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Chapter 468 Nero vs. Dante
"His Majesty the Pope!!"

Credo shouted in shock and anger, and drew Durandal from his waist. The unsheathing of this sword that belonged exclusively to the leader was also a signal, and the knights of the Order behind him drew their swords and surrounded him.

The silver-haired man, Dante, was different from the swiftness of the wind when he shot the Pope just now. This time, he did not react at all. He just stood on the high platform and watched the knights of the Order surround him.

Behind him, the Spartan stone statue that reached the dome stood with a sword in hand, its calm expression seemed to be looking at Dante in front of him. Dante, in turn, looked down calmly at the knights who surrounded him.

He glanced around the theater, then without saying a word, drew the silver-gray sword behind him.

It was an exaggeratedly large sword, with its hilt and guard both shaped like bones, and both sides of the guard decorated with human and demon skulls.

This is the great sword Rebellion, the weapon Dante inherited from his father Sparta. If Rebellion were placed on the ground, it would almost reach Dante's shoulders, and it looked extremely heavy.

Dante held the sword in one hand and jumped down easily, without hesitation, surrounding himself with the knights of the Order. Facing the knights who were attacking with swords raised, Dante also waved his rebellion to meet them!
The venue was still in chaos at this moment. The people who had not yet escaped from the theater were pushing and shoving, and running around. The knights of the Order outside wanted to come in again, and the exit was temporarily blocked.

At this time, Credo, the Knight Commander who should have been in charge of the overall situation, did not have time to evacuate the people, nor did he command the knights to fight the enemy. Instead, under the protection of two elite knights, he rushed towards the body of Pope Sancotos.

He helped the Pope up and looked at the bloody hole between his eyebrows, shocked: "No...!!"

Below the stage, Li You and Nero had both stood up and protected Ji Liye behind them. The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding they had built up over the past few days came into play. They immediately escorted Ji Liye out, one in front and one behind.

Needless to say, Nero didn't care whether the Pope was dead or alive. He was only concerned about the safety of Gillie and Credo.

As for Li You, his idea was basically the same, but he also wanted to minimize the injuries to ordinary believers. Accidentally hurting civilians has never been his style.

"Nero, Credo he...!" Jillie was taken out by Nero, but at the same time she turned back and looked at her brother in the distance worriedly.

On the center stage of the theater where she was looking, Dante was currently on a killing spree.

He wielded the greatsword Rebellion with one hand, using all kinds of dazzling moves and speeds that made people unable to react, and cut down the knights of the Order who besieged him one by one, without showing any mercy.

The knights responsible for maintaining order in the theater were actually elite, but there were too few of them to be easily cut down by Dante. The stage where Gillie, wearing a holy veil, was performing not long ago was now full of corpses and blood.

"Pfft-"

The rebel sword pierced the abdomen of a knight of the Order, but Dante did not pull it out. Instead, he hung the knight on the sword, then swung the sword again, dragging him and knocking the remaining knights away like baseballs!
"boom!!"

Below, Nero heard Gillie's cry and turned to look at Credo behind the stage, only to see an almost severed body of a Knight of the Order falling on the three of them!

At this moment, Nero no longer cared about the friendship between his comrades. He didn't want such a hideous corpse to scare Jillie, so he jumped up immediately, kicked the flying corpse with a side kick, and kicked it far away.

Dante had already turned around and was looking at the Pope and Credo behind the stage, but now he noticed the noise here, so he turned around and glanced at Nero.

"whispering sound……"

Nero saw his murderous look and knew that this man would never give up. In this case, he couldn't leave Credo here alone.

So Nero said without even turning his head: "Li You! Please take care of Ji Liye!"

Then, he pulled out the azure rose from his arms and rushed towards Dante!

"Aha--!!"

Dante remained motionless, just looking at Nero, especially his conspicuous silver hair, with a playful expression on his face.

He was in no hurry to finish off the Pope, and simply turned around to face Nero. While Nero ran, he pulled the trigger without hesitation, and two bullets shot directly into Dante's face!
"Qiang!!"

Facing the flying bullets, Dante was not panicked at all, he raised his sword to block the fragments of two bullets. Not only that, he even added more strength and slashed forward!
Nero had just rushed forward and was planning to follow up with a fierce double kick, but seeing this he had to change his strategy. He raised the Azure Rose to barely block the kick and used the force to retreat quickly.

