(Chapter 2: Fighting Start)
It would be a week and a half later for Dante as the gamer decided to put his time to good use in leveling up his Warrior class so that he could be able to kill Mrs. Dodds by the start of March, with him knowing he'd need to be at his A-game in order to stand a chance. Therefore he did everything possible in order to improve himself physically when he wasn't power leveling, with him having started going on morning runs as a start and having increased his Dexterity stat to 41 in the process, for it wasn't a big improvement but it was still a start.
With the Gamer in question being very happy in where he'd gotten himself in his Warrior class so far, for his hard work in the dungeons had paid off enough for him to get to Level 13 nearing 14 during the week and a half period of his power leveling himself.
(January 24th, 2016, New York, 8:40 Pm)
It was near the end of January as Dante was just finished with grinding from his latest bit in the Demon Dungeon and was currently walking the streets of New York looking for a monster to fight, with him happening upon one in the form of a Laistrygonian giant that was munching on some of its victims.
"Well, this oughta be a good fight. Especially since I'll be able to add giant-slaying to my resume of soon to be awesomeness." Dante spoke as he saw the 8 and a half foot giant with a mane of dark red hair, pasty skin, dark blue-grey eyes with crooked teeth a long-sleeved red and green flannel shirt and overalls
'Now let's see what I've got for new attacks I've gained during my grinding.' Dante thought to himself
Trip Attack
SP Cost: 150
When you want to knock someone flat on their ass so you can wail on them, then look no further than this attack. When hit with this attack the target must make a Strength check contested by your STR stat or fall prone for 6 seconds.
Deals Weapon Damage + (STR X 1.5)
Hemorrhaging Strike
SP Cost: 195
Requires Bladed Weapon
When you want to make someone bleed then this attack will do the job by thrusting your weapon into an opponent with great force.
This attack deals Weapon Damage + STR and deals an additional 330 damage over 15 seconds
Warcry
SP Cost: 165
You unleash a demoralizing shout of battle fury upon your enemies. Reduces all enemy damage by 20% for 30 seconds.
Leaping Blow
SP Cost: 180
Want to close the distance on enemies that are too far or keep running from you, well look no further than this attack. This attack causes you to leap up to 60 feet towards an enemy within range. However, you must be a minimum of 15 feet from an enemy for this attack to be used.
Deals Weapon Damage + STR
'Well here goes nothing.' Dante thought as he summoned forth his broadsword
That in mind he ran forwards towards the giant who he rapidly closed the distance towards by using Leaping Blow on the Laistrygonian giant, his broadsword crackling with hellfire as he did so in leaving a jagged gash across its back. The giant bellowing in pain as Dante then leaped from his place upon its mid-back and proceeded to use a Hemorrhaging Strike via plunging the broadsword into its thigh, the blade piercing in nearly 8 inches into its thick sinuous hide before he thrust it out as blade began seeping from the wound.
The Laistrygonian Giant bellowed out in anger at the demigod who dared to strike out at him and soon grabbed the large bronze greatclub it carried with it and swung at Dante in a wide arc in an attempt to smear him across the pavement. Yet Dante managed to use his above-average athleticism to jump out of the way and avoid taking a good portion of the hit, even though he was still caught by the greatclub and sent tumbling a ways away from the giant he quickly got back up and went to engage the giant once more.
With the giant bringing down his greatclub onto Dante once again, yet the Gamer managed to dive out of the way and land a critical hit into its right thigh, as he was precious few inches from having pierced the monster in his femoral artery. Even still he wasted no time in using the dense flesh of the nearly 9 foot tall monster as a springboard to jump up and land a Power Blow across its upper stomach, the hellfire from the broadsword partially cauterizing the wound as the giant let out another bellow of pain.
"I dunno whose fuckin' god you're the son of, but I'll be got damn sure to devour the hell out of you." The Laistrygonian Giant snarled out as he clocked Dante across the face who spat out a tooth from the hit
"Yet you hit like old people fuck." Dante retorted before launching a Power Blow at the giant via slashing away at its right foot
Dante then continued his fight against the giant with him narrowly scraping by long enough to duck or leap out of the way from the blows that would shatter a lesser man like cheap pottery, all the while using his broadsword to tear away at the giant. With the Gamer being relentless whenever he could get in striking distance had viciously hacked and slashed away at it, with blood and bits of flesh and blood-stained clothing being splattered across the grass.
