User blog:Eiza Borealis/Monster Hunter: Quake - Installment 4

I forgot to make more chapters yesterday D:). Oh well, let's do this today then, and I'll have another bundle tomorrow.

Chapter 11 - Ailain's Decision
Ailain jumped down upon the Lao - Shan's back as it passed under the bridge. She drove her longsword into the Lao's back to keep herself steady, and untied the two anti dragon bombs from her back, clamping them onto the Lao's shell, and jumping off of it's back. She then began slicing the Lao's legs. Eiza rolled towards the Lao's head in an effort to distract it, but for some reason the Lao was no longer paying attention to them, and was simply trying to make its way through the canyon and escape.

The bombs exploded, and the plate on Lao's back busted into millions of pieces, exposing it's skin. The Lao roared in pain and fell over once more, and Eiza and Ailain began hacking away at Lao's belly. "So why did you change your mind?" Asked Eiza.

"Well, like you said, if I had such a problem killing someone, why do I hunt? So after you left, I kept asking myself that. I had killed the Tigrex already, so why was I still trying? I found out the answer. It's because I enjoy hunting with you and I want to go on many more hunts with you." Eiza looked at Ailain and smiled. "Well, I'm glad you've come to that decision, but we won't be going on any more quests if we don't kill this thing."

The Lao began to stand up and Eiza charged his greatsword, then slammed it through Lao's leg and into the ground, splitting the ground and tripping the Lao once more. Ailain climbed the Lao's back and began slashing the exposed flesh, and balanced herself as the Lao stood up. The monster slammed its tail into the canyon wall in retaliation, knocking Ailain off its back and sending rocks raining down upon Eiza. Eiza quickly dodged and grabbed Ailain as she fell, and threw her back up on the Lao's back.

"Ailain, keep giving it hell until it gets to the fortress! When the fortress comes in sight, jump off of its back! I'll meet you there!" Ailain nodded and Eiza ran off through a cave to the fortress. "I will do this," Ailain said, "I will do this and prove that a want to hunt!" Ailain slashed down at the Lao's skin, and kept on even as the Lao shook and tried to throw her off. She held steadfast as the Lao traveled on towards the fortress, fighting it the whole way.

Eiza ran into the fortress infantry room, where multiple soldiers lay on benches holding their wounds. They looked up at Eiza, knowing that for him to be here, the Lao was close. "Listen up!" Yelled Eiza, "The Golden Lao is close by, and I need men to man the ballistas while I fight it! Is there anyone here who can use one skillfully?" Two soldiers stood up. One wore dented armor and the other was in Kut-Ku plating. The man in the Kut-Ku armor looked at Eiza. "I can use one very well," he stated, "And though I am hurt, I will fight to defend my lands, no matter the cost!" The other soldiers stood and grabbed their swords and axes and bows. "We will all fight," said a man, "We will protect the fortress!" The soldiers cheered and Eiza smiled. "Good," said Eiza, "We will wait for the beast to show, and then end it's golden reign!"

Chapter 12 - The Last and Decisive Battle
A hundred soldiers stood outside the fortress walls, with a hundred gunners standing watch with the eyes of eagles for any movements in the distance. The fog was thick outside of the fortress, and only those with incredible sight could see more than a hundred yards. Eiza stood at the front of the army of soldiers, and waited patiently. The ground began to shake gently as a sharp breeze blew through the infantry.

In the distance, a roar of pain, Eiza knew it to be Ailain damaging the monster heading their way. Then, in the distance, a golden flash as the Lao broke through the corner of the canyon. Soldiers with hunting horns played a tune every soldier knew, one that boiled up courage and strength in the hearts of men, "The Last and Decisive Battle."

Gunners fired at the Lao's head and ballistas screamed through the air at the dragon's head, and a hundred soldiers charged the monster with fury, with Eiza leading them. Ailain jumped from the monster's back and, with many others, began swiping at it's legs with fury. Eiza charged the monster's belly, gashing it with a single stroke. The Lao roared, stood up on it's hind legs, and slammed back down. Anyone caught in the wake of the monster's body slam was instantly killed or seriously injured. Now realizing that Eiza had been directly under the Lao when it had done that, Ailain yelled out his name in fear.

The dragon stood back up on all fours as soldiers charged once again. The Lao spun around, swiping away many soldiers at once with it's massive tail. It then turned towards the fortress and began walking towards it. The few soldiers still moble on the ground kept attacking, but to no avail. As the Lao reached the fortress wall and began to attack, it flinched. It let out a roar of pain as Eiza ripped out through it's mouth and jumped onto the fortress roof. He was covered in blood and bodily fluids, along with whatever the Lao had recently eaten, which turned out to be a bunch of soldiers.