The distance between the two widened again. Nero took a look at the cracks on the Azure Rose spear and clicked his tongue. "It took me half a month to carve this relief... I can't just let it go like this!"

"Nero!"

At this moment, a call came from the door of the theater. Nero and Dante turned their heads and saw a sword in the stone flying towards Nero!

Nero reacted quickly. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the sword in the stone. He leaned on the ground with his backhand and twisted it, saying loudly, "Thank you!"

Li You just nodded from a distance, then took Ji Liye and went out through the entrance passage that was finally cleared.

When they left the house, they passed by the knights of the Order who came to support them. At that moment, Li You sensed a familiar fluctuation from them.

"as I thought."

Li You naturally would not cause any trouble at this time. He sent Jillie to the square outside the theater. At this time, some of the knights of the order finally began to perform their duties and evacuated the people.

However, they were evacuating people to the city. Normally, this was no problem, but in Li You's eyes, it was completely different.

So Li You said to Ji Liye, who was still worried, "Don't worry, Nero and Credo will be fine! Trust them, I will go back to help right away!"

"Compared to this, there is one more thing you need to do, which concerns the life and death of many people!"

Ji Liye was also stunned when she heard his serious words, and then she calmed down: "...I understand. What can I do?"

Li You pointed his finger and said, "Please tell those knights of the Order not to evacuate people to the city now. Let them take refuge in the square over here and let those knights guard nearby!"

Ji Liye was puzzled: "But the assassins haven't been captured yet, they are staying here..."

"I don't have time to explain. I can only ask you for help!"

Faced with Li You's strange request, Ji Liye hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed: "Okay!"

Watching her run towards the knight captain and ask them to gather everyone in the small square outside the theater, Li You nodded, then turned and walked into the theater.

——Interior of the theater.

The clanging of swords clashing could be heard as Nero and Dante fought each other.

Although his right hand was still wrapped and not exposed, Nero could only hold the sword with his left hand to fight against Dante. But fortunately, Dante didn't put in much effort. He didn't want to kill Nero. Instead, he was more interested in this little devil himself.

At the same time, Nero was not bad either. Although he did not have the Scarlet Queen that he was used to, he had been using the Excalibur when fighting with Li You these days, and his proficiency had also increased a lot.

Even though Dante was intentionally letting Nero go, Nero still followed his moves. If it was any other Knight of the Order, even Dante in this state would be cut into pieces with just a few sword strikes.

The knights of the Order who came to support later were dazzled by the fierce fight between the two and did not dare to step forward. Instead, they gathered around the leader Credo.

Credo had calmed down. Even though the Pope was shot in the head, there was still room for recovery, so he commanded the knights who came to reinforce: "Move the Pope's body back! Quickly!"

In the center of the theater, Dante and Nero fought from the stage to the audience, and then from the audience to the bottom of the Spartan statue at the back.

The two men used swords and guns alternately. Nero brandished the Sword in the Stone and occasionally took out the Azure Rose to shoot bullets at tricky angles. Except for not exposing his right arm, he was already firing at full power.

But Dante easily deflected all those attacks, and when he took out his pair of black and white pistols, the torrential fire was so overwhelming that Nero had no choice but to roll over and over to dodge!

The torrential rain of bullets finally came to an end, and Nero was just about to take the opportunity to get closer, but when he looked up, he saw Dante had already leaped over, slashing down with his rebellious greatsword!
"clang--!!"

Nero managed to pull out the Sword in the Stone and block the attack, but the heavy blow caused the Sword in the Stone to fly out of his hand, and Nero retreated again and again.

Dante did not chase after him, but instead carried the rebel back on his shoulder and looked at him with a half-smile.

Nero took a few breaths and looked at Dante: "You... let it go!"

Dante raised his eyebrows, revealing a hint of surprise.

"Don't play dumb! If it was in the past, I might not have noticed, but now I can see at a glance that you don't have any real skills!"

Nero raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth: "Are you looking down on me?"

Facing Nero's questioning, Dante's smile became more obvious, and he finally said, "...Interesting kid."

"Who are you calling a brat?" Nero said angrily, and two bullets flew out again!

"clang!!"

