(Chapter 17: New Skills and Training)
It was the middle of July as both Dante Beta and Gamma had continued for the most part to do their own thing and progress in their own things so to speak and make gains towards their prospective classes they endeavored towards. With Dante Beta in his being at Camp Half-Blood had taken towards his further training with Ethan Nakamura and teaching him more in terms of martial prowess, while also advancing his Martial Artist class towards Levels 6 and halfway towards Level 7.
Meanwhile, Dante Gamma had been spending more time getting to know Hades and just chillin' out with him in general while working on unlocking his Hemomancer class and training his Demonologist class in combination as well to great effect.
(Camp Half-Blood, July 15th, 2016, 2:40 Pm)
It was 20 minutes till 3 as Dante Beta was sparring with Ethan to help the son of Nemesis in bettering his skills with the glaive, which despite being rough in its practice and form was still something that the copy of Dante had to give credit in its efficiency.
"Remember to not extend yourself on the right side. Also take advantage of the fact that with a polearm like this, you can make it into a shield as easy as you can cut someone up to hell." Dante Beta instructed as he blocked strikes from Ethan's glaive with his bare hands
"Yes sir!" Ethan replied as he slashed out with his glaive
That in mind, Dante Beta continued his training of Ethan in helping him improve in the technique of his glaive, instructing him to make use of it's greater reach than the spear, its longer reach and having him use it as both an offensive as well as a defensive weapon. With Dante Beta seeing the progress that Ethan was making with the glaive and granted that his sequences were still disjointed in his executions with the polearm, the copy of the Gamer could see that he was still progressing quite well with it
With him having seen more and more of Ethan's fighting style with it in progress take on a more defined form, in being a highly dynamic one that took advantage of him being surprisingly agile and turning the glaive into a constant barrier of blades. On top of him employing expertly excuted acrobatics from backflips, somersaults, and frontflips with surprising dexterity that actually surprised Dante Beta at the level of skill he could employ them at to help compliment it.
"..I didn't know you were good at gymnastics." Dante Beta said as Ethan finished completing a double backflip
"Well, that's because I used to be in it when I was a little kid." Ethan informed him while working on incorporating his acrobatic skills into his fighting style
"Really? Huh, never would've expected that." Dante Beta said to the now 14-year-old son of Nemesis
"I never really told anyone, because I knew for a fact that if I said anything about it. Then I'd never hear the end of it from the Ares Cabin. Which is why I never really said anything about it." Ethan replied in having never told anyone about it in wanting to spare himself the trouble of being ridiculed
"But one thing that I'll say about it is that its saved my life more than enough times. After all, being able to pull off all sorts of acrobatics and being able to evade whatever comes my way has been more my speed. Which is why I prefer doing things that way instead of fighting like a Greek with sword and shield in hand. It's great for everyone else. But when you prefer to be as mobile as possible and keep up a strong enough defense to do crowd control, then fighting like how other heroes have done can suck my right nut." Ethan added in having despised fighting like a Greek
The son of Nemesis having hated fighting like a Greek in finding the whole sword and shield or fighting head-on and charging into battle to be a shit way of doing it, at least where he was concerned and overall despised fighting in that manner. With him rathering to be as mobile and quick as he desired in a fight and ambushing the opponent so that he could take them out without them ever seeing it coming, for he preferred to fight evasively in abusing his skill in acrobatics and his high agility to outspeed and disable an opponent instead.
"I can get behind that way of doing things. Honestly, I respect you fightin' like that instead of being like nearly every other cookie-cutter demigod here. Since they all fight the fuckin' same that its not even that hard to take them all out en masse if I or someone else really wanted too." Dante Beta said in respecting Ethan's style of fighting considering it was something far different than the cookie-cutter way nearly everyone here fought
"Honestly, that's the one thing I can't stand about being trained to be a hero here. Everyone trains to be one and there's nothin' wrong with that, with all the fuck-off monsters out there. However, the real problem I have with it is that everyone has become stagnant and therefore settled. Because of that no one is really trying to improve themselves when everyone is settling to be the next great hero or impress mommy and daddy. That they haven't even so much as updated their own weaponry, or diversified shit beyond what the fuckin' Spartans used. Seriously we should be steppin' our shit up to learn how to use firearms, teaching them to use scimitars or halberds or claymores and warhammers. Instead, we're just learning to be another imitation Greek hero and it sickens me." Dante Beta added and raved at the fact that everyone here would rather be just another diet Spartacus or Perseus then set themselves apart and update themselves and improve to become something superior
"Believe me I more than agree with ya Dante, honestly we keep getting fucked up because all our stuff is still stuck in the age of post-Alexander the Great. Which is pretty stupid if ya asked me. I mean at least step up our weaponry to the era of one of my favorite presidents of all time." Ethan responded as he continued to work on lunges and the arcing swings of his glaive
"Who's your favorite president? Also, tighten up those swings Ethan, I'd rather not have you take your arm or your head off!" Dante Beta instructed in seeing that his glaive swings needed to tighten up the overarching swings on it otherwise he'd take his arms off
"Thanks! Also, that would be the greatest one of all. President Theodore Roosevelt, now if there was someone who was a fantastic leader of men, it would be him." Ethan replied as he readjusted his swings to be tighter and more compact in its execution
"That was a man who got things done and actually improved things military-wise. Not to mention the man actually got people to get in gear. Something that needs to happen here. Especially since Mr. D doesn't do dick to help out with improving things." Ethan added in having favored Teddy Roosevelt as his all-time favorite president because the man wasn't afraid to improve things by getting his hands dirty
"Who knows, if my mother ever got hired on around here. Then she'd definitely be able to switch things up and get the ball rolling on improving a lot of things here. Heck, maybe she'd be able to get us a deity that can actually do shit instead of getting our names wrong acting like a grumpy shit most of the time." Dante Beta replied in knowing that if Sally got her way about things then Camp Half-Blood would see a lot of changes
Considering that for starters that she'd get them updated to using firearms and spreading themselves out to using weapons that weren't from the Greek era of things and bump them up to using weapons that while Celestial Bronze got the job, were also enchanted to be far more deadly. Not to mention that since she was connected to the Celtic Gods from his understanding that maybe she could put in a request to said pantheon to maybe have someone replace the wine god.
