Extreme fear no longer made sense; it was as if... that man were the embodiment of Fear.
Everyone in the pseudo-demonic war in the Empire didn't know what to do. Since the skies turned black, it seemed like an apocalypse was imminent.
The problem was that... even Ethan couldn't move anymore.
"Dddddd-Dante!" He yelled, seeing the man hovering in front of him. He was different, very different, but Ethan knew who he was; it was impossible not to identify that man... that smile... it even disrupted the control of Greed.
Ethan's fear was so great that one of the Seven Deadly Sins lost its grip on its vessel.
"It's good that you remember me, in fact, it's very good that everyone still remembers me," he said with a malicious smile, making everyone tremble in fear again.
"Greed, introduce yourself," Dante said, and there was no response. "I understand, you're going to make it difficult," he murmured and then, a demonic pillar twenty meters tall emerged behind Ethan's body, impaling him.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" He screamed in pain, a pain so... agonizing that it seemed to reach his soul.
"Hm, these powers are convenient, attacking you like this is cool," Dante said, looking at his hand. "How about this!" He said, and more pillars began to pierce Ethan's body.
"Ahhgth!" He felt such a deep pain; his chest was opened several times, but... "Ah, yes, you won't die. You still have much to learn," Dante said, healing all of Ethan's wounds, after all, he had much better control over the demons.
"It's better if you leave soon, Greed," Dante said, but still got no response; then he had no other choice. "Well, do as you please," he commented and again.
"Ahhhgt!" Ethan roared in pain as he felt his entire body being opened in various holes. His whole body was trembling; he had never felt anything like this.
In the distance, everyone watched that scene... not knowing what to feel. I mean, Dante Scarlet just reincarnated and is... killing a demon? Why is a Demon King punishing demons? Wasn't he supposed to join them?
Not only that... He was torturing him in a surreal way, an indescribable torture.
If it were just that, it would be fine but...
"Eldrax, he's all yours," Dante said, and a Black Dragon appeared. It wasn't gigantic, but it was big enough to cause a commotion. "Roar!" A deafening roar fell upon everyone watching that scene.
"Damn it, he has a dragon!" In the distance... Nagasawa couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Hm? I'm a dragon too," Voralith, who was now gathering everyone, said, and they all turned to her... At the location were: Aaralyn, Vex, Sara, Nagasawa, Voralith, Aldria, and finally.
"This bastard... wasn't content with three, so he gathered this bunch of bitches, Tsk," Morgana roared, appearing with Skyla by her side.
"Slut is you," Vex retorted. "I don't think a SEX DEMON can call someone a slut, don't you agree?" Morgana remarked, and everyone looked at Vex nodding, who snorted angrily and said, "Humph! For your information, I'm still a virgin!" She growled, and Morgana stared at her with a look of "Are you serious? You're a Succubus."
"Yes! I'm still a virgin, okay!" Vex hurriedly spoke, embarrassed. "Us too," Sara, Nagasawa, Aaralyn, and Morgana said in unison, even Skyla.
"You guys are weird," Aldria said, observing the scene. However, Vex didn't let it pass... "I told the Empress outright that I had never felt a man's cock invading my insides, especially not that one, the... the master's..." Vex said, almost drooling, probably while relishing in past sensations and fantasizing about things that shouldn't be spoken aloud.
Wham!
She received a punch to the head from Voralith. "Ow, ow!" she said, holding her head. "That hurt!" she grumbled. "Manners, or Dante won't punish you like you want," Voralith said with a fierce look.
"S-sorry!" Vex quickly apologized.
Dante, on the other hand, was listening to the conversation from afar with his heightened senses, unnoticed... "Stop spying on us," Morgana spoke in his head. "Tsk, no fun," he said and continued to observe... Eldrax eating Ethan's body while he regenerated endlessly.
"Eldrax, come here," Dante said, and the Dragon quickly turned, ran to him, and stopped in front of him, waiting for something. "Good job, feeling better?" He said, stroking the Dragoa's head, which began to transform into a woman.
During her time trapped in Dante's world, during his evolution, she also received some benefits, as did Voralith. However, unlike Voralith, who has an eternal bond with Dante, Eldrax doesn't have something like that. So what she received for evolving alongside Dante were a few evolutionary years. Now, however, Eldrax was no longer an 8-year-old girl, but rather a teenager, around 18 years old.
