Chapter 373 - 371:”Who the fuck might you be?”
"How long does this realm even stretch?" I couldn’t help complaining as even now, we had yet to reach or see the source of the trembling.
"Well, Dante... it’s a classic application of the Law Space. Most powerhouses always make their realms exponentially wider than the outside world. You would be hard pressed to find a small secret realm."
"I don’t like the way you called my name just now.."
"Don’t worry. You’re imagining things."
"Salazar, so help me one of these days..."
"Ohhh... looks like we’re here." His sudden exclamation stopped my words cold.
I looked ahead, and then I saw it.
Emerging from the ground like a sleeping sentinel was an enormous castle.
"Seriously?" I couldn’t help myself.
It looked way too much like a castlevania like building. The perfect vampire king abode.
"You couldn’t come up with something original?"
My sarcasm remained unabated as the pitch black casttle finally emerged, and with it, the trembling ceased.
It was huge. A towering monument of black stone with its peak piercing the dreary skies.
A suffocating stench of blood drenched the air around it. As space fell into complete disorder.
All around the castle, multiple blood demons arose, but these ones...
"Calamity grade?" Salazar’s brows rose in intrigue as I studied the creatures below.
The typical blood demon was supposed to cap at the Transformation stages, or the Alpha beast stages according to Corvak’s evaluation of the beast grades, so..
"How are you guys even possible?" I couldn’t help muttering, more curious than bothered.
"Hahaha... seems the owner of this realm is more interesting than I thought. Good. Make this worth my while." Salazar grinned.
His hands moved at blinding speeds, getting ready to wipe out the blood demons in that showy way again, but...
"Cleave..."
A wave of entropy suddenly washed over the entire expanse as the creatures instantly collapsed into ruin and desolation.
"What?"
"Master... how was that?" Shulvan asked, his bladeless hilt being returned to his back.
"That was good." I nodded in satisfaction, ignoring the irritation coloring Salazar’s face.
"Now, make sure they don’t respawn." I ordered.
"As you wish."
Clap!
He clapped his hands together as the saturated environment surged to life.
The bloody stench being red-washed by a wave of crimson essence.
The structural stability of the environment falling into complete disorder as even the blood In the atmosphere forgot how to be blood.
"Haa..." Letting out a long breath, Salazar looked at me.
"Good job. At least you aren’t completely useless."
"Master’s praise are worth a million lifetimes."
"Hmm... hmm.." I couldn’t help nodding in appreciation. Sometimes this guy really knew how to talk.
"Haaa... just get to the goddamn castle." I could hear the exhaustion in Salazar’s voice and I gotta say, I was loving it.
We finally made our towards the massive castle, arriving at the gigantic gates.
"So, who’s going to Knock?" I asked with a smile.
"Master... let me." Shulvan stepped up, clenched his fist, and then...
BANG!!
The entire thing was blown of its hinges.
Clang! Clang!
Clattering noisily as it collided with the Castile walls.
"I see you got your sense of subtlety from Dante, very nice." The sarcasm in Salazar’s voice wasn’t even disguised.
"Humph! Subtlety is for wussies, so I’m not surprised you believe in it." I sneered.
"What did you call me?"
"I called you a wuss, or is your hearing impaired?"
"Dante. I dare you. Call me a wuss again."
"WUSS! What are you going to do about it?"
The moment I finished speaking, Salazar’s eyes turned red. His aura spiking.
"Alright then. Since you want to play rough, don’t think I’ll just take your insults lying down."
"Hehehehe..." an excited grin slowly curled up my lips when I saw the look in his eyes.
Was it wise picking a fight in the middle of an unknown secrete realm? Probably not.
Did I care either way? I believe the answer is clear enough.
"Alright then..." before I could complete my words.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCH!!!!
A deafening screech echoed from the far distance, pulling all our attention.
My head snapped towards the sound.
Feeling the approaching aura, my smile widened into a full blown grin.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! That chicken-cat!" I could recognize that aura and that annoying voice anywhere.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCHHHHH
"Dante! You motherfucker!!"
The call reached me even from that far out.
