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Chapter 12 - The Battle of Gods and Men part 1

The dreaded moment had come. No more words were spoken, the concentration was absolute and only the powerful wind could be heard, gently shaking the fjord trees and the waters of the bay. In the water, Zilla, more ready than ever, and the fleet of Arendelle's ships, now headed by Kylian from the flagship, formed the first line of defense. The wind was so strong that it tore off one of the banners, which flew away. Kylian watched him for a moment, then reconcentrated. Behind, on the docks, Miana and Maina were standing straight, side by side, and behind them, the rows of cannons and soldiers, as well as volunteer citizens having remained to help defend the city, despite the risks. At the top of a tower, Mothra stood ready to fly and unleash her anger on the enemies of Arendelle. In the courtyard of the castle, Anna and Kristoff, equipped and armed, stood side by side, surrounded by guards and voluntary servants, including Kai. A fine, icy rain had been falling in the area for a few minutes, which was a bad sign for everyone. The fight would be fierce, even desperate, but everyone would defend his life dearly.

From the summit of the distant cliffs, giving a great view of the whole fjord, the evacuated inhabitants watched with great fear. Olaf and Sven were among them, the snowman sitting in a cart and holding Iduna in his arms. The reindeer gave him a most anxious look.

On the other side, the armada of enemy ships, made up of the Southern Isles' entire fleet, but also of the coalition of other lords, were slowly but surely approaching, the first ships beginning to arrive at the entrance of the fjord. From the deck of his flagship, Hans watched the situation with a neutral but assured gaze. At his side, Maleficent did not stop smiling, her irises shining with an unparalleled desire for revenge. Behind the armada, Ghidorah's storm kept growing and advancing, covering more and more the landscape and unleashing even more the elements. Yet, despite the fact that thick ice barriers created by Queen Elsa had been placed to block the entrance to the fjord, Hans' ships continued to advance without slowing down, which was oddest for the army of Arendelle. At this speed, the ships would not resist the impact with the ice and would block the advance of others behind them. What was their plan? Kylian saw it, and did not like it at all.

ROOOOOOAAAAAR!! Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed from the sky, and all saw with horror the great and powerful Rodan, rising from the clouds and descending at great speed towards the ice barriers. With a powerful blow from his claws, the flying titan easily destroyed the ice barriers, making them crumble, and flew away into the sky, leaving the free passage for Hans's fleet. Seeing the first coalition ships to cross the entrance to the fjord, Kylian pulled out his sword, brandishing it in the air as a sign.

_ "FOR ARENDELLE!!!" he screamed with all his might with courage, followed by the voices of all the soldiers taking their arms and shouting in unison to give themselves strength. Zilla roared with his own war cry, and was the first to attack, plunging forward and like a giant torpedo, swam towards the enemy armada. Seeing him doing that, Kylian gained even more confidence and signalled to the gunners.

_ "Prepare the first salvo!!"

For his part, Hans launched the attack as well.

_"HAVE NO MERCY!!" he shouted to his men. Maleficent observed in silence, more than satisfied.

Having seen Rodan, Mothra could no longer wait and take the risk of seeing him doing air attacks against the Arendelle fleet. Deploying her majestic wings and emitting a divine and reassuring glow, the goddess flew away, under the eyes of all.

Zilla came into contact with the first enemy ships. Swimming underwater to be more difficult to aim, the young titan passed on purpose just under one of the ships. His backbones disemboweled the wood all along the hull of the first ship. Shaken by the impact, all the crew were overthrown, and watched with horror as their ship took the water and sank slowly. Zilla did not stop there. Gaining momentum as he plunged to the bottom, he rode back up, violently striking a second ship with his head. The ship was literally cut in two by the shock, thousands of pieces of wood flying everywhere, and the majority of the soldiers on board were thrown into the air. Roaring with triumph, Zilla grabbed one half of the ship in her jaw and crushed it, cutting it to pieces.

