Here's the latest chapter, while I'm making this I'm also keeping up to date on the fight between Buddha and Zero, I plan to have a God replace Buddha for the side of the Gods just to even things out. Enjoy the chapter!
I don't own Shuumatsu no Valkyrie.
Chapter 2: Half-Demon of Humanity vs The Wrathful God of the Sea! A Kind Devil or A Cruel God?
Geir was currently running across the hall, she tripped and fell but picked herself up. The look on her face showed she was angry, she continued to run until she burst through the door where Brunhild and Null were staying.
"What's the meaning of this, Sister Brunhild!?" Geir asked in anger.
"Geir, calm yourself." Hrist, the second Valkyrie sister told the young Valkyrie.
"You saw it too, right? The knuckle duster was unscathed, wasn't it?" Geir shouted the question. "So why! Why did Sister Leif disappear!?"
"Geir. Volund is not simply a matter of becoming a weapon. It's a technique in mortals and Valkyries becomes one." Hrist explained. "In other words… you entrust everything to one another. You fight as one, you live and die as one." Geir began to tear up at the memory of another lost Valkyrie sister, Hrist hugged her to comfort the young Valkyrie. "There's no need to cry… Leif was well aware of… the kind of battle we're facing."
"But… I didn't get to say goodbye… I couldn't do anything for her…" Geir cried.
"Geir…" Hrist said.
"Sister… Hrist…" Geir weeped back, but soon Hrist tightened her grip. "Ow… you're squishing meeeee! Sister Hrist, too tight!" And when she looked up she panicked because Hirst had a pissed-off look on her face.
"Fucking bastards, I'm coming for you." Hrist sneered.
"I… almost forgot… two powers dwell within sister Hrist's body… two halves of the same whole." Geir thought. "P-Please calm down, Sister Hrist."
Currently Brunhild was having a one-person eating contest, she was devouring salmiak pie like not tomorrow, and they don't taste good but Brunhild stressed out and was binge eating. Null was mediating and intensely because his eyes were still bright red. Both of them were thinking the same thing.
"We have to stop this from happening… no matter what! If humanity loses for a third time." The two being thought, then Brunhild got a message.
She widened her eyes in shock and gulped down her food, then wiped the rest off the table. This confused the other two Valkyries, until they found the third contender was for the Gods would be… Poseidon!
"R-Right after Zeus… is Lord Poseidon!" Geir shouted.
"They seem to be pushing us to the wall.." Hrist stated.
"Even though it's the third round they keep playing their top tier fighters." Geir stated.
Null wasted no time flipping through the pages of the Book of Knowledge to find a suitable fighter that could handle the likes of the God of the Sea. He was sweating and was going through the skills and abilities of each fighter to see who would have the best chance.
"What are we gonna do sister… Poseidon is Zeus's older brother, you know!? Isn't he super strong!? At this rate, aren't we going to completely shut out by the Gods!?" Geir asked Brunhild, panicking.
Making it hard for Null to probably concentrate, Geir was going to continue her panicking rant but Brunhild shushed her.
"Geir, would you mind shutting your mouth for just a second?" Brunhil told her. "If not, I might just end up removing your head instead." She said sweetly.
"O-Of course…" Geir squeaked out. "That a hell of a thing to say with a smile on your face!" She thought.
Null slammed the book shut and let out a frustrated sigh, he went through every fighter and every possible situation if they were to fight but Null couldn't see them winning.
"Which one of them could win!? Which one… who could possibly handle some call the Zeus of the Sea!" Null thought, he didn't want to send out one of the more powerful fighters just yet. "Who could survive a battle someone knows as the Zeus of the Sea?"
But before he or Brunhild could make a judgement call, someone had entered the room and picked for them.
"I shall go." They said firmly.
"You are?" Geir said, shock.
"Dante." Null finished. "The half demon fighter and son of Sparda."
"Demon?" Geir said, confused. "Shouldn't combatants be mortal and take the form of the peak of their golden age?" She asked, confused.
