chapter 17: the grand retreat

With the plan laid out everyone is in a hurry to begin packing their bags all the remaining tents are torn down as the front of the camp is watched carefully. the wounded are moved onto mounts and wagons as the lisads with their oxen seem more than capable of carrying everything that must be loaded.

The wounded and the parties inventory is sent off first as anyone still able to fight gets in formation to guard them from behind as they prepare to soon march out.

In a matter of an hour the entirety of all the astran, sokaran and lisad tents and structures are torn down and packed as they head back towards the river crossing.

Gora along with Rex's crew march under Utum's shield their luggage being hauled off as someone else rides their mounts. The small village that the luutons previously destroyed coming into their field of view as they slowly march. Under Utum's shield a new comrade joins them; The high king himself had decided to join Rex's squad. towards the back of the marchers secomi watches the skies behind them closely waiting to see if the luutons give chase or not.

Suddenly the fog wall that had lined the front of their camps is shattered as the the few thousand of luutons that are left reveal themselves. The Aklha Fon's mighty dragon could be seen leading the charge. Secomi's eyes widen as he makes haste to blow through a little brass whistle. The caravan in the front begins speeding up taking the wounded and the cargo away from the fight as the marching soldiers slow down waiting for the luutons to catch up.

Though as the others are slowing down all those under Utum's shield come to a stop as they make abit of distance between themselves and the remaining soldier. Utum tilts his shield toward the distant approaching horde and looks at his captain nervously as gora peaks her head out of the side of their cover. Utum begins to sweat as they just stand there for a moment not speaking as they all wait for Gora's signal

Eventually the luutons horde cross over where their camps use to be and with them getting closer gora steps behind the shied once more and gives utum a stern nod.the astrans waist no time channeling their geia into the shield summoning a devastating pillar of fire that erupts from the entirety of the shield, that utum moves across the sky sending the luutons and their beast ablaze.

Utum unable to properly see what hes firing has gora lay on the ground peering through the cracks of the bottom of the shield and the ground as the massive shield blocks the astrans from seeing anything in front of them"you've devastated quite a few on the right utum tilt it to the left now!"

Swinging the massive column of flames across the battlefield it begins to move in direction of the Aklha Fon himself seeing this a sense of excitement begins to build in gora as the pillar of fire is on a direct collision course for the luuton chief.

Though Gora's hopes are only smashed as the ancient beast that he rides upon bellows out such a powerful blizzard the swinging column of fire was simply pushed back as it passed by. Causing gora a great bit of displeasure"damit it wasn't enough!"

All around look confused by gora's sudden outburst though quickly pushes past the moment"forget it you're on the left side of them now just move around in that direction!"

Cofus,rex and the high king rotate between each other neither of the three firing at the same time to conserve energy. What they produce more is than efficient at burning through the wings of the luuton's drakes. Sending the front row of luutons plummeting toward the ground.

Cofus getting tired of the constant switching peaks his head off to the side of the shield taking note of the battlefield"Captian rex the aklha fon is within our range if we take aim and fire all at once we can surely take him out of the sky!"

Rex sidesteps to the side of the shield trying to see for himself. Once he gets an eyefull he grabs the side of the shield and looks over to cofus"alright aim the pillar at him once we're on him we'll all fire together!"

With the high king releasing small amounts of geia to get a mark balls of fire erupt out of the shield flying through the sky always seeming to just fall short of the luuton chief mounted upon his dragon.

The Aklha Fon seeming to get delight at their inability to hit him as he comes to halt just to laugh at them. Though with the final ball of fire right bellow him rex gives the command"Fire!"

A great eruption of fire proliferates from the drakkite shield spewing itself upwards though shear force revealing new threat to the luuton chief. As his dragon once again goes to counter keeping their flames at bay with a dreadful frost.

Gora steps out from the side stabbing her spear into the ground to resist the winds that come from the collision of the two powerful geias in awe as the seven astran warriors melts the dragons icey breath slowly pushing their flames further.

Though their advantage seems to come to a halt as the Aklha Fon holds an open palm downwards to the rivaling geias. Adding his own power to the struggle leveling the playing field as all progress seems to halt as the the two powers balance each other out simply smashing against spewing the energy outwards as unrelenting force meets unrelenting force.

