The majority of the first chapter will focus on the events of devil may cry 5 and how Urizen came to power. The second chapter will take place in the world of Overlord.
Have you heard of it? The legend of the dark knight, Sparda?
Long ago, in ancient times, a demon rebelled against his own kind for the sake of the human race. Sparda, a demon himself, fought against the entire demon world and the demon king himself.
He sealed the demon world, staying behind in the human world. He continued to preserve harmony and peace. Two millenniums later, he met a human woman named Eva. He took her as wife, and born from them was... the son of sparda. Half demon. Half human.
Dante? True enough. There isn't a devil or demon hunter out there that hasn't heard of his name. Demons fear him, even more so than the legendary dark knight himself.
But did you know? There were two sons of Sparda, twins.
Dante, the younger one, fought to protect humans. He fought off many powerful demons, even the kings of the demon world themselves.
The older one was different. He paid no heed to humanity. He seeked nothing else but power. Even going so far of undoing the spell that Sparda has casted on the demon world, only so he could obtain the power of his father. The name of the oldest son of sparda is Vergil.
That was the other half demons name. Is this story about Vergil? Half right. Yet half wrong. This is the story of a man- no, a demon, who threw away his humanity.
„COUGH...its almost time." The man could barely walk. He wears an old cloak to hide the state of his body.
He looks as if his very body his falling apart. His skin is cracking, his movement visibly filled with agonizing pain and his heavy breathing gets worse with every breath he takes.
He enters a cave that only he, his brother and his mother knew about. A secret passage way to their home.
Suddenly, the very space around him seemed to shift. ‚Useless pests...' He could already sense what was about to come. Two lizard like demons with razor sharp teeth and Claws appeared out of seemingly nowhere. It is unusual for demons to appear in Redgrave city. They must've been hiding here in fear of Dante, waiting for an easy catch.
The man revealed a Katana under his cloak. It has a black sheath, white handle with golden patterns and a golden octagonal hand guard.
The two demons, wich the man recognized as Riots, dashed forward with supernatural speed.
The man unsheathed the Yamato with his thumb, grabbed the handle of the Katana and dashed forward with such a speed that it almost looked like as if he was teleporting.
Both Riots were still in the air, almost as if they were frozen in time. When the man sheeted his katana, both demons were split in half and let out one last scream of pain.
„Just... a little longer. UGH!" The man's breathing got worse and he almost fell over, but he managed to catch himself by using the katana as a cane.
He slowly made it out of the cave. In the near distance is a mansion that is illuminated by the moonlight. The mansion is in bad shape to say at least. One could make out scorch marks, as if there was once a huge fire.
Memories flashed before the man's eyes as he came closer to the mansion, memories that he couldn't bare anymore. ‚Im Running out of time.'
He reached out for the door, but he stopped as saw massive flames envelope the entire mansion. He quickly closed his eyes and suppressed those unwanted memories. Not wasting any more time, he slammed open the door and mustered his remaining strength to move forward.
‚Hey, Vergil! You promised to play with me today!'
‚No, i did not! Leave me alone!'
‚Do you hate to play with your brother?'
‚No, its not that. I just feel like reading a book today.'
The man stumbled and fell to his knees. All those memories were coming back to him. Everything from his childish banter with his little brother, to the conversation he had with an old man in a bookstore.
He used the katana to slowly get himself back up, and with quickend pace he finally reached his destination.
In front of him is a old family portrait. One could make out a beautiful blond haired woman, young twins with white hair and another person wich was unrecognizable due to the state of the portrait.
The man took a moment to take a look at the portrait. Everything around him was a shadow of its former self. The carped, once red, was devoid of any color. The warmth of this place was replaced with a cold and eerie atmosphere.
Unsheathing the katana just enough so he could see his reflection on the blade. The Yamato itself has seen better days. Just like the man, the blade was in a very bad shape and one could see that the blade was once shattered.
„Dante..." It came out almost like a whisper, but it was enough to fill him with determination. He unsheathed the katana completely and threw the sheath to the side.
He slowly turned around, not wanting to be reminded of what is lost. He took a firm grip on the katana's handle. ‚i don't fear death. But before that... there is one thing. I am not..'
„AUGH!" He rammed the Katana right through his chest, spitting blood as the blade penetrated his heart.
‚The kind of man, who would perish having been beaten by dante! I am absolutely not!' That was when the image of a demonic knight flashed before his eyes. He could almost hear the deep laugh of the prince of drakness. ‚Hahahah, what is the matter? Has the Sparda blood been spoiled over the ages? you don't need a free will anymore. From now on, your name shall be... Nelo Angelo.'
„AUGH, i must... discard them. The memories of enslavement branding me with defeat. I MUST DISCARD THEM!" He rammed the Katana even deeper into his chest, causing his demonic aura to flare up. Even in weakened state, his aura was powerful enough to crack the room around him and even corrupt the very air around him.
As he rammed the Katana deeper into his heart, shadow like creatures seemed to be cast out of his body. One could make out huge wings, legs of a spider, a puma and a gooey mass of slime. ‚I MUST DISCARD THEM!'
„HEAVY CHAINS... THAT DOES FREEZE MY BONES..."
‚The nightmares, the feeble human flesh and heart that brans me a weakling. I must discard them. THEY ARE UNNEEDED!'
„...AROUND!" just as he was done casting his spell, something, or someone, seemed to manifest behind him.
The Yamato was forged by the dark knight Sparda himself. It was not only sharp enough to cut through the very fabric of space itself, but it also has a secret ability.
It is able to separate man from devil.
And so, the man casted out his humanity, and everything he deemed as unneeded.
His humanity took on shape, it is a skinny, very fragile looking man with white hair. As this newly „born" man hit the ground, he could only look in fear and horror at the sight before him. ‚I- i don't...'
He couldn't even finish his own thoughts, as his other half was practically overflowing with immense demonic power. It scared him to no end, he was frozen in fear and couldn't move a finger, even though his whole being screamed at him to run away.
„POWER! I NEED MORE POWER!" the now full fledged demon roared out in a voice, that was completely devoid of any humanity. Everything that was left was his obsession for power.
The crumbling human slowly regained his thoughts. ‚i don't want to- i... i have to strengthen this feeble body with magic.' he slowly crawled backwards in an attempt to escape from this monster.
‚What am i doing? Running away like a coward? But... what am i supposed to do? I...' he came to a sudden stop when he found a book that he thought to have lost all those years ago. It is a poetry book with the letter „V" on the front.
He reached out for the book and clung to it as if his life depended on it. Holding on to it filled him with all kinds of emotions he thought to have buried a long time ago. He remembered the days with Dante... and with his mother. ‚I dont..'
