The journey so far can be described as one thing for Naruto, exhausting. At first it was exciting for him as it was a new experience all together but the constant roaming around the castle made it feel like they were moving around in a maze or a dungeon.
After taking care of Griffon and making their way down the pillar, they have been moving and fighting nonstop.
Not too long ago they encountered a new demon called the plasma. The Plasma had two forms: in their bat form, they only have projectile attacks and are fairly easy to deal with using guns, while in their human form they retained the beam attack but can also use melee attacks similar to Dante's own.
Their melee attacks are slow enough for them to dodge, but are still very dangerous since there is almost no warning that they are going to use them.
They are also affected by their beam attacks so it is quite possible to get Plasmas to kill each other.
Their main trick in their human form is their ability to multiply, splitting into three copies when struck. Everytime this happened he couldn't help but wish he could do the same, maybe that way he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
There was even a time when they fought a slim like powerful demonic machine which is essentially a living tank called the Nightmare. The battle was a very tricky one but it still ended the same way as usual with them as the victor.
Though Naruto nearly got killed so many times by the demon's complicated attack patterns. There was even this one time that he got teleported to an evil dimension and had to fight some phantom looking demons.
"Hey, stop zoning out" Dante deadpanned at the kid beside him who had a lost expression on his face.
Seriously what goes on in that head of his?
"We have been moving for some time now and we still haven't seen Mundus since after that time" Naruto sighed in annoyance.
They have been moving up and down in the castle all day fighting both old and new opponents alike.
They walked into a room and Naruto gasped in shock.
"Is that a plane?" Naruto stuttered as they stumbled upon a biplane in a workshop at the end of the long hallway. The plane was held straight by wooden framework like it was undergoing repair.
Dante whistled in fascination as he circled around the plane.
"So there was something like this down here? How did it manage to get down here?"
Naruto turned to Dante and asked.
"Do you think it still works?"
Dante shrugged. "No time to find out. Come on, there's still work to be done"
Naruto gave the biplane a once over before following after Dante. They head back the way they came to the cathedral, then out onto the broken bridge which they skillfully crossed over.
"Here we go"
Dante walked up to the symbol at the far end of the platform and raised The Staff of Hermes. The staff resonated with the symbol causing a bright flash of light. This forms two portals.
The portal on the right displayed the image of the castellan's bedroom and because they have been there before they didn't bother with that one and chose to go through the left one.
They appeared out at the base of the guard quarters, on the other side of the portal they jumped through.
Naruto glanced around after exiting the portal before turning to face Dante and asked "Which part are we now?"
"Don't ask me? It's not like I have a map or something?
"Well, you just seem to know where to go?"
Dante scoffed as he continued forward. "Instincts kid. Instincts"
"Oh"
Naruto scratched his head sheepishly before following Dante out of the room and up a spiral staircase. A single Marionette was present in the room halfway up the tower.
They quickly dealt with it before continuing up the spiral staircase reaching a door at the end of the staircase.
The room behind the door was a study with bookshelves on both sides and a desk. At the far end of the room are two portals shaped like a rectangular mirror.
The portal on the left side lit up depicting a full moon when they approached it while the right portal remained inactive.
"I guess we are going through the left"
"It's not like we have a choice" Dante rolled his eyes before jumping through. Naruto sighed at Dante's decisiveness.
Try and be suspicion. It might as well be a trap.
Naruto thought before following after.
The portal took them to a large open square room with a door on the other end and a full moon shining up in the sky.
Thunder boomed in the sky.
"What a beautiful sight" Naruto said as they approached the door on the other side. Awed by the serenity of the moon's celestial body.
Dante however had his guard up as they slowly approached the door.
When they finally reached the door Dante raised his hands to push open the door only for the door to be sealed followed by a loud roar to fill the entire square.
"Not again"
Naruto groaned when he saw the seal.
Dante however had a small smile on he face as he turned around to look at a new demon that looked like the blade standing on the wall of the square with white frosty skin giving off cold chilly air. There are two of them.
"And here I thought that there would be no one to welcome us. Well don't just stand on ceremonies. come!"
Upon Dante's taunt The Frosts immediately attacked them. The one that charged at Naruto was blown back by the grenade gun. Dante clashed with the other one and quickly found out after a few exchanges that swords were useless against them.
Well if that won't do it, how about this?
The Frost left an opening in it defense and Dante wasted no time in capitalizing on it. He dashed towards the demon with a right hook at the moment when the punch was about to connect Ifrit appeared around his outstretched arm.
Let's see how much you can handle the heat!
The punch connected and like a meteor the Frost was blown into pieces.
"I guess that was too hot for it to handle"
Dante turned around to see how Naruto was fairing only to see him sitting by the door with a bored expression as he approached him.
"Took you long enough"
"Don't get cocky kid"
Dante pushed open the door and walked in without looking back.
Naruto walked behind him with a small smile but didn't say anything else.
If it wasn't for the grenade he launched earlier he wouldn't have found out the Frost's weakness before Dante therefore one upping him.
Going through the door leads to a long hallway with several suits of armor and tables as well as a wave of marionettes and fetishes.
At this point in time this lesser demons could no longer be considered an appetizer for them, more less a challenge.
They fought with the marionettes and fetishes along the way before reaching a partway along the corridor which leads to a door but it was locked and they couldn't open it so they had to search around the corridor before finding another door at the far end.
Boom
Woah
Immediately after stepping into the room a fireball appeared within their line of sight but the two of them dodged it effortlessly causing it to hit the wall behind them. They looked to the other side of the room to see a grotesque looking dragon statue there. It mouth lit up with an orange glow confirming their suspicion.
