Hey VACman here today for another chapter of SOR
For this one we bring in the sword that changed everything on DMC
So here it is Chapter 30 of SOR.
Chapter 30: Truth
Location: Emerald Forest
Time: 2:00 pm
Both teams DKSM and VKRA were sent to the Emerald Forest to hunt down a new species of Grimm hidden in the forest.
"Recognize any of these prints before?" Dante asked as both team found an unknown foot print which is bigger than normal Grimm paw prints.
"No, it may belong to our target." Vergil said.
"Judging by the size of the mark, this must at least a few meters tall." Koga said as he points Zaruba at the giant foot print.
"The mark is recently made. And the Grimm went east." Zaruba said.
"I wonder what it's looking for here." Sora said.
"Hey guys! You might want to take a look at this." Rei said as the rest of the group went to him and saw trees being destroyed in a single direction.
"Any guesses?" Kairi asked.
"Nope." Dante, Rei and Sora replied.
"Target is on the move. We must hunt it down then." Aigis said.
"Then let's get moving." Makoto said as both teams walk to the direction of destroyed trees.
As both teams continue to traverse through the forest Dante noticed Vergil was holding Yamato tightly. Dante then raises a question to Vergil.
"I still don't understand on how you gave Yamato to Ozpin. How'd you pull that off?" Dante asked.
"What do you mean, I never gave my sword to Ozpin." Vergil replied.
"What?" Dante asked.
"I lost Yamato before I was taken over by Mundus." Vergil added.
"Then why the hell would Ozpin lie to me about that?" Dante asked.
"That's not the question you should be asking." Vergil said as him and Dante stopped. "The real question is. How many more secrets is Ozpin hiding from us?" Vergil said.
"That is a good question though." Dante said.
"I got a gut feeling that there is something beneath the Academy. Something really valuable." Vergil said as the twins resumes their search for the unknown Grimm.
Both teams then halts at area where the path is separated into four different ways.
"Let's split up by pairs. Partner to partner and find this bastard." Dante said as he and Koga walks to the path on the first right before the rest split up and walks on different paths.
SOR
Location: Emerald Forest, Riverbank
Time: 2:30 pm
Rei and Aigis arrived at a riverbank within the forest to inspect the area. Aigis then finds a few Grimm corpses disintegrating. She inspects one of the bodies which was decapitated.
"The cut on the head is clean." Aigis said as she inspects the body of a decapitaded Grimm.
"So I'm guessing this Grimm has sharp blades on the arms then." Rei said as he point Silva around the area.
"I can sense something lurking beneath the river." Silva said as Rei drew out his swords.
Aigis then opens her rifle attachment and point it at the river. After a few seconds a creature jumped out of the water and appeared on the others side of the river.
It was a dragon like Grimm with sharp claws, long neck and hard scales. The giant dragon like Grimm stands at least nine feet tall and has a tail longer than a human body with it the Grimm can strike from a distance with its tail.
"That must be our target then!" Rei said as he posed to fight.
"Confirm. Commence termination!" Aigis said starts firing towards the unknown Grimm at the same time Rei rushed towards the Grimm with his swords.
The Grimm roared and evaded the bullets from Aigis before blocking Rei's sword strikes with its claws. The Grimm swung its tail to send Rei back a few meters while kept on firing her rifle at the Grimm but the bullets were deflected due to the durability of the scales the was covering its body. Rei swings his swords then rushed towards the unknown Grimm. The Grimm thrusts its tail towards Rei who easily ducks then slid towards the legs of the Grimm. He delivered a few swipes to the legs to try and get the creature off balance but to no avail as the Grimm has durable legs. Aigis kept on firing towards the unknown Grimm but to no avail as its armor was hard enough to deflect bullets. The Grimm leaps in the air then thrusts it tail towards Aigis which she avoided before resume firing while regrouping with Rei.
"Rei-san the armor of that beast is to strong. We need a new style of attack to destroy it." Aigis said as she reloads her rifle.
"I think I might have an idea." Rei said as he pulls out his lighter then ignites it.
The Grimm then rushed towards the duo in mere seconds. As it got close enough the blue flame from Rei's lighter touched the scales which caused it to burn. After a few seconds the armored Grimm was now exposed as the scales were burnt off.
"Now we can kill it." Rei said as he grinds his swords at each other to transform it to its Silver Fanged form.