"If your mom could actually get us to a fighting standard to where we won't get fucked up by monsters regularly. Then I'll fuckin' dropkick Claireese herself." Ethan spoke in being willing to run up and dropkick Claireese in public if his mother could make them monster-slaying machines
"I'll hold ya to it. But in any case let's worry about those things for later. Right now let's get back to working on perfecting that fighting style of yours." Dante Beta said as Ethan grinned in being able to work on refining and perfecting his fighting style
(4 days later, The Underworld, 1:24 Pm, July 19th, 2016)
It was a few days later as Dante Gamma during his time in the Underworld had besides working on unlocking the Hemomancer class had also been grinding on his Demonologist class and successfully getting it to Level 36 thus far.
"Alright, let's see just a little more I can feel it." Dante Gamma said to himself as he continued manipulating the dragon's blood both in forming more geometric shapes and actual weapons such as handaxes and scimitars
"...Now let's see if this will put me over the top for getting to where I need to be. Not to mention that this would look pretty dope if I do pull this off. So here goes nothing." Dante Gamma spoke as he worked on manipulating the dragon's blood to and manipulated into forming a lifelike depiction of Hades in plate mail which took more concentration that he thought
Well..after working on manipulating that blood you got from that dragon and controlling it through a mix of your own arcane energies and hydrokinesis. For close to a month now. I think you've deserve this.
Hemomancer
Level 1 out of 60
You will gain 4 INT and WIS and 2 CON per level gained from this class going forward.
Due to your heritage as a son of Posiedon you advance much faster in this class than normal.
So you've decided to take up Hemomancy a.k.a Blood magic that is known as one of the more grim and darker of arcane arts. Undertaking this class you learn how to use your own magic to manipulate one's own blood, generate corrupted lifeblood to attack with. As well as use it to defend yourself and your allies with the crimson life that sustains us all.
Bloodspear
MP Cost: 510
Type: Projectile
Range: 60 feet
You summon forth a spear of corrupted blood and arcane energy to pierce and impale your opponent. Deals 600+ INT*3 Necrotic Damage.
Blood Curse of Binding
MP cost: 600 per minute
Range: 30 feet
You use your arcane might to inflict a curse upon the target's blood to temporarily paralyze them. The target must make a STR saving throw against your INT or become paralyzed for the duration. They have advantage if they are larger than you.
Crimson Smite
MP Cost: 600
Type: Enhancement
When you make a weapon attack you can cause it to glow with a dull crimson light to silence them. The target takes an additional 450 + (INT * 1.5) Necrotic Damage. The target must make a CON saving throw against your INT, if they fail they begin to bleed profusely from the mouth as they take additional damage equal to your INT doubled for the next can be stopped if they receive magical healing
"Finally, I've got that unlocked!" Dante Gamma cheered to himself at having finally unlocked the Hemomancer class
"Now then time to finally check and see what's been going on with my Demonologist class." Dante Gamma spoke before seeing what he'd gained from demonologist
Banishment
MP Cost: 7,800 per 6 seconds
Range: 60 feet
You attempt to banish one creature that you can see within range to another plane of existence. The target must succeed on a CHA saving throw or be banished. If the target is native to your plane of existence they're instead banished to a harmless demiplane. The target remains there until the spell ends at which point they return to the spot they were previously. If the target isn't native to your plane of existence they're banished to an alternate plane of existence. If the spell is continued for a continuous minute then they're sent to their home plane and don't return.