Eiza had sliced up through the Lao's belly and into it's stomach when it body slammed. He then made his way up through the Lao's body and out it's mouth. Now, so heavily damaged, the Lao was sure to die, but they still had to kill it before it smashed through the fortress. The Lao was still walking towards the fortress, and when it reached the wall, Eiza slammed down on the button of the ultimate weapon, the Dragonator.

Four massive drills shot out and into the body of Lao - Shan, devastating it and causing it to fall to the ground with a pitiful roar of anguish. Eiza looked down upon the Lao and soldiers walked near it cautiously, hoping it was dead. Ailain walked to it's face and looked at it's closed eye. She then looked up at Eiza with a smile, the dragon was dead.

But as Ailain turned, the massive eye of the Golden Lao opened and the dragon stood back up on it's hind legs, and Ailain fell back in fear. The monster let out a roar of fury and looked down upon Eiza, then down at Ailain, and bit down upon her, swallowing her whole. Eiza gasped and gritted his teeth as the air around him shifted. His eyes changed to a red color and his pupils slitted like a dragon's, and he let out a monsterous roar of anger. The Lao roared back and the soldiers on the roof ran to the inside of the fortress to escape the Lao's anger.

Eiza began charging his greatsword from it's sheathed position on his back, and jumped up and out at the Lao. The Lao bit down at where Eiza had been standing, then brought it's head out and looked up at the incoming Eiza with a fully charged unsheathing greatsword swing. "Now, my blade," recited Eiza, "Bring Peace to Those Without Rest, Punish the Ones who Bring Death to the Innocent, and Bring End to the Beings who Live Without Purpose!" Eiza fell like a comet upon the Lao, and swung his glowing Eviscerator Blade upon Lao's face. The Lao fell backwards one last time, and collided with the ground at the same time as Eiza.

It is hard to know which of the two caused the larger quake, however, the earthquake caused shook the earth for hundreds of miles.

Chapter 13 - The Lao - Shan's Den
Eiza rushed to the Lao's gashed belly and reached into the stomach, pulling out a horrible smelling and blood - covered Ailain. She opened her eyes and looked at Eiza with a smile, knowing that now it was truly over. Eiza looked at the Lao's plates and then at Ailain. "Come on," he said, "We've got some treasure to grab."

Ailain and Eiza walked into the fortress and grabbed up two pickaxes and then walked out through the canyon, towards where the Lao first erupted from the canyon wall, and walked into the cave. They traveled a while before reaching the area that the Lao had come from. "Why are we walking to where the Lao came from?" Asked Ailain, "And why are we going there with pickaxes?"

"Well, a Lao - Shan's scales and plates change color depending on it's environment. They can be red from iron deposits, an ash color from living in volcanoes, or -"

"Golden from being in areas with huge gold deposits!" Yelled Ailain with glee. "We'll be rich! Think of how much money we'll have to make armor and weapons with!"

"Well there's that... or I could get a guy I know to make you some elemental gems for your armor." Ailain looked at Eiza. "You mean to make the gems for elemental energy boosts like you have, you have to use gold?"

"Yes, and it took me a very long time to get all the gold needed for my armor, but since we know where a huge gold deposit is, we can make you some with ease." Ailain smiled, wondering what element she could use. Then thought of something. "Are there any limitations to what element I can make? Like that forbidden hunter who used those wind - element dual swords, could I make wind or earth or maybe even sound element gems?"

"Well I suppose it's all according to the monster parts you use to make them, but we'll have to ask the craftsman who made mine." Eiza and Ailain turned another corner in the cave into a room full of thunderbugs, which caused the room to glow. Their eyes widened, the cavern was completely covered in gold. They rushed in and began mining as much as they could carry, which wasn't much for Ailain, but Eiza grabbed up a huge amount of gold before they headed back.

After returning to the guild hall in Pokke, the guild master sat them down at her desk to discuss the gold. "We know about all that goldstone you've found in the canyons after fighting the golden Lao - Shan Lung, so due to the nature of the guild, we must ask that you take as little gold as possible so we may further the guild research." Eiza smiled devilishly. "Okay," He said, "Let's haggle. I happen to need a fair amount of goldstone, not sure how much, but expect no less than a few thousand pounds of goldstone to be mined under my authority. Now I know it isn't very much, so don't try and fool me about it. So what do you say?"

"Well, since you're our best hunter, I can't really deny you. But please leave some for the guild, mister Borealis."

The mining point was soon used by many hunters to obtain goldstone, after Eiza had taken a big chunk of the stone for Ailain. But even from the four thousand pounds he took, the goldstone supply was barely dented. Hunters and gatherers still use the point to this day.

"So they killed the Golden Lao, huh?"

"Yes, sir. What do we do next?"

"Well, I think that the next time they are in the desert, we should release one of our 'experiments' to go and attack them."

"What experiment do we send out to them, sir?"

"How about we start them off with the Trioblos..."