With Dante using 2 more Hemorrhaging Strikes on it in order to have the giant bleed out at a quickened pace before he soon jumped up onto it's arm and began hacking into its right arm in order to try and get it to drop its weapon. Only for it to wind up in failure as he was grabbed and promptly thrown through a tree hard enough to send deep foot long cracks into it causing a bit over 800 points of damage to the Gamer while he peeled himself from the tree, all the while the Laistrygonian Giant now felt the effects of it take hold.
This was only further exacerbated by Dante taking this chance to rain down Power Blows that hacked through its flesh that were accompanied by flashes of hellfire that lit up the night sky, with Dante proceeding to make sure that the Giant would stay down via using a Hemorrhaging Strike on the giants' left Achilles tendon. Which landed as a critical hit causing blood to rapidly gush from the wound and the Laistrygonian giant in question to soon fall to prone on the ground from having the major tendon severed, something that gave Dante the opportunity to use his great strength to leap towards the giant.
Yet the giant would lash out with one of its free-hand to try and grasp Dante, only for the Gamer to use multiple Power Blows in quick succession to slice through its thick fingers and land at its throat; where he proceeded to plunge his broadsword into its jugular vein down to the hilt. With the giant then proceeded to go into its death throats from bleeding out like a stuffed pig until soon enough its HP soon dropped to 0 causing dust and some drops from it in the form of money, some drachma and Laistrygonian teeth to appear and be subsequently put in his inventory.
'Well, that was one hell of a fight.' Dante thought to himself as he felt his body ache from the fight with the giant
"Oh well, at least I made it through my first real monster fight in one piece." Dante spoke before seeing a message from the system
You've completed a quest. My 1st Monster.
You gain the following rewards
+ 15 STR, + 10 CON, + 7 DEX
2 Gacha Tokens
8 Stat Points
'Well, that's pretty dope. Now then time to rest up for more grinding.' Dante thought to himself as he happily went on his way
(Demon Dungeon, 5:25 Pm, 3 days later, January 27th, 2016)
It was a few days later as he'd slain his first real monster that he'd gone back into the Demon Dungeon to power level himself, with him having succeeded in getting to Level 17 of his Warrior class during this time period.
"One things' for certain..I'm definitely cleaning house right now." Dante said to himself as he bisected a Spined Devil in half
'Now then, let's see how some of these Hell Knights deal with me being a hell of a lot stronger.' Dante thought with a vicious smile on his face as he trudged through the dungeon
That in mind Dante went onwards and soon encountered a Hell Knight which he soon proceeded to lay into through 3 Hemorrhaging Strikes aimed at its stomach that caused the towering demon to roar in anger at the sudden blows to its stomach. With it then immediately slamming one of its massive fists into Dante who leaped out of the way from the attack before rounding on it with a swipe at its exposed left flank before slashing downwards into its hip.
The Hell Knight then pounded its fists onto the ground to unleash a shockwave of infernal energy, yet unlike the other times where he was sent skidding back from the attack, Dante was actually able to withstand it and continue his charge towards it. With him landing a Power Blow that landed a gash across its face and then followed it up with another 2 Hemorrhaging Strikes that landed as he stabbed it in its upper abdomen causing blood to spurt forth while following it up with another slash to its stomach.
Soon enough the Hell Knight went to bash Dante with its massive fists with one managing to catch him across the face and have him budge a few inches, yet even still he managed to stab his broadsword into the ground and keep himself grounded, before grabbing onto the Hell Knight's massive fist and slashing the tendons connecting to its fingers. With it being when it staggered back from the deep cut into its fist that Dante took this opportunity to launch himself at its throat and have his broadsword impale itself into the Hell Knight's carotid artery, forcing thick tar like blood to spew forth from the wound and subsequently kill off the demon.
"Well I can consider that a success." Dante said to himself with a bloodthirsty grin on his face
"Anyways, on to more demon-slaying!" Dante exclaimed before rushing off to go forth and kill more demons within the dungeons
Without further delay, Dante went across the Dungeon to slay more demons like he was a human chainsaw sowing carnage into whatever demon was unlucky enough to come into his crosshairs, with him oddly enough having the time of his life every time he slew a demon. Dante in all of this felt a smile creep up across his face with the joy that came with ending every single demon's life at the hands of his broadsword gave him a rush that reminded him of his days when he was a hitman for hire in his past life.
