(Chapter 20: Dungeon Diving with a Saber)

It would be a few days later after Dante had his birthday that he decided to go and test out Exallos and what better way to do so than some dungeon crawling, with him doing so accompanied by none other than Mordred herself. With him figuring that why not kill 2 birds with one stone than by having Mordred accompany him in his dungeon crawling, for he figured that it would be a great way to get her to grow in strength alongside him and inch her one-step closer towards the goal of one day becoming stronger than her 'father' and soon claiming the mantle of the Crimson King.

(August 21st, 2016, Demon Dungeon, 5:46 Pm)

It was 14 minutes till 6 in the evening as Dante and Mordred had now finished killing off Doomkaiser Dragon, its corpse having begun to decay and dissipate as the two recovered from the fight.

"So Mordred, ya still good to go for more demon slayin'?" Dante questioned as the Saber or Red hefted her bloodied Clarent on her shoulder

"Bring it on! I'm just gettin' started, besides I haven't even begun to show these fucking demons what the Crimson King can really do." Mordred responded in being more than ready for another go around of demon slaying

"That's the spirit! Let's keep this train going till we hit the next boss." Dante spoke as he had Exallos in hand ready to go and hunt the next boss

"Sounds fantastic to me, the more the better." Mordred said bloodthirst at wanting to split another demon's skull in twain with Clarent coloring her voice

With that in mind the two proceeded to head deeper into the dungeon's 2nd layer ready to eviscerate whatever came their way and that they did, for it wasn't long before demons soon set themselves onto them like a swarm of locusts. Between Dante using Exallos to impale, rend flesh and disembowel all who stood in his way as though he were a human blender whie Mordred proceeded to operate as an absolute hurricane of blades, fists elbows and feet that crushed any demon that dared stand in her way.

Together the duo proceeded to run a bloody massacre of every demon and devil that got in their way sending gore, severed limbs and splattered blood all over the place to paint the area in a macabre artwork of brutality. The two proceeding to go full force in an unrelenting cadence that saw both Gamer and Saber of Red have broad smiles across their faces that combined with the demonic gore covering them, made them look as though they've come straight out of a horror movie ready to slaughter everything you knew for the sheer thrill of it all.

"Hey how long until we finish getting rid of these damn demons? I want to get to the good shit already." Mordred wondered as she and Dante finished impaling another Goristro through the skull

"It shouldn't be too long at the rate we're going. Heck, with how fast we're going through these fuckers. I'd say it should take only a few more minutes before we reach the bastard." Dante guessed at how much longer they'd have before reaching the next mini-boss

"Finally! Cause I wanna show whoever it is what the Crimson King can do." Mordred spoke as she rushed up and uppercutted a Hell Knight so hard its jaw broke

"Don't worry you'll get your chance soon enough." Dante assured her before killing said Hell Knight via launching Exallos into its neck with such force he damn well decapitated it

Soon enough the duo continued their way through the layer of the Demon Dungeon in tandem combination to wholesale butcher anything that dared to stand in their way with it not being long after their clothes became further stained in demonic blood that they soon reached their location of the mini-boss. Which was of the forest having widened to an almost arena like area with the trees having twisted to form an almost tournament like space while the grass had been rotted away to form a smooth floor like space, all the while the smell of blood and dread hung in the area.

With Dante soon seeing their opponent in none other than Berserker from Fate/Zero with him dispelling his helmet to reveal a handsome face despite it being warped by the demonic energies of the dungeon, his violet hair having turned a royal purple, his face gaunt and pale with faint jet black vein like-cracks across them. His eyes having turned a bloody crimson with magenta irides that were bloodshot and held a wrathful madness the moment he locked onto Mordred as his face once passive yet stern turned furious once he laid eyes on the treacherous knight.

"I never thought I'd see the betrayer here. Just even more of a sign of my torment that I lay eyes upon a treacherous wench." Lancelot spat his hand gripping ever tighter on Arondight

"You two know each other?" Dante questioned in feeling awkward between the two knights

"Yes, this one is the reason why Camelot is in flames. All because you had to try and usurp Lord Arthur and all for what? So you could become an unworthy king, how despicable." Lancelot spat in contempt of the 'son' of his former lord

"I would've been a far better king than him." Mordred spat while a sneer now adorned her face

"How dare you speak with such arrogance. I'll slice out your tongue and feed it to your master." Lancelot responded in enraged that the betrayer would dare to compare to his former king

"Fuck it, let's just kill him already." Dante said as he fired off a Bloodspear at Lancelot

The Berserker soon found himself using Arondight to parry the lance of corrupted blood that came rocketing towards him and slashed out with his broadsword to cut it in twain, yet this merely left him subject to Dante coming crashing into him with Exallos. Lancelot brought up Arondight with an almighty quickness to avoid getting impaled by the heavy-duty trident, with him being so focused on Dante trying to impale him with Exallos that he narrowly evaded a Mana Burst fueled Mordred barreling towards him like a freight train with Clarent.

