Chapter 852: Demonic Sword Apophis

"The magic sword Apophis?"

Nero looked at the big sword in his hand. It was not only a sword, but also the embodiment of countless legends and fears. The red light flowing on the sword's body is like a trapped flame, or like the resentment after the blood has solidified. Every flash seems to tell the tragedy and glory of the past owner.

The sword body was covered with a breathtaking, if substantial, red light, so much so that Nero's hand holding the sword hilt became bloody and transparent, and the bones and blood inside were clearly visible.

"The magic sword Apophis, its ability is to absorb your anger, pain, hatred, and fighting spirit and convert it into your power. It also has a lethality that is difficult to heal. It has been my main weapon for so many years."

Luther explains to Nero the power of the magic sword Apophis.

Nero couldn't put it down. He felt that compared to the Crimson Queen, this magic sword Apophis was equally good. It was an indispensable weapon for a good warrior.

Nero's hand gently touched the blade of the sword, and the cold and hot touch made him tremble. He could feel the majestic power contained in the sword, a power that could subvert the battlefield situation and even change destiny.

However, he knew better what price was hidden behind such power.

However, he still firmly threw the sword back to Luther.

"You gave me the sword, what will you do? And I also have my own weapon."

Nero said to Luther.

Luther grabbed the hilt of the sword.

"I have other weapons."

Luther shook his head and said.

"You need it more than I do."

Nero continued.

The appearance of the magic sword Apophis and Luther's gift helped Nero untie the knot that had been in his heart for many years.

But he didn't know how to express his feelings for a while. After all, he had been used to being without a father and mother for so many years, and suddenly a father appeared.

But Luther pushed the sword gently towards him.

"Take it, Nero. You are not only my son, but also a warrior with your own path. I believe that you can control this power and make it a sharp blade to protect the world."

"I don't want it."

Nero refused.

He didn't want the sword, even though he liked it very much, but it was his father's weapon.

How could he protect himself without this sword?

"Also, don't you want to see how I've been doing these years?"

Nero said awkwardly.

"I'm doing pretty well."

Luther looked at Nero's awkward look and almost couldn't help laughing.

However, he still controlled himself and agreed to Nero's invitation to go see Jilie and Credo together.

At this moment, gunshots and the screams of many people came from the direction of the church.

"Oops, Ji Liye!"

Nero's pupils suddenly shrank and he ran towards the church.

"Hey, when you have a girlfriend, you don't need a dad anymore."

Luther shook his head, but he also knew that it was Dante who killed the Pope.

Of course, Dante was prevented from killing the pope by Nero.

According to the official novel, many years ago in the game story, the pope at that time was named Solemnis, who was the former pope of Sanctus. Sanctus was the chief of the Order of Knights at the time. In order to obtain the papal position, he poisoned Solemnis with poison. dead.

Later, he met an unknown person in the Castle of Destiny. The unknown person then left. Since then, Sanctus has developed ambitions, wanting to use the power of demons to destroy demons and achieve domination of the world.

And that mysterious man was Vergil, the son of Sparta, brother of Dante, and father of Nero.

Sanctus hopes to build a huge weapon "god" to let demons flow into the human world, turn the human world into hell, and control the "god" to destroy the demons when the human world is in chaos, so that the god Sparta believed in by the cult can be revealed to the world. The prestige allowed him and the Order to gain the trust of all mankind, creating the prospect of the Demonic Sword Order ruling the human world. He called this crazy plan "relief."

In order to realize his ideals, Sanctus began secret research. He asked his loyal subordinate Agnus to experiment on demonic power, and later developed a ritual called "Return to Heaven".

"Return to Heaven" can combine people or certain objects with demonic power to create new species. Basically, some members of the cult have accepted this ritual and they call themselves "angels", but in fact they have become demons.

If the target of "Return to Heaven" fails, he will lose his mind and will be treated as an ordinary devil by the knights of the Order. The parents of Jilie and Credo were killed by the failed believers.

The birth of the cathedral "Return to Heaven" where the Demon Sword Festival was held improved the Order to some extent, but Sanctus was not satisfied. He ordered Agnus to complete the construction of the huge weapon as soon as possible, and used a large amount of demonic material to build a weapon that looked like Spa The silver giant was named "The Savior" or "God".

But to activate the "Savior", a lot of magic power and Spartan blood are needed.

The beginning of Devil May Cry 4 was one day when Letty was doing her job of hunting demons. Suddenly, strange armored demons appeared collecting magic tools. They were Bianco Angelo. Letty fought them and found that they were not ordinary and ran away. .

After investigation, Letty, who was very interested in it, found out about the existence of the Devil Sword Cult. Because she felt that the matter was difficult to handle alone, she went to Devil May Cry to ask Dante for help. However, although Dante knew that the matter was related to his father, he did not care.

But Tracy, who was listening in, was very interested, so she secretly took away the three magic tools that Dante obtained in his daily work, including the Impact Steel Gilgamesh, the Disaster Weapon Pandora, and the Infinite Sword Lucifer, along with the Sword of Sparta. Dante had no choice but to accept the job.

So Dante's two women were constantly making trouble for him.

Tracy, who arrived in Fortuna, dressed up as Gloria and gave the three magic tools and the Sword of Sparta from Dante to Pope Sanctus, making Sanctus think that the time of "salvation" was coming. Agnus used these three magic tools as energy for the small Hell Gate, and the Sword of Sparta was used to activate the "Savior".

After Dante arrived at Fortuna, he met with Tracy and learned about the Demon Sword Festival. He decided to assassinate Sanctus at that time.

Dante successfully assassinated Sanctus during the Demon Sword Festival. At the same time, he met the Knight Nero of the Order and fought with him. During the process, Nero showed the devil's hand. Dante therefore discovered that Nero had the power of the devil and felt that this magic power was unusually close.

Although Dante successfully assassinated Sanctus, Sanctus was resurrected due to the heavenly ceremony afterwards, and the leader of the Knights Credo sent his men, Nero, to hunt down Dante.

Nero was delayed because of Luther, and it was too late when he heard the gunshots and rushed there.