Blood of the Covenant: One Demon Plan, Two Men Laughs (DMC V - Double SI)

[Reven]

True. Well, I would say that they would tie with DMC 1 Dante, not beaten him, but yeah. That was the kind of power level we are working with.

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Well that was why I said Mid. They were not beating Late game DMC 1 Dante and it would be a Joke to think they could face Sparda Dante vs Mundus.

However they kicked Phantoms ass something Early game Dante actually struggled with that and in the end couldn't actually kill it without outside help.

Also a good way to explain the difference between DMC 3 and 1 is Dante is not as flashy And is more efficient. Between Trish throwing his off his game and you know hunting his mother's killer and dads nemesis Dante was a serious as he was going to get.

On a different note I had this theory about Blue and Purple orbs to explain why Dante is not constantly maxed out or why he definitely weaker early game vs late game between instalments.

The orbs boost or a least its over max is temporary. Allowing you to push past to reach your current max potential and push past it safely.

However over time that let's say days or weeks later that overcharge would start to fade or condense. You'd be 25 or 50% stronger then your previous Max but your no longer overclocked as it were. This would balance the nature of orbs and why the likes of demons and power hungry humans don't abuse them. As there might be cheaper more long lasting ways to grow stronger but none give such a quick or potent boost.

This would have been bad news for the boys but thanks to their hybrid nature coming after they started boosting Their Max is much much higher then they started. Meaning the drop could be less leaving then at late DMC 3 Dante level which is still impressive mind.

 

[Yuki no Yue]

However they kicked Phantoms ass something Early game Dante actually struggled with that and in the end couldn't actually kill it without outside help.

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To be fair, they were in two against him. But I do agree with what you are saying.

The orbs boost or a least its over max is temporary. Allowing you to push past to reach your current max potential and push past it safely.

However over time that let's say days or weeks later that overcharge would start to fade or condense. You'd be 25 or 50% stronger then your previous Max but your no longer overclocked as it were. This would balance the nature of orbs and why the likes of demons and power hungry humans don't abuse them. As there might be cheaper more long lasting ways to grow stronger but none give such a quick or potent boost.

This would have been bad news for the boys but thanks to their hybrid nature coming after they started boosting Their Max is much much higher then they started. Meaning the drop could be less leaving then at late DMC 3 Dante level which is still impressive mind.

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I'm going to be honest here, we just used the orbs like in the game because, otherwise, we would have been dead by chapter 3. XD

This said, your theory does make sense.

 

[Reven]

To be fair, they were in two against him. But I do agree with what you are saying.



I'm going to be honest here, we just used the orbs like in the game because, otherwise, we would have been dead by chapter 3. XD

This said, your theory does make sense.

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Yeah sadly as helpful as the god is. It is still a greedy god. It's basically a drug dealer I want you to keep coming back for more time there is nothing left.

Cause as I said with the orbs apply to techniques as well. It shows you your potential gives you a taste of what you can do with proper training. But like with the orbs even the knowledge of techniques fade. Why Dante and Nero needed to relearn stuff like air hike and their stinger ability despite it being core extreamly useful abilities.

Maybe the Statue is willing to set the licenses to those abilities instead of renting them out?


Also it does take things other then red orbs if it helps don't forget proud souls! And maybe other things it might find valuable..

 

[Yuki no Yue]

Yeah sadly as helpful as the god is. It is still a greedy god. It's basically a drug dealer I want you to keep coming back for more time there is nothing left.

Cause as I said with the orbs apply to techniques as well. It shows you your potential gives you a taste of what you can do with proper training. But like with the orbs even the knowledge of techniques fade. Why Dante and Nero needed to relearn stuff like air hike and their stinger ability despite it being core extreamly useful abilities.

Maybe the Statue is willing to set the licenses to those abilities instead of renting them out?


Also it does take things other then red orbs if it helps don't forget proud souls! And maybe other things it might find valuable..

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For the statue I think we decided to go in another direction: what they sell is time. The time you have spent studying, preparing something, training techniques, etc.

After that, they work like normal skills and muscle memory, so if you don't use it, you lose them. Still, it would be a nice idea for a fic or a quest, as far as mechanics go...

 

[InZodwetrust]

I agree with your theory. To me, the statue just manipulates connects you to their variant in another timeline. A skill? In another circumstance, you actually trained for it. Increased vitality or magic (blue or purple orb)? In a possible timeline, you hit the gym/studied magic and got better.

 

[Yuki no Yue]

I agree with your theory. To me, the statue just manipulates connects you to their variant in another timeline. A skill? In another circumstance, you actually trained for it. Increased vitality or magic (blue or purple orb)? In a possible timeline, you hit the gym/studied magic and got better.

