Drakengard: Demonic Flower [Demons Souls X Drakengard 3 Crossover]

Chapter 13 - Land of Mountains

We arrived in the Land of Mountains, the region ruled by the Intoner Four. Great ranges of grey, brown and rocky mountains covered the horizon, with white layers of snow on top.

Above us was a blue but overcast sky with dark gray clouds, probably on the verge of snow. Icy air hit me, making me shiver underneath my armor.

I'm used to the heat, I can walk barefoot in a river of lava, but a little bit of cold makes me want to cast Flame Throw on myself.

However, despite the exotic landscape around me, the situation was still one of war. Moreover, from what I could see, this place was doing better than the Land of Seas at fighting the gargoyles and invaders.

Dozens of airships crossed the skies in a V formation, firing their cannon arrays at the swarms of gargoyles that tried to surround them. The cannonballs let out a high-pitched sound as they ripped through the air, followed by a huge explosion and a cloud of smoke as they hit the gargoyles. The gargoyles destroyed, accompanied by the sound of rocks breaking.

Anyway, the stone creatures kept trying to outnumber the airships, but Four's soldiers worked in perfect unison, cannons firing in unison. Other gargoyles tried to use their crossbows to hit the soldiers reloading the cannons.

However, the soldiers protected their companions, either with the support of archers shooting arrows at the gargoyles, or soldiers using large shields to protect them.

I saw small blue orbs coming out of the creatures, souls, souls flying away at great speed. Where are they going? They aren't absorbed by anyone here and they aren't going to the other side.

Unfortunately, because I wasn't connected to the Nexus, I lost my ability to automatically absorb souls. I would have put them to good use. I can do that with Soulsucker, but I'd rather not waste my magic unnecessarily.

I almost dropped my spyglass when Zero's face suddenly appeared in front of me; she and Ditto were flying on Mikhail's back, while I was in my usual place, in the black dragon's claws.

"Hey, about what happened last night..." Zero spoke.

"Forget it."

"But..."

"Dragon put me down! Help the airships!" I screamed.

"Since when are you in charge?" The black dragon demanded, swinging its paws.

If he was trying to scare me, it worked a little, but I didn't show a reaction, just gripped his paw tighter.

"Since the day I realized I'm the only one who knows what I'm doing here!"

"I just won't drop you, because you're the only source of fun I've found in a long time. I was bored to death." The dragon responded as it flapped its wings, stopping its flight and then diving sharply, heading towards the mountains.

"Sure, sure. If boredom doesn't kill you, old age will."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" The dragon screamed, dropping me to the ground and knocking me down violently.

"OUCH!" I groaned as I got up and looked around. I was on a stone trail. Made in the mountain, it looked artificial.

"I WANT YOU TO KNOW I AM AT THE HEIGHT OF MY AGE! I AM ONLY TWENTY THOUSAND YEARS!"

"What an old man!" Mikhail yelled, hovering close to the ground and letting Zero and Ditto down.

"No wonder you complain like an old man! You are one!" Ditto made one of his sarcastic remarks as he landed in a crouched position.

"You were made for each other." Zero spoke, doing a somersault in the air and landing with more grace.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.