_ "KILL THIS MONSTER!!" shouted a coalition captain who saw Zilla destroy two of the ships. The other ships of the coalition began firing their first anti-titan cannonballs, created by the magic of Maleficent. The special projectiles exploded around Zilla, who, seeing the danger, was forced to plunge underwater to protect himself.

BOOM! BOOM! Other cannons sounds were heard, and some small explosions occurred on some of the coalition ships, tearing pieces or killing sailors during impacts. Arendelle's fleet had also begun to fire. Proud of this first salvo, Kylian ordered to fire at will. Seeing Arendelle's ships shoot at them, the coalition ships changed their target. The two fleets approached each other, and after a few seconds the gunfire rained heavily from both sides, tearing the air with their deafening detonations. The smell of the powder began to invade the air. Explosions, screams, blood ..... The battle began for good. Spitting their projectiles, the cannons caused heavy damage on both sides. Two Arendelle ships, and two more from the coalition were already in flames and in perdition. Some ships arrived close to each other, so much so that this time the soldiers armed with rifles and crossbows were shooting at their enemies from the bridge. The first collisions and the first melee clashes on the ships began.

Armed with swords and other sharp weapons, the soldiers of Arendelle and from the coalition clashed in extreme violence. The men were falling into the water by dozens, others fell dead on the deck, their blood spilling over the wood of ships or into the water, which was gradually becoming dark red. Very quickly, and although it was damaged by some cannonballs, the flagship of Arendelle was caught in a collision. Seeing the coalition soldiers arriving on the bridge with grappling hooks and ropes, Kylian stood ready, supported by his crew ready to fight hard. Taking a dagger at his belt, Kylian threw it forcefully between the eyes of a first enemy soldier, killing him instantly.

_ "ATTACK!" yelled Kylian, throwing himself into the fight, always followed by his men. Sword in hand, Kylian leaped like a madman, cutting another soldier at the clavicle, blood spurting everywhere. Receiving a few drops of blood in his face, Kylian pursued his thrust, piercing and killing a third enemy, with a sword blow into his stomach. Around him, the men of his camp and their enemies threw themselves on each other, piercing, cutting and inflicting multiple blows of great savagery, causing even more blood flow.

But while he was fighting, Kylian saw Rodan come back from the sky like a giant rocket. The winged titan seizes an Arendelle ship between his claws, tearing it out of the water as if it weighed nothing, and flew away with it, dropping it with all the crew on board, further away against a cliff, where it crashed. Proud of that, Rodan was about to attack again to destroy other ships, but suddenly a flash of blinding light distracted him. Emerging in turn, Mothra arrived at full speed from the clouds, hitting Rodan with violence and clinging to him. The goddess began to give mandibles bites and paws blows at Rodan's head and body, the latter roaring with pain and anger, but struggling fiercely. The two flying titans were circling in the sky in the middle of the storm, clinging to each other and attacking each other with brutality. Being smaller and faster than Rodan, Mothra counted on it to avoid his blows more easily. From the docks, seeing their goddess having engaged the fight against Rodan, Miana and Maina felt their hearts tighten, and prayed for their goddess to come out victorious, knowing how powerful and dangerous Rodan is.

Zilla had risen to the surface again, using his strength to confront the coalition ships. With his jaw, he grabbed the hull of a ship and shot him violently under the water, taking the entire crew with him. But he had to constantly plunge back to the bottom of the water to protect himself from the incessant firing of anti-titan cannon balls towards him. On the deck of the flagship of Arendelle, the fight continued. Kylian and his men resisted well, despite the losses. His face and his armor stained with the enemy's blood, the young commander of Arendelle did not let go, hitting incessantly and repelling any enemy coming within his reach. The bustling waters of the Fjord Bay were now covered with debris and stained with blood, with many ships flowing slowly in flames, and the howling of the wounded were heard very numerous.

