Hello Sinners! I hope all of you are doing well as we are coming close to the end of the fanfic. The last chapter was mainly focused on Striker getting Mundus out of prison along with Arkham. Now they are on their way to meet up with Vox and Velvet. Now, Dante will have to face off with two of his most hated foes, how will this end? Will Hell be on the brink of destruction? And what will Vaggie think that Dante and Charlie got it without her watching? We'll have to find out. But first some Q&As.
Mezentsevmichael: Thank you and yes, Cu Chulainn is based on his legend.
Dragon Blaze-X: The real challenge has just begun.
Lightblade1121: You will get something even better.
Redraveniskira007: I mainly go by video game and anime lore. I don't know anything about Pluto or his history. Plus, I have to add in God creating the world and Lucifer's Rebellion and becoming the King of Hell.
Guest: Eh. I mean you're not wrong.
54godamora: Same. I bet we all do.
Clown2107: Cliche, yes. Vox desperate? Yes. The Von Karma family will play a role later. And Yes the Prison was inspired by the circles of Hell and Impel Down.
REB(Guest): I have my reasons not to.
Wacko12: She is with Summer. Did you miss her?
Anyway, From here on, the real fun begins. Let's dive right into Hell!
Mission 21: War
After their escape, Striker and Arkham watched as Mundus changed to a more covert size rather than the giant statue form he had earlier. "Follow me," Striker told Mundus, Arkham, and Cu Chulainn as all four demons entered the building Vox and Velvet told them to meet at. When all of them entered, they took the elevator and slowly went to the top floor.
"I could have easily flown up there myself," Mundus stated as he clenched his fist, ready to burst through the roof of the elevator.
"Do that now and you will end up on the news in about 5 minutes. It also brings Dante running along to this place and my paycheck goes down the drain," Striker said as he pulled down his hat to cover his eyes.
"He is quite right, Lord Mundus. It will be a losing battle with your powers not at 100 percent," Arkham told the three-eyed demon.
"Very well, but I am not very patient," Mundus said as he released his fist. Seconds passed as they reached the top floor. Mundus stepped out of the elevator and marched forward through the hallways of Vox's many televisions that were hanging on the walls. Mundus barged in and opened the door.
"What the fuck," Vox shouted as he jumped out of his chair, throwing the food he was eating in front of him. "Who are you and what are you doing in my office!?"
"He's the guy you wanted free," Striker said as he came up from behind. "I also freed another prisoner that hates the Son of Sparda just as much. So, I think I should get a bonus just for that." the imp said as Arkham came right behind him along with Cu Chulainn.
"You actually did it? I got to say, I'm impressed," Vox grinned as he looked from the cowboy to the stone-like demon with three eyes. "We have a common enemy in the Son of Sparda. He sent you here, then showed up and killed our ally. How about we join forces and we can crush the competition and bring Hell to its knees!"
"I have a better offer. I take over your building and make it into the start of my empire and expand as I dethrone Lucifer and those who serve him. Then, I take Earth next," Mundus declared to the T.V. Demon as he looked both shocked and enraged at the same time.
"I only freed you so you could take down Dante. I'm not risking my position to challenge Lucifer or the royal families. And Earth? That's far beyond my control to bring the wrath of God and his angels. Now do as I say before I make things get ugly, you fucking psychopath," Vox declared.
Mundus stood still as all three of his eyes started to glow red. Suddenly, the Overlord was floating in the air, contorting painfully as it felt like an invisible snake was constricting around him. "Do you truly think you have power in Hell? Territory can only give you so much. What you can accomplish with your own might will truly make you powerful. As far as I can tell, you're nothing but some big-headed waste of soul that believes he can control the masses by placating them with entertainment," the demon lord told Vox with the constriction becoming tighter with each sentence.
"I'm starting to like this guy even more," Striker said as he nudged Arkham. "If he can do that to an Overlord, then I'll be able t-"
Hearing Striker speak and assume what he could accomplish, Mundus simply snapped his fingers and Cu Chulainn's arm became a hellish dog with sharp teeth that bit down on Striker's shoulder. "You'd best silence your tongue, imp. You won't do anything without my permission. Otherwise, Setanta gets a nice meal out of your hide."