With Mordred following the underhand slash with a haymaker that clocked the Berserker across the jaw that Dante quickly struck out at with a Hell Stab that pierced through his armor and into his shoulder causing a groan of pain, as he felt the clawed hand dig through his flesh. Dante used that opportunity to yank his large hand out of the former knight's armor and rip the pauldron off him to reveal bloodied flesh underneath, all before he and Mordred went back at it with the former knight of the roundtable in a furious clash of blades.

With both Gamer and Saber putting pressure on Lancelot to be on the defensive between the two who kept unleashing an continuous onslaught of attacks that had him keep a constant focus on blocking and parrying each attack that came at him like a swarm of furious wasps. The Berserker found himself briefly bladlocked with Mordred which gave Dante enough time to use Misty Step to teleport behind him and launch a Mach Punch to the back of the head that momentarily stunned Lancelot from the sharp blow to his head.

This was then followed up by Dante using a Power Blow to quickly stab Exallos into Lancelot's leg getting an furious bellow from the Berserker who then found himself in a chokehold from the Gamer who activated Electric Feedback to violently electrocute him. All the while Mordred proceeded to furiously slash at and punch Lancelot like he was an heavily armored punching bag, this continued until the Berserker in a moment of fury had had enough and decided to impale himself and by proxy Dante in order to get the demigod off of him.

"Nice trick you've pulled. However, one thing to remember is that unlike other masters you've seen. I don't go down easy." Dante said as he tightened his chokehold on a struggling Lancelot which still took all of his strength to maintain the grapple

"How is this possible? You should've bled out by now." Lancelot questioned as he had made sure to impale a near foot of his blade into Dante's being

"Simple. I'm just that fucking awesome." Dante replied before he jumped into the air

Soon enough the two soared into the air before careening back down and cratering the ground around them in a massive heap where Dante had managed to still maintain the hold, despite having Arondight another 3 quarters of a foot lodged in his abdomen. With Lancelot having become infuriated by the fact that even from a fall that cracked the ground like shattered pottery and his blade nearly halfway through the Gamer's stomach that he still found himself getting choked out by Dante who had modified said hold to have hooked one of his massive arms under his right shoulder to prevent him from getting Arondight.

This was only made worse by Mordred using Mana Burst to rush over towards him and try to stab at him with her Clarent, with him quickly using his armored left hand to stop Clarent as he felt the blade of the betrayer mere inches from his stomach. Yet that didn't stop Mordred from stomping on his face like one would try to squish a loathsome insect with him feeling his face gradually bruise and his bones soon began to creak and crack, all the while he struggled against the death grip Dante had on his windpipe.

The knight of Camelot soon felt searing rage and fury invade his mind at the fact that the betrayer who sent his country into a civil war that sundered it into ruin and her wretched master were able to overcome him, the thought of it made him see red. So with a bellow of pure rage and hate who summoned forth all of his fury and released all of his mana in a explosive shockwave of dark royal violet and magenta that tore apart everything in a 30 foot radius.

Mordred and Dante quickly recovered from the attack only to see Lancelot glaring at them with burning magenta eyes that glowed with a fiery ruby red haze of hatred as he ripped Arondight out of his stomach, a rush of gore splattering the ground as the knight glared at them with seething rage. Despite his arm that had been dislocated from Dante's hold being violently broken away from him, he only held the singular thought of slaying the betrayer before him as he rushed the two with great speed.

"You two will fall this day! I swear it on the fallen of the Round Table that I will see your innards torn from your flesh and your skin flayed off your bones! And you betrayer..you I will have your head mounted as a trophy." Lancelot roared his face losing all semblance of knightly demeanor and in its place was pure fury and hatred as he locked blades with Mordred who pushed back against Arondight with Clarent with all the strength she could muster

"Just shut up and fight!" Dante retorted as he blasted the Berserker with a point blank Hellfire Burst

The resulting concussive blast of hellflame was enough to send Lancelot sprawling from it, yet this was immediately followed up by Dante casting Boiling Oil on him, which had the Berserker soon burst into emerald flames. Lancelot roared and snarled in anger and grievous pain as the hellfire cooked his flesh within his own armor, yet even with this he only felt even more rage surface to his very being as every second his flesh melted and charred from within his plate mail.

Which is why he soon bolted towards Mordred with single-minded determination and bloodthirst, with Mordred rushing to engage him and the two engaged in a high intensity clash of blades that even with him sustaining full body burns that melted his flesh he was able to fight as though nothing happened. All the while Mordred had a broad grin on her face at being able to push her skills to the utmost limit as a swordswoman against one of her "father's" strongest knights, with both Clarent and Arondight turning into mere blurs of motions that sparked and struck against one another.

