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Beelzebub had arrived on Earth and immediately shut it down, returning it to the earth. He didn't need it anymore. He didn't want to see it protruding from the ground. Not in his kingdom anyway, looking like some ugly sculpture
Once Temen-ni-gru was gone, Beelzebub flew up into the sky, as the sky remained orange and black clouds floated overhead. Raising his hands to the sky, Beelzebub was struck by black lightning and channelled it through his body to strike the ground. The place began rumble, as cracks appeared in the ground, steam hissing from them
Black lightning played across the ground, as black spikes appeared in the cracks and continued rising, growing larger, as other spikes appeared further away. Beelzebub continued concentrating his powers, channelling them into this object. Stone gargoyles appeared, sitting before gothic French windows. Beelzebub could feel the power rolling off this cathedral, as any buildings nearby crumbled and were pushed aside to make way for the citadel, as it finished coming through
Sighing, Beelzebub floated down and landed on the roof of the cathedral, where Gloria was sitting on the edge next to the gargoyles. Beelzebub watched, as the ground around the citadel turned back with corruption, as the sky changed colours, going from orange to red and finally to black, blotting out the sun
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Beelzebub asked
"It is very beautiful, master. You have done a fine job with it"
"Now all I have to do is kill those Sparda brats and this world is finally ours"
"That shouldn't be too hard. They are all weak from their encounter with you"
"Yes. I don't know what would be more interesting: sending you along to finish the job and enjoying the show and killing them myself"
"I could get Berial to enjoy killing them as well"
Beelzebub looked up, as a portal opened up, dispelling several Sin Scissors and Scythes, as well as Blood Gargoyles, a Gigantipede and a Leviathan
"Go along for a slaughter. Lure them here and in that time, I'll figure out what to do with them. Maybe torturing them for hours sounds good"
"Want me to summon Berial, master?"
"Yes, do that. And Gloria, you know there is no need to call me master"
Gloria smiled
"Yes, of course, Father"
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"So, what are we gonna do now?" Lucia asked
"Well, first off, I was thinking of heading to the nearest pub and playing cards with demons," said Dante, "But I've got a better idea: killing Beelzebub and restoring this world. Oh and killing that Gloria bitch too"
"Gloria will be hard to kill, as she can defect a sword strike with her arm," Nero said
"How is she able to do that?" Kyrie asked
"Somehow, she got demonic powers and they're good enough to make her invulnerable"
"So she won't be easy to kill," said Celeste, "But there would be a way to kill her. We'd just have to figure it out"
"And how the hell are we gonna fight against a god-king?" Dante asked, "That's something like stronger than Mundus. And Mundus wasn't easy"
"We'll figure that out, but first off," said Vergil, "We have to run"
"Huh, why?"
"Look"
Everyone followed Vergil's finger and watched as fireballs began falling from the sky
"Oh damn," said Dante
"Yep, I told you," said Celeste, "End of the world is coming"
"Let's get going before we get mashed," Vergil said, "They don't look small"
As the group turned and began running, the fireballs began to intensify, coming down harder and faster, blasting buildings apart and any hapless demon too stupid to move out of the way
"Where the hell are we going?" Nero asked
"No idea," Dante answered, just avoiding a fireball, "But it's coming to me"
"Better think of a place fast, Dante," Trish said
"Hey, why do I have to think of everything?"
Vergil cried out suddenly when a fireball destroyed a building nearby and sent a large piece of glass flying into his right shoulder
"Vergil!" Lady cried
Vergil groaned when he ripped the glass out and tossed it aside with a look of disgust on his face
"Let's split up," Dante said
"Is that wise?" Nero asked
"Got a better idea?"
"No"
"Okay, we'll split up and hide someplace safe until this shower is over. Then we'll meet back here when that happens. Got it?"
"Yeah, whatever," Vergil said
Dante grabbed Trish's hand and left, as Celeste followed after them. Nero picked up Kyrie and held her close, before leaving, as Vergil led Lady away, just a fireball landed where they had been a second ago, as Lucia went off on her own
"So, Dante, where are we going?" Celeste asked
"Just somewhere that can protect us from this shower of hell"
Dante kicked open a house door and stepped inside, seeing the dead bodies of a family on the floor and about three Sin Scythes hovering nearby. Dante drew Rebellion and cracked one Sin Scythe in the skull. The demon howled and faded away, as the other two Scythes attacked. Dante rolled out of the way of a scythe, as Trish kicked the other scythe in the face. Celeste grabbed her handguns and fired away at the demons, as Dante connected his sword with the demon's scythe and leapt up, before bringing his sword down into a Helm Breaker, killing the demon, as Trish drove her sword through her demon's skull, killing it
"What are we going to do about the bodies?" Celeste asked
"Can't do much about them," said Dante, "We'll take them out back and bury them without dying"
With Trish and Celeste's help, Dante dragged the bodies outside and buried them as best as he could without being struck by the fireballs that littered the backyard. Once he was done, he headed inside and looked out the window, watching the rain continue
"Yep, there's nothing like a good old rain of fire to shake things up"
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