As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 465 Demons and Hunters

Dante, the protagonist of the "Devil May Cry" series, has a red coat, white hair, a long sword on his back, and two pistols, ebony and white ivory.

Comrade Dante has not had an easy life.

As a classic protagonist, he must have experienced great suffering and hatred, and he found joy in suffering. According to the principle of "screenwriters are lazy", Dante's misery and joy come from his golden fingers and bloodline.

His father is a demon and his mother is human.

His father is the magic swordsman Sparta, whose name can scare demons to death. His dad is a demon, but a kind-hearted demon who protects humans. For this reason, Sparta offended many demons, which also led to Dante's family being retaliated against, his mother's death, and his brother's disappearance.

After that, Dante became a demon hunter, living a dissolute and poor life.

No matter how you look at it, Dante is the ceiling in the field of demon hunting.

But the above is the setting in the game. The man in Li Nuo's eyes looks a little different from the man in the game.

He couldn't tell where.

According to the panel feedback, there is a problem with Dante's data.

In other words, weird.

Dante

[Level: lv≥99]

【Strength: 350】

[Reaction: 666]

[Spiritual power: 220]

[Physique: 505]

【Insight: 599】

[Medical: 20~???]

[Note: This character is special, and all panel feedback cannot be regarded as the real situation. As the protagonist of the World Era, his panel fluctuates greatly. The data currently displayed is the data he may have.]

[Focusing: Ability fluctuates with mood]

Regardless of the true situation of the data, at least one conclusion can be drawn.

Dante can call Lino to death.

Li Nuo now has many choices, such as saying that he is Dante's distant nephew, or making up a lame excuse and saying that he is a kind demon hunter. The simplest and most brutal way is to kneel down and shout "Take me in".

Dante's nature is kind, almost to the point of being extremely kind.

But the actual situation is not that simple.

Marger: “Wait a minute.”

Ma Ge took off his white coat, folded it, and placed it at Li Nuo's feet.

“Kneeling like this feels like a ritual.”

"Hey..." Dante raised his eyebrows, "I'm not in the mood to play with you guys right now, man."

Malger: "Kneel quickly, if you hesitate you will lose!"

Dante: "Don't kneel!"

Li Nuo: "Just let me think about it!"

Click!

Dante suddenly pulled out his gun.

"Hold still, man."

The gun was pointed at Li Nuo and he could only raise his hands.

"Is it not possible to kneel down?"

"You are quite poor."

Although Dante is talkative, he hates people who talk more than him. Li Nuo has this potential.

"I guess... you're not pulling out your gun to stop me from kneeling?"

"You just leaked something." Dante's eyes turned cold: "Man, we need to have a good talk."

When Li Nuo raised his hand, he pressed down slightly with his index finger, signaling Cha Bai behind him not to act rashly. In fact, Cha Bai didn't want to help him at all, because Dante didn't know how to do it.

There was only one reason why Dante drew his gun. There was a strange magical factor in Li Nuo, or in other words, aura, which was actually "demon power". In the eyes of the ceiling-level demon hunters, it was like a dry toilet in the eyes of a fly, and there was nowhere to hide.

At this moment, Dante stared at Cha Bai. He had a very familiar feeling... In fact, this is the chemical reaction when the "protagonist" meets the "protagonist", commonly known as, when fellow villagers meet.

"I'm serious. I'll kneel down to you and give you a pizza. We can have a good chat. Maybe I'm your distant nephew." Li Nuo said.

"Ha! That's even worse." Dante asked with a smile, "Write a 100-word resume for yourself in one minute."

Li Nuo was happy: "One minute? Thirty seconds is enough."

Dante sneered, "One and a half minutes."

Li Nuo: "You look down on me, don't you?"

Dante: "Two minutes."

Cha Bai: "Are all demon hunters seriously ill?"

Maljie calmly walked to Chabai and whispered, "How can someone who deals with the devil all day long not have something wrong with his brain?"

"Your friend is waiting." Dante pointed at Li Nuo with the muzzle of his gun and said, "I'm in a bad mood now. I already have a lot of bad debts to settle, and now I meet a guy like you who makes me feel weird. Even if I break the windows, I can't cover up the unpleasant smell of blood on you. Let's speak the truth and don't waste each other's time. In two minutes, tell me who you are. Bullets don't have eyes, man."

Having said that, Dante's "goodness" will not let him act easily.

Li Nuo: "Look at you, it's like you're staring at a devil's dick."

Dante: "I love busting the devil's dick."

Li Nuo: "What if I help her?"

