Capítulo 18: To The Final Stage
There was a flash of light. Marcellus covered his eyes away from the blinding light. In front of him, stood Dante, but he was in a unique form.
His skin turned black, his body bulging and turned hard like a stone, with huge spikes jutting out from his arms and legs. He was turning into a humanoid demon, even his red trenchcoat was merging with his body, forming an impenetrable armor. His chest cracked with a glowing pattern. Marcellus was shocked after looking at his transformation.
"You!! Are also a Genma?! ...no this power you are from the Demon clan!" murmured Marcellus. Nothing but the Demon Clan that had this kind of power.
Suddenly, Dante's eyes turned red, he hated this power, this so-called heritage that was given by his missing father. He hated to be compared to the cruel demonkind. He always strongly embraced his human side, never giving in to this cursed blood of his. However, although he hated the power, he never hated the one who gave this to him, his own father, Sparda. There was a time where he played with his father and brother when he was a child, for him, it was a precious memory.
He held his hand up, making a gripping motion when out of nowhere a new sword was on his hand.
"Alastor."
After murmuring that word, lightning burst around the sword and his body, making him float in the air. Marcellus readied his posture. He hit his shield twice with the flat side of his sword, taunting Dante to come at him.
Voom!
Dante's sudden movement drew gust of wind around his path.
Kwang!!
With a single thrust as fast as lightning, the shield broke apart into pieces and Marcellus's body was thrown backward. He always loves to tone down his power and never use its full potential. For him, the battle was a source of fun for him, that's why he never seriously fought against his enemies unless he was forced.
Dante followed up with a dash and an upward slash, launching Marcellus into the sky. It didn't end yet as Dante flew in zigzag steps toward the helpless Marcellus.
First slash, it cut the defending sword that covers his upper body, then he flew back with a sharp turn. Second slash, he cut Marcellus's left arm. With each slash, he flew thru Marcellus, from up, down, left, right, diagonal, vertical, horizontal. He moved so fast that he turned into a laser-like object. He keeps swinging his sword while flying around him until what left of Marcellus was a single head.
Snap!
The mask on Marcellus's face was cut in half, revealing what was hidden behind it. Rather than the vicious face of a Genma, it was a grieving face of an old man with a white beard and brow. He looked so sad that anyone who saw him would feel pity toward him, no matter what he did.
"I'm sorry...", said Marcellus while closing his eyes. It was an apology, but it wasn't delivered to Dante or anyone in this world. It was an apology for his fallen comrades, his own brother, and family, that had fallen by his own hand. For the first time, he knew that this will be the last time that he could say it.
Shiiing!
The face split in half and dissolved in the air like a dandelion.
"Rest in peace, old man."
Dante landed slowly on the ground. Light flashes and he back to normal. Alastor, the lightning blade also gone.
"Ah right, where's that kid?"
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I was lying flat on the floor, it seemed that I got blown away and crashed into a fashion store. My body was numb and in pain, but it was slowly healing. I grabbed the half intact gasmask and put it aside. I felt a sharp pain on my right hand, I looked at it only to find that the index finger was gone and the thumb was twisted.
There were burn marks on my body and even my hoodie was torn apart badly with holes here and there.
<Blue Hoodie>
<Durability - 6/20>
<Grants Low resistance on impact damage, an automatic temperature adjustment and access to one cubic meter storage in available pocket.>
'Ahh... no wonder my body felt painful. Even the hoodie almost evaporate from the blast. I don't want to move. Lets just lay for a minute.'
"Kid! You alive?"
I heard Dante's voice far away. 'Thank god, I have him. I should be safe for now. Over here, dude. I'll take back my complaint about him earlier.'
"Ohh... there you are!! Come to papa!"
'Huh? Did he found me already? But his voice was still far away.'
I raised my heavy head only to find Dante was holding a pizza box just like how Rafiki was holding Simba in Lion King. The cloud split and light shone on top of him.
'Naah... I will shoot his leg the moment I healed.' while making a silent promise, I just stare at the ceiling.
VOOOMMM! A sudden shockwave blew the thick dark clouds away, revealing the setting sun.
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Somewhere on the north side of Paris.
"Scott, we have new information."
The X-Men squad was almost done with their task and now they were moving back toward the stadium when a sudden intercom message was received by Jean's device.
"Hmm? Is there a place that we haven't scoured, yet?" Their task was only to save the stranded citizen, he thought that this was a piece of new information about another lost citizen's location.
"It's not about that. There was a sudden raid on the eastern outpost, but the monsters suddenly fell back. However, the government also detected that an increase in activity and strong magnetic forces was being emitted from the Eiffel tower."
Just as she has done recounting the information, a sudden shockwave blasted the cloudy sky of Paris. The evening sky was revealed, coloring the city in red.
"What is happening?" All three of them were covering their ears from the loud shockwave.