Soon enough the Gamer had found himself almost going on autopilot with each stab, slash and chop of his broadsword becoming far more natural to him with each kill he made against a demon that gave him another rush of joy that came from this murderous thrill of demon-slaying. With minutes fading away into what could've been hours to Dante as soon enough his clothes were tatters from the many attacks he had tanked head-on and covered in the blood of the many demons he'd slain in his murder fueled adrenaline high.
With it not being long before he soon hit Level 20 before he found a mutated version of a Hellhound nearly twice the size of a Russian brown bear, with its obsidian fur having bone plating covering its body, teeth like a great white shark, claws the size of gladius' and burning magma red eyes that soon locked onto him.
Dire Hellhound
HP: 6,780/6,780
MP: 900/900
SP: 2,700/2,700
STR: 264
DEX: 145
CON: 205
INT: 15
WIS: 28
CHA: 42
LUC: 49
Description: This variant is larger, tougher and more aggressive than normal hellhounds. Another factor that separates them from normal hellhounds is their ability to breathe hellfire at their targets.
"Well ain't this just my luck." Dante said before the dire hellhound soon came barreling towards him like a runaway freight train
That in mind Dante met the dire hellhound's charge head-on with a Leaping Blow that struck it in the right side of its face, yet it was when a portion of the hellfire from his broadsword got absorbed into the dire Hellhound that he realized it was resistant to fire damage. It was also in that moment that the large beast shook him off its face and hit him with a point-blank jet of hellfire, that sent him tumbling while the majority of his clothes were burned away in royal blue flames causing him to tear away at his now burning shirt.
With Dante then having to avoid the large beast chomping him in half with its many rows of shark-like teeth barreling down on him as the hellhound barreled down onto him in an attempt to try and take a chunk of his flesh. It didn't stop there in its attempts to try and eviscerate and maul the Gamer to death via a swipe from its claws that caught him across the chest and another one that caught him across the stomach that took out a hearty chunk of his flesh that hung limply across its claws.
Yet the Dire Hellhound's assault continued with it using its massive paws to push Dante onto the ground, with him landing with an audible thud before he found himself using one hand to keep the hellhound's jaws from biting down on him and the other to wedge the broadsword in its mouth. With the Gamer taking a risk and used a Hemorrhaging Strike to drive the broadsword into the roof of its mouth causing it to bark out in pain and give Dante enough time to get out from under its grasp at the expense of its teeth shearing the flesh off his right arm.
'Shit...mental note when and if possible start looking into classes that do healing.' Dante thought to himself as he had to leap out of the way of the hellhound breathing another blast of hellfire
With the blast of hellfire causing the ground beneath him to explode as he managed to angle himself to land onto the back of the dire hellhound, that in mind he began climbing towards its back to stab at its face. Yet the large beast refused to let Dante get such an easy win over it as it tried shaking him off and pawing at him in order to get him off its hide, even so Dante by sheer luck and using his broadsword to hold on managed to stab his way towards the massive neck of the dire hellhound.
Once he reached its neck he began stabbing and hacking into it with a combination of Power Blows and Hemorrhaging Strikes in as rapid succession as possible and all the while holding on for dear life while the large beast tried to shake him off. Yet he was unable to hold on for long enough to finish it off as it finally managed to shake him off, causing him to tumble to the ground in a battered heap, despite this he could see from the wounds left upon it that it was just a waiting game considering that with one of his attacks he had nicked its jugular vein a few times.
With the hellhound half barking and half whining from its bloodied neck and face before in an act of desperation and rage in trying to kill Dante in its death throes charged up a final blast of hellfire at him. This time it was the size of a horse that came barreling towards the Gamer who used every bit of his strength possible to jump out of the way, although he wasn't able to come out of it completely unscathed considering that his right pants leg and his lower to mid-abdomen and back were scorched in the blast.
