The hatred harbored in a person over time curses the soul, eats away at one's thoughts, and doesn't let you think clearly. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and today we will see it.
In the forest where DANTE and ISAMU are located, they are looking at MIJAIL, who is sitting arrogantly on a rock watching his last soldiers fall before the pair.
MIJAIL PETROV: Now I see that you're ready for this, right, DANTE? hahaha.
DANTE HERALDI: (furious) Today will be the day I kill you forever; you will disappear and nothing will remain of your existence.
MIJAIL PETROV: Come on, don't be a party pooper, this is fun. You and I dead can fight for eternity, hehe.
DANTE HERALDI: (annoyed) You damn bastard, is this fun to you? You took everything away from me.
ISAMU: Dante, it would be better if you calm down. You are very agitated; I don't think you can fight like this.
DANTE HERALDI: (annoyed) ISAMU, in front of me I have the guy who destroyed everything I had; how do you expect me to be?
ISAMU: (lowers his head) Alright, but remember, hatred in the heart ruins a fight, cold mind, Dante.
DANTE only makes a face of dissatisfaction, with his two swords, he quickly heads towards MIJAIL, who blocks his strikes with his daggers. Quickly a non-stop fight of clashing weapons happens at an astonishing speed. While this is happening, the jaguar warriors keep coming and ISAMU has no choice but to protect his friend so they don't interfere in his fight.
In the fight we see that Dante desperately tries to attack MIJAIL, but he can't; MIJAIL is blocking all his attacks and, using his stealth power, damages Dante countless times, but thanks to his enhanced recovery, Dante recovers quickly from his wounds. In a quick move, MIJAIL plunges his dagger into Dante's stomach and looks him in the face.
MIJAIL PETROV: What is happening to you, Dante? Before you were stronger, hehehe.
DANTE HERALDI: (spitting blood) Damn it, your daggers, what power do they have? (In his mind) My wounds aren't closing fast, why? This last hit has something.
MIJAIL PETROV: Jajajaja, what's wrong with you?, you don't heal like before, right?
Dante, looking at him furiously, knows he shouldn't spend too much energy on him because the main fight hasn't arrived yet, but it leaves him no more options and he activates his "Shadowed Mantle" power and his wounds heal, leaving MIJAIL surprised, who steps back.
MIJAIL PETROV: Everything is a surprise with you, hahaha. Very well, I will play serious too.
We see how MIJAIL gets serious and takes the initiative in the fight; he walks two steps and disappears. We only see a curtain of smoke in his place. Dante looks astonished: his enemy had turned into smoke and starts looking everywhere. Suddenly, he appears in front of him and MIJAIL tries to stab him, but Dante blocks him and steps back quickly.
MIJAIL disappears again and appears behind Dante, always leaving as if he were transforming into smoke, leaving Dante surprised. We see that Dante is desperate, blocking strikes unexpectedly and putting up an embarrassing fight, since he wasn't focused. After a while being like this, he receives a cut on his back and is kicked in the ribs and sent flying. Isamu, who is watching everything, kills some warriors and steps out to help Dante. Before he reaches Dante, he is intercepted by Mijaíl, who looks at him with arrogance.
MIJAIL PETROV: What do you think you're doing? That toy is mine.
ISAMU: You take advantage of his desperation; there is no honor in you.
MIJAIL PETROV: Honor? That trash gets you nowhere; I am an assassin, I have no time for that garbage called honor.
ISAMU: I figured as much; guys like you shouldn't be shown compassion.
Quickly, Isamu advances at high speed, surprising MIJAIL, who launches an attack with his dagger, but the samurai dodges quickly and positions himself behind him and, with all his strength and holding his sword that was sheathed, says a few words: "Midday Cut" and produces a flying slash as big as the size of an average house, damaging MIJAIL and sending him flying very far away and, in the process, kills the remaining jaguar warriors that were arriving, leaving Isamu and Dante alone. Quickly, Isamu turns to where Dante is, helps him stand up, sits him on a rock that was at the place and speaks to him.
ISAMU: Dante, are you okay?
