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One side of the church exploded outwards, as lightning destroyed the windows on the other side, whilst lighting up the inside of the church like Christmas. Trish dodged the dagger and snap-kicked Gloria in the face, reeling her head back. Stumbling, Gloria held out her hand and fired a dark energy blast, which Trish dodged, as another part of the church was destroyed. She shot forth a pair of lightning bolts, but Gloria did a cartwheel to her left, as the lightning bolts rebounded off the pipe organ and struck the bell, making it ring throughout the church. Trish and Gloria cried out, both holding their hands over their ears, waiting until the bell stopped ringing
Once the ringing was over, Trish caught Gloria in the chest with a lightning bolt. Gloria twisted her body, landing on the massive pipe organ, as Trish flew at her. Deflecting her kick, Gloria then dodged Sparda, as it sliced through several pipes. Swinging her dagger, Gloria slashed Trish along the waist, who swung Sparda at her, before grabbing two of the severed pipes and running them through Gloria's torso. She landed on the ground, ripping the pipes out, as the wounds healed, before launching them at Trish. She leapt down, kicking both pipes away and flipped over, slamming Sparda against the floor as Gloria leapt out of the way
"I tell you what, Trish, you have no idea what's in store for you," Gloria said
"Yeah, I can hardly wait and see," Trish said sarcastically
"You should see the Goddess. She's a tower of power and she's gonna rock this world. Well, at least until Mephistopheles rises up"
"Mephistopheles? You're kidding me? You're bringing him here? You seriously want the entire world to end?"
"I am evil and that is the plan"
"Oh, I am so gonna kick your ass!"
"Well, how about this to make things more interesting then"
Raising her hand, Gloria created a large blue portal above the pair, as the demon Phantom dropped down into the church and roared
"Trish, it has been a long time," he growled
"Phantom, long time, no pleasure whatsoever," Trish smirked
Phantom roared and lunged at Trish, but she ducked under him and leapt at Gloria, her dual-bladed daggers blocking Sparda's swing. Gloria lashed out with a spinning kick, but Trish spun around over her leg, before diving out of the way when Phantom came flying. Gloria teleported, as Phantom swung around and shot out several fireballs from his mouth. Trish dived out of the way, before retaliating with a few lightning bolts. Phantom snarled as the lightning bolts bounced off his thick hide and he started to tear into the ground, digging his way under the church
"Digging your own grave already?" Trish asked, watching him go, "You're smart"
"Well, I never expected him to do that," Gloria said, "I wonder where he went. You better not have run out on me, Phantom!"
At that moment, Phantom came bursting out of the ground behind Trish, slashing with his tail. Trish's body began glowing and she flew into the air, before launching several large beams of energy that homed in on Phantom and slammed into his body. He roared, shooting fireballs at Trish, but she dodged them with ease, as he burrowed back underground, as Trish whirled around to block Gloria
Kicking her back, Gloria slashed with one dagger, before whirling around and slashing with the other, followed up with a side snap-kick. Trish dodged the moves, before hitting Gloria in the stomach with twin lightning beams, blasting her across the church and slamming into a wall, at the same time Phantom came bursting out of the ground, sending Trish flying with a whip of his tail. She crashed against the floor and quickly rolled out of the way when Phantom came crashing down, snapping his claws
Quickly getting to her feet, Trish dodged Gloria, before leaping over Phantom. He whirled around and stabbed with his tail, striking Trish in the back and propelling her forth, as Gloria whipped around and landed a kick on her jaw, flipping her over so she landed on the floor on her face. Trish rolled over as Phantom towered over her, somehow creating a grin with his large maw, his eyes shining with glee
"Can I be the one who gets to kill her?" he growled
"Sorry, Fido, chase that rainbow another day," Gloria replied, "She's mine"
"And here I was thinking I was Dante's," Trish said
"Silence, Trish," Phantom roared
She simply smirked
"Make me, big boy"