"Wait, I thought he was called 'Cucklane' or something," Striker hissed questioningly through the pain.
"Cu Chulainn," the loyal enforcer of Mundus stated. "I was born 'Setanta' but was renamed upon death and becoming a follower of Lord Mundus. As such, I gave my old name to my hound."
"Well, I'll be damned. I thought that Mundus here just magicked you into existence an hour ago," Striker said as he hissed as Setanta's teeth sank deeper into the imp's flesh and black blood oozed down his shoulder. "But I was gonna say if you could easily defeat an Overlord, an Ars Goetia should be nothing."
"I know what you were truly thinking, imp. Know your place or you'll be fertilizer alongside the human trash," Mundus stated as Vox began to choke. "Now, both of you yield to me and I may spare your pathetic lives."
Seeing everything transpire, Velvet was shaking like a leaf before she watched Striker and Vox kneel before Mundus like he was General Zod. 'I told that idiot it was a bad idea to free that monster. I gotta get out of here,' she thought to herself, sneaking away to the back room to not get caught or seen. When she did, she took the stairs down and made her escape.
"It seems we have a small rat trying to escape. Shall we go after her," Arkham asked Mundus.
"Don't even bother. I'll send a couple of my pawns to deal with her," the three-eyed demon said as he started to create an assortment of monsters. Some were similar to scarecrows or puppets, others were lizard-like demons, and the last ones were phantoms with giant scissors. "Go and deal with that little problem for me. And when you're done, do whatever you wish," Mundus instructed the new demonic minions. They screeched as they understood their master and broke through the glass windows to either crawl down the side of the building or fly off to wreak havoc onto Pentagram City. As his minions prowled the streets, the three-eyed demon snapped his fingers as a throne made up of stone was summoned in front of him. Sitting down and looking at his kneeling enforcers, Mundus had one thought on his mind. 'Face me once more, Dante. But this time, I will bring you to your knees.'
After everyone in the hotel was awake from their collective hangover, they all gathered in the lobby as Dante and Charlie were on the couch sitting alongside each other while Vaggie stood and glared at both of them. Both the Son of Sparda and the Princess of Hell didn't say a word to her, fearing that one wrong word would make the moth demoness explode like a gunpowder barrel. Dante and Charlie glanced at one another before Hell's princess, who was wearing the outfit that she wore to Lilith's concert with Verosika, decided to break the ice first.
"Look, Vaggie. I know you're upset, but-"
"But what? The fact that you two fucked last night while I was keeping everyone in line," Vaggie said to Charlie as her face looked angrier than before.
"Gee, what's the big deal? You agreed with him that he can share the Princess with you and now you're upset that they banged? Seems pretty hypocritical if you ask me," Angel spoke up as a knife flew by him and hit the wall. "For fuck sake! This time I was being serious!"
"THE DEAL WAS I GET TO WATCH," she screamed as her hair slightly stood up and her teeth were sharper than the knives she carried.
"Whoa, whoa whoa. Wait a fucking minute," Cabin stepped up. "You're actually mad because you didn't watch them have sex?" Vaggie didn't say anything as she shut her mouth, biting down on her lip with her face turning pink from embarrassment.
"Who knew Vaggie was a voyeur," Bullet remarked as he was shocked at the news.
"All of you, shut up," Vaggie yelled, clenching her teeth before facing the duo one more.
"Look, Vags. I'm sorry you missed the show, but it was out of my control," Dante spoke more calmly than he normally would. "But it's not like I had any control of the situation myself. Charlie was pretty tipsy and I originally was going to tuck her in bed and head back, but she was very horny."
Vaggie was still mad at the couple but looked more peeved than actually pissed. "How long?"
"What," Charlie asked in confusion.
"How long did you two do it for," Vaggie asked more specifically.
The princess started to turn red while Dante rolled his eyes. "Is that even necessary to tell," he questioned.
"Oh, it absolutely is," Candy immediately replied, wanting the juicy details of how good the Son of Sparda was in the bedroom.