"Indeed." Brunhild agreed. "So why go against the likes of Posiedon?" She asked, getting up but knocking the jug of milk.
Dante caught it with ease by using his sword and brought it to his hand, he took a gulp and finished, he swiped his mouth. Even though he liked a slacker, he was able to catch the jug with ease and mastery.
"Lord Null… Miss Valkyrie… It's time for a change in tactics in a human what about a half demon. Plus, I'm alway in my golden years!" Dante stated.
"Very well, let us get ready for the third round." Null stated.
In the arena which had changed to having a body of water surrounding a piece of land, Humanity's spirit was low and their hearts deep in despair. If they didn't get a win then all hope for them was a loss. Null knew this and couldn't let this go on like this, he promised Brunhild his help and was going to make good on it.
"FOLLOWING ON FROM HUMANITY'S LOSS, THE THIRD BATTLE OF RAGNAROK BEGINS NOW!" Heimdal shouted. "FIGHTING FOR THE GODS, HE BEAR NO LOVE FOR THE PITIFUL MORTALS… ONE COULD EVEN SAY THAT PERHAPS HE ENJOYS TESTING THEM? BUT THAT IS WHAT DEFINES A GOD! THE HARSHEST TRIALS! AND THAT INDIFFERENCE TO LIFE! IS THE REALM OF THE GODS! HE FOLLOWS THE ALMIGHTY ZEUS… REPRESENTING THE GOD FOR ROUND 3!" Then as the double door opened the water flooded but as soon as it was closed to God fighting this round, it split letting them pass. "IF ZEUS IS THE GOD OF THE COSMO, THEN THIS MAN RULES THE OCEAN WITH AN IRON FIST. THE RULER OF THE SEAS!" Heimdall shouted. "EVEN THE GODS TREMBLE AT THE THOUGHT OF INVOKING HIS WRATH… THE MOST FEARSOME GOD! SECOND OF THE THREE BROTHERS OF OLYMPUS… KNOWN AS THE ZEUS OF THE SEA! HIS NAME IS… POSEIDON!"
"Hmph… nothing but filth before my eyes." Poseidon, The Greek God of the Seas, having blonde hair, white skin, and blue eyes said with disgust.
"Hmm~. Poseidon, huh? He's even less receptive to my jokes than you, old man." Loki stated.
"AND NOW, FIGHTING FOR HUMANITY THAT WILL FACE THE FURY OF THE GODS! IS THIS MAN! IS IT THE FIRST SON OF SPARDA, VERGIL? NO! IS IT THE DARK EMPEROR, MUDUS? NO! IS IT THE MOST POWERFUL DEMON IN THE UNDERWORLD? NO! IT THIS MAN IS A HALF DEMON HALF HUMAN!" Heimdall shouted, as he did someone was riding a boat to the small island of land. "HE'S KILLED AND SLAUGHTER HORDES OF DEMON AND OTHER MONSTERS! OVERCOMING EVERY CHALLENGE THAT HE'S FACE, WELDING IS SWORD WITH THE FURY OF BEAST! IT'S THE SECOND SON OF SPARDA, DANTE!" The Half-Demon walked out of the body and had a relaxed face and cocky grin.
"Jeez, so noisy." Dante muttered.
The crowd was getting restless, even though Dante looked strong he was also lazy and even though he was a swordsman. This led people to have doubt in whether Dante could fight well let alone win this round for Humanity. With the exception of a few who know of Half-Demon's true extent of his power and skills.
"Of all people it had to him." Vergil, the First Son of Sparda scoffed. "He better win."
"You could have a little more faith in your twin, Vergil." Lady, The Demon Slayer told the twin.
"Hmph." Was all Vergil said.
Dante took breath and then exhaled and then unsheathe his sword, Rebellion and that alone was able to calm down the water. This stunned everyone, even the Gods were in shock at the display.
"Huh? What… What with that mortal!?" Ares asked, sweating.