Dante: "Then stick your head in your futanari."

Cha Bai: "Stop wasting time, you two! Is this interesting?"

Maljie took off Li Nuo's hat and fanned Cha Bai: "Miss Cha Bai, don't be angry, don't be angry..."

Dante was also stunned: "You made me get scolded. Now, tell me everything clearly, man! Who are you?!"

Li Nuo: "Cartoonist!"

Dante said nothing.

Li Nuo gritted his teeth and once again said the identity he was most looking forward to: "Cartoonist."

Dante shouted, "Put away your meaningless witticisms. I want to hear the truth."

Li Nuo took a deep breath and said, "I am a little-known cartoonist of Cairo Star, a potential next Van Gogh, a demon hunter who saved Novigrad, a wanted criminal who crushed Adam into a meat pie with a heavy hammer, the final demon king of a role-playing game, a traveler from another world who closed a certain world, a priest who killed a high-dimensional demon, a man who was the ancestor of a certain world, a trainer of the Creation Mountain, and the final boss of the spirit world. Which of these do you believe in?"

The air was silent for a few seconds.

The door opened again, and the handsome man poked his head out: "So many people?"

Maljie slapped his head and said, "What a shame... I'm just telling a crosstalk."

Cha Bai fanned him: "Master, please calm down."

Handsome man: "Hey, the leader is back!"

At this time, Dante put down his pistol, lowered his head, covered his eyes with his hair curtain, stared at Li Nuo, and said: "There are not so many people, only one person."

He turned around and left a sentence:
“You are players.”

[Side quest has been triggered: Time Traveler]

[Mission Reward: Dante's skill entry (reward shared by the team)]

[Task details: This is a special task, no level is displayed, and the difficulty of the task cannot be defined]

There is no quest with any hints, but it is related to Dante.

At the bottom of the task, there is a small text:
[People who stand at the top of a certain position and are also the protagonists, with multiple symbols on them, we call them "darlings under the spotlight". They can trigger some special tasks that only individuals have. There are no labels, no guidance, everything depends on how fate arranges it.]

Cha Bai understands this experience best.

She now understood why she triggered her "personal mission" and became a "human".

It’s because she is the “protagonist”, and also because she herself is at the pinnacle of the world in some aspects.

Same with Dante.

Compared to Cha Bai's "body" attribute, Dante is actually a big shot in the demon hunting industry.

After entering the room, the man sat on the sofa, put his legs on the coffee table, raised his head, and picked up the strawberry sundae that had just been placed on the table.

Inside the house, a group of handsome guys were decorating the room, with furniture and displays filling every corner of the room.

Marjer chatted with the guys for a bit.

"I plan to open a gigolo agency here."

"name?"

"Just call it 'Devil May Cry'."

Maljie was shocked that the name of the demon hunting agency had turned into a gigolo club.

Indeed, Dante has extremely strong physical conditions. He is 1.9 meters tall, has a handsome appearance, a strong physique, and a cynical look. If he were a little more casual about feelings, it would not be a joke that the "Devil May Cry" series would become an hentai anime.

But this guy is a "goody-goody".

The same kind as Li Nuo.

In other words, all demon hunters have this kind of attribute. They appear to be carefree and unrestrained, but in fact they carry a huge burden on their hearts. They have a cynical look and feel nothing but responsibility, but they are merciless when it comes to taking action. They are the templates of the male protagonists in cool novels. If Li Nuo had made himself the protagonist of a comic, every comic would not have failed to the point where he could not afford to support Cha Bai.

Well, the same goes for being poor.

Dante was the same. He didn't care about the reward, he only cared whether what he did was to his liking, so he was poor.

Even the handsome men who didn't know Li Nuo felt that he was a little bit like Dante. It was because of this that they had the courage to keep Dante.

But for Li Nuo, there are more important things to ask.

"Player..."

"Ah."

Dante ate a strawberry sundae and said nonchalantly, "I've met hundreds of guys like you, with all kinds of labels on them, talking nonsense, and stinking like shit in their teeth. When they meet me, they either want to commission me or just want to get to know me, so..."

The demon hunter raised his lips, looked at Li Nuo, and said, "Put aside all the boring stuff and let's talk about the real stuff."

"Ah."

Li Nuo brought out [Virgil's plastic stool] and sat opposite Dante.

"I'm a demon hunter, and I need your help to become stronger."

"How to help?"

"Even if it's my commission."

It was rare for Li Nuo to entrust others with something.

