02-12-2016, 05:54 PM
Quote:Again, prior to the challenge..."Fall back? Wasn't this your idea in the first place?"
True, but that had been before the three of them had found another trio there, licking their wounds from some unseen encounter. Even the high-schooler showed up among them, and while Dante had shown no remorse then, hindsight proved to be perfect vision. "I dunno about you guys," the devil hunter admitted to his two belated companions, "-but I don't exactly think killing each other over a relic we're all fighting for anyways is entirely worth it. If you see what I mean, of course."
Ururu seemed to scoff at that comment, glancing away as if in disgust. "Oh, sure. It's your opinion, no matter how wrong it is."
"That too," Dante dismissed the stealthy insult, looking back past the city and to the northwest horizon. He couldn't see far enough to the edge of the island, but the Devil Hunter just knew that by now, part of the island had just up and disappeared entirely. If disasters like that were going to occur every time someone got their hands on a relic, then Dante wanted a straight shot away from the vicinity when it happened- regardless of whether or not the relic happened to be in his hands.
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Again, that familiar tremor shook through the half-blood's core, and he hurriedly snapped up where he had dozed off. The spirit's voice resonated one more throughout the lands, but the words fell on the Son of Sparda's deaf ears as he scanned the distance.
There it appeared on the far southern area, farther away than the first collapse of the island but only more extreme. Joining the heaps of dirt, sea, and bedrock were the faded sight of the mountains themselves, snow-capped peaks crumbling and flying away into a shadowy void. Following Dante's vision, the ninja and the demon girl joined the man in his moment of stupefied awe over this dramatic occurrence.
"Someone found another relic," the mercenary said, flat and simple.
Ururu seemed to stumble on her thought for a moment before replying, "Is this gonna happen every time we find a relic?" She received no direct answer, only glances and the silent implication of truth. After a disgruntled sigh, the young shinobi lamented in frustration, "At this rate, there's not even gonna be an island left after this is through."
Maybe that was the point.
A few moments later, and the sky suddenly lit up with a sinister shade of green. A harsh, pride-filled voice took Teucer's place as the speaker over the land, mocking the champions as akin to ants. Cursing his own apparent imprisonment among the Primes, the god-like presence thereafter presented his own ultimatum: he possessed a piece of the armor that the hero's chosen ones had been tasked to find. Those who wished to reclaim it would follow the light to his feet, where they would grovel and plead and swear loyalty in exchange for the item.
Dante hummed in complacence while the ninja harrumphed in aggravation. "As if we had enough omnipotent being dangling power over our heads! Whoever he is, he can go royally screw himself!"
But the Devil Hunter stepped forward, and past her incredulous stare at the action Ururu considered stopping him. Desco considered harder, though, and cried after the man, "Where are you going mister? Are you going to listen to the evil voice?"
Dante simply glanced back, and answered, "I think I'll pay him a visit, yeah."
"No. No way," Ururu shook her head in absolute disbelief, "What the hell are you thinking? You're actually going to go bow to a god in the hopes you'll get power in return?"
At this, the nephilim fully stopped and looked back. "Do I look like an idiot?"
"Yes. Next question."
He shook his head, getting a little bit sick of the insults. "Okay. Lemme set something straight. I love a challenge- even since back home when I discovered I was practically invincible. God knows when you're the most powerful thing around, you'd kill for the chance to fight something potentially stronger. But if there's anything I love more than taking risks, fighting demons, and kicking ass in the most extravagant of ways... it's walking right up to someone that thinks they're hot shit and telling them 'no', right to their face.
"So, yeah. I'll be off doing that. Catch up with you later, then, I guess." And with that, Dante turned back forward and gave a single wave goodbye, intent on confronting whoever this high and mighty deity could be.