Dante’s Inferno - 8 - Violence

Dante was laying down on a shore, similar to when he arrived in that windy area, in where he fought Libidine. However, the water was a deep red, and there was no wind. The air was unnaturally still.

Dante tried walking along the sandy dunes, which looked like a blueish-gray in the moonlight. Strange, considering… the moon was red. However, no matter how far Dante walked, a strange force kept him from going no further than 200 feet from that red lake. Dante approached the lake, and upon further inspection, he found that this water was not a super-delicious fruit punch like he’d expected, but rather… blood. It seemed sort of obvious now, considering what he’d been through before, but…

Suddenly, he saw a bubble come up from the lake. That meant there was someone down there.

???: c̴o̸m̴e̴ ̵d̵o̶w̸n̷,̶ ̶d̷a̸n̸t̶e̸.

Dante was surprised, and tried looking around to find where that voice came from. He soon realized it came from his own mind. He was being spoken to telepathically.

???: y̷͔̓o̴͖͆u̸̗͂’̷͎͂v̴͉̈e̸͕̋ ̶͙̐p̷̺̏r̴̼̄ô̴͜v̸͈͂è̶͇n̸̦̉ ̸̦͌t̸̬̓ő̶̯ ̷͕͒ḃ̸͎e̶̹̾ ̵̩̒q̶̲́ŭ̷͙i̶̟͂t̸̗̓ē̸̯ ̸̠̐ť̷͈h̶̩̒ë̵͕́ ̶͙́w̸̥͑a̷͍̋r̸̗̋ȑ̶͜ḯ̴̯o̶͉͑ȓ̴͙.̷̟̎
̷̡͂y̶̻͑o̸̊͜ȗ̶̯ ̷̙̋h̴̼͐a̵̫͑v̵̥̽e̷̬̓ ̸̠͘b̷̘̃r̷̛̹a̸̰͘v̴̟͊e̵̩̒d̴̡͒ ̶̮͝7̷̱͑ ̷̰̕o̸͈̾f̵̂ͅ ̶̂ͅm̸̟̓y̵̢̏ ̷͇̀f̸̯̀i̵̪͊n̷̼̽e̵̥̓s̴̽͜ţ̸̈́ ̶͔́c̸̲̓r̴͉̍ĕ̶̮a̸̠͆t̶̨̿i̴͓̅õ̷̹ň̷̳s̴̲̕.̷̥̓ ̶̨̉
̵̛̫b̷̙̃ü̵̪ţ̵͘ ̷̣̐y̵̤̓ǫ̴̈́u̶̱͑r̷̳͑ ̴̜̈́l̷͉̕u̵̬̚c̴̘̕k̵̨̀ ̵̯̉ẹ̴͠n̵̻͐d̸́͜s̶̪̕ ̸͕̌h̴̰͛e̴̪͂r̵͈̒e̵̱͌.̸̺̈́
̶͖̓s̶͍̈́ţ̸̐o̶̢͗p̷͕̚ ̴͚͆t̴̤́ḥ̶̑i̷̳͑s̴̪͛ ̴̘̕s̴̺͛h̵͉͗ị̴͗ť̸͜-̸̬͝
̴̳͛a̶̻͋ņ̸͊d̷̮͗ ̴̬̓D̷̟̒I̷̖̎Ȩ̸̾ ̶̳̈

Dante then immediately got tackled by a heavy, metallic figure and was punched 18 times. Then he was carried to the shore and thrown into the bloody water.

Dante drifted down and down, his body too weak to swim up. He feared he would die from a lack of oxygen, or the pressure crushing his bones, but nothing happened. He just drifted into the abyss. His nose was clogged, and his airways were not taking on oxygen, but something was keeping him alive. Perhaps the magic here in Hell kept him alive so he would be tortured like this forever?

He saw a figure zoom by every minute or so. Then it would zoom back to where it was before. Dante wondered if he should even swim back up, as his body had healed over the last few hours. But based on how bad he got beat up before, he didn’t take his chances.

Suddenly, the voice was back.

???: y̸o̶u̷ ̵m̶i̸g̶h̴t̷ ̴w̴a̴n̸t̷ ̷t̶o̶ ̸s̵w̸i̴m̶ ̷b̵a̸c̶k̴ ̴u̴p̷.̸

Dante looked down, and saw a giant, 200-foot long metal monstrosity of a fish swim past him. Out of fear, he swam upwards, towards the surface.

Something that wasn’t Dante took notice of this. Nobody would be escaping the lake on it’s watch. It dove into the water, and swimmed at record speeds, putting even the fastest fish to shame. It didn’t care who it was attacking, or what would happen to them. It lusted for violence.
8bx167.jpg (click to show) (Vehemens)

Dante saw Vehemens approaching him, and took out his gun. He tried to fire at it, but the bullets slowed down in the water. Vehemens grabbed him by the neck, and a knife came out from its arm. Dante was slashed in the neck, and kicked Vehemens away, trying to survive somehow. He then tried swimming back down, as he knew his place now.

The giant fish from earlier was down in the abyss. Dante stared it dead in the eye, flailing around to get its attention. The fish took notice, and started swimming towards him.

…this might have been a bad idea.

Dante desperately tried to swim up, and Vehemens once again took notice. It swam down and kicked Dante right in the male reproductive area. Before it could attack, though, Dante grabbed it in the arm and held it far away from him. He then grabbed onto its head, and snapped it behind him. The parts inside of him snapped, and he saw the giant fish approaching him. It tried swimming away, but with its head broken, it could no longer function properly.

The fish opened its mouth, and wrapped its tongue around Vehemens. A corrosive, yellow liquid came out of its mouth and covered Vehemens. Soon, he was reduced to a few pieces of rusty scrap, and Dante shuddered at the thought of what would happen to him if he got eaten. Suddenly, there was an explosion of light, and Dante once again was transported.

No Saike reference

Day ruined

…OH SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT IT SORRY SORRY SORRY

I’m going to ki-

Nah it’s fine

don’t joke about that

Ok

So now i have something to do.

What's next tho....
*Walks away to get the book*
*28 seconds pass and he's back with the book*
The fraudulent, which.... OH MY goodness THERE ARE SO MANY SECTIONS

so there are seducers, flatterers, simoniacs, soothsayers, barterers, hypocrites, thieves, bad counselors, sowers of discord and counterfeiters