Dante POV:
"What?." I ask with a shrug at their face of disbelief.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Superman exclaims Horrified!
"'Why? ' Look around us. If I had spared the grey motherfucker, he would come back, and again and again, until he won, speaking in coming back." I say this before opening a black hole of demonic energy.
And the black hole absorbs Darkseid's body and blood, then explodes, releasing only ash.
"Try to clone that!" I said before, turning to the loser side while ignoring the heroes
"Your God is dead!" I shout, making sure that they can hear me.
"You all have one choice now: surrender or join him in death." I say, while my voice gains a demonic tint at the end.
The army of Darkseid stops for a moment.
Seeing this, Dante prepares to raise his sword but is interrupted by something that he truly wasn't expecting.
All of the army of Darkseid bows to him.
"All hail, Lord Dante!" They bellow out
And with that, I freeze.
"Fuck my life." I swore out
Man, this isn't what I had in mind. I thought that killing Darkseid and some of his most trusted lieutenants and sending the rest back with a lovely reminder to not fuck with Earth would be enough.
But now they see me as the leader because I killed the motherfucker.
Fuck
I have to think
I can see that they are all looking at me, some with hate and others with lust.
Jesus Apokolips is full of masochists.
There are those who stand apart, and those are
Stennpenwolf, Granny Goodness, and Darkseid's son Kalibak
One is a Darkseid bitch, the other is a vile, manipulating bitch, and Darkseid bitch as well, and the other is the definition of daddy issues in god form.
There is no way in hell that those assholes will surrender this peacefully; they will probably attack me when my back is turned, and Kalibak will charge at me blindly in rage when I am not looking.
I just need to get the timing right, and I will be able to deal with all three in one go.
That's one thing that is interesting about my abilities: as I am half demon and half angel, I can see and feel auras of power and divinity.
All of those 'Apokolispsions', some of whom feel like regular gods, others lesser gods, and some just plain demigods, exemplify the parademons. Parademons feel like a recycled piece of mortal soul mixed together, making them horrible in many ways.
I can feel that Darkseid's aura has died, but I can still feel a powerful aura that is matched in power with Darkseid's.
"Come out now, Izaya."
Third-person POV
And a boom tube appeared in front of Dante and the surrendered Army and from it came a bunch of people:
"You guys are definitely a long way home." Dante says to newcomers:
"Greetings, Lord Dante." Highfather greets diplomatically, making Dante snort.
"Please, Azaya, let's spare the pleasantries and go to what you truly came out here to do." Dante says, while rolling his eyes at the game that Highfather was playing, that he sure has the funny and carefree side of Dante but too much of the analytic and cold side of Vergil to deal with politics.
"Very well, do you pose a threat to New Genesis?" Highfather demands Dante, who rolls his eyes at this
"No, I don't; I only involve myself with Darkseid because, first, he had it coming; second, he blew up my building and was killing innocents, so that's why I deal with the asshole all right, and as long as you guys keep your asses on your little planet, you won't have to fear any attack from me." Dante explains himself and turns his back to them, done with this conversation.
But what he didn't see, or just plain ignored, was that Orion didn't like that Dante treated them like nothing more than nusinace.
Orion walks furiously toward Dante as he finishes his conversation with Highfather.
"Listen here, you little shit, we will not accept this type of disresp-."
Dante bitch-slapped Orion using his wing by forming a fist on the tip, making Orion fly a few meters and smash to the ground, coughing blood and moaning in pain.
"Listen here, bucket head, I already sent your daddy to the afterlife, and I have no problem whatsoever sending you to spend some time with him, all right." Dante inform/mocks Orion
Seeing this Highfather already, he began to apologize for Orion's behavior, but before he could utter a word, Dante raised his hands to stop him.
"There is no need to apologize, Izaya; I kind of like your people; they aren't as self-absorbed as the old gods, so I don't take offense to this." Dante tranquilizes Highfather
Highfather released a breath that he didn't know he was holding. Getting the people of New Genesis into a conflict with the Son of Sparda and Eva would be very detrimental to their lives. With that in mind, Highfather doubled down on his resolution to have a good relationship with this being.
"There is something more, Lord Dante." HighFather tells Dante, which makes him look backward and curious.
"And what would that be?" Dante inquires
"You have done an outstanding act for the people of New Genesis, and I personally thank you for defeating Darkseid once and for all. You have done something that I couldn't do, and for that, I grant you any wish; anything that you desire will be given to you." Highfather says this with a voice full of conviction and gratefulness.
