Standfast

(OH IM GOD IM ALIVE!)

Jaune walked around the dark cave he had found himself in, wielding his iron sword in one hand and a torch in another. He was currently trying to find his way out of the cave, there was nothing down here worth starving for. He already had minimal food as is, and there was nothing to eat underground.

Well this sucks, we've been wandering forever!

There has to be a way out, we will find it eventually

And if we don't?

We starve

Well that sounds amazing, I think we should not do that

Agreed, starving to death would not be a pleasant way to go

Jaune continued through the oddly deserted cave, with only his own thoughts and the squeaks of bats to keep him company

Where did all the monsters go?

They seem to dislike the sun, so they stay in caves all day and go out at night.

So that means when we go outside we'll be swarmed by monsters, hurray

It's either swarmed in enclosed areas or swarmed in an open area.

Jaune continued through the cave, following his instincts and mining whatever useful things he finds.

Hey look more coal! We should mine it!

Yeah, because we don't have enough of that, seriously is this cave only coal!

Perhaps it's because we are not deep enough to find more valuable resources. Coal is found closer to the surface compared to other ores

But we are still finding some iron!

Iron probably is found around the same level

Jaune was taken away from his voices by the sound of a loud horn, startling him.

Are monsters intelligent enough to do that?

Not from what we've seen, but it's possible

Jaune followed the sounds to an exit from the cave, where he strangly saw light

Light? I thought it was night?

It is

Then how could there be-

It's not light, it's fire

Jaune ran out of the cave to come face to face with the largest group of monsters he had ever seen.

They seemed to span for miles, zombies, creepers, skeletons, and even some of those strange tall black creatures. They were all behind some strange grey creatures, who were wielding weapons varying from crossbows to axes. They were also riding giant creatures, which seemed to be bigger versions of themselves crossed with horses.

They all were lined up outside a medium sized village, made from the sand that it surrounded. The village was surrounded by a giant wall, which was made from some stone and wood. The occupants of the village were very similar to the grey creatures that were attacking, only a more human color when compared to their adversaries.

The villagers were also accompanied by giant grey creatures, which were moving slowly towards the walls, they seemed to be getting ready to defend the village.

It seems we have just walked into an invasion

Well, that's just great, what now?

We should leave, we have no part in this conflict

What?

Why are you surprised at my decision? It's only logical

Jaunes mind momentarily went back to his past life, one he had worked hard to bury

We protect those who can't protect themselves, it's our purpose. And without it, what's the point of the arcs?

Jaune cursed his parents for drilling that into his head, even if he died, he would die protecting those who can't protect themselves.

Jaune began to move towards the town, readying his sword and shield as he did.

Don't be stupid Jaune

Said person stopped, did his imaginary voice just address him by directly?

This isn't our fight, we don't need to risk our necks for these people.

The other more brash voice stayed silent, allowing the more logical voice to take charge

We don't even know them, use your head Jaune!

Said person igorned the voice, what did it know? And kept moving towards the village

I have protected us this far Jaune but I can't ensure our safety if you do this!

Jaune flinched at the voices rage but ignored him one last time, only for a different voice to speak. Not the headstrong or logical voice, but one completely different.

I tried to warn you

As if on cue the army, the siege army began to move forward

This will be our end

Jaune readied himself as those giant creatures from the inside of the village came out and stood by him, seemingly realizing he was there to help

The grey creatures at the front of the pack of monsters blew their horns, releasing a horrible sound that made Jaune involuntary flinch.

Jaune let out a war cry of his own, running straight at the hord of monsters

The creatures on his side, also joined him in his charge.

(For people who don't understand the creatures on his side are iron golems)

Jaune held his shield up, letting it absorb all arrows coming at him from the crossbow wielding grey creatures and jumped right at one, taking its head off with his sword

He quickly swiped his sword around to decapiate a zombie attempting to jump on him

From the corner of his vision Jaune sees the giant golems smashing through the hords of monsters, completely decimating anything they came across.