Hellfire Shield
You summon forth infernal flames to protect you and spitefully lash out at your enemies. For every 500 HP it absorbs 750 MP is drained. For every 350 HP Absorbed, 500 Fire damage is dealt.
Hellflame Burst
MP Cost: 1,800
Range: 60 Feet
You concentrate demonic flames into a concussive bomb of hellfire to launch out at your enemies and burst open with great force. Deals 3,300+ (INT *4) Fire damage. Must make a CON saving throw against you're INT or take CHA+INT Fire damage for the next minute.
Shout
MP Cost: 1,500
Range: 20 feet
You release a ear-splitting magically enhanced shout that deafens and damages creatures around you. Creatures within a 20 foot radius from yourself take 3,200 + (INT*3) thunder damage. Creatures within radius must make a CON saving throw or be deafened for 1 minute. Inorganic creatures have disadvantage on the saving throw.
Chains of Death
MP Cost: 2,100 per 10 seconds
Range: 90 feet
Chains crafted from the bones of the damned rise up to ensnare a chosen target you see in range. The target must make a STR saving throw against your INT or be restrained or take 800+ (INT*2) necrotic damage per duration of the spell.
Boiling Oil
MP Cost: 2,550 MP per 10 seconds
Range: 120 feet
Type: Cylinder
Boiling hot oil rains down in a 15 foot by 40 foot high radius to scorch and melt the flesh of your enemies. The enemies take 2,400+ (INT *5) fire damage. Enemies must make a CON saving throw against your INT or take half damage.
Vitriolic Sphere
MP Cost: 750
Type: Sphere
Range: 150 feet
You point to a location you can see within range and cause a shining streak of emerald 1 foot in diameter to strike your opponent. The spell deals 400+ INT *2 acid damage and a 200+ INT acid damage per minute.
Mask of Many Faces
MP Cost: 900 MP per 10 seconds
You use infernal magics to mask your appearance and change yourself into another humanoid form. This disguise can be seen through with a WIS check against your CHA stat.
Corrupted Exorcism
MP Cost: 3,000 per minute
Range: 30 feet
Your infernal dominance has grown to the point that you can force out entities who've possessed a host and bend and drive them to your will for a time. You can force out an entity that has possessed a creature with them making a CHA save against your INT. Once they've failed they are under your command for an amount of hours equal to your class level halved.
Infernal Army
MP Cost: 3,000
You empower your demonic hordes with diabolic power and hellfire to destroy your enemies and send them their grave below. Your fiends for the next minute gain a 60% damage increase and deal additional fire damage equal to your class level + CHA.
"I can definitely get behind all of this." Dante Gamma said to himself with a wide grin on his face
"Master Dante, I have been sent to come get you. Lord Hades wants an audience with you. " An undead servant told him
"Alright, lead the way." Dante Gamma replied
That in mind he followed the undead servant to Hades's library where he was continuing to read over some books he had, one that caught his attention was of Hades reading a Necronomicon that he was currently looking over.
"There you are Dante." Hades spoke as he closed the book he was reading over
"What can I do for ya, Uncle Hades?" Dante Gamma questioned
"Simple enough. What with Zagreus having worked it out with me more over these past few days over his duties. He felt that his assisting Thanatos in his duties as God of the dead would be more of a fruitful endeavor seeing as how both of them can cover more ground in making sure that souls go their afterlife here. With my son taking to his new position quite well in having spent these many centuries in becoming a good judge of character." Hades spoke as he'd talked with Zagreus and his son felt that his focusing more on helping Thanatos out in the retrieval of and making sure lost souls went to the afterlife would be more effective than potentially spreading himself thin
"Good for him. Nice to see that he's doing alright with his job with Thanatos. However, I'm pretty sure that wasn't the sole reason why you called me here." Dante Gamma replied in knowing full well that there was more to this
"You'd be correct. With Zagreus helping Thanatos to make sure that souls are retrieved and sent to the afterlife and making sure that some of the demons that do escape are exorcised and don't cause trouble. For there are some creatures and demons that love to possess mortals and cause unneeded havoc. There's still souls and spirits that have escaped the Underworld and cause chaos in the world above. Not only that my dear nephew. There are also those who have evaded my capture for far too long and have run amok. Which is why I want you to help in this endeavor." Hades told him in having detested a number of souls that had both escaped the underworld and those who were on his hit list of souls that needed to be sent here for causing so much chaos
"So I'm guessing you want me to pretty much act as the Ghost Rider and get all these bastards back here where they belong?" Dante Gamma questioned his uncle who nodded
"..Correct in that regard, forgive me my knowledge on comic book icons is not all that great. But yes, I want you to hunt down these souls and wretched maggots that are causing trouble on the surface. For it is these fools that mess with things concerning my domain that they have no business in tampering with." Hades answered back in more or less having Dante function as such for him minus the whole flaming skull deal
"I'm super down with that, not to mention it'll more than give me a chance to test out all of the new magic I've been practicing on. Not to mention I'll possibly get the chance to fight a dracolich!" Dante Gamma spoke fully on board to hunt down the souls that dared to cause trouble and chaos for his uncle
One of the things that the Gamer wished to do on his bucket list ever since working on these powers was to potentially fight and slay a dracolich, as Dante couldn't help but think of the idea of doing so to be nothing less than epic.