I didn’t wait. I couldn’t wait.
"Hahahahaha!! Alright you fucking chicken. Let’s get you stewed properly." I took a single step as Spatial displacement placed me right before the speeding griffon...
"Fuck—"
"Peekaboo..."
My fist connected cleanly with his beak as...
BOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!
His body was sent flying backward faster that it had been moving earlier.
"Oh no you don’t, you fucking chicken. I’ve been looking for you everywhere." I moved, fists clenched as I descended upon him from the skies.
BANG!!
Leo’s body plummeted like a meteor from the skies.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... COWABUNGAAA!!!" I laughed as I dropped dead from sky, knees folded, intent on giving him the paku special, but...
WENG!!!
A gigantic golden claw erupted from below as it swatted my free falling figure straight out of the sky.
I had forgotten that this wasn’t paku. No, this was that bastard chicken-cat Leo, and he seemed to have gotten rid of his restraints as well.
"Damn you, Dante! You dare hit me?"
SCREEEEEEEEEE!!!!
I blinked and all I saw next was a sky filled with razor sharp feathers that struck with a fury..
BANG!
BANG!!
BANG!!!
My skin tingled!
I actually felt that.
The barrage came nonstop as the feathers felt less like feathers and more like immortal daggers raining down from the heavens.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" I couldn’t help it.
"THAT’S IT! JUST LIKE THAT! YOU FUCKING CHICKEN-CAT!!!"
I swerved midair, stamped my foot on the very atmosphere itself and then...
BANG!!
Launched straight for Leo’s charging figure..
"DANTE!!!!!!"
"LEOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Our charging figures finally met and then...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
All hell broke loose as the entire secrete realm trembled violently from the force of our clash.
SWISH!
A figure was blasted backwards.
Leo.
His body tumbled through the air as he struggled to catch himself.
I appeared right in his path, palms in an open claw gesture as...
CLAMP!
I gripped a firm hold of his forelimbs.
Staring dead into his still disoriented eyes, "let’s see how high a chicken-cat can truly go, why don’t we?" I laughed, and then...
BOOOOM!!!
Shot up!
The air screamed as I tore through the atmosphere, going higher, and higher, and higher...
"Fu... fuck! Dante... fuck... you!"
Leo scrambled to get free. It was all in vain as my grip tightened further, his claws cracking beneath the force.
"Urrrgggg..."
My ascent continued until eventually...
BANG!!
I slammed headfirst into the realm’s spatial barrier.
I looked up, there was nothing but an empty void ahead, one I couldn’t yet penetrate.
[DING]
[Your understanding of the [SUPREME LAW] has deepened....
The notifications flashed by as I studied the outside a bit more before turning my attention back towards my captive.
"Motherfucker... let. Me. Go."
BANG!
I shifted my head just in time to dodge a light spear from the bastard’s mouth.
"Hehehehe... want me to let go? Sure." My grin turned toothy as an evil light flashed past my eyes.
"Wait.. Dante! You motherfucker! Don’t you dare..."
"Bite down on something hard..." I laughed out loud..
"Dante... wait... don’t.. don’t do iiiiiiiitttttt....."
His screams were lost to the wind as I got into a free fall from that height.
Our bodies tore through the atmospheric layers with such force they ignited.
And so, like a descending comet, my descent continued unabated. Until eventually....
CRACCCCCKKKKK!!!!
I made contact with the ground, Leo’s body crashing beneath mine as...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
The earth imploded! A massive wave of upturned soil blasting out for miles on end.
I could feel the secret realm’s trembling intensifying, but my focus was on none of that.
My eyes landed on the barely conscious figure still beneath me as I slowly stood up.
"Urrghhh..." Leo’s weak groan sent a surge of satisfaction through my body as I declared boldly,
"I win.... Again."
But before Leo could say a word, I felt them.
Two people appearing right behind me.
My head tilted sideways as I locked gazes with a black haired, blindfolded youth, my voice cold as death..
"And who....
..... the fuck might you be?"
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A/N: Well, that was certainly a fun reunion? Man, ion get it, but whatever floats their boats I guess, either way...
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