Jaune set his attention of those grey creatures at the front, who seemed to be the most dangerous and intelligent

He ran full speed at the nearest one, who was wielding an axe. He bashed away a zombie in his path, and threw his sword at a nearby skeleton.

He ran for his sword, using his shield as a ram to knock away any monsters nearby.

He grabbed his sword, and with the path cleared to the axe man, yelled at the thing for its attention

The creature turned around at the noise, Cleary noticing it wasn't one of its fellow monsters. It's green emerald like eyes narrowed when they landed on jaunes form.

They both swung their respective weapons at eachother, their blades meeting with a spark. The two parties pushed back at one another, each testing the others strength

The creature broke off the clash and swung his axe in a great slash, meeting jaunes axe.

Jaune felt his shield strain against agains the axe, so he let go, setting the creature off its balance and cut his sword into its gut.

The creatures black blood drenched Jaunes blade, and with that it fell. Jaune retrieved his shield and turned his attention to the next beast,  this one with a crossbow and riding one of its beasts.

Jaune turned his attention to one of the green creatures, and watched it run at his large ally (iron golem again)

It jumped on its back, and began to pulse rapidly, eventually exploding and killing one of his allies.

Jaune made a mental note, those green guys explode

Jaune took the axe from his most recent murder, and threw it at the giant grey beast he had set his eyes on earlier . The creature turned, with its riders eyes meeting his own.

Jaune raised his shield just in time to block crossbow bolt from the creature, the bolt was logged deep into his shield, and nearly went out the other side.

The giant creature began to charge him, putting its head down and preparing to run him over.

Jaune calmed himself, ignoring his initial instincts to run and stood fast, letting the beast get closer and closer

Just before it hit him, he slid to the ground and stabbed his sword deep into its stomach.

The beast fell to the ground, sending its rider to the ground. Said rider landed with a roll and tried to fire another crossbow bolt at Jaune, only to find a pickaxe in his head, courtesy of the green clad warrior.

Jaune heard another loud horn, and he prepared himself for another charge of the monsters, but instead they all stepped back, as if making way for something.

As if on cu, another grey creature came forward, but this time it wielded no weapon, and was clad instead of armor in a grey and brown cloak

The creature took its hands out of its cloak and raised them to the air, as he did grey particles began to come from him

One of his voices spoke to him again, but this time it was neither the logical one or the more brash one, but a dark sickly one which sent a shiver done his spine, the same one which had spoken to him before his battle.

An evoker, a powerful mage, be careful Jaune

How did his voice know more then him? It didn't matter now, he had to defeat this evoker, or whatever it's called

The evokers particles began to form into small grey creatures with wings, and tiny little swords. They would be cute, if they weren't flying right at him and swinging their little swords!

WHAT THE FUCK!

Jaune sighed slightly, so now the other voices were back

Jaune swatted away the tiny pests, only for him to feel a rumbling beneath him

Jaune rolled away just in time to avoid giant jaws of multiple weird beasts from swallowing him

Jaune was once again assaulted by the flying grey pests, he hit a few more with his sword, only for the rumble to come back. This time the jaws cornered him so the evoker could send a blast of his strange grey magic to hit Jaune.

Jaune was sent to the ground in pain, as more pests attacked him. Jaune felt the rumbling again, but this time he quickly thought of a plan. He lowered his shield to the ground, and as the jaws came up they launched him into the air.

Taking out his strange pearl, he silently hopped to whatever god existed in this world that it did what he hoped, and threw it.

He fell back to the ground, and as he did he was transported right to where the pearl fell, directly behind the evoker.

Jaune separated the evokers head from its body, and let the body fall.

All around him the cheers of the monsters fell silent, as they all looked at him in fear and awe.

Then another horn sounded, and the mobs began to close in on Jaune. But before they could do anything, the first beams on sunlight crept into the horizon.

The creatures retreated back underground, leaving a heavily wounded Jaune to fall to the floor.

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