„I don't want to die." The demon either didn't notice him or simply ignored him, since it was clear that he would die anyway. But then...
„For crying out loud! You've gotta say that shit loud and clear!" a demonic voice could be heard, but it didn't belong to his other half. Not a moment later, he could feel how strong claws wrapped itself around his arms.
He looked up in terror, remembering who this voice belonged to. Even though he was smaller and looked different, it was no doubt that it was him. He was one of Mundus' lieutenants, Griffon.
But how is this possible? He was defeated by dante on mallet island, and executed by Mundus himself. Not even his soul survived the cruelty of the prince of darkness. So how is he here, coming to his aid no less?
„Heads up!" Griffon flew out of the window, bringing both him and the human as far away from this demon as possible.
The demon let out one last burst of demonic power, destroying the majority of the mansion. His body has grown to a large blue demonic humanoid with eyes dotted all over his body, with three larger eyes on his shoulders and torso. His face is largely human but with sharpened teeth.
He effortlessly pulled the Katana out of his chest, the wound healed up not even a second after. Now that he got rid of his weaknesses, there was nothing holding him back now.
He strengthened his grip on the Yamato and swung it downwards, cutting between the dimensions itself. The dimensions teared open, revealing something that almost seemed like darkness, but was yet different. He stepped through the portal, not paying any heed to the pitiful amount of demonic power he sensed a moment ago.
He was immediately greeted with the familiar eerie feeling of the demon world.
The air is heavy, the stench of blood and rotten flesh is everywhere. There is something that almost looks like white grass, but in reality, those are demons. Sucking blood and the soul out of everyone and everything who touches them.
In the far distance he could sense his destination. No ordinary demon could know the exact location of the Tree, since Sparda put great effort in sealing and hiding it away.
What this demon seeks, is nothing less but the Qliphoth. A demonic tree that has its roots in the deepest reaches of the demon world, it spawns a fruit once every thousand years. Whoever consumes the fruit obtains power. Absolute power.
He witnessed such power himself when he faced off against- who exactly? Weird, he cant remember who it was.
Undoing Sparda's spell is of no problem to him. After all, he has the power and the key to destroy the seal with no effort. The Yamato.
Before he could even make his way forward, he was stopped by a horde of rooming lesser demons. Some almost looked like the grim reaper, others like Riots that he had already encountered before and others seemed to have no physical body at all.
The demons didn't waste any time and went stormed right at him. There was no formation between the demons, everyone thought for themselves. Whoever killed this new powerful demon would surely make a name for themselves.
„KNEEL BEFORE ME!" His booming voice combined with his massive amount of demonic power made the demons drop to the ground almost instantly.
Demons usually couldn't feel fear. Not really at least. There was only a few things they were really scared of and respected at the same time. Power. And this demon in front of them would even put their current lords in the shadow. His power almost feels like him. The demon hunter who slaughtered their king!
„Who is your current lord?!" No one was able to utter a single word. That was until one of the demons took this opportunity to gain this demons favor.
„Malphas, Goliath, and Urion. Those are the contenders of the throne, my lord. With both Argosax and Mundus gone, and Balrog defeated, they're by far the most powerful demons around-„
„BRING THEM TO ME! THEY WILL KNEEL BEFORE ME, OR DIE!" His aura becomes more powerful over time, leaving the lesser demons tremble on the ground.
„As you command." Might controls everything. Demons follow only the strongest, and right now, this demon in front of them was stronger than any other. That they were sure about.
It didn't take long for the first demon lord to appear. A portal of darkness and black fog opened, reveling something that looked like a giant embryo of a long extinct demonic bird, that was once known for its unique power to create special types of portals.
But the bird itself was not the demon lord. But rather the demon that was fused on its back. She is a naked woman with pitch black eyes and two other versions of herself fused around her. This demons name is Malphas.
Malphas seethed with anger. To think that a NAMELESS demon DEMANDED her to bow before him, it is something she couldn't let slight.
„WHO DARES TO-„ She quickly stopped herself as she sensed this demons demonic power. ‚This cant be... the last time i sensed this power, was over 2 thousand years ago. Could he be a relative of the dark knight?'
Malphas knew all too well how Sparda's power feels like. After all, she was once under his command. Sparda was the right hand of the demon king Mundus, and therefore, he had the command over legions of high ranking demons. Demons just like her.
„You're not from here. I know that for a fact because i am aware of the existence of every high ranking demon in the demon world. So, who are you?" Malphas' chose her words carefully. If this demon was really a relative of sparda, then she knew better than anyone else not to antagonize him.
Her answers had to wait, as the other two demon lords appeared. One of them is a large humanoid beast with horns and four red eyes on his head. His stomach is covered with many yellow eyes as well as big jaws capable of devouring everything in his path. His name is Goliath.
The last one is undoubtedly the largest one of the lords, but also the most fragile looking one. He is a very tall, and thin looking demon. He might not be the physically strongest, but his regeneration factor and usage of demonic power make him extremely dangerous. His name is Urion.
„YOU! How dare you to demand my presence, nameless bastard!" Urion's demonic aura flared up, causing the „grass" around them to loose their white color and rote away almost instantly.
Usually Goliath was the loudest one of them, but he too sensed that something was off. Using his brain for once, he let Urion test out the water for him.
„Kneel before your new king!" To the surprise of the other lords, Malphas was the first one who kneeled and lowered her head.
Urion's demonic aura grew more violent, as now his energy dripped like poison on the corrupted ground beneath him.
„New king?! The only one who i accept as king is lord Mundus! You are nothing but a nameless bastard!" Urion infused his thin limbs with the poison like energy and went in for an attack, expecting to make quick process.
„AUGH!" Faster than he could even process, his arm was cut off, leaving purple flames of demonic energy around his arm and upper torso.
‚I can't regenerate?! What did this bastard do to me?!' Regenerating lost limps is no problem for higher ranking demons, but even for high ranking demons, Urion was known for his immense regeneration abilities. So why wasn't he able to heal his wounds?
Before he could do anything else, the demon in front of him used some kind of magic, creating multiple purple swords made out of pure demonic power.
„Then you will suffer and die" A massive burst of demonic energy send all of the lords backwards, even Goliath wasn't able to withstand such power.
Urion fell to the ground, but before he could get back up, his hand was pinned to the ground by one of the many magic swords. But this wasn't it, another one came down and pinned his other hand, foot, and shoulders.
The purple energy around the swords burned away on Urions flesh, wich caused him to scream in agonizing pain.
„Useless scum, you will regret your pitiful existence." He didn't plan on killing Urion just yet. He will regret to ever come to existence, and only then shall death release him.
