Army of the Damned

VOLUME 17 Chapter 9

Flying into the hell that is Schon, Jackson kept his eyes forward the entire time as the lead Dragon, King Augustus peered into the thick red tint like a missile homing into their target. The Grand Prince of James alongside the Prince of Gareth with the Corsair Cardinal and the Elven Great Knight rode on the back of Bahamut, the Black Dragon slowly deviating its course as they began to enter into the heartlands of Schon where the land below was tainted with death and the smell of rot filled the air.

The Imperial Prince of the Elven Empire alongside the Dwarven Warmaster was with Jackson too, with the Knight General turning around to see such a lovely sight on the back of Bahamut as the Black Knife's kept their distance from the extremely powerful and dangerous people. "Ahahaha, you know, Bahamut. It's not always we get to have this many passengers on a flight."

"Master, when we reach the Capital. We must shoot straight to find the Demon Princess at all cost." he nods as he leans into her spine. "I do wonder if the sudden destruction of the Demon Towers will cause a meltdown. Since the Demon Princess alongside the King are linchpins, wouldn't that just take out the middle guy?" The Dragon was silent for a second before replying. "I heard the Hero, Master. I believe this plan will succeed. It's a good plan for the situation we find ourselves in. It will surely localize the power to those two, but that also means the King cannot kill the Princess as that'd mean he would no longer have a backup."

Looking down, the formerly barren land underneath them has shifted into something outworldly. With the terrain having masses of flesh and trees growing that's made out of bones and skulls, it looked nothing liveable at all as red grass that's as sharp as daggers began to spread throughout the Kingdom of Vitas and the Vile Fog taking over every inch of the land. "I can only imagine the smell..." the Dragon scoffed a bit before letting out a small furnace. "It's bad, Master. It smells like salt and rust mixed together and I am forced to sniff it." with a small laugh, he pats her spiky spine and looks out to the horizon.

As far the eye could see, an entirely new fauna has spawned in Threa. One whose entire biological make up and purpose strays away from the natural laws of the planet and its devastating in its conquering, causing far more damage to the land than any of the Demon Armies and Outworlder Armies combined as creatures of mass flesh and bones rose from the soil where they'd begin to toil away at any living being in the vicinity.

Air quality has also gone down in the extremes, with Jackson having to put on the basic looking steel helmet to prevent suffocation as the air became thicker and thicker but alongside it was the foreign substance. Even the Grand Prince would cough every now and then just from the pollutant that was slowly overrunning the natural oxygen.

Soon, King Augustus with the Sword Saint's party split away from Bahamut, taking half of the Ancient Elves in their winged horses and as they got into the border region to Vitas.

Jackson's eyes then opened wide, cutting through the thick red air was the shiny blue orb on top of one of the Demon Towers and to his dismay, it was readying itself to fire. "Wait... how?! We're still far from their borders!" He hugs her spine as the Dragon's flapping changes into a faster pace. "EVERYONE! HOLD INTO SOMETHING!"

She suddenly spins into the right as the blue laser beam nearly grazes her talons. The Grand Prince then runs to the front, lifting his hand, the red tint is completely cleared and on the other side was an entire armada of Dark Wyverns and Dragons alongside whatever Air unit the defenses could scrounge up taking to the skies to stop the Dragon God's advance.

Without even a second thought, Jackson unholsters his revolver and sword alongside hundreds of Dragon Bolts. Bahamut on the other hand opened her mouth and to let off a crimson lightning from her mouth, it instantly broke through the Demon Tower's Magic Barrier and made contact with the huge floating orb on top of it as she began to circle around it. The Hero Party on top of her is already busy with the combat as Dark Wyverns would land on her, trying to destroy her lift just for a Demon Lord to appear with a General.