User blog:TheKillerMojo/The Order of The Monster Hunters 2

Chapter Two: Battle for Chastity
Ivic stood silently upon the top of a grassy hill. Next to him was Boris and a few of the other division commanders that would be participating and coordinating the Monster Hunters in their battle against the incoming monsters. He looked down below as he watched clusters of various monster hunter soldiers in ther respected formations and marching out to await further orders. He turned around and walked by each commander individually, he gazed into their eyes as they stiffen and felt immense pressure under his stare as if he was looking through their very soul. After looking through the last commander, he returned back to the point of where he stood to watch the troops.

He sighed. "How many soldiers do we have in total, separate by division units if you can."

One commander stepped forward, giving a salute to Ivic. "Sir, we have a total of one thousand soldiers accounted for. Over five hundred regular troopers account for the main force. Three-hundred soldiers belonging to the armored knight cavalry division are part of the fighting force and the remaining two-hundred soldiers account for members of the advance scout division sir."

"Thank you for the information, now, who can tell me what we're up against?"

The commander stepped back and another stepped forward, also giving a salute to Ivic. "Sir, the enemy forces consist of a plethora of combative type monsters. From our scouting reports, the lizard men make up for a majority of their forces but there are also especially large groups of ogres, minotaurs, and even salamanders. Scouts also say that there are also wurms present in the fighting force but there are only a few of them, at the least about a dozen or so, sir."

Boris eyes grew wide in shock. "How big of a monster force are we fighting here?!"

The commander swallowed down his saliva, hard. "F-From what the advance scouting reports say, o-over a-at least two thousand monsters sir..."

"What?!" Boris screamed, grabbing the commander in the air that his legs were dangling. "How the bloody hell did a force like this go unnoticed?!"

"I-I DON'T KNOW SIR! ALL THE REPORTS SAY THAT THEY JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE! WE DON't KNOW HOW OR WHEN THEY GOT HERE!"

"WHY THAT'S SOME KIND OF BULL-"

Ivic placed his hand on Boris' shoulder. "Boris, let the man down, I am sure he is not the one who brought them here. So let us calm down here and think of a plan to survive through this together."

Boris had his nostrils flaring, but in a moment his breathing became much more calm and he let the man go. The commander fell on his ass and quickly ran back with the other commanders who were now fearing the two heroes standing before them. Boris was walking back and forth in a line, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth. Ivic was the complete opposite of him, he seemed calm and collected and just stood looking on towards the troops who were just now awaiting their orders.

Boris smashed his hand against a tree, almost ripping it from its roots. "Damn it, just where the hell did those monsters come from? And how the hell did they know we were stationed here? Did someone betray us and left us to be mere slaves to them?!"

Ivic stood still, seemingly unfazed by the situation. "I don't know how they knew we were here or how they managed to come here undetected in such a large force. What I do know, however, is that we must fight over two thousand violent monsters who are on husband hunt and will not stop until they get a man in their clutches. And we must make sure that it doesn't happen, as best as we can."

Boris spat at the words. "As best as we can? There are over two thousand power house monsters coming for us, not to mention that they have a group of dragons that can destroy boulders whenever they damn well please!"

Ivic started to laugh, making Boris confuse at his actions. "What in the bloody hell is so funny to you, Ivic?"

He managed to calm down a bit but he still was chuckling, which only serve to fuel Boris' own frustration. "Oh, it's just that, here you are being negative but yet you told me that I would taste your axe if I was the one being negative. Besides, weren't you the one who always loved a good fight?"

Boris rolled his eyes at Ivic incredulously. "Besides your fantastic humor, I do love a good fight but not a one sided slaughter Ivic! This ain't a laughing matter! With our numbers, I'm gonna be surprised if they don't gang rape every man in the army we have here. Even a few a harems here and there for our men!"

Ivic chuckled. "And here you are making question of 'how many harems will there be?' but remember that we have church, faith, and courage on our side on this battle and every one after it."

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Ivic stood silently on the wide grassy plain, looking out into the expansive horizon where the monsters were supposed to come from. Behind him stood one-thousand soldiers, preparing themselves for the inevitable battle that is to come. The first division that was behind him was the regular trooper division, consisting of different companies of either spearmen or swordsmen armed with shields. These men were the main backbone of the Monster Hunter army as they took upon the brunt force of all the enemy’s might.