Although the fleet of Arendelle and Zilla seemed to be holding firm, still preventing the coalition from passing, and that Mothra was able to stand up to Rodan in their aerial duel, the city and the castle seemed out of reach, for the moment, although Ghidorah's cloud kept coming closer, faster and faster. But suddenly, alerted by their senses, Miana and Maina turned to see distortions formed all over the docks. The soldiers also noticed him, unable to say what it was.

_ "SOLDIERS!!" yelled Miana, grabbing a finely forged dagger under her cloak. Her sister did the same, alerting the men even more. From these distortions appeared sorts of small dark vortices, from which dozens of humanoid creatures, hunchbacks, with pointed ears and yellow eyes, all armed and wearing coarse armors. Miana and Maina recognized them immediately. Goblins, the servants of Maleficent. These vortices were also from her magic, they were sure of it.

As soon as they arrived on the quays, the goblins rushed upon Arendelle's soldiers to attack them, and another melee began. Taken by surprise, the first soldiers of Arendelle were quickly submerged and savagely killed by the creatures. Seeing this attack from their elevated positions, the soldiers on duty on the roofs of the houses and on the towers opened fire. Dozens of goblins were killed by the shots, but others arrived by the vortex, swarming like ants. In the middle of the melee between goblins and soldiers, Miana and Maina both threw off their cloaks, revealing light and tribal outfits, but useful for quick combat. Miana killed a first enemy with a dagger in the throat, while Maina killed another at once in the skull. But quickly encircled, the two sisters took each other by the hand, reciting an incantation in an unknown language. Their bodies surrounded themselves with a blinding white glow and creating violent gusts of wind coming to hit the many goblins around them to repel them.

Unfortunately, despite the resistance, the goblins, far too many, eventually exceeded the lines of defence and gradually invaded the streets of the city, dispersing in groups in the aisles and ransacking everything in their path. Goblins armed with flaming torches threw them into the houses through the windows, causing the first beginnings of fire. Seeing them do so, the soldiers targeted them and shot them down, although the number is increasing. Being able to climb the surfaces, the goblins climbed the houses, attacking the soldiers standing on the roofs. Not having foreseen this surprise attack, Arendelle's army was in a critical situation.

Hordes of furious goblins headed for the castle, crossing the small stone bridge and now facing Marshmallow and the troop of guards defending the gates. Seeing the goblins, Marshmallow groaned in fury, turning his fingers into sharp claws of ice, and causing ice spikes to emerge from his back. The goblins were not hesitant and attacked them. Marshmallow swept in front of him with his arm, hitting five enemies and throwing them away. The guards, armed with spears and swords, were resisting, as best they could, creatures far more numerous than them. Even Marshmallow soon found himself submerged, covered by more and more goblins and getting rid of them as best he could.

Unable to pass through the gates, goblins began to climb the walls surrounding the castle courtyard. From the courtyard, Anna, Kristoff and their escort heard the sounds of the battles taking place in the bay and in the city, with great anxiety. Their fear increased with the sight of goblins appearing at the top of the walls screaming like madmen, leaping into the yard to attack them. A guard threw his spear forcefully, impaling a goblin in the air. Giving one last glance of encouragement, Anna and Kristoff went into the fray, together, alongside their guards and servants. Avoiding an ax from a goblin, Anna killed him with a sharp blow in the back, causing the creature's green blood to spurt out on the floor. She who had never killed before, her heart leaps with fright.

_ "Anna, stay focused!" shouted Kristoff, slamming an enemy with an ice ax in the chest. Anna seemed to return to reality and resumed the fight, blocking the sword stroke of a goblin with her blade. Despite their inexperience in combat, Kai and the few volunteer servants were shooting just with their rifles, managing to shoot down several enemies arriving at the top of the walls. Unfortunately, the goblins were also armed with weapons from a distance, when a servant was brutally killed with an arrow in his chest, shot by a goblin archer. Kai shooted him immediately after seeing his friend being killed before his eyes. Always staying closer to each other, Anna and Kristoff formed a perfect duo, helping each other to repel an enemy. Anna punched a goblin in the stomach, while Kristoff cut off the head with an ax.