"What a pleasant surprise." Hermes stated.
"Oh? It seems that Humanity… still have a few cards up their sleeve." Loki said, in a creepy and exciting manner.
"Do you think you could do that, Vergi?" Lady asked.
"No." Vergil answered.
Both representatives faced each other, this was it. It was time for the battle of surviving for round 3, The Second Son of Sparda; Dante vs Greek God of the Seas; Poseideon.
"LET THE FIGHTING, BEGIN!" Heimdall shouted.
But yet both fighters remained where they were, the atmosphere was intense. In the stands with Null and the two Valkyries they could feel it.
"The… The tension's through the roof." Geir said, sweating a bit.
"The fight has started right? So why has neither of them moved an inch yet?" A man asked, confused.
Unlike the last two bouts, the third round started with stillness like that of water and sturdiness of stone.
"Hmm… they are but a step of each other's range…" Ares stated. "It would appear that each to achieve first blood by countering the other's first strike.."
"Apologies. Lord Poseiden isn't concerned with his strikes. He's merely going to strike down any fly that enters his striking range." Hermes
"Precisely. There's nothing else to it." Hades agreed.
Dante was starting to sweat while just standing there, some of the other Gods and even humans had figured out what the half demon was doing.
"Lord Null, what's wrong with Dante? He looks unwell." Geir pointed out.
"He's fine. It's just because of the fact he's bent in so many fights that he must rely on his senses, and currently Dante is trying to figure out the best way to attack Poseidon without dying by using his head. So far it is not looking good, if I had to guess he's died 20 times already." Null stated.
"2-20 times!? He's already being back in a corner!" Geir shouted.
"Indeed, quite troubling." Null agreed.
"Damn… no matter I look at it. It is hopeless." Dante thought.
"He's opponent is one of the 12 God of Olypmus but still, to be pushed back from the start." Geir said, starting to freak out.
At that moment Brunhild told Geir about there being 13 Gods instead of the 12. There was a third and it was Admas, who planned to overthrow Zeus. He gained support of all the Gods but Poseiden's but the Sea God didn't agree and insulted his older brother which caused him to attack him in a blind rage but for once in Poseidon's life, he looked his elder brother in the eyes… just before killing him. The truly terrifying part of it all was that he was able to change it from 13 to 12 without a single protest.
Even now, Poseidon wasn't taking Dante seriously, not bothering to look the demon hunter in the eyes, the Half Demon could tell that he wasn't being taken seriously.
"Hmmmm. It seems I'm not being taken seriously." Dante said. "If that's the case… how do I change that?" He asked himself, he then clapped his hand together again. "It would be an honor to see the technique of the Gods, so please show me." He stated. But it didn't do anything. "Should figure that wouldn't do the job.."
So Dante took a step and began the fight! He gripped his sword and tightly clenched his gun. He swung his sword downward but Poseidon dodge it with ease and was about to attack but Dante followed up with his gun and fired a few times, to fill the face of the greek God with holes but he dodge so that only a few strands of his hair got hit. Poseidon tried to skewer Dante with his trident but the demon hunter dodged and tried to slash the Gods neck but he stopped the attack, Dante stepped back with his weapon in hand.
"That human is so strong!" Ares shouted "He beat Lord Poseidon's swing!?"
"Oho? Fascinating for Lord Poseidon… to look a human in the eye." Hermes stated.
"For him to do such a thing, this human must be a top tier fighter." Hade stated, interested.
"So we finally met eye-to-eye, hmm? Nice to meet ya." Dante stated.
"I… I don't believe it. For Poseidon to actually…" Ares said in shock, sweating.
Poseidon looks at Dante with a serious gaze that pierce into one soul. This gave Humanity a bit of hope that they could still win this, Dante's comrade and family cheered for him.
"Nice this'll work! Sister Hrist… grant victory for Humanity!" Geir thought, determine.
