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The Infection of Malice

Summary:

The Princess of Hyrule has finally succeeded in assembling the full and complete Triforce. With it's vast unending power, she heavily damages Ganon's body and banishes him away from the Land of Hyrule. However, in using this divine power she has accidentally doomed another world. For after being banished, Ganon finds himself lost in the outer edges of the Ylissean countryside. Although greatly weakened after being struck by the Golden Light of the Triforce, Ganon is still a grave threat to this new world.

Ganon now plots to spread his Malice and conquer the world he finds himself in. He will regain all his lost power, and once he dose he will seek his revenge on the one who banished him.

All he needs is to find a Messiah of sorts, who will aid him in finding new followers in this world. Those who serve him will be baptized by Malice.

Can this new world ever hope to survive... The Infection of Malice

Notes:

Note that this story was first formulated years ago, as such it reflects Idea's, Theory's, and general story beats of idea's that come from all the way back in 2017.

Note that in order to preserve the story as best as possible, I am making as few changes as I possibly can. Everything important should remain the same all the way up through chapter 21, which was the last chapter before this little reboot.

This first Chapter is just the opening of the story, so please note that things will take a massive turn in mood and tone in just a few chapters. Be warned that this story will get a little dark starting at chapter 3, and then it will get even darker in chapter 4. Just be warned that the first 2 chapters establish a mood and are not entirely representative of the whole story.

I am an amateur author, so please forgive me if this work of fiction isn't quite up to the level of quality that other works on this site achieve.

I really do hope you enjoy this story.

Chapter 1: Chapter 1, The Infection of Malice

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The sun shined a late-afternoon light upon the corpses of a thousand men and Monsters scattered across a scarred battle field. At one end of the battle field stood an Army of Monsters and the red clad ninja Tribe known as the Yiga Clan. The Monster army was commanded by a giant man-boar whose body was comprised of glowing Purple-black globs of a sort of semi solid, semi liquid substance known as Malice. This giant Monster was the Master of Monsters, the King of Thieves, and The First Heretic, Ganon. On the other side of the battle filed stood the Hylian Army, which was comprised of many races including the Hylians; a race of men who have pointed ears. Zoras, a race of Mammalian-Fish men that could survive equally well on land and sea. The Gorons, a race of Rock Men that live on the tops of mountains as well as in deep complex caves. The Rito, a race of Bird Men that can soar across the sky. There were also some Wooden Constructs crafted by the late Deku Tree, Living Plant guardians that forever stood against evil and corruption. There were also a few Gerudo warrior women fighting on both sides of the battle, some Gerudo still adamantly swore loyalty to the dark king despite his current Monstrous incarnation.

Things were looking grim for the Forces of Hyrule. Although the current amount of casualties were rather equal on both sides of the opposing forces, the Monsters could easily be revived by an infusion of Malice while the Hyrulian forces were rather limited by their own mortality. However, the Hyrulian Army’s morale was soon replenished as their leader suddenly made an appearance. In a great flash of golden light Princess Zelda soon stood in front of the Hyrulian Army, yes in front of and in between her forces and that of the Monsters. Princess Zelda had just arrived to the battle immediately after acquiring the one artifact that could turn the tide of this battle, The Triforce.

The Triforce was an ancient item of immense power that was left behind by the Golden Goddesses after they had created the world. It was an item that represented their power as a reminder to the world of their presence and it was originally entrusted to be guarded by the Goddess Hylia, Divine Ancestor of the Royal Family. The Triforce is normally split into 3 pieces of Power, Courage, and Wisdom. Even when split the pieces still hold an incredible amount of divine power that any man would covet, but when the three pieces are brought together and the full Triforce is assembled then its holder will be granted any and all desires they may have and they will hold the ability to reshape the world itself. Over the eons of Hyrules existence many devastating wars were waged by those who coveted the Divine abilities of the Triforce, as the wars were fought, the Triforce exchanged hands with many. Some would use its power for ill, and some used it fairly. However in more recent times the Triforce became lost to the world and no one knew of its location. So it came as quite a shock to both the Hyrulian army as well as the Monster army when Zelda suddenly appeared with it in her possession.