"I don't know. Two hours at best," Dante said as he guessed the estimate of how long they did the bedroom tango.
"How many rounds," Dia asked getting curious herself.
"Dia," Summer said surprised her gal pal asked.
"What? It's the Son of Sparda and the Princess of Hell. You have to be somewhat curious," Dia stated.
"Just the one, I think," Charlie said with her face red.
Hearing that, the girls all gawked as they turned toward Dante. While Vaggie facepalmed, many of the girls all gave Dante flirtatious looks while possibly ignoring Charlie's embarrassment slowly becoming annoying anger. "Moving on," Dante said. "All of you need to find a way to get yourselves into Heaven. Thirteen checked into the hotel and only three checked out. And it's not like an answer is gonna come through the front door."
Just as he said that the front door swung itself open to reveal a bloody and worn-out Velvet breathing heavily as if she had just run the longest marathon in Hell. "Help," she managed to say before collapsing onto the rug.
"Holy shit on a shit sandwich! It's Velvet," Terry said as he, Bullet, Cruiser, Angel Dust, and Husker were armed with something while Alastor was simply watching. However, static was heard and demonic symbols were faintly seen floating in front of the Radio Demon.
Hands on Rebellion, the Demon Hunter approached the doll demon as Vaggie pulled out a spear and Lechuza readied her talons. "Help? With what," Dante questioned before the sound of glass shattering alerted everyone to the horde of demonic puppets and scarecrows outside. "Oh. With that," Dante remarked nonchalantly.
A demon scarecrow slowly approached Dante as it swung its bladed leg into him, but Dante just took it like it was nothing more than a harmless bug bite. He didn't even flinch as a few puppets and scarecrows stabbed him. Soon, he slowly walked out into the street to avoid getting the inside of the hotel ruined, dragging the minions with him as he exited the building. "Good thing he wears red," Lechuza voiced.
"Let's rock," Dante said as he pulled out Rebellion and diced apart the scarecrows and demon puppets with a spin. Cutting the demons apart and removing the blades from his body, the Son of Sparda watched as more enemies started to arrive. "This party's just getting started," he said as he sheathed his sword onto his back and summoned Balrog, ready to test out his newest Devil Arm in combat. Bouncing on the balls of his feet, the Demon Hunter dodged a Marionette and punched it across the face, knocking its head clean off. The other puppets and scarecrows looked at the head, then at Dante as he gestured for them to come and get him. "Come on, wimp." They attacked at once while Dante punched and kicked them, sending out an inferno with each strike he dealt to them.
Watching this fight from the hotel, everyone was amazed at how well Dante was handling himself against a growing army of demons. "Y'all think he needs help," Applejack asked.
"Pff... Nah," Angel Dust scoffed. "But I want to join in on the fun, too."
"You think he's going to share that fucking fight with you," Husk rhetorically asked.
"He could," Summer voiced as Dante incinerated a pair of Scarecrows with a dropkick.
"Doubt it," Candy said while watching Dante deliver a one-inch punch to a much larger Marionette, sending it into the nearby lamppost.
"One way to find out," Vaggie said, ready to vent her anger by killing some living scarecrows. "Hey, Dante! Can we join in?!"
The Son of Sparda's reply came simultaneously as he delivered a devastating uppercut to a scythe-wielding phantom. "Sure, you can!"
"Alright, let's kick some fucking ass," Angel shouted as he pulled out a Tommy gun, shooting at any scarecrows and puppets that were in his path.
Cruiser jumped onto his motorcycle with Frankie on his back while wielding a baseball bat covered in barbed wire. "Time to bust some skulls," Cruiser said with the back tire of his bike screeching before he rushed forward. He was knocking down some foes like bowling pins in an alley before turning around and doing it again.
Bullet and Lechuza tore the stuffing out of the scarecrows with their claws while Terry ripped a Blade in half with bare hands, taking out its spine in the process. The most effective one out of the entire group was Vaggie as she stabbed multiple Marionettes and Shadows at blinding speed with her spear and threw her knives at some of them before moving on to the next group.
"Let out all of that anger yet, Vags," Dante asked the demoness as he took out Ebony and Ivory, shooting at the demonic pawns in his range.