"Palladion!" Aigis said as she summons her Persona to end the fight.
The unknown Grimm rushed towards the duo before thrusting its tail. Aigis caught the tail then slams the Grimm to the ground. Rei hops on Palladion's back then descends towards the stunned Grimm. Rei then kicks Palladion towards the chest of Grimm which made impact then pierced it to the ground. Rei then lands on the neck of the Grimm then decapitates it. The body then dissipates except for the tail which Aigis lets go off.
"That was easy." Rei said as he sheaths his swords.
"Let us report back to the others and tell them that target has been neutralized." Aigis said as Rei nodded before they start leaving the area.
"Wait a minute you two." Silva said as duo stopped. "Something is not right." Silva said.
"What makes you say that?" Rei asked as he raised Silva.
"Why is the tail not dissipating?" Silva said as the duo turns to the tail which was still on the ground.
As Rei was about to approach the tail it sprung back to life and immediately slithers away from both of them.
"What the hell?" Rei said.
"Don't be curious, after it!" Silva said as they gave chase to the tail.
SOR
Location: Emerald Forest, Cliff side.
Time: 2:30 pm
Sora and Makoto's path appeared to have led to a cliff side with an overview of the forest.
"Looks like a dead end." Sora said.
"You don't say. Come on leads head back." Makoto said as the duo starts walking back.
As they continue their trek back a creature flew above them in high speed which caused a few tree leaves come off the ground. After a few seconds appeared before them by the cliff side flying in front of them.
It was a giant flying Grimm with wings as arms and sharp talons, the body was covered in feathers to have the creature fly at high speed. The Grimm has a mask that only covers the eyes up to the beak where it had fang under it. Unlike a Nevermore this Grimm has a burning neck where it can unleash a fire from its beak.
"So that's our prey then?" Sora said as he summons his Keyblade to battle.
"Then let's take it down!" Makoto said as he pulls out his sword and Envoker.
The unknown Grimm flies away them then circles before rushing at them in full speed. The Grimm passed by them and due to the speed and velocity of the Grimm it drove Makoto and Sora off their feet. The Grimm flies off again and started firing fire balls from its beak towards the duo. Sora and Makoto cuts down the fire balls as the Grimm flies by. Sora then jumps off the cliff then transform to his Wisdom form before he starts gliding in the air and chased after the flying Grimm. Makoto summoned Jatayu and gave him special a boost by using a winds spell to send him in the air. Makoto spins a he leaps in the air before getting caught by Sora. Sora spotted the Grimm and tossed Makoto towards the flying Grimm. As he speeds towards the Grimm Makoto summoned Titan and stabbed the Grimm by the chest causing it to fall to ground. But just as the Grimm was about to reach the ground Sora cuts down the wings off the body. The Grimm reached the ground while Makoto was still holding on the sword which was stabbed by the chest.
"Time to die!" Makoto said as he decapitates the Grimm before Sora lands on the ground before reverting back to his original form.
"That was easy." Sora said as the Grimm's body starts to dissipate except for the wings as it lands to the ground.
"Come on let's meet up with the others." Makoto said as he and Sora were about to leave.
The duo took a few steps away the area until the wings starts to grow some legs and rushed passed the duo.
"You don't think?" Sora said before the duo follows the wings.
SOR
Location: Emerald Forest, Huge Cave
Time: 2:30 pm
Vergil and Kairi's path has led them to an open cave which seem habitable to any Grimm around the area.
"This looks like a suitable area for a Grimm to hide." Kairi said.
"It would be a good location." Vergil said.
As the duo were about to enter the cave a creature jump out of the cave and faced the duo.
It was as a bull like Grimm that stands at least twelve feet tall. The mask covers the entire face leaving two holes for the horns. The bull roared and rushed towards the duo with its horns.
Both Vergil and Kairi jumped in opposite directions to evade the bull before pulling out their weapons.
"Hey Vergil, I think we found our target!" Kairi said as she starts firing at the Grimm.
"Looks like it." Vergil said back before firing swords at the bull Grimm.