With Dante quickly retrieving Exallos and launching it like a javelin towards Lancelot who'd been so hyperfocused on Mordred that in his almost blind rage didn't see coming the heavy-duty trident that pierced his back, which was accompanied by the immediate rush of crystalline blue water that hissed with steam from his superheated armor. This was only made more painful by the fact that Dante used Bulk Up and dashed quickly to land a drop kick where Exallos had pierced Lancelot's back and pushed said trident in further, he continued this by landing a quick flurry of jabs that pushed the trident in deeper and deeper into his back.

The Berserk quickly turned and lashed out with a retaliatory slash at Dante's neck, luckily for the Gamer he had activated his Brace ability once it struck at unleashed a Counterstrike in the form of a right hook that nearly knocked 3 of his teeth and cracking his jaw in the process. Which was followed up by a short series of Mach Punches to his face before using all of the speed and strength he could to launch a Hell Stab that was soundly blocked by the Berserker, yet even with this he soon felt that same pain in his back intensify as another blade found itself pierced into his armor and flesh.

Low and behold it was Mordred who despite having her chestplate dented along with her right gauntlet having been slashed off to reveal bloody and bruised flesh and a wide gash going across her face, she still held a blood grin as she forced Exallos and Clarent into his back. With a mighty heave she used both weapons to lift Lancelot into the air before slamming him back down and flinging him away where Dante rushed after him in a tackle hard enough that it nearly cracked a tree in half.

"This is gonna end now." Dante spoke as he narrowly evaded getting his nose taken off by Arondight

"That is something you and I can both agree on. Especially when I take the head of that wretched betrayer." Lancelot spat and snarled after ripped Clarent from his back

"You can certainly try, but there's one thing you shouldn't have done." Dante responded as Lancelot swung Arondight against Dante to cleave his head in twain

"What's that?!" Lancelot questioned before seeing Dante catch the broadsword in his teeth with a vice grip

"You should keep your eyes on target." Mordred answered after having caught Clarent had used Mana Burst to faster than even the Berserker could see slash out his left eye

The now half-blind Lancelot staggered back in pain which was enough for Dante to quickly Misty Step behind him and retrieve Exallos and dash back in front of him to use a Cleave attack to impale the heavy-duty trident into his right knee. Which promptly shattered it from the amount of force Dante used to break through metal, flesh and bone and brought him to his knee in pain as the son of Posiedon drove the weapon further and further at an angle to pierce into his thigh and soon reach his femur.

Mordred to prevent the pained Berserker from bringing his full might to bear in Arondight promptly impaled his wounded shoulder from earlier with Clarent burying the blade until it reach bone and shoulder joint, causing a roar of pain to escape him as he tried to rip the sword from his shoulder. But this was all the opening Dante needed to Misty Step once more behind him and get the arm that held Arondight into armbar, that had all 3 of them tackled onto the ground where Dante held onto him for dear life as he used Bulk Up to assist him.

With Lancelot struggling in vain as Dante yanked and twisted at the offending limb that began to creak and crack before moments later and in a violent yanking motion had used the armbar to rip the armored limb off, sending bone fragment and blood rushing out from the stump of a limb. Dante then threw the severed arm away from Lancelot whom now defenceless was left at Mordred's mercy who finished him off, via a strike to his neck that beheaded him

"Well, that takes care of one of the mini-bosses. Who would've thought that we'd be fighting him of all people." Dante said as he got up and headed over towards the severed limb that held the broadsword

"You're tellin' me. That had to be one of the best and grueling fights I've ever had, next to that fucking dragon we thought." Mordred acknowledged in never having had such a thrill from combat

"Glad you feel that way. Because, as reward for doing a kickass job, I feel like you've earned this." Dante replied as he tossed Arondight to Mordred

"Wait a minute, you're letting me keep Lancelot's sword?" Mordred questioned as she caught Arondight in hand

"Of course I am. After all, I think it'll be in far better hands than what he could wield it. I mean the future Crimson King deserves to have another weapon to use to conquer with. What better than the blade that's equal only to Excalibur itself." Dante answered as Mordred had to admit that it felt right to wield Arondight in hand

"I mean that is, if the Crimson King doesn't think they can handle being badass enough to dual wield such great weapons." Dante said in mock sarcasm while Mordred only had a smile on her face

"Believe me. With this 'father' won't even see what I do coming. So thanks master, because now I've just gained a leg up on beating my father." Mordred spoke in feeling that with Arondight she had become that much closer to beating her "father" in combat

(+10 Affection to Mordred Pendragon for giving her a means of surpassing Artoria in martial combat. 48/100)

"Glad to see your on board. Now then let's get out of here. Because that's been a bit of enough action for tonight and training to dual wield won't do it by being here." Dante replied with a smile on his face before having them return to the mortal world to rest and recuperate

(4 days later, August 25th, 2016, Manhattan, New York, 9:18 Am)

It was a few days later after Mordred had gained Arondight and had been working on perfecting her technique in dual wielding both blades, but at the moment was getting her butt handed to her by her master. Due to the fact that she had wanted to learn how to box from the Gamer in feeling that she should know a way of fighting to stand further ahead of things and become as martially competent in all aspects.