"Yep...definitely gonna invest in a healing class when I get the chance. Or at least something that can give me an option at range, because fuck hellhounds." Dante cursed considering that he was making it a priority that when got far enough in his primary class that he was going to start looking into ranged classes or healing ones
'Now then, time for me to get the fuck out of here.' Dante thought to himself as he felt as though he did good enough for his training session
That in mind he soon exited the dungeon and decided to hide out somewhere he wouldn't be seen considering that a half-naked 15-year-old who looked like he got put through a blender that was then set on fire by a flamethrower wouldn't be a good thing to have to explain to anyone. Therefore he quickly rushed through the streets of New York and after having to "unalive" some homeless people in order to have a place to rest and recover he soon found some pop-ups from the Game itself.
For having reached 100 STR you gain the following perk. Prodigious Strength.
You've reached such strength that you can hit far harder than most people.
All melee damage deals an additional 25% weapon damage
For having reached 100 CON you gain the following perk. Resilient Form.
Your body has endured a lot of punishment, as a result its naturally learned how to become far sturdier than most out there.
You become resistant to most diseases.
For each point of CON gained you now gain an additional +30 HP per point of CON.
'Well, this definitely made things far easier for me.' Dante thought before looking over at the bodies of homeless people
"Now the real question is how am I gonna find a use for all these bodies…" Dante wondered to himself as he quickly stashed the homeless corpses into his inventory
(2 days later, Yancy Academy, January 29th, 2016, 3:45 Pm)
It was a quarter till 4 in the afternoon as Grover had gone to see Chiron about Dante whom in the nearly 3 weeks since he snapped at Mrs. Dodds had been growing stronger at an alarming rate, something that he felt the immortal centaur needed to know about.
"Hello Grover, what seems to be the matter?" Chiron questioned the satyr
"It's about Dante." Grover answered back getting his attention
"What is it about him you want to talk about?" Chiron inquired his face growing more serious in demeanor
"I know I'm not the only one who has sensed it to, but he is growing stronger Chiron. I mean he's growing stronger faster than any of the demigods I've watched over in years." Grover told him considering that Dante's rate of growth in just two and a half weeks alone was frightening to the satyr
With the last time he saw Dante practicing on a punching bag he hit so hard that in a single punch it exploded like it had been hit by a shotgun blast, something that Grover was utterly shocked to see happen from the demigod who was mere weeks ago simply average at P.E classes.
"Not only that but I've seen him start hunting monsters." Grover added causing Chiron's face to go deadly serious at hearing that
"Are you absolutely sure about this Grover? For this is no laughing matter if what you're saying is true." Chiron questioned considering that Dante proactively hunting monsters was a very big deal to say the least
"I'm telling you the truth. I saw him use some strange looking sword to kill a giant scorpion last night." Grover informed him of the fact that Dante with some difficulty in mind had single-handedly killed a giant scorpion
"...This is both great and dire news Grover. Thank you for reporting this to me." Chiron responded in knowing that if Dante was out here slaying monsters then this was a situation of good and bad
"What do you want me to do about Dante; considering that I have the feeling he's only winding up in terms of his fighting ability. Which could lead to Hades finding out and I don't want for there to be a repeat of what happened to Thalia. Especially with who his father is." Grover wondered as to what their plan of action was considering that with Dante starting to slay monsters on his own then it would only be a matter of time before Hades found out
"For now you still keep a watch over Dante. This time keep a closer one on him, now that he's proactively fighting monsters which can only lead to the inevitable of his further manifesting his demigod powers. With us needing to be on higher alert, seeing as how one of the Kindly Ones are here at the academy." Chiron told the satyr which made his face grow pale at hearing one of the furies was here
"O-One of them is h-here?" Grover nearly sputtered out in fear
"Yes, one of them is here at the academy. More than likely to search after the Lightning Thief and whoever stole Hades's helm." Chiron grimly spoke in knowing that was the only reason why one of the Furies would be here at Yancy Academy
"...You don't think that Dante could've stolen it?" Grover nervously asked while Chiron shook his head
"No..Dante couldn't have done so. After all, Sally has worked tirelessly since her retirement to make sure that Dante could lead as close to a normal life as possible. Which rules him out as the thief considering that its only been recently that he's had any knowledge of our world." Chiron answered back in knowing that Sally has done everything possible to keep the supernatural out of Dante's life
"Then do you think we should tell Sally about this? Maybe she could help with this?" Grover wondered if maybe having Sally know about this would be a good idea
"I'd rather her not have to come out of retirement. She may have improved in controlling her rage and murderous impulses, but even I would stave off on having Sally come out of retirement and assuming her mantle as the Saint of Killers once again." Chiron replied in not wanting to have Sally come out of retirement if he could help it
With Sally having in her retired life had become a much kinder and warmer woman, the immortal trainer of heroes knew that underneath all of that the Saint of Killers that she once was who butchered and killed like she was enjoying a day at Six Flags was still there within her. So having seen first hand the type of carnage she'd gleefully caused on a whim in her heyday, it was a fact that he wouldn't dare to have Sally come out of retirement and assume her moniker as that unrepentant killer she once was unless it was absolutely necessary.