Malphas kneeled once again before her new king. It is true that demons still hold a grudge against Sparda for his treason, but no one could deny his power. ‚if the blood of sparda truly flows through his veins, then there is nothing that can stop him. Even Mundus himself wouldn't stand a chance!'
Goliath clenched his teeth together. He knew that this demon was stronger than him, but he refused to accept him as his king. But the agonizing screams of Urion wear indicator enough of what would happen if he doesn't kneel.
Even if hesitantly, Goliath kneeled in front of this nameless demon. ‚Just you wait, Bastard. My time will come.'
Urion was now completely enveloped in purple flames, but he would not die from them just yet. It didn't take long for the flames to spread out, consuming everything in its path.
„My lord, your flames-„
„Let them burn. If i must burn down the entire demon world to make an example, then so be it." Malphas felt pride in his words. He may be a blood relative of the dark knight, but he is nothing like him. He doesn't have a „righteous heart", he will do what must be done to archive his goal. He is a true devil.
„I have absolutely no use for you at the moment. Get out of my sight."
Both Goliath and Malphas stepped aside to let their new king pass. They stared at his back, watching how he descended deeper into the depths of the demon world.
It would take time for the news to spread, so it wouldn't surprise Malphas if lesser demons tried to take his head. Of course they would suffer the same fate as Urion.
The demon slaughtered countless lesser demon as he descended deeper. The deeper he went, the less demons he encountered, signaling him that he came closer to his destination.
Soon he came across a invisible dark force. It almost seemed to push everything back that came too close to it. The very darkness of this power would be the reason why even higher ranking demons stay away from this place. After all, this seal was casted by Sparda himself.
The demons power flared up once more, swinging the Yamato with all his might. What followed, was a shockwave that shook the very foundations of the demon world itself. Every hell, subspace and every single dimension within the demon world could feel the massive amount of demonic energy.
As the seal broke down, the demon could finally see the roots of the Tree. Normally it would take thousands of years for the tree to grow, let alone to spawn a fruit. But he knew a way to speed up the process.
The demon took a firm grip on the roots and let his demonic power consume it. The tree reacted to his demonic power and feasted on his power.
Flesh-like roots sprung out pf the ground and grew rapidly. Soon, the tree would grow an apple bright.
Just a few days have passed and chaos has spread out in the human world. A massive demonic looking tree has appeared in Redgrave city. Demon activity has grown like never before, but... it was too quite.
A large crowd of humans has gathered around the tree, not believing what they're seen informing front of them. Some started to film, others prayed to there gods.
Dante and his two companions, Lady and Trish, were closely followed by their new client.
V is an enigma to both Lady and Trish. Dante's facade of cockiness and jokes would assume something different, but he was taking V and this new demon absolutely serious.
Usually dante works alone, but his broker insists of bringing his two colleagues with him. Saying that this would be „a big job"
„Hey dante, I haven't heard the name of our target yet." Lady spoke up as they made their way deeper into the demonic tree.
„Huh? Poem kid, whats his name again?" Dante faked to yawn and rubbed the back of his head.
A shadow like demonic bird manifest next to V, laughing hysterically at V's nickname.
„HAHAHAHA! Thats our wise guy dante! What a memory! V, he deserves some praise!" V was visibly annoyed by Dante and Griffon, but there was nothing he could do now. He sighed and answered Lady's question.
„Some said, it is „Urizen" Lady gave no response, but Trish didn't seem to buy it. She knew what this tree was. No ordinary demon could break Sparda's seal, let alone raise it in just a few days. Besides that, she has never heard of a demon named Urizen. She would know, after all she is a demon herself.
„Ah, yeah. Right. Urizen, Urizen. Can someone write that down for me?" Lady and Trish could see right through dante. He knew something. Trish already has her suspicions, but it is too soon to come to conclusions.
The tree was fleshy and some sort of fluid tripped down from the „ceiling". The walls and grown are sticky, as if the tree tried to keep them in place. A normal human might have difficulty in here, but not them.
„Ugh, disgusting" Even an experienced demon hunter like Lady was grossed out by the disgusting smell.
„I know, right? Smells like hot garbage." Dante lazily waved his hand in front of his face.
Lady and dante joked about this place, saying that this so called Urizen must be the king of garbage or something.
V is less amused. He kept his eyes on Trish, his expression turned to one of grief and suppressed anger.
Griffon came back to V's side, having enjoyed his flight around the tree. The energy around the tree reminded him a lot of the demon world... nostalgic.
„hee hee, partner, you look like you remembered something bad." Griffon kept his voice down, so the others couldn't make out what he was saying.
V's expression changed once again to annoyance. But this didn't stop Griffon from getting on his nerves.
„I get you, what an unlucky bunch to be around. Getting goose bumps, what if they decide to kill us again? GOOSE BUMPS! Though im a different kind of bird, hee hee."
Griffon landed on V's shoulder and his demeanor did a 180 flip.
„Okay, here's were it gets real, pal. We have to let dante do the work for us. The most important part is when Urizen is defeated. Remember; YOU have to be to one who deals the final blow. Not dante. Hee, would be funny if we got our fate sealed after coming this far, huh?" V simply glanced over to his shoulder, with an expression that said „i know".
‚Also, don't die.' Griffon kept this to himself as he enjoyed the ride on V's shoulder.
‚Just a little more. A few more steps, and i will...'
V froze in his steps. His heart felt as if it was being erased from existence... his whole being shook with fear like never before. He could sense Urizens power from this far away... and it was terrifying.
His power is far more powerful than a few days ago... V felt like if he was on the verge of breaking down.
„huh, Whats wrong? Need to pee?" Griffon forgot to keep his voice down, so the others halted as well and turned around.
‚All this... it's useless.'
‚WHAT?!'
V collected himself and made his voice wouldn't give away his fear.
„This is far worse than we could've ever imagined."
„HA! There's no crime in turning tail. These things might be a little too much for ya." Normally V would take grate offense in this. But he was right. In his current state... he was nothing more but weakness.
„OH BOY! HAHAHHAHA" Griffon's laughter however was something different. V pushed him off of his shoulder.
„You're right... im leaving the rest to you."
Lady has a disapproving look on her face, but couldn't really blame him. Dante however seemed almost surprised by his response.
„Wha- wha- WHAT?! Wh- whoa, hey V! We came all this way here and you turn tail?! You're embarrassing us!"
„One must always have an insurance policy." V turned around and walked away. Griffon flew right after him and talked down on him.
„WA- WA-WAIT! V, buddy, listen to me." Griffon was more than just nervous, but V made it clear that he didn't want to talk right now.
„Who was that guy anyway? Cant believe he just ran." Lady watched as V and his demonic chicken made their way back.
„No one important. Cmon! Lets go clean up this mess." dante quickly changed subject, wich Trish used to start a competition.