Behind them were men donning heavy suits of steel and iron, wielding both iron shields and long lances tipped with demon silver while riding large horses that were made for war. They were the armored knights division, feared by their enemies but revered by their allies, they charge toward battle with zealous fervor and unyielding courage. A single man of the armored division can ignite the fires and hearts of a group soldiers who have lost hope in battle for they are the icon of not only chivalry and battle but legendary knighthood as well.

Finally behind them were the renowned warriors of the advance scouting division. These shrewd rogues are the archers, hunters, and pathfinders of the Monster Hunters. Rather than fighting in an open field, they prefer using cunning tactics and subterfuge to bring the enemy to their knees. That doesn’t mean that they are frail, far from it, woe to the fool that underestimates the fighting ability of an advance scout since for them, the unseen blade is the deadliest to any living being.

Ivic looked upon the rows and formations of them men who emplaced their trust and lives to him. He smiled at their unwavering faith and devotion to humanity, and looked back onto the horizon waiting for the horde to come for them. Boris was also standing next to him with a slightly angered look on his face. “So when will they come Ivic?”

“The advance scouts say that they should be here any minute now but I sent some other scouts to make sure our guess was right before the battle starts.”

Boris snorted. “Never mind that though, is your plan going to work as you think it is?”

Ivic chuckled. “Only one can hope it so but I have no intention to just leave this battle all up to hopes and faith alone.”

Suddenly, two men wearing large black cloaks with metallic mask riding horses came riding from the horizon. They came charging down to Ivic and immediately stopped their horses when they reached him. “Sir, the enemy is coming any second now but their having the wurms charge through our forces first though.”

“Do not worry soldier, they will be dealt with but go back with the other divisions and await for battle.”

The two scouts gave a salute to Ivic. “Yes sir!”

The two then sped back to the army behind Boris and Ivic. After they left, the ground began to rumble beneath the feet of The Order soldiers. Soon, swarms of monster girls could be seen on the horizon. There were extremely large amounts of monsters gathered from simple lizard men to the ferocious wurms. They stopped only a few hundred meters away from the Monster Hunters but such a short distance could be easily covered within a minute with their physical strength and stamina.

Every single monster looked over the troops with hungry looking eyes as if they were picking out their meals. Some of them were licking their lips while others grinned deviously at the mere thoughts of what they would do to the men after they captured them. On the other side, the Monster Hunters remained unfazed and gave no fear to the monsters that outnumbered them by two to one.

Ivic and Boris stood waiting, watching on what the opposition would do. Boris carried his axe over his shoulder, grinning at the monsters before him. “I have to say, this is going to be one hell of a fight. We sure got the lucky pick for today, eh Ivic?”

Ivic unsheathed his sword. “Well you are certainly right, but let us get this battle underway.”

Ivic faced the rest of the army, they stood impassively as the time passed by slowly to them. Ivic raised his word high in the air, now gaining the attention of every single Order soldier present. “Men, today we stand against the dark forces of the monsters that seek to bring ruin and calamity to our race. I know that they may seem alluring and tempting with their charms and looks but remember well that we are losing a war that we cannot continue for generations to come and that we must end that war soon.”

They were many murmurs and whispers throughout the parts of the army, but Ivic paid no attention to it. “Their intentions may be well and that they seek only to pleasure every man here, willingly or not. However, I won’t go to that dark depth of hedonism, no matter how well they can give stress release to a man after coming home from work!”

Laughing was heard all around the army, Boris was notably louder in his laughter but it all soon died down and Ivic resumed to continue his speech. “We are here today to lead the charge against those that would seek to bring ourselves down into the pits of pleasure. To disregard our morals and livelihood so that we may become mere sex puppets to them. Well I say that I won’t go down to that, for I wish to remain a human man! A free human man!”

Cheering and roars echoed throughout the battlefield as the soldiers raised their spirits at the words of the hero that stood before them. Ivic turned around and pointed his sword towards the monsters that were surprised at the determination of the men before them. “Protectors of humanity, my fellow warriors, let us charge forth and claim victory!”