"Shut up and take all of these fuckers out," Vaggie spat with venom in her tone while jabbing her spear into a Blade multiple times as blood and guts spilled all over the place.
Shugging, Dante fired off his twin pistols at the foes surrounding him. "Guess she and Charlie need to have tonight, then," he muttered to himself while unloading dozens of bullets into the demonic minions around the area. After he unleashed a barrage of bullets, Dante watched as a shadowy figure teleported in and out of the battle, killing the minions in an instant. Getting a better look, it turned out the demon was a Hell Vanguard. "Been a while since I faced one of you," he said as he summoned Dread in its scythe form.
The reaper-like demon swung its scythe at the white-haired hunter, making him jump back with the blade only grazing his bangs. Smirking, Dante retaliated as he swung the Devil Arm at the Vanguard, making the demon block the attack. The Demon Hunter slid backward as he folded the bladed part of his weapon and transformed it into the sniper rifle mode, firing the bullets as the Vanguard transformed into smoke. Dante looked around to see where the demon would pop out, then heard the chiming of a giant clock tower as the demon teleported to his right. Reading his opponent's move, he blocked the reaper's scythe with his blocky rifle as sparks started to fly. With enough strength, Dante pushed the reaper back and changed the weapon back into scythe mode to slice the Vanguard in half. The Hell Vanguard wailed in pain, as he exploded into clouds of smoke. Soon, the demons that attacked the hotel were running away.
"And stay out you bastards," Angel yelled at them as he emptied his final ammo drum.
"Woo! That was a lot of energy to burn off," Cruiser said as Frankie was screeching inside the mask from one of the Marionettes.
"Just what was with those guys," Terry asked as he removed the body of a Scarecrow from his horns.
"I believe our new uninvited guest may know those answers," Alastor said as he gestured to the unconscious doll demon that was lying down on the couch.
"I have to agree with Smiles. This little lady may know something we don't and if I'm being honest, it's not pretty," Dante said as he walked back into the hotel. "Sooner she heals and wakes up, the better."
"Hate to burst your bubble there, Dante," Bullet warned. "That's Velvet, the Overlord of social media. She spent most of her time with Valentino and Vox."
"She must have come here to lure those things," Candy said as she looked at the doll demon with disgust.
"Either way, we still need answers. Unless you have a better idea," the white-haired hunter asked all of them as he took a bottle of wine from the bar and poured a glass for himself. Irritated, the former employees of Valentino stood by with weapons, claws, and anything they could use in case the Overlord woke up in a rage.
After Niffty treated her wounds and bandaged her up, Velvet was starting to wake up minutes later as the first thing she did was jump off the couch and pull out a large kitchen knife from who knows where. The doll demon quickly looked around and saw the former porn stars aiming their weapons at her. "Where the fuck am I!?"
"The Hazbin Hotel," Dante said stepping forward from the crowd with half a glass of wine already empty. "You were going here for a reason and I'm positive you weren't luring those things to the hotel to try and kill me."
Seeing the Demon Hunter, Velvet lowered her weapon and took a minute to collect her thoughts. "You probably know about this, but me and Vox wanted revenge on you for killing Val and turning him into a pimp cane," she started while the white-haired hunter looked as if he knew and didn't care, even pulling out Valentino to scratch his lower back. "But… Vox went to the extreme and did something that will make Lucifer want to hunt him down and kill him with his own hands."
"Wait. What did Vox do to make you say something like that," Charlie asked as she was both curious and fearful about what the answer was going to be.
Velvet bit her lower lip as she didn't know how to word it any other way but say it plain and simple. "He hired someone to break Mundus out of jail!"
Nearly the entire body of the hotel gasped in shock at the news. Husk and Lechuza spat out their drinks, Cruiser ended up snapping his comb in half, and Alastor's smile lessened as it turned into a small smirk with radio static and feedback being the only thing heard around him. Vaggie's face was deadpanned with a look of 'are you fucking kidding me' mixed in while Charlie shared a similar look as her girlfriend. Even Dante went from calm and collective to serious within a second as he got up from his seat and approached the doll demon. "Where is he now?"
