Chapter 436 - White Demon? (1/2)
Hearing Nero’s question, Benia explained proudly, “That’s because these demons feel the aura of a demon sovereign! They are welcoming a new ruler!”
Dante was silent. Of course, he knew who the new ruler Benia was referring to was. It was Demon Lord Osiris in front of him.
Even a king of demons like Urizen had been killed. Apart from Osiris, who else in the Demon World could be called a sovereign?
The original ruler of the Demon World, Mundus, had been sealed, so demon lords were the strongest demons that could be born in this Demon World. Although Roy was flying high in the sky on Rafaro’s back, the demons on the ground could feel his strength, so they naturally could not help but follow him.
While running, some demons fell behind, but then more demons joined. Hundreds of thousands or even nearly a million demons ran wildly on the ground, and a massive black wave of demons gradually formed. Looking at the spectacle of the boisterous demons below, even Dante and the others broke out in a cold sweat.
They could not imagine what kind of catastrophic consequences would happen if so many demons broke through the spatial barrier and went to the human world.
Now, Dante and the others could only pray that Demon Osiris really had no interest in the human world here, as he had said. Otherwise, the trouble would be massive. They would probably need their father, Sparda, to fight against him…
In fact, the reason why Dante and the others were following him was with this mindset. If Sparda was really still alive, then they could join forces with the old man to fight against Demon Osiris.
Just as the three of them were letting their imaginations run wild, they suddenly heard Roy ask Cerberus, “Cerberus, do you know where in the Demon World we’re heading?”
“Lord Osiris!” Upon hearing Roy’s question, Cerberus walked forward and crouched down in front of him. “The Demon World is enormous, and I don’t know the specific environment of each place. But I looked just now, and I feel that if we continue moving in this direction, we might be heading toward the Despair Prison!”
“Oh? Prison?” Roy asked. “What is this place?”
“The Despair Prison is actually just a name. It’s not a true prison! Under normal circumstances, demons rarely imprison enemies. They eat them directly…” Cerberus explained, “The reason it’s called this is that it’s the lair of the whip demons. These whip demons aren’t demon species from the Abyss but a mutated demon race of the Demon World. These whip demons have very violent, sadistic personalities. When they’re not hunting for food, they’re often torturing their prey, and they only eat them after torturing them to death. It’s precisely because of this personality of the whip demons that when His Majesty Mundus was in power, he would hand over some rebels to the whip demons for disposal. So over time, the lair of the whip demons was called a prison. The Despair Prison is known as the ‘prison of endless torture’…”
“Hmm, so it’s possible that Sparda is imprisoned here?” Roy pondered. “Isn’t it easy to find?”
“Your Lordship, perhaps not!” Cerberus said. “In fact, the Despair Prison is near Demon King City…”
“Demon King City? Mundus’s demon king city?” Roy asked.
“Yes!” Cerberus nodded. “Be careful. If you want to break through and save Sparda by force, you’ll very likely to alarm the demons in Demon King City. Although Sparda sealed His Majesty Mundus back then, the power of the seal has been weakening over the years. His Majesty Mundus broke out of the seal once, and it was also at that time that he launched a war of revenge against Sparda…”
Dante and the others listened carefully. What Cerberus said immediately evoked Dante’s and Virgil’s memories. If they were right, the time when Mundus broke through the seal to take revenge was just a few decades ago when their family fell apart. It was also at that time that their mother, Eva, died, and their father, Sparda, disappeared.
Perhaps Sparda was captured at that time…
“Are the guards of Demon King City strong?” Dante suddenly interrupted.
“It’s a legion formed entirely of high-rank demons!” Cerberus said. “But this isn’t the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that trying to save Sparda will likely cause Mundus to awaken.”
“No, that’s not right!” Dante shook his head. “Mundus isn’t in Demon King City. Many years ago, Trish and I entered Mundus’s demon castle on Mallet Island. That time, we worked together to seal him again! (Devil May Cry 1 plot)”
“Hmph, do you really think you encountered His Majesty Mundus’s demon castle? Was it really His Majesty Mundus that you sealed?” Cerberus’s three heads snorted coldly. “Even your father paid a huge price when sealing His Majesty Mundus back then. What makes you think you can seal His Majesty’s main body again?”
“That should have been a clone or a projection, right?” Roy asked. “Although I also think that, if Mundus is really a demon king, it’s very strange that a demon lord like Sparda sealed him, like Cerberus said, he should be extremely powerful. You can’t defeat me with your current strength, let alone Mundus’s true body! So it’s very likely that you only encountered a clone of Mundus.”
“… Perhaps!” Dante was silent for a moment before nodding.