„Fist come, first serves on the targets." She quickly run ahead, closely followed by Lady.
„Music to my ears. Hurry up dante!" it didn't take long until they were both out of sight, leaving dante to his thought.
„Guess i get to see it with my own eyes... if it really is you."
Griffon relentlessly tried to get V to explain himself.
„What do you mean with „insurance policy", huh? Wait… you mean that kid? YOU RIPPED OFF HIS ARM! Remember? He is of no use to us, or anyone else." Griffon is out of options. If V thinks that all of their preparations was for NOTHING, and that even dante was not enough, then how are they supposed to return?
„Still, it is better to have him. If sparda's blood really flows through his veins as well, then he is of more use to us than i am right now now." V couldn't explain how this was possible. Another one of sparda's blood. He knew for certain that he had only one wife… and he was certain, and extremely grateful, that he only had to deal with one sibling.
„I told you, YOU have to be the one who deals the final blow. If dante is able to defeat him while you're away, we will d-„
„That not gonna happen… i think."
They made their way out. Not far away was Morrison, dantes broker.
„That was quick- wait, only you two? Wheres-„
„Its worse than we imagined. We need more help." It was almost impossible to think that dante wasn't able to do this on his own, let alone that he NEEDS help.
„Where are we going?" Morrison was ready to give their pilot their coordinates of their destination.
„Fortuna."
Dante just finished up. Higher ranking demons were of no problem to him, but he made sure to get every single last one of them. That was until a powerful shockwaves came from the, what he assumed to be, throne room.
„Damn, those ladies work fast. Better hurry up." Dante sped up his pace, making quick process with everyone who stood in his path.
He practically slammed open the huge flesh-like doors, right in time to see Lady and Trish falling to the side.
The throne room his massive. There're multiple flesh-like roots that seem to be filled with blood. They're connected to the demon king that sits on the throne.
The throne is made out of bones and skulls of high ranking demons. Tentacles and roots covering the throne as if they were a part of it. Just in front of the throne seems to be a massive river of blood.
The demon, Urizen, is guarded by a floating crimson Christal. He lazily sits on his throne, almost bored. His most prominent features are the thick root-like layers of flesh that cover his body, encircling his face and reaching up to form a spiked "crown" on his head. He also has several blue glowing orbs on his body.
Dante glanced over to Lady and Trish, making sure that they were alright. They seemed to be unconscious, but alive.
„Oh king of stench and filth. Im impressed. Those were two of the most badass woman in the world, and i know only one other guy who could defeat them."
There is no doubt. His demonic power, this familiar feeling and what V told him about „Urizen". Dantes expression changed from a jokingly to a dead serious one.
„Jackpot."
This got Urizen's attention. He slowly lifted his head from his fist. „Dante."
Dante took his sword, the rebellion' from his back and got in fighting stance.
No further words were said as dante stormed forward. He aimed directly for his head, but was blocked by the christal. It seemingly came out of nowhere and seemed to follow dante's every move.
Urizen simply raised his hand, concentrating immense demonic power in his palm. Not a second later, he shot what seemed to be a massive meteor at dante, wich he effortlessly dodged.
Before dante had any time to go in for another attack, Urizen send multiple tentacles from every possible direction. Dante jumped high in the air and dodged all of the tentacles skillfully, even using them to get higher up. Once he was high enough, he used the tentacles as springboard and catapulted himself forward.
Only to be hit by an invisible wall of pure demonic energy. Maybe a seal? He once saw something similar when he faced off against- it doesn't matter right now.
Dante fell to the ground as well, being open for a tentacle that went straight for his head. But a shot was heard, and the tentacle retreated.
Standing with outstretched arm was a young man with short white hair and an missing arm.
‚Dante on the ground? That's impossible…' Nero was shocked at the sight before him… he didn't want to believe what this so called V told him, but it was true.
„Hey, jackass! Didn't your mother teach you that its not nice to steal?" he clapped on the shoulder pf his missing arm, but didn't got any response.
„Huh. Sorry dante…" Nero took a firm grip on his sword and slammed it in the ground. „im baggin this bitch!"
Urizen rested his head once again on his fist, much to the annoyance of Nero. ‚Is he mocking me?!'
Nero stormed forward and violently slams his sword against the christal, only to be forced to back up, us the chrisal stretched out to impale him.
Nero switched to his pistol and aimed for urizen's head, shooting at it so the Christal had to either guard his head or another part of his body.
But this turned out to be another futile attempt. Urizen flexed his power and this was enough to throw Nero around the entire throne room. He crashed against a pillar and almost blacked out.
Urizen outstretched his hand and prepared another meteor, this time aimed for Nero. But he was interrupted as bullets hit his „crown". He canceled his attack and slowly turned his head to the side.
Dante was back up on his feat, now holding both ebony and ivory in his hands.
„Round two." Dante temporarily regained his jokingly demeanor, only to be replaced by his serious side not a second after.
Dante transformed into his devil trigger, making it clear that he wants to finish this up as quick as possible. Dante only used his devil form when absolutely need, so when he used it, then only when he makes absolutely serious.
His skin turned reptile-like, he cloth seemed to disappear and instead he was covered with demonic scales. His pure demonic power pulsates threw his body, and his chest seemed to be open, revealing burning flames.
Dante equipped the rebellion one more time, readying himself for a final clash. Faster than anyone could process, dante took off with immeasurable speed and clashed with urizen.
Neither Urizen nor dante were able to touch each other, their sheer demonic power fought to puch each other away. The throne room- no, the very foundation of the qliphoth tree shook to its core. The ceiling cracked and huge parts of it came falling down.
V took this as a sight to make his appearance, but it came different than he expected. Dante was loosing their clash.
„V, Get Nero out of her! This was a bad move." Dante called out to V as he mustered all his strength to buy them time to escape. But Nero couldn't just leave dante alone.
V swallowed his pride and did as dante told him. He tried to drag Nero with him, but he fought back and tried to reach dante.
„I can still fight!" Huge parts of the qliphoth missed Nero and V only by a few inches.
„NERO GO! YOU'RE JUST DEADWEIGHT!" Dante called out as he used more of his power.
„DONT YOU UNDERESTIMATE ME DANTE! I CAN HELP!"
One could see how the invincible force field or seal flared up, signaling that it was about to break. If their clash continues like this, than it would surely affect the outside world.
Nero tried once more to reach dante, but was stopped when V used his cane to forcefully drag him out of the throne room.
V slammed Nero in a near wall and tried to get through the thick skull of his.
„Stop hitting yourself, and think of ways to get stronger and actually help!" Nero half heartedly tried to free himself from his grip. He knew that V was right, but this didn't make him feel any better.