Once again upsetting the winds as the gentle breeze abruptly turns into howling gale. Gora watches from the sides of the shield bewildered as the storm from the previous battlefield begins to head this way.

The surrounding soldiers are left in awe as they attempt to be not blown away from the two colliding elements. The storm creeps slowly from the battlefield splitting towards the two sides of them. Suddenly a strong current of air hits on the left side of the great beasts jaw causing it to aim to shift right giving soldiers to right of Utums shield an icey burial. As their column of fire pushes upwards smashing against the Fon's great beast head on lighting anything it brushes against a blaze.

The ancient dragons scream hits the battlefield like a shock wave as the soldiers are forced to cover their ears as it causes utum lose his aim dragging the pillar of fire across the sky as he goes to cover his ears with the others stopping to do the same leaving the whole battlefield still for a moment.

Covering her ears trying to block out the ear splitting sound gora looks over to left to see what even caused the sudden burst of wind was caused by. Though to be honest she had a good idea who it was.

For as she turns her head she sees none other than her grandfather dyues standing there holding his two fans. Unbothered the screeching of the beast as he pulls his fans behind him before almost clapping them together pushing another strong current of air at the dragon extinguishing the flames upon its body revealing the molten scales sliding off of it leaving large swaths of the ancient beasts body deformed and mal-shaped as they rapidly cool back down. The left of eye of the dragon buried under its own scales.

The Ahlka fon not waiting for his beast to calm down quickly pulls the beasts reigns demanding its obedience as he dives with all the fury in the world towards the astrans."you insolent fools i shall hang your heads in the capitals of your kingdoms!"

Latching his enraged beast to Utum's shield with its frosty talons as the Aklha Fon quickly jumps off slamming a freshly made ice club against a well prepared dyues blocking the luutons attack with ease"and now we meet leader of the luutons!"

The great Fon looks into dyues eyes with pure rage as he tries to break through dyues defense"speak your name sokaran! I wish to know what city to send your head to!"

Dyues grins for once seeming to take a bit of joy in fighting"its lord dyues kalos remember it well luuton! Remember it for your kinsmen Dalavch did not get the opportunity to!"

In blind rage the Aklha Fon pulls back his club prepare to drive dyues into the ground. Only to the apparent delight of dyues as he pulls back his fans preparing to blow him away.

Sadly the two older men dont get the satisfaction of seeing whos quicker as they're both knocked down by the half blinded dragon tossing the friendly giant utum and his shield. Dyues looks over to gora angrily as both of the older giants push utum off of them"gora take better care of your teammates!"

Gora scoffs agitatedly gesturing to the ancient beast behind her"grandpa there is a dragon here my efforts be dammed!"

Dyues scoffs at his granddaughters annoyed retort and turns his attention back to the Aklha Fon who would now be staring furiously down at a very scared utum"so you're that damn astran with the drakkite shield?"

Utum gulps hiding under his shield quickly only for the Fon to strike upwards upending his cover. As the Aklha Fon goes to make another strike hes blown on to the side his beloved dragon. dyues spins around utum gracefully to channel a powerful current of air.Blown against his beast still standing the Aklha Fon begins a slow paced walk back towards dyues. The air beginning to chill as each step he takes leaves an icey footprint.

As dyues and utum prepare to fight the Aklha Fon gora gets a deep sense of jealousy in the pit of her stomach. Looking between the 6 astran warriors along with the astran levies flooding in to the aide of the king. Its an easy decision for gora to tag out fighting the dragon and help her grandfather and utum.

Running up from behind taking a note from the luuton chief when jumps in the air instead of using the tip of her spear gora smacks the side of the aklha fons head sending a good jolt of her geia along with the blow.

The Fon in response smacks the side of his own head as if he were swatting a bug though his hands instinctual latch on to Gora's spear and promptly tosses her towards dyues and utum seemingly unbothered by the challenger."oh so its you so you escaped death once, lets see if you can escape it twice!"

