The battle with marionettes was like an adult fighting a child. They were completely demolished by the both of them. At this stage they could be considered as cannon folders but they served to get naruto's mind off his bad thoughts.
Destroying the last of the marionettes released the seal on the door.
Naruto sighed disappointedly as he glanced at the shattered pieces of the marionettes. Fighting the marionettes now was like a piece of cake since they keep repeating the same moves it made them easy to predict. Even the newest edition could barely make a difference.
Dante sheated Alastor on his back and said. "I'd be honest. I'm tired of playing with this toys"
"That makes two of us"
After leaving through the now unlocked door, they ended up in a small tunnel which leads to a room with a Divinity Statue and a stairway to the left. Heading down the stairs, they encountered three fetish which they quickly dealed with. Dealing with the fetish unlocked the sealed door at the end of the area.
They encountered marionettes in this area with a fetish accompanying them. Behind them a plaque stood at the junction of two paths. Naruto walk up to the plague to examine the words written on it.
Dante who stood behind him, watching his back asked. "What does it say?"
"It's a riddle of some kind. wait, let me read it out for you.
Valley of the mist. One must choose the right path to enter the lost land. Only those who protect the weak light shall have the power to decipher the right path."
Dante rubbed his chin contemplatively as he repeated the riddle in his head. "The weak light? what's the weak li..." before he could finish his sentence a small ball of light flew out of the plague drawing their attention.
"Woah." Dante dodged out of the way of the light as it zoomed passed him. "Fast"
He turned to look at the equally confused Naruto and asked. "So... do we follow it?"
"I guess so" Naruto shrugged as even he wasn't too sure.
"Alright then let's hurry before your ball of light disappears on us"
"Right"
They followed the ball of light onto the left path. Whenever the light passes near an enemy it will be absorbed by the enemy, forcing them to fight and destroy that enemy to liberate it.
The ball of light led them to an area with Sin Scythes, which they dealth with.
In this area, they saw the awefully similar to the area where they released the light in the previous area. This area looks like a carbon copy of the area they came from.
After leaving the area they stunbledupon another area which was home to a pack of Blades. The newest addition to Dante's devil arms, Ifrit, showcased it explosive power here. Against this lower demons, it was like taking candy from a baby.
The devil arm burnt them till they were nothing but ashes on the ground.
Naruto whistled at the amount of heat ifrit was giving off.
Once the blade were dealt with, the ligh led them to the exit the Canyon.
The light disappeared after leading them to the next area which is a large square and home to two kyklops which looked like stone versions of the phantom.
"Phantom babies?" Naruto raised a quizzical eyebrow as he stared down the kyklops that made strange noises as if angry at the fact that Naruto called them babies.
"They sure look like it but I don't think they are. If they really were the phantom's babies they would have lava bodies not stone bodies. They re probably two different species" Dante pointed out after studying the kyklops. From their aura he could tell that they are weaklings.
"In that case then we can't afford to waste anytime with them. They are just pests to be eliminated"
"Exactly"
Since there are two of them so they split them between each other.
Having fought and defeated the Phantom. This rip-off versions of it were child's play for Naruto. The kyklop fired a shotgun-like burst of boulders from it mouth which Naruto slice in two with purgatory.
"Too easy. How about we make this more interesting?" As Naruto said that the chakra cloak surrounded his body and he charged at the Kyklop with the speed of a bullet, merciless attacking it with series of lightning fast attacks. The Kyklop could barely keep up with him. It could only stand there and take his attacks before it ultimately crumbled to dust. Once the two Kyklops were defeated, they walk through the arch doorway.
The doorway led them inside a large greenhouse with a well-like opening directly in front of the door. Before the two could make sense of the situation they were immediately accosted by a new enemy, the Death Scythe. This is the most powerful of the Sin/Death enemies: it is virtually immune to firearms since it can twirl its scythe to deflect bullets. It largely attacks by diving in for a dashing swipe with its scythe, and can also shoot out red beams that place rotating circular signs on the floor: if they touch one of these, the person will be flung into the air by a tornado-like pillar that springs up under his feet and the Death Scythe will rush to his location to attack. The pillar will follow the person around after being triggered and keep tossing him into the air for several seconds if it can. The Death Scythe's head is the target as usual. And like the death scissors, it is capable of blocking.
"Another troublesome enemy" Naruto could tell from a glance that this demon was different from the rest of the small fries.
"Let's see what you've got!"