COOKED, BABY!! (literally...)

Gaia, Lazuli, and Sylphiete were watching from afar as Dante fought the Drake. Gaia sighed and said, "This boy is unexpectedly strong. I thought this was going to be more difficult for him. I had to put a Drake to make it more complicated..."

Sylphiete said, "Yes... At first, I thought the same. I could notice his physical power, but unexpectedly, he can become stronger quickly... Also, he can use that strange chaotic energy to increase his power. It seems that the more he grows, the more his power increases."

Lazuli said, "He killed my mermaids quickly... He's fast and strong... He seems more promising than Nasha, doesn't he?"

Gaia sighed and said, "Yeah... Probably. This guy is unpredictable."

Sylphiete sighed and said, while looking at Dante in the distance with curious eyes, "Yes... Unpredictable. I hope this doesn't end quickly, it would be a bit boring."

Gaia said, as she looked at Dante in the distance, "I'm sure she's going to do something exaggerated. She's always like that, even with Nasha..."

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{Dante POV}

I quickly dodged the drake, the ground shaking non-stop as huge columns of earth came at me like snakes. I avoided a column by a hair's breadth, then jumped away and saw the drake running towards me quickly. Its speed was incredible, even for me.

I jumped onto one of the column-like snakes and ran across it. As I ran, I saw the drake jump towards me. I dodged its large jaws and quickly kicked it in the head. The drake's head crashed into the ground, and the ground sank, cracks spreading like cobwebs.

The drake roared, and Earth Mana began to emerge from its body. The brown energy came out like a furious tornado, and suddenly, a huge hand of earth grabbed me tightly.

"AARRGG!" I growled, feeling the giant hand trying to crush me. I gritted my teeth and used even more demonic energy, my body becoming stronger. I used all my strength, and the earth hand exploded, destroyed into pieces. I quickly jumped into a crimson magic circle and flew like a crimson rocket, squeezing Rebellion in my hand. I nailed Rebellion into the drake's forehead, and it roared as the ground began to shake non-stop.

I pointed Ebony at its eye and said, "Sorry, lizard!"

I began to shoot non-stop, infusing Ebony with more powerful demonic energy. The drake began to move erratically, its eyes now just one shattered eye, blood pouring out.

"Haha! That's it--" Suddenly, I felt immense pain in my arm, and I gritted my teeth. The drake had bitten my arm. I quickly put Ebony away, not wanting to open up a dragon's stomach to retrieve it.

I jumped away and gritted my teeth when I saw a bloody stump instead of my arm. "You... damn lizard..."

This garbage... Son of a...

I gritted my teeth in anger, using demonic energy. The energy began to take the shape of an arm, and in seconds, my arm regenerated.

"Okay, now I'm angry," I said, no smile on my face. I quickly jumped towards the lizard, dodging its column attacks in the air. I landed on the drake's back and nailed Rebellion into its back. The drake began to roar in pain, but I took out Rebellion, repeating the action. Blood poured from its back, and I took out Rebellion and got off the drake's back. I saw its paw and smiled.

I squeezed Rebellion hard and attacked its paw with force, infusing it with demonic energy. Rebellion got stuck in its flesh, and I used all my strength, roaring as I cut the drake's leg. Its paw flew into the air, and blood splashed on the ground. I quickly kicked the drake in the side, and it staggered, crawling a few meters. I pierced its stomach with Rebellion, and the drake fell to the ground, roaring in pain.

"Shut up, lizard!!" I said in anger, hitting the hilt of Rebellion with my fist, driving it deeper into its stomach. The drake began to roar in pain as it tried to move. I moved towards its tail and grabbed it tightly. "It doesn't have wings, doesn't it? WELL, TIME FOR YOU TO TRY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FLY!!"

I gritted my teeth and lifted the drake, spinning it a few times before throwing it into the air. The drake flew into the sky.

I quickly saved Rebellion to my inventory, and the sword appeared in my hand. So, it doesn't matter if I'm far from my weapon. Well, this is OP and quite useful.

I jumped like a rocket towards the drake in the air, squeezing Rebellion hard and stabbing the sword into its other good eye. My sword pierced its eye, and the drake roared in anger. I quickly pulled out the sword and stabbed it into its forehead again. The dragon roared, but its roar began to stop quickly, and it went still.

"You finally died, huh..." I said with a smile, looking at my arm that had regenerated. A part of my clothes was torn from the bite.

I sighed and looked at how we were plummeting towards the ground, a big forest visible in the distance. Well...

