"Brave warriors of Karaz-Tuther, the time of war is upon us. We are greatly outnumbered by our evil foe, but just remember. We are Dwarfs. If we die, we will die with honor and courage. If any one of you warriors would like to continue live prosperously in another hold, you are welcome to leave now." King Kristov said.
Not a soldier moved.
"Thank you my loyal dwarfs. We will not let the Chaos menace take over the world. And know this. The great Slayer Julric is on his way. As most of you know, he destroyed a huge force of Daemons single-handedly. Remember. We have cannons. We have stone throwers. We have bolt throwers. We have pistols. We have axes, picks and hammers. We have crossbows. We have our Slayers awaiting the attack outside our hold. We have Gyrocopters which at this very moment are assaulting the Chaos army from the air. Do not worry. For we have ourselves and soon we will have Slayer Julric. Have faith in our magical runes. Have faith in the very stone beneath our feet. Have faith in our axes which will soon cleave limb from limb. He who dares, wins!" King Kristov proclaimed. A great cheer went up from the fully armoured Dwarf soldiers.
"Now," The old Dwarf King said as he took a swig of ale, "This is the great hall where our defense will win or lose. Crossbowmen, move up to the top balcony to shoot these invaders. War engines, you are already in position. Thunderers. Move up the side. Yes. That's it. Hammerers, you will be with me, right in the center. All of you warriors, form one big unit extending out from both sides of my unit. Do not worry. There is not enough space in here for most of their force to get into combat with us. Do not give up, and we will win!" he yelled.
"Gush-nakh! Look at them." Tazarka said. He was pointing at the approaching Gyrocopters.
"Ah. I will deal with them, m'Lord." Gush-nakh said. He worked up the magical energy and blasted multicolored flames at the flying machines, destroying all but one. That remaining machine shot down three knights before it too was blasted down by magical flames.
"Warhounds and Screamers! Move around the flanks!" Tazarka commanded. His force had reached the Slayers waiting outside the Dwarf hold. "Knights! Charge!" The mighty Knights charged the slayers, as did Tazarka himself on his daemonic mount. The slayers died in droves, but with their mighty axes, brought down the Knights' steeds and then cut through weak points in the knights armour. Tazarka rode down one Slayer, then cut the head of another. The Screamers and warhounds charged in, and soon all the foolish dwarfs were dead. But for a cost though, almost thirty knights had been brought down.
"Alright! Our first taste of combat. Now we begin the real fight. Furies, you fly up and try to get in any windows or holes in the sides of this mountain. Gush-nakh, you did well against the Gyrocopters, and now I need you again. The gate into this mountain is protected by magic runes. You will need to blast it open, or make a different opening. They are fan-kushak! Kill them! They are fan-kushak! Kill them!" Tazarka began chanting. "They are fan-kushak! Kill them! They are fan-kushak! Kill them! They are fan-kushak! Kill them!" The entire army chanted. It was a truly bone-chilling chant, and all within one hundred miles heard the horrible sound and fear was struck into their hearts.
"Ghursh' ish pakh na blakan kasta!" Gush-nakh yelled the spell to blast a hole in the mountainside.
"Knights! De-mount. We are going in first." Tazarka said to his knights. It was black inside. There were no dwarves here.
"Gush-nakh. We need some light." Tazarka said.
"Light!" Gush-nakh shouted, and all was light. None could see where the light was coming from, but it followed wherever the chaos troops went. Unsuspecting, the Dwarfs in the hall still waited for the chaos army to barge through the front gate. Also, Tazarka had lead his warriors around the back of the hall, and were ready to assault the rear of the dwarf army.
"Charge," Tazarka whispered.
"Neeaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" The bloodthirsty chaos knights yelled as they ran
forwards in full armour.
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