Prince of The Damned: A Gamers Tale.
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Thoughts, "Inner thoughts"
Speaking, "Talking."
System: [You have levelled up.]
Parseltongue "hello there"
Chapter 3 (The Alpha.)
June 10 2007. Streets of Las Vegas.
Dante Olethros was not having a good day, walking down the busy street with a ripped shirt and covered in blood, both his own and the monsters he'd murdered, wasn't exactly what he'd envisioned for his new life. It also didn't help that everyone was staring at him like he was some sort of psychopath.
It might have been to the fact he had a cold, almost dead expression on his once clean face, but he had more pressing issues to dwell on at the moment, such as finding a place to sleep and relax after his supernatural prison break.
'Stupid fucking lotus boss thinking he was big and tough, I can't believe I got manhandled by a low-level monster who shouldn't even qualify as a boss,' Dante mentally fumed, he knew he was being unreasonable, he had just got reincarnated some hours ago and even gamers had to start somewhere but would it have killed the game to drop him off somewhere that wasn't crawling with fucking monsters all over the place?
Sighing he figured it would be best to focus on the present and while he wasn't tired per se, he didn't think he even could get tired considering he had the gamer's body and he didn't have a stamina bar, he still wanted nothing more than to pass the fuck out, the stress of waking up only to go on a killing spree and nearly dying multiple times had taken the energy out of him.
The suspicious eyes of the normal everyday civilians following him around pissed him the fuck off and certainly didn't help his rapidly worsening mood any, he had to clamp down on the urge to sock the nosy bastards in the nose.
As he kept walking he decided to check his wallet and saw that he had 900 dollars in his status page, which should be enough to get a nice hotel room for a day or two and maybe buy some clothes while he was at it.
'The system really fucked me over with my spawn point, I mean I'm sure I could've handled my escape a lot better but still, that was some bullshit, at least I got a fuck ton of levels from it,' he thinks trying to look at the bright side of things, which went to hell as soon as he saw the sun going down.
'Just my fucking luck, I need to get off the street before the Game decides it might be funny to throw a fucking dragon at me or something, I'm not in the mood for another fight right now.' Some would call him paranoid for his train of thought but considering his experiences so far in this world, he wasn't taking any chances, while he hasn't been attacked yet, it is best not to jinx it and find a place to sleep and maybe get some food.
Feeling his resolve and spirit rise a bit at the thought of demolishing a burger, he starts to pick up the pace and after 10 minutes of going past different casinos and bars that were starting to open and fill up, he came across a hotel just as the sun was finally setting and the beautiful lights of Las Vegas turned on.
'It really is a beautiful place, no wonder people come here for a good time it looks fucking awesome,' he sighs as he looks away.
"Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino." He chuckles, because of course it was a casino, with yet another exhausted sigh he walks in preparing a story as he does, he seriously doubted they'd let a kid covered in blood in without some levels of bullshittery.
As he strolls into the reception room noticing it's empty, Dante walks inside and notices the blonde-haired cute receptionist look at him incredulously.
[Observe]
Name: Sarah
Level – 2
Race – Human
HP – 100
MP – 0
STR – 7
END – 5
DEX – 10
INT – 12
WIS – 4
CHA – 8
LCK – 5
Thoughts about you: wondering why the fuck there's a kid covered in blood with torn-up clothes in the hotel.
'Fuck, better get her attention before she tells me to fuck off or even worse gets security on my ass,' he mentally forms a quick plan and replaces his cold expression with a warm smile he quickly approached the front desk and spoke.
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Sarah was expecting a normal night which consisted of normally waiting around, having the odd few calls for bookings and maybe a few customers coming back from a night out, one or two maybe trying to flirt with her, as was usual in her workspace.
While she enjoyed the fact she was considered cute, she just wished the men who flirted with her weren't 40-year-old married men who reeked of alcohol and sweat, she'd much rather a young handsome man that wasn't old enough to be her father chat her up but alas while she was considered cute that didn't mean she was drop dead gorgeous like some models and in a city like Vegas she didn't hold out hope to ever find a serious relationship.
Sarah had long straight blond hair with chocolate brown eyes and a heart-shaped face with cute pink lips and adorable freckles. She had a very slim figure with some curves and B-cup breasts with a nice ass, her skin was smooth and slightly tanned.
She sat there secretly drawing behind her desk when she heard the doors to the hotel open and prepared herself for dealing with another drunk customer.
However, what she wasn't expecting was what could be considered a handsome child for his age covered in blood with shredded clothes with a cold expressionless face walking in as if he wasn't currently looking like a psychopath.
She was about to call for the police and security to find out who this child was when the child was suddenly wearing a warm smile and quickly strode towards the desk.
Unconsciously she relaxed at seeing the warm smile that would surely make some girls his age blush. He looked to be around 12-14 she couldn't tell due to his muscle development, he seemed to be too athletic to be a 12-year-old.
Cut out of her mental musings she brought her hand back to her lap as he spoke.
"Hello miss, I'm here to book a room," Dante said with a beaming smile and a kind tone.
Raising an eyebrow she said, "may I ask where your parents are young man?"
"Ah well, I came here I'm afraid they're out on business and have dropped me off outside. They gave me money to book a room for a night or two until they can come back, they were apparently told this was a good and safe hotel for me to stay in for the meanwhile if that's okay miss?" He said in a hopeful tone as she could have sworn his eyes sparkled.
Meanwhile, Dante was trying to replicate the ultimate weapon known to have stopped even the worse murderers to pause the mythical technique. The puppy dog eyes.
