos magic which would have most likely stripped my magic powers from me along with turning most of my bones to powder had it hit me. I looked up thinking I’d see another bolt headed my way but instead saw the king staring at the wall and then pointing at the weapon with a gesture that asked. “Why?” No matter with this distraction I would attack.

“HA!” I cut down at him with my weapon and he dodged easily hitting me hard with the rear of the weapon which he then pointed at me causing a burst of fear in my mind as I began to dodge multiple much smaller shots from the weapon. The smaller blast caused much less but still powerful damage. I decided to get in close, making it hard for him to use his large weapon. I quickly charged him once more, uttering my battle cry causing him to use his weapon to block allowing me to coat my blade in a small amount of energy cutting through the weapon. He threw the long part to the side and pointed the other side between us and pulled the trigger causing a large explosion which launched us both back into the air. I watched him tumble in the snow as I steadied myself with my wings slowly floating downwards. The snow had turned to steam which cleared just in time to allow the armored king to jump through his large sword held one-handed in a reverse grip. He hacked and slashed at me keeping me off balance with the seemingly random attacks. Eventually, I blasted the blade from his hand only to be showered with a rain of needle-sized crystals half of them embedding themselves in my skin shifting my focus and allowing a large shadow encased fist to hit my side launching me across the snow covered the battlefield. I stood and watched from far away as a large square crystal shield formed on his arm and he charged me with it blocking the multiple blasts I shot at him as I tried to slow him with concussive blasts that chipped away at the shield only for the broken parts to launch themselves at me forcing me to split my concentration. Eventually, I sent a powerful explosive blast at his shield destroying it completely but still the spikes of crystal charged forward but were destroyed by me as I was done with playing nice and so I drew and activated my blade specifically forged to be used by alicorns. It’s soft glow comforted me as there were no such blades here.

“Hmm beautiful aren’t they,” said the deep voice of Jekyll as he walked through the whirlwind of snow his staff now in his hand.

“And what would you know about alicorn blades?” I spat at him and removed my damaged helmet which obscured my view.

“Quite a bit actually,” he stated as a large dark red double-headed axe activated the blades formed of pure magic.

“But you're not an alicorn.”

“Yet I still possess the ability to use one of these,” he said before punching me in the stomach launching me back towards the walls which he slowly began to stalk towards.

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I followed the alicorn who still thought she had a chance to win and as I walked I admired the cuts and impact marks that covered my new armor showing that it had been used before and wasn’t just for the ceremony. I quickly entered the view of the wall and saw the camera pony taking pictures of his princess who stood proudly with her weapon drawn seeming to look like she was facing a demon. With my axe in my right hand, I reforged my storm shield this time coating it in spikes and imbuing it with darkness and as the shield formed the double Aquila also formed on the front of the shield.

“Come now alicorn do not think I am defeated just yet!” I yelled at her drawing the attention of all including the camera pony who began taking pictures of me as well.

“I will defeat and banish you god of war,” she said, not helping the image that I was going for and only fueling the flames of the crystal ponies who treated me like a god. At her words, she got a cheer from her group but my people seemed not to take this well and instead began cheering for their war god. If they wanted a war god so be it I’d be the God-King of War ruler of the Crystal Kingdom. “Now perish!” she shouted, shooting a large blast of energy at me.

“No,” I said magically holding my shield in front of me while readying a large amount of dark magic in my palm and as the shield broke I blasted out with a large beam of shadow energy canceling hers out allowing me to charge her as the watching crowd grew quiet as they watched us battle. Two giants compared to them in all terms of power be it physical or magical. I swung my axe as I had when practicing with the guards secretly. I, unfortunately, had skipped on swordplay though and it showed in my earlier battle using the normal blade. I attacked relentlessly, keeping her on the defensive shooting in bolts of dark energy as I attacked using my techno-magic to overcharge my suit quickening my speed and strength. Eventually, I got her back to the crystal wall and forced a large blade to extend from it cutting halfway through her sword arm forcing her forward straight into my grasp my axe now back at my hip. Holding her main body in my right hand as she screamed in pain I ripped her sword arm from her body causing the blade to deactivate as it was grasped by a crystal hand that floated in the air. Her blood sprayed across my armored hand and chest as I threw the arm to the side hearing more than a few gags from the audience.