"So basically we just sit around and hope for the best?" Grover questioned the immortal centaur who let out a weary sigh
"Take this from a man who has lived through countless millennia. The best thing you can do in these circumstances is to merely wait out the storm. For there are too many pieces at play here to act rashly. One misstep and we risk chaos unfolding." Chiron answered back in knowing that at this point the only thing they could simply do is wait things out for now
"Understood. I'll keep an eye out for Dante in the meantime." Grover replied before leaving the classroom and Chiron to himself to contemplate how to handle the son of Poseidon
(5 days later, February 2nd, 2016, New York, 6:30 Pm)
It was now February as Dante had after much grinding reached Level 26 nearing 27 of his Warrior class had decided to switch things up and take a break from the Demon Dungeon and take a look at doing some of the other dungeons.
"Well let's see what should I switch things up for..?" Dante pondered to himself as he looked over some of the Dungeon options
'..I might as well see what the opposite spectrum of things are.' Dante thought as he selected the Celestial dungeon to try out
That in mind he soon felt the familiar sensation of being compressed like he was in a trash compactor before in a flash of violet light he arrived at the Celestial dungeon which was a much different looking dungeon to say the least. With there being a trio of suns that were golden with coronas of deep emerald around them, the sky an unnaturally bright sapphire without a single cloud to be seen in the sky, all the while humanoid winged figures flew throughout it.
With him looking around to see that there were tall maple trees topped with reddish-gold and bright blue colored leaves, fields of pale absinthe with small mountains breaking up the landscape that he continued to overlook.
'Man this place looks peaceful.' Dante thought to himself before summoning his broadsword
"Too bad its gonna be ruined with all the blood I'm about to spill." Dante said as he soon went into action
The first monsters he ran into were oddly enough based on Yugioh monsters, namely that of the Shining Angels which flew down to meet the intruder with fists of vibrant orange radiance to beat him down into submission. Unfortunately for them, Dante was more than ready for them as he turned himself fully into human buzzsaw that hacked them apart with merciless enthusiasm that with each one of them slain he felt a rush of murderous joy well up from within him as he either beheaded them, disemboweled them or pierced their lungs and or hearts with his sword.
With Dante using every attack he knew to quickly eviscerate the Shining Angels who came within his crosshairs, for the moment they'd land a punch on him he'd simply grab the offending limb and use a Power Blow to sever it before following it up by stabbing in their throats or faces. That in mind he soon encountered some Celestial monsters such as Celestial Bowmen, Celestial Mages, Lightsworn monsters such as Ehren the Lightsworn Monk, Wulf the Lightsworn Beast as well as Shire the Lightsworn spirit and oddly enough a few Darklord monsters as well such as Darklord Marie and Darklord Ukobach.
Even still he went through hacking them to pieces with ruthless aggression, with him decapitating, gutting or impaling any of the monsters that got in his way with a wide and joyous grin that was plastered on his face from the rush he felt in every monster he dispatched. Soon enough the fields started to run slick with blood from those he'd slain with heads, severed limbs and guts being sprawled out all across the fields while Dante strode through with an honest to God smile on his face.
'Well, at least I've gotten to level 29, if only barely.' Dante thought to himself as he split Darklord Ukobach's head down the middle
"And looks like I've got a new challenger." Dante spoke as he saw Celestia, Lightsworn Angel descending down to meet him
Celestia, Lightsworn Angel
Rank: Veteran
HP: 5,070/5,070
MP: 2,940/2,940
SP: 1,260
STR: 77
DEX: 105
CON: 169
INT: 147
CHA: 95
WIS: 84
LUC: 56
Description: While not the most physically adept of the Lightsworn, Celestia makes up for it by being quite proficient in light magic.
