-The forest of the Sleeping Dragon-
The air was cold, the sky was clear.
The full moon cast it's light on trees below, deep with in the forest, a boy was standing at the edge of a lake.
-bang, boom, splash-
Dante has fired his revolver. It's destructive power has increased at least four fold.
He was holding in his hand the Ace of Spades but it's designe was slightly changed.
On the black metal, silver lines were running along and they all traveled from the muzzle through the rolling chamber until the spade symbol what has changed drastically. Now in a six-tipped star, in the middle sat the spade symbol. Signaling the success of the fusion, between the two.
Dante was shocked. A single shot would be enough to vaporise a man if it's loaded and fired with the right amount of spirit energy.
And that is without the fullbring.
Dante emptied the chamber and fired without the physical ammo.
-Bang, bam, splash-
The firepower were less destructive but still very effective. Through his fake eye levitating in the air Germalid observed Dante.
Germalid: Call of nature, my ass. He is just experimenting in the night. Without a care in the world. But I have to say, he is a genius. Grasping the concept and creating it, first try?
That alone tells a lot about, what he is capable of.
Dante was examining his weapon, trying to come up with new ideas to improve his revolver. Not noticing, that he was not exactly alone.
Germalid got scared, a man was approaching Dante from behind. Dagger in hand, rope in the other. Dante was oblivious to the danger, he was too absorbed in his thoughts.
???:hehe, nice catch.
Germalid used his fake eye to fly into the man's head, trying to make him reveal his position to Dante, so he can act.
The fake eye flyed at full speed and crashed into the man's head. The stranger yelled out from the unexpected pain, he felt on his head.
???: Aaah! What the..!?
Dante quickly turned around locking eyes with the stranger. As Dante's eyes darted around he saw, what the man was holding.
He immediately spun to action. Sharingan and bringer's light flared up, in a second Dante disappeared from his spot and reapered right behind the man. Even before the stranger could react, it was over.
-bang, splash, thud-
The man was laying on the ground motion less, dead.Dante walked over the dead body and he searched through it. His face contourted.
Dante: Slave traders.
Dante sneered as he looked at the man. There was a note in the man's pocket with the location of there camp.
The fake eye descended from sky getting Dante's attention. Dante immediately pointed his gun at the floating orb but before Dante would fire, the orb made weird gestures.
The orb motioned in the way of the caravan.
Dante was confused first but after observing the object, he saw runes on the orb.
Dante: Germalid? Is that you? Blink once if it's you.
The fake eye blinked once and again motioned in the direction of the camp.
Dante: Yeah, yeah. I'm not planning to stick around either way. Let's get out of here before more shows up.
As Dante have taken only two steps, an oddly familiar sound rang out in his ears.
-Ding-
[A new mission have been issued]
[New mission: Forest Protector]
Rescue and protect the dryad of the Sleeping Dragon Forest.
Mission reward:
Ashen Grimoar upgrade.
Dante stopped in his tracks as he was looking at the notification. He began to become excited.
Dante: (A free upgrade? For my Grimoar none the less. Well, I was ready to walk away peacefully. But now? Not a chance.)
On the other side of the forest at the camp.
Germalid started to sweat. He saw Dante stopping in his tracks, than that sinister smile.
Germalid: No,no,no...NO! Dante come back to the camp immediately. Don't even think about going after them! DANTE!
From one of the cart's Vox peaked out. He saw Germalid stressed, his left hand on his fake eye.
Vox:(What have Dante done this time? Ah, I don't care, he can take care of himself.)
With that thought, Vox returned to the land of his dreams, while Dante was running at full speed in the direction of the slave traders outpost.
As he approached the outpost, he spotted only three people. They were just sitting by the campfire, this was ideal to test one of Dante's new move.
Dante: Let's see, how this will work out.
Trader 1: Where is this idiot? How long does it take to...
Trader 2: Calm down man. You know he has problems with his bladder.
Trader 3: You are just overthinking man, he will be back.
Trader 1:Fine still, I have an uneasy feeling abo...augh!