"Oh, you are making me blush." Dante says he put his hands on his face like an anime girl, making all the heroes and people at home have sweat drops. The surrender enemies and those from New Genesis didn't get the reference.
"But seriously, anything?" Dante asks Highfather, who nods in affirmation. Dante stops and thinks for a little before a thought comes to his mind.
"I know what I want.." Dante tells Highfather, making everyone tense waiting to hear what he wants, Orion, who was on the ground in pain, was sure that would be some kind of weapon; he wasn't a fan of Dante, and after the bitch-slap, it is safe to say that he hates Dante's guts now.
Mr. Miracle, who was silent all this time as he was scanning the battlefield looking for the woman that he loves, was hoping that Dante would not go down the same dark path that Darkseid did; he still has nightmares about the tortures that he suffered at Darkseid and Granny Goodness hands.
Highfather was on high alert; he gave his word that he would grant any wish, but he hoped that Dante would not be a Darkseid 2.0 and ask for a world or anything of that kind.
Dante was having the time of his life watching everybody panic at what he would ask. Yeah, he can be that petty.
"A Motherbox." Dante simply says that breaking the tension completely
"A Motherbox?." Highfather asked hesitantly, as this was what he had in mind; this was actually really something so simple that any new god could offer it to him.
"A Motherbox." Dante afirms that, Highfather don't wanting to gamble with his good luck, just snaps his fingers, and Motherbox appears on his hand.
He gives Dante the mother box, who examines it.
The Mother Box begins to circle Dante, seemingly observing and scrutinizing him.
"Hi!" Dante greets the Mother Box; the Mother Box frezzes as Dante directs her.
"My name is Dante; do you want to be mine, Mother Box?" Dante say's a bit shyly at the box while scratching the back of his head.
To anybody watching, it just looks like a young boy asking his crush on a date.
The New Gods just watch in incredulity.
'Did he just ask if it wanted to be his?' Highfather and Mr. Miracle were thinking the same thing; Orion would be thinking the same if he wasn't so preoccupied about how his jaw somehow feels off.
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The box responded almost like a ping of happiness and joy.
And start to circulate Dante like a 5-year-old on a sugar rush.
Dante laughs at the way she acts. Dante extends his hand, and the motherbox flies to it. Dante holds the motherbox and gets an idea. He starts to pump the motherbox with a fraction of Nephilim energy.
A blue and redish energy starts to go from his right hand into the motherbox, and she starts to absorb it. The mother box starts to glow in the same colors as the energies; her colors, which had been originally a dark red and orange, are now a mix between a scarlet red and a cold steel blue.
The Motherbox finishes her evolution and starts to fly around Dante in happiness and flies to his coat's inner pocket, which prompts Dante to laugh at the behavior of the box.
The New Gods have their jaws on the floor; they never saw a Motherbox act like that.
Seeing this, Dante just gives them a grin and nods his head towards Highfather.
"Thanks."
"You welcome?." Highfather trails off, still a bit confused about the scene that just occurred.
Dante looks at the companions of the Highfather.
Orion is trying to sit and, at the same time, trying to glare at him, but failing at both.
And Mr. Miracle is looking around, like for someone.
'Oh, wasn't he married or something like that to Big Barda?' Dante thinks
"Hey dude." Dante says to Mr. Miracle, who turns to him wide-eyed at being addressed by him.
"You are looking for a tall, intimidating, mommy-style woman, right?" Dante says this as Mr. Miracle blinks at how Dante just described Big Barda.
"She is over there with the other furies, and don't worry, she is not hurt; I made sure." Dante says while jerking his thumb to his right, making Mr. Miracle release a breath in relief.
"You have my gratitude, Lord Dante." Mr. Miracle thanks Dante and sprint to find the woman that he loves.
Seeing this, Dante turned to Highfather with something in mind.
"Hey, there is one more thing I wanted to ask." Dante asks Highfather, who nods at Dante to proceed.
"Can you help me here? You see, they kind of surrendered to me, so can you help sort this out as the New Gods and Apokolips are kind of your area of expertise?" Dante asks Highfather, who nods
The image of Dante had changed in Highfather's mind. At first, Highfather feared that he would be worse than Darkseid. After that, he thought that Dante would be a ruffian who only thinks with his first, but now he sees Dante as a very powerful being with resolutions and even humble objectives. He just wants to give up the ownership of Apokolips right off the bat because he just doesn't want to deal with them.