"Well Mrs. Celestia any words to say before I take your damn head off?" Dante questioned in being pretty confident he could fuck her up
"You're bloodshed shall end here." Celestia stalwartly answered in holding her staff that glowed with a golden radiance
"That's cute, you think can kill me." Dante responded before going into action with a Leaping Blow
That in mind Dante went flying through the air in an attempt to try and take Celestia's head off her shoulders, only to be met with a burst of light magic from her staff that he had to block with his broadsword. With him soon engaging Celestia in a bout of close combat that had her on the defensive against the Gamer who came at her with a furious salvo of overhand attacks that came at her with the ferocity of a rabid timberwolf.
Soon enough Celestia was forced to conjure up a shield of light magic in order to protect herself from his onslaught and gain enough distance to cast more spells at him, yet Dante wasn't easily deterred by this and with a few Power Blows had promptly smashed through the rectangular barrier. Yet it was all the Lightsworn angel needed to launch a bolt of condensed light magic at Dante who was hit square in the chest by it, with him getting the wind knocked out of him from the 570 points of damage dealt to him, but overall was barely enough to break his charge towards her.
With him soon closing the distance and managing to shoulder check her and interrupt the next spell she was going to cast upon him, before slashing her across the face and leaving a jagged cauterized scar that went from her left eyebrow to her right cheek. This was then followed up by him using a Trip Attack that came way of him slashing away at the tendons in her lower left leg which caused her to fall prone, leaving her open to a salvo of Power Blows from Dante who relentlessly hacked and slashed away the Lightsworn beneath him.
Yet Celestia despite being relentlessly struck upon by Dante as a pool of blood began to form around her, she managed to grab her staff and cast a light spell that blasted Dante in the face with an orb of pure daylight that sent him stumbling back. With the Gamer rubbing his eyes from what felt a roided out flashbang to face then felt himself be struck once more by an arrow of golden radiance the size of a stop sign that nearly brought him to his knees from taking 984 points of damage.
"Congratulations out of all the bastards that I've fought here, you've actually made me bleed my own blood. So for that, I tip my hat to you..well that is if I had one at the moment." Dante spoke as he rose up in taking his stomach wound in stride
"Just what are you?" Celestia questioned in shock at the fact that Dante was taking one of her strongest attacks in stride
"Better than you." Dante cheekily answered back before rushing the Lightsworn once again
That in mind he continued his onslaught against a bloodied Celestia who was impaled in the chest by Dante who followed it up with a Hemorrhaging Strike by slashing her across the neck and smashing his broadsword into her collarbone. With him then grabbing her staff she used for her spells and with a Power Blow slashed in straight in half, leaving her flustered at the fact her spellcasting focus was now sliced in two leaving her at the hands of Dante who had a murderous grin on his face
With the Gamer seizing the opportunity grabbed her by the right arm proceeded to hack into it at the elbow, with it being about 3 swings in before he made a critically debilitating hit in the form of her arm now being severed. Celestia had tried to scream out in pain from her now missing limb, yet the moment she did so it proved to be her undoing from the fact that he promptly shoved his broadsword down her throat until it pierced out the back of her neck.
Then with one motion slashed upwards and split her head and neck in two causing gouts of blood to spray forth from her corpse that soon slumped to the ground before dissipating and revealing the drops left behind from her death. With Dante being satisfied by his victory decided to call it quits for tonight and see what the special item he gained from Celestia was, so without further delay he soon sent himself back to the real world.
"Now then let's see what I got from that angel." Dante said as he pulled the item out of his inventory
Angelus-LM
This pistol is one of many in firearms made by celestials in order to keep up with their demonic counterparts in the ever growing arms race. It may not be the fastest gun around but it still will pack a decent punch
Deals 140 Piercing Damage + DEX per shot
Deals an additional 40-55 Radiant damage per hit
Ammo Capacity: 12
"Well, I finally have a ranged weapon. Not to mention I can finally have a reason to go Gunslinger and sharpen my skills back up to par...also its a pretty cool looking gun." Dante spoke as he finally had a weapon to allow him to not fight at range but multiclass into being a Gunslinger
With Dante looking over the pistol which was modeled after a Sig Sauer P226 except the barrel was an inch longer and the grip slightly wider to allow for him to better handle it and overall was more heavy-duty than a standard one. The pistol itself was colored a dark silver with a series reddish-golden circuit like runes across it, with him unloading the clip and already seeing that it was full of bullets ready and waiting to blow a man's brains out.
