Chapter 23:

Three days passed in a flash and today was the day of the match. Dante was sitting in the ORC building with Akeno, Rias and her peerage, and Sona with her peerage. They were all worried, but Dante didn't do anything to pacify them, one thing he learned in his life; actions will speak louder then all the words anyone could ever speak. Not to long after Grayfia showed up, "Dante-sama, here is a talisman to reach the arena, I will be taking the heiresses to their respective families. I also have a request from lord Sirzechs-sama, please go easy on Riser if you can help it and try not to kill him." Dante gave a wry smile, "Tell Zechs that I will try but if he pushes the wrong buttons then I make no promises." All Grayfia did was nod and handed Dante the talisman, "See you guys on the flipside" and without another word tore the talisman and vanished. Akeno gives a sigh but walks over to the magic circle that Grayfia has prepared praying to Lucifer in her heart for Dante's success and safety.

After Dante tore the talisman, he soon appeared in a large coliseum, in the stadium around him he spots devils from all 72 houses, the 4 devil kings, three seraphs from the angel faction, his uncle Azazel and a few other Gregori leaders, along with a few gods from different religions. "Aww, all this show for little ol' me? I flattered. Now would someone mind telling me where the fried chicken is? I have a date planned with my girlfriend after this and don't want to make her wait to long." Dante was as chill as ever and ignored the hatful looks, he was getting from some of the Phoenix family members. After about two minutes Riser and his peerage appeared on the other side of the arena and Grayfia was now in the pavilion that was at the highest point standing in front of the devil kings,

"This is a register bout between Dante Michels Gregori and Riser Phoenix. The winning conditions are if Dante is unable to continue or if all of Riser's pieces including himself retire. May the match BEGIN!"

After Grayfia started the match Dante didn't rush forward, he simply put Rebellion in his right hand and Ivory in his left. Riser's 6 pawns all rushed Dante, a set of twin lolis tried to hit him with their chainsaws but Dante just sidestepped them and shot both in the back of the head.

Grayfia: "Two of lord Riser's pawns retire."

Dante didn't stop there he used his high speed and knocked out all the rest of the pawns.

Grayfia: "Four of Lord Riser's pawns retire."

Dante looked at the two rooks approaching but didn't do anything but put away Ivory and Rebellion and pulled out Beowulf. When they approached him from opposite sides the one on the left threw a punch and the right one a kick. Dante didn't seem fazed and responded with the same kind of attack but compared to what the devils expected Dante stood firm as a mountain while the rooks went flying and crashed into the walls of the coliseum.

Grayfia: "Two of Lord Riser's rooks retire."

Dante continued to walk forward; his eyes still locked onto Riserstill having a chill expression even though he already beat 10 people. Both of Risers knights tried to rush him in parallel but Dante just pulled out Yamato and did a four air slashes in their direction. Riser in the back started laughing and commenting about how bad Dante's aim was until he noticed that after the slashes the knights stopped moving. *Clink* when Dante sheathed Yamato two x-shaped cuts appeared on each of the knights. Riser along with everyone in the stadium were shocked, Dante had a blade that didn't need to make contact to cut. Dante didn't seem fazed by their reaction and just used Ebony and Ivory and shot the two bishops in the head.

Grayfia: "Two of Lord Riser's knights retire. Two of Lord Riser's bishops retire."

Dante kept moving forward undisturbed by the constant curses coming from Riser. Dante barely spared Risers queen a glance before shooting her in the head before she could react. "Now its just you and me Riser." Dante's words were calm and collected just like how he was during missions.

"You bastard, I am Riser Phoenix, and we phoenixes are invincible. You know I looked into you before this match I must say your deceased mother is quite the beauty, I may have to trade my sister's bishop piece and make her my bishop so I can enjoy her luscious body. It will be a pleasure to watch as her mind slowly breaks and after I am done I will give her to one of the cheaper brothels and after about five or six years I will bring her to you just so you can watch her die, hahahah!" For once since this matched started Dante's feet stopped and his expression turned cold as his formerly relaxed eyes radiated anger.

Seeing this Azazel freaked out and started yelling at Sirzechs.

Azazel: "Oh shit! Sirzechs, I am telling you right now, amplify the shield right now and they may still hold! We need to evacuate anyone under high-tier high-class right now because they may not survive otherwise!"

Sirzechs was shocked by Azazel's outburst. "What could possibly cause you to say such things?" Sirzechs was curious.

Azazel: "Because that foolish Phoenix just pissed off the strongest Nephilim to ever exist.

Before Sirzechs could comment he felt a heavy pressure from the coliseum.

Dante was looking at Riser but while his face was cold, calm and collected his eyes were radiating power and rage. Suddenly Dante's shadow split in half and there were now three of Dante, the original in the middle had glowing purple eyes, the clone on the right had glowing red eyes, and the clone on the left had glowing green eyes and was wearing the boosted gear: scale mail armor which was a red armor with draconic features and green orbs on the body.

Purple/Green/Red: "Thy that would oppose the king/emperor.

Purple: I who shall rule.

Green: I who shall awaken.

Red: I who shall annihilate.