Sighing her eyes softened and a warm smile appears on her admittedly cute face as she said "very well young man I'll give you a number to call us for any help and notify staff of this situation, but I must ask why you are currently covered in blood and have torn up clothes?" She said with a motherly tone surprising even herself out how naturally it all came.
Quickly Dante had to think of a good reason on the spot and came out with the best reason he could find.
'Shit' Dante thinks preparing an answer that would be believable "it's nothing to worry about I assure you." he said smiling as if he was thinking about it, which of course he was not.
"I see…. Is that why your mother and father are working at this moment?" She asked curiously while I wondered why she was being so gullible. Dante knew the reason could be true since he was in Las Vegas but it was still a stretch to just believe it from a child soaked in blood.
[Put that up to your chat stat, that multiplier seems to be working wonders on this mortal, since quite frankly your excuse is utter garbage.]
Dante growls in his mind 'fuck you, I don't seem to be hearing any suggestions from you so why don't you shut up.' as his eyes start to twitch he can feel the rage trait making his normally cold personality wrathful. Luckily In a flash, a cooling sensation invaded my body, He breathed out. The Gamer's Mind was able to suppress the sudden burst of emotion.
Dante was able to keep his outward act up while inwardly thanking the Gamer's Mind for the save.
Replying with a smile Dante says "I haven't been told much, unfortunately." He says in a slightly disappointed tone.
Sarah quickly moves on and goes to the computer on her left while making the best small talk she could with a child. "Well, you seem very mature and grown-up for your age so no need to worry I'm checking you into a room now do you have the money on you?" She says with a smile.
He pretends to look into his pocket while withdrawing 500 dollars from his inventory it makes a small bulge in his barely held-together trousers, luckily the receptionist wasn't paying attention to his pocket.
Dante pulls out the 500 dollars to which she nods and asks "may I have your name please?" He nods and says "my name is Dante" to which she types and asks "second name?" He quickly checks his status to see his name and replies "Olethros" she pauses and looks at him then asks him to spell it out which he does.
2 minutes of typing later and she finally speaks "would you like our Mountain Tower Deluxe Room that comes with 1 Queen sized bed which is a non-smoking room which of course won't be any problem with you." She says at the end feeling like an idiot for actually asking the last part and feeling like she may have overcomplicated the way she spoke especially for a child.
While she may not normally mind talking like this he was a child and may not understand just as she was about to say it in simpler terms for him since while he was a child he was still a customer and thus she needed to be professional with her job.
Surprising her greatly he replies like an adult and says "yes please that sounds good." He said with a polite tone briefly shocked she smiled and continues.
"Ok and our Mountain Tower Deluxe Room with air conditioning and an En-suite Bathroom, with the freshly made bed you will be on floor 8 with a great view of the city, is this okay with you?" She asks he simply gives a small smile and replies immediately with a "yes that's fine thanks" she looks at the mature kid in front of her and nods "that will be 292 dollars for 2 nights"
While normally she wouldn't offer the kid such a large room and one of the smaller ones she figured with his parents being actors and with the amount of money he would still have 200 dollars to buy food and clothes. While he may be a kid she does get a small percentage of whatever room she can get the customer to book as a tip.
So, of course, she gave him one of there best rooms and after all, it's not like she's scamming the kid she convinces herself. Dante hands her 300 dollars and tells her to keep the change.
~10 minutes later~
Dante is being led to my room by the receptionist who calls herself Sarah. He can't help but inwardly sneer as his lips thin out and he thinks 'greedy bitch probably gets a percentage of all sales and thought it would be easier to get a kid to agree to a more expensive room, well played' Dante thought angrily not liking this situation he was forced in too by the bullshit start he had.
'Well, I guess this is the true nature of humans greed and power hungry oh well I can't blame her after all I'm probably as power-hungry as they come.' Dante thinks while walking behind Sarah.
As they both walk slowly toward Dante's temporary hotel room, she doesn't notice Dante's cold gaze staring daggers into a back like a predator watching its prey. He inwardly sighs 'no, killing her would do no good, but it would be easy. Plus she has a nice ass' he adds the last part with a slight smirk.
He thinks, taking joy in his newfound abilities and powers. The feeling of being above normal humans gave him an intoxicating feeling of power.
After a few minutes of walking through the quiet corridors, they finally make it to Dante's temporary room where she gives him a key with paper and the number of staff and tells him to call them if Dante needs anything while also telling me to get washed up.
He can only politely smile as getting kicked out would be bad for now. He puts up the facade of an innocent boy while inwardly he starts to think about what to do but decides to save that for later.
When she finally left, he went into my hotel room and immediately stripped down and turned on the shower, he placed his destroyed clothes in the bin while he waited for the water temperature to heat up.
As he finally stepped into the steamy hot shower and felt all the dirt and blood run off me while the heat wrapped around me like a warm blanket he could only give a gasp of pleasure at what felt like the best shower he had ever had and the first one in his new life.
As he snapped himself out of his small trance he stretched his back and neck and let the joints pop.
He turned to the side to see shampoo and soap to which he immediately used, after 18 minutes of washing himself and making sure he was clean. He came out of the shower feeling relaxed and satisfied, all the tension from the shitty start he got.
'That was a fucking shit start' he thinks once more but now nice and relaxed he could over today's events.
[it could have been a lot worse trust me so stop bitching.]
Ignoring the snarking robotic feminine voice of his system he put on a bathrobe that was hanging up by the bathroom mirror and took some time to properly look at himself.
His body had grown just a bit with his muscles becoming more defined probably due to his stat increase in STR and END.
1 INT for deduction
"Nice," he says with a ghost of a smile appearing on his face. He looks at his eyes that seem to slightly glow and his pure snow white hair with his devilishly handsome face for a 12-year-old of course, but he still enjoys taking pride in his new look regardless of his age.
