5 chapter 5:Duel

The fear among the Vikings slowly subdued as they noticed Night rider's figure. He was quite thin and small compared to an average Viking. He would be hardly 6ft 2inch tall. He was wearing a black leather armour with a hooded cloak. The texture of the cloak resembled the scales of a Nightfury. He was wearing a masked helmet with the hood pulled over his head. A staff was strapped on his back.

(A/N:- The armour of Night rider looks like Hiccup's armour from HTTYD 2, but it's completely black in colour and the helmet is same as shown in HTTYD 2 but it doesn't have the spikes.)

Who are you?" The man asked in a deep voice. Stoick stepped forward and said,"I am Stoick 'The Vast' Haddock! Chief of the Hairy hooligan tribe!" The Vikings felt more confident as their fear vanished when they saw their chief standing up against the Night rider.

I suppose you are Night rider." Stoick scoffed. "Yes I am." Night rider said. "I have heard many stories about you." Stoick said as he looked at the dragon rider and continued "But now it feels like those were just stories." The Vikings laughed at this. Snotlout, Tuffnut and Ruffnut were the loudest.

The dragons were clearly not amused at this. The were about to attack but Night rider stopped them with a hand gesture. "Now that we are done with introduction, I would like you to leave my island." He said. "We don't take orders from you!" Snotlout spat as he stepped forward.

The dragons growled but Night rider stopped them again. "I will not ask again. LEAVE!" Night rider said as the Nightfury roared. "Stoick, it 'ight be a wise choice. I mean look at 'im he got a entire battalion of dragons." Gobber told his friend, but Stoick wasn't having any of it.

We are Vikings! We have faced things worse than a twig and a group of dragons! We aren't afraid of you!" Stoick proclaimed. Behind him the Vikings cheered in agreement. Night rider pulled out his staff and got into a battle stance along with the dragons.

The Vikings got nervous at this and gripped their weapons tighter. "Look, I don't like blood shed." Night rider said as he put off of his stance and struck the ground with his staff. The staf stood tall as it's one end was buried in the ground as Night rider walked a few steps away from it.

The dragons also put off their stance and they backed away, even the Nightfury. "So why not we get done with this with as less bloodshed as possible." Night rider said and continued "I see you have some very strong warriors among yourselves." He gestured at the Vikings and continued "I challenge your men in a duel, send your best warriors, as many as you want, you may use whatever weapon you wish. If any of your men manages to defeat me I will leave this island with my dragons. But if you lose, you will leave this island and never come back."

The Vikings gasped and whispered among themselves as they heard the proclamation of Night rider. Stoick was shocked to see that a weakling like him is challenging them for a duel. "Huh! A weakling like you are challenging us for a Duel?" Stoick scoffed and continued "You might end up using one of your dragons." "Don't worry about that. The dragons won't interfere in the duel. You have my words." Night rider said and the dragons, including the Nightfury, backed away more, leaving a lot of ground for the Vikings and Night rider to fight.

"Someone like you, will be trying to fight us Vikings? I can defeat you in less than a moment." Snotlout said. Night rider crossed his arms behind his back and said,"Many said that to me before."

"Do we have a deal?" Stoick suddenly asked. "Stoick. What are ya doing?" Gobber asked him but Stoick ignored Gobber and asked again "Do we have a deal?" "Yes." Night rider calmly said.

Stoick are ya out yar Odin forsaken mind!?" Gobber nearly yelled. "Gobber think about this. This island is big and resourceful. We can build a new Berk here, and for that we only have to defeat him." Stoick told his friend. "But he is Night rider!" Gobber nearly yelled "Haven't you heard all the stories of what he can do?" Stoick sighed and said,"Gobber look at the situation. He is just a twig against a whole group of big strong Vikings. The odds are in our favour now." "Stoick this can be a mistake." Gobber warned. "I don't have time for this Gobber." Stoick said and walked away from his friend.

"Snotlout. You will go first." Stoick ordered his nephew. Snotlout grinned at that. "Just watch babe. I am beat this so called Dragon lord so hard, that he will beg me for mercy." Snotlout told Astrid, to the much annoyance of Astrid, and charged at the dragon rider with his mace.

Night rider calmly stood there as he saw his opponent coming closer to him. Snotlout swung his mace at Night rider as he got close enough. But to his surprise Night rider caught the mace in mid way with his right hand. Before Snotlout could even react Night rider struck Snotlout's wrist with his left hand, forcing Snotlout to let go of the mace. Night rider quickly threw the mace away and jabbed Snotlout across his face with his right hand. Before Snotlout could recover from the first hit he got jabbed in the chest by the Night rider. Night rider then threw a right hook at him, which hit Snotlout in the face. Then Night rider threw an upper cut with his left arm at Snotlout. As he got hit in the jaw again, Snotlout stumbled backwards and fell on his back.