Without any more words the luuton dashes towards them pulling his club to the side preparing to swing it across them. Utum thinking quickly jumps in front of the fon holding his shield in front of him attempting to block the blow. Though as the luuton swings his club it parries the side of the shield as the fon turns to smash the rest of his club against utum. The young giant gasps out in pain as his ribs are bruised by the bitter cold club though able take a beating utum wraps arm around the freezing club holding the luuton down for a moment, while gora and dyues rush him from the side.

The luuton looks at this unamused kicking utums shield pushing him away. Preparing two take the two sokarans head on plunging his club into the ground summoning a ring of ice to splinter out of the ground around him before they attack. Only to be shattered by a burst of air by Dyueses fans.

Gora seeinging her grandfather break through the ice wall attempts to charge through it with her spear to no avail only lodging it into the three foot thick ice as her grandfather and the aklha fon begin smashing it to pieces as they swing their weapons to fight each other.

Their indiscriminate destruction setting goras spear free from the ice giving her an opportunity to stab the aklha fon in the shoulder from behind for the first time drawing blood on the luuton."hah got you now!"

Not bothering to respond the luuton chief violently kicks gora in the stomach while still facing dyues causing the grand sokaran cheif to loose focus and pay attention to gora for a moment"gora keep moving never stay still!"

Though in dyues moment of worry he loses focus himself giving the luuton an opportunity to attack. Though moments before he can land the blow the aklha fon is engulfed in flames causing both older warriors to jump backwards as the the aklha fon quickly puts himself out.Now with abit of distance between them dyues glances over to see where the fire came from to see a tired utum hiding behind his steaming shield.

Not having enough time to look any further dyues looks back to his opponent. Gora once again pulls herself up determined to continue fighting as their opponent stands between three of them. In the back of her mind she wonders how the others just feet away are handling the dragon but unable to take her eyes off the aklha fon for a moment her questions are left unanswered.

If she could only rotate her head ninety degrees she'd see the 6 astrans narrowly avoiding a constant bitter end as the levies around them are devastated as they attempt to find opportunities to strike. Along with having to fend off the swarming luutons that have started to descend upon their formations.

Gora utum and dyues do not have to worry about that for they are fighting the aklha fon none of the few thousand remaining luuton raiders dare to flock to the aide of their chief. Utum eyes for a minute dart to his allies and in that moment the luuton's grand Fon holds his palm out to release a blizzard of geia onto the friendly giant

With his shield taking most of the attack utum only gets a chill as the fons geia smashes against utums shield. Pushing past his fatigue the young warrior charges ahead dragging the bottom of his shield against the dirt as utum prepares to impact with the ahkla fon.

His charge is guickly halted as his shield is grappled onto by his opponent. Using the momentum of utums charge to swing him around and toss his at dyues. Dyues managing to catch utum stands the boy back up"utum my boy for some one so large this is twice you've been thrown at me."

Utum rubs the back of his head with the hand not holding his shield as he embarrassedsly looks at at dyues"sorry sir ill try my hardest not to get thrown from here on out"

Dyues seems unassured by Utums plea simply letting out a sigh before looking back to the enemy while Gora once again out of the focus of the luuton once again springs into action. Rushing him from behind gora holds her spear forward preparing to charge into him.

Though not falling for the same trick twice. The aklha fon quickly spins around swinging his spear with him causing him to smack gora on the side of her head with it. Sending the young sokaran woman flying before ultimately fall to ground as blood pulls down her head.

With a scoff from the luuton dyues has taken all he can withstand and begins charging the savage Fon with utum. Pulling back his fans getting ready to attack"you bastard how dare you lay a hand on my granddaughter!"

The luuton preparing for dyues to blow him away again is caught off guard as dyues slams his ginormous fans on both side of the Aklha Fons body. Causing the aklha fon to actually take a step back as he hadn't been prepared for the dual sided attack.

Utum not waisting the opportunity bashes into the chief luuton pushing him back only further and now that he lies several feet infront of dyues utum steps back as dyues calls out to him holding his fans behind his back once again."ututm my boy move!"