Amuro and Phil made him realize the importance of strength. Being a copycat leader in the "Endless Corridor" is complacent. Only when he is still at the top of the five major corridors can he achieve his goals. At the very least, protecting Cha Bai and himself is a prerequisite, which requires strength.

Compared to other demon hunters like Geralt, the good thing about Dante is that he often doesn't ask for compensation.

As he spoke, Li Nuo took a breath and closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, his pupils had turned golden.

He released almost all of his demonic power, 20%.

Only Maljie and Chabai could sense the different aura from Li Nuo, a power that almost surpassed that of a high-dimensional demon.

Maljie was very concerned. This indirectly proved how powerful Amuro and Phil of the "End Corridor" were. The two of them actually blocked Li Nuo while being on guard against each other.

Even if Nanami came, she couldn't take advantage of Li Nuo now. A "World War" once again brought him back to the top of the players of the same period in "Endless Corridor".

But in Dante's eyes it was nothing.

He just said, "You don't know how to use this power and turn it into something stronger."

Li Nuo said "hmm".

Dante asked, "When was the last time you cried?"

No one present understood why this problem arose.

Li Nuo said directly: "When I was ten years old, the rabbit I raised died because I overfed it. I cried all night and then I had seizures and was admitted to the hospital."

This is the truth. Even when his mother passed away, Li Nuo did not shed a single tear. This guy had long ago sealed his ability to shed tears.

Dante said: "Devils never shed tears. Tears are a gift from God to mankind."

"mood?"

"You have a quality that desperately needs 'emotion' to assist you. When I first saw you, it was like I was looking at a monster, but there was a white light behind you that was so blinding that I wanted to buy a pair of sunglasses."

Linuo could understand what Dante meant.

Whether it is "Denise", "Warrior of Light", or "Devil May Cry", behind these characteristics is the control of one's own bottom line.

"Ah... Senior, what you mean is that I need to increase my empathy to prevent myself from going astray."

Dante tilted his head, with his bangs covering half of his eyes. He looked at Li Nuo and pointed out Li Nuo's most core problem.

"A person without emotions is nothing more than a rotten ass businessman."

Maljie laughed, "Huh, in fact, most people with rotten assholes are homosexuals."

Dante: "Dude knows a lot?"

Maljie: "Professional, if necessary..."

Cha Bai held his mouth and smiled anxiously: "You guys chat, don't pay attention to him."

Like Li Nuo, Maljie has a strong sense of dedication to his job.

Li Nuo crossed his legs, took out a teacup and took a sip. He stared at the light bulb on the ceiling and said helplessly, "I won't go to that extent... It's just that my emotions are highly diode-ized, so I often skip the crying step and go straight to seeking revenge."

Someone said, "To put it bluntly, he is not fit to be the protagonist."

Li Nuo: “Who!”

Everyone shut up.

Dante spun the empty sundae glass between his fingers and threw it away, where it stood in the distance.

Also thrown out was a wrinkled drawing.

"I can't teach you anything. If you really want to become stronger, try fighting these things."

The messy monster doodles on the drawing looked like the work of a kindergarten kid at first glance.

Li Nuo praised professionally, "It's comparable to Maljie's profession."

Dante: "Hmm, thanks."

At the same time, the mission is updated.

... [Side quest updated: Time Traveler]

[Mission Reward: Dante's skill entry (reward shared by the team)]

[Mission Change: This Dante traveled through various worlds, and he did encounter many difficult monsters. Although he succeeded in most cases, there were still some creatures that he could not eliminate due to special reasons.]

[Mission details: Kill these monsters and get extra rewards]

……

[If there are monsters in the picture in the world, a reminder will be given to the team members during the mission]

……

[Silver Cane, updated race advancement method]

[Gradually complete the tasks of "Time Traveler"]

[To advance this race, you need to control your emotions. Dante is the pinnacle of demon hunters after all. What he said makes sense. Remember it. Player 5900]

……

"Time Traveler..."

Li Nuo put away the paper ball.

"Since you know we are players, that means you are from another world."

Dante suddenly wilted when he heard this.

"I was tricked by a bastard a long time ago and teleported to another world. After that, I ran around everywhere and couldn't go back." Dante said with a blank look: "Later, I met a lot of similar guys. I also roughly know that you guys are players who travel through various worlds. In the end, I am similar to you now. Anyway, I can't go back."

"How to transmit?" Li Nuo smelled a business opportunity.

"This." Dante snapped his fingers, and a magic bracelet popped out from his fingertips.

He explained: "This thing needs to be charged with the power of travel before it can open the portal, but I don't know where it will be transmitted to. But I don't know where I can go to charge it now."