"Yeah. This will work, the weight and edge of this weapon is perfect." Dante said, showing his Volund. "This will do perfectly." He said, with a smirk.
Poseidon took a step forward and he then got into a fighting position and attacked with Amphitrite, Dante quickly reacted by having his sword deflect the blow of the trident while dodging, the only thing that was hit was his jacket. Dante responds by attacking with his going for another slash but the God dodge the attack with his trident, and advance forward and thrust his trident aim right for the half demon's neck but he blocks with his sword. He aim his gun and fired a few bullet right at the neck of the God but he deflect them with ease and attacked with Amphitrite once more but Dante blocked and dodge the killer attack, he goes attack for downward but Posiedon avoided that and thrust his trident right for his head but he dodges the trident and swung his sword so that it was aimed directly for the face but Posiedon dodge but a few more strands of his hair was cut off.
"This human can predict and counter the moves of a God?" Ares said, unable to believe what he saw.
"I believe so." Hermes said, mildly impressed.
"What is wrong… with these mortals that have reached the peak…?" Ares asked.
"They are more monstrous than what we gave them credit for." Hade admitted.
"This excites me so much~!" Loki shouted.
"Lord Null, is Dante going to be able to fight and survive?" Geir asked, confused.
"I have complete faith in him, Geir. he's not just any normal mortal, he's a half demon and therefore has the abilities of a demon" Null stated. "He can move faster, hit harder, and recover quicker than a normal mortal, even put some demons to shame."
"Amazing…" Geir said in awe.
Poseidon let out a humorless chuckle and begun to whistle a tune, Dante prepared for the next attack but Poseidon was moving faster then he could react and unleash a barrage of thrust with his trident, he was able just barely deflect the attack, getting his jacket more torn up and only got a wound across his left cheek gaining a small gash, were not for his sword the damage would be more severe and fatal.
"That was close… had I reacted a second later, things would have gotten messy." Dante thought, sweating a bit.
"What's wrong?" Poseidon said, speaking for the first time in this battle. "I thought you were capable of predicting and countering my move? Insignificant piece of shit." He said with an arrogant smile.
"So this is the power of a God." Dante thought.
He focused his senses and gear himself, it time to fight as if he was fighting a demon. If he didn't give it his all in this fight, then what was the point in doing this then. The spector Gods cheered for Poseidon, they called him the God of Gods and soon repeated G.O.G over and over but with one unpleased look from him shut them up.
"Lord Poseidon's aura is something else…" Geir said frightened.
"Truly a terrifying person, talk about edgy." Null said, wiping away a cold sweat.
"Hmph. Bunch of useless bottom feeders." Poseidon said annoyed.
"Why not accept the cheers of your fans?" Dante asked.
"Support? We have no for the herd… no need for scheming… and no need for support… such are the Gods." Poseidon stated. "Supporters are entirely unnecessary… to those who have already attended perfection."
"I see… so how the Gods operate." Dante said, calmly. "Kinda sounds like a… pretty sorry existence." He stated.
This triggered Poseidon, he gave Dante a blank stare that was void of emotion. He lunged into the air and attacked the demon slayer.
"Begone." Poseidon said seriously.
He attacks with Divine Lightning, Dante deflects them with his sword with all his might! He was keeping his breath steady to keep his reflex sharp but it was still proving to be difficult at the blinding speed of the fierce attack.
"What a fierce! Such blinding speed…"! Ares shouted.
"Indeed, this is only a matter of speed that humans could react and counter." Hermes stated.
"This is hardly anything, he has only seen but an inkling of Poseidon's true strength." Hades stated. "The depth of his power is still a mystery, but that will change soon."
Dante continued to block but it looked like he was on the ropes, he kept dodging and blocking with all his might but it looked like it would be the end.
"Don't… Don't lose on us, Dante!" Geir shouted.
"Worry not young miss Valkyrie." Death said, watching with a calm face. "The Son of Sparda will not fall too easily here."