"Excellent to hear my dear nephew. I will be sending you out to hunt your first target within a few days time. So until the time where I will call upon you to bring back this soul for due punishment. I would continue the rest of your time training and preparing for what's to come." Hades told him in sending the demigod out for his 1st target soon enough
"Great to know. I'll get ready for prep immediately!" Dante Gamma replied happily as he went off elsewhere to prepare for his first mission
(2 days later, Camp Half-Blood, July 21st, 2016, 6:30 Pm)
It was half-past 6 as Dante Beta was currently in the forests of Camp Half-Blood as he decided to go out and level up his Martial Artist class, with him having decided to square up against them and get nearly halfway to Level 7 thus far.
"Man this place makes for a good workout area." Dante Beta said as his arm, legs, upper chest and face were covered in gore
"Now let's see what new stuff I've hopefully gained from all of this." Dante Beta wondered as he checked to see what he gained thus far
Muay Thai Proficiency (Apprentice)
Kicking, punching, throwing knees, throwing elbows; it's not called the art of eight limbs for nothing, and throw in some clinching just to round it off. It may be the most complete, versatile and practical of the striking arts, and now you're getting better. Still better not to be cocky! +25% hand-to-hand damage, +5% Strength and Dexterity when using hand-to-hand (striking) martial arts.
Resistance to Soul Manipulation (Legendary)
The true martial artist is the master of self, and allows none to manipulate his being without immense repercussions.
Immunity to any outside soul manipulation unless you desire it. In fact, you now are notified of attempts to manipulate your soul and are given the option of retaliating with non-resistible immense damage.
Hell Stab (Level 1/100)
Concentrated physical energy envelopes the fingers of your hand and allows you to pierce through robust defences with ease. At higher levels, you can concentrate the energy into less fingers, pierce through even malleable objects and enemies that may otherwise distribute the force, send the energy out in a lancing fashion, create shockwaves by waving your hand, or pierce even the most invulnerable of defences. Maybe try using this with each hand-to-hand strike you send out?
Available Forms:
4 Finger Nukite
(STR x 2) + 1000 piercing damage, ignores conventional durability
SP Cost: 100
Full Cowling (Evolving Skill)
The first steps to becoming a true embodiment of a warrior's spirit, and maybe beyond that. Channel your physical energy throughout your body in an even fashion, raising your physical capabilities and granting you a "cloak" which can damage enemies or be manipulated into attacks.
At higher evolutions, this skill creates a skill tree of sorts that allows you to delve further into it and create your own techniques and skills, such as the Smashes of heroes from another universe.
Cloak type: intermixed shadowy lances that arc around your body, similar to lightning.
Cloak color: White.
This cloak may change based on the classes you take and the skills you favor!
EVOLVING SKILLS! Evolving skills are those which grow in strength similarly to those which can level up, but in a less technical and linear fashion. In fact, these skills evolve based on the work, ingenuity and training you put into them; simply put, they evolve based on how you use them and what unique techniques you develop using them. They are rare, and are typically skills from rare, unique or less used classes that have the potential to be very powerful!
Breath of Heaven
MP Cost: 1000
A blast of physical energy erupts from your core and heals you and all allies within 10 yards for 20% of your HP.
"Holy shit, I gotta figure out a way to abuse the hell out of Full Cowling. If I ever pop by My Hero, I'm so gonna flex on Deku and All Might with that." Dante Beta said to himself in knowing full well that he had some experimentations to do with Full Cowling
"Until such a time, I guess I'm fighting dire Scorpions then." Dante Beta spoke as he saw a dire Scorpion approach him
So doing the only reasonable thing he launched after them and swung out with a right cross at the closest one that cracked at its carapace like a hammer, with him pounding into the middle of its carapace like a jackhammer. All before it lanced out at him with its stinger, which he immediately activated his Brace ability against and retaliating with Counterstrike that nearly severed its tail in one go before jumping off of its cracked apart carapace and using Bulk Up as he descended towards it.
With him then landing a vicious Power Blow that punched through its left eye causing dark greyish green ichor and semi-translucent ocular fluid to rush out from the gaping wound, that was made worse by him following it up with a 4 fingered Hell-Stab into the same wound to widen it. Causing his hand to sink into the wound as furious and pained chittering came from the dire scorpion who swung its right claw at him, yet he managed to Misty Step out of the way and grab at its claw in a modified chokehold.