I jumped off the drake's corpse and fell a distance away, landing on the ground with a sigh. "Well done!"

I stretched my arms and looked at the blood-stained Rebellion. I used a little energy, and the blood disappeared quickly.

"Okay, I'm done with this..." I murmured, sitting on the floor.

Gaia appeared, emerging from the ground. She looked at me and said, "Well, you passed the test, now comes the most difficult one. Our tests are... easy... The one now is quite complicated, well, have fun!"

Suddenly, reality changed again, and now I was on a big volcano. Yes, this place looked like a damn volcano, and I was sitting on... a crystal that prevented me from falling into the lava?

"Oh, you finally arrived..." I looked in one direction and saw the fire elemental. I stood up and said, "Well, I guess this won't be easy, right?"

"My name is Ruby, and now comes my test... It's easy, fight me," she said with a smile. Wait, fight a being that could be considered a possible demigod?

"Ah... Is it necessary?" I said, confused. I think this fight will be very complicated if it really happens.

"Calm down, I will lower my power so that a victory is possible for you," Ruby said with a smile. Suddenly, the volcano began to tremble, and the lava rose to the sky. I looked at Ruby, seeing her shine a little.

"Ready, now. My test is a simple fight, get ready..." Ruby said with a smile, and suddenly she disappeared. I felt an absurd pain in my chest, and I clenched my teeth. In less than a second, I crashed into a part of the volcano, inhaling quickly. "Shit... That hurt like shit!" I said with a pained smile.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed my face and slammed me into something hard. I gritted my teeth, feeling my face burning. She's fucking fast!! It wasn't that she got nerfed or what the fuck!?!

"Hey, is that all? In the other tests, you did everything easily. Weren't you someone who does everything super easy?" Her voice irritated me, haha...

I quickly used Rebellion and cut her hand, but Rebellion passed through her like something intangible. I jumped away, touching my head, which hurt a little. "Haha... Yes, yes... When I have the power to obviously win easily, I like to have fun, but this looks more serious than I thought. Time to stop joking..."

She could be made intangible, and Rebellion passed through her easily as if she were trying to cut fire. I sighed and said, "I think I'm a little cooked..."

Suddenly, a buzz of danger warned me, and I quickly blocked an incoming attack with Rebellion. Her fist hit my sword with force, and I flew away like a blur, crashing into the ground hard. My hands were shaking, but luckily my sword withstood the attack. "Wow, that sword is very durable, my hand hurts a little..." Ruby said, smiling wildly and massaging her hand.

I jumped up and said, "Thanks for the compliment."

Dozens of magic circles appeared in the air, and I jumped onto a crimson magic circle, starting to jump between circles quickly. "That's it? I thought you had a more interesting ability..." Ruby's voice sounded next to me, and a knock hit my shoulder. I went flying and crashed into the glass floor, which didn't break at all. Shit... My back...

I jumped up, and Ruby appeared in front of me. "Hey, could I get some rest?" I said with a small smile. She smiled and said, "Nope!" A blow to my stomach made me fly like a rocket, and I fell to the ground, jumping up just in time to avoid a stomp that made the entire volcano tremble.

I quickly moved away with another jump, using the demonic energy in my body. Ruby's fist quickly appeared in front of my face, and I narrowly dodged it, wincing in pain as a part of my cheek was burned to a charred crisp, but it regenerated quickly.

I punched her hard in the stomach, feeling like I was touching her, but she was like an immovable mountain. Suddenly, a punch to my face made me crash to the ground, and I gasped from the force. I felt like my back was breaking into pieces. I quickly moved away with a quick movement, feeling the muscles in my back burn and destroy. Shit...

"Come on!! Show me that cool power of yours!!" Ruby said with a big smile, her hair burning like wildfire. I sighed and said, "Damn, it hurts like shit..."

I needed to prove something. I quickly ran towards her, reaching her side in the blink of an eye. I clenched my fist without demonic energy and hit her side, but my fist went through her body. So, the demonic energy allows me to hit her...

I quickly dodged by a hair's breadth a blow that caused a flare to destroy everything in its path. The heat was so intense that it seemed like the air itself was going crazy. I used energy in my fist and quickly hit her back with all my strength, and this time, she moved. She was dragged back a little, but it was good progress.

"Not bad... You were able to move me at least a little. How about this?" Suddenly, reality began to change, and this time, we were in the sky, plummeting towards a huge lava pit. I looked below and saw an absurdly huge pit of lava, with Ruby falling next to me. I dodged a kick from her that created another flare, filling part of the sky.