-bang, bam, bam, bam,-
One shot, three distinctive thuds. Dante have amerged from the bushes and started to look through the outpost.
Dante: -scatter shot- using my spirit energy without physical ammo, I can divide the energy bullet in the chamber and fire an ammo with multi target capabilities. Quiet nice but the targeting part still needs some work.
As Dante searched through the outpost, he found nothing. No slaves, no documents, nothing. He sat down on one of the chairs near by, trying to figure out where to go from here.
As he was thinking, an interesting sound caught his ears. He looked in the direction of it and he saw a jar among the other stuff on the ground. The jar was shaking by itself.
Dante thought it was strange and decided to investigate. As he approached the jar, it started to shake more and more. When he picked it up, he saw something that he wouldn't have thought would not be real.
A little person was inside the jar.
Dante: A pixy? Maybe a Fairy?
The person inside the jar hade long ears, golden hair, deep blue eyes along with a pair of forest green wings. She was wearing some kind of leaf dress. She locked eyes with Dante, it was almost like pleading to let her out. On the cap of the jar was a magic circle. Possibly to contain magic energy.
Dante turned and popped off the cap of the jar. In that second, a torrent of wind escaped the jar. Creating a smaller tornado in the middle of the outpost. Dante head shielded him self to no avail, so he took cover behind one of the trees, hanging onto it's trunk to not get blown away.
When the wind died down, the Pixy like thing was just floating in the middle of the outpost looking around, seemingly searching for something or someone.
Dante approached silently the small creature, carefully maintaining some distance.
When he was about 7 meter away, he let his presence known, he coughed.
The small creature turned around swiftly and saw the very child, he was looking for.
???: Ah! You are the one. You set me free and killed those despicable people who captured me. My name is Lilith and I offer my humble thank you.
Dante: Sure, no problem. Well, time for me to go. bye-bye!
Dante started to head back to the camp. Since he didn't found anything, this mission was a lost cause. He has to keep an eye out while they travel, might come across a new outpost or camp. As he was leaving, he was stopped by a gust of wind.
Lilith: Please don't go! I need your help!
Dante turned around annoyance clearly evident on his face.
Dante: Look little Pixy, I don't know what is you need my help with but sure it can wait until the morning. Ok? Ok.
Dante began to walk again in the direction of the camp but he didn't get far. A bulge appeared on Lilith's forehead. She was muttering under his breath, clearly angry.
Lilith:Pixy, pixy, did this kid...just...called me a
PIXY!?
A huge wind current generated around Dante and lifted him up into the air uncontrollably as he was spinning around he heard the voice of Lilith.
Lilith: I AM NOT A PIXY!!!
Wind violently crashed around Dante, as he moved uncontrollably, he crashed into several trees. Hurt in the process he had enough, his sharingan flared to life.
On the next tree, Dante landed on his feet and jumped using bringer's light.
He jumped from tree to tree until he reached the epicenter of the small tornado. From the last tree, he jumped at Lilith but this time using Tracer's light for more power.
He reached Lilith. Lilith wide eyed could only look as a green line covered hand clasped around her. The wind died down and Dante landed on the ground.
Lilith was in his hand, unable to move he just started right at Dante. His blood red eyes as ever captivating, only a single word left her mouth, barely audible.
Lilith:"Redgrave"
Dante: Did you say something?
Dante shook his hand and asked. But no answer came. Than he continued.
Dante:Why the hell did you attack me Pixy!?
I just freed you! Remember?
Lilith came out his momentarily shock, hearing the boy's question, she fired back immediately.
Lilith: I am Not a PIXY!! I am a great wind spirit. Hmph.!
Dante at this point was facepalming.
Dante:(Did she really attack me because I called her a Pixy!? Oh common! This is childish.)
Dante squeezed his hand a little.
Lilith: au,au,au,au, please don't. I'm sorry. But I really need your help! My friend Marry has been captured by those bad people.
Please, land me your strength and help me save her.
Dante: Why would I want to help you save a nother Pixy in a Jar? Especially right after you attacked me out of nowhere.