He then proceeded to twist and yank as hard as he could at the offending limb that tried to furiously shake him off, but it was in vain as the carapace began to crack and muscle underneath began to give way until soon enough he tore it off in a gush of gore and blood. With him then proceeding to use the dismembered limb to bash the scorpion's head in until it was nothing more than a bloody pulp that soon faded into golden dust.
"That made for a good warm-up. Now let's see how much more damage I can do in the next 15 to..25 or so minutes." Dante Beta said to himself as he continued onwards through the forest
With that in mind, Dante Beta continued towards physically beating the living hell out of any creature that got within his crosshairs, every punch, kick, elbow, knee, bite and headbutt was fully dedicated towards pummeling said creatures into a bloody pulp that would soon turn into golden dust. For the copy of the demigod was relentless in his pursuit of each of the creatures to destroy through use of his bare-hands alone.
This continued onwards until he soon encountered a giant bear of all things yet this one was clearly mutated as it stood nearly twice the height of a brown bear with reddish-brown fur, its body hulking in size while its rear legs were more ape-like in appearance as it stood to its full height. Bloodstained bone and gnarled covered its stomach and lower chest in a warped fused together breastplate, its claws the size of shortswords, its snout slightly wolfish as it contained a maw of saw-like teeth, all the while its emerald green eyes stared him down.
Aldrardr: The Ursine Abomination
Rank: Veteran
Level: 51
HP: 58,500/58,500
SP: 31,500/31,500
MP: 2,700/2,700
STR: 270
DEX: 121
CON: 138
INT: 11
WIS: 16
CHA: 63
LUC: 48
Description: This abomination was formerly a son of Ares during the late 19th to 20th century. Aldrardr was driven by bloodthirst and the desire to prove his strength among demigods. With him carving a path of carnage for 2 decades straight until he crossed paths with a druid and former Hunter of Artemis. Whom in their dying breath cursed him to be the beast he acted in his human life. It was only thanks to Chiron driving him back into forests with other cursed and powerful monsters that he now roams as a savage behemoth.
'This oughta be fun. Here I go killin' a bear.' Dante Beta thought to himself before launching himself at Aldradr
His fist soon colliding with Aldradr's face before turning on heel and unleashing a roundhouse kick into the former demigod turned giant ursine's face, which angered Aldradr and had him bite down on Dante Beta's leg and shaking and thrashing him about like a ragdoll. All before he was thrown a few feet away as the giant bear lumbered towards him while the copy of the Gamer who prepared his Brace ability, for he soon found himself being struck by one of Aldradr's massive paws that almost staggered him, but retaliated with a Counterstrike via a fierce left jab to his face.
Dante Beta then after launching a Hell Stab to momentarily blind the giant bear to give him time to leap away from Aldradr's massive maw and begin a series of jabs and kicks at the bear's massive flank, before it soon turned around to slam its massive arm into the copy of the Gamer immediately grabbed onto and put into a modified armbar, as he began using a considerable amount of strength to yank the thick and muscled limb back causing the ursine monster to roar and thrash about to try and get the demigod off it.
Yet it was of no use as Dante Beta continued to yank and twist at the thick limb until he soon heard the crack and crunch of bone as he continued to pull further back in the attempt to try and break Aldradr's forelimb, before he soon found himself being bitten down on by the massive bears' jaws with him feeling the smell of rotting flesh invade his senses. Before he was swiftly yanked off and found the abomination of a former demigod clamp down further and further to attempt to bite him in half, with Dante Beta proceeding to abuse Hell Stab and continuously impale his right hand into the maw of Aldradr.
It became a brief war of attrition between the two before Aldradr before the massive bear was forced to let go its maw a bloodied mess of crimson while Dante Beta's own shirt was officially a shredded mess stained in his own blood. With him also having seen that during all of this his wounds looked nearly infected and rotting evident by the dark reddish black vein like cracks that pulsed like a rotting tumor that if the nearly 10K of damage he took during the fight was necrotic in nature.
"Is that all ya got? That bitch Claireese hits harder than you." Dante Beta taunted as Aldradr growled and snarled at him
"I...will tear..your...limbs off and devour...your flesh!" Aldradr growled out in a coarse and rough bass of a voice that barely sounded human
"Well, I'll be damned. It can actually talk." Dante Beta spoke in actual surprise of Aldradr's ability to actually speak
"You...will be..my...AARRGGHHH!" Aldradr snarled out before his eyes glowed dark red and charged at Dante Beta
With Dante Beta using his considerable strength to leap over Aldradr who got onto his hind legs and tried to swipe at him with both his claws that he managed to narrowly evade by the skin of teeth and land a kick that cracked against it like a whip. All before following it up by him using his clawed hands to dig into the dense flesh of Aldradr and vicious knee him in the neck and spin himself around into another kick that knocked out some of the former demigod's teeth, yet the bear soon caught the offending limb in its teeth and used it to slam Dante Beta into the ground.
