The Thief and the Barbarian

Resolve

Letting Tweek lean on him, Craig led him through the dungeon door and into the throne room. Craig stopped in his tracks as he looked on in pure shock, seeing an all-out battle happening before him. Humans and elves fighting against a group with purple and grey armor that looked familiar to Craig. He didn't dwell on it, however, as he needed to get out of there. He lead Tweek towards the front entrance of the castle.

"Stop right there!" He heard a voice scream at him. He saw the wizard king standing at the door, barring his escape. "You're not getting away!" Craig furrowed his brows in anger.

"Cartman, is all this really necessary?!" Craig growled. "I only took some gold and a horse! Is something so small really worth losing your people, losing allies, and threatening war on another king?! This is getting ridiculous!"

"I'll do what I want because I'm the fucking WIZARD KING! And no one fucking steals from me! I don't care how many people it takes for me to put you in your place!" Craig noticed that a few of the humans stopped fighting as they glared at Cartman. The wizard king was digging himself a deep hole. Some of them threw down their swords. Others straight up left. The last handful of humans and all the elves still fought, however. Man, these fuckers were loyal. Or afraid of what the wizard king will do to them if they don't do as they're told. Cartman raised his staff and shot a bright green beam from it, aimed right at the two boys. Craig couldn't move out of the way quick enough while supporting Tweek, but he didn't have to as a blue beam met Cartman's halfway, cutting it off. Looking to the side, Craig saw Kyle standing there with his staff raised to the air as well, a look of determination on his face.

"That's enough, Cartman! I will not let your tyranny control me or my people any longer!"

"You fucking Jew! You're helping these assholes?! Did you forget about our agreement?! I'll start a fucking war with you, Kyle, I swear to god!"

"I have not forgotten! Go ahead! Bring war to us! With your dwindling support after tonight, I'm sure you'll have quite the army, indeed! You will be no match for our numbers!"

"That's enough out of you!" Cartman sputtered as he tried to blast Kyle with another beam, only to be met by one of his. Locked in a stalemate, Kyle looked at Craig.

"Get out of here while he's distracted. I'll take care of fatass." Craig mouthed a 'thank you' as he backed out of there and snuck around the side to go around Cartman, who didn't even seem to remember who he was after as he was too into his magic battle with Kyle. Finally making it out to the courtyard, he heard a familiar voice call out.

"Fall back! He's out!" Craig looked around, but couldn't tell where the owner of the voice was.

"Come on, hurry." Tweek urged, now starting to be able to walk for himself a bit, though Craig still offered his support on his side. The two quickly made it out of the courtyard, followed by several of the people wearing the grey and purple armor.

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In a clearing about a kilometer from Kupa Keep, the two boys finally rested, sitting down as they leaned against a tree. They were panting and exhausted.

"That was close..." Tweek commented. "I seriously thought I was going to die...When Kyle shot me with that bolt, I felt like my life was just getting sucked right out of me..." He said, looking almost traumatized. Craig smiled and put a hand on his shoulder.

"But we made it." Tweek smiled at him and nodded.

"Yeah...we did." The barbarian boy agreed. Craig leaned back against the tree and exhaled deeply.