The thousand of voices made some of the monsters shiver as they saw the determination and fires of courage lit brightly in their eyes. Every soldier readied themselves, strengthening their resolve and gripping their weapons tightly as their eyes were deadlocked with the monsters.

There was an eerie silent, no one made a single move or sound. The tension became more and more present as the time passed. It was then a loud chorus of roars and shouting from the monsters that they had started their charge. The wurms were the first ones to initiate the attack, the other monsters soon followed behind shortly after. Ivic glanced back at his army, and raised his sword high in the air. “Men of The Order, begin the attack!”

The armored knights began to spew forth through the army, the earth rumbling as the hooves of war horses thundered throughout the plain. Only a few dozens of knights with their trusted horses charged against the opposing monsters in front of them. The wurms licked their lips as they saw their meal charge at them, opening their arms to embrace their new found lovers. Just before the two forces clashed, the knights had narrowly dodged the grasps of the earth dragons and began to charge against the monster army behind the wurms. The wurms were confused but chased after them, fully intent on making the knights their husbands, willingly or not.

The other monsters saw the knights running towards them and prepared their weapons. The minotaurs wildly swinged their great axes but were too slow to actually even come close to the knights. The ogres tried the same tactic of grabbing the knights but the horses were too fast for them to get close enough. The lizard men and salamanders tried to cut them down with swift strikes but all attempts of cutting down the knights were for naught as the soldiers nimbly dodged every strike.

For every change of direction the knights made, the wurms followed behind them in hot pursuit. Each of them becoming agitated and sexually frustrated by the minute as they moved faster and faster in an attempt to catch them. As they became more focused on the knights, they did not even realize that they were smashing through scores of their own comrades. They ran over and knocked aside any monster girl that happened to get in the way of their husband hunting, even the ogres and minotaurs could not withstand their draconic strength that dwarfed theirs and were tossed aside like crumpled paper.

The horde was falling into chaos very quickly, as monsters started to care for running away from the chaotic wurms than getting suitable male companions. On the other side of the battlefield, cheers of joy and pride were heard all around. Boris slapped his hand behind Ivic’s back while laughing loudly. “Well I’ll be damned, your plan is starting to work out! With those wurms chasing the bait, they’re doing the job of taking the monsters down for us!”

Ivic smiled weakly. “Yes, but the battle isn’t over yet. We still have hundreds of monsters still awake and angry now and the wurms as well.”

“Well what do we do now?”

“We get the archers to take care of the wurms, then we start the clean-up.”

Immediately, one-hundred advanced scouts ran up to the front of the army in position rows of only three. They were armed with wooden bows and demon silver tipped arrows in their quivers. Ivic looked out to the battle ahead and saw the knights he chosen as bait were coming back, with dozens of wurms in tow. Ivic pointed his sword towards the wurms chasing after the knights. “Ready your arrows and make your aim precise as possible. You must aim for the vulnerable part of their head to take these monsters down before they destroy our forces!”

The scouts placed their arrows on their bows and pulled the string back and took aim. They waited silently as the knights approached with the wurms right behind them. The knights were approaching fast and the wurms were starting to get dangerously getting close to the Order forces. Ivic pointed his sword quickly at the wurms. “Fire your arrows, now!”

A hundred arrows were released into the sky, overshadowing the knights and the wurms. The knights looked towards the sky and raised their shields over their heads. The pursuing earth dragons paid no attention to the arrows raining from the sky and continued their chase. In one moment later, dozens of wurms fell unconsciously fell down to the battlefield as arrows were protruding on the tops of their heads while the knights and their mounts were relatively unscathed from the arrow shower. The knights that had return from their daring run were greeted with praise and admiration by all the soldiers as they passed through the army.

Ivic laughed while Boris smiled so widely that all his teeth were showing. The morale of the soldiers were at an all time high and Ivic noticed it quickly and pointed his sword towards the monsters once more. “All soldiers, charge forth! To victory!”

A war cry of every single soldier in the army could be heard for miles out. They all charged forth while in uproar. The monsters that were still awake noticed the charge and began their charge as well. The Monster Hunters were still outnumbered by a few hundred more but they did not care as every single individual ran with their might.