Where the massive bear began to maul at him swiping at his chest with bestial fury and savagery, luckily for the copy of the Gamer he still had a high amount of physical resistance to help him endure the attack as he quickly used his Brace ability alongside his Bulk up one as well. The moment Aldradr brought down one of his claws to swipe at Dante Beta's face he retaliated with another Counterstrike to his face that managed to land as a critical hit via the crunching noise of a shattered jaw; causing blood, teeth and saliva to be sent flying.
He then unleashed a barrage of hooks and jabs at Aldradr's warped chestplate of flesh and bone that rapidly began to crack and give way before the vicious assault of blows, before jumping up to unleash a Hell Stab with both hands aimed Aldradr's throat. The massive beast only further enraged at the newly made hole in his throat went to swipe at Dante Beta with its one good arm that he bobbed out of the way from and used a combination of Bulk Up and Hell Stab to pierce his right hand into the ursine creature's forearm.
He then used another Hell Stab to pierce his other hand into the limb and forced both of his clawed hands into its flesh until he reached bone where he used all of his strength to rip out the bone within said limb, all within a burst of gore and blood that covered his body. That was then followed up by him using said bone fragment like a javelin and ramming it forth into Aldradr's skull, with the former demigod of Ares roaring and growling in anger before soon enough it gave way to quickly quieting moans before finally dying and slumping to the ground.
"Holy shit that was one heck of a fight." Dante Beta said to himself
"Now here's the real question? Would it be cannibalism or not to eat him, since he used to be human." Dante Beta wondered
Probably not. He gave up any rights to be considered human the moment he turned into a beast. So if ya wanna do it then go for it.
"Good point. But first things first, I think that this accomplishment deserves me seeing what I get from one of these Skill Scrolls." Dante Beta said to himself as opened up one of the Skill Scrolls
You've learned a new skill.
Mach Punch
SP Cost: 1,200
You've learned one of the quickest moves in Pokemon that put Quick Attack to shame. Thanks to this you'll be able to channel physical energy into your fists. So you'll punch so fast that the other guy will have a fat lip before they even know it. Deals 1,920 + (DEX * 8) Physical damage
"Ah, sweet. I get to use one of my favorite Pokemon moves." Dante Beta said to himself in excitement as he skinned Aldradr
'But until then, time for me to get started on eatin' some bear meat.' Dante Beta thought as he skinned the former demigod of Ares alive
Once he finished skinning him alive he gathered some wood and made a fire to roast the meat he now had from Aldadr which he devoured over a quarter of in the process, with him roasting the rest of it and saving the rest for later in his inventory. With that settled and done with, he exited the forest and cleaned himself off and with nothing else left to do for the evening just spent it relaxing in Poseidon cabin listening to Meshuggah.
(2 days later, 5:41 Am, San Francisco, July 23rd, 2016)
It was the wee hours of morning as Dante Gamma had been transported to hunt down a Roman demigod of all things, this time a son of Mars who'd been killing other demigods regardless of being Greek or Roman and something Hades wanted nipped in the bud immediately.
"Time to put my new skills with my Demonologist and Hemomancy to the test." Dante Gamma thought to himself as he saw his target riding on his motorcycle
Once he saw that his target was in range he fired off two Vitriolic Spheres at the motorcycle, the emerald streaks soon collided with said vehicle and rapidly devoured the metal and wheels of it like a pack of starving wolves. All of which wound up with the son of Mars having to jump off the motorcycle as soon enough it crashed into a heap, yet the moment he got up Dante Gamma launched forth a Bloodspear that raced towards the son of Mars who quickly brought out his shield to block the attack that put a nearly modest-sized dent against it.
The Son of Mars had kept his shield up to endure another two Bloodspears that impacted against him as he saw Dante Gamma approach him, the copy of the Gamer soon saw his adversary as a man in his late 20's standing at 5 foot 8 with dark red hair done in a crew cut, dark forest green eyes filled with malice. His face having a hooked nose, a jaw that looked like someone beat him over the head with a cinderblock that was made all the more evident by his crooked and chipped teeth, that made him look more like an ogre that was helped along by his stocky and muscular form.
He wore a sleeveless denim jacket that had an Imperial Gold breastplate underneath, jean shorts, black and red high-top sneakers, an Imperial Gold battleaxe and shield that had a dark red boar painted upon it in both hands.
"So would you happen to be one, Darren Parker, son of Mars?" Dante Gamma questioned while the son of Mars glared at him
"Your goddamn right I am. Now get the fuck out of my way, or I'll take your damn head off for ruining my ride." Darren angrily spat in being rightfully furious that his motorcycle had been ruined
"Ya see I can't really do that, as you've been causing a lot of trouble lately. Therefore my boss and uncle have sent me here to make you permanently cut that shit out." Dante Gamma responded before unleashing a Hellfire Burst out at Darren
The Son of Mars wisely decided to get out of the way as a horse-sized mass of emerald hellflame came rocketing towards him that exploded with great force, yet this was promptly followed by Dante Gamma unleashing a salvo of Darkbolts to the point that it briefly blocked out the rising sun. Which forced Darren to quickly run for dear life to avoid getting hit by the swarm of pitch-black bolts of demonic energy that rained down like shooting stars.
