[Author Note: Thank you all for your votes, and Garrosh shall be Khorne's newest Elder Daemon, and even being one of the biggest rival for several big warbosses later on, which includes the Prophet of the Waagh, Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, but he won't replace the Boi, Old Bale Eye, himself Commissar Yarrick. Again, thank you n i hope you'll enjoy this chapter.]
(General POV)
Location the Warp, the Neutral Space-The Infinity Fountain Resting Place
The Void Gate, floated in front of Tzeentch, opening a swirling vortex of blues, giving a large sphere of blue, sky blue energy representing the essence of SkekSo, the Third Elder Daemon of Change, then fourteen smaller spheres of daemonic energy of Tzeentch's new Greater Daemons, the Skeksis.
Lastly a "small" violet crystal, in comparison to their size, Laharl immediately recognized the iconic creation of the legendary, Jim Henson, the Crystal of Truth aka the Dark Crystal.
Tzeentch took it all, into his very being to later summon them all into his realm.
Tzeentch started to laugh, and be cheery as even in this far from the world of Thra, he could feel the despair, indirect prayers and pleads of the Gelflings, Podlings, Arathim, and even that immortal seer called Aughra, for the Crystal to return to Thra.
Not only was the life-force of Thra, but also the Darkening was being redirected and absorb by the Changer of Ways, he felt his real body taking full advantage, of this growing surge of power and souls, he'll be restored much sooner that he originally imagined.
That's when Khorne, cleared his throat Tzeentch got the message quickly and clear, "hurry up" & "stop messing around" Tzeentch chuckled a bit more, before apologizing to them.
It truly felt like handling a immature or smart-ass brat, when dealing with their younger brother...but at least Tzeentch, has obtained not only a new Elder Daemon, but also quite possibly new Greater Daemons considering what the Skeksis are basically tzeentchian already they just didn't knew it, until the Scheming God went to claim them.
Now it was time to claim, Bob Barbas, and considering the flow and timeline of the DMC, game the only time for Tzeentch to intervene and collect Barbas would be, just at the end of his battle with Dante, a few moments before Dante deals the final blow...as the Infinity Fountain awoke again, and started showing them the start of the battle between Dante and Barbas.
(Bob Barbas POV)
Location the DMC World-Earth/Limbo City: The Raptor News Network Headquaters/Central Penitentiary the Warden's Tower
This accursed little, bastard of a Nephelim was worse than a gnat buzzing around my desk.
I manifested in my truth form, I my citadel of power, laughing as my digital flames burst around me, looking at the Son of Sparda I said, "This is Bob Barbas. Just doin God's work." he smiled and looked at me, as he said, "Hey Bob. Put a spin on this." flipping me off.
I calmly replied to both the masses and the Nephelim, "My personal view on the terrorists is that they are disgusting, degrading, ghastly, sleazy, purient, and generally nauseating... The worst of them is Dante. The whole world would benefit greatly by his nonexistence." my threat and promise quite clear to him, as he pointed at me and replied to me, "I'm taking you out the air!!" shifting in my sit, I said my last words to the prick, "You think so? I wouldn't bet on it, you little shit!" and thus our fight began.
I fired a round of lasers, and energy grids to kill him, only for him to jump over or through them, despite my laughing at his foolish struggle, I didn't expect the prick, to be smart enough to attack my nodes.
He jumped over another sets of energy grids, as he unfortunately was still targeting. My exposes power-nodes that the Spawn of Sparda, quickly rush to one of them and smash his demonic battleaxe on them, I yell unleashing a expanding shockwave of energy, causing a feedback!!!
It was painful and quite difficult to restore the condition of my digitalize body, while I glitch and spasm in pain, I caught a glimpse of Dante rushing towards me.
Before he could cause me more damage, as he latched to my left eye, I open a breach into the city pier, and using the television monitor around the pier, I summon hordes of demons to kill him, and while I recover from the feedback that the halfbreed caused, I began to report and manipulate the human masses.
Reporting the live broadcast from the Raptor News Copter, I told the masses, "What we have here is some truly shocking, footage of the terrorist, known as Dante; at the Bellevue Pier, recently." I began spinning and defermenting the little shit, as I continued, "So what do we know of this Dante? Several people have just come forward and investigators have pieced together a shocking history of violence. At age 8, he attacked and killed the head nurse of St Lamia orphanage..." I continue reporting my truth, to the humans, as Dante waste energy fighting my minions.