DANTE HERALDI: (distressed) Yes, I'm fine, you shouldn't have gotten involved.
Isamu grabs Dante by his clothes, shakes him, and looks him in the eyes.
ISAMU: You are a complete idiot. Do you think that fighting like this you will win? Look at yourself, you are wounded and your wounds aren't closing. From what I've seen, you are very powerful, but your mind is clouded by hatred. (lets him go). Do you think you have a chance like this against him? It would be best if I handle this.
DANTE HERALDI: Isamu, I think it would be better if you don't make me angrier than I already am. That guy killed my family and I have to kill him with my own hands, I don't want anyone else doing it; I have to avenge my wife and children. CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I AM A HUMAN DESPERATE FOR REVENGE?
ISAMU: (disappointed) I only see a monster trying to kill another, and tell me, would your wife be happy to see what you are turning into?
Dante looks at Isamu with a face of surprise and in his mind remembers a scene with his wife when they were at a camp and his wife arrived by surprise and saw him covered in blood.
In a place in the jungle of Latin America, at a camp, Dante is with his friends.
ALEX TROYEN: And captain, how did you end up covered in blood like that?
BRAYAN: Yeah, captain, what happened?
NORBY: We left you alone in an enemy camp at your request; after the bomb thing in Russia, you have become very strong.
DANTE HERALDI: hahaha, yeah, now for some reason I am very strong and this blood isn't mine. In the enemy camp where you left me, they were manufacturing weird drugs, so I finished off everyone...
MYSTERIOUS VOICE: So you alone finished off everyone, huh?
Dante looks scared at the entrance of the tent because he recognized that voice; it was his wife who arrived unexpectedly and everyone in the tent swallows hard because they knew Dante's wife.
TIFANY COSEN: Everyone out... except you, Dante.
Everyone looks with pity at Dante and leaves, leaving Dante alone with his wife, since they knew Tifany, a pacifist woman and very strong, since she was a former undercover special forces agent.
DANTE HERALDI: Hey, love, I know you don't like violence, but I had no other choice; they cornered me and...
Quickly, Dante is hugged by his wife, leaving Dante surprised and at the same time relieved.
TIFANY COSEN: You are an idiot, you know I worry about you and even then you do these crazy things. It's fine that you have a job and that you have to take risks, but I have seen that with your new strength you have become more arrogant. You worry me, Dante, I don't want anything to happen to you because arrogance and anger cloud a person's judgment, that's why in my former job emotions were unnecessary. Well, that's what I thought until I met you, silly; emotions of love sprouted for you, so I quit my job and I don't want to lose everything just because you, young man, can't control yourself. Look at how you are.
DANTE HERALDI: (ashamed) I'm sorry, I know you don't like to see me like this and I will try to change.
TIFANY COSEN: Swear to me that if someone kills me you will think with a cold mind, even for revenge. Love, we have to think calmly, hehe, and just in case, move on with your life, love, I don't want you to be carrying a burden, I wouldn't like that.
DANTE HERALDI: (hugs her tightly) That's why I love you, hahaha.
Returning to the war, Dante begins to cry remembering the words of his late wife, and stands up from where he was sitting.
DANTE HERALDI: Isamu, you're right, I got carried away by my emotions, forgetting everything I have now.
Isamu smiles relieved because Dante has finally returned to his senses. Now we see how MIJAIL is angry at Isamu for the damage he inflicted on him and comes at full speed to kill him. Just when he is about to attack Isamu, Dante blocks his attack with his Kusanagi katana; he had sheathed the other sword. MIJAIL steps back, seeing that Dante only has one sword.
MIJAIL PETROV: What's the matter, Dante? Are you even weaker now or did you give up to sheath your other sword?
DANTE HERALDI: Hey, Russian, just tell me one thing and I want you to be honest because I am going to kill you right now.
MIJAIL PETROV: What the fuck are you talking about, as if you could. You are weak, Dante, but whatever, ask what you want.
DANTE HERALDI: My wife wasn't weak. (Mijael gets nervous.) How could a guy like you kill her?