Li Nuo stretched out his hand and Dante handed him the bracelet.

【Celestial Intersection Shuttle Bracelet】

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: After injecting magic into the space, it can be activated. As for where to teleport to... it depends on fate. It is not a good thing for players, because they may be directly teleported to the void and die of thirst and hunger. But for the "protagonist" type of characters, it is a travel machine.]

[Brief description: Xiao Ming traveled through time throughout his life. When he died, his wife, children, brothers, and even his child’s fiancée were by his bedside. The dog locked at home and the 2D posters of beautiful girls hanging on the wall were all himself. If he had known he was so perverted, he would not have traveled through time and space.]

Li Nuo wanted it, but Dante's eyes showed that he didn't want it.

Since this guy's fighting power is off the charts, Li Nuo doesn't consider cheating him, let alone robbing him by force, but what comes next is the player's forte.

"Make a deal, Dante."

"Are you really a rotten asshole?"

"Yes."

Li Nuo didn't care.

"We send you away, what do you give us?"

This Dante is an "unlucky guy" who traveled everywhere after being tricked by players. However, because he has experienced too many trials and tribulations, his combat power limit is extremely high. However, he still wants to return to his own world. After all, there are still a lot of things waiting for him to solve in his hometown.

"Never mind, I guess you want my weapon."

Dante understands players very well.

"No."

Maljie suddenly said: "Then try another way."

Marco took out a business card and handed it to Dante.

"Agent of danger?"

"Entrust us, without charging any fee, to help you realize your wish."

"Only the devil would say he doesn't want to be paid." Dante understood very well: "What kind of medicine is he selling?"

"Or would you rather be a gigolo here with this bunch of losers?" Li Nuo asked.

Dante glanced at the handsome men who looked strong on the outside but weak on the inside, frowned slightly, and took a deep breath: "How do you entrust me?"

Li Nuo: "It's very simple. First, join the Mechanical Cult."

Speaking of mechanical cults, there is an incredible characteristic. Jakor in the world of "NieR" cooperates with the cult to locate and trace the various materials sent by Li Nuo and others. In theory, as long as they are believers, they can be found with some time.

Dante is extremely powerful, and he travels through various high-intensity worlds. It might be a little difficult to find him, but as long as he is alive, he will never be able to escape from Maljie's Five Finger Mountain.

The handsome man came over with a pot of water and said, "He has joined."

Li Nuo and Maljie were both shocked.

Ma Ge's followers have great potential for making money.

Dante nodded, stared with dead eyes and said: "I don't believe in religion, I'm just having fun."

Li Nuo: "It doesn't matter. What's coming next is very important. Give me a piece of your flesh and blood and a hair. Don't worry, I won't harm you. I don't have the ability to do that."

The handsome man handed over a nail clipper...

After a moment, Li Nuo put the new ingredients for decocting the medicine into the glass bottle, his hands shaking with excitement.

Maljie had no choice but to take over the position of the main deceiver.

"Mr. Dante, now please entrust the 'Dangerous Agent' to fulfill your wish."

"go home."

"Don't make things difficult for me."

"Then let me get out of this damn place."

Dante said without hope. He was ready to open a shop with the gigolos. It would be good to leave, but he still had no hope, especially for the player race.

"Mr. Dante, please say 'I'm entrusting a dangerous agent, please let me get out of this damn place'." Malger emphasized.

Dante: "I entrust... a dangerous agent to get me out of this damn place..."

[Team Title, Dangerous Agent: Special authority to assign tasks to yourself. You must complete the task, otherwise you will be punished according to the circumstances]

After saying that, Maljie used his captain's authority to trigger [Dangerous Agent] and set tasks for his team.

[Dangerous agent, Captain "Maljie", is drafting the authority]

["Dangerous Agent" mission trigger]

【Accepting Dante's commission and sending him away from this world】

[Task time: 5 minutes]

[There are only five minutes left before the player leaves this world]

[Task Reward: Open the Devil May Cry material library, a random ability in the Devil May Cry worldview]

[Penalty for mission failure: being hunted by Dante]

[Note: During this mission, new "Dangerous Agents" cannot be triggered]

"Dangerous Agent" is the team title ability and can only be used twice in a script. The first time is given to the little mechanical life form, allowing the little guy to hold a concert with the guitar made by his mother, and the second time is left to Dante at the end.

time does not wait.

Li Nuo asked at the end: "Mr. Dante, if we can do it, how will you reward us rotten asshole businessmen?"

Dante pulled a blueprint from his pocket.