Lilith puffed up her cheeks, she was a Great spirit of the wind, jet she was being called a Pixy repeatedly by this boy.
Lilith: Please, stop calling me a Pixy and for the record my friend is also not a Pixy she is the dryad of the very forest we standing in.
Dante:( Dryad? Now that changes everything)
Dante deactivated Tracer's light and let go of Lilith.
Dante: Alright, do you know where is your friend being capt at this moment?
Lilith expression changed, the boy was willing to help. What was the reason behind his willingness, she didn't know but someone was trying to help and that was enough.
Lilith than pointed in a random direction.
Lilith: That way!
Dante giving a deadpan expression just answered.
Dante: Suuure. Any more specific details I might need to know. Like how far? How many people? Stuff like that, you know.
Lilith was thinking a while and answered.
Lilith: hmmm, I forgot.
At this point Dante was sure. This "Pixy" was as dumb as a rock.
Dante: (ugh... alright, we were in worse situation before. I can do this.) Let's go Pixy!
As they were disappearing into the night the two kept bickering about. The fake eye of Germalid kept following the two, after while it had to stop because they were out of his reach.
Germalid:Kid. You better come back safe, cuz I want to give you an ear full.
You insufferable Redgrave.
...
After a long while, as they walked Dante's eyes picked up something in the distance. As they moved closer, they saw what it was.
A camp, far larger than the outpost but not by much. There were several people around, about seven or eight. In the back they saw cages, mostly empty except for one.
In one of the cages, they saw a beautyful women. Long green hair, pointy ears and forest green eyes. She was wearing some sort of regal clothes and a strange collar around her neck.
Trader 1: What a catch! Shame we found her after we sent of the previous batch.
Trader 2: Yeah, she will bring a lot of money.
Trader 1: That's for sure. Hey, since we can only send her to the warehouse for about a few days, how about we have some fun?
Trader 2: Hmm, sure why not? Some stress relief would be good.
With maniacal grin the two approached the cage, the woman know quite well, what was about to happen. With her power sealed off, she could only close her eyes and pray for help.
At the mean time.
In the bushes outside the two new commer already assessed the situation.
Dante: Alright, here is the plan. You distract them until I sneak in the back and...
Before Dante could finish explaining his plan Lilith just shot out from the bush like a green arrow. She was above the cages seeing, what the two people in the back was about to do.
She screamed out, totally enraged at the people below.
Lilith: DON'T YOU DARE! YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!! WIND BLADES!
The wind gathered into a spinning vortex in shape of mini tornado made from a thousand blades and descended upon her foes.
-Whoossh-
The slavers screamed out in agony as the wind ripped them apart. Marry opened her eyes wide upon hearing her friend's voice.
Marry: Lilith! Why did you come back!? Go quick before they capture you!
Her warning fell on deaf ears as Lilith continued to keep the rest of the slavers at bay. At the mean time, in one of the bushes.
Dante: and there goes the plan.
Slaver 1: Quickly! Get the nets and the collars! We got a nother one on our hands boys!
Before the leader could coordinate his fellow cronys. Bang! A shot pierced through his head, dropping him instantly onto the ground.
The others watched in horror as their leader fell so easily. From the bushes out walked a kid with something strange artifact in his hand, smoking slowly.
As Dante stood there manecingly, he didn't make a move. Not because of the overwhelming manpower of the other party or fear but because of something else.
-Ding-
[Congratulations, the host has awakened the next evolution of the sharingan!]
[Sharingan two tomoe:]
The two-tome Sharingan grants the user the ability to copy various skills and moves, enhanced movement reading, and the ability to perceive mana flow. It also allows for more powerful genjutsu and a greater understanding of mana.
[Next evolution stage: eliminate 50 opponents]
He lifted his head and his gaze fell upon the slavers. The two tomoe sharingan spinning in his eyes, inflicting fear in his very opponents.
Dante holsterd his revolver and drawn his Asauchi. He held his sword side ways right next to his head, killing Intent evident in his eyes. Then he proceeded taunt his new found enemies.
Dante: Alright boys. Let's dance!
To be continued....