"Alastor? So this the new power you talking about? This looks like only some random sword that stabbed at statue to me" Esdeath said and she get closer to the Devil Arm.
"Yes, this not an ordinary sword, well practical is more easier that explanation, why would you try to use that sword?" Prime Minister Suggested. And then just like that Esdeath grab the hilt of Alastor and try to pulled the sword from the woman statue.
After she got the Alastor in hand, the Devil Arm is go rogue try to break free from the sadistic General grasp. Alastor is flying to the air for a moment and about to stab her, luckily Esdeath able to avoid fatal damage when the Devil Arms stabbed her chest and start to deliver an agony and despair feeling direct to her brain.
"I am Alastor, the weak shall give their heart and become the Servant of mine..."
"You think you can control and corrupted me with something like this? Hah! Don't make me laugh. I am the strongest human being can't be destroyed with this kind of bullshit..." Esdeath said and get the grip of Alastor, for a moment both the Devil Arms and Esdeath against each other for dominance. As result Esdeath hard mind and determination amaze the Devil Arms, and let her to control him.
As Esdeath pull the sword form her chest, the power of Alastor run to her veins, mixing with her Teigu blood Demon God Manifestation Demon Extract.
This make Esdeath change for a bit for instance, she now surrounded with purple aura and her eye color is changed too, form ice blue to violet. Then she decided to test her new power, she charged the Devil Arms with electricity and blast it to across the room, destroy some furniture there. "Prime minister why you not tell me sooner about this power? This feeling is awesome, I never felt like this before this sword is different from other Teigu hell this probably exceed the power of Teigu " Esdeath said and tilt her head towards Prime minister.
"Well, because I thought that impossible even for you to control the Alastor, that's and why I keep this sword here without telling anyone, and you prove me wrong about that just now." Prime Minister replied. Then he walked to nearby table to grab some wine and pour it to glass, after that he give it to Esdeath and then he said. "Toast for birth of the greatest soldier of Teitoku Cheers..."
"Cheers..."
XXX
Meanwhile both Dante and Akame arrive at destination that pointed by stone tablet, that led them to some meadows. The view is great with Afternoon sunset as the background, but now is not good time to admire the scenery.
"Here we are, but I couldn't find both the brat and Chelsea, where are they?" Dante said.
"You sure we at the right place? What I can see is just a meadow though." Akame said with doubt tone and stand beside Dante.
"I'm sure, 100%" Dante said.
"You sure this not a trap that being set up by those demons, who kidnapped both Patty and Chelsea?" Akame asked again.
"Their aim is probably is killing me, why they used some trap when they could fight me straight? Well they lured us here maybe up to something, keep the guard up is not bad idea." Dante said, and Akame just nodding as agreement with the statement. When both of them inspecting the surrounding area, they didn't realized that something is watching over them. The familiar Demon Shadow.
Shadow decided to get closer to Akame, since he thought Akame is weaker than Dante, while morph into a actual 'shadow' he transform his head close to needle and try to finish Akame in one finishing blow like once he done to Esdeath.
With the outstanding instinct that she had while work as assassin save Akame's life, she able to avoid Shadow's ambush attack. This make Dante alerted and decided to shot some bullets to the Demon.
"Here you are little kitty, where are you been? I've been looking for you." Dante said while rain the Demon with bullets. Unfortunately the Shadow's agility make him able to dodge some bullets that Dante fired. "Tsk! This cat is faster than I thought"
Akame dash forward straight to the Shadow with Murasame and Rebellion on hands try to seek some opening for attack. And when she see it she intended to do a finishing blow without wasted time, different to Dante who maybe seek some entertainment at fight. Akame draw her Murasame out and then deliver some combo to make Shadow corenered, without waste anymore time she opened the vial and pour Dante's blood to Rebelion, make the sword unleashed the true power and give Akame some Demonic power, Her contract sign is glowing resonate with Rebelion. She concentrated the Demonic energy and blast them to Shadow when it's still busy both with her attack with Murasame and Dante's shots with Ebony and Ivory.
[Drive]
Shadow overwhelmed and devastated by Akame's 'Drive' move at close range, make Shadow meet the stalemate state exposed his core and vanurable. Dante who want have more spotlight at this fight not wasting chance, the Devil Hunter Jammed Force Edge to Shadow's core. "Akame, do the other 'Drive from the other side! We need destroy this Demon's core" Dante shouted and give an order and Akame obediently do that.