Both Vergil and Kairi's shots were bouncing off the Grimm's body forcing them to resort to their melee attacks. As they got close enough the bull Grimm jumped back to evade the duo's weapons before rushing again towards them. Vergil switched weapons and summons Beowulf and grabs the horn of the Grimm forcing it to stop. Vergil punched the punched the face of the Grimm numerous times before slamming it on the other side exposing its stomach. Kairi transforms to her Valor form then leaps in the before throwing her keyblades at the stomach of the bull Grimm. The keyblades only dealt scratch on the stomach before returning to Kairi. Kairi then delivered a few slashes at the exposed gut but to no avail as the skin of the Grimm was also durable from the bottom as well. The bull recovers and shakes of both Vergil and Kairi off. The duo then regrouped facing the bull. Vergil then noticed that the Grimm was leaking from the wound that Kairi made earlier. The giant bull then raises its front hooves to stomp the duo to the ground. Vergil steps forwards and blocks the hooves with his gauntlets preventing them to get crushed. With this method the wound was now exposed for Kairi to attack. Kairi stabs the open wound with Oathkeeper then forms a vertical cut on the wound before stabbing the wound again with Oblivion then forms a horizontal cut across the body of the Grimm forming an x mark on the stomach. Vergil pushing back the Grimm before delivering a devastating punch at x mark to destroy to Grimm.
"That's a tough one." Vergil said as puts Beowulf away.
"Yeah your right." Kairi said as she reverts to her original form.
Pieces of the fallen Grimm started raining down on the duo until the head was still intact along with the horns.
"Let's head back." Vergil said as Kairi nodded.
As the duo were about to head back the head of the bull Grimm starts to grow some legs and runs away from the duo.
"Looks like our job here isn't finished just yet." Kairi said just before the duo chased after the Grimm head.
SOR
Location: Emerald Forest, Open Area
Time: 2:30 pm
Dante and Koga's path have led them to an open area within the forest which was surrounded by trees and a giant stone at the center of the area.
"Does this place scream "Grimm feeding ground" to you?" Dante asked.
"Looks like it." Koga replied before he noticed a Beowolf corpse by the ground.
"It looks like this Grimm of ours is a cannibal." Zaruba said as they noticed a few more Grimm bodies in the area.
As Dante was about to inspect one of the bodies a creature leap above them and landed on the giant stone in the middle.
It was a giant lion like Grimm with sharp fangs revealing from its mouth and its paws being covered in bone like casing. The mask covers the covers only the face of the while covering a part of its mane.
"Looks like its hungry." Koga said as he drew out his sword.
"Then lunch is served then. The menu is an ass kicking!" Dante said he pulls out his twin pistols then points them at the lion Grimm.
The lion Grimm roared before jumping off the stone then rushed towards the duo. Dante started shooting at the Grimm but the bullets miss as the lion evades easily. Koga lunged forward and thrust his sword towards the Grimm only to be countered by a head but which sends him back a few steps. Dante holsters his pistols before drawing out his sword then delivered a few sword slash only to get sent back as the lion Grimm a head butt to send him next to Koga. The lion then lunged towards only to get its mouth jabbed by Koga's scabbard. Both Dante and Koga cripples the Grimm by swiping the legs forcing it to fall on its stomach. Dante and Koga were about to deliver the final blow until the lion Grimm recovered and leaped into the giant stone. The creature then roared at least three times which made the duo curious.
After a few seconds since the lion's roar three body parts from the fallen Grimm from earlier immediately attached to the body of the lion. The long tail attaches to the butt of the lion while the wings of the fire breathing bird attached on its back along with giant bone spikes near the wings. The head of the bull fuses with the lion's head to give it horns to finish the transformation.
After the transformation of the abomination both teams regrouped and drew out their weapons for a fight.
"So any idea on what we should call this one?" Vergil asked.
"How about…Chimera?" Dante asked.
"To cliché. What about Manticore?" Vergil asked.
"Well it's a lion based body, tail that can smack anyone around, wings to give this guy the ability to fly and horns to top it all off. Yep we can call this one a Manticore." Dante replied as the newly named Manticore Grimm roared toward both teams before leaping off the stone.
(Insert Ride the Wind-Masahiro Inoue)
The Manticore pounced towards both team who easily jumped back to gain some distance from the Grimm. Dante, Sora, Kairi and Aigis started shooting towards the Grimm while Koga, Rei, Makoto and Vergil rushed towards it. The bullets from the shooters bounced off the skin while striker's attacks were rendered useless as the Grimm sends them back by swinging its tail. Vergil rushed forwards and swung his katana towards the Grimm only to miss as the Manticore leaps in the air and use its wings to fly. From the air the Manticore started shooting fire balls from its mouth towards both teams.