When she appeared in her new form, Dante caught a glimpse of how perfectly beautiful she would be in the future. She had long black hair and pointed ears like Dante's, part of the representation she saw as hers. She still didn't have large, ample breasts like Sara's, the youngest of the group, but she was a striking beauty, at just eighteen comparing to a twenty-five-year-old woman.
However, there might be a bonus and a disadvantage at the same time.
"Daddy," Eldrax said, looking at him after appearing in this form. "D-d-daddy?" Dante stuttered for a second. "Hm? Yes, Dante Daddy to Eldrax," she said, leaving Dante in shock.
'Damn! Damn! Damn! If Valentina hears this, I'm dead!' He screamed internally, almost... predestining what could happen.
"Don't call me that... for your own good," Dante murmured, and Eldrax didn't understand, "What's daddy saying?" Upon hearing that, part of his heart shattered into pieces, like a broken mirror. 'I'm dead.' He thought.
"Feeling better?" Dante asked, seeing how the little Dragoness swayed her body, much happier and cheerful, despite her height of 1.65 meters, she still seemed like a child. "Yes, Daddy is the best!" She said, while Dante's smile was broken in many ways, fearing for his life.
"So, I guess it's my turn," Dante said, and a kind of entity began to sprout from his wings, it was pure miasma, but it had the shape of a strange beast, something like a...
"Cerberus," Dante said, and a kind of three-headed dog began to emerge, still attached to his body by a chain of Miasma coming from his hand. "Let's see how much demonic power I can use," Dante smiled.
The corpses of several people began to be completely destroyed and turned into small balls of blood. Dante didn't let that stand. "Consume," he said, and the Cerberus began to eat all the small red essences. Ethan watched that scene in shock... Everything he could do was futile, he thought many times about drawing his sword, confronting him... But everything was...
just an eternal nightmare.
After all this commotion, Dante appeared in front of Ethan's fallen body, who pathetically had already given up.
Dante looked into the man's eyes, while the demonic dog began to release a black air of hunger, which quickly reached Ethan's nostrils, making them bleed.
"You lived well, didn't you?" Dante questioned, while sitting on the ground. Yes, he sat on the ground to talk.
"A life of lust, a healthy life, a life with only one concern, living as necessary," Dante said, and his words sounded like a sinister melody.
"You know, I thought a lot about what to do with you after they used my body to summon a Level One Demon inside Kryoris, and I came to the conclusion that just killing you wouldn't be enough," Dante said, smiling. "So I'm going to offer you something," Dante spoke.
"Cut off your two legs, and I'll let you live," Dante said with a macabre smile. "W-what?" Ethan stuttered, feeling so afraid that he no longer knew what was real or illusion.
"So, you see," Dante said, and his hand waved and the dog attacked him. "ARGH!!" He screamed in pain, while the Dog tore apart all his leg muscles in a brutal way, tearing all the tissue and breaking his bones.
"ARGH!" He roared in pain. 'I need to get away!' He quickly thought, trying to concentrate his strength in his body but...
"You're quite naive, you know? Do you really think Avarice would let you use his Rays after consuming your whole body? Hahaha, you're so foolish," Dante laughed as he stood up, his hand swaying again.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" He screamed even louder as he felt the Cerberus tear his other leg apart.
"It's funny, isn't it? Since childhood, you've always looked up at me from down there," Dante said with a malicious smile. "How about we play a little game?" Dante said and healed Ethan's legs again, this time, however...
"You're banished," Dante said, and from Ethan's body a being was thrown away, a woman to be precise.
She had black hair, emerald eyes, and wore a kind of black mist dress with small traces of green.
"Bastard," Avarice muttered, seeing Dante's confident face. Dante calmly analyzed the woman, and the Cerberus returned within his demonic wings.
"It's good to see what tormented my old friend, isn't it Ethan?" Dante questioned, but the man... was already unconscious on the ground. "Well, your torture will continue later, now we have something to resolve, don't we?" Dante said, looking at the woman.
"I have nothing to resolve with you!" She said, unsure how to refer to the being in front of her, which seemed... something different from the Demons she knew.
"Oh... that's a pity, I had many matters to deal with you," Dante said, and then, a destroyed throne began to be summoned, and a floating black crown appeared.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kerehsha, The Sin of Avarice." As he pronounced her name, Kerehsha's existence trembled.