Pale white smooth skin; cold to the touch and untainted by human blemishes, flat and well-toned stomach that showed near no sign of progressing from its state, hardened and yet small abdomens that would increase with time and training.
Finally turning around he leaves the steamy bathroom and looks around the room he had for the next 2 days the carpet was a planet brown carpet with dotted circle patterns, there was a little table with a flat-screen tv on it along with a big clean white-sheeted queen size bed with 2 large pillows on top waiting for my head to sink into.
There was also 2 windows that had a beautiful view of Las Vegas which I took a few seconds to admire before finally doing what I've been waiting to do all day and flopping on the queen-sized bed that I have access to for the next 2 days.
He crawls into the middle and finally has time to think things over. He brings up his notifications and checks his levels ups which put him up to a measly level 8 which was terrible but a decent start 'it's only been a day, I shouldn't go too hard on myself.' He reasoned as he tried to get rid of the nasty feeling in his chest.
Moving on he checked and saw he had another gacha token from his notifications, going to his inventory he checked and saw he possessed a [Rare gacha token] which he immediately pulled out.
Looking at the golden coin in his hand it had the symbol of a 4 leafed clover on it, after looking at it he looked up at the option to open it.
[Would you like to open [Rare Gacha Token?]
[Yes/No]
Dante looks at it for a second before pressing yes as the coin turns into ethereal golden particles that float straight into his chest.
[Rare gacha token opening….]
[Rare gacha token items]
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[Item[Soap](Common)
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[Soap]
[You dropped this.]
Dante looks at the screen for a solid 5 seconds before his eye starts to violently twitch as he could practically feel the system's amusement..
"What the fuck is this??" Dante is enraged and pissed beyond belief as he stares at the bar of soap now in his hand.
"How can I get a fucking common item from a rare gacha that makes no sense," he says looking for an answer to why he had gotten his hopes up just to get a shit item.
[Rare gacha tokens don't guarantee a rare item, it merely raises the chances of getting a rare item by a lot in fact you only had a 20% chance of getting a common item.]
"Tch that's shut utter garbage" he mutters now feeling relaxed again despite his attempts to hold onto his short spike of rage.
[This also can work in your favour as you can get higher rarity items too for example a common gacha token would only give a 1% chance for a legendary item and 0.01% for a mythic item whereas a Rare gacha token would raise that percentage.
So the higher the rarity of the gacha token the better the chances are of receiving a higher rarity item and lowering the percentage of getting a lower rarity item.]
After the brief explanation from the system, he breaks out into a grin at thought of getting a higher rarity item. "I guess it's not as bad as I previously suspected," he says with a lopsided grin.
Looking down at his status page he checks out his mp.
MP (820/820) [160 per Min]
"It seems my mp goes up by 10 every stat point into [INT] I receive, good to know." He mumbles as he thinks over the possibilities with this new skill. Sighing he pushes those thoughts for later he takes a check at his level
[Level – 9]
'Hmm a decent start I currently have 35 status points to spare which I was going to spend and as cliche as this may sound I can save them for if I'm ever in deep shit and need to be able to get a power-up mid-fight. Since I'm weak as dog shit right now to the point where I nearly died to some lotus gorilla.' Dante thinks with a slight frown at the end.
1 INT for thinking ahead
"Nice," he says half-heartedly, giving the notification a half-lidded stare while thinking about more pressing issues.
The feeling of weakness brought an uncomfortable feeling in his chest that he didn't like at all. Eventually, he sighs, feeling his brain begin to numb and his thought process becoming harder to maintain.
He checks the time to see it's just past midnight. Yawning he turns on his side as he turns the side lamp off and not long after drifts into a deep slumber.
PING!
You have Awoken!
HP And MP Fully Restored!
Opening one eye and staring at the blue box Dante decided right then and there he was not a morning person. 'I feel like horse shit' he grumbled sleepily as his eye began to shut again.
[you look like horse shit too.]
His eye snaps back open as he silently glares at the screen before sighing in mock annoyance and starts getting up with a yawn and a wide stretch of his arms.
Dante got up and planned to go out and test his new abilities and hopefully level them up since he hadn't really had the time to work on them yesterday.
'5 int and wis per level for 3 different affinity classes was fucking op if I do say so myself' he thought but then realised he had no clothes.
~20 minutes later-
A phone call later and 60 dollars lighter. Dante was standing at the door looking at his wallet with a frown. He was dressed in a simple black hoodie and jeans with some new white trainers.
He nods and prepares to leave the hotel when something occurs to him, making him freeze in place.
"Didn't the lotus hotel have some sort of card with infinite money?" He says wondering why he hadn't taken one with him before leaving the shitty but kind of awesome hotel.
"Fuck" is the only word that can come out of his mouth now that he realises he missed out on infinite cash.
[If it makes you feel any better the card wouldn't work outside the hotel… dumbass.]
Almost Immediately feeling better he continues to walk to the door. "Yes in fact that does make me feel a lot better" ignoring the little insult.
opening the door he exits the room and follows the path that he was led down the day prior.
Exiting the hotel he ventured out to find a quiet place to test out his new skills and current strength, after which he would hunt down some monsters and get some levels before deciding where to go next from there.
With his plan set, he picked up his pace to find an isolated area failing to notice the multiple sets of crimson-red eyes watching his every move.
After walking for what seemed like hours Dante found an abandoned warehouse that looked to be locked.
Walking up and inspecting the door, he turned around to make sure there was no one nearby. Once he was sure he couldn't see any humans or monsters spying on him he equipped his standard celestial bronze sword and cut through the chains like they were made out of butter.