Vergil easily cuts down two of the fire balls before Dante jumps from Vergil's shoulder to bring the Manticore back to the ground. Dante slams his sword on the head of the Manticore and sends it down to the ground. Koga and Rei rushed towards the downed Grimm and delivered a few sword swipes to the body. The Manticore recovers and swings its tail at duo to send them back a few steps. The Manticore then starts to unleash a flame breath which forces the group back. Sora and Kairi leaps over the fire wall and stabbed their keyblades to the ground causing the area to freeze off the flame from the Manticore. The Grimm flies off the ground just in time to evade the ice but only to get shot down by both Sora and Kairi with a mix of fire and ice shots to the wings, crippling its ability to fly. The Manticore recovers and thrust its tail towards the duo who evaded the tail by jumping from opposite directions.
The Manticore kept on thrusting its tail towards the group until Aigis caught the tail and slams the Grimm to the ground. Aigis slams the Grimm again before sending the Manticore towards a tree. Aigis then shoots at the Grimm with her rifle before summoning Palladion and sends her towards the Grimm. Palladion tackles the Manticore towards Makoto who summoned Ares to deliver a series of punches before sending it towards the stone at the center of the area.
The Manticore roared as Dante, Koga and Sora confronts the Grimm.
"Three Musketeers!" Dante shouted as he Sora and Koga holds their weapons in a triangle formation before ignites them with his lighter.
Sora and Dante rushed first and delivered a few slashes which ignites the body of the Grimm. Koga lunged forward then thrust his sword at the chest of Grimm to destroy the Manticore and end the fight.
(End Song)
After the fight both teams regrouped in front of the burning carcass of the Manticore.
"That was weird." Sora said.
"Let us report this back to Beacon." Koga said as both teams starts to head back.
SOR
Location: Team DKSM Dorm
Time: 12:00 am
It was midnight and the team were already in their beds a sleep except for Dante who was standing near the window. Dante was still thinking about what Vergil said earlier. Dante then grabs his coat and his scroll before jumping out of the window. Dante lands on his feet and starts head to the main building of the Academy.
"All right Ozpin, what do you have hidden underground?" Dante said as he secretly enters the building.
SOR
Location: Beacon Hallway
Time: 12:30 am
After the receiving the reports from Teams DKSM and VKRA Ozpin and Glynda discussed the sightings of the new Grimm while walking towards elevator.
"A Grimm that has the ability to separate into four different creatures. That's a first." Glynda said.
"Not only that but it also has a tough exterior to protect itself from attacks." Ozpin said as the elevator door opens. "I think this must be a sign then." Ozpin said as both of them rides the elevator and the door closes and goes down.
Dante opened the elevator door and repels down using the elevator's wire connecting it. Dante slowly and silently lands on the elevator as it descends down.
SOR
Location: Underground Vault
Time: 12:45 am
After a few minutes the elevator reached the bottom and Ozpin and Glynda exits the elevator to an underground floor where James was waiting for them.
"Ozpin, Glynda." Ironwood greets the duo.
"James, what are you doing here?" Ozpin asked.
"I came here to visit Amber. To check her condition." Ironwood said as the trio start walking deeper the vault.
As the trio leaves Dante enters the elevator via the ceiling door then silently opens the door then enters the vault. He then follows the trio through the hallway until he lost sight of them when he reached a point where the hallway is separated into three paths. Dante chose the left hallway until he reached the end with nothing interesting in the hallway. Dante heads back and continues to follow the trio. He then see them having a conversation while facing a two life support machines one being occupied and the other empty. Dante hides and listens to their conversation.
"How is she?" Ironwood asked.
"Not so good. Until we find a new Maiden she is still in peril." Glynda replied as Dante listen to the conversation.
"Maiden?" Dante said as he zooms in on the occupied life support machine. "No way. So she is the Fall Maiden, the rumors a true then." Dante said before leaves the area silently.
As he was about to reach the elevator Dante's amulet begins to emit light from its jewel. Dante stops before he noticed that he is back at the intersection before walking towards the other hallway and reached the end where there is a door. Dante walks towards the door and as the he get closer to the door the light from the amulet gets brighter. Dante opens the door and was shocked on what he saw.