Akame take the position from the other side and readied herself for the other Demonic blast. She was being blasted by lighting instead. By the other than Griffon. Another familiar Demon.
"Crap! Akame... are you okay? Ughh...!!!" Dante said he being worried when he sees Akame struck by a lighting out of nowhere. And also grunting in pain because when Dante pull his sword from Shadow's core, Shadow quickly do a counter attack by transform his whole body to a quill and hurt Dante with it.
"Well- well the infamous Son Of Sparda... finally we can see to each other in person." Griffon said and landed himself at nearby land.
"And you're? I belive we never bump to each other before. I know I have face at underworld thanks to pops, but I don't know you, well since you demons looked same to me and also ugly as hell it's the only traits that you have among yourself." Dante replied to Griffon while get rid off the Shadow's spike form his body.
"So arrogant for mere human with mixing blood of traitor Sparda, you shall regret it you scum, you and your filthy humans friend." Griffon said looked offended by Dante's remarks. And attacked him by some lighting pillar, and also Griffon fly to the sky and gliding fast, attempting to scratch Dante with his big sharp claw.
Dante clashed Force Edge with Griffon's claw and try to climb his body aiming the demon bird wings, of course Griffon not let this happened he bashed Dante to the ground with his massive wings, Dante try another attempt by shooting Griffon's eyes first with Ebony and Ivory hopefully that will blinded the Demon. And that shot was doing great.
Griffon overwhelmed with that shot on his eyes and instantly move violently make Dante hard to achieve what he wants. "This Demon chicken made everything hard I must silence him for a moment or the cuts will bizarre." Dante thought.
[Change Devil Arms: Beowulf]
Dante changed his Weapon to Beowulf then he punched really hard at center of gravity of the Griffon made that Demon fall to the ground, when Dante want to do a finishing blow to Griffon he shot some lighting bullets at Dante's direction that made him lost the opportunity.
Same thing goes to Akame with her serious fighting style and also make precision and accurate whenever she landed the attack as top priority she make Shadow have a hard time not count the power of Awakened Rebelion on her hands.
When the intense battle between Dante and Griffon also Akame and Shadow, another player is joined the fight from above he appeared with flashy display. The Nelo Angelo.
"Finaly you came pals... we tired waiting for you." Griffon said to his fellow.
"Another big guy come in to the party eh? Sounds fine to me. Shall we dance big guy?" Dante said while pointed the his Beowulf knuckles to Nelo Angelo. The dark knight not say a word to Dante's remark but he gestured Dante to follow him.
"Hmm? You want one on one with me? This guy is more better than I thought, wait are you good to dealing with this two by yourself?" Dante said to Akame.
"It's alright, I can handle these animals on my own, now kick those ugly demon ass and then find Patty and Chelsea." Akame replied to Dante while readied her sword again for face both Shadow and Griffon.
"Very high spirit eh? Okay then, hey you big guy let's take care of this, and better you also tell to me where the hell you keep Patty and Chelsea."
"Well I think I able to hold this demon bird and Panther for a moment, honestly those demons is quite strong. I'm able toe to toe with the Panthers one thanks to Dante's Rebelion." Akame thought and then strengthen her grip to both Rebellion and Murasame.
XXX
Somewhere else at Teitoku region.
"Ouch!" Chelsea said in reflect when she gain her consciousness and first thing that greet the nerve of hers is a pain on her head.
"Where the hell I am? And why here and my hands is bind by chain?" Chelsea thought confused with her condition, she tried to looked around hope she find a clue to where the hell she exactly right now. She struggled to see because the place is damp and dark, it's quite hard to looking around. "Damn... this place is too dark I can't see anything, wait there's a light; oohhh that light was a torch. Good at least I can see while at this darkness." Then Chelsea walked toward that torch and grab it. luckily the chain that bind her is long enough so she can reach the torch without a problem. "Good now finally I can see. Is that Patty?! That's right I and her was kidnapped by unknown creatures. I remember it now" Chelsea thought and in hurry walked to Patty's position. And she also checked Patty's condition also Chelsea is move Patty to her pillow at least she wants Patty's head is laid at soft surface.
After a few hours Patty finally gain consciousness. "Huh? Where am I?" Patty said and slowly wake-up from Chelsea's lap pillow. "It seems we at some cage, I don't where we are exactly after we got attacked by some weird panther. But I belive we had been kidnapped." Chelsea said to Patty.