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Yep, basically. At least, that's how we see it.

 

[InZodwetrust]

Just wandering...

"He's taller than me, and that's a plus. He's rock solid under those clothes, which is also a plus. He has that bad boy with a heart-of-gold look and attitude that makes me shiver. He has what the youth of today call Big Dick Energy, and, honestly, it makes me want to find out if the advertising is truthful and the carpet matches the drapes."

That caused another roar of laughter to come from Nico, while Trish smirked and Lady blushed slightly.

"Then, what else? Well, he's faithful and loyal to his friends, dependable, has a stable job, seems just plain fun to be around, and would take no shit from me, which is a requisite, honestly. I'm a mess." And he leaned back even more, putting the elbows on the counter, completely relaxed.

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Couldn't Lady/Trish have asked how they knew that much details about Nero if they're from another dimension?

 

[Yuki no Yue]

Just wandering...

Couldn't Lady/Trish have asked how they knew that much details about Nero if they're from another dimension?

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Considering the situation, it probably only came to mind later. Time and place can play merry hell with a mind. Also, they were still worried about Dante and Nero adn maybe V, so there was that.

 

[Atma]

Traveling through the void between dimensions, especially when one wasn't a) accustomed to it, b) adapted to it, or c) protected in some way, was just an elaborate way to commit suicide.

So, to all metrics, Alexander's cobbled-together spell should have failed instantly or, if not, then only slightly later, rending him and Sol into Nothing. Not even dust.

And yet, the whole thing held. Held enough for them to see the light.

Not even metaphorically: it was a straight-up light at the end of what looked like a tunnel dotted with stars. And they were falling straight towards it at a breakneck speed.

Sol… Sol's last declaration had at some point turned into an abstract scream which, if one listened, might have heard the phrase "My brain is sinking into my feet!" just before the screaming began.

Yet, as the light grew nearer, their forms stretched and warped like the light until there was only light. The void between realms ceased to exist, and the light gave way. Darkening and intermixing with concepts, colors, and aspects of a different world beyond the past, they had made it through.

The duo reached the edge of this warped reality, which was a membranous, milky film over a window. And yet…their speed was more than enough to let them bypass it, making a tiny hole—comparatively speaking—that closed almost instantly behind them.

With a, luckily subdued, thump, they landed in an alley. As their vision swam back into a more corrected view, they could just make out several street signs hanging around and outside the alley. Some were in English, but most were in Japanese. Furthermore…

"Ouch. Wait. Something's different. What's different?" Alex's voice rose from his position on the ground, using his elbows to look around.

Sol was quiet for several moments before lazily raising a hand in the air, letting it fall, and raising it again. "I really, really hope we never have to do that again. My brain can't take the level of abuse a third time." He said before rolling over and trying to get up before collapsing.

With his face facing the concrete? "That's nice…" he continued, "I think that took way more out of me than I realized… I'm just gonna lay here for a while."

"No, no, get up. Something's wrong!" Alexander's scared voice was higher than it would normally be before he stopped. He was looking at a puddle on the ground to their side. It was in the perfect position to act as a mirror, thanks to the faint light around them.

"Sol… I think we may have been deaged."

That declaration made the other hybrid jerk up slightly before he shakily got up to his knees and looked at Alex. He was younger… huh…

"You are visibly younger," Sol said stupidly before noticing his voice was different.

"Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Doooooo." Sol grimaced as he tested something. "Okay, so my range is still what it was. I kinda hoped that I could actually hit some higher notes." He said before staggering to his feet before continuing.

"That must have been what 'paying time' was," Alex added, still looking at his hands and then at Sol before looking back down. A moment later, he passed his fingers through his hair, from the scalp to the tip.

"I still have long hair. And… Yeah, multicolored. Something's telling me that only our physical age has been reduced, not our physical condition. Point one: your arm. Point two: I'm still thin." He waved at Sol and then at himself. "Still, it doesn't make any sense. If anything, I expected we would get older, not younger."

"Do you think we made it home? Because if not, then I'm more concerned if this will be an ever-present thing and how much time we'll have to spend to counterbalance the price." Sol said warily while supporting himself against a dumpster.

"I just hope we aren't on Earth at the time we were this age. Also, I just realized that I don't speak a word of Japanese. Beyond being able to count to ten, anyway. And what little I know from anime. And I DEFINITELY don't read it." Alex said in response.

Alex stopped and looked around. "Do you think that being abducted into a pocket dimension full of demons, almost dying, being forced to become something different from a human may have caused damage to our psyche?" Alex asked.

"Don't go pulling an Angeal on me, man, because considering we didn't become raving lunatics like the Red Eyes, I'd say we're the pictures of mental health. Water may take the shape of its container, but it's not the container… or was that cats? I think I'm still recovering, honestly." Sol answered.