As I finished my report, "And worse of all, he was also well know cruiser in the seedier of the city. Rampantly spreading, sexually diseases of the unholy kind." only for Dante, to chuckle and mess with me, by responding with, "And ain't that the best kind, Bob?"
I groan in agony and discomfort, as Dante jump back into my domain, but at least I'd had enough time to restore the node he crash, and was ready to fight again.
Roaring at him, as I started laughing and mocking him again, attacking with a new wave of energy fields to destroy him.
Only for him to dodge my attacks, and focus on my nodes again!!!
Each one he crashed, sent a surge of feedback and pain to my being!!
We've battle for a while, and I'm starting to get worried this abominable, spawn of that accursed traitor, might actually beat me!!
If I don't do something, I might lose, and if I'm lucky to survive this little prick, Lord Mundus will surely punish me!!!
At that moment Dante hit another power-node, causing another feedback, stun and unable to defend myself as he did the same thing and latch to my other eye.
Again I send him to another part of the city, through a breach, and using demons to weaken him, while he fought against them, I slander him more with the false testimony of some human girl, painting him as a sadistic, bloodthirsty, psychopath.
Once he deposed of all my demons, he returned to my domain, again I restore myself and linked three nodes this time to my core, but as this battle progressed I grew increasingly more worried.
That's when I decide to target Dante's heart, I showed him a recording of SWAT having located and are currently storming his friends' little hiddy hole.
As I saw the look of despair on Dante's face, I decided to drive the stake deeper, with glee I reported that his two closest companions, were also in the compound, Dante's emotions must be going wild.
This is my chance to kill him, and claim a great reward from my lord, and master Mundus, as I finished my report and psychological attack on Dante saying my favorite phrase, "just doin God's work." reverting to my digital form, I roared at Dante again and this time I'll kill him!!!
...but it didn't work as I originally planned.
Dante fueled by rage, was more aggressive in his attacks, even with mine being more faster and constant.
He still avoided them with ease, and struck at my power-nodes, once another feedback occurred from him smashing the third active node, I was stun and defenseless as Dante rushed at me...this can't be, Lord Mundus, help me!!!
As I was helpless to stop Dante, as he ran at me with his sword ready to strike me...when I noticed he was frozen mid-run.
Then all my floating screens, started to frizz and glitch, with blue colored symbols and glyphs, appearing on every monitor.
I couldn't move, I couldn't speak or do anything at all, I couldn't feel my connection to the monitors, then all the glyphs and symbols to into one singular, large symbol, it looked like a sphere, bracketed by a strange, twisting sigil.
Then those monitors started to bleed...pouring out blackish blood, and some screens began to crack and break, as tentacles, or spiked arms, or pincers ending limbs, or even maws ranging from some having rows of teeth or beaks emerged from the screens.
Then from the countless monitors, only nine remain somewhat intact, coming together to form a three by three megascreen, then a massive flash that blinded me, came bursting from these screens.
Then as the light was fading, Dante was gone and I realized I been forced back into my human form.
I check my body, saw there wasn't anything wrong, I looked around and realized that I'm still in Limbo, within my citadel but...twisted...
It looked like something that either H. P. Lovecraft or the guy that made the Aliens would do. (Regardless of the Devil May Cry series, is basically a demon hunter in a modern world, and DMC despite being crap and reckoned its basically the most in insink with current time...for the year it came out...and so it stands to reason, that a demon that specializes in media would know about, media, pop, and novel culture.)
I tried to leave Limbo, but couldn't as the eldritcg blue, indigo, pink, and every shade in-between them, was started to spread and reach out towards me, I panic a bit as started to walk backwards away from it.
But it only speed up in it spreading, and to get me, so I tried to access my demonic power and my hands burst in cubical, red and orange data like flames, I smile as this meant I could still use some of my power, and that of course meant whatever this shit is, well it's effed.
Pointing my arms forward, I blasted a stream of digital flames and neon green beam at the lovecraftian crap!!!
I heard painful hiss, from all that I hit with my powers, I started laughing at it suffering I wasn't going to lay down and die against this crap...but it seems I spoke too soon.
Then this thing, started ignore my attacks, almost as it changed somehow.