"Death is right, Geir. There's still a few tricks up his sleeve." Null agreed.
Dante was beginning to predict the movement of Poseiden, his attacks were getting closer to home on the ocean God. But unfortunately for Dante his opponent was Poseideon, so the greek God was able to get behind him the moment he swung his sword horizontally at him and tried to pierce straight through his back out his chest but the demon hunter blocked the blow with his sword once more. He then tries hit the God with with a small barrage of bullets but Poseidon dodge with ease and tries to slash him in half across the waist but Dante blocks with his sword and counters with with vertical slash but Poseidon dodge and thrust his trident to right for the demon hunter's heart but Dante deflect the attack with his sword and counter with by shooting at Poseidon but the greek God dodge and attacks with another barrage of thrust even faster and from all angles, Dante block them with his sword, but wasn't fast enough and took a blow to his abdomen and got his gun destroyed, he clenched his new wound and cough up a bit of blood but stood firm. The attacks were not just fast but deep but Dante wasn't going to crumble under the pressure just yet, the demon wasn't going to lose against the cruel greek God. Dante advanced through the storm of spear thrust and attacks with both his hand on his sword, a downward slash but it Poseidon dodge with a "hmph" and got behind him and swung down his trident and slash top half of the sword off, this shocked Dante and everyone else!
"Don't get cocky, small fry." Poseidon said with a scoff.
"SISTER HRIST!" Geir shouted with dread.
"It's over." Ares stated.
It was decided. In a no move predicted, Gyomei had lost his dive weapon, his loss was now assured.
Dante looked down at his broken weapon and thought about all that happened in his life, to his childhood and how he lost his mother, to his time fighting and slaughtering demons and monsters, to his reunion with his brother and soon fighting him. It was a whirlwind of sad and happy memories, if he were to lose here then it would all be over and all his fighting and the sacrificing of his friends would have been for nothing.
"Excuse me, God of the Sea… do you mind if I ask you something?" Dante said, walking up to his broken weapon. "Have you… ever trained to the point your muscle aches and your bones were broken and were in so much pain you wish you could die? Did you cry tears of gratitude and despair for your fallen friends? Or sadness for the painful loss of your loved ones?" He asked, thinking about every event through his life. "Nevermind. It's impossible for you to ever feel something like that." He stated. "But this here, this weapon is the history of all who took hold of the weapon and fought with all their might." He said seriously. "So there's no fucking way I can lose to someone that never considers the hopes and dreams of others!" Dante shouted, clenching the blades of his weapon.
Then there was a shine that was blinding, it was so bright almost nobody could see Dante. Then two pillars of light shine through, it was Hrist but now there were two of them one of them looked shivering with fear while the other was seething with rage. It was a Re-Volund, once the light died down, Dante was now wielding his Devil Sword that gave off the aura of demonic energy.
"In the name of Humanity, I will kill you." Dante said firmly.
"Ah… Sister Hrist… I'm glad, I really thought it was the end." Geir said with tears. "But why… why did she become two weapons when split?" She asked, confused.
"That's the true nature of our fifth sister, Hrist. The power bestowed upon her name… one trembles with fear while the other trembles with anger!" Brunhild explained. "Two forces share one body. She's on a level of her own!"
"Now that's what I call impressive." Null said with a chuckle.
"But Lord Null, what's with Dante's sword?" Geir asked, confused.
It's his Devil Sword, now Dante has the power to actually damage Poseidon." Null explained. "Now Dante is in his own version of Serious Mode."
"My God, that's a good roll! What are the chances?" Brunhild shouted. "OMG, that's fucking lucky! Hell yeah!"
"She just said "OMG"!" Geir thought, shocked.
"Gyomei FTW!" Brunhild shouted.
"FTW!" Geir Thought more shock.
"Jeez, that woman is something else." Null thought with a chuckle. "Now go forth, Dante!"
"Shall we continue, dear God?" Dante rhetorically asked, whipping his sword across the air.
