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Dante stood in the middle of the road, a thoughtful look on his face, as he held Ebony and Ivory. After defeating the Despair Embodied, Dante had then battled against Maverick, who soon took off the minute his ass started getting kicked too much for his liking. Now, Dante was standing across the road from the Tower of the Goddess, a pondering look on his face. At that minute, a mini jet fighter arrived beside him, before transforming into a suit of armour with Vergil as the occupant, as he absorbed the armour inside himself
"Cool. Neat trick," Dante grinned, "Where'd you get it from?"
"Beelzebub," Vergil replied casually, "What are you thinking about?"
"The best way to tackle this castle. Do I aim high or do I aim low?"
Vergil got the exact same pondering look on his face as his brother as he studied the castle
"My suggestion? Aim low, work our way up"
"Sounds good"
"Hey, is this where everyone got to?"
Dante and Vergil turned around to face Nero, as he arrived with his family
"Well, maybe not quite everyone," Nero said
A minute later, Celeste arrived with David, who was armed to the teeth
"Spence still looking after the little ones?" Dante asked
"Just checked in on him. He's having fun. The kids are causing chaos for him," Celeste said with a smile, "But in a good way"
"Oh, I should tell you guys," Vergil said, "Grandfather is dead"
"Say what?" Celeste cried, "What do you mean he's dead?"
"As in he's not living anymore," Vergil replied, "Mundus killed him"
"Kinda ironic in a way," Dante said sadly, "Did anyone get hit by a ball of light?"
"I did, right after he died," Vergil said, "I was able to kill Mundus then"
"Yeah, I got hit as well, not long after I defeated Credo," Nero said
Celeste nodded her agreement
"In death, Grandfather gave us his strength," Dante mused, "What a guy"
It was then Trish, Lady, Jenny, Lili, Tristan and James arrived, as Dante and Vergil headed towards their respective spouses and gave them a kiss each
"So, we're all finally here," Nero said, "Shall we get this over and done with then?"
"Yeah sure then, little brother," Dante said, ruffling Nero's hair and earning a glare, "I've been waiting for you guys. Could do it myself, but it's more fun with you all"
"Why, Dante, I'm touched," Vergil said, "You ready, my darling girls?"
"As always," Lady said with a smile, cocking Kalina Ann, "Honey"
"Alright, let's rock," Dante grinned
The Sparda family headed towards the Tower, as a large horde of demons appeared, consisting of Scarecrows, Mega Scarecrows, Assaults, Frosts, Nobodies, Fetishes, Goatlings, Hell Sins, Kykylops, Bloodgoyles and many more. Dante took the lead, drawing Alastor and slicing a Leg Scarecrow in half. Vergil bashed a Marionette in the face with Yamato's hilt, before slicing a Bloody Mary in half. Three Blitz demons appeared, as Tristan, Jenny and Lili took them on together, swapping targets without speaking to each other about the switches
Letting loose with twin lightning bolts to take down a Shadow demon, Trish then unfurled the Dark Chain and cracked it, the blade slicing through a Frost with ease, then wrapped the chain around an Abyss Goatling and yanked hard, crushing the demon's skeleton with ease. Lady took aim with Kalina Ann and fired, before swiftly shifting between the rocket launcher for MPK5's and letting loose. Nero grabbed a Cutlass with his Diablo Bringer, slightly burning the demon, before slamming the demon into the ground in a shockwave of flames, while James created a large fireball that slammed into an Orangguerra's chest and incinerated it
With her glaives, Celeste was cutting a bloody swath through the demons, aided by her husband as he shot down the demons around her. She dodged a Mega Scarecrow's flying blades, before throwing one of her glaives. It sliced through the demon with ease, before returning to her hand, slicing open a Pyromancer at the same time. More demons fell, reduced to dust and receding slime, as more demons appeared to take their places. Teleporting past an Abyss, Vergil sliced the demon in half, then whirled around to block a Scarecrow, before impaling it. It was then that all the demons in the vicinity suddenly underwent a Devil Trigger of their own, a purple hood of energy with glowing red eyes appearing around the demon's heads
"Something tells me that doesn't look good," Tristan replied