"Could you stop exaggerating for just a little while?!" I yelled as we plummeted towards the huge lava pit. She yelled, "NOPE!"

I used Rebellion as a shield, and a blow hit me, sending me flying even faster. Quickly, a crimson magic circle appeared, and I planted my feet in it, jumping in another direction to get away from the huge lava pit. In the distance, I saw a large green forest, but suddenly something grabbed my clothes. I looked at Ruby, who was grabbing my shirt hard. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING, FRIEND!?!" She yelled, and I flew towards the huge lava pit, my shirt destroyed. Great! That shirt was my favorite!!

A blow to my face made me come to my senses and stop the stupidity.

I felt my face burn, and I saw Ruby smile as she prepared another punch. I quickly moved my head and dodged, but a flare of fire burned the hair at my side a little. I quickly cut Ruby with Rebellion, infusing it with demonic energy. She covered herself with her arm, and I saw a small cut on her arm, but it healed immediately.

COME ON!!!

We were seconds away from falling into the huge lava pit, and I could feel the intense heat even from this height. I quickly used a magic circle and jumped away from Ruby, more crimson magic circles appearing. I used them to jump even faster, needing to get out of here!

While jumping, I looked in the direction of the green forest in the distance. I squeezed my legs with all my strength and jumped towards the green forest like a rocket at maximum power, even feeling my body burning from the absurd speed. Close!! NEAR!!

I was very close to my goal, but suddenly I felt something very hot behind me. I turned around and saw Ruby with her fist raised to hit me. "Hey, stop!! Crazy bitch!!" I screamed, covering myself with Rebellion again. Her blow sent me flying to the forest floor, and the ground sank quickly. Ruby continued to swing her fists with a savage smile, and I felt my hands immensely hot, smoldering. Even the ground seemed to melt.

"DAMN CRAZY!!" I screamed as she continued to hit my sword, my back hurting like crazy. Plus, the ground kept sinking, creating a huge crater.

THINK!!! THINK!!

With each blow, I felt like my chest was going to break into pieces. I looked at her fists quickly, examining them. A blow lasted a little less than half a second, and I thought I might have time. I filled my body with demonic energy, to the limit!

I made Rebellion disappear, and I saw Ruby's eyes slowly narrow. I quickly made Rebellion appear, the sword infused with demonic energy and piercing Ruby's stomach. She looked at me in surprise and said, "That was unexpected, I admit it."

I quickly raised my sword and cut Ruby vertically in half, then jumped away. I looked around and smiled a little nervously, a huge crater all around. This woman really hits hard.

I watched as Ruby casually recovered, moving her shoulders and saying, "Well, not bad, kid. This is more fun than with Nasha..."

Nasha?

I dodged another blow that destroyed everything behind me, then quickly used Rebellion to cut her chest. Instead of blood, intense fire poured out. She smiled and kneed me, and I covered myself with my arm, flying far away. I felt my body go through the trees, the splinters sticking in my wounds. I stuck my feet into the ground and stopped flying, sighing. This woman is a damn crazy woman.

She reminds me of Mereoleona...

Ah!

It's true, I'm an idiot!!

I exhaled and held Rebellion tightly, infusing it with demonic energy. Rebellion glowed with a slight red light, and I inhaled, getting into position, sword in hand. Swordmaster...

Time to use the full potential of this style The energy that emanated from Rebellion began to increase, and even a crimson energy began to come out of my sword. The air became more ferocious, and the trees around me began to tremble as I concentrated, concentrate...

I looked into the distance as Ruby ran closer, each step sinking the ground and melting it.

Concentrate...

Closer...

Closer!

She appeared in front of me, and I focused my eyes on her fist, which was aimed at my face. I grabbed Rebellion hard and ducked in time, dodging her punch and cutting her chest quickly. An X-shaped cut appeared on her chest in less than a second, and Ruby looked at me, smiling from ear to ear. I quickly dodged a kick that destroyed the trees behind me, then appeared behind her in the blink of an eye, cutting her back. She leaned forward quickly.

Without hesitation, I ran my sword through her back, and she grunted a little. "So you want to play like this, right?"

Suddenly, something made me fly back, and I stabbed myself into the ground to stabilize myself. I covered the intense, tornado-like air with my hand, watching as a sword of crimson fire appeared in Ruby's hand. She got into a position similar to mine and said, "So, Mr. Swordsman, do you want to try my little sword?"

I sighed and also got into position. "I'll ask you something... Do you like Fast Fire or Slow Fire?"

She said, "What does that mean?"

I smiled and said, "You're going to be cooked, baby!"