Still no effect, Dante flicked his sword and deflected the bullet, then said, "You're interesting, but I'm not here to play, I have work to do."

Nero was stunned, and then he saw Dante suddenly turn around and raise his sword rebelliously. Dark red magic power wrapped around the sword, and as his feet moved, the whole person instantly thrust out with the sword!

His target was Credo and others who were escorting the Pope's body and planning to evacuate the theater!
"Eaaah——!!"

Credo's swordsmanship is actually very good, and he has hidden strength, but facing Dante's extremely fast thrust, he was caught off guard and could only subconsciously lift Durandal to try to resist.

But obviously, such a hasty response would only result in him and the Pope behind him being pierced by Dante!

From the beginning, Dante was not attracted by Nero, he always kept his attention on the Pope behind him.

Nero happened to be on the other side of the theater. With such a long distance between them, even if he released the devil's hand, he would be too late to stop it!

"Credo--!!" Nero shouted!
at this time.

"clang!!"

A distant roar echoed in the theater. Dante and Credo looked ahead in surprise.

Not far from Credo's chest, the tip of the rebel's greatsword was emitting magical light, and it was sharp and intimidating. But a dark red iron rod with a thread stretched out from the side, just blocking the rebel's thrust.

Everyone's eyes followed the long threaded stick to the hand holding it and the owner of that hand. Then Credo asked in surprise: "Is it you...?"

Naturally, the person who took action at this time was Li You, who had just returned from outside the theater.

This time he really didn't intend to be a scouting artist, it was just a coincidence that when he came back, he saw Dante beating Credo.

This obviously won't work. Even if Credo has to die, he must die for a good cause and be able to stimulate Nero's awakening.

Besides, Li You had no intention of letting Credo die, let alone letting him die at the hands of Dante.

So naturally, he took action. As for the Pope, after all, Li You still had to train Nero, so he could be considered to be helping him incidentally.

Seeing that Li You blocked his thrust with one hand, Dante couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Oh? You are..." again

"Aha!!"

Before he could finish his words, Nero rushed up from the side!
Nero showed no mercy and kicked Dante hard in the face with his Nine Heavens Thunder double kick!

"Boom-"

He really used all his strength this time and kicked Dante so hard that he flew sideways!

That’s not all, Nero also fired another shot, and although it was deflected by Dante’s sword in the air, Nero took the opportunity to grab a new Sword in the Stone and jumped in pursuit!

"Qiang Qiang Qiang——"

The two men crossed each other in the air and exchanged several moves in an instant.

Dante gathered his magic power in mid-air, creating a physical circular magic circle under his feet. He pushed himself up again with one step, while Nero used the side wall to gain leverage and chased after him with his sword!

"clang--!!"

Dante deflected the attack again, and the two separated, each landing on the sword-bearing arms of the Spartan statue. Credo below had taken the opportunity to have the knights carry the Pope's body away, while shouting: "Nero! Be careful, I will bring reinforcements back!"

Nero tilted his head slightly in response, and Credo looked at Li You again: "...Sorry to bother you, keep an eye on Nero!"

"No problem." Li You nodded and leaned the long stick in his hand on the ground.

Credo then led his men away, and Dante glanced at them but did not pursue them. Instead, he looked at Nero and Li You and said, "It seems that it will be the three of us who will perform next? Not bad! Do you want to come together or one by one?"

Nero snorted: "I've really been underestimated..."

Li You below spoke up: "Nero!"

"Okay, I understand." Nero lowered his sword slightly. "I saw it before. This bastard didn't use his full strength. But..."

"I do not have either!"

Nero suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his tightly wrapped right arm suddenly broke free from the restraints, revealing his devil hand, and instantly grabbed Dante!
A huge shadow of a devil's hand emerged and pressed down on Dante's head!

The moment Dante saw Nero reveal his devil's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up!
"That is……"

It seemed that because of this moment of hesitation, Dante failed to dodge Nero's grab and was tightly grasped by the giant devil's hand. Nero then waved his hand: "Li You! Catch the ball!!"

As he said that, he really grabbed Dante and threw such a big living person towards Li You like throwing a ball!
Looking at the combat ceiling of the Devil May Cry world flying towards him rapidly with a smile on his face, Li You was at a loss.

