Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 387 Mission: 14-3 Sedation Therapy
Different road non-phase plan.

This is the invisible wall between Virgil and Nero.

"Dante..." Virgil looked at his brother who was watching from the sidelines as if asking for help, but sadly found that he was already standing on the other side of the street, blocking Virgil's retreat.

For Virgil, this was an extremely painful and hateful betrayal.

"Are you...really going to stand on her side?" Virgil demanded.

Dante didn't move, but just lowered his head slightly, and his expression couldn't be seen clearly.

He lifted the pendant on his chest, the bright red magic stone gleaming. "Virgil, do you remember this?"

"...The pendant that our mother gave us last is proof that we are brothers."

For Virgil, this is also proof that Dante should be on his side.

"It's also something that can channel our strength."

Dante added. With Nero's help, he had managed to remember everything. Sparda had given him the sword, and Eve had given him the pendant. Together, these two gave Dante all the power he possessed as a Nephilim.

"Yes, that's why!"

"So do you still remember?" Dante asked him, "What Mother taught us, along with the power, how to use the power."

Love and conscience? Virgil didn't want to understand what Dante was saying.

"I don't know what you want to say! You are my last relative, and I am willing to share everything in this world with you - isn't that enough?"

Dante sighed, shook his head slightly, and his voice hardened.

"Now, it is my turn to protect the freedom of mankind, Virgil."

"Is the reunion over?"

Nero stepped forward, interrupting the brothers' conversation. For Virgil, who had reached a dead end, it seemed that neither Dante nor Nero's words could save him from his quest to dominate the world.

Then, we can only use force to make him surrender first, and then talk about persuasion later.

They didn't have much time; they had to set off again before Mendes, who had just erupted, calmed down. And since Virgil had shown up, Nero wasn't going to let Virgil go. She'd have to wait until the Mendes situation was resolved before dealing with it. She didn't want to have to search the world for help, and she didn't have the time for that.

She took action again.

"hateful!"

Facing the oncoming Nero, Virgil swung his sword at his side, creating a separate version of himself made of magical energy. This dark blue shadow drew its blade, spun forward, and instantly appeared in front of Nero, slashing across his back.

"Stop getting in the way."

Nero spun her scythe, the blade sending the shadow flying. She then transformed her weapon back into a staff, imbuing it with demonic power, and dodged to catch up with the floating clone, seizing it and smashing it straight down to the ground.

Two consecutive crashes echoed, shaking the earth. Without drawing the sword from his staff, Nero simply used the hard, rounded tip to pierce the shadow, tearing the ground apart.

“It’s about time we surrender,” she said, charging at Virgil once more. The cane and the scabbarded Yama Blade collided heavily from above, creating a gust of wind that tore through the rain. “I don’t want to destroy this neighborhood.”

Of course she would say that, after all, she had protected this city with great difficulty.

However, to Virgil, this statement of "I've got you beat" was the most serious provocation. He opened his eyes wide in anger, blocked the attack of the cane with his scabbard, and immediately grasped the hilt of the knife.

The clear sword light swung in a circle in his hand, and Virgil unleashed his inner energy, rippling blue waves around him. The unsheathed Yama Blade spun a circle, then, after using the scabbard to deflect Nero's attack, brought it down with a thud.

In Virgil's hands, the powers of angels and demons fully demonstrated their distinct characteristics. Magical power was often released directly from the body, used to launch powerful attacks; while angelic power filled the blade, stimulating the weapon's inherent strength.

This strike clearly utilized even more magical energy. The immense magical energy enveloping the blade transformed into a dazzling radiance, slashing down with immense force, like a landslide.

Nero was not to be outdone. He wrapped the weapon in his hand with magic power, turning it into a sword as tall as a man, and collided fiercely with Virgil.

The impact and explosion echoed with the collision, shattering the neon lights hanging on the wall. Nero, who had retreated half a step in the collision, gathered phantom swords and aimed at Virgil.

At the same time, Virgil made a similar move, his body enveloped by spinning phantom swords, seemingly attempting to prevent Nero from approaching.

Both sides were on the verge of a clash. Nero's phantom sword precisely locked onto Vergil's retreat, colliding with the phantom sword guarding Vergil. However, Vergil's phantom sword was inferior in quality, forcing him to raise his sword to block, thus avoiding injury.

"It's been so long since I awakened my power."

But it seemed that this Virgil was not very familiar with his own strength, nor was he good at fighting. Nero did not say the second half of the sentence, but everyone present could basically hear it.

For Virgil, this was a matter of course. To conceal his Nephilim identity, even after awakening his Nephilim powers, he had only ever used firearms to fight demons. This meant that this battle was indeed his "first real combat" as a Nephilim.

Under this negative influence, and considering that Virgil's true strength could not be higher than Nero's who had fully awakened his power, his defeat was naturally a foregone conclusion.

In a hurry, Virgil drew his sword and shattered Nero's phantom sword. The power penetrated the space and formed a dense sword net that covered the front, trying to stop Nero's pursuit.

But this very idea was flawed. Countless sword flashes obscured Virgil's vision, preventing him from seeing Nero's movements. Then, a flash of cold light pierced the rainstorm, shattering the layers of sword light and splitting the dark night in two. Then, a dense swarm of phantom swords pierced through the fading sword light and appeared before Virgil like a swarm of bees.

He quickly raised his sword again, and the dense rain of swords shattered the heavy rain. This became his fatal flaw.

Because Nero had come through the heavy rain and appeared behind him.

A thin, long, and sharp sword blade, like a cold and poisonous needle, appeared in front of Virgil.

But the direction it appeared from was from behind Virgil.

The blade's light faded, and only then did Virgil belatedly feel the icy pain. A pure white, shimmering night mist clung to the blade, pouring continuously into Virgil's body.

Nero used a method very similar to that of Mendes before, infusing the transformed angelic power into Virgil's body and suppressing his power.

"Just... go and calm down!"

As he said this, Nero reached out and placed his hand on the back of Virgil's head.

The bird-shaped mark left by Eve flashed with light and disappeared with Virgil.

(End of this chapter)