Velvet was shaking like a leaf as she saw the fire in Dante's dark blue eyes. She saw and felt the anger in them. "H-he's in Vox's main headquarters. Hell Cable Inc. The top floor of the building might have been redecorated for his pleasures."
The Demon Hunter turned toward his girlfriend as his blue eyes meet her red. "Call your parents, tell them Mundus is back."
"Right," Charlie said as she pick up her phone and dialed her mother's number. As the phone kept ringing, Dante questioned Velvet about who else was working for Mundus this time.
Morningstar Castle
The castle was being attacked as Cerberus was ripping up the demons that were coming up from the front lawn. Both Lucifer and Lilith were back to back with one another as the King of Hell used a trident to fight a puppet demon, while also using holy magic to obliterate them as they turned to dust. Lilith was dual-wielding holy blessed pistols as she was firing them turning all the Blades, Mephisto, Faust, and Hell Prides into dust. "Where the bloody fuck did these bastards come from," Lucifer asked as he pierced through a Blade with his trident.
"I don't know, but they are messing with the wrong fucking demons," Lilith said as she switched her dual pistols for a great sword, cutting down as many foes as she could with one sweep.
'Damn, I love that woman,' Lucifer thought as he had enough of this charade and spread his blackened wings, flying over all of them while drawing a circle in the sky. "Eat this, fuckwads," The King of Hell shouted as a storm of meteorites fell on the demons that attacked. Lilith only smiled and stood still as the falling rocks obliterated the demons attacking them, watching as the impacts never came close to her and only made her hair flow majestically in the wind that was kicked up.
As Lilith watched the destruction, her phone started to vibrate in her dress. She quickly took it out and saw that their daughter was calling. "Charlie, is everything okay?"
"I'm fine, Mom. I was gonna ask you the same thing," Charlie said on the other end. "Listen, we have a huge problem. I mean a huge problem."
"Does it involve you getting attacked by various demons that came out of nowhere," She asked as she petted Cerberus as he stomped on a scarecrow.
"You guys too? Oh fuck, he's already started," Charlie said as her voice choked.
"He? Who's he darling?"
"Mundus."
After hearing that name, Lilith nearly dropped the phone of the usurper that almost took Earth and Hell. Recovering, she found her voice again and asked the most obvious of questions. "How do you know this? And where is Dante?"
"Overlord Velvet told me about this and Vox got somebody to let him loose. Dante is with me right now, in fact, he was the one that suggested to call you and dad up immediately," Charlie stated.
"What about me," Lucifer questioned as he floated back down next to his wife.
"Charlie says somebody broke Mundus out of Dis," Lilith relayed to the King of Hell.
As soon as he heard that, the fallen angel's eyes narrowed and a Marionette tried to attack him, only for the puppet to simply evaporate into ash when a single feather from Lucifer's wing tapped it. "Who in their right mind decided that was the smartest thing to do," Lucifer asked with barely-restrained fury.
"That would be Vox," Lilith said, putting her phone on speaker for Charlie to speak with both of them. "Charlie, tell us what you and Dante know before your father decides to go 'Tower of Babel' on all of Hell."
"We just learned from Velvet that an imp named Striker was hired by Vox to free Mundus. He managed to do that and Mundus destroyed Dis. They escaped with a sinner named Arkham before bringing this new demon general to Vox's place," Charlie explained.
"He's dead," Lucifer snapped as his eyes turned yellow with slit pupils, similar to that of a snake.
"Your Highness, let me handle Mundus. He and I have a score to settle," Dante said over the phone.
"I appreciate the offer, but you going to Mundus with so many other demons will just wear you out," Lucifer stated. "You'll need more help if he's got a couple of strong guys with him. Even if you can shrug off getting stabbed through the heart by thousands of knives."
"Actually, it was dozens," Dante remarked, remembering one of his previous jobs.
"My point is that you need help and while I show why I'm king, you do need some help to keep the small fries busy," Lucifer told Dante.
"Dad! I'm not putting my staff and clients into danger like that," Charlie objected.
"They'll try and help anyway like last time, Charlie. I think we do need the backup," Dante countered. "Also, I need Dad's sword if I'm gonna face Mundus."