The two forces met in battle fury with the sound of demon silver smashing against one another. The first to hit the waves of monsters were the Order spearmen with their spears jutting out and creating a wall of sharp pain. Many monsters had fallen to them once their spears found their mark but they were then overran as more monsters came to replace their fallen comrades. The swordsmen came next to support their spear brethren, their charge ensuing to an all out melee with the monsters. The minotaurs sent many men flying with their ferocious swings while the ogres simply did what they did best, beating down a man and moving on to the next one. The lizard men and salamanders clashed weapons with the Order troopers as their blood lust and arousal grew as they fought with the men of the Order.

The armored knights of the Monster Hunters began their counter charge through the flanks of the enemy, stabbing their enemies with demon silver tipped lances. Every thrust of their weapon into the gut of a monster had effectively knocked them out and unconscious. Their shock tactics had little effectiveness against the single minded focus of the monsters though. The advance scours stayed at the back of the fighting, each scout taking careful aim with their bows and releasing their arrows that soon found their mark. The fighting was fierce and the screams and curses were becoming bombastic with the battle raging on as both sides tried to put the other at their mercy with their demon silver weapons.

Boris was having a swell time however, smashing aside lizard men and salamanders with his axe while laughing like a raving mad man. Many ogres and minotaurs also stood in his path but they proved little challenge to the giant axe wielding hero. A mixed group of minotaurs and ogres tried to smash him down but they were sent flying away as Boris spun his axe around in a violent whirlwind of demon silver. More challengers came at him, and the more he relished the fights and wins during the battle.

"For the Order!"

The surrounding soldiers shout out into a tremendous war cry as they rallied around Boris and Ivic and fought with all their might against the monsters. Slowly but surely, the remaining monsters were being diminished as the forces of The Order pushed back against the monster horde. It was not an easy task however, for every few monsters that they put down, a man would be attacked and ravaged by a monster right on the battlefield.

Ivic swiftly ducked under the swing of a massive great axe from a wild minotaur. Ivic quickly ran his blade through the stomach of the monster in one strike and the monster fell from where she stood. He had no time for reprieve as a salamander quickly tried to slice Ivic down. He rolled away from the surprise attack and began his counter-attack. The salamander's tail lit brightly in flame and her eyes had a hint of lust as she charged at Ivic.

The two clashed their blades against one another and stood at a standoff. Neither waned or grimaced as they pushed at each others swords with all their might as they tested their strengths against one another. The salamander smiled widely at Ivic but he remained impassive during the struggle. I must end this now before she becomes more attached than necessary.

Gripping the handle of his sword tightly, he pushed away the salamander's sword and promptly kicked her straight in the stomach. She stumbled a few feet back, clutching her stomach while wincing in pain. She narrowed her eyes at Ivic in anger and tried to charge at him once more but the moment she did, he had instantly came up in front of her. Her eyes grew wide in shock but within three rapid strikes of Ivic's sword, she fell unconscious upon the battlefield.

He looked closely at her face as she laid disheveled on the grass, but the pause was only momentarily when another salamander appeared behind him. With great ferocity, she raised her sword in the air and swung it down onto Ivic who barely dodged the weapon in time. He looked at the newcomer with an annoyed glare and began his charge. Lets just get this over with. He began his battle with the salamnder, surrounded by the both men and monster deadlocked in mortal combat.

The sun began to slowly rise from the horizon, signalling that the dawn had come and a new day was beginning. Strewn about on the wide grass plain were monsters laying unconscious, sleeping peacefully as even the sun came up. On the other hand, the monster hunters joyfully celebrated their victory with cheers and jeers all around. Men of all age and background laughed and cried with another as they have all were washed over with a wave of relief from the battle that they had valiantly fought. Their victory was soon short lived as officers began to bark out their orders and relay messages from one to another. Soon, every monster hunter was preoccupied on their given tasks and jobs, bringing a sense of calm and peace to the minds of the troopers.

Meanwhile, Boris and Ivic were sitting under the shadow of the tree on a small hill. They were relaxing in bliss as they watched the sun rise and the soldiers smiling and socializing with one another despite what they all had just gone through. Boris pulled out his flask of alcohol and drunk it down with streams of it running down his beard.

"Ah, nothing like some good wine to unload the burdens of a fighting man."

Ivic placed his hands behind his helmet and sank lower to the ground. "Since when did you, a man of barbarianism, drank wine?"

