//------------------------------// // Chapter Ten: Live to Fight Another day // Story: Fate of the Lostbelt Kingdoms // by ElementBrigade //------------------------------// Fate of The Lostbelt Kingdoms Chapter Ten Live to Fight Another Day The ground shook from the force behind Ivan and Minotaur's fists collided with each other. Both titans were at a stand-off for a good couple of seconds before they both pulled away and began delivering heavy blows between each other. Though Ivan’s punches didn’t hold much force behind them to do as much damage as he intended to do, the minotaur’s on the other hand did as it caused the former Tsar to be pushed back with each punch that was landed upon him. The moment he was about to use his ax-like weapon to impale him, he was soon stopped by a rainbow blur zooming around him at blinding speed. The Minotaur turns his attention to Rainbow Dash as he tries to hit her with his weapons, only to miss by a hair as she starts to circle him. In doing so, she started to create a miniature tornado made out of snow around the minotaur. There was a few seconds of silence after Rainbow Dash landed next to Ivan, as the Minotaur sliced the tornado in two like a hot knife through butter and began to charge at them. The moment he brought his weapons up in an attempt to slice them both in two, a wall of ice erupted in between them as it caused his weapons to be stuck in the ice wall. He looked around to see who was the cause of this as he locked onto Anastasia. The caster servant locked eyes with the Greek legend as she took a step forwards in doing so, she created a flood of spear-like ice heading toward him. The Minotaur quickly rolls out of the way of the attack before charging at her. The moment he took one step forward, he was instantly sent flying up into the air from a pillar of ice shooting up from below. The moment he was in the air, Ivan aimed with his staff and fired off a beam of electricity at him. The beast let out a roar of pain from the lightning strike as he came crashing down onto the ground. “Did it work?” Rainbow Dash asked before noticing Minotaur quickly standing up. “It takes more than just that to bring down a legendary spirit. Especially if they’re in the Berserker class.” Anastasia said as she appeared next to the cyan-colored pegasus. “We just need to stall him long enough for your friends to get the yagas out of this town.” “With just the three of us?” She said before looking at Ivan. “Well, two and a half.” “Just because I’m in a weakened state, doesn’t mean I can’t hold my own,” Ivan said before turning his focus on the Greek lostbelt servant. “Worry about your safety then mind, horse.” “Hey! I’m a pony! Not a horse!” Rainbow Dash said before hearing Minotaur standing up. “Uh-oh. The big guy’s getting up.” She said before noticing him glaring at the trio. “And he’s mad.” “Well, we did send him flying and struck him with lightning. Who wouldn’t be pissed off from getting hurt like that?” Anastasia said before the ice started to form around herself. “You two keep him distracted, I’ll provide support as best I can.” Ivan simply nodded before charging at Minotaur once again and delivering a strong right hook to the monster’s face. The monster was unphased by the punch as he countered with a punch of his own it sent Ivan flying backward into an abandoned house. The Minotaur quickly jumps back to avoid a pillar of ice appearing below him as he locks eyes with Anastasia. He quickly picked up a piece of the frozen earth underneath him and tossed it at the caster servant. Anastasia tapped the ground with her foot as she summoned a wall of ice around her causing the earth that the minotaur tossed to crumble into pieces. The moment the piece of earth crumbled into pieces, the minotaur thrust his hand through the ice, grabbed the servant, and then quickly began to squeeze the life out of her as she let out a grunt of pain. Just as he was about to slam Anastasia into the ground, a familiar rainbow blur zoomed around him multiple times before bringing a hoof to his face each time she zoomed past him. The minotaur was getting annoyed by this. Granted it didn’t hurt him, but it was rather annoying that he couldn’t hit her due to how fast she was going. The beast soon stopped his attempt to grab Rainbow Dash as he let her hit him a few more times. Just as she was about to come in and hit him on the nose, the minotaur saw her coming and soon tossed Anastasia at her. Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened upon seeing this as she and Anastasia crashed into each other before hitting the ground. The Minotaur soon appeared over the two downed fighters as was about to stomp on them with his foot, only for him to recoil back in pain from a bullet being fired into his eye. The beast let out a cry of pain before looking around to see where the attack came from. He soon felt another bullet hit him on the head as he looked up to see Patxi riding on Twilight’s back as he started to reload his rifle. “Never thought I would be riding on a flying demonic horse’s back while fighting a monster,” Patxi said as it caused Twilight to glare at him. “I’m not demonic or a horse. I am a pony. Pony. Please get it right.” Twilight asked as the Yaga simply rolled his eyes as he finish reloading. “Just keep to the sky so I can give them cover fire.” He said before aiming and firing upon Minotaur. The minotaur brought a hand up to protect his face from some of the bullets as the other bullets bounced off his body as if nothing happened. He soon moved away from Rainbow Dash and Anastasia as he picked up another giant piece of the frozen earth. Only this time, he didn’t throw it. Instead, he simply took about a hand-size piece of it and crumbled it up with both hands. Patxi was confused as to what the lostbelt servant was doing, but Twilight on the other hand knew what was going on and began to fly out of the way just as the minotaur fired the remains of the earth he crumbled up like a shotgun. The purple Alicorn and Yaga were successful in dodging the first round of a scattered rock, and the Yaga was about to counterattack with a hail of bullets of his own. But couldn’t due to the