Ding. Ding. Ding.
A cloak tower in the middle of the square rang when both hands hit twelve midnight. By this time the whole city was already asleep. Taking a goodnight rest after a stressful day. But while it marks the end of their day, it was just the beginning for others.
In a dark underground tunnel a horrifying scene was taking place. Monsters that could be described as a human's worst nightmare converging towards a single point in a frenzy.
The monster were actually demonic spiders that were half the size of a full grown man. Their iron jaws looked like it could cut through a metal bar. They looked bloodthirsty as they made loud shrieking noises like the sound of glasses scratching against each other.
However, the most scary part wasn't the spider but the human who stood indifferently in the middle of it all. The man looked to be in his Late teens and had on a black cloak with short blonde locks on his head. Underneath his black cloak, he wore a black long sleeve t-shirt with the last few buttons left undone revealing a black singlet. There was dark orange lining around the wrists of the shirt. Black dress trouser with a silver skull buckle belt and black sneakers.
In his right hand was a demonic looking sword. The cross guard looks like a demonic spiral connecting to a small skull at the end of each side with a small hand coming out of it mouth.
The grip of the sword has an elaborate design with two pointed horns acting as the pommel.
On the flat side of the sword is a demonic skull that looks like that of a fox with pointed demonic horns on top of the skull connecting to the cross guard.
Moreover, there were six demonic horns underneath the skull, three on each sides with the two horn on the side of it head being the largest
The long blade has three elongated jagged edges on both sides of the blade, to make it easier for it to rip and tear off the flesh of whoever or whatever it cuts.
Just the sight of it and demonic aura it gave off could scare a lesser demon and even give a human nightmares for many night.
With this harbinger of death in hand, the man moved like the grim reaper, brutally harvesting the lives of the lesser demons.
If it wasn't for the fact that the demons turned into dust when they died the scene would have been gory sight to see.
The man wielded his blade so skillfully that it was impossible to avoid getting but by it. His way of killing was enough to put even the grim reaper to shame.
A wide swing from his sword cleave through a group of demons but the space they left was quickly filled in a matter of seconds. But the man didn't blink. To him they were nothing but papers in a shredder machine. No matter how many of them there were, they will still be shredded to pieces.
Naruto charged through the demons like an unstoppable bull, he cleared a path wherever he went but it was quickly filled back up.
He couldn't remember how long it has been since he started fighting the demons. But if he was to guess, he'd say at least two hours.
'I can't continue like this' Naruto frowned he looked at the colony of demons threatening to swallow him whole. 'You leave me no choice'
A small spiraling orb the size of a marble appeared in Naruto's right palm before growing into the size of a basket ball.
A small frown formed on Naruto' face as he stared at the blue orb rotating a few inches above his palm. This was one of the legacies given to him by his parents, it was also the first one he ever used and was fond of. It was called a ninjutsu in their world. It's been a year since he got the inheritance from his parents and during that time he had learned a great deal of knowledge from it even if it was only ten percent of the entire thing.
If there was one thing it was best known for, it was it AOE. However, the tunnel they were fighting in wasn't that large, so if the jutsu got out of hand the tunnel might collapse.
'I have to make sure to contain it power so I don't destroy the tunnel'
The demons as if by prior agreement started to rush Naruto more frantically when they saw the blue orb on his palm. They started to pile themselves on him one after the other, creating a huge mountain of bodies in a matter of seconds.
However, all it took was just one word to shatter this mountain.
"Rasengan!" A voice boomed from deep within the mountain of bodies.
Boom!
The mountain of bodies burst apart from inside out as a huge blue spiraling dome form around Naruto tearing apart everything it touched.
Because the demons had stacked in top each other to get to Naruto they had all been within the range of the attack. None of them was spared. Like a domino effect the demons burst into a cloud of dark dusts one after the other creating a stunning sight.
"That was fortunate" Naruto sighed in relief as he watched the demons perish one after the other. Underneath him was a medium size dent where he had smashed the rasengan just before the demons completely surrounded him. Fortunately or not, it was thanks to them that his attack range was contained and didn't reach the roof of the tunnel.
However before Naruto could relax a loud shriek suddenly came from deep within the tunnels as the late demon died.
"Nooooooo!"
A figure walked out from the other end of the tunnel with an enraged expression. The figure was at least ten foot tall with the upper body of a female and the lower body of a spider.
She looked livid, and ready to murder the source of her rage ten time over. However, Naruto smiled when he saw her approaching.
"So you finally showed up. I was beginning to think that you weren't home" Naruto frowned. The whole reason he was here in the first place was because of the demon currently making it way towards her.
When he first arrived here she had refused to show herself for some reasons and had only been sending her soldiers to fight him which infuriated him.
