A/N : Hehehehe, didn't expect it to be this soon, didn't you guys ?
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Some probably did.
Welp, let's try to see this throught, right ?
worldbusk11s : Omakes are fun to right, but as someone who likes to explore everything that my mind come ups with, if I start going on a tangent, you can be sure to get 50k word vomit xD As for Beta reads, I'm both proposing to beta read (already did one for someoSne), and as for being Beta Read, I'll probably ask someone to double check my grammer at some point. x)
Knightly123 : Yes, he/she is his servant now. No, he isn't a God, but he could fight againts one in a 1v1.
BiazarKaiser : Fia isn't learning to, she LEARNT to triangulate his teleporting pattern. It takes, sheer dedication and fucking will to be so inside someone's head that they know where exactly you're going to teleport next. You'll see how she does this later, eheheh. And yes, he does have a servant now. (Cue the 'You can make a religion out of this' jingle)
Zet4 : Alucard reference. I LOVED the Abriged series. And, I try to make impossibility, possibility. Glad people like this !
Yatta : Good question, dumb answer : Who knows ? (ehehehe.)
Sagittipotenta : That's bad, I know in the begining I made some mistakes there but it should be better now. I try to make it obvious without out right stating it since I found it stopped the flow I was trying to get adding 'x said' or 'x explained' or stuff like this. I never enjoyed reading it personnally. You have to know 2 things : I always alternate, the same character will never speak twice in a row unless there is something in the middle or outright stated. Try to find obvious personnality in the dialog, (i.g, Skadi always calls Dante 'Friend', Laurentina is kinda crazy, Fia is the textbook tsundere and gets annoyed/angry easily, Mostima is always chill about things, and Dante is obvious because he comments on what he says.) If some part are clearly unclear, please state where they are so that I can modify it to clearly see who is who !
Welp, without further ado, lets start this thing !
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Cold.
Oh, so Cold.
Or is it ?
Is it hot ?
I can't tell anymore.
I try to retain some of my memories now, but I can't really tell what is what and who is who.
*SPLASH*
The waves...
Dark...
Darker...
A single light at the end of the tunnel...
Is it upward ? Downard ? To my left or right ?
At this point, should I still have air in my lungs ?
...
As the hour pass, nothing advance...
Is time frozen ?
Is the world frozen too ? Or am I the only one stuck here ?
...
I hear screaming.
Explosions, and destruction.
I smell blood and gore yet I feel nor see anything.
...
'To be or not to be ?'
...
That's so dumb.
I open my eyes.
Destruction fill my vision.
The endless tides has taken over much of my sight.
I can't see things that isn't taken over by tentacles.
And I've seen enough Hentai to know where this was going.
...
Where even is this ?
My halo... is bright ?
..?
Why ?
Why...?
This...
Feelings ...?
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !'
'SAVE ME !'
'GOD,WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US ?!'
Despair.
So...
Much...
D̶̰̫̱̐ë̴̛̩̼̟͍̗͙͑͋̇͝s̸̘͎̊p̶̫̋̔̋̍á̶̩͇͎͓̱̪i̸̞̊̓r̷͇̻̠̩̦̊̈́͊̍̀ ...
It doesn't makes sense.
Or does it ?
I...
...
Did I do that ?
My hand is stained red.
Blood, of many people.
None of it my own.
I...
I have to know.
I took a step.
Then another.
The creature around me don't even acknolowedge me.
Do they think I am one of their own ?
Or do they just belive me to be below their notice ?
...
It's cold.
Somewhere ..? / In the Empire of Yan.
I took another step.
Infront of me, devastation.
Behind me, devastation.
And all around me,
... Ǎ̴̡͓̥͆̌ ̸̤̗͑d̶͙̿̈̈́ë̸̞̰̙́ȃ̵̺̰̆f̵͙̐ě̵̮̞̬̚n̷̡̨̜͂͝͝i̶͎̣͕͗̎n̶̡̯̲̔ģ̵̩̳̔ ̷̰͕̱̄s̶̨̯̏ỉ̴̞̜̓l̵͎̭͕̉̓e̷̲̓̀n̶̬̠̉̏c̸̮̤̐̐̾e̷̮͒̏͝
It simply makes me insane.
You would think those tentacle creatures would atleast makes a sound slithering like that.