Li You: No, Nero. We don't have such a big grudge, right?
It is true that he came back to help, but he really didn't want to catch this "ball". Although with Dante's temper, beating him up wouldn't be a big deal, the problem was that he might not be able to catch it!
But now the arrow is on the string, Li You originally wanted to have a brief chat first...

These thoughts flashed through his mind for only a moment, and then Li You helplessly grasped the long stick in both hands.

"drink--!!"

Li You used all his strength and swung the stick!
"Boom-"

Dante cooperated very well and flew back.

Nero jumped up from the Sparta statue, turned in the air, grabbed Dante with his ghost hand, and then slammed him towards the huge stone statue behind him!

"Boom——!!"

Under the powerful impact of Nero's devil's hand, which was even more powerful than in the original work, the majestic Spartan statue shattered and collapsed starting from the head!
Nero landed lightly on the ground and clapped his hands. Looking at the collapsed Spartan statue, he nodded with satisfaction:

"I'll just smash this statue. I've been fed up with it for a long time. Even Sparta himself wouldn't like something that's more form than substance, right?"

Li You lived in Bengbu: "No, Nero..."

"Well said!"

A voice sounded, and Nero, who had been relaxing, tensed up instantly: "Huh!?"

Then there was the sound of scattered footsteps. From the smoke and dust of the collapsed statue, Dante strolled out carrying the rebellious sword and looked at Nero with a smile.

"Boy, you are really good at talking."

"How could they be so completely unscathed..." Nero couldn't help but frown, "It looks like it's not over yet."

Dante said with a smile: "It's not that nothing happened. That was quite powerful just now, and it almost brought out my other side."

"Who knows what kind of joke you are telling!" Nero frowned and took out the blue rose again, "I haven't fought enough yet, so let's continue!"

Dante did not reply immediately, but glanced at Nero and Li You one after another. Nero did not feel anything yet, but Li You sensed a fleeting horrible aura and took a breath of cold air on the spot.

Dante won't bear a grudge, will he? Don't do that!

But fortunately, Dante immediately said: "No, let's not play today. I would love to play with you two, but I still have work to deal with."

He pretended to leave, took two steps back under the gaze of Nero and Li You, and suddenly said, "Come to think of it, before I came to work this time, I didn't expect to encounter such a rare situation."

"One is a kid with weird demonic powers. That hand is really interesting."

"Who are you calling the devil?" Nero was annoyed.

Dante didn't argue with him: "We are all the same, you and me, and...them."

He pointed at the corpses of the Knights of the Order on the ground. Nero took a look and discovered that among the corpses, some of them had devil-like faces under their helmets!

"This is……!?"

Dante then turned to Li You and said, "There is another one over here... Well, your power is different from the power of the devil, and that stick is not a magic weapon, but that power... is also very interesting."

Dante said, smiling again: "I have a feeling that we will meet again in the future, so I'll go first now!"

"Hey, you..." Nero wanted to stop him, but Dante's figure flashed and he was already on the roof. He looked down and waved his hand: "Goodbye, kid, and that stranger."

As he spoke, his figure disappeared.

"Who on earth is that guy..."

Nero looked at the direction where he disappeared with a puzzled look on his face. He was also confused by the "devils" dressed in the costumes of the Knights of the Order in the theater.

"Li You, what do you think is going on... Li You?"

Nero turned around and wanted to ask Li You for his opinion, but he was nowhere to be seen.

There was no one around. Nero seemed to realize something. He looked up suddenly and saw that Li You had run to the roof with broken glass at some point.

Li You said to Nero below: "I'll go chase that guy and come back to find you!"

Nero: “???”

"Wait..." Before he could ask anything, Li You's figure had disappeared from the window.

Nero was a little confused: "What is going on?"

But he didn't have time to think about it, as footsteps were heard at the entrance of the theater, and Credo arrived with reinforcements from the Knights of the Order. Nero quickly hid his right hand.

Credo looked at the messy theater with his brows furrowed. "What happened, Nero? Where's Li You?"

Nero was startled: "The statue was smashed by that assassin! Li You went after him!"

Credo: “…”

……

Although Nero could see clearly that he was trying to hide something, Credo didn't want to pursue the matter at this point.

Considering that there are only a handful of Knights of the Order who can defeat Nero, and they all have their own missions, Credo can only assign Nero the task of hunting down Dante.

