Chapitre 41: Chapter 41
Just as Cyrus charged in so he could keep Lord Marrowgars attention on himself, he knew anyone else would be one shot. Justicar Julia Celeste appeared behind him along with Alexstrasza.
When Julia saw Alexstrasza she was stunned, she knew who she was but instead of asking questions she moved forward to assist Cyrus. She also knew how troublesome this opponent was, so she joined Cyrus in front to help share the burden of the [Bone Slice].
Cyrus didn't even pay any attention to her or anyone, he was too busy trying to have the enemy facing away from where people were trying to leave. Within moments of its arrival a lot of the people who were closer to the stage were killed instantly in its initial attack. He tried to use [Avengers Shield] to protect as many as he could but it only saved a few. One of those few saved was Willas Tyrell and his father Mace but both were seriously injured. Julia did throw a quick heal on both so their injuries wouldn't be life threatening, but had to focus on helping Cyrus cause if they couldn't defeat this enemy in 10 minutes it was over for all the living in the south.
Seeing his brother and father jumping down to join along with an excited King Robert and his two Kingsguard Barristan and Jaime, he used his bond to Alexstrasza to have her explain the fight so that no one died a stupid death. As he dodged a bone spike and continued fighting, many people ran while others were either too terrified to move or were in awe of what they were seeing. Margaery Tyrell was one that suffered from both, she watched as her brother and father were almost killed but she saw an amazing shield of light clash against the initial attack saving one section of people. Even Olenna was shocked at the monster before her eyes and a real terror had come over her, but like many who had that fear the two paladins right at the front gave them hope. Witnessing for themselves all the different magic hammers Cyrus was throwing and the holy runes that followed him on the ground. It was like a war god had descended to earth.
Once the others understood what to look out for they began to help, Alexstrasza and Catelyn were healing everyone. Getting a little breather since he had Marrowgar's full attention he popped all his temporary buffs, wings of light appearing on his back and his holy aura shot up stunning not just Julia but everyone watching.
His attacks became more deadly, his sword was wrapped in holy flames as he continued to parry and dodge making sure his timing was just right.
Just as Marrowgar began casting [Bone Storm] Cyrus used [Heroic Leap] to get out of the worst damage cast some holy ranged attacks then used [Charge] to get right back in so that Marrowgar wouldn't move from his spot. Jaime was eventually hurt losing an arm due to trying to out do Cyrus, he didn't watch the timing and was hit with the [Coldflame] and although he did dodge it got his arm. What Jaime didn't see was where he was standing when the attack went his way, behind him were a bunch of Nobles who were still watching. Seeing where the flame was going, it was heading straight for Margaery and her grandmother who were huddled together due to the pushing of other Nobles after seeing an attack coming their way.
Cyrus quickly used his [Blessing of Protection] on them and admonished everyone to only attack from the front or back before continuing to attack.
Olenna and Margaery had thought they were dead but when they didn't feel pain but still felt each other, they opened their eyes and saw the flames all around them but a force field was around them keeping them from being hurt. Both just stared at the fight. They watched as Cyrus held his ground covered in blood, he had to eat a bone spike in place of his mother who wasn't paying attention and was busy healing. She didn't have any battle experience or awareness, but she wouldn't let her husband and sons fight alone. After seeing Cyrus get impaled instead of her, and the blood that poured out, her focus instantly improved. She saw what one mistake could cost you so she began to stay closer to Alexstrasza and when she heard her counting she finally realized her mistake. She wasn't keeping track of the time.
Robb, Oberyn and Ellaria were doing excellent, they had experience leveling while King Robert and Ned hadn't really done so. As the fight progressed the others did improve. Just as they were hitting the final few minutes before it would enrage Cyrus cooldowns on his buffs were ready, he waited on using them until Marrowgar's health reached about 15% due to his available [Hammer of Wrath] which is only accessible once an enemy had less than 20% health.
Julia, seeing Cyrus actions in protecting innocent lives as much as possible, even taking a very dangerous bone spike that causes massive hemorrhaging damage in order to keep his mother from being affected. She too found more vigor to fight on, she felt his light getting stronger rather than weakening despite how he looked. She felt the thrill of the battles she went thru during the invasions, fighting alongside her brothers and sisters. Her own light began to increase as she attacked relentlessly.
Seeing that things weren't looking good on timing Cyrus quickly used [Battle Shout] after he summoned his pets. He hadn't wanted to use them because death was easy if you weren't careful, although he can resurrect the dead there is a period of weakness after. But there are soul attacks and if those are used and the soul is taken or destroyed there is no resurrection after that.
Now with the added damage Cyrus used his [Final Verdict] and [Final Reckoning] once again, but just as he was using it he witnessed his father get cleaved almost in half after he pushed Robb out of the way from the [Bone Slice]. Instantly his fury skyrocket and even put Cyrus into an enraged state. He utilized every class buff he had available, rather than only his paladin ones. Ignoring the pain from so many separate boosters he cast [Mirror Image] making three clones who mimic him and helped him eat all the damage from [Bone Slice]. When he dropped the [Fire Elemental] and [Water Elemental] his copies did too.