He sliced open a Brontmancer with both Devil Wings, before taking on a Tartarussian. Dante swung Alastor, lightning crackling from the blade, but a Mega Scarecrow blocked the blow, before spinning upwards, its blades slicing into Dante's chest and throwing him back. Dante landed on his feet, letting out a small growl, as the Mega Scarecrow tucked inside into a ball and rolled towards him. Dante drew Alastor back like a baseball bat and swung when the Scarecrow fell upon him, launching the demon through the air, as its blades sliced through several Bloodgoyles and it slammed into the tower wall, motionless, as Dante grinned to himself
"Home run"
Jenny was using her swordstaff, as James joined her and they fought the demons together. Michael and Cameron were fighting alongside each other, Michael using the Blue Queen and his Angel Bringer, while Cameron was fighting with the Flame Staff. Kyrie conjured up several balls of energy and launched them, taking down several Assault and Blade demons, as Nero grabbed a Gladius and threw it into the chest of a Hell Pride demon, reducing it to dust
"Okay, time to take the castle," Dante said, "The Goddess is going down"
He Devil Triggered, his energy flux taking out several demons. Following his lead, Vergil and the others Devil Triggered, quickly wiping out the horde of demons, before resuming their human forms, as James destroyed the front door with flames. A large group of Hell and Abyss demons awaited the group, but were all cut down with ease, as the Sparda family found the set of winding staircases and made their way up
"How high does this go?" Michael asked
Bloodgoyles and Puias flew down in a massive swarm, completely covering the whole family as razor-sharp feathers were fired and swift swoops were made. Gunshots rang throughout, as Puias were killed and Bloodgoyles were turned to stone. James used his flames, while Celeste used her glaives to finish the Bloodgoyles off, as they all continued up the stairs. At that moment, a small force of Spiceres appeared, slamming into the staircase and setting off explosions, as a Furiataurus and Trismagia appeared at the bottom. Lady, David, Michael, Cameron and Kyrie fell to the floor below, but remained relatively unharmed by the fall. Immediately, Michael and Cameron took on the Furiataurus together, while Trismagia concentrated on Lady, David and Kyrie as they fought the three-headed demon together
"They'll be fine," Vergil said, watching Lady fire a rocket at the fire Magia, "They can handle themselves. We've got a goddess to deal with"
At the top of the stairs was a large room, where there was a large set of polished ivory doors at the other side. However, there was a group of Devil Triggered demons in the centre, their red eyes glowing brightly as they got ready for the fight to come
"Well, let's give it to them," Dante said, drawing Alastor, "Come on"
A Basilisk fired its head at Dante, but he smacked it back, taking the demon down. Drawing his sword swiftly, Vergil created energy in the form of an 'X', as it sliced apart several Scarecrows. Revving up the White Queen, Nero attacked a couple of Bianco Angelo demons, white flames streaking from the blade, as Trish extended the blade of Sparda, striking several Mortifinis at once, as Celeste used her glaives to slice through the Jomothumsiras, turning them into frozen statues, as Lili fired three bands of energy that cut down three Assaults. Burning a Cutlass out of the ground, James killed it, before swiftly moving onto a Fetish, as Tristan hacked and slashed at a couple of Kyklops and Jenny took on a Death Scissors
Once the demons were dead, Dante kicked the ivory doors open and strode inside, seeing the form of the Goddess on the other side of the room, her back to them as she stared out the window. Dante grinned and sheathed Alastor
"So, at last we finally met, Goddess. Why don't you turn around and we can settle this out, half-demon to goddess"
"As you wish, Dante"
The Goddess slowly turned around, as Dante's grin changed into a look of shock and surprise when he saw her face. The same look was mirrored by everyone else who knew her. Dante couldn't believe his own eyes. She was right here before him, as the Goddess of Death. He pinched himself. Nope, he wasn't dreaming
"Lucia?"
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