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

Chapter 17 - Iron Lord

The giant swung his chain, spinning the iron maiden above his head into a dark blur as metallic clicks echoed across the courtyard, before sending it hurtling towards Zero like a harpoon.

The Intoner shouted an insult at the sight of the torture device's spiky interior approaching, but quickly jumped out of the way, dodging the attack, and watching as the device hit the ground with a thud, throwing up shrapnel and creating a cloud of dust.

The iron maiden slammed shut as it hit the ground, leaving a cracked crater behind, ripping out a chunk of the courtyard and smashing it inside soon after, before slamming open again, dumping the stone dust on the ground.

Dito and Edric advanced without wasting time, closing the distance quickly, but the giant thrust his hot iron and swung his whip simultaneously, sending powerful blows at his opponents.

Edric rolled out of the way, as he saw the orange, boiling piece of iron approaching, and heard the impact followed by the sizzle of the metal hitting the ground, while an absurd wave of heat touched his back, but it was nothing impossible to bear.

Dito used his spear as a jumping stick to fly over the lash that left a trail of destruction in the courtyard, and drove his spear into the giant's right foot as he landed, smiling sadistically as blood gushed from the wound, but tilting his head in confusion when the giant moaned.

Edric took advantage of this distraction to close the distance and slash the giant's shin with a heavy blow, snapping the bands that wrapped around the monster's leg, and painting the ground red with a spurt of blood.

He then went around the creature's leg and delivered a series of swift cuts, the steel of his sword tearing through flesh with ease as he tried to cut the giant's tendon and bring it to the ground.

The giant, understanding what Edric intended, raised his foot and tried to trample the knight, but Edric stopped his attack and rolled away as he saw a large shadow forming above him. The coming shockwave pushed the knight but he remained unharmed.

The giant then removed his foot from the footprint-shaped crater resulting from his attack, and focused on Dito, sending his hot iron towards the disciple.

Dito looked up, widened his eyes in surprise at the sight of the boiling metal accompanied by the approaching heat, removed his spear from the giant's foot with a wet noise, and jumped away, watching as the monster struck his foot.

A horrible smell of burning flesh overtook the courtyard, causing everyone present to contort their faces in disgust, while the giant laughed with delight as some of the bands on his foot burned in a fire.

Zero was the next to act, running quickly towards the giant as she leaped onto the monster's chest, letting out a war cry and plunging her sword into the monster's flesh, creating a huge bloody gash in the creature as she descended.

Zero, Dito, and Edric then gathered in front of the giant with weapons raised and ready to fight, watching as the creature staggered around in blind euphoria, holding the red waterfall in its chest.

"Well, this guy's tougher than the last ones we faced." Zero spoke angrily, frowning in frustration.

"It's not that bad, this fight's pretty easy!" Dito commented amusedly, jumping slightly in his place.

As if he had understood the disciple's words, the giant shook his head, clearing his clouded mind, and swung his iron maiden and whip wildly, turning the weapons into blurs and sending a flurry of blows toward his opponents.

"You had to open your mouth!" Edric exclaimed sarcastically, raising his shield and blocking a lash, only to fly away with his feet sliding across the ground.