Dante didn't say anything after all the beezlebubs were killed as he had talked alongside Naruto. However, the smile on his face spoke a thousand words.
Naruto had calm down visibly after killing a large number of the beezlebubs.
Unfortunately after they left the hall the beezlebubs back into the main tunnel they found out that it was now filled with beezlebubs.
Naruto and Dante's eye flashed and with without an hesitation they charged at the beezlebubs.
The battle this time unlike before was much easier. The first battle with the battle with the beezlebubs had thought that a lot. So they knew that as long as the beezlebubs weren't given time to feast on their comrades they were very easy to deal with.
After defeating them, they make their way towards the door at the the end of the tunnel and unlock it using the rusty key. This leads into the second section of the waterways where they encountered a Death Sissors which is a stronger version of the sin sissors, one of the lesser demons they fought previously, wielding a massive and deadly pair of shears.
Just like it brethren, the ram's skull the creature has for a head was it weakness but unlike its lesser brethren, it is not particularly vulnerable to firearms.
"Why do I feel like this demons are trying to hard to compensate for a certain something?" Naruto scoffed as he stared fearlessly at the giant Sissors in the giant skeletons hands.
"I really do feel for it, all bones and no skin. Every morning must be a nightmare for it" Dante laughed as he twirled Alastor around.
The death Sissors seemed to sense them making fun of it and roared fiercely before erecting a barrier that entrapped the three of them preventing Naruto and Dante from escaping, not that they planned to do so anyway.
The death Sissors roared before it charged at them. As if by prior agreement Dante rushed forward to meet the death Sissors while Naruto pulled out limbo.
L imbo worked magic serving to cover for Dante who took the role of vanguard.
In its normal state, it attacks in a similar manner to a Sin Scissors, though it is far more aggressive. It typically either performs a forward slice or double-slice with its shears or spins them around itself: in the latter case it has a single-spin version and a move powerful variant where it spins its scissors around once, pauses, and then spins them three times quickly.
The Death Scissors cannot block while attacking, which was one of it flaws. Something that they took advantage of.
After taking a beating from Dante and Naruto, the Death Scissors' head becomes surrounded by flames: in this state the creature is invulnerable. It starts to spin around with the scissors held out in front of it, and perform its signature "corkscrew" attack.
"Shit" Naruto had a look of disdain on his face as the death scissors forced them to run around as it moves in and out of the barrier as it makes two or three rapid passes, each in a straight line, dealing damage to whatever it touches.
It appeared again, coming in for one final attack, which was blocked by Dante before it returned to its normal state.
Dante had a look of mockery on his face after the demon reverted back to it regular form. "Look at you hot shot. You have finally run out of steam. Well that's too bad" Dante laughed as he performed a hugh tine with Alastor sending the demin flying high into the air before mercilessly raining combos on it. Naruto almost felt pity for the demon, "almost!"
The demon was tough but with the two of the working together it was only a matter of time before it was defeated.
After killing the demon, the rest was a simple matter. They proceeded to the altar around the corner and pick up the "Guiding Light" which is a key with a sun like design.
Dante felt an electric jolt all of his body when he picked up the Guiding Light. Information of the key filled his mind pointing him in a certain direction. But as payment for the guidance, the now active Guiding Light constantly drains Dante's power.
"What's wrong Dante?" Naruto asked when he saw Dante's expression change after picking up the key. Was there something strange about the key?
"It's nothing" Dante shook his head. Although the key drained him of it power it was life threatening, in fact it was more like an itch. "Come on, let's get out of this dump"
While Naruto was curious about the key that Dante picked up he didn't hesitate to follow Dante when he heard his words. He didn't want to stop another minute in this sewer, he still smelled awful thanks to those beezlebubs.
The two of them returned back down the tunnels and head back the way Dante came in the previous mission. As Dante gets close to the door, the ground started to violently as if an earthquake was taking place.
Before either of them could question what was going on the phantom suddenly appeared from the other end of the corridor. Each step it took caused a small quake to take place.
"Die maggots"
"You again!" Naruto's expression morphed into one of irritation when he saw the phantom approaching them with big steps. He was already getting tired of seeing this cowards face. Wasn't this demon tired to being beaten up every time or perhaps it was a masochist?
Naruto's hand reached for his sword but Dante stopped him.
"We don't have time for that. Let's go" Dante said as he glared at the phantom. This demon was really determined to be a punching bag. It's very good at running away when things got bad but it just doesn't know when to give up.
Fortunately for it, he had more importantly things to do that waste time on a coward.
Naruto gritted his teeth and glared at the phantom. As much as wanted to deal with it once and for all, he knew that Dante was right. They couldn't waste their time fighting an enemy that was only good at running away.
But the phantom wasn't on the same page as them. It shot fireballs at them causing them to dodge while running. They managed to escape through a door at the end of the tunnel.
What's with that web head always showing up only to run away right after?" Naruto complained after they managed to escape from the demonic spider. He wished he could have just stayed behind for a few seconds to teach the giant spider a lesson or two about showing up uninvited.
"It's only a matter of time before he gets what's coming for him" Dante pointed out. He was also starting to find the phantom to be a very annoying demon.
"I sure hope so. Next time I won't let it get away" Naruto frowned. Despite his inner grievances he knew that Dante was right. It was only a matter of time before the phantom got what it deserves.
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