"Now I'm remember... that's not some ordinary animal, but that was a demon... But how? Dante said here was a different world and indeed I noticed some significant difference between here and there. Or maybe those demons is finally able to travel between worlds? Well they're supernatural beings after all." When Patty lost in thought Chelsea said. "Patty are you alright? Or you hurt somewhere?"
"Nah, Chelsea I just lost in thought about where we are now, and I hope that Dante will notice us disappeared." Patty answered while try to not blow about the demons matters.
"You're lying aren't you? I belive that you know about the thing that attacking us. I have experience dealing with people. And the weird thing is why a girl like you is so calm about this situation? As if you're experienced this already." Chelsea said put a suspicion to Patty.
"Even if I know I already promised to not anybody about this, or everything will be in chaos. I think you guys not yet ready to faced that beings." Patty replied.
"Dante is it? The person who tell you to shut up about all of this. You and him is weird in begin with. First things first you guys appear out of nowhere. You said you and Dante is from distant country and that place even not registered anywhere on this continent. If my intuition is right right you and Dante is person who came from different universe." After Chelsea said her conclusion to Patty, Patty herself try to the best to not surprised toward Chelsea words.
"Very absurd different universe? Come on we not at something like Sci-fi or something..." Patty said while faked the laugh.
"That's the thing I not even ever heard something as Sci-fi and I belive no one know that either, maybe that some terms that which only exist on your world perhaps?" With that reply from Chelsea, Patty couldn't hide anymore and also fact she was the one who blown her own cover.
"I think I had no choice but telling you the truth Chelsea, but remember this. If Dante asked you about where you hear this from, never tell him you know it from me. First of all that panther, I belive that not ordinary wildlife animal around here. That was a Demon..."
"Demon? What are you talking about? The demons only exist at some folklore or something, they can't be a real thing..." Chelsea said with full doubt on her face.
"Well its up to you to belive the demons exist or not, I just tell you the truth... And Don't get wrong you poeple already had something such as Danger Beast..." Patty replied with ease and played the chain that bind her hands and the chain is connected each other with the one at Chelsea's hands.
"So? Why Dante insisted you to not tell this to rest of us Night Raid?" Chelsea asked again.
"That's not quite true actually, I have heard from Dante that, he's already told Akame about the demons matters. I doubt with the others, but I think Dante had more faith on her, and I thought she the most strongest around here. No offense but I also doubt you poeple able to defeat those vile and damnned creatures. Or maybe he got some various circumstances too." Patty replied.
"And don't get hard on him or put your nose on Dante's business too deep, that's for your own good too Chelsea." Patty added.
"What do you mean by that?" Chelsea asked again and confused by the little girl statement.
"I only heard this from friend at Dante's joint, but according to him Dante had scary background so if I were you I would be careful, who knows what he hide behind his cheerful face."
"You just try to scare me off aren't you? That would work at me you know" Chelsea said doubtfully.
"Again it's up to you to belive at me or not, or you're the type who only belive on something when the worst thing coming and slapped your face. And I tell you this as bonus. The truth is I never be calm at the begin with. With this demons bullshit is scare out of me. Why would you expect? a twelve years old girls like me had some steel nerves? I have a friend at orphanage who can tell more laughable joke." Patty said.
"You maybe already gone through something terrible... You can tell it to me if you want to..." Chelsea said with empathy to this little girl before her she forgot that regardless how calm Patty is to this situation, she still a little girl.
"This will be long are you sure want to hear it?" Patty said with sad smile on her face.
"I'm sure, besides I think that dumbass Dante still need some time to find us, so basically we got a lot of time..." Chelsea replied while gently hug Patty from behind.
"Well... I will tell you the story how I was meet with Dante..."
XXX
While Akame battling the both of Familiar Demons Shadow and Griffon and both Chelsea and Patty is still chained at some unknown place. Here they are Dante and the dark angel, Nelo Angelo face against each other at some old ruins that maybe was a stronghold at the past.
"So as your wish, only two of us now. I would like if we do this as fast as possible, I don't want to waste some of my valuable time with some ugly demons who think that cool by using some dirty armour. And also you better tell me where the hell you kept the brat and Chelsea." Dante said open the conversation with Nelo Angelo and the dark angel seems not had intention to replied the demon hunter's words. Instead he was pull out his greatsword then pointed it to Dante.
Dante realized that any more word will not use against the demons at front of him so he decided to do the same as his opponent. Talk with their fist and sword instead the mouth.
After a silence for a moment from both Devil Hunter and Dark Angel, Nelo Angelo is the one who initiated to do the attacks first. He blasted himself with high speed at Dante's direction with his big greatsword try to end Dante's life.