"Worm…" Poseidon said with disgust.
He then lunged at the half demon and attacked with a barrage of thrust, Dante took a deep breath and quickly deflected all the attacks, he was focusing his senses and waited for an opening. He tightly gripped the handle of his sword and attacked with an energy slash but it was deflected, he jump forward and goes for a upclose slash but it was deflect the next attack and counter with horizontal slash but it didn't reach Poseidon, next he tried using attacks using a energy slash full of demonic power, but Poseidon dodge that as well and slightly increase the speed of his thrust but Dante used his sword to block and attack with a powerful slash, and much to everyone shock the attack was able to grazed the cheek of Poseidon! Dante continued to attack with a barrage of powerful slash, each one nearly hitting the greek sea God. The Gods were in shock at what they were seeing, Poseidon was covered in wounds, and soon Humanity hopes returned once more! They cheered on for Dante, hoping this would be the one, the battle where they would finally win! Poseidon looked at his wounds, he then began humming and rubbing his finger in his wounds, he gathered a small amount of blood in his hand and put it into his hair and slick it back with a sinister and almost derange grin, it sent shivers down Dante's spine.
"So, you claim that you'll kill me? Is that so…" Poseidon said calmly, then his muscles bulk up a bit. "Know your place, human…"
Poseidon then lunge at Dante once more at insane speed and before the demon hunter could deflect or block, he was hit with a slash across the chest the wound was shallow enough for Dante to still move around but he was great pain, he was barely able to avoid another attack that got him in his left shoulder, he wheezed in pain and gritted his teeth and focus his senses to recover while at the same time fighting for his life. Poseidon used 40 Day Flood on him, completely surrounding him and overwhelming him with powerful thrust that could him, the attack completely destroyed his jacket, only leaving him in his shirt. His body were starting to burn and and ache, he was so growing exhausted, he saw Poseidon advancing toward him and quickly react by slashing him but it was only an afterimage, he saw the sea God behind and this time uses a energy slash but missed again, he saw the God coming from the right and swung his blade once more but he hit a afterimage and just barely block a thrust from the trident with his Devil Sword.
"This isn't good. Is this it…?" Dante thought, dreading the worse.
But then he heard it, the support of his friends and family. He could hear them cheering him on, to move forward. Dante took a deep breath and gave it his all, going to the max and deflect a thrust from the trident with his sword and with all his might thrust his it forward and landed a direct hit into the right shoulder of the sea God, there a slight crush sound and all the Gods were speechless because the mighty rule of the sea had just suffered a direct hit from a mortal. Poseidon's attack stop and he look at the semi-deep cut from the sword on his shoulder that was bleeding, he was unable to believe it that a mortal was able to do this, he couldn't except it, he face darkened and his eyes were void of any emotion saved for the all rage, he was going to kill the mortal before him with all his might.
"Your scum, you'll suffer for that…" Poseidon said with a tone full of bloodlust.
Poseidon raised his trident in the air and soon a dark blue aura surrounded it, then all the water that was around them began to rise into the air and form a massive ball of water that floated above them. All of Humanity widened their eyes in shock and dread at the sight, this was beyond what they were expecting, and it only grow worse when Poseidon brought down his trident, soon a large pillar of water came down at lightning fast speed, Dante acted on instinct and begun jumping out the way of the attack if not he would have been killed instantly, another pillar of water rained down and another and another, soon multiple pillars of water were rushing down and blasting deep holes into the ground, Poseidon was using Divine Downpour to try and finish off Dante. It took him everything he had to avoid the instant death attack, one hit and all the flesh would be rendered off his bones. A pillar of water nearly hit but he deflected the attack by using an energy slash, he was lucky. He tries to get close to Poseidon but the God thrust his trident forward and unleashed a large stream of pressurized water at the half demon that almost hit him but he dodge to the right, and lunge forward and slash him across the abdomen, landing another direct hit. Poseidon grow more ferocious and release more pillars of water pour down and tear up the arena, Dante tries to make another attempt to attack but he fired another stream of water but Dante dodges to the left this time and quickly put all the power on his his legs and rushed forward and attacked with a downward slash but missed but act quickly and stabs his sword into the lunge himself forward at twice the speed and landed a direct hit, slashing the Greek God across the chest. The wound on his chest was deeper than the other ones, he looked at the wound and turned to Dante, he was going to massacre that mortal scum!