As he looks at the now broken chains he gives a small whistle to himself and then quietly mutters "that's one sharp ass sword."
Quickly storing his sword back into his inventory he opens the door with the screeching sound of rusty metal. Wincing he fully slides open the rusty door and looks inside.
Filled with dust an empty room filled with a few tables and some rusty broken light panels that had obviously fallen down from the ceiling.
Scanning around the empty warehouse he gives a satisfactory nod when it was obvious no one had been there in a long time.
Walking inside he winced again as he turned around and shut the metal door as quickly as he could.
Finally, after walking into the middle of the worn-down warehouse he brings up his system and checks his current skill list to see what he needs to test out.
SKILLS
[Observe] (Active): Provides information on the target: their name, their level, their stats, their thoughts about the user, and their current emotional state.
[Swordsmanship](LVL.2)
[allows to user to wield a sword with mastery dependant on level](2% dmg boost wielding a sword)
[Drain Life](LVL.1)
[Drains 200 HP from the target and gives it to the second target]
[If the enemy is killed with this skill, a random Stat Point is also stolen and added to the users status.](200MP]
[Ancient greek](LVL.MAX]
[You can speed the ancient language of Greek]
[Shadow Cloak] (LVL.1)
[Use the shadows to blend into the shadows making you harder to detect.](Cost: 10mp/s)
[Earth Spike] (LVL.1)
[Use the earth to make a 2-meter-long spike to impale your enemies](Cost: 200mp)
[Ray of Death] (LVL.1)
[shoots a sickly green beam at the target and causes extreme damage](Cost 200mp]
[Shadow spike] (LVL.2)
[Creates a 3-meter-long shadow in the form of a spike that can impale enemies](Cost 100mp)
Noticing his level up had increased the size of the spike he had to wonder how big they could get at max level thinking about it for a few more seconds he gives a devilish grin at the power he would wield.
Shoving those thoughts to the back of his head for now he decided it would be best to test his new powers.
"Well then, let's give this a shot" holding up his hand palm facing forwards he summons his [Shadow Spike] and feels a distinct coldness that he hadn't felt when he used the power before come from his heart as he watched the 3-meter long spike of darkness protrude from his shadow and tear through one of the iron pillars.
Feeling confused he asked, "hey system what was that strange feeling?" He said while looking at the place the spike of darkness went through.
[Well I'm guessing you were too busy to notice it before but that's the feeling you get when wielding your umbramancy.]
And suddenly it clicked "ahh I think i remember Percy saying something about a tug in his stomach when he used his hydrokinesis powers." he said suddenly remembering what Percy had said.
"Well, then that explains that," he said then looked to see his mp had nearly regenerated in the time he had spent thinking about it.
Raising his hand he shoots off an [Earth Spike] and watches in slight fascination as a 2-meter-long spike forms in front of him and shoots out with force and rips through multiple steel pillars and then rips out the wall.
"Well fuck me that one is stronger than the shadow spike, guess it makes sense since it's double the cost." He says with malicious glee in his golden eyes.
Humming he remembers a certain child of hades being able to bend metal and voices out his question "hey system how come I haven't unlocked metal manipulation like hazel? He asks curiously while thinking of his now half-siblings of mental manipulation.
[Not all your bloodline skills will automatically unlock some may require a certain level or a certain situation to activate, normally you would start with no bloodline skills until you unlocked them but we thought it would be a bit too cruel to make you fight without any assistance…… can't have you dying too quickly.]
Looking at the screen with a deadpan expression he mumbles "gee thanks for the concern" before looking down and thinking. 'so the system helped me unlock my first 3 bloodline skills good I would have been fucked all the way to Saturn.' He thinks grimly before he decides to move on.
Wasting no more time he raises his hand once more and aims at another steel pillar and uses [Ray of Death] immediately a sickly pale green shoots into the pillars and continues through it until stopping as it hits a pillar behind melting them both completely while Dante watches with a smirk. 'Now that's pretty deadly' he thinks.
Taking a glance at his mp bar he frowned.
MP: 460/830
"I seriously need to get that mp bar up especially with how fucking much my skills take," he said but then stopped as he remembered he wanted to test something.
Closing his eyes and blocking his thoughts he focused on nothing but the shadows and the cold feeling surfacing in his heart.
Suddenly an image comes into mind and he remembers a certain skill from the fate series, as the memory comes into his mind he taps into his umbramancer skill and begins bending and twisting the shadows in front of him the result producing two long swords that melt out from the ground and float behind him.
Opening his eyes, he quickly checks behind himself to see the two pitch-black basic long swords floating behind him. Raising his palm he sends them both flying into the steel pillar in front of him.
Both the swords fly through the air and impale the metal pillar and then abruptly make a mini explosion ripping it apart after a three-second delay.
Dante stood there in shock before a system notification broke him from his stupor.
Skill created
[Shadow Sword Avalanche] (LVL.1)
[Bend the shadows to your will and summon a 2-meter-long sword to impale your enemies, making a mini explosion after 3-second delay](Cost: 100MP/sword)
Looking at the skill he had just created he clenched his fists and chuckled which eventually turned into full-blown laughter calming down he looked at the skill with a grin plastered on his face.
"Now this is fucking overpowered. I had no clue this would work, I just remembered how badass the gates of Babylon were and tried to copy it." He said with a grin never leaving his face when suddenly a loud crash coming from outside the warehouse immediately stops all his joy.
Like a switch is flicked his face drops all emotions and returns to its natural passive cold expressionless face and he stops what he's doing. Taking a quick glance at his mp he realises he's only halfway full.
He takes a moment to think 'this place is completely abandoned and so are the warehouses around it, there should be no one here.' He thinks analytically.