I keep on attacking these things, when they sprang up at me covering in this crap, and forcing me down to my knees only exposing my head, looking straight ahead.
Then I saw it, from the nine intact monitors a glitch happened followed by the laughter of countless vile demons, and their silhouette etched in the static of the nine screens, then those demons faces started to synchronize forming a massive demon face, that spoke as one.
It spoke in countless voices, saying, "Such defiance...such potential, wasted on one leashed to an unfitting master." this demon, dared insult Lord Mundus!?
I thrashed and struggle in greater strength, against this lovecraftian bull, only for a pinkish blue tentacle, to wrap around my ankles, body, wrists and neck as a clear sign of dominance and if I make this demon angry he'll kill me, and quite possibly in a worse way that, that Nephelim, Dante would have ever done to me.
This demon told many things about Mundus, I originally didn't believe it, until it began showing visions of several futures all aligning to one comon one, that in comparison to that freak the Succubus, (Still to this day, that thing insult everything that represents a succubus on media, games, and books what was DMC devs smocking when they design that demon!?) he was truly a disposable pawn, if they've won, he'd use his whore, Lilith and the Spawn she was carrying to replace me as grand manipulator, and warden of Raptor News Network/Prison, all cause she said, "It be a perfect position, for their baby." and they get rid of me!!!
Me, a loyal follower that has been with Lord Mundus, before that bitch even tried to worm her way into Mundus bed, I was soo filled the rage and fully believe these vision because they were through the eyes and feelings of my future selves. (Let be real, all depictions of Mundus he is a grade A ahole, especially when he did Griffon, dirty like that in Devil May Cry 1, and more.)
I thought my loyalty would count for something, as I thought this the voices laughed at me, and said, "Mundus is by all means a false God, Barbas. All he cares about is himself, and a spawn destined to fail him. Even if Dante fails to stand against him, Vergil will rise as the new Lord of Hell and the Demonworld. It is a cycle, without change...without you." before I could asked this demon what it meant, the same tentacle that held me, bound and unmoving touched my forehead and showed soo many wonderful and great things.
From true immortality free from the shackles of death, as well as worlds filled with soo many souls for me to devour and damn, along with manipulate to my demonic heart's desire, planets with technology that eclipses what is on Earth, or Hell.
Offering this and much more, then it showed me the ending that awaits should I refuse these gifts, Dante beating me and causing me to have power glitch that enable me from reacting to that brat's final attack, shooting me in the chest and heart with his guns.
This daemon...this God, that revealed himself as Tzeentch, was greater in everyway to that weak fool, Mundus, that at the end of the day is going to fail.
He never even discovered that Sparda, didn't have one but two sons, even with his obsessing with ridding the bloodline of Sparda, he never actually accomplished it or will, Vergil does more damage to the Sparda name that he ever did over this centuries.
Tzeentch was a real God, worthy of worship and loyalty to, he is offering whole worlds to manipulate and corrupt in the name of Change and Manipulation, all I have to do is accept and forever be loyal to him alone...looking at the monitors, I said, "I, Bob Barbas, swear to follow and serve you my Lord, for all of existence. This is Bob Barbas, doin God's, a Chaos God's work." with my oath of fealty done, the monitors flashed a couple time before pouring the magical powers of Change and seaped into my being.
I gasp as I never felt such power before, I alone could destroy this puny world...but my fate requires me to be in another place...
(General POV)
Location the Earth/Human Side-The Raptor News Network Headquaters; Studio
Dante rushed at Bob, ready to kill the f-er, when a burst of power blasted him out of limbo, and back into the human world.
Dante grunted as he shuke his head, and started to stand up, realizing that he was in Raptor News Network Headquaters, standing right in front of Bob Barbas.
Getting out his previous stunned state, he pulled out his guns and shot at Bob who stood there unfazed by the bullets, this surprised Dante, as he started to unload his gun clips onto the anchorman/demon.
But none of the bullets hurt, the newly ascended and transformed Elder Daemon, Barbas smiled as Dante kept on shooting for a while, when clicked his tongue and reached for his greatsword, running and jumping straight at Barbas.
Who had yet to move, or spoken a word since the start of Dante's bullet flurry, once close enough Dante swung his Rebellion, at Barbas only to be shocked when the anchorman daemon, was unharmed infact Dante's sword swing phased through Bob's body like it was a hologram or something, but Dante knew that wasn't all his gunshots from before did make contact with Barbas' body, so he couldn't understand why his sword didn't hit him.