„If dante looses… you're all that can defeat Urizen." V released Nero from his grip, knowing that he would calm down eventually.
„So thats what you call him…"
„Yes… Urizen the demon king. Thats the name of the demon, that took your arm." Nero grabbed his right shoulder and stayed silent for a moment.
„We have to get out of here, dante can only keep in busy for so long." V's hair turned lost its color and turned white, and not a moment later, a massive shadow like golem formed out of slime manifested next to V.
V climbed on its shoulder and wordlessly gave him a command to make a way out. The Golems eye, wich pulsates with pure demonic power, shot out a shining white beam that destroyed a huge chunk of the qliphoth tree.
The Golem jumped through the hole, closely followed by Nero.
As soon as the golem crashed on the ground and ensured that V was save, he slowly faded away and V's hair regained its black color.
Morrison was already waiting among the crowd, who seemed surprised and fearful of the appearance of the duo and that slimy demon.
„Hey, wheres dante"
„He's buying time. Its not looking good." this visibly shocked morrison. He looked up at the qliphoth with disbelief in his eyes.
„Dante lost?" saying those words felt surreal to Morrison. Sure, dante lost bets, pool games and money before, but NEVER was he defeated by another demon.
„We should split up and gather as much power as we can." V suggested to wich Nero wordlessly nodded.
„Im staying here… maybe i can gather more information of how we can stop Urizen." V lied. It is true that he would stay in redgrave city, but not because to grow stronger or gather informations. This was simply the best bet of his survival.
„Im going back to Fortuna. I think i know someone who can help me." Nero was about to walk off as thick tentacle like roots bursted out of the ground, impaling everyone who stood to close. Those poor souls who were caught by one were quickly sucked dry of blood, leaving but empty husks.
Nero grabbed his sword and prepared to help, but was stopped by V.
„No, there is nothing we can do. We will meet up back here in one month, make every second count."
„One month…" Nero muttered to himself as he walked away.
A little more then a month has passed. Nero has replaced his missing arm with a so called „devil breaker". A mechanical arm, powered by demonic power.
He was able to team up with V, and destroying mighty demons like the Goliath and Artemis.
Artemis turned out to be one of dante's friends, Lady. Urizen corrupted her and forced her protect Vital sources of human blood.
But their way parted once again. Nero went back to the qliphoth, feeling confident of taking Urizen down by himself.
V however went on a… more personal journey. It is true that he couldn't grow any stronger, im fact, he was only growing weaker over the past month. But he has grown as a person.
V knew that this kid had no hope of defeating Urizen by himself. All he could do to help him was to find the Devil Sword Sparda.
He knew that it had to be somewhere in Redgrave city, after all dante entrusted it to Trish, who used it in the fight against Urizen.
Only a blood relative of sparda can use his weapons, so if this kid really has his blood, then there might be a chance after all.
But things didn't go as planned. He did find the sword… but he also found Dante. He was unconscious for a whole month, barely alive. The devil sword Sparda concealed his presence… und the tree mistook dante's power for Urizen's power, accidentally keeping him alive.
How can one freaking guy have so much luck?
Dante took the Sparda, and made his way forward without V, as he seemed to have other problems.
V's skin began to crack open, signaling that he has only hours at very best.
After fighting through the many stages of the tree, Nero finally made his way back to the throne room. It changed since the last time he was here.
The root behind Urizen seemed to be thicker… and it glowed a crimson red, almost as if something was inside it. Nero knew damn well what it was. Blood.
„Hey douchebag, miss me?" Urizen didn't show any respond, so Nero took a look around, but couldn't find dante anywhere.
„Where's dante? No body? No dried up dante jerky? nothin'?"
„You've come here to die?" This genuinely surprised Nero, he didn't expect an answer.
„Oh, he talks. Urizen, huh? Guess your parents didn't like you much, cause your name sucks."
„I am without a name. I am Power, Absolute." Nero couldn't deny that his lack of response to his jabs didn't bother him.
„Well, no name… I will make sure to put that on your tombstone." He pulled out his sword and got ready for a fight.
„You… will suffer… and… die." Urizen could sense that this kid has grown stronger since they last met, so he decided to raise his hand to perform an attack himself.
„I'll show you deadweight." He wasn't sure if dante was still around, but he would definitely show him that he was no deadweight.
Nero quickly dashed forward, skillfully avoiding to energy eruptions from the ground. This time, he directly aimed for the christal, figuring if he could take it down, then he would be able to attack Urizen.
Urizen flexed his power once more as he figured out Nero's plan. But nero was prepared and used his Devil Breaker to catapult himself right back at the Christal.
„Im not interested in you having a winning streak. How about i break it down for ya?"
Urizen responded in lazily waving his hand to the side, sending powerful projectiles of demonic power.
Again, Nero skillfully avoided every single projectile and used his devil breaker to give of a powerful lightning strike, visibly weakening the Christal.
‚Almost there!' Nero noticed how Urizen's power rose up. ‚Getting finally under your skin, huh?'
„You shall regret your existence!" Urizen outstretched his hand and once again shot a meteor line fire ball at nero, but this time, it was not one but 3.
Urizen's attack patterns became more aggressive. Nero could tell that he gets fed up with him.
Seeing no way of taking down the Christal without getting hit himself, he decided to sacrifice his devil breaker. He overcharged it landed a final blow on the Christal, causing it to finally drop its defence.
Nero quickly used this opportunity to attack. Screaming and swinging his sword.
Urizen blocked and effortlessly clapped nero to the side.
Nero lands on the ground, having trouble to stand back up, exhaustion written on his face.
„Haha, its about damn time i landed something." Urizen Slowly lifted his hand from his fist and looked at the palm of his hand.
A small cut.
„Weak mortal. Demon power does not course though your veins… yet you try." Nero's mouth hung open as Urizen rises from his throne for the first time. Revealing his true hight. „How dare you strike ME!"
The river of blood erupted, caused by Urizens anger. The thick root seemed to pump all the blood somewhere and Urizen ripped the tentacle-like roots that connected him to the tree from his body.
„You will regret… being born useless and human." Urizen came closer, and Nero was surprised to find himself backing up, either out of fear or caution. He couldn't tell.
„i will show you, your worst nightmares. I will give you…" Urizen raised his wounded hand, healing it nearly instantly. „Despair… and DEATH."
The tentacle-like roots that were still connected to his body moved as if they have a will on their own. They hang down his back like a massive coat wich can be used as deadly weapon.
Nero was about to equip another devil breaker, was was send flying backwards by a powerful shockwave.
„Scatter like dust…" The Christal was back up and Urizen went in the offense.
Nero tried to keep his distance, but the tentacles were too fast and unpredictable. It didn't take long until he was overwhelmed and was struck by a powerful strike of Urizen.