In one rapid movement dyues brings the fans as far obtuse as her can hold them before closing the gap by just an inch between the two fans in just a moment leaving the luuton to look at his foe with brackish dissatisfaction as he can visually see the air current rapidly approaching him"dam"

Is all the luuton can mutter before hes blown away blasted backwards with the earth beneath his feat being blown away as well. a sense of disbelief is set into utum as watches everything in front of dyues get blown away but his disbelief is only further proliferated as the luutons while being sent through the air shoves his spear into the ground plowing the grass of the battlefield as he uses it to slow himself down.

A massive ditch would be left by the time the fon would come to a stop. Gora who is just now regaining consciousness after passing out there for a moment can only look upon the luuton warrior with terror. Climbing out of the ditch he dug with his own body as gora struggles to get to stay on her knees.

A deep sense of anger and jealousy begins to rise from deep within as attempts to get up only to fall back over as her entire world is still spinning. Clutching spear tightly she stabs it into the ground to better brace herself, as her spear once again begins to glow. Not tired and not having used much of her geia yet gora stands up pushing her feet out to keep herself up as she raises her spear aiming it the ahkla fon"hey you luutom scum!"

Already clearly burring a mountain of anger as he slowly walks back to where he had been fighting the ahlka fon simply twitches as his psychotic gaze shifts towards gora"fuck you."

Not having the energy to do any of her regular fancy moves gora simply holds out her spear towards the akhla fon and releases all of her geia at once blasting them both backwards as it hits his chest straight on.

By now familiar with picking herself up gora looks to see with exhausted truipmh as the luuton stands on his knees roaring into the sky in agony as the lighting surged across his skin charring it."heh not so mighty now? Huh?"

Though his screams do not last for long as the mighty warrior gets back up. Muscles and veins bulge violently on his face. The ground at his feet begins freezing over as he raises a hand towards the staggered gora."die!"

Summoning a blizard from the palm of his hands dyues waste no time throwing himself infront of the luutoms attack. Using his fans to block as much as the ravenous frost as he can, but dyues fans are not sheilds and the icey geia manages to get the top of dyued shoulders. ice freezing over them severely limiting his mobility.

Gora looks on in horror as her grandfather takes part of the attack"grandpa are you ok!?!"

Dropping his arms to his sides once the attack is over dyues stands there ice fall breaking off his shoulder as he turns around to gora and nods"gora you cant worry about me! Keep yourself focused."

Though gora looks away from her grandfather trying to push past her exhaustion so that she may continue to fight her mind can not stop worrying of her grandfather as she herself stand on the battlefield depleted and bloody."grandpa I'm not sure how much longer i can continue to fight i gave that blast everything i got!"

Goras voice begins to crack as she leans against her spear barely able to keep herself standing as the exhaustion from using that much geia takes its toll"and it still wasnt enough"

Dyues looks down to his granddaughter with pity as she whimpers as she goes into a soft sob bent over as her tears begin to fall to the ground like drops of rain on the tarnished battlefield"why am i never enough grandfather?"

Dyues looks back to the aklha fon his eyes holding a restrained sorrow as he focuses on his enemy"gora now is not the time for such worries. You need to regain your strength stand there for a moment and wait for an opportunity to attack with me and utum"

Reaching into his satchel that lay on the left of his hip. dyues pulls from it a small yellow bar of some dried plant material"eat this gora it will restore some of your geia though do be prepared they taste quite awfull"

Gora takes the geia plant bar looking at the dried and squashed various plants disgusted but seeing the menacing Aklha Fon stand in front of her just feet away watching her. She quickly finds the courage to scarf it down. Visibly gagging as a jolt of lightning pushes into her veins. Her hair regaining some of its blonde returning gora to a dirty blond.

Though not back to her full strength Gora's stance straightens as she takes pressure off her spear. bitter yet determined gora gets ready to fight"gora you can't keep using your geia if you do you'll just deplete yourself faster"

gora nods gripping her spear tightly as dyues charges at the patient luuton who had simply been watching and waiting this whole time. Though upon dyues charge the battle is back on.

The two giants deck it out with dyues releasing a barrage upon the luuton closing the fans to use them as clubs to with each hit smashing a large chunk out of the Aklha Fon's ice covered spear. Though even when the ice is broken the drakkite spear alone is enough block dyues blow's.