"Look!" Storm pointed at the source of the shockwave. They opened their eyes wide at the scene in front of their eyes. The tower was being infested by hundreds... no... thousands of monsters, varying in size and type.
A tentacle-like lifeform was twisting its body and hugging the tower. There was a floating ball-like object that was spinning uncontrollably.
A small light sphere would spark occasionally, spawning monsters occasionally.
"Whatever that is, it must be the source of this calamity. We have to stop it.", said Scott.
"It's impossible. There's only three of us here, what do you think we could do?" Jean was trying to dissuade Scott from making a rash decision.
"Then what you expect us to do? Wait until it has done spawning more of those things? Jean. You know how dangerous this creature is. If we left it alone, not only Paris, even Europe would be gone in a single day." Scott was confused about Jean's way of thinking. The source of the problem was in front of them, why would they just watch it from far away?
"But.." Jean was about to continue, however Storm interrupt her.
"Scott's right, Jean. Even if we can't hold them off, at least we have to delay the inevitable at least."
"Not you too, Storm. Do you guys..."
Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping!
There was a sudden beeping noise coming from the communication device. Jean clicked the button and a voice started speaking, "Miss Jean? This is agent Coulson, SHIELD."
"Yes, what can I do for you, Mr. Coulson?"
"We already confirmed the extent of the situation happening on the tower. The reinforcement will arrive soon, so we expect you to cooperate with them. At least until the nations could handle it by themselves."
Jean was curious with the sudden notice, "What reinforcement?", but before she got her answer, a jet plane flew on top of them. Then another and another, keep flying, closing in on the Eiffel tower.
Faraway, she could spot helicopters, military trucks, and tanks on their way with troops of armed men.
"This is the time we fight back, isn't it Miss Jean?"
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We were walking in the shopping avenue, our destination was the Eiffel Tower. I'm 100% sure that the commotion earlier was caused by the Time Sphere being activated.
According to the game, after Samanosuke defeated Ranmaru for the first time, which was before I fought him earlier. He went to catch the escaping guildenstern. His search led him to an old castle near a lake somewhere in Paris.
Over there, he would fight the Guildenstern and his minions. Although he could defeat him, it was already to late. The time generator was already complete and find it's way to the Eiffel Tower. The sonic boom earlier was the prove that the time sphere were starting to spawn. Summoning the rest of Nobunaga's Genma army from the past to the current time. If we didn't stop it, then the Dark Lord would once again roam this world.
Hmm?
Dante was chewing his last piece of pizza when he noticed buzzing sounds in the darkening sky. My body was already partially healed, and by applying reinforce on the hoodie, the durability was restored, but it couldn't exceed the max durability caps like before. The system didn't allow two buffs to activate in a single item, so it only restored the durability. By his side, I was checking the notification I got from the system.
<+95.000 EXP>
<Level up>
<Level up>
I leveled up twice by defeating Ranmaru earlier, as a Boss type, he was really generous. Though the optional quest is still left uncomplete.
[Emergency Quest - Survive the Demise of Paris]
[Any creature that is as deemed part of the quest will grant experience to the user]
[Reward = One item and one special ability.]
[Optional Objective 1 - Find out the culprit of this situation and his primary goal]
[Optional Objective 2 - Stop the perpetrator from fulfilling his goal]
"Oi kid..."
'Isn't the main Boss should be Guildenstern? Did Samanosuke already defeated him?'
"Dude, you still angry?"
I got several more questions, but Dante keeps poking my cheek. "Okay, stop! What is it?"
"Look. It seems that there is a party somewhere."
I looked the direction Dante pointed, the military forces were marching, going deeper into the Genma's territory. I recalled the shockwave earlier. 'Don't tell me, is the tower already activated?'
What I meant by the tower was not the Eiffel tower, but what was infesting it. The Genma time sphere was summoning its master, Nobunaga Oda. If we left it alone, his army alone would be the doom of this world.
We have to hurry. If we let Nobunaga spawn in this world, his almost infinite Genma army would be impossible to defeat. I fasten my walking speed while inspecting my gun. Dante, left with nothing to eat just wipe his hands on his coat.
Bang!
"What the...Hey be careful dude, you almost put a hole on my leg."
"Ahh, sorry dude, its accident, my index finger haven't grown yet."
"Ahh..jeez, okay then."
Bang!
It missed. "Tchh..."
"Did you just clicked your tongue? You're doing it on purpose didn't you?"
"Of course not, my bad."
"What's with that flat tone!? Wahh this guy..."
Like that we keep bickering until our silhouette was gone. From a corner of a building, a bunch of people was observing us.
"They have gone, begun extraction on the target. Anything that was left from those two monsters body must be preserved." With that order, several tens of people scourged every single piece of flesh or blood on the ground, walls, rubbles. They then put it into cold ice boxes. On top of the lid of the boxes and the uniform of these people was a symbol of Umbrella.
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