„ARGH!" Nero skipped across to floor of the throne room, not having the strength left to get back up.
Urizen outstretched his hand, controlling the tentacles and picked Nero up. Bringing him to eye level as he slowly crushed him.
„Merely human. Petulant mortal flesh. Cursed, the moment you were broth into this world." He slowly closed his hand, making it as painful as possible. Nero screamed in pain, but then something unexpected happened.
Something crashed down like a meteor, destroying the tentacles by doing so and freeing Nero.
Urizen was visibly surprised, looking at his hand, not being able to believe that someone stopped him from crushing this human.
„Who dares interfere?" Urizen demanded with anger in his voice.
Slowly raising was a demon infused with an absurd amount of demonic power. The demon has two pairs of wings on it each side. He has two large horns on top of his head. The chest and head glow with incandescent orange, and the whole body is wreathed in demonic flames. The solid parts of the body seem to be a combination of metal and black demonic stone: any areas of exposed "skin" are covered in square scales.
Urizen raised his hand once again, sending two tentacles to dispose of this demon. Only the stumble back in pain when the demon grabbed and ripped off both tentacles.
„What creature stands against a king?!" Nero felt relief wash over his body.
„Dante, you son of a bitch. I knew you couldn't be killed that easily… hey, he's all yours… dont let it… become a habit." Dante looked over his shoulder, seeing how Nero collapsed. Luckily Griffon was able to follow him, and he took care of Nero by dragging him outside.
„Win dante, win!" Griffon seemed to struggle with nero, but he should be able to get him out.
„Dante." Urizen got the Christal back in place, not taking his eyes off of dante.
Dante himself summoned a new sword, the devil sword Dante. The result of absorbing the broken pieces of the rebellion and the devil sword sparda into his body.
„You dare approach me? In that form…" Urizen got ready to throw a mighty punch at dante, but was surprised when dante appeared right in front of him.
Dante swung his swords with a mighty slash, it was so powerful that the Christal broke instantly and send Urizen backwards.
Not wanting to use his demon form longer then needed, dante transformed back and approached the now kneeling Urizen.
„All this time, and you still don't get it." dante was interrupted when the entire tree- no, the entire world started to shake.
„It is YOU who does not understand! It has begun. The qliphoth is revealed in its entirety. This… inconvenience…" He turned away as blood erupted once again and created a portal. „Matters not."
Dante tried to jump through it with him, but for some reason he went straight threw the blood.
Dante, Trish, Lady, V and Nero teamed back up outside of the throne room.
Trish explained that Urizen is most likely at the top of the Qliphoth, wich is located all the way down, the demon world. Her words greatly unsettled dante. ‚Even the all mighty Mundus used it to become king of the underworld.'
Urizen was already more powerful than Mundus… what would happen if he consumes the fruit? He has to stop him… once and for all.
He left both V and Nero behind. Feeling the need to end this on his own.
V's body is on the verge of breaking down completely. His skin is practically falling off of his body. He is sure that if he uses his familiars one more time, then he would run out of demonic power, wich would cause his death.
He couldn't move on by his own anymore, he depended on Nero to bring him to Urizen, saying that ‚it was his last request.'
All the time V thought he manipulated Nero in coming along and helping him… but he realized that Nero is doing all of this out of the goodness of his heart.
V feels like he owes him the truth.
„There is no demon names Urizen."
Nero halted in his steps and looked at V with confusion.
„Only a man, who threw away his humanity… in an endless pursuit of power." V spit those words out in disdain. Over the month, he has grown. He learned to value his humanity and his weakness. He didn't feel anything at the beginning, just the need to return to his other side…but now? He feels disgusted by his actions.
„He is dante's older brother… and his name is…"
„Vergil." It came out as a whisper. Dante saw the demon that was once his brother, looking at a fruit that pulsated like a beating heart.
„Hey, is that the damn fruit you've been jabbin' about? Doesn't look so special to me." Dante finally took in his surroundings as he wasn't getting a response.
It is a beautiful landscape on a sunny day. Green grass and a mansion in the distance. Dante knew this place all too well… it filled him with pain to look back at that day.
„Yup, this is were it all started. This is where mother saved me and… left you behind." Dante didn't try anymore to keep his true emotions hidden and spoke his mind.
„The thing you don't know is, she tried to save you too. She kept searching and searching… until it kiled her." Urizen finally responded by waving his hand.
„I have no recollection of this tale… or this place. Its all an illusion, created, by this extraordinary fruit. Its power you see, i ALL i ever wanted. And with this…"
Urizen ripped off the fruit, causing dante to see images of his fight with Mundus from over 14 years ago. He remembered how he effortlessly created a whole new universe just by flapping his wings. How he ripped open dimensions with his sheer strength alone.
„I will have EVERYTHING!" Just as Urizen consumed the fruit, the very sky seemed to crack like glass. The powerful illusion of the qliphoth couldn't withstand Urizen's power.
„No brother… you don't have everything! That last shred of humanity you still had?! You just lost it…"
Urizen's armor of qlipoth was falling off of his body, revealing his true form. He had no use for it anymore, at this point, it was only shackling him.
„That… is nothing but a pitiful cries of those without strength." Urizen is taking large steps towards dante. „Come to me brother, i shall enlighten you… DANTE!" Urizen let out a small burst of his power, causing parts of the sky to fall dawn, revealing the true nature of the qliphoth's insides.
„They're brothers? Then why are they fighting each other?!" Nero was shocked to learn that this demon was related to dante. „Thats insane!"
„Such is their fate."
Back in the qliphoth's hall, the demon king Urizen and Dante's sin devil trigger were facing each other. Dealing powerful blows and leaving no room for the other to rest.
„How… how are you so powerful? You never lost anything." Urizen spat out as he charged up more of his demonic power.
„Its not about loss. Strength, is a choice. Fighting like hell to protect whats important. You threw away everything you ever had. NO WONDER YOU HAVE NO TRUE POWER!" Dante roared out, his demonic voice booming across the room.
„DAAAAANTE!" Urizen unleashed his power, destroying more and more of the illusion.
‚thats not good. The qliphoth is the only thing that keeps our power inside… if he destroys it… i have to stop him, quick!'
With Urizen disconnect from the tree, it is now feasting on their clashes. Each clash provides the qliphoth with enough demonic power to grow larger and larger.
„To see once justice through, a man must fight for it. Even if the one who stand before him is his kin." V explained to nero as they made their way to dante and urizen.
„Thats ridiculous." Nero responded, not accepting this answer.
Dante changed back to his human form, knowing how to end this fight quickly. Urizen only fights by using his sheer power, nothing like Vergil, who was a genius in battle.