Dante still with Beowulf on his hands try to parry that sudden attack, as result the wolf mane and the tip of Greatsword collided each other give the intense and powerful impact to everything around. That single collision and the Shockwave that produced from it is able to wipe out some debris from the old ruin. no doubt that whoever watched the fight right now will trembling in fear before the power of Dante and Nelo Angelo luckily no one who see both of them right now.
Both of them reach the stalemate once again, Dante only smiling to this situation meanwhile Nelo Angelo still mumbling Dante's name.
"Dante..."
"No doubt you are sent by Mundus himself in order to kill me, I'm doubt some first timer wizard or something arround here will summon someone like you. A honored man like you its shame to serve someone like Mundus." Dante said and with that end the stalemate by kick upward to the center of the greatsword when he sees the opportunity Dante quickly deliver a quick and barrage punch at chest of Nelo Angelo and then end it with a back kick. With that kick Nelo Angelo blasted for a quite distance, then the Demon don't waste time quickly lunged forward and jumped to the air.
When Nelo Angelo at such position he's unleashed a mirage blade at Dante to lure him at a nice position to attack him. Dante himself punch, kick and dodge the blades. After that from sky high Nelo Angelo bash the greatsword down. And Dante who realized this quickly take a defensive position and hold the attack with Beowulf. Same collision happened like one at the beginning of their fight, plus the weight of both the greatsword and Nelo Angelo it's too much for Dante to hold. Even the land that Dante stepped on is cracking as the result a great pressure from above.
When Nelo Angelo landed himself at ground he quickly released his grip and move forward then punch Dante right at the gut. Then when Dante grunting in pain he's do an axe kick at the neck of Dante, make Dante kiss the ground. then Nelo Angelo grab Dante's hair and with that lift him up and then when Dante's face at same level with him Nelo Angelo chocked Dante's neck and then slam him to the ground very hard. As result Dante now lose his consciousness, then Nelo Angelo try to do the same thing again by lifting the unconscious Dante with intention to break his heart from Dante's chest with only his bare hands.
"Hahaha... now with this you shall die Dante..."
Then at that crucial moment Dante's half perfect amulet fell of to the ground, and this attract the attention of the Nelo Angelo. Then the dark angel try to get of closer look to that amulet. So he released his grip from Dante and grab the half perfect amulet.
"Dante, Vergil come here for a moment..."
"Yes mom..."
"Here I'm have something for you two... happy birthday Dante, Vergil..."
"Oh yeah, now it's our birthday we almost forgot it... what would be inside? we hope it will be the chocolate cake..."
"Aww... man this just an amulet and this halved too..."
"Don't said something like that Dante that was something that mom gave to us you must grateful."
"Shut up Vergil... you just try be a good kid at front of mom..."
"Now-now children, don't fighting, I gives both of you that halved amulet as reminder to both of you when you guys separated someday. This amulet is need to combined to make it perfect just like you Dante and Vergil. Now listen to me, and remember to what I said Whenever you guys can't be together hold that amulet and belive that both of you will be reunited you should always care to each other got it kids?"
"Yes mom..."
"AHHHHHGGGHHHH..."
A sudden pain is rushed to Nelo Angelo's head with that recollection of old bittersweet memory from his past, the good memory form his childhood before he become the dark angel when he was still Vergil son of Sparda.
He dropped his half perfect amulet to the ground too, and because he can't overcome the pain within his head. He decided to withdraw from there leave his amulet and Dante alone.
XXX
Akame is able to destroy Shadow's core and decapitated the talkative demon bird Griffon, thanks to the mighty of the Rebelion and now she at middle of interrogation to the demon bird Griffon
"Now tell me damn bird, where the hell you keep Patty and Chelsea... answer quick and at least I can kill you quickly without a pain." Akame said threaten the demon for information.
"Fine-fine I would tell you, godamnit you're the first human that able make me like this not to count how the hell you able to use Devil Arms, even though you're full blooded human, not only that the Devil Arms was Sparda creation too. All of this is so weird, especially when those Valkyries is came to the underworld that day and meet with lord Mundus.
"That was not something that I asked to you!" Akame said and Jammed Rebelion deeper into Griffon's flesh.
"Aaaahhgghh!!! Fuck! Alright, I will tell you, there's no need to be rough, the human child and the woman I kept them at some abandoned dungeon around 5 miles northwest from here."
"You not bullshit me aren't you?" Akame said full of doubt.