MIJAIL PETROV: (annoyed, with multiple facial tics) No... you see, that woman, that bitch.
DANTE HERALDI: What's wrong? Why can't you answer that? It's not like you to dislike boasting about your murders.
MIJAIL PETROV: Damn it, she was beating me, she almost killed me, but thanks to your kids coming down to see because of the noise we were making, she got distracted and I was able to cut her throat due to her oversight. She tried to save her children and I took advantage of it. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, THAT I, THE GREAT ASSASSIN, COULDN'T HANDLE A WOMAN... HAAAAAA.
ISAMU is surprised and looks at Dante, but he is calm; his anger had vanished.
DANTE HERALDI: (sighs) I knew it, my wife died protecting what she loved. You have no idea how much I hate you right now, but I won't let that cloud my judgment. Get ready, this ends now.
ISAMU smiles and sheathes his katana while we see how MIJAIL is extremely furious, and suddenly the ground trembles: Dante releases all his power and the half-mask appears on his face, leaving both ISAMU and MIJAIL stunned by this change. Dante, in a blink, appears behind MIJAIL, who, upon trying to turn around, is struck by a kick that launches him into the air. Waiting above is Dante, who greets him with a slash from his katana, sending him crashing down again, and down below Dante was waiting once more, but this time unleashes a "Shadowed Slash," sending him flying in another direction. Once again Dante was already there, repeating this process countless times, severely damaging MIJAIL, who cannot even defend himself against Dante's immense speed.
After a few minutes, Mijael falls to the ground covered in blood and Dante appears before him, but this time without the mask.
DANTE HERALDI: I don't forgive you for what you did to me, but I forgive myself knowing that what happened wasn't my fault, and I no longer want to carry this burden with me. My wife was a very good and kind woman, and I know she wouldn't have wanted me to harbor so much hatred inside. Now I will try to live the best I can for her. Goodbye, Mijail.
MIJAIL lies on the ground resigned to die, since he didn't have much strength left in his body, and just when Dante was about to deliver the final blow, a beam of lightning is shot toward Dante, forcing him to step back. This gives MIJAIL the opportunity, with the last bit of energy he had left, He turns into smoke and manages to escape. Dante just screams in desperation because MIJAIL manages to get away.
DANTE HERALDI: Damn it, he's gone; I should have been faster. Why? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
ISAMU: Calm down, Dante, the lightning came from the god located 500 meters from us; he saved him. We must go to put an end to this.
DANTE HERALDI: (sighs) Yeah, you're right.
Dante and Isamu advance quickly, and upon crossing through trees that blocked their view, they see a massive army waiting at the base of a small hill, and at the peak stands TEZCATLIPOCA with MIJAIL at his side, severely injured.
DANTE HERALDI: So the other bastard saved him.
ISAMU: I estimate that out of the million warriors there were, only the ones in front of us remain, about 300 thousand soldiers. Now, what will we do?
DANTE HERALDI: Hehe, now it's time to unleash the beast. I want to let loose for a bit. You said you saw a monster, right? Now I'll show it to you.
Dante releases all his power, activates his mask and "Shadowed Mantle," and charges toward the huge army; followed by Isamu right behind him, when suddenly, his friends appear and run alongside Dante.
DANTE HERALDI: REX, ELENA, MALEKIN, QUETZALCOATL, thank you for standing by my side, my friends.
REX: And miss out on this grand battle? Haha, no way, guau.
ELENA: I'll be by your side, Dante, if possible, for a lifetime. (She smiles at him.)
MALEKIN: We are like brothers; we won't leave you alone.
QUETZALCOATL: Don't worry, that bastard brother of mine has to pay, and I'll help you kill him, hehe.
As they advance, Dante obliterates all the warriors at blistering speed while the others also slaughter everyone in their path as they press forward, putting on a massive display of power. A few minutes have passed, and Dante and his friends have wiped out TEZCATLIPOCA's entire army. He glares at them, utterly furious; 300 thousand soldiers were nothing to these 6 individuals. Now, what will happen in this final clash? Very soon we will find out.