Gora watches the two trade turns as neither are able to land a clean hit as they can only use the slightest of opportunities to go on the offense forcing the other to play defense.

Utum who would be standing off to goras left watching for now as well unsure what to do and in his doubt the the angst of the battlefield creeps up on him. Unable to just sit and watch utum charges in screaming behind his shield as he bashes into the aklha fon from behind pushing the mighty off as feet.

Seizing the moment dyues quickly pushes downwards as the might Fon falls forward only to violently swing them back upwards with the blow sending him straight upwards a good 30 feet above dyued head.

Gora surprised by the turn of events is now unsure what to do herself as their foe is sent flying straight up. Though suddenly a thunderous voice booms through the air."aidais!"

Suddenly the dragon takes a break chewing through the remaining astran levies. As it raises its gaze to it master. Wasting no time it begins flapping its wings ascending so that it may catch its rider.

Secomi not willing to give up the fight yet plunges his blade into the tip of the dragons tail. Snagging it for a brief moment before the moment of the beast taking off simply splits the tip of the ancient beasts tail. As it rise to catch the aklha fon.

Grasping onto the reigns as the beast rises allowing him to latch on to the dragon supposedly named aidais. looking upon the battlefield the luuton shakes any remaining ice of his spear sling it down towards his enemies out of spite. Holding the ten foot long spear now unsheathed as he sits ontop of his dragon the aklha fon points it down to ground towards his foes"i have enough of you astrans and sokarans impudence. It is time for me to rid this world of your people's for once i win here today i will sack every city within these lands untill there is no signs left of your people!"

Diving down and holding out his spear like a lance the luuton chief aims towards utum and his massive shield. Utum only getting a moments notice not expecting the aklha fon to attack him so suddenly can only raise his shield for the might Fon hit it with his spear.

With the luutons spear being drakkite also and with added speed from being mounted on top of his dragon for the first time something actually pierces Utums seemingly invincible shield. Though only the tip of the spear got through having never seen anything come through his shield in a moment of weakness utum becomes startled and jumps up allowing the luutons charge to sweep utum off his feet and drag him through the air as his arm is wrapped to the shield.

with only the tip of the spear in though utum is quickly flung off forced to hit the ground in a free roll almost smushing secomi as now dyues and grigora kalos,secomi astra, rex lacerana astra, cofus cofeneva astra , utum omen astra, Sicus and Arvus Messor astra along with the high king onei lacerana astra face the the aklha fon together mounted upon his ancient ice dragon from the north, as the battlefield rages on around them as soldiers on both sides stay clear of them.

The scaly beast lets a ravenous cry that sends a chill down the people's spine; along with actually chilling the air. The mounted Fon dives once more aiming for the recovering friendly giant as he tries to get up and off of secomi. Attacking from behind and with utum's head focused toward the ground hes unable to see the looming danger descending upon him.

Though not alone on the battlefield rex charges in joined by cofus to aide them. Sicus begins strumming his pundura invigorating the spirit of his allies as his sister arvus takes aim at the dragon rider firing arrows at the invaders body to no avail.

The high king seeing the fight having truly begun unsheathes his second sword that had lay on his hip up until this point. Revealing a beautiful burning red blade that could only be made from the drakkite of a dragon from astra. The mere presence of the sword gives way to the chilling air as it raidaites heat rivaling the temperatures of dragons breath. Thus giving this relic its name"behold a relic of the first astran kingdom drakonis spirituius! this is the might of the astran heritage you dirty luuton!"

Swinging the blade through the sky the high king summons a tsunami of flames that glide across the sky encasing the mighty fon in flames before he could get the chance of attacking utum once more. Giving utum ample time to get up along with secomi.

Gora looks on with amazement as such a massive attack drains but a lock of hair from the high kings head and with one attacking being of no consequence to the mighty high king of all the astrans he then lets forth a barrage.

Swinging his sword inconsequentially he creates an entire of sea of flames that encase a large portion of the sky not only consuming the alkha fon but along with any luuton that had been flying within the massive air space that this new sea of flames occupy.

All pressent actually have to turn away not only the flying luutons avoiding a charred death but the astrans and sokarans witnessing the spectacle as well becoming a greater source of light than the sun itself.