"Well, cats are liquids and… Yeah, ok, stop it. We'll know the moment we go to sleep inside a place that is at least semi-safe. Anyway, want to go out and see where we actually are? I'm guessing there's going to be at least a single internet cafè around here. And I think I can whip up a translator spell or something if we can find a ring, necklace, or… Hey, do we still have the loot from the jeweler?"

"I think I still do. It'll certainly help, but how's that going to work with customs? I mean, it's not like we can say, call an embassy or consulate, say, 'Hey, we just quote-unquote got kidnapped, and showed up in another country. Oh, and please, ignore the cosmetic differences.' Maybe we can find someone cool with forging and then go home that way?" Sol asked more to himself than Alex.

"I mean… We don't really need to do that? We can just… I think we can, at least… Maybe enter limbo?"

Sol raised a finger before lowering. "Right, keep forgetting that. Cool, cool. Well, we might as well enjoy the time we have here. Speaking of which, where exactly are we?"

"An alley." Alex deadpanned before chuckling. "Seriously, beyond being in Japan, I have no idea. Wanna find out?"

"Absolutely, I figured we earned this, hopefully, good vacation. Because, uh, then I feel we need to take things up with upstairs management." Sol responded.

Alex shuddered before starting to move towards the mouth of the alley. "Don't even joke about that. I'm not going… to…" And once he reached the main street, he stopped. Rubbed his eyes and looked again.

The alley opened up to a wide street with several crosswalks and heavy foot traffic. Things that would have felt at home, well at home. But what drew Alex's attention soon after Sol's was everything else. The buildings looked different, a little too new and clean; the technology in the storefronts looked very different, and attached to a big Jumbo-Tron showing something that was not something they thought they'd see. Two individuals with what could only be described as anime-hair facing off against each other… in a card game.

"Uh… I don't think we're in hell anymore." Sol said in bemusement. Alex, instead, reacted in a… vastly different manner.

"Oh, COME ON!"

End Of Part One​

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

And so our story ends for now, in a new world with different problems and different opportunities, one that many of you will more than likely recognize. Thank you all for joining us on this adventure, and join us soon for the next part of Blood of the Covenant.

Addendum: This finale was supposed to come out on Sunday, and for whatever ever reason, even though I had it here and everything, I did not press the Post option on any of the websites where this story can be found, so I am posting now. Consider this both a Trick and a Treat for the spookiest day of the year. Have a Happy Halloween everyone and stay safe.

 

[Nick Terakidan]

That's a whiplash alright, going from juggling enemies in the air to save the world to playing a children's card game to save the world

 

[InfiniteChaosRai]

Clearly enochian is gonna have some exotic interactions with the spirit world. Im just wondering what version they're in and if they get to meet Chadba and Rizzgi

 

[ZeX Zero]

Yugioh huh? I wonder which era are they in?

 

[Alian Weiss]

Yugioh huh? I wonder which era are they in?

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Hopefully, OG or GX.

OG for more Magic Shenanigans. GX for Slayer shenanigans in another dimension.

Hopefully they learn how to manifest cards through magic.

 

[InZodwetrust]

Thanks for the story. Hope you get along to write a sequel

 

[Yuki no Yue]

Thanks for the story. Hope you get along to write a sequel

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Same. The plans are there, we just need the time XD

 

[DavidMswdlvr2]

Well, that's a genre shift. Hopefully they can decompress a bit. Yugioh, however gets weird as time goes on, starting with Battle city it just escalates. I mean, Battle City has God Cards, then Anubis if Movie is canon. Talk about escalation. Then comes English Mind control druids, and it just gets wackier…

 

[Yuki no Yue]

Well, that's a genre shift. Hopefully they can decompress a bit. Yugioh, however gets weird as time goes on, starting with Battle city it just escalates. I mean, Battle City has God Cards, then Anubis if Movie is canon. Talk about escalation. Then comes English Mind control druids, and it just gets wackier…

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Look, the Academy for Duelist, I can see it.

The whole Motorcycle one ended in time travel: what the fuck? I mean, motorcycles were already strange, but the whole alien/monster invasion was a thing that no one had seen coming, afaik.

And the following ones just went even weirder. I genuinely lost the plot after a while.

 

[Darklight90]

Tbh I thought they were going to end up in Bayonetta, but I guess it makes sense they need something not as high stakes compare to dmc or Bayonetta. Still doesn't mean Yugioh doesn't come with it risk

 

[DavidMswdlvr2]

See aforementioned English Mind control druids, Shadow Realm in it's entirety, the fact that practically everyone that can use magic other than Yugi's group is batshit insane..