"Alright, now hit me with another left and an uppercut." Dante coached as he had Mordred work on her form with a heavy bag that could withstand her punches

"Good. Now hit me with a combination and then we can get started on your footwork." Dante instructed as Mordred nodded and fired off a combination of punches

That in mind he had the Saber work further on her punches instructing her on how to leverage her speed and aggression into the style of boxing that would fit her best as an in-fighter, which had him showing her all of what went into being so. With him teaching her the footwork to succeed in doing so and in basic boxing in general that would require her to remain constantly mobile and to keep a constant aggression in her punches, while also teaching her how to properly leverage her speed and strength into furious barrages of hooks, jabs and uppercuts.

With Mordred during the hours of training Dante put her under in having her work on footwork and how to better effectively throw a punch and more effectively become the offensive dervish that she's spent the majority of her martial career becoming. The Saber in question took to this with great fervor as one thing she would respect and give credit to her master for was the passion in which he instructed her with when it came to boxing, with him making sure to have her understand how to enjoy learning it on the technical and combative level.

It would be around 4 and a half hours of solid training of teaching her how to do combinations, throw hooks and jabs properly, teaching her proper footwork and how to bob and weave that they were finished for the day.

"I gotta say that for us just starting out, you've done pretty well today." Dante told the Saber as he tossed her water bottle

"Of course I'd be starting out great. A future king has to be great in everything they begin and become awesome at what they will accomplish." Mordred said with a haughty smirk on her face in knowing that as future king that it was only right for her to excel at whatever she committed herself to

"That's the spirit I like to see, Mordred. Because now that I'm teachin' you how to box, I expect you to throw 130% of your effort into it." Dante replied as he brought out a large gallon sized jug of water from his inventory to drink

"..How in the name of God are you able to drink all of that?" Mordred questioned as she watched her master drink nearly a quarter of it in one sitting

"I just am, that and you underestimate how thirsty I get." Dante answered as he continued drink and in mere moments had reduced it to half of what it once was

"But that's besides the point. I do gotta ask ya why you wanted me to teach you how to box? Not that I'm complaining. I'm just curious on why you want to do this." Dante asked the future Crimson King beside him on why it was she wanted to learn boxing

"Because I saw how good you are at fightin' without any weapons, I mean you held your own against Lancelot bare-handed. Something that people when Camelot before it fell and during only dreamed of. From that moment I knew I had to improve myself when it came to hand to hand. If I am ever going to earn my spot as a future king, then I need to secure it by clearing up any weaknesses I could have. That's why I wanted you to teach me how to be better at kicking ass." Mordred answered in having wanted Dante to teach her for the sole purpose of eliminating any weakness that were present in terms of her own martial prowess

"That's a pretty good answer. Because had been some bullshit answer of I want to do it so I can protect my friends or be a great hero. Or any cliche nonsense like that. Then I would've been either pissed or disappointed in you. Answers like twere people gain power to try and be noble or 'heroic' disgust me." Dante replied in being satisfied with the answer that Mordred wanted to do this for the simple fact of eliminating weakness rather than any heroic cliched answer

"Because that's what I like about you, Mordred. You don't try in vain to be some selfless moron that's trying to be a hero. And all for what? For some hope that you'll be hailed as a good person that did right by an ungrateful people. Instead you go for the more realistic and honest goal of wanting to get rid of weakness and get stronger. For that, I applaud you." Dante added respecting Mordred's more honest answer of wanting to do this than some bullshit

"You really don't like heroes do you?" Mordred guessed as Dante continued to drink out of his water jug

"Oh hell no. Personally I think heroes are just a bunch of glory seeking morons that like to sit up on their moral high horse. All so they can judge you and think they're so much 'better' the moment you do something 'evil' or 'unjust' they don't agree with, when what they do doesn't get shit done to begin with." Dante spat with disgust for heroes in general of how they were more glory seeking jackasses that would rather hold onto a moral high horse than do the smart and more efficient thing than play savior

"I could go on, but I'd rather not bore you with details of my immense hatred for heroes." Dante added in not wanting to bore Mordred of his reasoning

"Whenever you wanna talk about it, then you'll spill. Until then I'm more than fine with you teaching me how to fight and us growing stronger together." Mordred said in knowing that when Dante wanted to talk about it he'd bring up in his own time

"Good to know. Speaking of, are you gonna be ready for another dungeon crawl tonight?" Dante questioned the Saber beside him who smirked

"Bring it on! I mean what better place to practice dual wielding than getting up close and personal." Mordred answered with a eager grin of testing out her dual wielding method on the foes of the next dungeon

"Great to hear. We'll be heading into it at around 8 o'clock tonight. So bring your A-Game as we're going until we reach a boss." Dante told her as they were gonna keep the train going until they reached a boss

"I'll be bringing it and then some." Mordred replied as the two sat beside each other waiting for the hours to pass until they begun their next dungeon crawl

(6 and a half hours later, 8:24 Pm, Celestial Dungeon)

It was 6 minutes till half-past 8 at night as Dante and Mordred soon teleported themselves to be within the Celestial Dungeon's 2nd layer, ready to slaughter whatever came their way.