Dante waited for Urizen to charge up his strike, and then… ROYAL GUARD! Dante parried his strike, absorbing the power and sending it straight back to urizen.
„AUGH!" Urizen stumbled backwards, only to receive a massive slash across his torso, forcing him on his knees.
„The brothers of blood disagree on the very reason of their existence." dante rammed his sword deep into reason eye on his chest, not letting go until he was certain that he would not be able to regenerate. „They. Must. Fight."
„AAUUGH!" and so, the mighty demon kill fell on his back. Only being able to heavily breath in pain.
Dante was visibly exhausted and out of breath, almost looking sorrowful at the dight before him.
„Hey, dante!" Nero called out, who helped V to walk.
„You're late. Just finishin' up." Dante put his facade of playfulness back on.
V let go of Nero. Using his cane, he slowly made his way towards the now defeated Urizen.
„Going through the last throws of defeat i see." Urizen mustered all his strength to lift his head.
„You." The mere sight of the unwanted remnants of his past filled him with great anger.
„V, get back! Thing about to get really messy." Dante approached Urizen, with clear intentions to end it all. V simply held out his, hoping dante would listen to him. It has to be him who deals the final blow.
„No! Please… let me. I have to end this battle… with my own hands." Dante seemed to contemplate something, but stepped back non the less.
V mustered his remaining strength to climb on Urizens chest, so he could look down on him and deal a final blow.
„Do not struggle. For if you cant even defeat me, then you already lost." This hit a sore spot.
„I. Will. Not loose! Not to Dante!" Dante simply shacked his head and suppressed a laughter. „I need power! MORE POWER!"
„ I know. For we're the same, you and i. Yet we are connected, by that one feeling." V shakily raised his, aiming for the wound that dante has caused. „While thy branches mix with mine, and our roots together join!"
Before he rammed in his cane, he took a small glance to both Nero and Dante. He couldn't help but to genuinely smile. Not because he fooled them, but rather because he felt attached to them.
He had enough time to explore his long suppressed humanity, and most importantly, he was able to let go. Let go of his trauma, of his nightmares from his times as Nelo Angelo. He is finally able to move on.
Dante knew that V was his brother, or better said a part of him. But he didn't know that he can join back even without the Yamato or rebellion. He broke out in a sprint, trying to reach them before it was too late.
But V already casted his spell.
A massive surge of demonic power send both Nero and Dante backwards. The qliphoth illusion broke down completely and the world shook once more.
Darkness. Everything Urizen could see is pure and endless darkness. No, not really. Its just is subconscious. He seethed with disgust and anger. Once again he was defeated by DANTE! And if this wasn't humiliating enough, this unwanted creature dealt the final blow and tries to rejoin!
It didn't take long until Urizen could make out a approaching figure. „YOU!"
„WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I TOLD YOU TO GIVE ME POWER!"
Being face to face with his demon side, V feels sorrow raise up once again.
„YOU ARE WEAKNESS! THE MOST UNWANTED THING!"
They were falling a through seemingly bottomless darkness. But V didn't give up. He came closer and closer to Urizen.
Until Urizen impaled V with his arm.
V spit blood, feeling that he would loose this conflict.
„I disposed of you. And i ate the fruit. I should have everything!" V could make out very small, almost unnoticeable cracks on Urizen.
„I- I AM STRONG!" Urizen pulled back his other arm, ready to strike once again.
But a shadow-like slimy mass stopped his punch.
„HAHAHA! Don't flatter yourself, buddy!" Two large wings sprung out of V's back. And to the other side, he could see a shadow-like puma keeping Urizen in place.
V grabbed a hold on Urizen's arm and used all his strength to keep him down. ‚Thank you, guys. For everything.'
Urizen's form slowly started to crumble. He did not expect the disposed nightmares and traumas to aid V.
„why?"
The once demon king, muscular, powerful and tall, crumbled together to a shadow of himself. It almost looked like his flesh is burned and slowly turning to dust, and his eyes are missing.
„why am i loosing?" V felt his heart ache, after all he knew what he was going threw.
„even though i had obtained everything?" his once booming and powerful voice is now nothing but a weak whisper. „why…"
Blood came out of his empty eye sockets.
„why am i so weak?"
Now that Urizen was now longer in power, V could feel his strength returning. His skin turned back to normal and his hair turned white once again.
V hugged the weak shell of Urizen, guarding him from the impact of the floor.
„Thats why i came. The both of us… will be alright. We can become strong… together." Urizen didn't respond. He felt himself fusing back with V.
All those memories he once discarded came back to him. The joy he had when sparing with dante, the love of his mother, and… a burning house, disembodied screams of his mother, laying on the floor of the room of the fallen ones and… Mundus.
„no… No… NO!"
„Not a morning person, are you V? You didn't set an alarm clock, buddy." Griffon spoke out, but he lacked his usual loud tone.
Shadow seemed to push V out of the darkness. „We will stay here, buddy. We cant follow you."
V remembered their deal. Griffon didn't save him out of the goodness of his heart. He saved him because he didn't have a other choice.
He and the others were simply nightmares. And nightmares can't exist without a host… V would be their host, and they would protect and fight for him, until… they made it back to vergil.
But now? They're willingly staying behind… knowing that this would be their end. V felt gratitude… relieve that he wouldn't have to bare those memories anymore. But he also feels sorrow… because he would loose his best, maybe only friends he ever had.
But then something happened.
„I AM STRONG! I DONT NEED YOU!" Urizen fought back like a wounded animal, trying to regain control of his body.
„V!" The nightmare's reached out for V, trying to lend him their strength, but Urizen had other plans.
„IM TAKING ALL OF YOU WITH ME!" Urizen's power raised again.
The surge of energy, once blue, turned into purple and grep rapidly. The qliphoth itself couldn't handle this much power and started to break down.
„Nero, we have to get out of here!" Dante transformed into his demon form and grabbed Nero by his arm, flying as fast as he could.
They were currently in the demon world, so there was no other way out but flying all the way up. No problem for dante's speed.
„WaiT! What about V?!" Nero refused to let another one of his friends die and protested.
„His gone Nero. I explain everything once we're out." Dante ignored neros protest and kept going.
„V, we got you!" Griffon exclaimed as they rejoined with V, but something felt off.
The darkness and light was cast away.
The qliphoth is falling apart, and the portal is slowly closing up. Maybe the rising power caused it to weaken?
It doesn't matter. It was done. Once again, Dante lost his brother. Dante suppressed a tear. Maybe he hoped to see his brother one more time… but there was only one way how this would've ended. Vergil killed MILLIONS of innocent people for his own selfish goals… he couldn't just let him go after that… maybe this was the best outcome. Even if it pained him to admit it.