"I did! I can still do this! I can slay him!" Dante thought, slightly panting.
"You… fucking filth." Poseidon said with calm rage.
Poseidon raised his trident in the air once more and the pillars of water stopped in mid air, the begin to morph and change into tridents and everyone was aimed at Dante, he ready himself for the next attack, then on Poseidon's signal all of them flew through the air and hit were Dante was standing, the bombardment lasted for about 5 minutes before ending. Poseidon thought his 40 Days of Raining Hell had done the trick but much to his shock and displeasure, the half demon was still alive! Out of all of those liquid tridents only five hit him, one in his left leg, one in his right arm, one in his torso on his left side, another in his right thigh, and the last one in his left shoulder they turn back into regular water which left him bleeding out, having blood leaking down of the side of his head and from his abdomen, but he tense up all his muscle. Dante was panting, his constant moving and attacking was making his muscles burn and were pushing them to the brink of giving out from exhaustion. It was time to pull off all the stops, Poseidon had bulked his muscle up even more and gripped his trident with both hands, he planned to finish him off with God's Cascade bringing down the massive ball of water all at once! There was a huge explosion of water, everyone widened their eyes in shock and thought it was over for Dante, even his comrade thought for a moment that even Dante was unable to survive. When everyone was able to see the aftermath of the attack, half of the arena was destroyed and anything left was underwater.
Poseidon merely "hmph" and thought it was over, until he heard a splash and looked to the side and Dante came from the water, he took in a breath of fresh hair and was panting, his clothes soaked wet. Without a doubt if Dante didn't risk it all by jumping into the water to avoid the attack he wouldn't be here. He was close to passing out, it was time to end this. Poseidon has had enough of this mortal! Vein bulged and throbbed with anger, his eyes full or dark murderous intent, he bulked up his muscle even more and tightened the grip on his trident like a vice and was about to lunge, Dante pulled out the top half of Rebellion and stabbed himself in the gut, he soon begun to absorb its power and begin to feel the demonic energy course through his vein, he activate his Sin Trigger and transform into a his demon form! He let out a booming roar and tightly gripped his Devil Sword and ready himself for the final cross of blades with the Greek God, and not a moment sooner because Poseidon charge right at the half demon and thrust his trident to go right through his stomach but Dante able deflect it with ease and countered with a powerful slash to the head but Poseidon dodge a fatal shot and only got a small cut above his left eye, the God narrows his eyes and tries to slash the demon hunter's head off but it block and Dante counter with a downward slash the middle that would cleave right through the God but the sea God could dodge in to and got long shallow cut on from his chest to his stomach, he gritted his teeth in anger at the pain, this was infruaring, his anger burned like… boiling water!
"You… You fucking piece of shit…! I had it with you…!" Poseidon with a great rage.
Poseidon lunged forward and attacked with 40 Day Flood at full power, moving faster and attacking deeper than before! Dante using the power of his demon form and enhanced senses trick the movement of the God and blocks and deflects with all his might! He continue to block and doge but he was getting hit with grazes which left small cuts, it look like this was it but once more he had received the support of his fellow Pillars and comrade but it wasn't just them every swordsman of Humanity had sent their support, their hopes, and beliefs to the Son of Sparda! This was it, this was were Dante go pass his limit and attack with all his might! He deflected the first attack and advanced with every attack that Poseidon thrust at him, the sea God couldn't fathom what he was seeing, there was no way a mortal could be this strong! It wasn't possible! Dante dodged the next attack and ever deflected the trident away from him and had made it, his monster face and demonic eyes pierce into the soul of the God. This wasn't a strong mortal, this was a monster!