'Maybe someone heard the sounds of my skills?, damn it I should have been warier, but no it was loud but unless someone was walking through the abandoned areas around here they shouldn't have heard.'
Eyes fixed on the door he quickly walks over and grabs the handle to the rusty door and opens it with a squeak wincing he knew that the stealth option was gone.
Looking outside and scanning the area he saw nothing out of the ordinary. Just as he was going to go outside he heard the creaking of metal and looked up into the red eyes of a massive beast standing on top of an abandoned warehouse across from the one Dante was currently in.
[Gamers mind] Quickly washes away the rising panic like a fresh breath of air. Dante immediately hit the massive furry black beast with observe.
[Observe]
Name: Alpha Hellhound
Level – 46
Race – Hellhound
HP –2500/2500 [80 per Min]
MP – 5000/5000 [0 per Min]
Standing on the roof with its midnight pitch black fur and blood red crimson eyes standing proudly was the alpha HellHound its claws were so sharp they dug into the metal roof unintentionally, its mouth slightly open showing its razor-sharp slightly black teeth.
Just as Dante observed the alpha, 4 other wolves appeared 2 behind the alpha and the one on either side of the 2 pathways to leave the fenced-off abandoned warehouses.
They all glared at Dante as he stood there without fear instead starting to come up with a plan to get out of this shit show he somehow has found himself in again.
He used observe on one of the other hellhounds and was glad to see they were not as high levelled as the alpha
[Observe]
Name: Hellhound
Level – 21
Race – Hellhound
HP –500/500 [80 per Min]
MP –1000/1000 [0 per Min]
All of their levels varied between 21-24. Dante narrows his eyes not moving an inch as his mind works overtime to find a way to get out of this shit situation he finds himself in once more.
'I just can't seem to catch a fucking break, I shouldn't have expected this to be easy anyways.' Dante thinks with irritation slightly present on his facial features.
Dante decides to take a peek at his mp bar and frowns.
MP: 640/830
'Still regenerating' he thinks.
His thoughts are interrupted by a loud ear-piercing roar from the alpha.
'Seems like the battle has begun…… fuck.'
Quickly Dante slams the metal door in front of him shut and grabs his sword while sprinting like a madman for the back door of the now-destroyed warehouse.
Just a few seconds after Dante started sprinting he hears the doors to the warehouse he was currently in be torn off its rusted hinges while hearing the sounds of multiple creatures joining the chase.
Looking back Dante throws a Ray of Death at the nearest Hellhound flings himself to the side only to slam into a metal pole that he rammed in to slowing him down for a few seconds before he shakes it off and charges once more.
Smirking Dante shot another Ray of death that the poor Hellhound couldn't quite dodge this time resulting in the Ray hitting him and sending him skidding across the floor and into the wall where he starts to disappear into ethereal golden particles.
Unfortunately, Hellhound are pack creatures meaning they know how to work together resulting in Dante not being able to see the Hellhound from his left swipe his paws at him resulting in him tearing through the muscle and flesh in Dante's left arm.
Hissing in pain Dante mentally berated himself for not being more aware before he raised his right arm and shot a Shadow Spike at the Hellhound who was pierced in the stomach resulting in it slowing down letting Dante finally focus on the back door he had just reached.
Not bothering to open it he used his shoulder and slammed into it resulting in the rusty metal door being removed from its hinges and blown away.
Not stopping his pace he finally made it outside and began to run to the fence noticing the 3 hellhounds behind him 2 of them just a bit behind him and the impaled Hellhound trying to keep up he only had enough mana for one spell.
As Dante was going to fire a spell one of the hellhounds suddenly opened its mouth and realised a basketball-sized ball of hot blue hellfire at Dante.
Being caught off guard Dante just barely dodges it but not without suffering major burns on his shoulder even tho the ball didn't touch its warmth was enough to burn his flesh.
1 DEX for running like a pussy
'Not right now asshole!' He exclaims mentally.
Hitting the ground a few meters away from him it created a mini explosion of pure heat.
'Fucking fireballs now?!.' Beginning to feel enraged he decides he's been running like some sort of pussy for too long.
Holding on to his blade with a firm grip, he spins around facing the now surprised hellhounds as one of them shoots a fireball at Dante while they come charging towards him with no way to stop.
Quickly Dante throws 5 points into STR and DEX out of his 35 saves stat points he feels the boost in his dex immediately due to his 2x modifier further increasing his speed.
Ping!
STR(41) (46)
DEX(42 (47)(x2)
Feeling the world become slightly slower he grins like a madman and ducks under the hot blue fireball and charges the Hellhound in front of him.
Crouching he thrusts his blade which immediately skewers the unfortunate Hellhound that gives a whimper of pain only to be silenced by a Ray of Death straight into his head, making the Hellhound go limp and dissipate.
Grinning from ear to ear he's forced to roll to his left as the other Hellhound comes slamming into where Dante was just at.
He swings his sword only to block a pair of razor-sharp paws aimed at his throat. narrowing his eyes he pushes the Hellhound off him and swings his sword in a wide arc aiming for its head.
As the blade comes down the Hellhound opens its mouth and fires a blue ball of hell fire at Dante.
Widening his eyes Dante recedes his attack as fast as he can and narrowly avoids the burning hot ball of fire that scorches the left side of his cheek as he dashes out of the way of the fireball.
Scowling he raises his sword and with a roar of rage, he swung his blade down with all his might and sent the hellhound's head to the floor while its body started to disappear in gold particles.
Skill levelled up!