This caused shock in everyone besides Alexstrasza, everyone else stopped fighting and got away due to the intense heat from the elementals and the speed Cyrus and his clones moved. A thunder storm appeared above Cyrus firing down holy bolts of lighting onto the area.
To the spectators they had no words for what they were seeing, not even the legends from the Age of Heroes gave such a description.
Then a holy [Solar Beam] cut through the thunderstorm and engulfed Lord Marrowgar and Cyrus, blinding everyone. Seeing Marrowgar was only at 2% and he had seconds left he used [Guardian of Ancient Kings] which he was saving for this exact moment cause he also only had but a few moments until the ten minutes were up. After using both the paladins [Execution Sentence] and the warriors [Execute], the attack cleaved the solar beam, Lord Marrowgar and even the ground in front of Cyrus into two, leaving a large crater and Marrowgar split down the middle.
As the smoke cleared so too did all the buffs, dropping Cyrus down on a knee in exhaustion. All that could be heard was his heavy breathing, until Rodd yelled, "Hell yeah!!" as he picked up the large bone axe and it shrank down to his size.
His eyes were shining as he swung the axe around.
Cyrus seeing his brother's excitement he started laughing and fell backwards onto his back, he was hurting all over still bleeding from the Spike but Alexstrasza kept him alive. Looking up into the sky he enjoyed the feeling of victory. Normally it took ten people but they did it with really only eight damage dealers. He accredited it to his overpowered armor set, it was a twenty five man heroic edition. Had everyone else had the same then that fight wouldn't have cut it so close, he knew he had to change that somehow.
Reaching out to loot his spoils and was stunned, then chuckled but before he could break into manic laughter his consciousness began to fade from exhaustion. The last thought he mustered, 'Home' which was clearly sent to Alexstrasza.
Turning into her red dragon form, she picked Cyrus up and launched abruptly into the sky towards Winterfell.
Besides the Starks and Oberyn who were there to see her dragon form, everyone else trembled at the size of Alexstrasza. She was much larger than even Balerion the Black Dread, much faster too.
All but two, the Tyrells, were still shaking from not just the shock of the battle but such a large dragon with a northerner with no blood relation to the Targaryens. Olenna just nodded her head in complete understanding, they must back the Starks because the undead were true and they had a full size dragon. Many southern lords and heads of houses that witnessed the whole spectacle had the same thoughts.
Not only were the things they thought were just stories to scare children into behaving, "Be good or else the Others would get you. Don't go into the woods at night or the Others will eat you."
This was different from those tales, yes it described zombies of ice and skeletons, not what they saw. No, this was way more terrifying than what was told. But seeing the group in front including King Robert fight and win with the help of what could be best described as a holy angel of vengeance. Avenging the fallen. Many lay dead in front of the stage, many of them the Faith Militant who were raising hell and demanding the king to step down. The only reason Mace and Willas were still in that area was because Willas got injured in the melee, so they were still bandaging him up before moving him away. The attack happened so fast they couldn't move in time.
Justicar Julia Celeste after she came out of her shock began to heal the injured along with Catelyn Stark and Ellaria Sand. When Catelyn approached near Olenna Tyrell, Margaery grasped her hands. Her eyes full of worry.
"Is he going to be ok? Do you know if he's going to Winterfell?"
Catelyn couldn't help but think her son was purposely wooing girls everywhere he went.
'Looks like a good stern talking to is indeed in order. He must think he's some Emperor from Yi Ti and building a palace of concubines or something.' Catelyn thought as she studied the girl in front of her.
"Yes, I'm sure he'll be fine Alexstrasza is with him. She'll make sure he's safe. Are you and your grandmother hurt anywhere?" Catelyn asked as she checked Olenna over.
"Is that his dragons name? She was so beautiful as both a woman and a dragon, how can she turn human? Can all dragons turn human-like?" Margaery excitedly asked as she fired question after question, not even giving a chance for an answer.
Catelyn looked at Olenna who gave a smile and a shrug, "What did you expect of a young girl, hell even now..." Olenna just left it at that with a chuckle, which caused Catelyn to release an exasperated sigh of defeat.
Word quickly spread of what happened but instead of a mass panic that normally would've happened, many still had hope. They even heard their King and Hand Lord Eddard Stark fought valiantly along with others against a monster of legends. Many believed the Age of Heroes was returning.
Cyrus' dreaded moniker of War Wolf just solidified even further. It was the only thing that matched him perfectly, he was like a one man army. They all understood he had help, but the ability he showed in those final moments, an all out display of powers and abilities no legend could compare besides Bran the Builder his ancestor. But once you throw in he had a dragon bigger than Balerion then he superseded him.
The return of the Age of Heroes indeed.
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