But no, nothing.
...
My halo itch.
Somewhere further ? / Still in Empire of Yan.
It itch.
But I don't want to look at it...
I'll think of it later.
...
I feel...
Life ?
In front.
There is a city.
It seems well defended, since I don't see or feel any tentacle monster in a good radius.
...
"... Who- no WHAT are you ?"
"That's a good question that I wish I knew the answer to."
"... What are you doing outside the city walls like that ?"
"I don't know."
"... I see."
"Who are you ?"
"Well~ that's a shame."
What ..?
"What do you mean."
"Mhm, I'm sure we could have been great pals, you seem like a cool dude. But I'm going to ask you to leave."
"Huh, what did I do ?"
"... Who knows. Maybe that 'Halo' might give you an idea ?"
"... I don't want to know now."
"Do you not look at your body anymore ..? No, that was a stupid question."
...
"I..."
"Don't answer that. That was a statement, not a question."
"I see..."
"Well, this is where I draw the line. Try to get into the city and we'll have to fight. I recommand not approching."
"... 'Cause you would beat me up ?"
"No, because I'll die. And, you see, I don't want to die."
"... I..."
"Don't worry about it. Those guys behind me were already thinking of killing this 'me'. So to speak. So I'm already half expecting to die."
"... That's horrible."
"I know, right ?! They could at least, like, let me live the rest of our days with my sisters and brothers instead of telling us to guard this stupid wall. It's already over, after all."
"... What... Happened ?"
"That's... Well, it's kinda suprising."
"What is ?"
"That you would ask that ..?"
"... Why, pray tell ?"
"... Who knows. Well, you see, the sea born poured out of the sea."
... So we were invaded by things from the sea ?
"That's... Alright ..?"
"... Do you have a twin, by any chance ?"
"No ..? I'm an only child... I think."
"Huh, okay. Needed to ask that."
What the hell ..?
"Any other info ..?"
"Don't know much, we just got obliterated. Sargon was exterminated, Kazimierch fleed in herd into other nation, Victoria isolated itself in flying airship of all things, Kazdel is completly unknown, Iberia got the first waves and I heard a 500 meters long Leviathan poped out of the water and razed their capital to the ground. Ursus is still fighting, but I don't know how long that will last. As for Yen, well, thanks to the True Lung and the Feranmuts that were still here, we got by. For now. Ah, and Kjerag is currently in a perpentual blizzard. I don't know how long it will take for the sea 'thing' to adapt to that too, so that'll last for a while."
...
"The end of the world."
"Pretty much. All because of that bright thing."
"... Bright thing ?"
"Nevermind."
"... You didn't speak about Laterano ?"
"Who knows."
"..."
"So, I'll go back on those walls. Please don't try getting there, thank you~ !"
"... Alright."
...
Another direction.
And another step forward.
It keeps itching.
Now my forearms too.
Somewhere else ?
... It's cold.
Behind me is bright. Or dark.
I can't tell.
In front of me, the sea.
...
Something is stirring.
"Are you awake, little one ?"
"No. I'm still dreaming."
"That is indeed a way to describe your current existance."
"How quaint."
"What bothers you, Light ?"
"... 'light ?' I don't know. What's your idea of good thing to do right now ?"
"Sit in silence."
"Pfft... I had enough silence for a life time."
"I wouldn't call what you have left 'a life time'. You have even more time than me now."
"... What."
"... I see what is happening. You are awake. That is... Suprsing."
"What do you..? That doesn't makes sense."
"Who are you ?"
"... That's weird, considering you have a nickname for me, you should already know me."
"Oh, I do. It's for you to answer that question."
"That's dumb, I'm ..!"
...
Who am I ?
Dante ?
Am I Dante ?
I...
"It's..."
"Not an easy task ?"
"This makes no sense, I knew just a second ago ..!"
"Did you ?"
"I..."
Did I ?
What is this ?
"I'll think about it."
"Good. Now, I'll see you once you have reached your conclusion, Light."
"... Why Light ?"
"You always shone brightly in the deep abyss. Didn't you, little Light ?"
...
Another step forward.
Someplace...
...
It's cold.
It itchs.
I just want to lay down, curl up and die.
Everything feels wrong and right at the same time.
I want to just submerge myself in water, but the water doesn't look inviting in the least.