Dante started to swing his Rebellion, again and again in a brutal and fast barrage of sword attack...which didn't do anything to Barbas, who stood there arms crossed and looked at Dante, as he desperately tried to kill Bob Barbas.
Finally Dante got desperate, he perform one last powerful, downward slash straight down the head of Barbas, which again phased through the fourth Elder Daemon of Change, and struck the floor instead.
Bob looked at the tired and gasping Nephelim in front of him and said, "Your done? Good. My turn." with a swift right straight to Dante's face, the Son of Sparda was blasted away with such a powerful punch, that punch made his grip on Rebellion lossen and the greatsword fades away, as Dante was knocked across the room smashing through both the table and camera, stopping when he hit the wall.
This made latest Elder Daemon of Tzeentch, smile as he did a quick hand gesture and neon pink colored binding wrapped around Dante's body, especially his neck, choking him as he was pulled out the wall and floated over to Bob.
Looking at Dante who just a moment had him at his mercy, now struggling to free himself and breathe, Barbas said to him, "Got anything to say now, punk?" Dante is a choking and strained voice responded, "Yeah...I got some something to say... Fuck you...and the comb-over too..." Bob shuke his head, as he said his last words to Dante, "Always have to have the last lick in, huh? Whatever. If you weren't needed, so this shitie world can progress and change, I'd just kill now...so goodbye, bastard." Barbas punched Dante again in the stomach, it was so strong a punch that Dante coughed up blood and fainted in front of Bob Barbas' feet.
Sastified at the sight of the beaten Dante, at his feet, Barbas decided to honor his Dark God, and provide some drastic needed change and Chaos, to the world before leaving.
With a hand gesture, the camera repaired itself enough to work and for Bob Barbas to give his last and greatest news report in his dark carrier.
He did his usual introduction and revealed the truth of the world, the existence of demons, angels, halfbreed, as well as them being tyrannical control by a demon name Mundus, showing all proof and evidence to the masses, as well as using his drastically enhanced power to break the veil that made demons invisible to lesser minds.
The results were everything that he, and his dark master wanted, the panic, hysteria, chaos, and unexpected change.
The ones most shocked by this reveal, were Vergil, Kat, and Vergil's followers of the Order, not only them but Mundus and Lilith were shocked that Barbas would dare betray and basically destroy everything they have worked towards on Limbo City, for years.
Mundus was about to strike at Barbas, when his demons started to attack everything including him and Lilith, he couldn't command them and Limbo City is in utter chaos for all, like stated before Barbas was pleased with the outcome and he could feel Lord Tzeentch was too, before leaving Bob said to the panicking and hysterical masses, "This is Bob Barbas. Signing off. Just doin Daemon God's work. Goodbye, and embrace uncertainty, unpredictability, and change." as a blue rift opened behind him, and he walked through it leaving the Earth (DMC World) in chaos and anarchy.
Location the Warp, the Neutral Space-The Infinity Fountain Resting Place
With that done, the Void Gate opened a rift that produced a glitching, blue sphere of energy that represents Bob Barbas' essence to Tzeentch, who quickly collected and absorb into his being to summon him, SkekSo, the Skeksis, and the Castle of the Crystal along with the Dark Crystal.
With that Laharl contract with Tzeentch was fulfilled, and he most likely gained Tzeentch trust at last to start, forming something of "stable" brotherly relationship between them all.
Before they left, Laharl stopped and spoke to Tzeentch, "Before you leave little brother. There is some things we have to talk about." Khorne and Nurgle were surprised by this, and curious what would they have too...then they realized what, the Dark One, was about to yell the Trickster God, Nurgle spoke up, "Brother!! Are...you...sure...we should...reveal...those...things to...Tzeentch now?" hearing this caught the Scheming God's attention.
Laharl calmed his brothers, worries stating that what their patron wanted for them, if they want to go to other worlds, both sighed and grumble, saying "fine" as Laharl started telling Tzeentch about their Avatar, Ixion Daemonhart, their Gate to the Multiverse, and the Multiverse itself and soo much more, all the while in the realm of Tzeentch, an uninvited and unwanted guest was intruding...