Phantom snarled and went to bite her, but found that Sparda had been rammed into the roof of his mouth. Trish smirked and charged her power through the massive sword, combining it with the power of the Sparda and as a result, exploding Phantom's head in a shower of blood and gore
"Oh, did you have to do that?" Gloria asked, "He was somewhat useful"
Trish flipped onto her feet and turned around, removing Sparda from Phantom's headless corpse
"Well, it was effective and entertaining"
Gloria unfolded her arms and charged at Trish. She did the same and they clashed blades. Gloria was pulling off a variety of stylish and swift moves, but Trish blocked them easily, however, she was losing ground as she did so, with Gloria's attacks getting more and more rapid. Finally, in the end, Gloria slashed Trish across the wrists, then kicked Sparda out of her hands, before stabbing her
"It seems, Trish, that in the end, I am the better warrior," Gloria smiled
"Sorry, junior, but not this time"
Using her demonic strength, Trish ripped the daggers out of her body, before forcing Gloria's arms to bend around so she stabbed herself in the chest, then gathered her power and channelled it through the daggers and into Gloria's body. She screamed, as her eyes and mouth lit up brightly like Christmas, before the power overloaded and became too much, exploding Gloria's body in a similar fashion to Phantom
"See, effective and entertaining," Trish smirked
A ball of light hung in the air before her and she grabbed it, creating a large, jet-black steel chain that had a wisp of black energy surrounding it. A large, serrated dagger was attached to the end of the chain, but Trish quickly found that it could be detached, while the chain still remained just as lethal. Grinning, she picked Sparda up, before leaving the church and heading back out into the battle
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Graxtius gripped Linkin and swung it hard, slicing an arc of energy at Mundus. The former Demon Lord laughed and fired three lasers from his eyes, but Graxtius flew over them, before firing six black phantom spears. They impaled Mundus in the chest, but he simply brushed them off as if it annoyed him more than it hurt him
"It seems that you have been working out in Hell," Graxtius said
"Or maybe you just got weaker over the years," Mundus replied
He fired another three laser beams; just missing Graxtius, then swiped him with his hand, sending the father of Sparda flying across the ocean surface. Catching himself, Graxtius flew back at Mundus, avoiding his hands, then batted the laser beams aside, before stabbing Linkin into Mundus' third eye. He roared and smacked Graxtius onto the road, as two missiles slammed into Mundus' neck. He whirled around, as a mini jet fighter flew down and transformed into a suit of armour, with Vergil being the occupant. He grinned as he drew Yamato and the Hellebore
"Vergil, it has been such a long time," Mundus said, "And I thought you died"
"Well, I'm pretty hard to kill, as is the rest of my family," Vergil said
"Really? Is that so?"
In one swift movement, Mundus drew his massive sword and impaled Graxtius on the blade, nearly severing him in half. Graxtius groaned as Linkin fell from his limp fingers. Vergil watched on in horror, as Mundus ripped the sword away and he leapt over to his grandfather's body
"My time has come," Graxtius groaned, "Fight on, Vergil, fight on"
His life expired and his body dissolved into several balls of light, before flying off into the sky. However, one of them fused itself with Vergil, as he grabbed Linkin and turned to face his former master
"How touching," Mundus said mockingly, "Time to die, Vergil"
Vergil released all of his anger, Devil Triggering into a form that seemed like a combination of his own body and Sparda's devil form. He flew up at Mundus at blinding speeds, slashing at him with Linkin. Mundus roared in pain, multiple slashes covering his face, all of them glowing with powerful demonic energy. Shooting about twenty phantom swords into Mundus' chest, Vergil then delivered a powerful slash diagonally across Mundus' body, then flying up into the air and charging energy into Linkin, before diving down and striking before Mundus knew what had hit him
Mundus roared as his body was covered in bright light and he exploded, leaving no trace of him behind. Landing on the bridge, Vergil resumed his human form, before looking to the sky where the energy of his grandfather had dispersed
"I will fight on, Grandfather," he whispered
Resuming the battle armour, Vergil created the jet fighter and flew off into the sky
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