But the waves of enemies were more and more numerous. Suddenly, a loud explosion took place and the wall of the castle facing the bay exploded into pieces, the shock wave knocking everyone down. The goblins and the nearest guards had been propelled and killed by the explosion. Half knocked out and coughing heavily with the thick smoke, Anna was helped by Kristoff also dizzy.

_"You're okay?" Kristoff asked, worried. She nodded, and glanced at it, seeing with relief that Kai and the other servants were still alive. A huge hole caused by cannonball shots from the coalition had caused a huge hole in the wall. Through this hole, Anna nevertheless saw the unfolding of the naval battle. Arendelle's ships were still forming the dam that the coalition was trying to break. Clashes on the ships had gotten worse and more and more Arendelle ships were consumed by the flames. Anna saw Zilla, happily still alive, emerging from the water catching an enemy ship in her jaws and breaking it in half like a twig. The princess gasped of horror when she saw that the young titan wore some wounds caused by enemy gunfire, but he resisted anyway.

_"ZILLA!" she screamed, but he didn't hear her. In the skies above the bay, the aerial combat of the titans turned Mothra at a disadvantage, Rodan having managed to free himself from her grip. The goddess was seized on the wing by the jaw of Rodan, who, with the help of his strength, threw her violently against a cliff. Seeing the goddess disappear under the rubble of rock, Rodan roared sadistically and immediately took a new target. Descending quickly from the air, he struck Zilla full in the head. The powerful greenhouses of the winged titan cut deeply into the flesh of the young titan, who uttered an immense roar of pain as he fell to the side, a large bloody trace on his face. Seeing this, Anna was horrified to the point and wanted to run to help her, but Kristoff stopped her.

_ "Let me go, he needs me!"

_ "You can not do anything for him!!" said Kristoff, who unfortunately was right. Anna shed tears, seeing that the battle seemed to be completely at their disadvantage. Zilla managed to get up and turning on himself, struck a powerful tail blow in the ribs of Rodan, who was too sure of himself, had not seen the blow coming and fell backwards, crushing several warehouses under his body.

On the quays, Arendelle's army had suffered heavy losses, but still resisted the goblin invader. Always together, Miana and Maina fought with efficiency and agility, mixing their art with combat and their heavenly powers, causing many casualties in the enemy ranks, forming piles of goblin corpses. However, a very close explosion of flames made them suddenly fall back, and the two sisters were shocked to see, appearing and rising from the flames, the horned witch herself, Maleficent, smiling with all her teeth.

_ "Miana and Maina, the priestesses of Mothra. I should have known that you would be there, always interfering with my buisness." she said with huge disdain. Taking a stand, the twins faced her.

_ "You have destroyed our worlds, Maleficent, we will not let you destroy this one!" Miana affirmed with determination, her dagger in her hand. Maina confirmed with force. Maleficent chuckled softly, not intimidated by the twins.

_ "Why not say that to my friend." the witch announced, pointing to the large wall of black clouds, who had approached and stood now at the entrance to the fjord. Miana and Maina turned pale with terror. Powerful rumblings echoed inside the clouds, like thunder, and suddenly a gigantic, winged form began to emerge from the darkness of the storm. Everywhere on the battlefield, everyone turned their gaze stunned at this apparition, covering the entire fjord with its shadow. On his ship, Kylian could no longer look away. Mothra and Zilla had recovered from their blows, both showing worried faces as Rodan roared with triumph. Soon, the most absolute terror seized hearts and minds of all. From the courtyard of the castle, Anna and Kristoff were also paralyzed by fear, at the sight of this thing emerging from the storm wall.