With him using his shield to help defend against the bolts of energy that rained down upon him with a good number of them actually impacting upon him and despite the sheer number of bolts of demonic energy he had managed to keep going. That was until Dante Gamma had who had been using Misty Step to keep up with his target was some 30 feet away before taking a deep inhale and casting Shout, which took the form of a deafening bellow that shouted car windows and cracked away at stone causing Darren to drop to his knees from the incredibly loud attack.
Dante Gamma had cursed at the fact that the son of Mars before him was just 10 points shy of being deafened by his Shout spell, but it was of minor nuisance as he just raised his hand and fired off another Hellflame Burst at him. With Darren having to use his shield to block the oncoming bursts of hellfire that gradually but surely burned and melted his shield of Imperial Gold until within a few moments was forced to drop the now smoldering pile of gold that had served in for so long.
"Ya know I don't get it, why the fuck are you killing demigods?" Dante Gamma questioned the son of Mars who was furious over his now burnt right arm
"I'm doing it because someone needs to get rid of these weak bastards, as they need to know that if they wanna be a demigod. Then they have to be at the top and not some little shit who thinks this is a fucking game. If anything you should let me continue to do as I must. At least when I'm done there will be far more worthy demigods out there than those who probably can't piss in a bucket right." Darren declared in seeing what he was doing as merely culling the weak so that only the strongest would rise
"I would actually respect what your doing, if you weren't going about it ass backwards. Seriously for a son of a war god who could've raised an army of the strong to crush the weak. You truly are an idiot." Dante Gamma said in finding the son of Mars's method of culling the weak to be idiotic
"No matter the world and demigods yet to come are no longer gonna suffer under your idiotic plans of survival of the fittest." Dante Gamma added as he began casting Boiling Oil
"How are you gonna do that, you may have gotten lucky but…" Darren spoke as he soon felt scorching hot oil begin to rain down on him
The oil soon began to drop down on him as though it were a veritable rainstorm as he soon found himself being covered in oil that began to burn and melt away at his flesh, so as any sane person would do he tried to flee and run from it. With him grunting and almost yelling out in pain of his fleshing being melted away by the rain of scorching oil that dumped down in heaps upon him, all the while Dante Gamma had a malicious smirk of self-satisfaction across his face as he let Darren run away.
Soon enough Darren was forced to strip out of his denim jacket that painfully clung and tore away at some of his partially melted flesh as he stood panting like a dog after having to dash away from getting searing hot oil rained down upon him. Yet his troubles were only beginning due to the fact that Dante Gamma had teleported towards him once again with the malicious smirk still plastered clear on his face, the reason being is that he shot forth Aganazzar's Scorcher onto Darren who thanks to being covered in said oil near-instantly burst into flames.
The Son of Mars screeching in agony as hellfire began to ravenously eat away at his flesh and burn away at him as he stumbled haphazardly to try and put out the flames to no avail; all the while his sight began to rapidly diminish thanks to his eyes being boiled and soon melt out of his eye-sockets. Yet he soon found his saving grace in the form of the waters below the Golden Gate Bridge that were yards upon yards away, so breaking out into a mad dash to put out the hellfire he quickly ran for dear life and using all of his strength jumped into the water below.
Despite this it wouldn't be the saving grace he thought it would've been as the moment he tried to surface for air he soon found the water itself began to violently force itself down his throat, ears, and ruined eye-sockets to drown him. With Dante Gamma manipulating and controlling the water to continue ramming itself into every available orifice in Darrent's body at a faster and faster rate and having more water ram itself into his body before in a loud sploshing noise, the son of Mars stomach cavity and throat was torn asunder.
'That takes care of that.' Dante Gamma thought as he felt that this had gone far better than what he expected it would've been
"Now then the only thing left for me to do is just enjoy this nice sunrise. Then after that go and get some IHOP." Dante Gamma said to himself in thinking that would be a great use of his time for the rest of the day
So with both Dante's Gamma and Beta growing in strength and our hero gaining use of the Hemomancer class, it looks as though our Gamer continues to grow further and further in strength. How will his upswing in power persist as he continues on his path to power? Well, you'll have to find out next time on A Gamer among Demigods.
Now then onto the reviews from the last chapter.
True Sage of Six Paths: I'm very happy you liked the last chapter and hope you enjoy this one.