The only thing I really want...
Seeing those again...
Gray, red and blue.
Thats all I remeber of them.
It's...
I...
None of this makes anysense.
I just woke up, none of my memories made sense, a name that is yet isn't my own ? Things associated with colors that I wan't to see or find at least, this fricking Halo that just keeps itching, my forearms too now ..! It's just, what the hell is even happening anymore ? DoIHaveToFindAWayToUnderstandAllOfThisNonesenesOrJustThinkAboutAllThatILostOrThatIBelivedIn,AnotherThingToThinkAboutYetTooLittleTimeAndTooLittleSpaceLeftInMyBrainToStoreAllOfThoseThoughtsAndICan'tBeliveOrUnderstandAnything..!
"*heavy breathing* ..!"
This...
I just, why me, why now, what did I do to deserve this ?!
Was I such a bad person ..?
A dark place.
Two simple things, one, a simple gray flame with a black halo.
The other ...?
Bright.
That is the only thing to describe it.
The brightness only have a single burning question on it's nonexistant lips.
...
"Are we a bad person ?"
"... Well, let's start with the 28 000 peoples we shot in the head."
"Thats..."
"We had started this, and even then we probably could've stoped ourselves. It just became like a drug to us, seeing those little eggs 'pop'. What could be inside of them ? A shower of stars ? A wrapped present ? Or was it simply a feather tainted red ?"
"... Why ?"
"That's the million dollar question, isn't it ? 'Why ?' It's simple, really. Why not ? Why should we hold ourselves back from simply ending each and every being on this continent ? They did this to themselves after all. We couldn't save anyone. We tried, again and again, but nobody heard our plea, why should we hear theirs ? It simply doesn't make any logical sense. We bended over backward, folded ourselves the impossible eighth time, and even did the impossible, thrice ! All of this for nothing. Now, it's time to make a blank state. After all, the best soil is the one that was burnt to the ground by lava."
"... You're not answering the question, just changing the subject."
"..."
"So, let me ask us again. Are we a bad person."
"...Yes and no."
"Why ?"
"Why ..? I don't know, it's because we killed people, but for the greater good ?"
"Does this justify us killing those 28 000 peoples ?"
"I... This isn't just because of that, they could've accomplish so much more if they actually wanted to move foreward ..! If they just had more determination ..! If they just-"
"... No. 'Are we a bad person ?'"
"... Yes. We are."
And then, the gray flame simply vanished, like it wasn't even there at all. The bright 'thing' simply staying there, in complete silence.
The 'flames' purpose was over after all, it truly managed to succed in it's only task.
And now, there was simply light.
I opened my eyes.
It's no longer cold.
It no longer itch.
...
I know what must be done.
Fia, Mostima, ...Andoain..., if you three are even still alive right now, I'm sorry.
This isn't a repentance.
There can't be one for someone like me.
I just ask that once we meet again, you guys don't have to think of me as the bad guy.
...
... Somewhere at sea.
And here he was again.
"Hello again."
"You came again. I suppose you found yourself ..? No, that is a stupid question. That red feather in your hair is enough of an indication."
"Yeah. I think you also know the conclusion I found. So, are you ready ?"
"Need this to be ask ..? Of course, I shall offer you the courtesy, for the generous help you gave me, 'Bright thing'. Are you ready ?"
"Ready as I ever will."
And like this, the Brightest Star againts the Deepest Abyss.
The sea rages on. The storm grows in size and power, shaking the very fondation of the world itself.
The 'Halo' of the Brightest Star can't even be called a halo anymore. Its a circular disk of light behind him, as if his back and the disk were parallel to each other, the disk of light being a meter in diamaters.
The Winds are Howling.
The forearms of the Brightest Star have extensions from his wrist like if he had two forearms, said extension being made of a strange material, sharp enough to cut throught the Deepest Abyss' scales.
"Very well, let me bury this light."
"Heh, 'Bury the Light', huh ..? Hey, do you have a name ?"
"A name ..? No, why would a being such as me posses a human concept like a name ?"
"I see. You'll be Vergil now."
"Vergil ..? Why ?"
"Don't worry about it, you wouldn't even get it even if I told you about it."
With a smirk, the winds behind the Brightest Star starts to pick pace.
This is a battle to save the world.