A body 158 meters high. A wingspan surely exceeding 400 meters. Black wings masking the light. A massive body covered with black scales. A tail separating in two parts and armed with spikes. On the upper body, three huge necks, undulating like serpents, and carrying at their extremities large yellow-eyed dragon heads, roaring so strongly that their roars shake the earth. The size of this creature was impossible to envision for human spirits. His presence alone was enough to unleash the winds, stir the waters, and make spit thunder from the sky, like a god commanding all the elements. This monster dominated everything in size, even Godzilla. It was him ... the devil himself..... King Ghidorah.

Spreading his wings majestically, the three-headed dragon stared in front of him, examining the battlefield, and was already groaning with satisfaction. While Miana and Maina watched Ghidorah's coming in dread, Maleficent continued to laugh proudly at the sight of his creature. With a simple wave of his wings, Ghidorah gave birth around him to great whirlpools in the water, as well as powerful gusts of wind.

Then, without warning, Ghidorah went on the offensive. His head in the middle inhaled and spit a powerful flash, which crossed the entire fjord in less than a second and hit a part of the city, making it explode entirely, shaking the entire fjord with violence. All the soldiers of Arendelle, and even the goblins, being in this quarter, had all been pulverized by the power of the wave. In addition to being over powerful, Ghidorah did not care to kill his own allies. Seeing the explosion from the castle courtyard, Anna screamed in horror. Ghidorah's other two heads spewed their lightning as well, the first one touching several of Arendelle's ships, causing them to explode and pulverizing their crews without their being able to react. The other lightning was about to reach Mothra, but the goddess flew away just in time, the lightning going just below her. Shouting, Mothra was about to head for Ghidorah to confront him, just as Zilla was ready to stand against the dragon, alone. But Rodan invited himself, ready to help his master. Ghidorah continued his march of destruction, roaring incessantly and triggering rains of lightning from the sky all over the fjord. Some of Arendelle's ships fired with their cannons at the three-headed dragon, but they had no effect on him. Ghidorah spat out more lightning, destroying a hill in the fjord, and also aiming at the pine forest behind the city, half of which was flashed and exploded violently. From the distant cliffs, Olaf and Sven, as well as the rest of the evacuated population, gazed with the greatest terror on this giant dragon, which even from a distance seemed immense.

Seeing the all-mighty destructive power of Ghidorah, a single lightning of which had pulverized an entire district of the city, Anna fell on her knees, her cheeks dripping with tears.

_ "We can not win against him ..." she sighed, though Kristoff tried to reassure her, without success. Seeing Mothra and Zilla standing between him and the city, Ghidorah grunted and stepped forward, ready to slaughter them.

Then, the dragon stopped suddenly in its advance, with a perplexed gaze .... Footsteps very heavy resonated, more and more close, and coming from the East. Turning his three heads, the dragon could see the origin of this noise, as all the others saw it too.

Appearing like a ghost in the dark rain, Godzilla stepped forward, slowly but surely, more determined and furious than ever, his eyes fixed on Ghidorah. Seeing him, everyone in Arendelle's army breathed sighs of relief and howls of hope. Ghidorah roared with fury as he turned to his sworn enemy, unfolding his wings again. Godzilla was not intimidated, continuing to walk forward, clenching his fists and showing his teeth.

_ "GODZILLA!!" Anna shouted, smiling again, and on the top of Godzilla's head, she saw the figure of her sister, Elsa.

_ "And Elsa!! They are here, finally!!" Anna said again, getting back on her feet. Kristoff smiled too, regaining confidence. Seeing their king finally arrive, Mothra and Zilla both roared with strength. Miana and Maina also raised their hands, shouting in triumph, while Maleficent had lost her smile.

Standing on Godzilla's head, Elsa was very intimidated at first sight by the size of Ghidorah, which far exceeded Godzilla. But she remained focused, ignoring fear with some difficult, and wrapping her hands with magic energy, ready for battle.

_ "You and me, my king .... together!" Elsa said with determination, to which Godzilla took a step forward towards the battle, uttering her strongest roar that once again made the sky tremble like the earth, unleashing the thunder around him.

SKKKREEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOGGGGHH!

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