[Book 3] Land of Chaos: The Final Battle (AQW)

World War Begins

"Undead Legion battalion!" Chizet called. "We are nearing the town of Willow Creek. As soon as we get there and give a warning announcement to the townspeople, I need every single one of you legion members to bring every villager to hide deep inside their houses. You people will lead the charge with Swordhaven's knights, while the few soldiers of Willow Creek will stay put in the houses to protect the villagers and prevent the forces from getting inside. Do I make myself clear?"

The battalion raised their weapons and cheered.

Meanwhile, on the opposing side of the army...

"LEGIONS OF CHAOS!" Gomfalion called with his reverberating voice. "We are marching close to the town of Willow Creek. Show no mercy with those weapons of yours. Show them what we will do to the world. Infiltrate the houses and the farms, and kill EVERYONE you see. Deliver to them the chaos that we will cast upon this world. With our chaos and our doom, we will bring destruction to this inferior town."

And at Shadowfall...

"Gravelyn!" Kitri shouted. "Swordhaven's King Brentan could not send as many troops as we expected. Some of the knights had to stay in Swordhaven to fend off the remnants of chaos that were left during the chaos attack from months ago."

"Oh... Brentan... That fool never sends us his troops" Gravelyn said, as silence filled the room.

Later, Dage entered the throne room with a message from Chizet. "Chizet is asking for reinforcements. The forces aren't enough for them to fend off Gomfalion's army. He requested us to send soldiers AND cavalry to aid Willow Creek."

And they did. A few more thousands of legion members were sent to Willow Creek. Back at the town, Chizet arrived to fulfill his battle plans before Gomfalion could arrive.

"Soldiers and peasants of Willow Creek!" Chizet announced. "Protect the villagers and shelter them in their houses. If ever the chaos forces are able to cut through our battalions, we will call and you people will have to step in. Half of the undead legion battalion will lead the front row, the other half at the back row. Forces of Swordhaven will stay in the middle line. All archers from both armies will stay on the roofs of each house. We'll be ready for this attack."

As Chizet prepared his defenses with the battalions, Gomfalion neared his way to Willow Creek. The town felt his presence, as the sky went dark and became purple.

"Legions of chaos!" Gomfalion announced once again. "We are already in the area of Willow Creek. Attack with all of your force! Chaorrupt the river, the animals, plants, and everything. Make sure there is nothing that is not touched by chaos. Infiltrate the houses, take out every living thing you see, and burn every cottage that you are able to make way inside. I want to see this town in chaos!"

Gomfalion's army marched closer and closer to Willow Creek. The environment of the town began to die out. The plants turned purple and chaotic, the river chaorrupted and the essence of chaos began to engulf Willow Creek from the surface of the ground up to the stratosphere. As the two armies prepared for battle, Chizet confronted Gomfalion.

"Before you say anything," Gomfalion said, "Don't tell me to change back to the way I used to be."

"I won't," Chizet said. "I know you already have been chaorrupted, and there's no time to find you a cure. I won't make the same mistake you made with Alteon."

"Good then," Gomfalion said. "If you're that confident to fight against me, why not warm yourself up before you do? ATTACK!"

Gomfalion's army charged towards the alliance's forces. The alliance army defended at once, and the archers fired from the roofs as soon as its captain ordered them to fire.

And so it began. The first few hours of the battle at Willow Creek. The chaos forces slowly dominated, eating up the alliance's forces. The chaos army nearly reached the doors of the houses, making the archers have to fire at them faster.

"Forces of the alliance!" Chizet shouted. "Bring out the warriors of Willow Creek! Join the battle and improve our defenses!"

The Willow Creek soldiers busted out of the houses. Together, they pushed back the chaos forces back to where the river was located. Soon enough, the chaos forces were outnumbered. This caused Gomfalion to announce...

"These people from the alliance think that we are as weak as the chaos lords before us..." Gomfalion said. "That's it. Bring in the animals."

All of a sudden, chaorrupted wolves and eagles appeared beside the river. The wolves charged and pounced towards the alliance's army, pushing them back to where the houses were. The eagles, on the other hand, flew up to the roofs and attacked the archers.

"Dammit! Haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?" Chizet screamed in frustration. He then contacted the general leading the reinforcements.

"Where are you people?" he asked. "Willow Creek is falling behind. We need reinforcements as soon as possible!"

"Sir, we have been ambushed a while ago," the general said. "We are yet to be halfway there, and we lost some of our forces."

"Go as fast as you can," Chizet ordered. "Willow Creek will burn in any moment."

The battle continued. The chaos army managed to break into the houses, killing every man, woman, and child inside. The bodies lay on the floor with their blood flooding the whole town. Gomfalion then gave the final command:

"Burn the houses down," he said. "Kill them all. Take down the rest of them if don't want to retreat. Let's put an end to this short battle."

And the final reinforcements of chaos arrived at Willow Creek; the mages. They exploded the town with their powerful sorcery, and purple flame engulfed the area. The houses burned, the trees fell, and the alliance members were killed one by one. And yet, the reinforcements of the alliance did not arrive in time. This left Chizet no choice.

Chizet contacted Dage, "Tell the reinforcement battalion to fall back. They won't be able to make it in time. Even if they did, we would be outnumbered. Gomfalion and his army are too powerful."

"Then retreat. Allow Willow Creek to fall," Dage said. "I expect you and the remaining alliance soldiers to arrive by dawn."

Chizet did she as he was ordered. "Warriors of the alliance! Fall back! Retreat!"

The army fled as fast as they could, leaving the town behind.

"And now they will understand... The true power of chaos! All will bow down to Drakath and me as we burn this world down, city by city, kingdom by kingdom," Gomfalion said in triumph. "WILLOW CREEK HAS BEEN DEFEATED. I will leave you with this parting gift. Legions of chaos... Follow me! Onward to our next conquest!"

Willow Creek was left burning. As the chaos army moved on to their next invasion, the remnants of the alliance traveled back to Shadowfall, and arrived at dawn.

"It seems his power was much more than we expected. He has brought more chaos than any other chaos lord before him could do," Gravelyn said.

"We must improve our defenses as the alliance," Dage said. "The world will fall if we don't unite our armies."

"That's correct," Chizet said. "Let us wait for news on the next invasion. We'll be ready for it."

Author's note: "let's put an end to this short war" YEAH it's short.. One chapter for a fight because it's what I've planned out huhu I'm sorry love you all ok bye