I slowly walk through the dungeon, back to the portal and pop my knuckles and neck. I take a quick look at myself to notice I'm covered in dried blood and that my clothes are ripped up pretty badly. I put on the ring and gauntlets I got as a reward and walk through. As I exit the cave, I see everyone restraining Vex and everyone yelling. They don't even see me, so I sigh and stomp my foot. A shockwave knocks everyone back and the ground crushes under my foot.
I see everyone staring at me, shocked and confused. Several people look at each other, then back to me. Arthur walks up, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek, and lays his hand on my shoulder.
"Dante, how did you escape the dungeon? Did you find a way out? Or can you just leave an X-Class dungeon whenever you want?"
He asks as I glare at him.
"Who pushed me into the gate?"
I ask calmly as Vex speaks up.
"It was one of the guys from The Reapers. I tried to go in after you, but they wouldn't let me."
He says as I push Arthur aside, his feet dragging through the ground.
"And how long was I in there?"
I ask while walking towards the man with the skull mask. Vex speaks up again.
"About a second. They just quickly grabbed me and started shouting that you were as good as dead, then you immediately walked out."
He replies as the man with the skull mask pulls out 2 daggers from behind his back.
"Dante, I'm not sure what kind of trick you used to escape the dungeon, but you still won't be strong enough to defeat me."
He says confidently as I hold out my hand.
[Telekinesis 10].
I watch his body float off the ground as he laughs and throws his dagger at my face. It hits my cheek, but instantly bounces off.
[-2,000 HP]
[+2,000 HP]
His laughs quickly become muffled yelling as he floats higher and higher. I release him once he's about a mile off the ground. I stand under where he is and hold HexCalibur straight up and smile. After a few seconds, his other guild members run over and start attacking me, but I still just hold the sword straight up.
"You're starting to annoy me, get lost."
I say angrily as they continue to attack me and attempt to pull me away from where he's falling. As he starts getting closer, I notice he's fallen further from me than I initially thought. I quickly jump forward, then straight up several hundred feet and slice him in half.
"[Teleport 2]."
I instantly appear back infront of his other guild members and glare down at them. One starts to run away, but I jam my sword through his head before he can take a full step away from me. I swing my sword through the side of his head, almost taking his head off in the process. The force sends his body about 20 feet back as he rolls to a stop, blood pouring from the massive chunk missing from his skull.
"Y-you're a monster!"
The other member yells as I quickly grab his throat with my free hand and smile.
"And who do you blame for why I'm this way?"
I ask calmly as he starts punching me in the face, but no damage numbers appear. I sigh and crush his throat before throwing his body over a hundred feet away. Merlin suddenly leans over and vomits. Arthur quickly runs over.
"Merlin! What's wrong?!"
He yells, clearly concerned.
"That isn't Dante. There's no way. No way. No way."
He murmurs to himself as he falls back and stares at me with wide eyes. As I walk towards him, he holds out his staff.
"[FIREBALL 10]!"
A small wisp shoots towards me, but I quickly step to the side as it flies beside me. As it explodes, I see Modred lunge forward and hold out his sword. As the flames reach his sword, they instantly vanish. Arthur quickly grabs Merlin.
"What makes you say that he isn't Dante?!"
He growls as Merlin speaks up.
"Level, five-hundred and ten.
Health: three-million, one-hundred ninety-two thousand.
Strength, one-hundred and three-thousand,nine-hundred twenty.
Agility and Reflex, twenty-one-thousand seven-hundred and ten
Speed, sixety-six thousand and fifty.
Constitution, twenty-one-thousand.
Intelligence, one-thousand three-hundred and twenty."
Silence sweeps the entire area as I hear someone speak up from a tree.
"Oh wow, those stats seem pretty impressive. But, I'm still just trying to figure out why that dungeon hasn't closed yet."
He says as everyone, including me, looks over to him. A man with a white cloak and a white mask with horns watching us. Merlin speaks up.
"No, that's even more unbelievable. All stats are zero? That's impossible."
Merlin says while staring at the masked stranger. He points to his mask.
"No, this mask just hides my stats from others. But maybe someone can explain why we have three stats dedicated to movement? Like, why not just categorize it all under dexterity and call it a day? Just doesn't make sense to me."
He says as I stare at him.
"Who are you?"
I ask, ignoring his question. He sits in silence for a moment.
"I don't really like people knowing my name, but I guess you can call me Zero."
I stare blankly as Blankk laughs.
"Hey that's a lot like my name."
Blankk says as Zero laughs. He sits down on the branch and points to me.
"So I'm assuming you took down that X-Class dungeon by yourself?"
He asks as I nod. Almost everyone around us gasps and starts staring at me in shock. Zero laughs as he stands up and holds out his fist.
"To think, there's someone else in this world that can solo an X-Class dungeon besides me. It gets me fired up!"
He says loudly as he suddenly appears behind me and pats my shoulder.
[-2,000,000 HP]
[+52,500 HP]
My eyes widen as he chuckles. Before I can say anything he speaks up.
"And before you ask, I felt someone with awesome power suddenly appear. It felt a lot like someone I know, so I came to see who it was. Unfortunately, you aren't who I expected to see, but I am curious of your name."
He says as I quickly spin around and slam my hand onto his shoulder with everything I have. The ground under us cracks and break, but he doesn't even move as I speak up.
"My name is Dante."
We stare at each other for a moment before he laughs and easily pulls my hand off his shoulder.
"Well, Dante, I'll be seeing you around. When you get stronger, I'll be excited to fight you."
Zero says as he throws up a peace sign.
"I hope you can show me some new things to let me grow even stronger."
He mumbles as he vanishes.
Everyone stands in silence, not even nature making the slightest of sounds.
I'm still not strong enough. Why? Why is there always someone above me?
I stand in silence as I hear people walking around. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Vex staring deeply into the black portal.
And is he competing with me? Why does he want to keep dying? What power does he seek, and why does his resolve feel so much stronger than mine.
I think to myself as Vex looks over his shoulder to everyone then steps into the portal.
"Vex!"
Azeroth and everyone starts to run in, but I move in front of them before they can move.
"No, I think he can do this. He proved he's capable last time, we shouldn't have to wait too long to see him again."
I mumble while glaring at Arthur and Merlin.
"But I do need to get some facts straight in the meantime."