Purple: I am your chosen successor,

Green: I am the heavenly dragon that stole the principle of domination from god,

Red: I am the one cast out by heaven and feared by hell,

Purple: I am the one who shall rule over all and kneel to none,

Green: I laugh at the infinite and fret over the dream,

Red: I am the born of a demon and a miracle,

Purple: I call upon my brothers and sisters of Lucis,

Green: I shall become the Red Dragon Emperor of Domination,

Red: I swore to uproot the underworld and tear down the heavens,

Purple: Show the damned the might of a king,

Green: And I shall sink you in the depths of crimson purgatory!

Red: May you all die in the chaos of Damnation!

Purple: Answer my call and come forth!

Purple: KINGS OF LUCIS!

Green: JUGGERNAUT DRIVE!

Red: NEPHILIM DEVIL TRIGGER!

When the chants were finished the Dante in the middle was adorned with a silver armor that had twelve metal wings coming out of the back and was decorated with different runes. Behind him were 14 different figures each holding a weapon of some sort, they were the 14 kings of Lucis! Dante was standing in front of them with his hands resting on the hilt of a sword that seemed as if you had split two swords in half and made them one. On one side of the sword was pitch black and on the guard it had a demonic skull with a horn protruding out, on the other side there was a bright metal sheen that seemed to radiate pure energy with the guard having an angel wing, but in one thing is for sure all that felt the pressure of that sword felt almost an obligation to kneel to it and its wielder even the gods weren't spared!

The Dante on the right looked completely different, he now had a set of horns that curved around his head almost like a crown, his skin looked draconian with a metallic sheen, but was colored a dark red almost black and his eyes were golden, his chest seemed to have a split that showed a line that divided his chest and did open outlines of his abs radiating a golden energy but what really stood out were his 24 wings, on his left were 12 white angelic wings, and on his right were 12 wings that were a rustic red like his body but were shaped similar to a dragons wings. In his left hand was a scythe that had a blue sheen that radiated holy power while in his right hand was a large sword that almost seemed to be made out of stone instead of metal that had an aura of death like it had seen so many battles that it could be forged from the blood it had spilt,

The Dante on the left grew to be a massive dragon standing around 30 feet tall with bright green eyes and orbs along his back, arms, legs, and tail. He too had 12 draconian wings There was also a massive orb on his chest. He let out a massive roar that shook the stadium.

Suddenly all three Dantes spoke at once, "You have desecrated the name of my mother and for that you will pay with your life Riser Phoenix." Before Riser could even think all of the Dante in the middle along with the kings and the one right started to run towards Riser while all you could hear from the dragon was

[BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [WELSH DRAGON LONGNIUS SMASHER!] and the green orb on its chest opened up to release a laser. Riser's body minus his head were vaporized! His phoenix body kicked in and he regenerated but his face was pale, at that moment the Dante in the silver armor arrived and cleaved him in half from shoulder to waist. Once again, he healed but it was only in time for another one of the silver armored kings to slash him again, this repeated until all 14 kings plus Dante had cleaved him at least once. At this point Riser had been lacerated, bisected, decapitated, evaporated, cut, cleaved, shot, impaled, and straight up butchered by the time the kings were done. He thought after the kings he would be alright only to see the remaining clone of Dante staring down at him holding the holy scythe and demonic sword. "It is time for you to die." Before Riser could try and plead for his life Dante stabbed his demonic sword into Riser's stomach and he could feel his phoenix powers fading, "W-w-what h-have you d-done to me?" he asked weakly. Dante gave him a smirk, "You don't deserve the powers of a phoenix so I removed them from you, now you will feel everything just like everyone else." As he finished talking and before Riser could beg once more Riser shouted out in pain as Dante slowly slid the tip of his scythe across Riser's legs, arms, and chest. Dante slowly falayed Riser with the scythe. After he removed all of Riser's skin minus his face in one quick motion, he castrated him and removed one of his feet. He then slowly split the leg in half and removed it from the main body, he then proceeded to do the same to his other leg and then to his hands and arms. Now all the once great Riser Phoenix is now a skinless, armless, legless, plump up flesh. Dante gave Riser one last cold look that would haunt him even in death at he slowly carved out his heart and to finish things off he cut off his head. "That was for your comment about my mother you piece of filth." Was all Dante said as he used a simple fire spell to disintegrate what was left of Riser's 'corpse'. When the screaming died down and Riser finally died the whole stadium was quiet as Dante's clones gave him a nod and went back into his body. Feeling tired Dante called out Nevan who started to massage his shoulders.

Sirzechs was the first to recover and felt a cold sweat as even he a devil king felt pressure, a Nephilim with the Welsh Dragon Emperor and an unknown sacred gear that conjured those metal 'men', that was a combination that was unheard of until now. Giving Grayfia a nudge she managed to recover and say, "T-t-that is the m-m-match. W-w-winner, D-D-Dante Michels Gregori." Dante looked at the Phoenix family and said, "I suggest you raise your children better because I may have to accept an extermination request, I have been declining for the sake of the stability in the underworld. *Looks at Azazel* My dear uncle, I shall meet you at home." And with that Dante gave a nod to them and a half-assed bow as he recalled Nevan and pulled out Yamato and decided to give them one last shock as he cut the space and walked through it. No one said anything as their brains couldn't quite comprehend what just happened.