[Swordsmanship](LVL.3)
[allows to user to wield a sword with mastery dependant on level](3% dmg boost wielding a sword]
Dante watched as its body slowly fades away, Dante owed his survival to his Godly heritage, instilling battle instincts, knowledge of the Greek language, and crippling dyslexia into his genes.
[4x Hellhounds defeated additional 3648 EXP added]
Level up!
Sighing he looks around at the damage from the multiple fires and the destroyed pavement, 'I now see why hellhounds are dangerous to Demigods they may be bearable alone but in a pack, I can see they work well together he thinks while walking to the exit of the abandoned warehouse district, sword hanging loosely in his hand Dante makes his way there when his ears are suddenly assaulted by a screeching sound.
Looking up his eyes widen and his heart starts to beat faster standing there proudly was the alpha Hellhound his red eyes practically piercing through Dante.
Hearing a ping Dante looks slightly to the right where a box appeared.
[Quest]
The Alpha
Reward: 5000 EXP, 1 Gacha token, 500.
Objective: Defeat the alpha Hellhound.
Failure: Death, Torture
[Accept/Decline]
'Huh, last time it gave me levels instead of exp, guess it must just change every quest.' Snapped out of his thoughts by the growling and snarling of the beast Dante scowls 'who does this bitch think he is?!'.He glances at his mp bar preparing for yet another fight.
MP: 400/830
"So… you just gonna stare at me or are you going to actually come to fight me, pussy." Dante shouts with a hostile smirk.
As soon as the words leave his mouth the giant alpha Hellhound lets out a mighty roar that shatters the nearby glass windows.
Preparing himself to take on a beast over 5 times his level he gets into a loose fighting stance only to be surprised when the alpha opens his mouth and lets out a massive blast of hellfire that starts heading towards him.
'Oh, shit' Dante thinks running back through the place he just came from as a large river of hellfire follows behind melting everything it touches.
Diving to the left into a small alleyway between 2 abandoned warehouses he watches the flames go past and eventually die out.
'Holy fuck that's a bit more extreme than a fireball.' He thinks looking at his now burnt shirt. "I just got this shirt too" he frowns before glancing around the corner to see the massive Hellhound closing in on his position.
"I think I'm going to invest into a shield after this" he mutters before aiming his right hand at the alpha and shooting a [Ray of death] the alpha merely lets it pass as he moves out of the way of the sickly pale green beam and looks at Dante like he's unimpressed.
'Well fuck you too I've only been alive for like 2 days give me a fucking break.' He growls in his mind. 'With my current lack of skills I'm pretty fucked' Dante thinks as he is Watching the alpha starting to pick up the pace and charge at him Dante uses observe on the alpha.
[Observe]
Name: Alpha Hellhound
Level – 46
Race – Hellhound
HP –2500/2500 [80 per Min]
MP –3215/5000[0 per Min]
STR – 180
END – 250
DEX – 210
INT – 100
WIS – 100
CHA – 60
LCK – 6
Thoughts about you: prey, hunger.
'Seems like he used a lot of mp on that last attack and holy fuck those are some high stats' he thinks when all of a sudden the alpha explodes into a burst of speed.
The alpha swipes its razor-sharp paws at Dante who can barely see the swipe resulting in Dante seeing a blur before he gets sent flying back with his chest cut open by the alphas paws, luckily gamers body takes care of his wounds and start healing him straight away as he gets sent through a warehouse wall and goes flying before hitting the other side of the warehouse.
1 END Due to surviving a hard hit.
Ignoring the notification in favour of gasping as his vision clears to see the alpha walk through the whole of his body made he sneers and gets up on wobbly feet as the gamer's body is still healing him.
Looking down Dante sees his blood dripping onto the ground before it's healed completely growling, he looks up with a cold stare that could cause any lesser man to drop dead.
With Dante reaches forth and using the most of his current mana he summons 2 Shadow spikes of darkness both 2 meters long pure darkness with a slight black mist admitting from each spike that he then shot out at the
Alpha hellhound who was previously glaring at him but launched a sphere of burning blue hot ball of hellfire the size of a beach ball that melted the ground from where it shot out at Dante that he tried to dodge, ending up with burns due to the speed and power being much hotter and faster than the other hellhounds he faced.
While the ball of the fire melted of some of Dante's skin much to his swelling rage one of the shadow spikes where able to hit there target while the other missed as the alpha dodged.
While the other shadow spike hit him on his left front leg dealing a good amount of damage.
[300 DMG DEALT!] [2200/2500]
Skill levelled up!
[Shadow spike] (LVL.3)
[Creates a 3-meter-long shadow in the form of a spike that can impale enemies](Cost 100mp)
Hissing in pain Dante 'damn it system turn off the notifications during fights' he mentally growls but has not got any more looking at the damage he wonders why it dealt more than it did when he previously used it on the lotus boss.
[As you level up your skill it will not only grow in legends but power as well.]
As he goes to respond to his system he is cut off as the alpha seems to stop playing around and charges towards him with malicious intent.
The alpha stares at Dante with fury and roars a primal roar as it's charging him.. "I think he's angry," Dante says while raising his sword as the alpha is already in front of him.
extended straight forward his sword is ready to meet death face first, as the alpha swings its razor-sharp paws down he tries to block the monstrous attack as he can only barely keep up with him in speed.
As he blocks the attack he's knees give out at the screeching sound of the alpha's nails grinding against the celestial bronze blade Dante's strength is vastly outmatched by the midnight black alpha.
As he leaks blood from his eyes trying to not be crushed he glares defiantly into the blood-red eyes of the alpha he then roars in rage and with a sudden boost of speed he slides his sword to the left letting the alphas claws slip to the ground as he brings his blade up and thrusts it in the alphas eye.