"I'll say this much about the place. It looks a hell of a lot better than the other dungeon we were in." Mordred spoke while taking in her surroundings

The dungeon's 2nd layer felt much brighter and less ominous than that of its demonic counterpart, with the skies being deep shade of azure with not a cloud in sight, while high in the sky a sun of reddish gold hung proudly to shine down on them. With the fields being an near endless expanse of green with small crystal clear streams of water, while small clusters of oak and maple trees dotted the landscape that as it went on further became more and more mountainous.

The atmosphere of which was far more peaceful and almost tranquil that combined with the smell of cherries and apples in the air, that hadn't it been for enemies they sensed mere yards away would've been nice to stay for a while.

"So Mordred, ya ready for this?" Dante questioned as he brought out Exallos

"I've been ready all day, let's go already!" Mordred answered back while summoning both Arondight and Clarent and rushing off to the nearest source of enemies

The Saber and Demigod soon headed into the area ahead and soon enough encountered Lightsworn armored and ready for them and were subsequently slaughtered by the combined might of the duo that shredded them into bloody chunks. Between Mordred using Arondight and Clarent in tandem to act as a human blender that hacked and sliced anything that got in her crosshairs into nothing more than bloody chunks, meanwhile Dante used Exallos to either impale them or slash out with the trident before using it to rip out chunks of flesh.

With them encountering more and more resistance along the way as they headed deeper into the dungeon's 2nd layer, as they encountered enemies from some of the Bayonetta games in the form of Beloved's, Harmony's and Fearless that came down upon them like packs of ravenous wolves. Yet the two proceeded to make quick work of them between Mordred using Mana Burst to quickly slice through the opposition and Dante using his hydrokinesis to make serpentine water whips to work in tandem in eviscerating them.

The continued slaughter raged on as the duo were nearly nonstop in their trail of carnage that left eviscerated body parts and gore in their wake as they violently traversed through the peaceful area turned carnage filled battlefield. Their rampage went so well that Dante had gotten to level 11 and a quarter of the way to 12 of his Warlord class where upon seeing that he had made a mental note to check what new skills and abilities he gained from it.

"If this is the best that this place has to offer, then its a complete disappointment." Mordred spoke after using both blades to decapitate a Fearless

"Look on the bright side of this. At least you're getting some practice at dual wielding." Dante replied while using a short succession of Cutting Wind attacks at a Beloved before using Misty Step to drop a Cleave attack that split its face in twain

"I can't argue with that." Mordred spoke as the two launched themselves at a remaining Beloved and proceeded to carve it to pieces

That out of the way the two proceeded to continue their rampage throughout the dungeon's 2nd layer in carving apart more and more of the creatures in the Celestial Dungeon's 2nd layer, the duo sparing no expense in slaughtering every living thing in their wake. The Saber and Gamer had in essence become a walking storm of blades that dismembered, beheaded and disemboweled anything that got too close to them, neither Dante nor Mordred leaving a single survivor to get away as they'd rush them down and tear them apart in minutes.

It would be what felt like hours before they reached a section of it that was spacious grove of grassy fields with mutlicolored flowers lain about it to paint it in splotches of gold, crimson and pale pink where shattered arches lie that led to where standing atop it of all things was none other than Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon who upon locking onto let out a mighty roar. Before taking flight and rushing towards them with all the fury and destructive might that befitted a creature of its majesty, with Dante wisely using Observe to see what they were up against.

Blue Eyes Alternative White Dragon

Rank: Veteran

HP: 516,000/516,000

MP: 186,000/186,000

SP: 174,000/174,000
STR: 403
DEX: 370
CON: 258
INT: 147
WIS: 156
CHA: 212
LUC: 124
Description: Unlike other Blue-Eye White Dragons, this one has been touched by holy radiance and raised to be a destructive engine of divine fury. Striking down enemies with holy energies and draconic forces that allow it to reign as a near unstoppable force.

"Hey, Mordred I have an idea to get you up there." Dante told the saber who held both her swords at the ready

"Whatever it is your gonna do, then let's fucking go." Mordred spoke as they heard the dragon's roar grow closer

That in mind Adrian grabbed her by the chestplate and spun her around before using all of his strength to chuck her like a baseball, the result was Mordred flying at incredible speeds to the point of a small mach cone forming around her. With her soon impacting onto the side of its neck, both Arondight and Clarent slamming themselves nearly into the hilt of its scaled flesh causing a roar of pain from both holy swords impaling themselves into its neck.