Though such an effort is exhausting and the high king is only able to keep swinging his sword so freely for a mere minute. panting a little bit as he stops as his hair darkens abit as his sword gets abit lighter. Putting it back in its sheath as he waits for the smoke to clear.

With skys a little less occupied than before the massive Aklha Fon and his dragon stick out like a sore thumb. Though the jagged bits of the deformed dragon's scales seem to have been melted off and besides a slight red burn no worse than a bad sun burn the high kings attack seems ineffective upon the Aklha Fon and his dragon.

With no end in site the constant tune of Sicus playing soothes his allies tension as once again the luuton dives towards them. Though not at one of them specifically as he dives towards their general direction. For as the heroes watch him tensely wondering if hes gone make a quick change of direction to focus in one of them. Only for the luuton to keep diving towards them aimlessly.

With just thirty feet between the Fon and them the mighty raider quickly pulls his the reigns of his dragon back causing the creature to throw its wings out and brake itself midair. Creating a frigid gale that begins freezing everything it touches.

Secomi quickly rushes behind utums shield along with cofus and rex. On the other side gora stands behind her grandfather dyues as he simply pushes the winds away canceling out what is coming their way though not all of it as the icy wind pushes through the soldiers to their sides turning them into human ice sculptures.

Sicus looks to his left seeing high king and to the right his sister has no other choice but to play harder than he has ever before trying to reproduce whatever he had done on the earlier battlefield to produce so much heat.

Strumming along at the speed of which his heart burns Sicus plucks his strings producing a ferocious melody of firey aggression as his strings crackle like a roaring fire. The icey winds are actually pushed back as a heatwave is summoned from Sicus's strings his hair replenishing as fast as it drains as the strings grow red hot visibly steaming. Even the high king is amazed by this display"in all my years never have i seen a musical aide produce so much geia."

With the danger of freezing to death past Sicus quickly stops playing and begins panting heavily as for once even his sister looks amazed though at the same time still utterly irritated"im serous Sicus what is that? What are you doing?"

Though sicus doesn't answer his sister as hes too busy bent over trying to catch his breath as the aklha fon lands on the ground once more. The tail of his beast swinging around to smash against utum pushing all four heros that stand behind his shield back as they brace against the shield only upheaving the dirt beneath their feat as the force from the blow is seemingly unrelenting to the four astrans. Sliding a whole thirty feet back only being stopped by the wall of soldiers in formation catching them.

Gora along with her grandfather dyues charge towards the beast. With its balance shifted because of its tail swing, gora pounces on the beast driving her spear into its side once again able to draw a shallow amount of blood as only the tip of the spear head is able to pierce past the several inches of scales into the skin.

With the beast screaming in agony once more dyues charges ahead facing the beast beast head on with both fans to his sides. once within mere feet of the beast the ancient warrior does the unexpected by jumping and flipping to where the bottom of his feat face the sky. Clapping his fans above his head he is flung even higher using the burst of air from his fans to launch him above the Aklha Fon and his mount.

While still airborne dyues clasp his fans together making them one once more holding it in front on its side so it doesn't catch the wind dyues starts spiraling downwards towards the luuton and his mount narrowly avoiding crashing into them by suddenly laying his fan out flat like a massive air brake turning the force from him falling rapidly into a violent gust of air that blows the aklha fon off his beast along with blowing his beast off its feat forcing it to collapse onto its belly as its legs give out.

Just abit away utum peers through the whole left in his shield seeing the aklha fon down. Utum begins charging straight for him. Rex seeing this calls out for utum as he heads straight for their fore"utum wait lets regroup!"

Though utum doesn't halt as rex's voice must of been drowned out by the battlefield seeing no other choice rex begins chasing after the angered usually friendly giant. Of course cofus follows rex without him even having to give the order as secomi follows them seeing no choice either."hey wait up for me!"

the mighty luuton chief picks himself up from dyues attack dusting himself off as he stares calmly towards utum as he charges the alkha fon. seeing the luutons calm demeanor puts doubt into utum though he keeps pushing forward regardless. once utum is within ten feet of the Aklha Fon the mountain warrior raises an open palm to utum letting forth a blizzard from his hand halting utum in his tracks as the freezing geia freezes down his shield welding it to the ground.