"I'll have Razzle and Dazzle go get it," Lilith informed the demon hunter.
"Good, I'll go ahead and take out as many as I can on the way," Dante said as footsteps were heard from the distance and the opening of the door.
"Dante, Vaggie, everyone wait," Charlie exclaimed as the door to the hotel was heard slamming. "Stay safe. Love you. Bye," Charlie rapidly told her parent as she hung up the phone.
Lilith hung up the phone and summoned Razzle and Dazzle the second Charlie's call ended. "Get the Sword of Sparda at Dante's office in the human world and bring it to him!" Both goat demons saluted as they summoned a pentagram to teleport themselves to Devil May Cry.
"Well, my love, it looks like we will be fighting that three-eyed fuck's forces once more," Lucifer said as he spread his wing once more. "Though if I am being honest, I did miss seeing you on the battlefield. You're such a sexy demon amazon," he told his wife while waggling his eyebrows.
Lilith chuckled as she saw her husband flirting with her. "Let's save this for later. I'll wear some skimpy leopard print underwear for you when we win," she purred as she ran her finger under his chin.
"HOT DAMN," Lucifer exclaimed before taking flight. "Now I really want to end this fight ASAP! Gather all our allies! We're at war!"
Imp City
"EAT LEAD, YOU PIECES OF SHIT," Blitzo shouted as he fired his machine gun at some scarecrows with bladed peg legs. "Where the fuck did these wannabe Fizz fucks appear!?"
"I don't know, but they sure are wreaking havoc," Millie said as she cut down her giant opponent with her battle-ax. "I haven't seen this much chaos since me and Moxxie's wedding. That was some fight for the bouquet. I think some of my brothers lost teeth when the brawl got out of hand," she said looking over from the busted-up window of strange demons killing imps on the streets and eating some of them.
"Who in the seven rings cares about that?! They destroyed all my stuff, the sons of bitches," Loona growled tearing up a scarecrow with her teeth like it was a chew toy.
"Why would you bring your possessions here at work," Moxie asked firing his pistol at the many Blood-goyles that flew around the office, swooping down at the imp for a kill.
"You're one to talk," Loona retorted as she pointed out a picture of Moxxie and Millie when they first started dating. Immediately after she did, a bat-like demon broke through and shattered the picture frame. "Now you know how I feel, Fatty," Loona smirked.
Seeing one of his favorite pictures broken, Moxxie replaced his pistol with a massive Gatling gun. "These bastards are going down," Moxxie said with a silent rage before opening fire on the streets below with a battle cry that made Millie swoon like a lovesick schoolgirl.
"I love that man," Millie said before shanking another scarecrow in the throat with a knife.
"Don't get your panties soaked just yet, Mills. We still have a fuckton of this retards to kill," Blitzo exclaimed as he whipped out a rocket launcher with the words 'My Dick' painted on the side. Aiming, he fired at the demons on the top of the roof next door, blowing them all up in one massive blast. "I'm touching myself tonight," he shouted before getting a phone call. "Not now, Stolas. I'm fighting for my fucking life depends on it!"
"Wrong guy," Dante said on the other end.
"Dante? Why are you calling me when I'm shooting the fuck out of mindless bitches in a massive shitstorm?"
"Yeah, I figured since I'm doing the same thing somewhere else, I thought I'd offer you guys a massive payday," Dante told the imp. Practically hearing a cash register sound off, Blitzo kept listening. "I'm going after the guy who's causing this pandemonium and I need backup."
"Okay, who's the bitch?"
"Mundus."
Hearing that name, Blitzo also thought he heard a loud record needle scratch. "FUCK NO! I LIKE MONEY, BUT I'M NOT DIGGING MY FUCKING GRAVE FOR IT!"
"You're not fighting the statue, I just need the backup to get to him," the Demon Hunter explained. "Besides, the one who got him out was Striker. You can get some sort of revenge towards the snake," Dante told the imp. "And if the other demons find out you helped beat Mundus' army, your company will be swimming in cash when they keep hiring you."
