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Chapter 48 - The Virtues

At the third

Is been three weeks after Dante's Final battle with the Skyscraper. Life in the third dimension had been restored to it's normality. Chronos and the Skyscraper led the giants in Dante's stead. Chronos was able to repair the entire third dimension by reversing it to its previous state. The various Floors/Galaxies were bestowed upon a ruler each. Each Ruler was carefully selected from Dante's army and had the strength to rule over their floor. With this Peace and Stability was restored in the third dimension.

After Three weeks Dante had finally woken up.

Skyscraper:Master you have woken up.

Dante:Uh.. My head it hurts like hell. Can I get some water and food.

Skyscraper:Yes Master.

Skyscraper ordered the servants to cook their best meal and add lots of water for the King. After Dante had finished eating and regained his strength, he decided to test his power a bit.

Dante:Yo Chronos you would be able to restore an entire floor right?

Chronos:Of course. nothing is beyond my Power. but why ask this question.

Dante: Because am going to test out my power.

Dante stepped outside and stood at the boundary between the 49th and 50th floor. He took a stance,inhaled and exhaled a bit before releasing a casual punch which destroyed the entire 50th floor.

This raw destructive power shocked Chronos as he realised Dante had grown exponentially in his previous fight.

Dante: Awesome! Hey Chronos can we move on to the next training after you are done restoring this place.

Chronos:Hm okay.

Chronos restored the 50th floor back to it's original place and informed Dante about his next training.

Chronos:You will be training with my sister Destiny.

Dante:Huh! Destiny oh no

Chronos: She will be able to teach you the ways of Rin and help you become more powerful.

Dante:I know buh...

With this Dante had no choice but to train with Destiny. The strongest Sibling of The Overseers.

Dante and Chronos leaves the third dimension whiles putting Skyscraper in charge of the Third Dimension.

At the World were All Paths are made. This is the realm of Destiny. The most powerful sibling of the Overseers and someone who will become a turning point in Dante's life.

Destiny:So he was able to complete the first test and not that he completely took control of the giants. Beings that most High ranking God's lost their lives to. Even though is feeble I can still sense that little universe within your core.

Dante:huh!

Destiny:Rest for now we shall begin your training tomorrow.

Dante:But we can do it now?

Destiny (Chuckles):Rest.

The World were all Paths meet is an Entire Universe created and preserved by Destiny. I'm this Realm the concept of Time is irrelevant. This is because Time itself does not flow in this world. The World Were All Paths meet is like a book world which contains the destinies of every person or being to ever exist. These books are all managed and controlled by Destiny. With this Destiny has all the Knowledge of every person to ever exist as she writes that destiny for them. Therefore the power one would obtain in their lifetime, experience, fame, Glory,Wealth are all written by Destiny. But there are times when some people are able to defy their destinies and forge their own Paths. These people are called Singularity. Beings that defy the laws of the universe and possess unimaginable power. Destiny is also a nigh-omnipotent being but her power is obtained from the destinies of people. Also it was even rumoured among the Gods that Destiny is even beautiful than Aphrodite who is one of the most beautiful Goddess to ever exist. The Realm of each Overseer has the size of a universe and they are all created and managed by them.

Dante was Marveled by how beautiful and peaceful this Realm was. The sight of so many books some in shelves others floating in the air amazed him a lot. As Dante kept on exploring the Library he came across a book. This book contained Dante's Destiny itself. As he was about to open it, Destiny appeared behind him thereby preventing him from accessing the information in the book.

Destiny:What did you think you were doing? If I didn't stop you, you would have died.

Dante:What do you mean?

Destiny: Only high rank Gods and beings allowed by me can access a book of Destiny. Any other person will have their body and soul erased from Existence.

Dante:But am a God. I have even surpassed most of the Concepts.

Destiny:But your name is still recorded here which means you haven't completely broken free from the shackles of destiny that is why Chronos brought you here. Your Brother Asura is a being that has transcended everything and reached Boundless to keep it short he's a living breathing Multiverse on its own. That's why he left his body and exist in a plane that cannot be accessed by anyone due to his unexplainable and immense power except from The Living Order no one can even see him or communicate with him. And even you can't defeat just a hand of The Living Order.

Dante: Do you mean that My brother has reached the same level as my Father. I knew he would become powerful but not that powerful.

Destiny:Then now you know how long of a journey lies Infront of you. Your training starts tomorrow. Rest now.

Destiny Leaves the room causing Dante to start questioning his goal.

At the Realm Of Souls.

Yasuke: You guys came here earlier than expected.

Rebecca:Yes and this place shall be your grave.

Yasuke:hahaha I love sting women like you but you won't win this battle.

Rebecca launches a series of energy projectiles at Yasuke but he manages to reflect it all with his sword.

Yasuke:Why don't we separate everyone and start a one on one battle.

Yasuke draws his sword "Vengeance" and slashes a rift in space which he uses to send his members and Rebbecca members to various locations in the realm to participate in a one on one battle.

Rebbecca:Oh I see your plan now. It was always to split us up but for your information all these people were handpicked by the king himself therefore you made a mistake.

Yasuke:Oh no we didn't you guys miscalculated rather. Everything was predicted by our leader and even your death Rebecca Scarlet.

Yasuke appears Infront of Rebecca's field of view way before she could react. Due to this slit mistake,Yasuke was able to slash Rebecca's upper body. Rebecca starts to bleed profusely.

Yasuke:Hm why didn't you block or avoid my attack just now. are you looking down on me.

Rebbecca:I just wanted to gauge your strength and to my surprise is quite amazing but you are the one that will die here.