"Since Li You has already gone, you should go with him! We must not let the assassin escape!"

Nero had no objection to hunting down the assassin, and since Li You had already gone there first, he certainly couldn't fall behind. But there was one thing he was not satisfied with: "That guy is not an opponent that can be defeated by the Sword in the Stone! Unless you lend me Durandal!"

But Credo said: "That's not necessary."

Nero was still wondering when he saw Jillie staggering in, dragging a heavy box.

"Jilie!" Nero came forward and took the box from her with concern. And there was no doubt that the box contained the parts of the Scarlet Queen that had finally been repaired and strengthened.

Nero had no objection. He unboxed it and assembled the sword with one hand, saying, "I will definitely catch up with that assassin!"

Credo turned his back to him and said nothing. However, when Nero dressed up as the Scarlet Queen and stood up with his sword, he looked at Jillie and saw the golden pendant she was wearing around her neck.

It was an exquisite ornament made up of a pair of embracing wings with amethyst in the middle. It looked even better on Jillie, who was wearing a dress.

"...It fits very well." Nero said, and both of them blushed.

Credo didn't notice their interaction and continued, "I have to report back to headquarters..."

But at this moment, there was another vibration and shouting outside the theater!
Nero and the other two looked at each other, their faces changed a little, and they hurriedly ran out of the theater, but they saw that in the small fountain square in front of the entrance, a large number of demons were pouring out from the gate leading to the town, screaming and rushing towards the refugees!

And further away, the streets have been occupied by a large number of demons!
Nero was shocked: "This was also done by... that assassin!?"

Ji Liye couldn't help but cover her mouth: "The streets are... If we hadn't listened to Li You and asked everyone to take shelter here, I'm afraid that all the people who escaped just now would..."

But the situation was not optimistic. At the other end of the square, the Knights of the Order were still fighting against the demons, but they were outnumbered and were about to be breached.

Nero pulled out the Scarlet Queen he had just retrieved without hesitation: "I'll go deal with the demon, Credo, you take Jillie and everyone else to shelter..."

"Boom——!!"

At this moment, there was a loud explosion from behind! With the flash of fire, the scarecrow demons were blown away in an instant!
Including Nero and the other two, everyone looked towards the street. At the end of the main road, a six-wheeled armed vehicle covered with weapons from head to toe was slowly approaching. Heavy firepower such as heavy machine guns and micro rockets were extended from the front, sides, and rear compartment of the vehicle, bombarding the demons!
Although the scarecrow demons wanted to resist, a graceful woman stood on the roof of the car, holding a samurai sword and a shotgun in her hands, and chopped and blew away all the demons that tried to attack the car body!
Nero naturally recognized who it was: "...V?"

Credo's focus was different: "How did that vehicle get into the city!?"

Jillie's idea was the simplest: "With her help, everyone is safe!"

Seeing the demons turn around and surround V, she became nervous again: "Nero, go help her!"

Nero nodded: "Leave it to me! Be careful!"

As he said that, he rushed out carrying the Scarlet Queen!

“Take this move from me——!”

……

On the other side, the edge of town leading to the Fortuna Mountains.

Dante stood on the roof, looking at the hordes of demons below.

The appearance of such a large-scale demon must have been prepared in advance by someone, but the question is, who was it?
As he was thinking, Dante suddenly raised his arms in an exaggerated manner and shouted, "What on earth is going on?"

"——What do you think?" He looked back.

There should have been no one there, but then the air fluctuated and Li You appeared.

He took off the camouflage cloak draped over his robe, dispelled the Moon Hidden Spirit and the invisibility magic, and replied: "Who knows? I am also looking for the answer."

Dante shook his head with a half-smile: "But how can I tell you that you know the reason behind this?"

Li You did not answer this time.

Dante also did not ask any further questions. He looked down and shot a scarecrow demon that almost pierced a fleeing citizen. He said, "Anyway, I have nothing to do with you now. You are neither a member of the Sword Cult nor a demon, right? Then don't bother me. If you have any questions, please call my office."

Li You looked at him, then suddenly pulled out his hand cannon X and shot a demon that was about to break through the door of a civilian house. Then he said, "I just want to talk to you about something, Mr. Dante, the legendary demon hunter."

(End of this chapter)