"Finally… got up nice and close. Hello, God of the Sea." Dante said, holding his sword. "And goodbye." He stated. "Everyone… thank you." He thought, were not for their support none of this would be possible.
This was where the mark of history would be made, for everyone here this was where everything would change forever!
Dante attacked with One Sword Style: God Slayer- Son of Sparda's Wrath! First Dante swung Devil Sword and chopped off Poseidon's right arm, the God gave the half demon a dead look of rage as the pain and burning anger once again gripped him, he grabs the hand that still has the trident and squeezed it to nothing and goes to pierce his trident into Dante's skull and brain but the half demon took out his out hand with another swing from his sword and burning rage and pain shoot through the God's body once more, he grabs a piece of the trident with his mouth and tries one last attempt at the mortal scum before him, but Dante shatter the weapon with swung of his sword and thrust his weapon through the gut of Poseidon and slash upward, splitting the God in half, then slash the upper body of the God into pieces, effectively killing the God.
There was silence for a moment, a single pause for everyone to absorb what had just happened. After that, all of Humanity cheered as some even shed tears of joy for Dante's victory, he returned to his human form and looked tired out.
"It's done." Dante told himself.
"UNBELIEVABLE! HUMANITY HAD WON OVER THE GODS!" Heimdall shouted.
And so it happened, a God had fallen to a human in the face of this unshakeable inconceivable reality before them, the Gods could only silently gaze down. For Humanity had finally gained a win against the Gods, revealing just how strong they were and the likelihood of them dying.
Round 3 of Ragnarok:
Dante vs Poseidon: The victor is Dante
Deciding Move: One Sword Style: God Slayer- Son of Sparda's Wrath
Soon, Poseidon's body began to crack and disappeared, Dante merely looked to the skies and let out a long exhale, finally resting body.
Null looked out with a small smile, finally at least Humanity had won and now stood a chance. Geir could stop crying tears of joy, Brunhild stood with a smirk as well. She shot Null a grateful smile which he returned. The people cheered for Dante over and over for winning the long hard fought battle.
"There's still a lot more to go." Dante stated. "But with this win, I was able to advance Humanity by one step."
"Hehehe… well done, Dante." Null said with a chuckle.
"Well done indeed, Son of Sparda." Katakuri said, calmly.
"Now Gods… feast your eyes... on this is Humanity's potential!" Brunhild thought.
"N-No way… a God really lost to a…" The ravens were about to say, but Odin crushed the armrest of his throne in anger.
"Aww man...this is a real shit excuse for a joke." Loki said seriously, not pleased at all.
"I'll have to walk back… it's better than rowing… this fight really took its toll on me." Gyomei said, growing weak and backwards.
"Dante… keep it together!" Hrist told him. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine… thank you Miss Hrist, I'm sorry for having to rely on you a bit more." Dante told her.
"Sister Hrist!" Geir shouted, happy her sister was alive.
"Do you gotta squeal about every fucking thing!" Hrist shouted at her, then smiled. "I told ya before, Geir. That we'd get them back for everything!" She said, giving the group a thumbs up and helping Gyomei walk.
"Yes!" Geir said with a smile. "I'm so glad… she's the same as ever… she's alright." She thought. "With this… Humanity has beaten the Gods, right?"
"No…"Brunhild answered.
"We still have six more to go, Geir." Null said seriously. "Do you think you can win your match, Death?"
"Without a doubt." Death answered, then walked out to ready himself.
Geir look at the two being in shock, do these two really intend to finish off the other Gods. But what of Null, just what is this Bookkeeper's story with Brunhild, does he have an end goal of his own, and what of the Book of Knowledge, a question to answer another time.
And there, here's the second version of the fight. And just to make things clear, Katakuri non Death are going to be facing Hercules in the next round. I hope you enjoyed the fight and are ready for the next round.
Peace!