"Now you're talking my language! We'll be right there," Blitzo told the Son of Sparda after getting the location needed. "Alright, gang. We're going hunting," he told the rest of I.M.P as he grabbed and cocked a shotgun.
"FUCK YEAH," Millie shouted with her ax raised high.
Blasting his way through the building's halls and stairwell, Blitzo was able to clear a path to the company's van with the others right behind him. "When this is all over, I'm buying myself a ranch full of horses," he said as he got to the car, started the engine, and blasted the song, Mustang Dong, with the rest of I.M.P. firing their guns into any hostile enemies they saw.
At the Hazbin Hotel
Charlie was in the lobby with everyone that wasn't willing to fight Mundus' forces, pacing around in worry as she thought about the others. She wanted to follow everyone to Hell Cable Inc and possibly convince some of them to stay at the hotel, but she had this gut feeling that she had to stay behind and wait for something to happen. "I sure hope Dante and Vaggie are doing okay," the Princess of Hell told herself as she kept pacing around the lobby. "What if they need me? No, I have to stay at the hotel and make sure things are okay."
After a few seconds of talking to herself while the others listened, a wall to the hotel was suddenly destroyed. Both Razzle and Dazzle were sent flying in with a pile of rubble landing on them. "What was that," asked Undine.
The goat-like demons looked at Charlie with one thing clear in their expressions. Charlie had to run. But before they could utter another word, a carmine-colored slime-like monster crawled its way inside the hole it made as both goat demons got back on their feet once more. "Just what is that thing," Applejack questioned.
The slime looked at all of the demons around the lobby and soon started to condense itself into a hulking golem with one eye. It started to look around the room, focusing on Undine before looking at Applejack. However, as soon as it looked at Charlie, its eye glowed red and the slimy body began to solidify more, creating a spiked fist. "Lu…ci… fer," it growled, striking at Charlie. The Princess of Hell was quick to dodge out of the way, but the golem growled as it slammed its fists around the floor. Charlie kept dodging its attacks, causing the monster to only leave holes in the lobby rather than her face.
"Just what the fuck is this thing!? And why did it say my dad's name before attacking me!?"
"Must…kill… Lucifer…. Night Terror… kill… spawn," the golem tersely stated, slamming its fist once more at Charlie. The Princess had to dodge the attack again, but she saw that the monster hit a major support beam in the wall, causing it to fall down.
"When I wanted to expand the lobby, I didn't mean like this," Charlie remarked before she dodged once again, bumping into the jukebox and causing a song to start playing.
(It Has To Be This Way from "Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance" By Go! Light Up! plays)
"Guess I have no choice if I'm his target too," Charlie says as she circled the golem, preparing to fight it with her bare hands. She let out a series of lightning-fast punches, making it seem like she had four extra arms. But to the slime-like golem, the punches were more like bug bites. The demon lifted its spiked arm and backhanded Charlie harshly into the wall, knocking her outside of the hotel. Luckily, she was able to withstand the impact and flipped around to land safely on her feet. "Okay. Maybe that wasn't the best way to attack a slime that turns into a golem," she told herself as she created a ball of hellfire between her hands, concentrating it into a small red bead.
When the monster stepped out to attack her in the middle of the street, Charlie jumped back and flicked the condensed flames like it was a marble. The bead expanded violently into a large explosive fireball, causing some injury to Night Terror. While Charlie smiled at the successful attack, her face changed when she saw the golem cover itself in a metallic-looking sludge that extinguished the flames on its body. "Fire… bad… stop… with new… technique…" Night Terror explained as it summoned small orbs of light that shot needle-like projectiles at the Princess.
Seeing the new attack, Charlie ran away to avoid getting skewered and ducked behind a fallen door. "How can I beat this thing if I don't know how to beat it," she asked herself as she didn't know what else to do. She used one of her best attacks on it and it didn't make a dent. She thought about grabbing a weapon but thought that anything she used would break altogether.
"Princess…" Razzle said as he and Dazzle limp towards Charlie.
"What are you two doing, you'll get hurt if you stay here," Charlie said, concerned for the two demons.
"Here, use this," Dazzle said as the two goat-like demons gave Charlie the sword she heard of in legends.
