Defense of The Tower Pt. 4

Glacian growled and punched at the ground causing an ice wall to erupt between him and the entities, providing a brief enough cover from the blasts for him to place his hand upon the frozen structure. like a military grade claymore explosive, the wall explodes into a blast of frozen energy and ice shards, freezing the figures and shattering them with the debris.

Glacian took the moment to breathe, trying not to let his instincts and urges take over in the heat of combat. he turned his head to the sound in the ship's hull, a subtle growl started in his throat. "more of you....silly things don't know when to quit!" he readied himself for whatever was about to emerge.

The constructs paused as the wall formed between them and the ice royal, their bursts of anti energy fire splashing across its surface. Before they froze with a jerking series of movement as the wall exploded outward catching them in it path. The blackened metal they had been built with freezing on its surface and deep into their cores with a layer of frost and stopping in their movements. Then flying into broken pieces and shattered ice and metal, components scattering across the battle-scarred area, some of them promptly starting to smoke and give off greenish discharges as they did.

From the hull above, The source of the sound had been partially obscured by the still settling dust that hadnt been expelled. Then ended abruptly after a particularly loud sound of metal renting and tearing, silence taking hold again, unseen ice forming across the ships hull.

“they dont, its not in their nature!” came a voice from the wreckage as the dust cleared slowly.

“But i have to admit, they lasted longer then i thought!” It came again, before a panel of the metal from the ships hull flew, frisbee like, from the dust, whining and trailing a path of dust in its wake, Impacting glacian hard in the shoulder. More of the shapes of the constructs jumping down from the side of the hull, flanking a much larger form that jumped down from the ship along with them.

Glacian took the brunt of the blow in stride, he rolled his shoulder and focused on the new figure, growling angrily, he knew what the new challenger was.
"You dare fight me? do you realize who I am? -what- I am?" He stared angrily at the new form and bared his claws.

The form of the new figure shrugged through the settling dust as it rose from its crouch near the ships wreckage, expressing either a form of disinterest or a lack of knowing. As the constructs that surrounded him raised their weaponry to bear on Glacian where he stood. The dust reveiling what the royal already knew. The towering figure of an ice drake standing among the combat drones. his mane tied back and wearing none but a shoulder guard and gauntlet of the same black metal and form that the drones had been constructed from. a brassy undertone apparent in them.

“I do.” the drake called back, meeting Glacians gaze. “We came here to do a job, and based on the towers functioning with you on that level… its clear that your royal!…” He said, bearing his own claws. the ground under him crackling as ice and permafrost began to form. “All the better for the challenge.”

"You are unwise to challenge me....I am Glacian! YOUR LORD! your superior!"  Glacian opened his claws as a pair of weapons manifested themselves from thin air. a hand scythe with a long, curved, moon shaped blade and made of a bright, reflective silver-like metal which radiated cold air. the other weapon a long, straight blade, thick at the hilt but thinning to a sharp point like an ice pick. "i know your clan, traitor....Your family will not weep for you...." Glacian shifted his stance, bringing the pair of weapons up, ready to strike. "they will thank me...."

“It would be even more unwise of us then to follow you.” Came the ide drakes reply in a cool voice, extending his claws as his weapon formed in turn, spinning itself from the permafrost and ice at his feet, before condensing into a metallic looking staff with a blade of a light bluish metal that extended to an armor piercing point and a hammer mounted at its opposite end, its metal sculpted into intricite forms that suggested ice patterns, while in his other hand, a dagger of three feet was clasped close, a row of the tell tail teeth of a swordbreaker along one of its edges, ice steaming from the daggers.

“those of my clan are those that choose the path we have…. The knowledge and cold determination these entities hold is insumountable, countered only by us… gathered from empires and planes we’ve never ventured to…. I hold no value for tears shed…..”

“Perhaps, Glacian, my “lord”, it is time for you to thank us for seeking those that better appreciate us for our true nature then our own kin do….” the ice drake said, getting into a stance hinting at a charge.

" Then I shall put you down like the mindless beast you are...." Glacian responded, his face stern, emotionless, and the most serious it had been since his arrival on the planet. spinning his weapons in his palms to grasp them in a more offensive position, he made the first move, and dashed forward.

“I lay my claim to rest then.” Came the ice drakes reply, his face stern, but in a scowl as he knelt. Holding his weapons in a position that would give him both offensive and explosiveness in their weilding, before dashing out to meet the royal, ice and frozen ground tearing out under his feet as he moved, quick and with lithe steps on the ground. Two of the few remaining Drones flanking in his wake as he did, an attempt to flank the general Raising thier Anti energy weapons to level them at him as they did.

Closing with the general, the ice drake, more a rebel now then of Glacians kind. made the first move. Bringing the staff forward in a swinging motion, Then pistoning it forward in a thrusting motion at the younger ice drake royal, using a mix of momentum and controlled strngth from his charge to add to it, while keeping the dagger in a parrying potion slightly behind his back.

the significantly smaller and more nimble Glacian dodged the blow easily, changing his course to the larger drake's side and staying low. from where Glacian once was, where the larger ice drake aimed, a large spike of ice stretched from the ground like a spear, aimed at the larger drake's shoulder. as this happened yet another spike burst from the ground behind him, aimed at the drake's other shoulder. Glacian maneuvered around his foe quickly with his blades in hand, as he began to close in on his enemy, giving him no room to strike.

The Larger ice Drake did not cry out in pain, but rather gave an audible hiss of air rushing through his teeth, as the spike of ice that had appeared where the smaller ice drake had been moments before impailed him on his shoulder, his momentum and speed working against him as they only served the drive the blade of ice even deeper. The second spike catching him off guard. this one actually making the larger drake cry out as it pierced his skin under the shoulder of the arm that held the dagger, the moment triggered trap holding him in place as he twisted his head to look at the general.

His frontal assault had failed him in its entirety. Yet, in its own cruely ironic way. it had done him some good. for as Glacian had moved to immobilize, and finish him. he had apparently ignored the two flanking drones in their entirety.

The first and fastest, Reaching its position near the two drakes before the other, Raised its anti energy weapon and fired a blast at the general, peppering his body with the black energ as he closed in on the larger ice drake, seeking to offset his balance.

The second of the machines, slower due to the heavier weapon it carried, reached them second. Aiming its weapon, a mix between an anti energy blaster, and a heavy machine cannon, first leveled its weapon with the ice that formed the spike that held the rebel drakes dagger hand. firing and shattering it with heavy bursts of thunderclapping sound. Before then turning its weapon back to the general. aiming to hit his soul shard should he turn to face it.

Glacian did not let the drones distract him, his rage was focused, his anger made the blasts aimed at him painless and numb. as he bobbed between the larger drake's legs he cut the enemy's feet out from under him with well placed slashes of his blades and pulled him forward with his scythe, forcing the larger drake to slide further down the spear. his proximity to the larger drake combined with his speed resulted in the larger foe being caught with stray weapon fire, pelting his body with anti-energy. Glacian, in his rush, climbed up the drake's back, his added weight pushing him further down the spike, dislocating the shoulder.

As Glacian stood up on the larger drake he aimed his weapons  to the drones while he looked down on his larger foe, a pair of ice spikes burst from the ground under them, impaling them in place. another spike rose up from the ground and took its place in the larger drake's other shoulder and into the wound from before, still open, leaving the drake stuck in place. Glacian brought his scythe around the drake's neck and angled his blade across the back.

"You die like the beast you are....." Glacian said into his ear before swiftly pulling the blades back, completely decapitating him, and letting his head fall to the ground below with a loud and heavy "thud".

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To be continued.