"My friend, it is wise for humans to know the existence of evil and to be afraid of it. I hope you remember that it is dangerous to stare into the abyss, so..."

"I understand. I need to maintain my bottom line as a demon hunter."

Li Nuo took the drawing and handed it to Maljie.

[Diablo's Diagram of Pandora, the Disaster Weapon]

Dante smiled and said, "Your big black coffin can be modified with it, but I don't have the rest."

"That's enough, thank you." Li Nuo stopped talking.

Cha Bai came over, stretched out his hand and asked Dante for the [Celestial Sphere Intersection Shuttle Bracelet].

"Isn't it just opening the door to travel through time and space?"

Cha Bai is very familiar with it.

"Wait a minute... I haven't used this trick for a long time. I need a minute or two."

Dante suddenly felt that they seemed a little reliable and regretted it for a moment.

"Hey, wait, I still have some things to take."

"It's too late, Mr. Dante!" Li Nuo shouted, "A man who runs away from a battlefield is a coward who is even worse than a businessman! Or would you rather be a demon hunter with a rotten asshole in your throat?"

Dante grabbed Li Nuo by the collar: "You little bastard!"

Li Nuo laughed wildly: "Hahahaha! You really enjoy scolding me!"

Cha Bai: "Li Nuo, don't bother me! Mr. Dante, I'm sorry!"

Dante suddenly became honest, and felt that Cha Bai was a very imposing woman...

Time passed by minute by minute.

One minute.

Two minutes.

By the fourth minute.

Cha Bai took a deep breath, and his pupils glowed with a dazzling blue light.

"Dubhenn haern am glndeal, morc'h am fhean aiesin (My gaze will penetrate the darkness, my light will scatter the shadows)!"

Ancient Blood activated.

The bracelet ripples out magical tides like ocean waves.

In fact, you can open the time and space gate without a bracelet. The consequence is that you can only be teleported to planets or other timelines related to the current world, and there is a probability of failure. With this bracelet, the success rate is almost 100%!

Dante looked at the gradually expanding halo in disbelief.

at the same time.

Li Nuo heard the whistle.

The time has come and the players have to get on the bus.

Maljie turned around and told the handsome men, "Keep the cowherd business going and go find Grove's wife. She loves me and she will help you expand the business!"

The handsome men were all confused, and only a few of them felt that their legendary evil cult leader had left.

Li Nuo picked up his felt hat and said, "We'll see each other sooner or later. Thank you for this time."

Before Dante could react, he seemed to see a phantom train driving in through his blue pupils. In the blink of an eye, Li Nuo and the other two had disappeared.

……

The moment the Ancient Blood was activated.

The bracelet is still locking the transmission area.

Dante knew he might have to wait.

It was at this time.

A few hundred meters away, in a dirty trash can crawling with cockroaches and rats.

The paper that Li Nuo had crumpled into a ball by Cha Bai sank into the bucket.

There was a simple alchemy array drawn on the paper.

——The summoning array of high-dimensional demons.

As the special magical factor of [Ancient Blood] spread, the refining array emitted inconspicuous light dust.

A homeless man walked to a trash can and took out the glowing paper. In the homeless man's hands, the paper became dull again and he tore it into pieces in disappointment.

But in the cloud subspace that the tramp could not hear or see.

[Please get off]

【I wish you a pleasant journey】

An old man wearing a top hat appeared in the deserted street.

Gaunter O'Dimm looked around.

Steam emanated from the manhole, obscuring his vision.

"here……"

Master Mirror looked at a building with an eye-catching sign on it.

There was an inexplicable energy fluctuation in the house under the sign, which made the high-dimensional demon feel familiar.

He still wondered if all this was a trap set by the witcher.

He clapped his hands lightly with malice.

Time did not stop, but the door where the moth stayed opened.

Dante came out of the house.

Eyes facing each other.

"Damn it... I thought it was the pizza delivery guy..."

The man suddenly pulled out a silver pistol.

After an unknown amount of time, the neighborhood returned to silence.

The door through which the white-haired man walked out has been closed, and the devil's thick black blood is dripping onto the ground along the "Devil May Cry" sign on the door.

A ripple spread out in the house.

Dante left this world without waiting for pizza and was teleported away again. It is unknown where his next stop is.

The only people left in the room were the handsome man and his group of mechanical cult followers.

"There's a stinky old man's body outside."

"Never mind. Dante said it was a demon. It has turned into dirty water."

Everything seemed to be nothing happened.

A few hours later, there was another knock on the door.

The handsome man opened the door.

"You order pizza, pay on delivery."

(End of this chapter)