He didn't fight and kill Darkseid for some ulterior motive; he killed him simply because he deserved it and because he had attacked his home. As simple as that, he is a person who doesn't want to deal with political plots or dominating planets; he just wants to do his own thing and doesn't want to be bothered.
But he knew that if the man got angry, he would be a scary adversary, whether in a battle or in the long run.
His eyes look at the fallen figure of Orion. He is one of the most powerful New Gods, the son of Darkseid himself, and it took one punch from Dante for him to fall down in pain.
"You can count on me, Lord Dante." Highfather answered with a nod of acknowledgment at the request.
Dante shares the nod, as a look of understanding and even shared respect hovers between the two.
However, the peaceful situation is broken as an enormous, hairy, and even beastly man shouts and jumps in the direction of Dante.
"FOR DARKSEID!!!." Kalibak shouts as he launches himself towards Dante with a gigantic war hammer in his hands. Highfather and the others try to intervene, but Dante is faster.
'Minus one" Dante thinks as he makes a simple gesture in his posture, raising his hands in a similar smooth gesture, and when the attack goes to connect, a red shield of energy absorbs the attack.
"Royal Guard!" Dante says loudly, shocking everyone, as he simply blocks and parries the attack like it was nothing.
But Dante is not done.
"Wanna try that again, ugly?" Dante asked with a mocking smile, enraging Kalibak even further.
Kalibak starts to bring down his war hammer over and over again at Dante, who simply blocks and parries all of the attacks using Royal Guard.
Eventually Kalibak started to slow down; his breathing got even more ragged and his movements were sluggish.
Until he has to stop to take a deep breath, and that's when Dante chooses to attack.
"Fair warning, this's going to hurt, like a lot." Dante warns his tired foe.
Dante starts to canalize all of the energy that he has absorved from Kalibak's attacks; red energy starts to flow from his chest to his hand, covering his upper body. Kalibak, seeing this, panics and tries to attack Dante again, but Dante, being quicker, throws a right fist at the jaw of the god and releases the energy.
And that launch sent Kalibak flying away, with a smoke trail up in the air, way above the clouds. All of the others just looked at the scene in complete disbelief, especially those from Apokolips. Kalibak wasn't smart or even gifted, but he possessed a great strength, coming only behind Darkseid (who may rest in hell), and seeing one of the most strongest gods just being punched to heaven didn't do anything to their overgrowing fear of Dante.
First he arrives and starts to massacre their troops. After he kills Darkseid, he knocks out Orion, and now he sends Kalibak to meet the clouds.
"Just wait a second." Dante tells everybody as he keeps his gaze on the skies, ignoring everybody.
A mostrous girly scream is heard; those with superhearing wince at the sound. They look up from where the sound is coming, and they see Kalibak falling towards the ground, screaming like a little girl. Kalibak hits the ground, forming a large crevice and throwing dust in the air.
"Well, I did warn him that it would hurt." Dante says while shrugging, earning looks of incredulity from everyone.
After the dust settled, Dante walks up to the creater, and there he sees Kalibak, or what looks like him. Kalibak's arms and legs are broken in so many ways; his bones broke out; his skin sent blood everywhere; he looks completely destroyed, but he is still alive, if his ragged and painful breathing is anything to go by.
"Hey, you're still alive, nice." Dante says to the fallen god as he crouchs to look at the god, who can't do any instead of trying to breathe and bear the pain.
"I'm going to leave you in the care of Uncle Izaya here, okay? So don't stay up late and listen to him all right!" Dante mockingly jokes about Kalibak, who doesn't even have enough will to think.
Dante stands up and directs the Darkseid armies.
"You all are now under the control of New Genesis; Highfahter here is going to deal with you all now." Dante says he's casually stunning both the Troopes and Higfahter himself, but Dante doesn't stop there.
"He is going to deal with your guys bullshit now, oh, before I forget." Dante says before he teleports and teleports back, holding Granny Goodness by the arm.
"Release me, your fiend; YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO LORD DARKSEID!!!"
"You will suffer the worst possible tor-."
SNAP
Whatever Granny would say or very likely threaten Dante with, died on her throat as her neck was snapped like a twig and her body fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
The heroes gasp in shock and horror at the scene, especially Batman, who has a horrified expression at the cold-blooded murder happening right in front of him.