The Aklha Fon laugh at Utums misfortune as he grabs his spear from the ground. though this time he doesnt bury it in ice no actually wielding the weapon with two hands the Aklha Fon stands ready"heh sorry that was cheap but i had yet to get my weapon yet boy so if you ask me that was pretty cheap if you ask me Boy.''

utum sighs lowering his head behind the shield his confidence bruised with the Aklha Fon's snide remarks. though his whimpering is cut short as the luutons spear peirces the edge of utums shield chipping the corner off, causing his stomach to drop"i guess ill just have to break that blasted shield piece by peice!"

In fear of losing his shield utum puts some geia into it blasting the ice before the luuton can have another chance to attack"this a relic of the omen clan I'm sorry but i can't let you do that!"

Stepping back utum makes some distance between him and the Aklha Fon. thinking to himself that he missed his chance to attack. peering through the slit in his shield utum stands there nervously as the the luuton chief looks upon him with a ferocious grin."listen here astran you are out of your league! if you value that relic and your life you should flee to the far corners of iskra where you must pray my hordes wont find you!"

uncharacteristically utum grits his teeth. enraged by the Aklha Fon's cocky banter he spreads his legs getting in a more solid stance"listen here luuton i might not be a match for you but dont start running your mouth!"

rex and cofus come to a halt as they hear Utums sudden outburst as the usally calm giant actualy steps out from behind his shield"we astrans a proud and powerful people that have thrived in the lacus valleys for centuries we are the founders of civilization the first hunters and i may perish on this battlefield but you will not be getting pass the potami river into my home lands!"

disregarding himself utum charges back in towards the aklha fon. the aklha fon grins and holds his arms wide open ready to take him head on"than prove that astran greatness to me hear and now boy!"

preparing the halt the incoming shield bash the luuton is caught off guard as utum suddenly plants his foot into the ground and throws his shield through the air using geia to let flames spiral out the sides of it. unprepared to catch the massive spiraling shield it collides with him head knocking the alkha fon off his feet.

with his enemy hitting the ground utum waste no time jumping on top of him using his landing to get one good punch in before letting loose a barrage of punches upon the luutons head. his allies stand shocked as their friendly giant pummels the aklha fon even if it is short lived as the luutons dragon swipes utum off its master with its tail sending poor utum flying.

with utum no longer on top of him the aklha fon stands up spitting the blood out of his mouth though with a smile on his face as his cheeks lay bruised. grabbing his spear he walks over to the striken utum"haha throwing your shield definitely caught me off guard boy! i haven't taken a beating like that sense i was a young one."

suddenly the cheerful laughter stops as his expression becomes vile." though i am no longer a child and if that is the best you can do astran you bore me."

holding the spear to utum the alka fon pulls his weapon back preparing to thrust his spear into his chest. rex and cofus stand across the other side on their area of the battlefield utum having been thrown the opposite way they had been coming from. leaving utum out of their reach.

utum looks to the sky laying on his back as the alkha fon prepares to push his spear into his torso closing his eyes he thinks of his comrades. as he lays on the ground he hears the faint sound of Sicus playing in the background. it would he hard to make out the melody but regardless it puts a smile on Utum's face. as the Aklha Fon thrust the spear downward aiming for the friendly giants chest.

though as the spear falls the ahkla fon is hit in the back of the head with utums shield sending his spear off course and right into the ground above his right shoulder. causing utum to open his eyes in a panic. seeing his opportunity he throws himself up giving the stunned aklha fon a clean uppercut before rushing to his shield.

as utum pulls it out of the ground he looks him behind him seeing who threw his beloved shield and looking across the battle field utum can see dyues rushing to his aide with gora running beside him.looking behind the sokarans utum can see rex, secomi, and cofus have all become preoccupied by the dragon.

standing back up with his shield utum takes a step back to wait for his allies"im sorry aklha fon but i dont think anyone here can or will give you the duel i think youre looking for."

The aklha fon stands spitting out blood before wiping his mouth of all while staring at utum with malcontent as they both wait for utums allies to get here"that is fine astran i never expected anyone to anyway."