Blue Eyes Alternative Dragon soon began to waiver and dip down in altitude as Mordred continued to use both blades to stab her way towards its skull, which allowed for Dante to jump onto one of the sundered arches and use Leaping Blow to barely stab into its stomach with Exallos. With Mordred stabbing her way towards its skull and Dante having started hacking and tearing his way through armor like flesh, had pissed off the mighty dragon enough that it built up power and released it in a concussive pulse of bluish-white radiance that blasted the two off of it.

Both of them crashing onto the ground and Dante having to raise a Hellfire Shield and block the dragons equivalent to Burst Stream of Destruction, the attack crashing against said shield like a freight train that sent trails of destructive whitish blue radiance carving out the landscape around them. With Dante seeing that it took just under half of his Mana to sustain in order to prevent them from getting hit by the full brunt of it, all before the Saber and Gamer rushed the dragon once more.

Mordred using Mana Burst to quickly close the distance and leap back onto the dragon this time stabbing into its chest with both blades, turning herself into a buzzsaw as she carved out chunks of armored flesh. While Dante had used Leaping Blow to impale Exallos into its skull and proceeded to pummel it with a barrage of Mach Punches aimed at its right eye, that had it flying about trying to shake the duo off its body.

"Ya havin' fun yet Mordred?!" Dante called out as he managed to take out it's eye that in return was met with a deafening roar

"You kidding me...this is fucking awesome!" Mordred shouted as she used both blades to climb onto its back

Once Mordred reached its back she quickly used her Mana Burst to become a blur of motion and soon enough turned its left wing to shreds, the effect of which soon sent it careening into the dirt from being rendered the use of a single wing. Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon tried to rise back up to its feet, yet it was met with a series of Cleave attacks to its face courtesy of Dante tearing into with Exallos; the frigid gold of the heavy-duty trident both widening the wounds caused and freezing the blood the flowed from it.

All the while Mordred was rushing across its body and using both blades to tear out chunks of its flesh, with Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon having tried to claw at the Saber but to no avail as she abused her Mana Burst to quickly rush around its body and deliver the lethal barrage of blows. Meanwhile Dante was all too busy working on dodging its breath attacks, with him knowing full well that he couldn't tank a sustained onslaught of it, hence why he was doing everything in his bag of martial tricks to tear and carve away at its face and neck.

The two continued to do all they could to carve apart the great beast to a great degree of success considering that any attacks done with tooth, claw, or tail Dante was able to tank head on with the only real concern being that of the radiant damage that came with it. All the while Mordred was thanks to Arondight able to rapidly inflict heavy damage upon it, with the best part of it all to Mordred was the fact that her handling of both holy blades felt almost natural to her as each swing of Clarent and Arondight nearly flowed into one another.

With it not being long before the combined assault of Mordred and Dante soon wore it down with it's attempts at trying to kill the duo were rapidly becoming in vain as both of them unleashed a martial hell of blades that tore at the armored flesh of the dragon within mere moments. Until soon enough it was soon reduced to a mess of carved apart flesh, armor like scales and partly frozen blood that lie dead at their feet while a blood covered grin was upon both their faces.

"I think I love slayin' dragons at this point." Mordred said in feeling absolutely exhilarated

"Or its just us killing things and turning them into mush in general." Dante replied as he cracked his neck

"That too. So you ready to keep going, master?" Mordred questioned as her grin never waivered

"Of course, let's do it." Dante replied as the two rushed off and did another near hour's worth of carnage

(2 days later, Manhattan, New York, August 27th, 2016, 1:45 Pm)

It was a few days later as Dante after finishing another go around of boxing practice with Mordred had decided to have her relax and enjoy the nice day out.

"Alright, I got us both ice cream. Birthday cake for me and Strawberry with marshmallows for the future king." Dante said as he handed Mordred her ice cream

"My favorite, thanks!" Mordred in great appreciation thanked before starting to dig into her ice cream

"No problem at all. After all, we gotta keep your strength up." Dante replied as he started eating his own

"At the rate I'm going, I'll be able to take you out in hand to hand soon enough. Heck, one day I'll be king at boxing." Mordred boasted in thinking that soon enough she'll be able to overwhelm her master in a head to head boxing match

"I mean you can certainly try Mordred. But remember that your talkin' to someone who loves throwin' hands just as much as he does with a trident. In other words you can try, but don't come crying to me when you get knocked out." Dante told her considering that while she was improving at a decent amount that she was far from being able to ever beat him in a boxing match

"You say that now, but one day I'll land a good enough punch that can knock you flat on your ass." Mordred replied while continuing to eat her ice cream
"Holy shit, this is good ice cream." Mordred added in loving her strawberry ice cream

"Like I said good luck with that. However, one thing I still gotta ask ya is about when you do become king of your own nation?" Dante questioned as Mordred took another large bite out of her ice cream

"Go ahead and ask away." Mordred responded

"Well here's the thing. When you eventually take your seat at your own thrown, and become the Crimson King. How do you plan to rule your nation?" Dante asked in having wondered how Mordred would approach things should she ever become king

