Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 852: Demonic Sword Apophis
"The Demonic Sword Apophis?"

Nero looked at the greatsword in his hand. It was not just a sword, but the embodiment of countless legends and fears. The red light flowing on the sword was like a trapped flame, or the resentment after blood solidified. Every flicker seemed to tell the tragedy and glory of its past owner.

The sword was covered with a layer of soul-stirring, tangible red light, so much so that Nero's hand holding the hilt turned bloody and transparent, and the bones and blood vessels inside were clearly visible.

"The magic sword Apophis has the ability to absorb your anger, pain, hatred, and fighting spirit and transform them into your strength. It also has a lethality that is difficult to heal. It has been my main weapon for so many years."

Luther explains to Nero the power of the demon sword Apophis.

Nero couldn't let it go. He felt that compared to the Scarlet Queen, this magic sword Apophis was just as good. Both were indispensable weapons for an excellent warrior.

Nero's hand gently stroked the sword, and the cold yet hot touch made him tremble. He could feel the great power contained in the sword, a power that could overturn the situation on the battlefield and even change fate.

However, he knew better what price was hidden behind such power.

However, he still resolutely threw the sword back to Luther.

"What will you do if you give me the sword? And I have my own weapon."

Nero said to Luther.

Luther grabbed the hilt of the sword.

"I have other weapons."

Luther shook his head and said.

"You need it more than I do."

Nero continued.

The appearance of the magic sword Apophis and Luther's gift helped Nero resolve the knot that had been in his heart for many years.

But he didn't know how to express his feelings for a moment. After all, he had been accustomed to being an orphan for so many years, and suddenly a father appeared.

But Luther pushed the sword gently toward him.

"Take it, Nero. You are not only my son, but also a warrior with your own path to follow. I believe that you can harness this power and make it a sharp blade to protect the world."

"I do not want."

Nero refused.

He didn't want the sword, even though he loved it, because it was his father's weapon.

How could he protect himself without this sword?

"Besides, don't you want to see how I've been doing these years?"

Nero said awkwardly.

“I’m doing pretty well.”

Luther almost couldn't help laughing when he saw Nero's awkward look. But he still controlled himself and accepted Nero's invitation to go see Jillie and Credo.

At this moment, gunshots and screams were heard from the direction of the church.

"Oh no, Jillie!"

Nero's pupils suddenly shrank and he ran towards the church.

"Alas, you don't need your dad anymore if you have a girlfriend."

Luther shook his head, but he also knew that it was Dante who killed the Pope.

Of course, Dante did not kill the Pope completely because he was stopped by Nero.

According to the official novel, many years before the game story, the Pope at that time was named Solemnis, who was the predecessor of Sanctus. Sanctus was the chief of the Knights of the Order at the time. In order to obtain the position of Pope, he poisoned Solemnis to death.

Later, he met an unknown person in the Castle of Destiny, who then left. Since then, Sanctus has developed an ambition to use the power of demons to destroy them and achieve world domination.

And that mysterious man is Virgil, son of Sparta, brother of Dante, father of Nero.

Sanctus hopes to build a huge weapon "God" to let demons flood into the human world, turning it into hell. When the human world is in chaos, he will manipulate the "God" to eliminate the demons, allowing the god Sparta, worshipped by the cult, to demonstrate his wishes to the world, allowing him and the cult to gain the trust of all mankind and create a prospect for the Demon Sword Cult to rule the human world. He calls this crazy plan "relief."

In order to realize his ideal, Sanctus began secret research. He asked his loyal subordinate Agnus to experiment with demonic power, and later developed a ritual called "Return to Heaven".

"Return to Heaven" can combine people or certain objects with demonic power to create new species. Basically, some members of the cult have accepted this ritual. They call themselves "angels", but in fact they have become demons.

If the object of "return to heaven" fails, it will lose its sanity and will be treated as an ordinary demon by the knights of the order. The parents of Jillie and Credo were killed by the failed believers.

The birth of the cathedral "Return to Heaven" where the Demon Sword Festival was held brought some improvement to the cult, but Sanctus was not satisfied. He ordered Agnus to complete the construction of the huge weapon as soon as possible. He used a large amount of demonic matter to build a silver giant that looked like Sparta. The giant was named "The Savior" or "God".

But to activate the "Savior", a large amount of magic power and Spartan blood are required.

Devil May Cry 4 begins one day when Lady was hunting demons, and suddenly strange armored demons appeared and collected magic tools. They were Bianco Angelo. Lady fought them, and found out that they were not ordinary, and then they ran away.

Lady, who was very interested in the matter, found out about the existence of the Demon Sword Cult after investigation. Since she felt that the matter was rather tricky and difficult to handle alone, she went to Devil May Cry office to ask Dante for help. However, although Dante understood that the matter was related to his father, he did not care.

However, Tracy, who was eavesdropping, was very interested, so she secretly took away the three magic tools Dante obtained in his daily work, namely Impact Steel Gilgamesh, Disaster Weapon Pandora, Infinite Sword Lucifer, and the Sword of Sparta. Dante had no choice but to accept the job.

So Dante's two women were constantly causing trouble for him.

Tracy arrives at Fortuna dressed as Gloria and gives the three magic tools and the Sword of Sparta obtained from Dante to Pope Sanctus, making Sanctus believe that the moment of "salvation" is coming. Agnus uses the three magic tools as energy for a small Hell Gate, and the Sword of Sparta is used to activate the "Savior".

After Dante arrived in Fortuna, he met up with Tracy, learned about the Demon Sword Festival, and decided to assassinate Sanctus at that time.

Dante successfully assassinated Sanctus during the Demon Sword Festival. At the same time, he met the Knight Nero of the Order and fought with him. During the duel, Nero showed the Devil's Hand. Dante therefore discovered that Nero had demonic power and felt that this magic power was unusually familiar.

Although Dante successfully assassinated Sanctus, Sanctus was resurrected due to the ritual of returning to heaven afterwards. The leader of the Knights Templar, Credo, sent his subordinate, Nero, to hunt down Dante.

Nero was delayed because of Luther, and when he heard the gunshots and rushed over, it was too late.

(End of this chapter)