Rebecca's wounds immediately heals itself reverting her body to its original state but stronger than her previous self. Rebecca rushes towards Yasuke. He tries blocking her attack with his sword but Rebbecca vibrates her hand at such a frequency that it phases through Yasuke's sword hitting him straight in the face. Yasuke tries to regain his stance and Counterattack but he finds himself weakened. This was because Rebecca's attack debuffed Yasuke causing his agility, stamina and strength to reduce significantly. With this Rebecca was able to land a series of attacks and Energy projectiles at Yasuke severely injuring him. Yasuke falls on his knees bleeding and coughing. Rebecca steals Yasuke's sword.

Rebecca:What did I tell you you? This place will be your grave.

Yasuke:Funny.

Rebecca runs Yasuke's sword through his Chest ending him. After defeating Yasuke, Rebecca turned her back on Yasuke letting her guard down. With this opportunity, Yasuke used the power of the sword to revive himself and run Rebbecca through with the sword.

Rebbecca:H-how did y-you survive?

Yasuke: Didn't I tell you everything was predicted by our leader including your death. It was always part of my plan to let you stab me with the sword that was the only way to activate the sealing technique.

Rebecca: Sealing Technique?

Yasuke: Rebecca Scarlet one of the 15 special threat. Your power is not something to be taken lightly that was why the Leader ordered your immediate execution. This sword was bestowed upon me by the leader. Your power was a very important variable in our plan. Therefore we decided on two options is either kill you or seal your power but I decided to go with both.

Rebecca:I get it now you bastards already planned all this. Me stabbing you with the sword and you sealing my power. My Lord forgive me.

Yasuke destroys Rebecca's core and spark immediately killing her.

Yasuke: Let's move on to the rest.

On the other Battlefields, Noct had successfully defeated his opponent without any much struggle, same was with Sasuke,The twins,Arthur,Leo, Chrollo, Hanami and Jin. After defeating their opponents, They were all brought back to their original position.

Yasuke:Oh! I have been waiting for you.

Leo:Where is Rebbecca?

Yasuke: Can't you see her body lying there. I killed her just like how am going to kill you guys.

Leo(Enraged):You bastard!

Jin:Come down Leo! Since he was able to kill Rebecca he isn't someone to look down on.

Yasuke: Exactly also you guys did well when you fought against my members. Defeating them so easily but that was also part of the plan.

Sasuke:Plan!

Yasuke:We wanted to gauge and see each of your power that was the only reason you were able to defeat them but you made a big mistake.

Right after informing Noct's group about their flaw, The defeated opponents appeared at their location but rather they were all healed and stronger than before. Also Yasuke had brought back the remaining members of both army. As they were about to engage in an all out war, a large voice struck in.

Stop it said. The voice of this been struck like lightening. The force from its word froze all of them and rendered them immobile. It was as if a sword had been placed at their throat. After hearing the voice, Everyone looked above and what they saw surprised them immensely. There were seven Celestial Beings gathered around a huge battlefield observing everything that was going on.

Yasuke: So all this time we were just playing in their field. Those damn God's.

Noct:So these are the Virtues. The Guardians of the Soul stone. Members of the Order of Gods.

Seraphina starts to laugh about how stupid these Humans are and implies they should kill them for their impudence.

Archangel Michael who is the Leader of the Virtues disagreed and brought a proposal.

Micheal: Is been a long time since we saw these toys fight for something. Why don't we test them a bit.

Raphael: Won't it go against our rules afterall we will be interfering in their lives.

Micheal: Don't worry The Living Order gave us the opportunity to interfere in the lives of Humans once they enter our realm and these fools did.

Uriel:So What is your proposal?

Micheal: Is simple they should each remove seven members from their teams to engage in a fourteen man battle. The winner will be rewarded with the soul stone.

Methatron: This is absurd. The stone was bestowed upon us by Order if we disobey his command it could mean the end for us.

Micheal: He won't react just listen to me siblings. Now then you creatures should start choosing your participants before I change my mind.

Yasuke looked at these beings and saw how weak and feeble he was in their sight. These are beings that rule and defy all laws,time, space and Reality. Beings that could wipe them out of existence with a thought. And due to the Restriction placed by the god's on humans it would be useless to even fight them in a Mortal body.

Noct looked at Micheal without flinching. This drew Micheal attention to him. Upon seeing Noct and Sasuke he giggled a bit and said, "This fight will be interesting". Raphael rearranged the entire battlefield as if they were chess pieces. He then casually created the hardest substance in the universe and used it to build the arena and stand. After everything had been set in place, Micheal gave them some time to Choose their Fighters.

Team A(Rebbecca Team)

Noct

Sasuke

Jin

Chrollo

Leo

Hanami

The twins

Team B(Yasuke's Team)

Yasuke

Liriel

Nacoya

Hermey

Fenmenor

Galakir

Galanodel

Micheal:The rest of you can sit on the stands. Also you guys can fight to your hearts content as no one can be killed in this arena so entertain us okay. Now then with everything in place May the Soul Tournament begin.

The first people to take to the stage were Hanami and Hermey.

Hanami: Let's just give it our best okay.

Hermey:Just die already.

Hanami:Our fight will be legendary.

At the Palace of the King of Avilor, A mysterious man cloaked in black entered the King's chambers.

King:Let me guess this was also part of your plan Athanir.

Athanir: Hello Cain son of the first Man. is been a very long time.

Cain:It really has been.

Will Dante be able to pass his test with Destiny? Will the Noct's group be able to secure the soul stone? How would their Tournament unfold and What's Athanir motive?

To be continued