"Ain't nothing that says I can't enjoy the finer things in life like the nobles and other rich pansies do."

"And right you are my friend."

Immediately, Ivic heard leaves moving from the top of the tree. He instinctively reached for his sword but stopped before he could even grasp the handle. He sighed as he stood up and angrily looked at the tree top. Boris gave a confused look at the Ivic's actions. "Uh, what are you doing Ivic? Squirrel dropped a nut on your helmet?"

Ivic narrowed his eyes at the leaves, as if he was carefully observing any hint of movement within the clusters of leaves. "No, this isn't just your average squirrel..."

Boris rolled his eyes. "Then what the hell is it then?"

As if to answer his question, A shadowy figure landed right next to Boris who screamed loudly that made Ivic covered the sides of helmet. As Boris' scream died down, Ivic looked at the all too familar dark man who just emerged from the trees. It was his comrade in arms, Jiro, the captain of the advance scout divison.

Jiro was an odd individual in Ivic’s view. A man from Zipangu, he was supposedly an outcast ninja, abandoned by his fellow comrades for his failures. That was supposedly the reason he told both the grandmaster and the many superior officers present when he first came to them. The grandmaster didn't pry him any further and quickly accepted him, much to the reluctance and suspiciousness of the other captains.

Despite his mysteriousness and somewhat harsh personality, Ivic considered him as much as a friend as Boris and he proved himself worthy of being a monster hunter as he was capable and deadly. He wore the typical garb of a ninja, nothing but black attire except for a long and slender crimson red scarf that he wrapped around his mouth and extended down to his back. That was the only thing ever covering a part of his face as anyone could see the strange eyes he held. His were the color of a bright ruby, many called it beautiful or strange but Ivic never really cared much about it.

Currently, Boris was angrily shouting at Jiro. “Chief Goddess damn it Jiro! Can’t a man enjoy some peace and not be interrupted by a damn ninja?!”

Jiro stood still, he looked as if he wasn't fazed by Boris’s yelling. “I came as soon as best as I could, there is no need to shout over such trivial matters.”

“Trivial matters? Who the hell just comes down from a tree just out of nowhere!”

“The unseen ninja, is the deadliest.”

"To hell with your unseen crap, anyway, when did you get here?"

He gave only a single glance to Boris before letting his eyes rest on Ivic. "I just came back from my scouting mission, I had to do some reconnaissance to see what we were going up against. My apologizes for arriving so late though, I had happen to run into a minor bump as a came along to get here."

Ivic narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "A minor bump as you came along here? And what would that be, Jiro?"

Jiro grabbed a small scroll from behind his back and gently tossed it at Ivic who caught. Ivic looked at the piece of parchment in confusion.

"That scroll you have in your hands were orders being relayed to the demon army, apparently, they were news of the arrival of a contingent of monsters that would aid the Royal Demon Army that is currently combating the forces of The Order as we speak. However, from what I've heard from the soldiers when I got here, I'm going to guess that you all just happened to fight the contingent of warriors that were sent to aid the Royal Demon Army."

Ivic carefully opened the scroll and began to read. He looked at the contents of the scroll with much interest as he progressed. As he finished reading, he handed the scroll back to Jiro who put the parchment away.

Ivic looked out into the battlefield, his head filled with countless amounts of thoughts as to what to do next. If what Jiro said was true, then surely the Royal Demon Army will be wondering where their reinforcements are at. A contingent consisting of violent, fierce monsters simply gone missing will bring much attention to the monster hunters by the higher demons of the region.

Ivic audibly clicked his tongue out of great disdain. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Originally, the plan was to have the main forces of The Order to bring the majority of forces of the Royal Demon Army in the Demon Realm to fight them. As the majority of the Royal Demon Army fight them, the monster hunters would conduct a series of invasions on the many villages and towns that are within the Demon Realm.

As soon as they were done conquering, they would occupy the settlements and relay a message back to the invading force of The Order of their success. In turn, the main forces of The Order would send a contingent of their troops to occupy the settlements as the monster hunters marched out to support the fighting against the Royal Demon Army. All of this required the monsters not knowing there was another invading force until it was too late and they would be pushed back or utterly defeated.

