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As Ganondorf began walking towards the downed princess, two figures suddenly rolled out from behind her and positioned themselves in a defensive stance, raising their weapons defiantly towards the oppressive Malice coming their way. A desperate act of defiance toward the crippling struggles that lead up to this moment.
It was them.
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Shovel Knight and the Drifter stood before Ganon, placing themselves between him and Zelda and raising their Ancient weaponry towards him.
"You have plagued these lands long enough, fiend. It is about time that we bury you for good!"
Shovel Knight's roar pierced the encroaching darkness of Ganondorf's form. How such a little, angry knight could ever hope to topple the Lord of Darkness himself was a question that could only be answered in this battle. However, there wasn't any question of his motives - no lingering doubts, or sorrows or debts to be payed. No regrets or despair that could ever pierce that stalwart heart that could dig to the ends of the Earth to find the one thing that gives him purpose in life. Somehow, this battle would come to mirror Shovel Knight's future conflict with the Enchantress, in the depths of the Tower of Fate. That part alone lead to a single conclusion for the knight;
This was only the beginning of his struggles. To die now is to collapse before he's even scaled the mountain.
The dig ahead can only be worse. It'll take a shovel of hope to dig through this pile. . .for this is only the first.
"I-I. . .NO! MANY WILL FALL, BUT NOT THIS ONE! NOT TODAY! STRIKE THE EARTH FOR SHOVELRY!" Shovel Knight suddenly cried as he unearthed a newfound resolve within himself; the will to survive, for the sake of the future.
". . ."
The Drifter's eerie silence was the complete anathema to Shovel Knight's courageous battle cry. In his world of corrupted thoughts and failing organs, there was no future for him. He'd thought about it ever since he reunited with Efi; even if she had all the technology in the world to fix his crumbling heart, it wouldn't do a thing to cure the thoughts that afflicted his mind. It was like a unbreakable cloud that suffocated his head, and constantly took shape to remind him that his life is rapidly running short. A neverending battle that he cannot win.
But there's one thing that would happen if his life was cut short today; the hearts and minds of everyone else who bothered to care for a lonely vagabond would be shattered. There are only a handful of people who could bothere to show kindness to a stranger in such a hostile, cynical world built off the ruins of a wasted civilization. Those people are long dead now, and they died ensuring that a random, sickly stranger would carry on their legacy.
Shovel Knight. Efi. Everyone on this calamity of a trip.
They gave this Drifter a taste of a life he's rapidly losing. The only thing they ask in return is survival.
And that will to survive, for the sake of the others. . .prompted the Drifter to point his Ancient Short Sword in Ganondorf's direction.
*cough**cough**cough*
. . .*inhale*
"Not this one. Not today."
All of it happened in the span of a second; Shovel Knight and Drifter exchanged a quick glance, and they were already moving by the time they looked back at Ganondorf.
"COUNTER-ATTACK!"
Shovel Knight suddenly bounced from the floor with righteous fury, hopping up on his comrade's head and bouncing off of it to meet Ganondorf at eye-level. With a speed that even the Dark Lord couldn't react to, Shovel Knight heaved the Ancient Buzzsaw around and turned himself into a human projectile sawblade, aiming to cleave into his eyes.
Meanwhile, the Drifter broke into a sprint immediately after Shovel Knight bounced off of him, dropping down into a slide and cracking off a Shock Arrow into Ganon's thighs in one sleek movement. As he slipped past the Dark Lord, the Drifter reaped his Ancient Short Sword across the foe's legs.
One in the eyes, one in the leg, as it were. They moved as one unit, and if their combination attack went off without a hitch, Shovel Knight would land behind Ganondorf and shout "LADY ZELDA, RUN!"
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It was them.
View attachment 3160
Shovel Knight and the Drifter stood before Ganon, placing themselves between him and Zelda and raising their Ancient weaponry towards him.
"You have plagued these lands long enough, fiend. It is about time that we bury you for good!"
Shovel Knight's roar pierced the encroaching darkness of Ganondorf's form. How such a little, angry knight could ever hope to topple the Lord of Darkness himself was a question that could only be answered in this battle. However, there wasn't any question of his motives - no lingering doubts, or sorrows or debts to be payed. No regrets or despair that could ever pierce that stalwart heart that could dig to the ends of the Earth to find the one thing that gives him purpose in life. Somehow, this battle would come to mirror Shovel Knight's future conflict with the Enchantress, in the depths of the Tower of Fate. That part alone lead to a single conclusion for the knight;
This was only the beginning of his struggles. To die now is to collapse before he's even scaled the mountain.
The dig ahead can only be worse. It'll take a shovel of hope to dig through this pile. . .for this is only the first.
"I-I. . .NO! MANY WILL FALL, BUT NOT THIS ONE! NOT TODAY! STRIKE THE EARTH FOR SHOVELRY!" Shovel Knight suddenly cried as he unearthed a newfound resolve within himself; the will to survive, for the sake of the future.
". . ."
The Drifter's eerie silence was the complete anathema to Shovel Knight's courageous battle cry. In his world of corrupted thoughts and failing organs, there was no future for him. He'd thought about it ever since he reunited with Efi; even if she had all the technology in the world to fix his crumbling heart, it wouldn't do a thing to cure the thoughts that afflicted his mind. It was like a unbreakable cloud that suffocated his head, and constantly took shape to remind him that his life is rapidly running short. A neverending battle that he cannot win.
But there's one thing that would happen if his life was cut short today; the hearts and minds of everyone else who bothered to care for a lonely vagabond would be shattered. There are only a handful of people who could bothere to show kindness to a stranger in such a hostile, cynical world built off the ruins of a wasted civilization. Those people are long dead now, and they died ensuring that a random, sickly stranger would carry on their legacy.
Shovel Knight. Efi. Everyone on this calamity of a trip.
They gave this Drifter a taste of a life he's rapidly losing. The only thing they ask in return is survival.
And that will to survive, for the sake of the others. . .prompted the Drifter to point his Ancient Short Sword in Ganondorf's direction.
*cough**cough**cough*
. . .*inhale*
"Not this one. Not today."
All of it happened in the span of a second; Shovel Knight and Drifter exchanged a quick glance, and they were already moving by the time they looked back at Ganondorf.
"COUNTER-ATTACK!"
Shovel Knight suddenly bounced from the floor with righteous fury, hopping up on his comrade's head and bouncing off of it to meet Ganondorf at eye-level. With a speed that even the Dark Lord couldn't react to, Shovel Knight heaved the Ancient Buzzsaw around and turned himself into a human projectile sawblade, aiming to cleave into his eyes.
Meanwhile, the Drifter broke into a sprint immediately after Shovel Knight bounced off of him, dropping down into a slide and cracking off a Shock Arrow into Ganon's thighs in one sleek movement. As he slipped past the Dark Lord, the Drifter reaped his Ancient Short Sword across the foe's legs.
One in the eyes, one in the leg, as it were. They moved as one unit, and if their combination attack went off without a hitch, Shovel Knight would land behind Ganondorf and shout "LADY ZELDA, RUN!"
@Josh @Yun Lee @Crow @Kaykay @Takumi @MelodyMeister @Lucky @Siege @York @Ver