[500 DMG DEALT![1700/2500]
Who could only widen its eyes in the surprise of the sudden turn of events as its eye it pierced making it roar in pain as it launches Dante away with a quick slash of its claws.
Dante goes flying into the wall luckily with less force than last time as it seems the alpha panicked.
Looking at his health he frowns.
HP: [105/430]
"Definitely going to have to work on my health and regen" he mutters with discontent as he looks up at the now one-eyed alpha who's practically radiating malice now.
"He seems a bit upset," Dante says sarcastically.
[…you seriously can't take anything seriously even when it's a life or death situation]
The alpha glares at me with pure hatred as it leaps from its position with power and speed and swings its claws down aiming to rip me to shreds.
Dante using all his power leaps to the side, not wanting to spend more stat points on a creature who is weak compared to the real threats.
Dante is able to dodge as the alpha comes down with the force of a truck and slams into the ground causing cracks to litter the concrete floor.
Growling Dante gets up and charges the alpha with all his strength sending a slash with his blade that's quickly dodged as he sends a flurry of slashes only to miss as the alpha spews out more blue fireballs only to be dodged by Dante who is now fighting like a true warrior.
Unfortunately for Dante the alpha's pure strength and speed were too overwhelming as he was once again blasted back by the alpha.
Dante now with only 20 HP luckily due to his regen was now starting to feel the slightest bit of fear even with his emotion suppression.
The one-eyed alpha stalks towards Dante with a terrifying smile that looks out of place on the massive beast.
His golden eyes widen with fear as he watches as the beast pounces towards him with the intent to finish him off and then eat him.
Watching the world start to spin before his fear is taken over by a more primal emotion something that can make even a normal man extremely dangerous. Pure primal rage and self-hatred.
Ever since he had gotten to this world he was getting his ass beaten or running away. Constantly having to rely on his regeneration to use his skills it finally caught up and as he watched the alpha about to rip to shreds something inside him clicked and suddenly his fear of death is erased the only true thing he feared was suddenly gone leaving something much dangerous behind.
Feeling his eyes sharpen he taps into his Mana. Feeling what's left of its circle around his body he directs it up his arm which was now sporting a bluish glow.
With a sudden burst of strength his fists rocketed and lightning fast speeds and hit the alpha with an upper hook sending it flying away with a massive spurt of blackish blood as it flew back and slammed into the steel wall with a massive boom.
[1200 DMG DEALT![500/2500]
Quickly charging with a sword in hand he doesn't have time to ponder on how the hell he did that as he runs full charge luckily due to his infinite stamina and always perfect body due to the gamers body.
He runs through the Hellhound-shaped whole and charges the downed alpha who is just getting up. The lucky thing for Dante regeneration takes a lot longer for any other person or creature.
As Dante swings his sword he watches with no amount of contained glee as the alpha lone eye widens with fear and the blade cuts through the thick flesh of the beast that had been close to ending Dante's life.
Cutting down he fully decapitates the large one-eyed beast with all his strength and power as he lets his rage channel into his swing as the blades hits the stone ground and sends spiderweb cracks under the both of them he smiles a smile that threatens to split his face as his golden eyes shine slightly with malice.
"Fuck you" he spat out venomously.
[2000 DMG DEALT![0/2500]
Standing there watching with nothing but coldness in his eyes that could freeze even the most dangerous of monsters. The giant alpha slowly fades away in golden particles and a sudden influx of pings notifies him.
Level up x6
[Quest completed!]
Level up!
1 Gacha token
500
Quickly Dante mentally calls out his status page feeling excited from the rewards and the number of levels he gained.
Name: Dante Olethros
Level – 17
Title: None.
Race – Demigod/?
Alignment – Chaotic Evil
HP – 430/430[172 per Min]
MP –860/860 [160 per Min]
STR – 46
END – 43
DEX – 47 (x2) = (94)
INT – 43
WIS – 40
CHA – 40 (x3) = (120)
LCK – 10
Stat points - 65
Money - 1400
Putting his blade back into his inventory Dante frowns in thought 'everything seems clearer now, I feel less panicked and worried. Hm, I wonder why.' He mentally ponders over the recent change in his emotions, shrugging he lets it go before slapping his head in irritation.
"Why didn't I just use my new skill, it would of made this stupid fight so much easier." Dante groans in irritation before sighing mentally exhausted and starts walking out feeling a bit less happy about his victory over the alpha.
As he is walking back to the hotel with his hands in his pockets, where he decided right then that he needed a nap from all the bullshit he had been through in the last 2 days of his new life. He couldn't help but smirk a bit, feeling pretty badass, now he could tell people he killed a pack of hellhounds. Which sounded pretty fucking awesome.
For a strenuous workout please take 1 to STR and END!
'Oh fuck off.'
- Hades Castle POV -
The underworld…..
A name ingrained into centuries of western culture. Known as the home of Hades and the source of his power, it had existed for many millennia as the manifestation of death and the afterlife.
Throughout the dark and eerie lands of the underworld, there stood a giant mountain that housed an enormous midnight pitch-black castle that seemed to absorb the very light surrounding it. Truly it was a castle made for a god but not just any god, no. One of the strongest gods in the olympian pantheon. A king that could easily rival Zeus in terms of pure raw power.
The gates made out of an unknown metal were guarded by many skeletal guards wearing black plated armour with various weapons, the only light surrounding the entrance were powerful green flames that came out of the wall on each side of the massive metal gate.
Currently, there was an aura of power engulfing the castle as the ground shook with tremors, the roars of rage coming from inside the castle could be heard miles as the residents and animals of the underworld slowly moved away.
The guards that were stationed to guard the gates of the home of Hades were trembling and whimpering from the power leaking out despite the multiple runes inscribed on the castle walls made just to prevent any power from escaping.