That was the original plan, but now they would have to conquer the various villages and towns without the element of surprise. Ivic stood silent under the shade of the tree, thinking of what next move he would have to make in order to make the invasion a success.

A small tap on his shoulder interrupted him from his train of thought, he turned around and saw an officer standing at attention. “Uh, sir, we are ready to move out. We just need you to give the order to do so and also give the casualties their last rites?”

“Casualties, what do you mean by- oh wait, nevermind, thank you for the information. I shall be going soon; you may leave now.”

With a salute, the officer left the presence of the three captains who were standing idly by the tree. Jiro and Boris looked upon Ivic as he watched out over the forming masses of the monster hunters in silence.

Boris stepped forward, standing right next to Ivic. “So, before we leave this place, do you got a plan as to what we do now?”

Ivic nodded. “We still stick with the same plan, with any luck, we still might be able to catch the towns and villages off guard. That’s if there was no harpy or scout that warned them before we fought the monsters here.”

“Well then, what’s the first step we gonna take then?”

Ivic folded his arms. “The first village we that are going to go to will be north of here, it should be relatively easy to capture, but it depends on what opposition we face over there”

Jiro stood next to Ivic and handed him another scroll. “This is the map you asked me to make when I had to scout out the towns and villages along our route.”

Ivic felt pleased, grabbing the scroll and opening the map. There were an assortment of names that belonged to different villages and towns that varied in size placed all over the map. “Anything significant when you were scouting out these places?”

Jiro shook his head. “Nothing unusual from what I’ve seen. There are no high-level monsters that we have to worry about from, although, I cannot guarantee that we won’t come across one.”

Ivic examined the map some more, looking over the terrain drawn on the map. “What about the areas around them? Any groups of monsters like werewolves or orcs that may hinder us?”

Again, Jiro shook his head. “No such thing around the path we will be going. There are wild monsters prowling about in the forests and mountain bases but nothing we cannot handle with our little army.”

Satisfied with the map and report from Jiro, Ivic placed the map away behind him and looked over the troops who were ready to move out. He then noticed a smaller group of soldiers that were standing out in the front of the army. Ah, they must be the casualties then. He looked to his two companions that were also looking back at him.

The trio began walking down from the hill and shortly found themselves in the front of the army with the group of casualties with many individuals standing awkwardly in front of Ivic and his companions.

The individuals ranged from the simple monster hunter troopers to a few knights of the monster hunters. He looked at the group briefly and then towards the army of soldiers waiting in silence. Well, time to give them their last rites. With a deep exhale of his breath, he marched forward in between the army and the group of casualties and stopped.

“Men, today we have fought a great battle against the enemy of mankind. However, Such a victory requires a great amount of sacrifice and the brave soldiers who stand before you all was the toll for it.”

Ivic unsheathed his sword and held it down, soon after, the rest of the soldiers copied after him. Tears began to emerge from the eyes of the fallen that stood before Ivic, for they knew of what would come next. They stood together, heads held tall and their own pride swelling inside but no tears would be shed in the ceremony that was being held for them, an honorable one at that.

“These brave men gave their livelihood and their chastity so that no other innocent human being would ever have to, give praise to these soldiers who have answered the call to war and gave everything they had to ensure the survival and prosperity of humanity!”

The screaming cheers and jeers of hundreds of men echoed across the landscape. The fallen men were filled a sense of pride never felt before and each of them had a wide smile on their face that they just couldn’t contain. Finally, the tears streamed down their cheeks, some were rubbing their eyes to wipe away the streams. Others were even bawling and hugging one another and soon, every man in the army started to cry, cheer, and even hug one another.

Ivic held a look of happiness as he heard and saw the soldiers all around him but felt a little sad on the inside. He would have to leave good men behind but such is the way that they must do on behalf of their loyalties to the Order. With the ending of the ceremony and the fallen given their last rites, the remaining army of monster hunters march onward on their path to war.

The fallen soldiers of the monster hunters, on the other hand, remained as they stood and waited patiently for the new life that awaited them. All of them held a tinge of regret and sadness, for they could not go on and enjoy the life that once held. But that is all in the past now as many of them will face their new life head on. Their minds and hearts, however, will not forget the memories they had all shared with the monster hunters.