"So that's how it is" Dante spun Alastor and held it like a baseball bat before taking a stance.
"Give me your best shot"
Naruto stood behind Dante and watched in anticipation.
And not a moment too soon did the Pluto dragon shoot a fireball out of it mouth towards Dante.
The speed of the fireball was too slow for Dante to miss. The flat side of Alastor's blade connected with the fireball and sent it flying backwards.
The fireball smashed into the dragon cause a mini explosion when the dust cleared there was now a decent fissure in the dragon skull.
I guess it is not immune to it own attack
Naruto nodded in understanding when he saw that. before he turned to Dante.
"Hey Dante how many fireball do you think it can take before it breaks down.
Dante examined the fissure in the Pluto dragon's skull and said.
"Two"
"Wanna bet"
"Hm"
"Then it's a bet. If you lose you will cancel the favor I owe you"
Dante thought about it without taking his eyes off the Pluto dragon.
"Deal. But if I win you'll have to buy me strawberry sundae for a month"
"Deal"
As if to seal the deal the Pluto dragon shot a fireball right at this moment. Dante who was already daydreaming of how to drown Naruto in dept unhurriedly sent the fireball crashing back into the Pluto dragon. The cracks on the Pluto dragon widened even more and spread outwards.
First shot.
Dante's smile widened when he saw this while Naruto watched with baited breathe as the Pluto dragon shot another fireball at Dante.
Second shot.
Just like before Dante sent the fireball back but this time with more force. The pluto dragon was shattered immediately it came into contact with the fireball.
Shit
Naruto watched as the Pluto dragon crumbled into dust after taking two shots.
It was destroyed in two shots? But how?
Before he could dive further into his thoughts he felt an arm around his shoulders and turn to look at the smiling face of Dante.
"I'll be in you care from now on Naruto-kun. Hahahah".
Hearing Dante's mocking words Naruto could do nothing but grit his teeth in mild anger.
Dante however was grinning inwardly. To be frank, the kid had guessed it right. His only flaw was that he failed to notice that he added Ifrit meteor to the last attack.
What is gambling if not to cheat?
Clearing that out of his mind he turned around to at the mirror that had risen out of the ground where the Pluto dragon was previously with a crank on the wall beside it.
"Stop sucking kid, we've got work to do"
Dante looked up to see another mirror and slowly rotated the crank to turn the mirror, stopping only when it was in line with the mirror on the ceiling. The light connected with on the ceiling and lined up to a pedestal on the second floor of the area where Pluto's Dragon was. A key item, the Quicksilver, formed in the pedestal. It was a round shaped object with a glassy look.
Right at this moment lightning flashed outside the window revealing hovering square shaped platforms on the second floor that turned invisible after the lightning died down
"So that's how it is"
Hm
Dante jumped from one invisible platform to the next making it look like he was walking on air but the occasionally lightning flash revealed the invisible platform underneath his feet.
Naruto watched as Dante quickly crossed the invisible platforms to reach the Quicksilver on the pedestal.
Dante picked up the Quicksilver and jumped down to land in front of Naruto.
"Well that was fun" Dante said tossed a round crystal clear orb up and down in his hand.
Yeah right.
Naruto scoffed before he trained his eyes on the Quicksilver in Dante's hand.
"Here"
Dante tossed the Quicksilver at Naruto when he saw him staring at it.
"Wha?!
Naruto fumbled around when the Quicksilver was suddenly thrown at him out of nowhere before managing to catch it in a firm grip.
"Hey what was that for? what if it fell down and broke?"
"It doesn't matter. You hold on to it"
Dante shrugged nonchalantly while walking off without looking back.
Naruto grumbled something underneath his breath before following behind him.
They headed down the corridor and found a door at the end which they unlocked with the help of the Quicksilver. The double door opened to reveal a large room inside.
Clank
Woah
"Well I'll be damned. This is one magnificent throne room" Naruto exclaimed in awe as they walked into what looks like a throne room.
"That's not all" Dante pointed at the roof to floor window and at that moment lightning flashed outside the window revealing a humanoid figure standing by the window.
Nelo angelo stood in front of the window facing them with his broadsword in hand. He pointed it wordlessly at them before releasing a explosive surge of power.
Boom
The demonic power around Nelo exploded creating a gust of wind that forced the two of them to shield their faces.
"What the?!" Naruto put down his hand and stared slack jawed at Nelo Angelo who now stood without his helmet revealing a human head underneath it.
"Vergil?"
He heard Dante's shocked gasp beside him and couldn't help but frown in confusion.
'Who the hell is that?'
He watched Dante take a few steps forward before stopping a distance away from Nelo.
"So you survived our last battle. And here I was mourning your death. But seeing you like this is a little distasteful. How about I put you out of your misery?"
Naruto didn't understand a word Dante was saying but before he could ask Nelo let out a vicious roar sending out a violent gust of wind blowing everything back.
AHHHHHHHH!
Ah!
Naruto slid back when he came into contact with the gust.
A blue aura surrounded Nelo's sword and he dash towards Naruto performing a horizontal slash.
"Fuck!"
Clang!
Naruto's arms trembled as he blocked the hit with purgatory even with his five tailed kyūbi cloak activated he still couldn't bare the full brunt of the attack.
He was thankful that the first thing he did was to unleash the kyūbi chakra if not he wouldn't have able to withstand that attack talk less of blocking it.
"Move!" Naruto rolled out of the way and Dante came in with a stinger from behind. Nelo blocked the hit sending Sparks everywhere.
Dante revealed a mocking smile not surprised that his attack got blocked.
"Not bad. But I'm only just getting...STARTED!"