HazMiZan00: Glad you liked the chapter and yeah, I'm definitely building things up for when Dante gets involved in the Kane Chronicles as he would pretty much beat the shit out all of them hands down. Also, that was a typo about me putting Kensei instead of Warlord, as I had originally planned on him having that as an advanced class. But decided on Warlord as that would fit his personality and fighting style more. Also, holy shit that would've been better now that I think about it concerning Doomkaiser Dragon.
Sentry342: More or less that's what he's turning into. Also, that was a mistake on my part for what I was gonna have his class originally be instead of Warlord.
Death Fury: Happy you thought this was such an excellent chapter and hope you enjoy this one.
M2R: Glad you thought it was such
AvidReader2425: Oh yeah, Sally doesn't fuck around in terms of her strength as a demigod and this is her getting back to fighting shape. Also, maybe on his going to Hellsing.
gskama: Yeah, that's the thing about Dante in all of this. That he's just more or less treating this as it should be like a video game. Where he can grow as fucking strong as he wants to be. Also, don't worry there will be cucking of Zeus to come later on in the story.
darkpegasuzz: As for Marvel and DC he won't be hitting any of those universes till way, and I mean way later on in the story. Considering that if he went to any one of those universes he would get flattened in a hot second.
RemzalVonEmili: Oh he most definitely is as soon enough he's gonna be a master of it once he gets finished with the next world he'll visit.
NazgulBelserion: Yup the path to cucking Zeus has begun.
merendionemilliano: Well hears the thing about Dante is that he's very spiteful and vengeful. So him sleeping with Hera is moreso based out spite and revenge against Zeus, as to him, he's gotta hit Zeus where it fucking hurts and hard. Therefore what better way than sleeping with Hera. Also, there will be more girls to come later on. But I will make him use some more of his fish-related abilities in close combat later on.
Mckenray: Yeah Zeus for all he does in canon and in here deserves what's coming to him. Also, once Dante gets more of a handle on his divinity he will eventually get to working on making his own curse. As I love the idea of giving them a weakness to water, but I won't really stop there. Also, as for Nico when Bianca joins up with the Hunters. Nice ain't gonna take that too well and I'll say that he's gonna be uber pissed.
RibbitFroggy: Oh yeah, Dante is gonna be getting involved with the Kane Chronicles after everything with Kronos is settled and done with. Since he is gonna be gunning for the big players later on in the story. Also, I'm definitely on board with using those Yugioh monsters to troll with and fucking with the magicians. Especially in using the Blue Eyes archetype and Dark Magicians to mess with them. As for the Egyptian Gods, I'll have to work on how he gets them.
Xager-the-Chaos-King: After going back and looking up what the Kensei really is. I decided to change him being a Kensei to a Warlord. So that I can save him being a Kensei and being near busted with a sword later on in the story.
TheOnlyKing: Oh yeah, as I thought why not have Aphrodite get involved in this as it just seemed too perfect of an idea not too. Furthermore, Dante's just gonna turn into a fucking beast once he maxes out warlord.
dannyrockon: Thanks for the high praise, my dude. I'll do my best to continue to live up to your expectations.
CrimsonSylvan: Oh trust it bothered me too how Naruto had all of this limitless potential to be a badass sage/ninja and learn all this awesome stuff to fit in with that archetype. Instead, of t getting wasted like what we see in canon. Since he's quite literally a one-trick pony that if not for his talk-no-jutsu against a real powerful enemy, he'd get obliterated. So when Dante comes to Naruto expect for Naruto to get put through the fucking ringer. But yeah Dante would just make the captain really suffer and just beat the hell out of him with just his Martial Artist abilities. Because what Dante's aiming for isn't just to become a god, but also ascend past that and take everything to its apex. Also, its gonna be a while before he can get resources to build some more high-end stuff from the Shinto and Norse pantheons.
Well, that takes care of that and I hoped you guys enjoyed what went on here, yet without further delay let's get down to it.
First up we've got a bit of training between Dante Beta and Ethan which I thought would be dope to do and develop their bond as student and teacher.
Coming up after that we've got Dante Gamma unlocking his Hemomancer class and becoming Hades's bounty hunter for souls and people that are causing trouble for him which I thought would be something neat to do.
Following that up we've got Dante Beta using his Martial Artist skills to flex on some monsters in the forest of Camp Half-Blood and fighting against a cursed demigod within it. Which I wanted to do as I thought that it would be a fun idea to toy around with.
Lastly, we've got Dante Gamma shit-stomping his first target from Hades that I thought would be a fun little scene to do in having him just go at it full forth with mainly his Demonologist class skills and all that it would entail to just fuck him up.
With all 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.
So with all that being said, this is Nomadic Chaos using the power of said chaos to give you guys good stuff to read. With the next chapter being of Dante going out with Hera and him summoning his first Fate servant. So stay tuned for all of that good stuff.
Part 1 Theme Song: Breathing Lightning by Anthrax
Random End Song: New Tattoo by Saving Abel