The princess gaped in awe at seeing the blade of the Legendary Dark Knight. She cautiously took the sword into her grasp and she couldn't believe it. Charlie was now holding the Demon Sword of Sparda himself and she could feel its power flowing through her fingertips. "So this is what Sparda's power feels like," she murmured to herself. She tried to lift the blade in one hand, thinking it was going to be heavy for her to wield, but she was surprised to see she could easily carry it. 'Please, Sparda. Lend me your strength,' Charlie silently prayed.
"Spar… da… kill… Sparda" the golem growled as it stared at the demonic sword with its eye. Night Terror unleashed another set of floating orbs and started firing darts of light right at Charlie, only for her to block the attack with the blade of Sparda like she was hiding behind a large shield.
This stunned both the golem and Charlie as how the darts bounced off the sword with ease. 'Wow, this thing is tough. Can it pack a punch like the stories say? One way to find out,' she thought as she saw that Night Terror was stunned. Seeing an opening, Charlie charged as she jumped into the air and brought the sword down on the golem. Night Terror tried to block the attack with its arm, but once the Princess of Hell brought Sparda down, the sword cut its arm clean off like a hot knife through butter.
The arm hit the concrete ground as the ooze and slime boiled and faded away. Night Terror didn't look phased that its arm was no longer attached to him, but what freaked him out was that he tried to regenerate it, only to fail and have a stump on his arm. Night Terror roared in anger from its missing arm as it used to turn its remaining arm into a spiked mace to attack Charlie. "KILL!"
Charlie backed up slightly to give another blow to the slime demon. However, Night Terror was on top of her as he brought his mace hand down, trying to kill her and turn the Princess of Hell into paste. Charlie was blocking the attacks from the golem, but with each attack that she blocked, the force of the blow made her grip loosen on Sparda. "Enough," she shouted as fire exploded, making Night Terror slide back a yard. The Princess of Hell's appearance changed to fit her anger at the monster as her eyes were now yellow with red sclera, she had red horns sticking out from her head, and her teeth became razor sharp. "You won't be hurting anybody else," Charlie yelled as she charged at Night Terror.
The slime golem roared as it tried to block the sword, but Charlie was able to cut the mace in half before she kicked the monster into the nearest wall. After she did, she held the Demon Sword Sparda before the handle unfolded to show the sword doubled as a scythe. Unleashing her anger, she sped right at the golem and slashed at it with ease. Night Terror roared in pain as the slime was spilling like blood as its body was being torn apart with each cut Charlie made. Deciding to end the fight, the Princess of Hell turned the weapon back into a sword and stabbed the white core that acted like its eyeball. She jabbed the demonic weapon deeper into the beast as the core split in two, making Night Terror give one last painful roar before going limp and its body dissolving into nothing.
After the monster died, Charlie calmed down and looked at the weapon in her hands. She was surprised at how she was able to handle herself against it and thought it was because she had the proper weapon to face it with. However, she also knew Dante would be a far better person to use the sword and she realized what she had to do since Razzle and Dazzle needed to recover. "I have to give this sword to Dante," she stated with a determined look in her eye. "But I need to get to him fast," she thought out loud before knowing just what to do. Taking a deep breath, Charlie let out a loud and sharp whistle that alerted the one ally she knew would help Dante in the middle of a battlefield with no questions asked. Seconds later, a portal appeared in front of her and Zephyrus galloped through. Stopping in front of Charlie and seeing the weapon of his first master, the demonic horse didn't need to be told what to do. Instead, he formed his armor and allowed Charlie to climb onto his back. "Let's go help Dante," Charlie said before Zephyrus galloped off.
And that's where this chapter will end. I hoped you guys enjoyed it. It was a struggle to make Velvet an ally or a foe. But with the last chapter, I think she knows where to draw the line. With Mundus making Vox and Striker his bitches, things turned out ugly in Hell and chaos is in the streets. Big thanks to WaterDragonMaverick for editing and suggestions on this story. And we are close to the end. How will things turn out in the end? Guess you will have to find out. Favor, Follow, and Review. And see you All in Hell!