The only people who don't react like that are the people from New Genesis and Apokolips.
If there is one thing that both beings can agree on, it is that nobody liked the bitch.
Mr. Miracle and Big Barda in particular have a gleeful expression at seeing the person who has caused them so much pain finally being killed.
'Minus two.' Dante thinks, as he already plans to deal with the last of the troublemakers.
"And for the last!" Dante again teleports using Trickster style and reappears, but this time he is holding a head, a familiar-looking head for both the New Gods and the Justice League.
The head of Steppenwolf, who had a look of rage and shock permanently frozen on his face,
Dante drops his head on the ground.
And smashes with his black boots.
'Minus three.' Dante thinks
"Now that I am done, you guys can handle the rest, right?" Dante asks the heroes but doesn't give them time to answer.
"Nice." Dante then see the Titans "Oh Hey guys, what's up, Cyborg looking Great, Beast boy looking sharp, Hey Raven still with the goth lolita look I see, Hey KD still running, Hey Kori-Oh My Kori you look absolutly ravaging." Dante says the last part while wiggling his eyebrows, hearing a blush from Starfire and a look of disbelief from everybohat he would flirt with someone right now.
"I would love to chat and all, but I kind of have stuff to do, so bye!" Dante turned to walk away.
"WAIT!!!" This shout comes from the man of steel, making Dante stop in his tracks.
"You are under arrest." A Superman man says he's earning a shocked look from Dante before turning to a full belly laugh.
"From-haha what-haha accusations." Dante struggles to say something between fits of laughter.
"For cold-blooded murder." Superman says this while giving his famous 'Superman is disappointed with you' look.
"But is the definition of murder acceptable in this situation?" Dante inquires about Superman with a mischievous look in his eyes.
"W-what, what do you mean?" Superman is confused by the question.
"Well, the definition of murder is when another human kills another human, but what is the right definition of when 'a Nephilim kills a New God that was invading Earth with intentions of making a global genocide?' Back to you, buddy." Dante says
This throws Superman out of loop, but he shakes his head and repeats
"I don't care; you are coming with us." Superman says as some of the leaguers get into battle positions:
"Nah" Dante responds while looking bored.
"Justice League attack!" Superman shouts, and Green Arrow, Black Canary, Wonder Woman, and Batman( who is still wincing from pain) go for the attack, while Dante stays there with a deadpan look.
Superman being the spearhead, he goes to tackle Dante only to go through like a ghost and hit the ground, and the league stops as soon as they see that.
"W-what." Superman says as he gets up and tries to touch Dante, only for his hand to go through.
"You didn't really think that I would stay here, right?" Dante says with a grin on his face as he watches the heroes realize that they have bamboozled
Dante, give them a peace sign.
"See you guys around."
and he disappears, leaving everyone there looking like idiots, especially Superman.
"Actually, before I go." Dante suddenly reappears again, surprising everyone again.
"Hey Motherbox." Dante calls out for his
'P͓̽i͓̽n͓̽g͓̽ ' His motherbox flies out of his coat's inner pocket, chirping happily, and waits for Dante's command.
"Can you please rebuild the city and move the bodies of those innocents who died out of the rubble?" Dante asks his motherbox, who flies around him happily at his request.
The Mother Box flies up in the air; every hero looks at it, and she stops high in the air.
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Then she released a large beam of light that engulfed the whole battlefield, and when the light started to dim, the whole city was already rebuilt; all the buildings, skyscrapers, parks-everything that makes Metropolis a metropolis is back-and on the largest park that the city has, there are thousands and thousands of white tents, and every single one of them is holding the body of an innocent who died in the invasion; all of the bodies are covered in a white cloth.
"You can come back now." Dante says softly to his mother box, which happily flies back to him and slides back into his pocket. Dante looks at the man of steel, who is busy using his X-ray vision to see the park with the fallen victims. Superman stops, looks back at Dante, and gives him a small nod of gratitude that Dante reciprocates.
Silence ensues as the heroes can now see the difference: once the battlefield was a city full of people, now it is a big deserted city.
Dante looks at Man of Steel feels the guy's pain, and he is now realizing that his city was almost forever.
This almost becomes an 'Injustice' situation.
"Ok, I go with you, but not as a prisoner." Dante asks the man of steel, who nods in acceptance.
But they don't go yet; they stay there for a second, listening to the deafening sound of silence that the city is giving them.
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