"You?" The Arachne turned to looked at Naruto, finally noticing him after his spoke. She had first assumed that he was a human who unknowing wandered into her territory. But after hearing his words she took a closer look and when she saw his face her expression immediately turned ugly.
"It's you! The son of Dante!"
Naruto remained indifferent when he heard her words and saw the fear in her eyes. He didn't know when but presumably after he and Dante defeated Mundus, he had some way or the other became infamous among the demon kind.
It first started a few weeks after the defeat of Mundus, Dante had asked him to check out an abandoned warehouse said to be the base of a group of demons. At first he wanted to refuse but Dante told him to do it as a favor he owed him for losing their bet.
Unfortunately he had no choice but to do it. But what he wasn't expecting was that as soon as the demons saw him they had the same expression on their faces while referring to him as the son of Dante. Since that day on it has been like that with any demon he encountered, some of the more intelligent ones stirred clear of him whenever he was spotted. Moreover, it's been a year now since they defeated Mundus and sealed the demon gate.
After ascertaining the identity of the man before it the Arachne Lost all will to fight and took a step back in fear wanting to make a quick escape. But as she turned around remembered that he had just mercilessly killed all of her children and her expression turned livid again.
"So what if you are the son of Dante? you are no Dante. You are only basking in his glory!" The Arachne roared as she raise one of her legs to strike at him.
"Is that so?" Naruto's expression turned solemn when he heard her words. He unconsciously tightened his grip on purgatory, before the Arachne could attack she saw a bright orange flash before her world view turned upside down.
She saw Naruto walking away from her body with purgatory sheathed on his back. But the most scary part was that her body was headless.
'I'm I dead?' That was the last thought that flashed in her mind before her vision blacked out.
However, Naruto continued to make his way out of the tunnel without looking back, his expression ugly He had wanted to take his time fighting the Arachne but she just had to open her big mouth.
Honestly, why must every boss demon he fight always compare him to Dante? Not only that but even among their human contractors he was just the son of the legendary dark knight, Dante. He was completely overshadowed by Dante's achievements. So much so that It had become a sore spot for him.
If it was in the past he would have had trouble dealing with demons on the level of the Arachne, not to mention killing it in one strike. But after opening the seal containing the nine tailed fox he had grown stronger after synchronizing with the kyubi chakra.
Discarding all the useless thoughts in his mind, he made his way out of the tunnel and back into the night city. The only evidence of his presence ever being there was the small dent that had formed in the tunnel ground. It would go on to become one of the mysteries of the city as to how the dent had miraculously formed overnight.
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Inside a luxurious building, an old man was fidgeting while pacing around his living room. If one took the time to look around the living room they would notice that everything inside was expensive and not something that any middle class family could afford. From even the smallest object to the largest was costly and exquisite looking. Even the paint on the walls was of the highest quality. However, shockingly, only four people lived inside this expensive and huge mansion.
On one of the expensive couches in the living room sat two women both with an expression of fear and anxiety. The both of them had their heads bowed as if in prayer.
These two were the wife and daughter of the man, Beatrice and Elena. And standing attentively behind them was his personal bodyguard, Rufus.
The man was a well known politician running for the office of governor. But a couple of weeks ago, one of his competitors managed to sign a contract with a demon which he used to threaten him out of the competition.
However the man wasn't satisfied for the past few weeks now the demon had been showing up around their building at night, peeking at them from outside their windows. Because of this spider his whole life went downhill fast. They couldn't even sleep properly and it was evident by the dark circles and sleep bags under their eyes. Their body also looked lean from all the stress.
But the one who has it worst was his daughter, as even in the day she would always see small arachnid spiders stalking her. It got to the point that she was afraid to even leaving the house.
This prompted him to go and plead with the other person but he refused the claim, saying that he had nothing to do with it, so he had no choice but to return home dejected.
However, when he thought that all hope was lost, he suddenly met a mystery man at a bar he frequent claiming to know someone who could solve his problems. Unsurprisingly, he got excited after the man gave him a number to contact along with a code.
At first he had his doubts, but then a thought occurred to him. If the person on the other side of the line could help him form a contract with a demon, then his family wouldn't have to be afraid of the demon spider anymore.
With this thought in mind he quickly dialed the number, but to his surprise the person on the other side was actually a woman with an angelic voice. He didn't know when but he had assumed that the one to pick up the phone would be a man.
But he didn't hold that thought for long before he said the secret code that the man told him. The other person on the other side fell silent after she heard the code. However, that silence lasted for a couple of seconds causing him to panic, as he assumed that he had said the wrong thing and was going to lose the only solution to his problem. But that all proved to be for naught as when the woman spoke again she asked for his home address.