"You have got to be fucking kidding me?" Dante said as he enters the room where at the center was a glass container.
(Insert DMC 1-Sparda's theme)
Inside the glass the container was something Dante thought he would never see again.
It was the very same sword that sealed the demon gate at Vale. It is also the very same sword that ended Summer's life to save Remnant. It is also the very same sword that made his father's name a legend.
It was the Force Edge, Sparda's legendary sword.
Dante approached the glass container and touched it.
"How long has it been since that faithful day?" Dante said before opening the glass container and pulling the sword out. "I never knew that I get the chance of holding this sword." Dante said as he examines the sword.
Little did Dante knew Ozpin was secretly observes him from behind.
"So you found out about the vault. Interesting." Ozpin said before Dante turns around.
"Mind explaining why my father's sword is hidden here under Beacon? Or the fact that you lied to me about Yamato." Dante asked.
"Dante I can explain." Ozpin said as Dante steps forward.
"Please do, before I jab this at your throat." Dante said as he points Force Edge at Ozpin.
"Very well then." Ozpin said as turns away from Dante. "Follow me." Ozpin said before he leaves the room while Dante follows him.
They walked towards the two life support machines earlier.
"Do you know who that is?" Ozpin asked as he points at the occupied machine.
"The Fall Maiden?" Dante replied.
"Correct. Her name is Amber and she is the current Fall Maiden." Ozpin said before he turns to Dante. "Years ago Amber was ambushed and the result is that she was almost killed." Ozpin said.
"Now you need to find the new candidate to inherit her powers?" Dante asked.
"Correct. Sparda told that the Maidens may be powerful but venerable." Ozpin said.
"I'm sorry but what does this have to do with my father's sword being in you possession?" Dante asked.
"After the ritual was over we returned to the tower and find both Sparda and Summer's body. Instead we only found Summer holding the sword." Ozpin replied. "Our first option was to give to your mother, but James has suggested that we study the sword and find a way to repel the demos if they ever return." Ozpin said. "We also tried to use the sword to answers to heal Amber but to no avail." Ozpin added.
"You decided to keep my father's sword from my mother just to study it?" Dante asked.
"Yes. We were supposed to give it to her at the right time. But she was killed by demons knowing that this would be the closest to get their revenge." Ozpin said. "We couldn't locate you both so we have to keep the sword until one of you were located." Ozpin added.
"What about Yamato, how did you obtained that sword?" Dante asked.
"When we learned about Vergil's disappearance. We took the sword and kept it to prevent it from being obtained by demons." Ozpin replied.
"That's a bullshit excuse!" Dante said.
"It's all that I can give you." Ozpin replied.
"Last question. What other reason is there for you to study my father's sword?" Dante asked.
"We tried to unleash it true power. To find a way to fend off the forces of darkness." Ozpin said.
"You can never unleash its true potential, only me and my brother can do it." Dante said as he placed the sword on his back. "I hope this is only thing you are keeping from us Ozpin." Dante said as he walks towards the elevator.
"You have my word. Since now you have found the sword, you and your brother are the only ones that I can entrust it to." Ozpin said as Dante enters the elevator.
(End Song)
SOR
Location: Saejima Mansion
Time: 1:30 am
Gonza heard a knock on the door and opens it to find Dante waiting for him to open the door.
"Dante-sama, what can I do for you?" Gonza asked.
"Gonza, do you have any place in this mansion to keep this?" Dante said as he present Force Edge to Gonza which gave him a shock.
"Dante-sama! This is father's sword, where did found it?!" Gonza asked.
"I'll explain it tomorrow Gonza. Is my father's altar available?" Dante asked.
"Yes indeed." Gonza replied as Dante gives him the sword. "Follow me please." Gonza said as they walked towards a room under the stairs.
It was a room which leads to a staircase going downward. The duo went down which leads to a shrine for Sparda. Gonza placed the sword he altar in front of the Sparda's picture.
"You can visit your father anytime you want." Gonza said as he leaves the room.
Dante kneels to the ground as he pays respect to his father. After a few seconds Dante stood back up and leaves the room. Dante was about to close the door but he looks back.
"The time will come for you to rise again." Dante said as he closed the door.
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There you have it folk's chapter 30 of this story.
Now I will continue the story as much as I can.
And for all those who have been following this story, thank you very much as we just reached the official 30th chapter mark.
This has been VACman signing off…