"Anyone else?" Night rider asked as he looked at the Vikings. Stoick was shocked to see a weakling like him defeat Snotlout. But then Snotlout wasn't much good fighter anyway. "Ruffnut, Tuffnut!" Stoick proclaimed. The Viking twins charged at Night rider without any hesitation. Night rider calmly walked towards them. When they got close enough Ruffnut tried to attack him. But to her surprise Night rider did a spinning hook kick, which hit her in her stomach. Ruffnut got thrown back on the ground because of the impact, where she curled into a ball to cope with the pain.

Tuffnut saw his sister falling and then charged at Night rider with rage. He tried to stab Night rider with his spear, but Night rider stepped aside and caught it with his left hand. He then curled his right hand's fingers into a claw and struck Tuffnut across his face.

Tuffnut fell on the ground with three bleeding scratches on his left cheek. He looked up only to see Night rider standing over him. He slammed his foot down on Tuffnut's face and knocked him out.

Saying Stoick was shocked is an understatement. Tuffnut and Ruffnut were one of their best. Seeing them getting beaten by Night rider was really shocking.

A Viking charged at Night rider with his axe. Night rider walked towards that Viking. Even though he was calm and relaxed they could notice the aggressiveness in Night rider's movements. The Viking swung his axe on him, but Night rider stepped aside and dodged it. He interlocked his hands and swung it at the Viking. The Viking got hit in the face and dropped on his back. Before he could even get up Night rider crouched on him and punched his face several times, knocking him out.

He then got up and walked towards the group as two more Vikings ran towards him. Night rider ran towards them too and rammed into the Viking closer to him, and to others shock and amazement he picked up that guy in the air and threw him behind his back. He then dodged the other Viking's attack and punched him in the face. He then kicked that guy behind his knee, making him drop on his knee. Then punched that guy in his face, dropping him on the ground.

"That's all you got!? I can do this all day!" Night rider proclaimed. Stoick had enough of all this. This time he himself went to fight Night rider. He threw punch at Night rider, which he dodged. Night rider punched him in the stomach. Stoick was taken aback by his strong that punch was. It felt like a dragon had hit him. "This guy is stronger than I thought." Stoick thought.

Night rider tried to punch him again but Stoick caught his arm. Stoick didn't waisted another moment and quickly grabbed Night rider's throat with his other hand and picked him up and slammed him on the ground. Night rider gave a muffled Yelp and punched his nose, followed with a punch in the jaw. Both of the attacks were enough to weaken Stoick. Night rider finally push Kicked Stoick, throwing him of from himself.

Night rider got back on his feet along with Stoick. He charged at Stoick and threw a punch at him. Stoick dodged it and punched him in his face. Night rider stumbled a bit but managed to stay on his feet. Stoick proceeded to slam his fist on Him but Night rider rider blocked it with his arms. He then quickly punched Stoick in his throat.

Stoick stumbled back in pain. Infront of him Night rider had taken a battle stance. Stoick pulled out his axe and charged at his opponent. He swung his axe at the Night rider. Night rider managed to dodge it, but the he wasn't fast enough. The axe cut through his armour, leaving a long, bleeding cut on Night rider's side.

That wound would have made anyone crying in pain,but Night rider held it in. The dragons seemed concerned and they were going to do something, but a light growl from the Nightfury stopped them. Stoick picked up Night rider by his throat and threw him away. Night rider dropped close to his staff. He slowly stood up and noticed it. He quickly reached for it and picked it up. He turned around to face Stoick. His previous opponents were already concious again and they went back to the group as they saw Stoick himself fighting the Night rider.

"Give up! You can't win against me!" Stoick yelled. "Many said that before." Night rider cockily said and charged at Stoick. Stoick tried to hit him with his axe again but Night rider blocked it with his staff. He then pulled his staff, making Stoick lose his grip on the axe, which was interlocked with the staff. The axe fell on the ground as Night rider hit Stoick in his face with the staff.

He pocked Stoick, just bellow his chest with one end of his staff and then hit him in the face again. Stoick stumbled back at this assault. Night rider grabbed the middle of his staff with both hands and twisted it. The staff divided in two batons as Night rider got in a battle stance. Before Stoick could think Night rider attacked him, hitting multiple weak points and pressure points on his body with his batons. Stoick dropped on the ground in pain. He tried to get up, but Night rider kicked him in the face, dropping him on the ground.

The Vikings gasped as they saw the once thought weakling defeating their chief. "Anyone else wants to try?!" Night rider proclaimed. No one dared to raise their voice as they have now seen what The Night rider can do. Some of them were even shivering at the thought of fighting him.

"Huh! Thought so." Night rider said. He then flipped Stoick over, so Stoick was lying on his back. He pointed his baton at Stoick and said,"Now listen to me chief Stoick, I have defeated you and many of your warriors. And none of your men wants to fight. So I would like you to complete promise and leave my island." The coldness in those words were enough to convince Stoick not to try any moves. He tried to get up and was surprised when Night rider offered him a hand.

Stoick hesitantly took it and he helped Stoick to get up. Stoick slowly walked away from him as he felt some kind of familiarity from this man. No one protested as Stoick gathered his men and left with them on the ship.