"Well, today is definitely gonna be a good day." Dante spoke as he put his gun back in the inventory and proceeded to carry on about his night
So with Dante starting his grind to get stronger in what's to come, we also see that Grover and Chiron have caught onto the Gamer's growth in power and now begin to make plans around it. Find out how things will unfold in the future chapters of A Gamer among Demigods.
Now then let's get onto the reviews from the last chapter now shall we.
Jpikachu45: I most certainly continue you it
Sword'sfunPen'sbetter8p: I'm doing my best to try and work on dialogue and such since it was more or less the debut chapter and on the topic of the fight scene I just got carried away with it was all and I can more than handle the stats since all of that is no real big deal to me. Also, I understand where your coming from with Dante, but that was more or less a rough patch of what to work on since I didn't really have a solid want of what I wanted his personality to be until now. Other than that I'm just glad you gave the story a fair chance.
TheSixTails: That's a pretty good idea when he reaches the final boss of the Demon Dungeon considering that I never thought of doing that. Thanks for the idea considering that it'll make things a lot more to play with in future chapters.
Stratos263: Glad you liked the debut chapter Stratos. Also, Dante will do what he can considering that he will eventually go evil in the future, but even he recognizes that what the Olympians did was them just being petty assholes. So if he can he'll do so and if not then he'll at worst just stay clear out of their way and just quickly get it over with.
Death Fury: Nice to know you liked the debut chapter and hope you like this one
JakeWJElliot: Hope this is enough for ya.
acesmark7: Trust me I'm avoiding making him too OP for now considering that even when he does awaken his Demigod powers it's gonna more or less still be stuff he'll have to work with and grow stronger on from there. Considering that Dante is gonna be pretty strong no doubt by the time of Lightning Thief, but he's not gonna be able to square up with Gods and Titans in a head to head fight anytime soon without some help. Besides, that's part of the fun that all those other stories miss out on considering that its all about having the MC grow and get to being OP instead of it being boring and him Saitamaing everything from the get go.
te. nellis: Nice that you like the story so far.
Doom60: Its an update when I can get to it type of thing considering that I'm currently in school right now trying to earn my law degree.
merendinomiliano: I understand if you aren't but I however like the idea of seeing where stuff like this can go, considering a more malevolent Percy or Dante in this case is something I've always been fascinated in wanting to try my hand at. Speaking of the 7 there will be changes as to who the 7 are considering Dante's influence on the story, because some of them will be from canon and some won't be. Also, dude out of the Olympians I like Hephaestus as one of my top 5 . Also trust me Dante will encounter others from the different pantheons. After all, you gotta take advantage of all the different possibilities out there when you can if you're fighting Kronos and whatnot.
And cut as I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter and all that went on in it, but without further delay let's get on with it.
First up we've got Dante going up against his first monster in the form of Laistrygonian giant which I thought would a dope monster for him fight in the real world.
Following that we've got Dante once again going through the Demon Dungeon and being put through the ringer with a Dire Hellhound which I hoped y'all like in showing that although he's getting stronger he's still not at the top just yet.
Next up we've got the bit between Grover and Chiron going over Dante's growth in strength which I wanted to do considering that it only makes sense that they'd notice Dante's rapid jumps in power, not to mention dropping some bits on Sally's modified past.
Lastly we've got Dante switching it up and fighting his way through the Celestial Dungeon which I thought would be nice to do since most of the monsters from what I could do will be based on Lightsworn, Celestial and some Darklord monsters.
That being said please favorite, follow, review and share this story out as much as possible since I know this story can be something really cool; because every little bit you guys do helps the story out. Also, remember that flames will be ignored, yet constructive criticism so long as its well thought out and not an excuse to be a dick is welcomed.
With all that being said this Nomadic Chaos using the power of said chaos to give you guys good content, as the next chapter will be of Dante officially multiclassing to Gunslinger and him beating Gabe in poker so stay tuned for that.
Prelude Theme Song: The Nameless by Slipknot
Random End Song: Sp Lit by Chimaira