Canterlot Academy Trials

The fighting would rage on with both sides continuing to clash as much as possible. Mist’s flood had caused loads of damage as she had essentially washed half of the entire city away all on her own thanks to the power of the storm combined with the extra water from the ocean nearby that was at her disposal.

Meanwhile, the northern half of the city wasn’t quite in range of her catastrophic attack, so there was still plenty of mess to clean up.

Blue and Thiasus had split up to assist the two monkey generals that were in charge of the operation with the dragon going to General Tai and the buck going to General Ban.

The blue dragon would land on a rooftop and look around for a moment before spotting the monkey woman who was engaged in combat with what appeared to be a sea of other gangsters all by herself. Tai was able to quickly transmutate the wood of various nearby crates and generate fists from them that expanded combed over the entire area, punching and smashing the gangsters into the walls.

Blue joined in and called out. “Hey! I have an idea!”

“Speak.”

Blue would explain himself, then Tai would respond with a nod. The dragon lit the wood on fire, creating flaming fists that would burn everything they came in contact with, including the buildings.

“Impressive,” Tai replied stoically, “I see why dragons like you are worshiped by our people.”

“Eh, don’t sweat it. There’s a lot more shit in our way.”

As they continued working, Thiasus had caught up with General Ban. The gold-colored monkey had secret bullet capsules hidden within the confines of his whip which allowed him to fire off bullets from what was essentially a whip-gun configuration. The result was a long red rope that slung out and fired shot after shot with a simple flick of his wrist that took down numerous gangsters in one go.

“That’s quite the weapon,” Thiasus commented as he landed next to the general, “Need some help, sir?”

“I’d appreciate it, yes!” Ban squealed, then pointed ahead, “Some of them are trying to make an escape in a vehicle up ahead. Think you can help me catch them, Mr. Lù?”

“I’d be happy to. Give me just a moment…”

In a flash of light, Thiasus teleported over to the boat that some of the gangsters were about to take off on. Before they could leave, the reindeer would summon a bolt of light from the sky that would explode their boat in an instant. Followed by the buck practically nuking the remaining gangsters that appeared around him from behind nearby cover. He would even assist general Ban by paralyzing the criminals so that the monkey could wrap his whip around the neck of one gang member before releasing bullets from it to shoot the others in a flurry before rolling on down to Thiasus’ position.

“Huh,” the buck commented as he glanced around at the pile of bodies. “They weren’t as much of as challenge as I thought they would be.”

“They’re no match for the force of an entire military unit,” Ban commented as he retracted his whip. “They’re so used to picking on others that are beneath them in strength, that they cannot measure to someone stronger than they are.”

Given that they had also recently stormed Hei Se’s palace, it was rather easy to deal with some lowly gangsters who could only manage to peddle children through snuff films.

“You make a valid point,” Thiasus replied, “I guess now all that’s left is to round up the stragglers who--”

Before he could say anything else, he was cut off by the sound of a bullet from nearby. Another young dragon had picked up a weapon and shot at them under the impression that they were also going to abuse her.

“G-go away…we don’t…need you!”

“Shit not again,” Thiasus grumbled and was prepared to step forward until Ban did so instead.

“Young dragon, please,” the primate pleaded with her, “We’re not here to hurt you. Do not--”

“SHUT UP!”

BANG!

Thiasus averted his eyes as Ban used his whip to shoot the dragon girl down where she stood. Once the buck opened his eyes, he choked and looked away from the dragon’s grisly body.

“...confound it all,” he muttered as he grit his teeth, “I didn’t sign up to kill children…”

Ban would shake his head. “You did not. Unfortunately…I had no choice. Some of the children here seem to be beyond saving.” He scratched the back of his head, unsatisfied with trying to justify his actions. “...You don’t…need to approve of what I--”

“It’s fine. Let’s go,” Thiasus swallowed his fear and continued running along the street with the general, “If we die now, we won’t be able to put this cesspool of a city beneath the pits of Krampus where it belongs.”