Urizen opened his eyes. A seemingly endless field of tall grass, only illuminated by the moonlight. He could make out mountains in the distance and… of course, he remembers. He… fought against V. Did he win?
„Who am i?" He looked at his hands. Demonic. But… he was smaller. Slightly taller than a normal human, but smaller than his 22 feat form of Urizen.
He remembers everything in a blur. A house… but who does it belong to? A room filled with a endless see of blood, angelic statues and tombstones… what is this place? Wait, he was wounded.
He looked down but… his wounds are healed up. His eyes around his body were closed… could he use them?
He sensed another strange thing, or rather the lack of it. He couldn't sense dante. Nor the demon world… and this world… it feels different from the human world. It is… more powerful. He could sense a small group of humans coming his way. Magic users?
Not a second later, he could hear the obnoxious voice of one of them.
„I found him, he is here!" A group of 4 humans gathered around Urizen.
The one with the red armor and beast head as helmet was the first one to speak up.
„Ugh, look at this monster. Disgusting." His partner next to him nodded in agreement.
„Theres no way a single monster was able to radiate this much power. After we're done with him, we should search for this guys friends." The woman with a wooden stuff stated. She looked almost like one of the wizards you would see in children books.
„Hey, does this monster have a name? Heeelloo, is somebody in there?" The one with the daggers taunted.
„I was wondering the same thing." His response confused the group.
„I was wondering the same thing." The one with daggers repeated in a mocking voice. „Hey how about we help you remember?"
The warrior grabbed his hammer from his back and holds it with both hands.
„To think that you have the guts to stand in front of us as you were our equal." He swung his hammer and aimed it on the back of Urizen's head. Only for his hammer to shatter.
„What?!"
„Get back! He must have equipped some sort of item!" The woman with the stuff called out.
„You dare? Do you really think you're as good as him, mortal?" Urizen took a step forward.
„The hell are you talking about, you disgusting monster." The warrior grabbed his battle axe, preparing for a battle.
In the distance is a warrior in shining armor. He too sensed a immense surge of power, but he arrived to see the usual. Humans taking on a defenseless non human. He planned on stepping in, but it seems that wouldn't be necessary after all.
‚A maxed out player? No, no experienced player would would give away their position this easily. Maybe a NPC? No, i have never seen a NPC like this. Maybe a event boss? But I haven't read anything about an upcoming event.' The warrior has a hard time to tell what exactly this demon is.
The warrior ignored his companions warning and rushed at him. „Disgusting monsters like you should know their place!"
Urizen raised his hand and clenched it to a fist. Faster than those fools could process, the warriors head was gone, leaving only a fountain of blood.
„What was that?!"
„You dare to stand where he stood? You think to be superior?" Urizen's demonic power flared up, preventing anyone from moving a single finger. „You are nothing."
„The only one who could possibly stop me, is Dante… but he is not here." He came closer, corrupting the ground beneath him just with his presence.
„S-Stay away!" one of them was able to muster out. But it doesn't matter. ‚A debuff?!'
„Begone." Urizen waved his hand, causing a very small amount of demonic aura to leave his body. But this was already enough to completely blast them away, leaving nothing more but bloody stains.
Surprisingly he wasn't even angry. Was he? No… not really at least. He knows how anger feels like… but this one was different.
Urizen stood just stood there, not moving a single inch. Not even when he sensed another one approaching him. His not a human, that much Urizen could tell. And he is powerful… at least far more powerful than those fools.
It doesn't matter to him. Strange enough, he doesn't have the desire to… well, do anything. He found it strangely pleasant to just stand there.
„I planned on steeping in myself, but it seemed you had everything under control." The insectoid warrior spoke out, expecting something in response. But it followed only silence. ‚Does he have a mic? Maybe he is just AFK…'
He was still uncertain if this demon was a play or an NPC. He felt kind of stupid not to clarify things first. ‚Imagine talking to an NPC and actually expecting a response.'
„You are a player, right?" The warrior decided to just ask right away. Where was the harm in that?
He finally got this demon's attention. But no answer for a good minute. ‚Is he typing?'
„I do not play foolish games. I suggest you to leave me alone." Render the warrior surprised. He didn't expect such a deep voice.
‚Is he sick something? Hold on, is he role playing?' He tried to check out his profile but… nothing showed up. ‚Huh?'
He couldn't be a player. Those shitty devs made sure that everyone could see each others profile for safety. After all someone could have problems with their console, not being able to log out, no control over their character etc. Having someone who can give away the players informations to the devs was the best and fastest way to fix such problems.
But he responded. Only important Kampagne NPC's have voice lines. ‚Did they accidentally spawn in a upcoming dlc character?'
How far can he go with him? Would he be deleted in a few moments? Is he beatable boss? So many questions, but no answers.
The warrior ultimately decided to test something out.
„I've been thinking about creating a guild, consisting of only non humans. After all we have to watch out for each other. Would you like to join?" Thinking about creating a guild where non human players could come together was always a dream project. So why not test it out.
The demon showed no sign of respond. ‚Maybe he is going through his code?'
‚How about a deal? We watch out for each other. After all, we all need someone to have our backs, right buddy?'
Urizen remembered those words… but why said them? Those weren't his memories, were they? Could it be? Are they from… V, was it?
Urizen looked the warrior over who stood still like a statue.
„A guild?" Urizen watched as the warrior tapped away on the air. ‚What the hell is he doing?'
„Yes. I don't seem to find your name though… i mean, i can definitely add you on the list but, there is no name, or any other informations like your level, class and so on." strange. He could clearly see that he could add someone to his list, but there was no information on him whatsoever. ‚How could the devs overlook such a massive bug?'
He looked up from his console, not knowing if the demon would respond.
„My name?"
„Ah, yeah. See, my name is „touch me if sou can."" The now named „touch me if you can" showed his console to Urizen, even though he couldn't see anything.
He decided to not mention it, let alone call him out for his ridiculous name.
„Urizen. I am Urizen." Was that his name? He honestly wasn't so sure about it.
„Urizen, huh?" Touch me seemed to remember that there was a evil god with the name of Urizen. ‚the william blake books?'
That would make sense. Yggdrasil is based on the norse mythology, but has also connections to other mythologies such as the greek mythology as well. Maybe Urizen was planed to be a boss enemy? Or maybe even a world enemy?
It shouldn't be possible for an NPC to join a guild as member, but this didn't stop touch me from trying it out anyways.
Let him be damned. It worked. ‚The devs gonna be so pissed when they find out about this. But hey, its not my fault that they screwed up.'
„Alright then! Lets find more guild members!" Touch me exclaimed. He had to admit, it was kind of exciting to have a powerful NPC on his side.