"At first I had planned to rule it like my father had. At the end of the day I want to be a good king. Then I realized something with your help." Mordred answered in having originally wanted to rule a country of her own like Artoria

"That if I try to rule like my father and become a king just like them, then it won't really be my kingdom to rule. All it's gonna be is just a cheap imitation of Camelot and I don't want that. When I rule my nation as king, I plan on making it something I can be proud to rule and will eventually surpass what my 'father' ruled over." Mordred added in not wanting to rule like her father whatsoever

With her having realized these past few weeks with her new master that it wouldn't be enough to simply rule as a good king like her 'father' and that to do so and virtually make another Camelot wouldn't satisfy her whatsoever. Mordred knew that deep down that it wasn't in her to be the type of king that Artoria was in any capacity, and that to try and copy and imitate the wielder of Excalibur in any capacity wouldn't bring her any joy or the satisfaction of ruling that she desired.

"Good to see that you wanna blaze your own trail when it comes to ruling as king. Still how are you gonna go about it? I mean if your gonna rule your people then you gotta figure out how you want to run things first and foremost." Dante said in being happy for Mordred that she decided to blaze her trail as a ruler

"First things first is that I want to rule my nation with a fist of iron. That was the one thing that my 'father' couldn't see that they may have made the people happy. But all that did was weaken them and when things finally fell they had nothing. Something I will counter by making sure that the people grow up strong. But they will do so and commit everything towards making my nation better and give until they can't no more." Mordred responded in knowing that if she was gonna rule it was gonna be with an iron fist where everyone dedicated themselves fully towards bettering the nation

"Alright, and what do you plan to do with people who aren't committed to this? Not to mention people who are gonna try to rebel against you. Then there's not counting those who are just outright bastards who are gonna be criminals just cause." Dante wondered as to how she was gonna handle those who wouldn't commit to making her country better and criminals as well

"That's something I've been working on actually." Mordred spoke with a wide grin crossing her face

"What do you got planned?" Dante asked

"One thing that father was right about doing was assembling the Round Table. A team of our strongest knights was something that was a hell of a deterrent. Yet one she never did was use that idea to its fullest potential, something they never did." Mordred answered back

"Because what I plan to do with mine is simple enough. Have it lead and be in charge of the police and interrogation force of my nation. Have it to root out those who would cause disorder in my kingdom. Even if it has to be beaten out of them to a bloody pulp, then I'm more then happy with that. Because I will not have my future kingdom fall like my 'father's' did." Mordred explained as to what she'd do with her version of the Round Table

With her knowing it wasn't enough just to have her own team of her nation's strongest knights, that instead it would be of greater use and purpose to have them function as the leaders of her own secret police. That way she'd know for a fact that disorder and crime within her country would be effectively stamped out with little to zero mercy, with her knowing from experience that rebellion was right around the corner and therefore what better way to stamp it out was with her own trusted team waiting around the corner to crush it underfoot.

"Now that..that seems pretty like a pretty good idea actually." Dante spoke in having to admit that the idea of turning her Round Table into a secret police was a pretty good idea

"Thanks. Because I picked up this neat little book by some guy called Machiavelli a few days ago. Which helped me start cookin' up the idea. Its thanks to that I realize one thing that separates me most all from how I'll rule from my 'father.'" Mordred replied as she continued to eat her ice cream

"That if I can't have them love me as their king, then that's fine. Instead I'll make them respect and fear me when I put the fear of god himself into their hearts. I'll swear it on both my swords that as the future Crimson King that they will kneel and obey me. Even if they don't want to." Mordred added as she would swear on both Arondight and Clarent that her people would kneel before her as king even if she had to make them fear her to do it

"The only thing I can say about that is...just fantastic on you. I mean look at you, thinking like a real king. Because if there's one thing a king needs to do besides making sure their people have undying respect and if you really need it...there fear. Its to be a selfish king. Which is why you'll have my full support when we get you that crown. Hell, anything you need me to do for you in making sure they fall in line, just say the word and it'll be done. No matter what, its like I told you from the moment I summoned you, I will make sure you become the Crimson King your meant to." Dante promised her with all the conviction he could summon forth as he swore that he would make Mordred a king one day and by every fiber of his being he would live up to his word

(+14 Affection to Mordred Pendragon for willing to commit yourself so deeply to her cause. 56/100)

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Crusaders in Arms- Mordred Pendragon (50)
Those who are knights or those who serve in royal or noble military forces, come to respect you for being able to go the distance. Allowing you to gain Affection and Obedience faster with them.