Zelda quickly made her way over to the vanguard knight that stood against the Monster Army; Link. Link was the reincarnated Hero of Hyrule, every generation the legendary hero’s spirit reincarnates into a new Hylian and a new incarnation of the Hero will fight for Hyrule again and again.

Currently Link was fighting against a large centaur shaped Lion man that was wielding a club nearly as large as link himself, this Monster was known as a Lynal; one of the most fearsome Monsters known across the land. The two vanguards charged against each other until suddenly a great golden light washed over the Lynal causing its body to nearly immediately begin to decay and rot as if one was seeing a time lapse of a body decomposing over the course of a dozen days. After a few short seconds of withering, the body finally gave way and combust in a bright light of purple and black, relinquishing the Malice that gave the Monster structure. Link was completely shocked at what he saw until Zelda suddenly manifested herself in front of him.

Zelda looked before the reincarnated Hero. His body was bruised and slightly bloodied from the near endless amount of combat he had seen this day alone. Despite his body looking like he had been fighting for nearly a third of the day, there was still an air of confidence and stoicism to his look that wordlessly said that he could continue to fight as long as need be until Evil is finally vanquished. “Link my hero, you have battled valiantly today, but worry not for your duty today is no longer needed. I have awakened the sacred power of Hylia and have called forth the full Triforce into my possession.”

Zelda turned toward the Monster army who had strategically retreated in order to regroup around their leader Ganon, so that they could make one mighty push into the Hylian forces. This was actually a perfect situation for Zelda however, because it grouped most of the army in one place making it easy to target the Monsters with the Triforce’s Golden power. Zelda raised her hand which was baring the symbol of the Triforce and a sudden burst of Golden Light spilled forth from her hand like a lantern filling a dark room with warm light. The Golden Light spread across the Monster army like a tidal wave washing over a beach village, or a child flooding an ant colony with water from a bucket. As the Golden Light swept across the field the Monster army were literally pushed back and flung away as if they were in the middle of a hurricane with winds strong enough to uproot trees, except the Golden Light did no visible damage to the environment, only the Monsters were effected and as they were being pushed by the Light they suffered deep searing pain from burns that came from the Golden Light touching their Malice shaped body’s.

In just 10 seconds a third of the Monster army was cast astray by the Golden Light as it made its way toward its true Target, The King of Thieves, Ganon. Ganon saw the Tidal Wave of Light move towards him and it was at this point that he realized that there was a large Miscalculation in his plan. Ganon’s hatful mind raced trying to rationalize how the Princess could have the full and Complete Triforce, if the Triforce was to return to the land it should have returned in pieces, Power, Courage, and Wisdom. Yet, Zelda had all 3 pieces in her possession, how this was possible Ganon did not know. What he did know was that there was no winning this current battle, if Zelda had the full Triforce then the only option was to retreat and return to Guerilla warfare tactics in order to split Zelda’s focus and then spring a trap. This plan would probably take months of work, strategizing, and outmaneuvering to pull off but it was his only option now that Zelda had the full Triforce.

Unfortunately for Ganon he was never able to commit to his plan of retreat, for just as he finalized his thought the Tidal wave of Golden Light split open and a piercing beam of Light made its way strait for him at incredible high speeds. The Light of the Triforce pierced through Ganon’s body. A bright golden shining light swept across the earth enfolding, surrounding, and engulfing the pure Malice that surrounded Ganon. As the golden light washed over him and his army, Ganon howled out in agony as his Malice infused body was literally being torn apart. When the golden light touched the dark Malice the two forces slowly destroyed each other, unfortunately for Ganon there was only a very large but still finite amount of Malice in the surrounding area, but there was an infinite amount of golden light emanating from the Triforce.

At this point in time Zelda, the wielder of the Triforce stepped forward and spoke. Her words were enhanced by the power of the Triforce so that all across the battle field could hear her. “Ganon your evil has infected the land of Hyrule for long enough. For generations you have tormented the good people of Hyrule and caused havoc and despair to spread through people’s hearts. You have turned brother against brother and torn families apart. Your Malice has spread far enough, I will use the power of the Triforce to end your eternal conquest now and forever.”