"No I'm not... please spare me, I was no longer Mundus subordinate anymore and if you spare me please let me die quickly I can't bear the humiliation of defeated by human."
"As you wish you freak!" Akame said then she pulled Rebelion out from there, after that she once again concentrated the last of demonic energy that was left then she strengthen her stance. Then she stabbed Griffon once again with powerful thrust at vital point of the demon. With that the familiar Demon Griffon and Shadow is gone once and for all.
[DT Stinger]
And for a minute the rest is silence only Akame is the one last standing in that battle, now she was wondering how the battle goes with her friend.
"Hahh... finally those demons is kaput, how about Dante? I hoped he's will be alright." Akame said and quickly go to Dante's location.
XXX
After a few minutes later Akame found Dante unconscious in middle of nowhere, she able to track Dante down thanks to power of Rebelion the Devil Arms surprisingly able to tell Dante's location.
And then Akame doing almost anything to make Dante conscious again, but instead she was distracted by something else. That was Vergil's amulet.
"Wait is that Dante's amulet over there? But weird if I can remember Dante's amulet is not like this, but the design is same whose amulet is this?" Akame said while confused by the amulet that she found and inspected. Then she found the writing which engraved on the back.
"V-E-R-G-I-L. Who is this Vergil?" Akame said try spelling Vergil's name one which so unfamiliar to her.
Then suddenly Dante is awake from his fainting and slowly massage his neck and back of his head. "Aww... that chockeslam is freaking hurt." and then Akame quickly checked on Dante and it seems he was fine.
"Dante are you familiar with someone named Vergil?" With that sudden question Dante feeling as if he was punched in the gut very surprised to hear his older twin brothers name from Akame.
"From where you heard that name from?" Dante asked but his voice is dark and deep also he rubbed his chest and panicked when he found his amulet is nowhere to where it's should be at, after that he realized that the amulet of his is in under him. Then Dante quickly wear the amulet again.
"Hmm? I found that name engraved at behind this amulet..." Akame answered and face Dante with Vergil half perfect amulet on her hand.
"That was! Give it to me!" Dante almost freak out and roughly take the amulet from Akame. "Hey easy will you?! That's no need to be rough!" Akame said angrily.
But Dante didn't reply to Akame angry words but instead he focused on the other half of his amulet that supposed owned to his twins.
"This... it was supposed on his posesion..." Dante said still with same deep voice.
"Whose amulet is that? That was yours right Dante?" Akame asked.
"This wasn't mine, this half perfect Amulet is owned by my twin brother, Vergil..."
XXX
"Your brother?" Akame said.
"Yes my mom give this Amulet as birthday gift to me and to my brother, when we were kids. Before that fated tragedy. After I separated with Vergil years later he was trying to use this amulet to reopened gate of the underworld." Dante said.
"Reopen the underworld gate? Is that possible to be done?" Akame asked again.
"Yeah... turns out these two amulet was one when this amulet is united, this will become a relic as key and with certain ritual you will able summon a giant tower as catalyst to opening the gate. My brother do it for his mad pursue on power. And of course I stopped him to do that by end his life on the edge between human world and demon world." Dante answered and somehow tell the detail origin of those amulets.
"You mean.. you're already kill your own brother?" Akame carefully asked.
"Yeah, that how you can put it... he was actually trapped in the demon world and I was unable to save him. And then I saw his amulet here maybe he already killed at demon world, and his only treasure was taken by that armored demon. This amulet maybe serve another purpose." Dante said and then he draw the Force Edge and lay it down on the ground. Next Dante united the both of amulets and form the perfect amulet. Not to forget another one fundamental thing, Sparta blood on his vein.
Then the perfect amulet begin to merged with Force Edge and forming the new Devil Arms.
Devil Sword Sparda.
TBC
Jackpot!!! Chapter 19 it's finally here... wo hoo... After my absence since end of November until now, it was roughly 3 months was it?
Well I have a solid excuse to this first I was hit by writer's block out of nowhere suddenly I lost my idea to the story and then a new year holiday came in. and I *ehem* sped it with playing the MiHoyo gacha game Genshin Impact and surprisingly hit me hard, well because mainly on waifu material and lots of Yuri there.
And then another bullshit is hitting me. My device is broken and I lost all my data included the fanfiction one so as you guessed it. I must done this chapter from the scratch. And that was really pain in the ass.
Well maybe that enough for my babbling now I hoped you guys enjoyed the story and as always R/R
See you in the next chapter.
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