'Bitchin' that I got me a new perk.' Dante thought to himself while Mordred looked at him with a touched expression

"Again, thank you master for being willing to commit yourself to making me king. After everything that has happened to me, it just feels...nice that I can have someone to really count on. So thanks for stickin' with me on my road to being king." Mordred thanked him in having truly feeling a sense of joy well up within her that Dante would be so committed to making her cause become reality

"Hey, when I gave you my word to make you the Crimson King. I meant every part of it." Dante told her as he actually meant it when he said that he'd make a king of her own land

"Still..we've got a long ways ahead of us before that happens. So until that time we keep getting you so strong that even a hit from your father's sword will feel like a bee-sting." Dante added as until that time came they'd have a long road of growing stronger ahead

"Oh, I can't wait for the day when I can obliterate 'father' in combat." Mordred spoke as she continued to eat her ice cream

'Just you wait 'father', soon enough I'll take you out and claim my place as true king.' Mordred thought to herself as a broad smile came across her face

So with Dante and Mordred doing some dungeon crawling and training in unarmed combat, we now get some hints as to how Mordred will rule her future nation as king. Now what will the impending future hold for the Saber as Dante helps her grow strong enough to become the Crimson King? Well, you'll just have to wait and find out in the new chapters of A Gamer among Demigods.

Now then onto some of the reviews from the last chapter.

AvidReader2425: Glad you liked the lemon from the last chapter. He will eventually get a tab for his familiar when it hatches. Also if you want I would be happy to talk with you on some stuff concerning the story. As well as how to fit in that one SCP you mentioned into the story.

NazgulBelserion: Yeah as the way Dante is built he's pretty much a power-type fighter that's always gonna go for strength and just pure brute force, since no matter which way you slice it he's a bruiser to the very end. Also when he would go to the RWBY universe he wouldn't join Salem so much as just take shit over for himself. Because to him the only reason why he'd want Salem is so that he could plow her since there's not much else that she can offer him in terms of power beyond just sex. Also Dante would never really join Ozpin as he's more of this is my way and I'm doing things as such.

Green223: Dante going to the Marvel universe is something that will eventually happen. Its just that due to how everything can range from just a really good fighter to things as bullshit powerful as the Immortal Hulk or Sentry, then him going there will have to wait until he gets a lot more powerful. So while Marvel will happen it'll be a very long ways away.

JoshL1294: Good luck with your story and I'll try and get to reading it when I can. The Leo's Odachi sounds pretty dope and the perks don't sound half bad. Nevertheless good luck with your story.

TheOnlyKing: Yeah as I'm glad you enjoyed it as trust me there will be more lemons within the story, it's just gonna take a bit for me to get there. Since combat and trying to build up a world are more my forte than writing smut. I'm not gonna do all the books before I do a switch to another world. As once New Years is over with. Then Dante will be onto the next world in the form of Akame Ga Kill.

CrimsonSylvan: Oh yeah as I figured why not go for it in building up a relationship with other pantheons, as you guys will eventually find out who his godmother is as well. Furthermore I will have Dante go to Naruto at sometime down the line to get the 3 and 5 tails which would make dope guardian animals for Posiedon's domain and also another fuck you to Zeus that his offspring can get him awesome beasts to protect his realm. Also it wouldn't take all that much for Dante to make his own energy source for his railgun once he gets to the world of RWBY. If anything by the time he gets there he could more than likely get to work on making his own version of Dust that can run more efficiently than that. Also Dante wouldn't really get involved with Team RWBY all that much unless they get in his path or way for that matter, because he's more focused on trying to mess with canon and takeover stuff. As for killing Adam he'd probably would make more use of him as a cyborg-killing machine to just do his dirty work. As for Cinder yeah she'd probably die, considering that when she'd try to threaten to kill him in order to join her he'd just beat the shit out of her or pump her with rounds from his railgun until she died or just punt her into the water and just drown her in a whirlpool.

That takes care of that, as I hoped y'all enjoyed this chapter and everything that went along with it, also for those wondering I was taking a small hiatus due to fucking Covid, but with everything dying down I will be making a return to the story. But without further delay let's get into it.

First up we've got Mordred and Dante in the Demon Dungeon, fighting none other than the Berserker Lancelot and in that defeat Mordred gains Arondight. Which I hoped you guys liked, since I wanted to help give Mordred something for when she'll fight Artoria and I felt Arondight would be just the thing.

After that we've got Dante training Mordred in how to box, something I wanted to do because why not one of the best Sabers ever learn how to fight hand to hand.

Following that up we've got the duo in the 2nd layer of the Celestial Dungeon squaring up with Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon and not much beyond that.

Lastly, we've got Dante and Mordred just taking it easy for a bit and discussing how Mordred will rule as a king, which is gonna come heavily into place for one of Dante's world's he'll hit up in the future.

With all that being said please favorite, follow, review and share this story out as much as possible since I know this story can be something really cool; because every little bit you guys do helps the story out. Also, remember that flames will be ignored, yet constructive criticism so long as its well thought out and not an excuse to be a dick is welcomed.

So with all that being said this is Nomadic Chaos using the power of said chaos to give you guys good stuff to read. With the next chapter fast forwarding a bit to things with Dante Beta and Claireese along with something I've been cooking up with Annabeth, so stay tuned for that.

Part 1 Theme Song: Breathing Lightning by Anthrax

Random End Song: Opium of the People by Slipknot