Zelda marched forward and raised her hand higher into the air causing the light of the Triforce to grow in intensity. Ganon cried out in pain as his body was slowly lifted into the air by the force of the golden light, he struggled against this but his Malice infused body was incapable of even touching the light without it burning away. As Zelda moved in closer she began to speak in a voice that echoed even louder and held an air of even greater authority. “Ganon! I am not going to end you as if I did you would simply reincarnate and haunt the next generation of Hyrule.”

Ganon despite his mind being addled by a combination of his bestial form and the Malice that encompassed most of his body; was still able to comprehend her words and they left him confused and dismayed, what could she be planning. “No, instead I am going to cast you away to the space between worlds, were your evil will hopefully never be able to return. You will be trapped alone and isolated in a space completely separate from the land of Hyrule. May you spend the rest of eternity alone in an empty void of nothingness.”

At this point in time a large fracture in the sky emerged, and from it a large circle formed above Ganon. Ganon’s struggles doubled at the moment that he noticed the circle in the sky, the circle soon shifted into what might be recognized as a tunnel in the sky. Were that tunnel lead to was what caused Ganon to make violent motions in order to avoid. He thrashed, flung bits of his Malice off, and fired off magical beams of energy in all directions. The Bolder sized pieces of Malice crushed and flatted any buildings or terrain that they landed on, and the beams of energy exploded on impact causing a massive swath of destruction all across the battle field. A single beam arced over and across the battlefield managing to strike the west tower of Hyrule castle from nearly a mile away and this single beam caused the entire tower to implode and collapse. The beams continued to be fired recklessly causing near catastrophic damage even dozens of miles from the battlefield, even Ganon’s army was not safe from the damage as many of the beams crashed into the Monsters and Yiga clan soldiers, causing massive casualties of Ganon’s own forces as the explosions swept through the land. However, Zelda’s forces were protected as the beams were harmlessly dissipated by the light of the Triforce.

Zelda smirked knowing that her and her forces had no fear of the magical beams. “This is it Ganon. I have the full Triforce, there’s no way you can escape this.”

Ganon’s Malice Body was fully lifted up to the entrance of the tunnel and at this point was being actively pushed into the opening as his body violently held on to the edges of the tunnel, said edges burned his body as he tried to hold onto them. Many of the Hyrulian army forces looked on in aww of the giant dark beast being lifted into the sky and forced through a tunnel by the golden light. Most of Ganon’s army was destroyed at this point, mostly by Ganon’s own actions in trying to free himself. The remnants of Ganon’s army fled and scattered as the Hyrulian forces gazed at their princess’s masterful use of the Triforce.

Zelda wore a smirk of extreme confidence and spoke in such a way that conveyed a high level of smugness. “Ganon, Master of Monsters, King of thieves, and the first Heretic. This is it, your last moments in Hyrule are now. I’m going to push you out of this world and into a new realm were your evil will never touch the good people of this land ever again.”

At that moment the golden light swelled up like a geyser, and pushed so hard against Ganon’s body that it fully pushed him into the tunnel and severed one of his Malice forged arms that was limply holding on to the edge of the tunnels entrance. Ganon’s cry echoed across the tunnel as he was being pushed through at high speeds, and just before the entrance closed and faded out of existence Ganon shouted out one word that was currently racing through his vary being as if it were the only word that he knew. “Hyliaaaaaaa!!!!!” the shout was cut short as the entrance faded away and Ganon was completely gone from this world.


Although Zelda intended to push Ganon into the space between worlds she had actually underestimated her own powers amplified by the Triforce and had actually pushed Ganon so far he was sent into an entirely different world. Ganon’s body as it fell through the tunnel began to burn and deform.

When Malice interacts with the golden light it dissolves and losses shape, and considering that Ganon’s current body was mostly made of Malice he quickly took on the form of a miss shaped clump of clay. His body once the form of a proud and boisterous Boar-Man was now a nearly completely shapeless lump of Malice, tumbling through the Tunnel.

Meanwhile in another world a blue haired woman road through the country side on horseback.