lostbelt servant firing another round of scattered rocks at them as Twilight continued to dodge out of the way. Just as the minotaur was about to fire a third round of scattered rocks at the two, a pair of elephant tusk burst out of the house Ivan was thrown into as they impaled themselves into Minotaur's chest. Once they hit their target, Ivan unleashed a current of electricity into the minotaur as the beast grunted in irritation before slowly grabbing onto his tusks, lifting him out of the house, and throwing him into the direction of an oncoming Luna. The princess of the moon saw the giant servant heading her way as she quickly dodge out of the way and saw Ivan land into another home. Though this time it was Anastasia’s home. “Seriously!? I just built that home not too long ago!” Anastasia said as she and Rainbow Dash pulled themselves up from the ground. Just as she did that, she heard something land next to her and Rainbow Dash. The caster servant looked over to her right to see Luna landed next to them before looking over at Minotaur. “How’s the evacuation going?” “We need a little bit more time. How are you all holding up against the beast?” Luna asked. “Not so well,” She said before noticing Patxi and Twilight getting the minotaur’s attention by doing hit and run tactics while dodging the barrage of stones he’s throwing at them. “Ivan’s being thrown around like a rag doll, not that I’m complaining about, but his along with our attacks aren’t doing enough damage. Though I shouldn’t be surprised given Ivan’s condition and I’m not strong enough due to not having a master to draw magic from.” “Then how are we supposed to take this behemoth down?” Rainbow Dash asked as Anastasia bit the nail of her thumb. “Guess I have no choice,” She said before pulling out a pale-blonde-haired doll with green leaves as a dress, and a small crown on its head. “I hope I can damage him with this.” “A doll? What’s that going to do?” Rainbow Dash asks as she notices the servant giving her a cold stare at her, which in turn causes the pegasus to flinch back a bit. “Get close to me and do not leave my spot.” She said as Luna noticed the temperature around them getting much colder than it was already. As this was happening, Ivan pulled himself out of Anastasia’s home as he felt the change in the temperature around him. He looked over at Anastasia for a moment before looking over at Twilight & Patxi who crashed onto the ground after Twilight felt one of the rocks nick her wings badly. The moment the two hit the snow-covered ground, Patxi notices the minotaur heading towards them at blinding speed. He looked over at the dazed alicorn as he quickly grabbed her main and tossed her to the side. Twilight was about to say something out of annoyance but was cut off by seeing the Minotaur charging into the Yaga and sending him flying backward towards a pile of broken planks of wood. “Patxi!” Twilight yelled as she watched the Yaga heading towards a piece of wood in the shape of a spike. She soon closed her eyes to avoid looking at what was about to happen as she heard the sound of something crashing into the wood. She soon opens her eyes to see what happened but was taken by surprise by Ivan catching the Yaga in his hands. From what she could tell, it looks like he charged through the pile of wood to quickly catch. But in doing so, she noticed a large trail of blood in the snow as the bandages he had on were soaked red in his blood. The former Tsar’s body started to glow as he quickly charged at the minotaur. The moment he was close and the minotaur was about to deliver a strong right hook to the rider servant’s face, the former Tsar quickly ducked underneath the right hook, quickly picked up Twilight, and headed over towards Anastasia and the others with Minotaur tailing behind him. “They’re coming this way,” Luna said as Rainbow Dash noticed Minotaur following. “So is tall, pale, and gruesome!” The pegasus said as she looked over at Anastasia and was about to say something, but her eyes widened upon seeing a shadowy figure with light blue eyes. “Viy, I beg you,” Anastasia said the shadowy figure grew taller and taller by the second. It soon shadowed over them as it locked eyes with Minotaur. “Curse them all,” The figure soon lifted a hand into the air before bringing it down upon the Greek lostbelt servant, causing him to be pushed onto the ground. “Freeze them all,” The figure lifted its other hand and slammed it onto Minotaur again, pushing him deeper into the ground. “Kill them all!” The moment Ivan ran behind Anastasia, Viy soon lifted Minotaur into the air and cast a blue flash upon him and the area behind him. “Activate Mystic Eyes…Go, Viy!” The light caused Luna, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight to close their eyes for a moment before the flash died down. Once it was over, their eyes widened upon seeing the Minotaur and the area encased in a large case of ice. “Dear Celestia…” Luna said in shock at what Anastasia did. “....Okay, that was pretty awesome…just not as awesome as me of course…but still awesome.” Rainbow Dash said “This is the power of a servant!?“ Twilight said in utter shock as she looked over at Anastasia who fell to her knees and panted. “Oh my goodness, are you okay?” “Y-Yeah, j-just put too much into that attack,” Anastasia said before looking up at the Minotaur frozen in ice. Upon looking at him, she notices cracks starting to form within the ice. “The ice’s not going to hold him for long. We need to leave, now.” She said before trying to pull herself up but soon fell back onto the snow. When she tried to stand up again, she felt Luna moving underneath, picked her up, and placed the servant on her back. The caster servant blinked in surprise as she looked down. “Um…thank you.” “It’s the least we could do for risking your life,” Luna said as she looked over at Ivan. “Are you okay to stand long enough to get to the entrance?” “I can manage.” He said before taking the lead towards the entrance of the village. “This pain is nothing to me.” “It’s nice to see he’s still up and running,” Luna said before taking off into the air along with Rainbow Dash as they both followed after Ivan.