I removed her blade from the crystal hand holding it in my left as I forced my dark magic into the weapon, igniting it red and forcing it against her bleeding stump cauterizing the wound. I then dropped her where she fell to her knees as I drew and reactivated my own blade.

“Hmm looks like you know your place well. I now understand why you're the princess of love. Give up before I remove those pretty wings of yours or your horn,” I said to her but she looked at me with anger charging her horn which I quickly removed from her head with my axe due to her blade being hard to wield in my massive hand. I then leaned down to her ear and spoke quietly “I’m going to enjoy breaking your husband once Chrysalis changes his gender or maybe I’ll let her children play with her or is it still going to be him?” I deactivated both my blade and her's clasping mine to my hip and using a crystal to latch hers to my chest.’

“Thunk,” the nearly dead alicorn punched my armored back.

“Just give up,” I said with a sigh as I backhanded her with my massive hand coated in dark energy. “I will give you this alicorn. Your kind is quite persistent.”

“You’ll never win,” she spat. “The elements will stop your evil even if our armies fall and the world burns.”

“Why would I want to go to war or burn this beautiful world? It has so much more beautiful than my own world,” I said, her eyes widening. “You really didn’t think I was from here did you?”

“What are you some kind of demon in disguise?” she asked from her place in the snow once again far from the walls where we could not be overheard.

“No nothing like that. I'm only human, maybe a little more powerful than others of my kind but still only human,” I slowly walked towards her injured form. “My world is dying destroyed by an industry which poisons the air my people breathe. It is covered in wounds caused by wars that used weapons this world could never understand and far surpass anything you could think of. My people made a weapon which sticks to people and burns better than anything natural we called it napalm and we shot it at civilians,” I clamped my crystals around her body and lifted her up to my level. “We made weapons which level cities in seconds and burn so bright the turn peoples shadows into marks on the wall.”

“What kind of people could yours be?” she asked with fear.

“We are human and if you think I’m evil you should know I’m nowhere near the worst,” I said levitating her behind me back towards the city. “So before you go report me as a great uncontrollable evil let me tell you that I do not wish for a fight but I know a great deal when it comes to battle now please give up before I have to start hurting you.”

“I will yield if you tell me who you wish to take?”

“Your husband and the young dragoness do not worry she will not be harmed. She is still young. I merely wish to learn about your people from two perspectives and once the railway to Equestria is set up or I have some other form of travel then she can return. Maybe once all this unpleasantness has passed we can be friends.”

“I yield but I don’t think Celestia is going to take this well,” she said as we reached the walls and I walked back through the doors to the city hearing the cheers of my people while the Equestrians rushed to their princess who I had dropped to the ground.

"On this day a foreign power has been repelled from our city my people and now once they have recovered most of them will leave!" I yelled before turning to Chrysalis who was coated in green fire scaring the ponies. "Chrys I'll let you deal with Armor."

"Yes my king," she said before two guards grasped the unicorn and dragged him away as the few medical ponies I had begun to help the princess despite her affiliation with a foreign power which seemed to surprise the Equestrians.

"Excuse me but my name is Stop Motion may I take your picture?" asked a small pony.

"Just don't make me out to be some king of blood loving demon," I said as a flash filled my eyes.

Author's Note

So how did I do hope yall enjoyed it and as said in most chapters I love criticism just don't be a dick, please. Also, I imagine Cadence's blade being a longer and thinner version of the crucible from Doom Eternal. If you have any ideas that take a lot of thought to explain just message me ok.