Further inside there sits a man dressed in dark purple robes with many gold inscriptions littering the beautiful robe with royal golden outlines on the edges of the robes with a large black crown made of some sort of unknown crystals and multiple beautiful red gems with golden outlines that wouldn't look out of place on some sort of demon king and dark raven black silky hair that seemed to suck in the light with flawless pale skin that had no blemishes or imperfections. He was unnaturally handsome to the point that he was flawless in appearance even when his face consorted into an expression of pure rage.
He sat there shaking with rage, his golden eyes glowing with pure power to the point where light illuminated the room where he sat on his giant black throne that seemed to be made out of swords.
This man was none other than the god hades who had a nasty scowl on his face as he glared down at one of his messengers who seemed to be shaking with fear as he did his best to not whimper under the piercing gaze of the god of death.
Said the god of death was fuming at the news he had just been brought regarding his son who was meant to be his greatest weapon and ally, his heir who would be by his side as he took over Olympus.
Hades had devised a plan that would make his son Dante become a powerful weapon and this plan would make Hades seem like a good father to ensure Dante would be loyal and rule by his side. But now his plans had been ruined just a few weeks before his plan would have begun.
Slamming his hand down cracks spread across the whole room only to be repaired by runes that appeared to repair any damage.
Hades had only held the boy once but he could see his potential. His heritage is an extremely powerful one, one that has not been seen before in the Olympian pantheon. Hades was for the first time in a long time happy he had finally found a son who was worth something, unlike those other bastard brats who he wouldn't be much of any use for.
'I should have known hades seethed in his mind unable to calm down and not giving a damn about the useless messenger in front of him.
"THOSE USELESS DAMN LOTUS EATERS I'LL HAVE THEM BURNING IN THE DEEPEST PART OF TARTARUS FOR THIS FAILURE." He roared once more, his voice brimming with pure power and causing tremors all over the underworld for the mere power his voice exudes.
Hades had planned to use Dante to kill Zeus without causing a war as it was well known that Demi gods had the ability to challenge any god without repercussions and travel in any god's territory without any problems, it's what allowed many heroes to rise and it was a known fact that while Demigods are rather weak they have the advantage of going anywhere and challenging anyone.
It was only their weakness as half-god bastards that made them not a threat to the gods, but Dante was meant to change that for hades. Becoming the ultimate weapon, his sword in battle and his commander who wouldn't have to play by the god's rules, but now it had been ruined and his son Dante had escaped the place where hades were sure his existence would be covered up and not discovered till the time was right and his son would unlock his powers. Where then hades would take him to the underworld to be trained.
The messenger in front of him whimpered as he was nearly blown off his feet from the shockwave his mere voice carried. Let it not be said that hades aren't powerful.
'MY PLANS TO ENSURE FOR MY HEIR ALL WASTED AND ALL BECAUSE I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LETTING THOSE LOWER LIFE FORMS LOOK AFTER HIM' he roars inside his head while gritting his teeth before trying to calm his mind down with his many years of experience to try formulate a new plan.
'I must find the boy immediately. His power must have been growing faster than I expected if he somehow broke the lotus eaters' hypnosis. Or those idiots who assured him that their hypnosis was able to imprison the strongest of Demi gods obviously did something wrong.' Hades thought about trying to find a way to get his heir back.
Not noticing or caring that his power was rising as the poor messenger vowed to never deliver bad news again if he survived of course.
'The boy couldn't have gotten far away. After all, he hasn't seen the outside world before and with the unique characteristics he's inherited from me and not his disgrace of a mother he should be easy to find, I'll merely send my minions out looking for him.' He thinks. Slightly calming down with his new plan set in his mind.
Refocusing on the vermin who seems to be cowering on the floor with not even a percentage of his power leaking. Reeling his power back in and calming his mind he speaks in a deadly cold voice that seems to pierce the ears of those who hear it. "Rise, now." He commands as the messenger gets up on shaky legs.
"Bring me the three fury sisters Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone, tell Cerberus to gather his hellhounds a search for my son at once!" Hades commands with a firm voice and a glare that dares the whimpering messenger to fail.
"A-at once m-my l-lord" he stutters in fear before turning away and speeds walking to leave without seeming rude. Just as he reaches the door he here his lord speak once more.
"Stop." Hades' thunderous voice commands once more his cold commanding voice cutting through the air and making him pause and turn around with fear in his eyes.
"Y-yes m-my lord?" He stutters out mentally cursing himself for seeming so weak in front of his god.
Hades stares for a few seconds, making the messenger start to sweat and can't help wondering if Hades enjoys watching people sweat under his gaze. Finally, after what seemed like hours for the poor servant but with merely seconds hades gives his last command.
"Send word to Artemis, it's time to call in that favour she owes me."
——END——-
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AN: Hades wants Dante as his weapon/heir since Dante has much more potential then Percy but he won't become insanely op straight away don't worry lvl 19 is nothing.
Hades will care about Dante's health as he watches him grow he will try be a good dad to Dante to try and get his loyalty to have him by his side as a weapon to kill Zeus since in this world Demigods can challenge any god without repercussions meaning if he kills Zeus there can be no retaliation that's just a reason if you're wondering why he would bother instead of creating a weapon or smth.
This is my third chapter. If you have something I can improve on please drop ideas and all that. I would appreciate it if you give feedback instead of acting like a prick since this is my first story.
Dante will get darker and of course more powerful as the story goes on, for now he's just been dropped into a new world so you can't expect him to not be nervous and all at first but rest assured he'll be much more composed in the future.
Lmk your thoughts in the reviews, catch you in the next chap.