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Chapter 198 - Temen-ni-gru

"Well, you heard the man. We shouldn't interfere sometimes it brings more harm than good," says Felicia as the Ancient One, Diana, and James couldn't really agree to that.

"I won't interfere in this matter but I can't speak for S.H.I.E.L.D.. They could send people there any moment knowing their director," says the Ancient One as she knew that Fury's successor is as paranoid as he was.

"We won't interfere either for now," says James unwillingly as he hated to see people suffering just because they couldn't do something.

"How long will you be staying in this world? I might send your father and mother to Red Grave City to see you. They are in L.A. at the moment in a conference," says Felicia as she was curious about how long they are staying.

"It could be some decades," says John as Felicia was excited to hear that.

"Well, I will inform them. And don't forget to visit me once in a while if you have nothing to do in Red Grave City. You are always welcome here," says Felicia as the couple smiled at her when Felicia throws a cellphone at John.

"Just to be in touch with each other. You never know when you will need help," says Felicia as John puts the cellphone away.

"We will meet soon again," says John as they leave the main building.

They say goodbye to the others as they begin to fly away from the Parker Compound. John took one last glance of it before they fly faster towards Red Grave City.

"It was nice to see them again. Maybe we should visit my family as well once we have some time again," says Nesiara as John nods in agreement.

They returned home as they had to wait for five more days for the tower to appear. They were eating some pizza as Nesiara looks at John who was thinking hard about something.

"What are you thinking about?" asks Nesiara as John snaps out of it.

"I was thinking about what I was talking with Sparda before," says John as he told her about it when Nesiara looked serious at him.

"You aren't seriously going to jump into the demon world just to keep an eye on one of them," says Nesiara seriously as John shakes his head.

"No, I won't jump into the demon world. It would change the timeline and Mundus as well as the others wouldn't appear as they should and that could kill even more people that will already die because of the brothers' rivalry," says John as he was serious.

If Sparda wasn't his friend he would have killed both and entered the demon world with Nesiara and Nora to finish everything in less than a year. But he won't kill the son of his friend making it difficult for him.

"So you said that Nora would find her love in this world right?" asks Nesiara with a smile making Nora who heard that spew her drink out before she began to cough violently.

"What did you say?" asks Nora after being able to talk while her cheeks were rosy making John chuckled from seeing his daughter in such a dire situation.

"It won't happen if I tell her. So try your best in finding her," says John as he smiled at Nora.

Nora looked at him seriously as Nesiara finished her sixth pizza while saying, "Don't be like that or you will never find someone, and Tifa is married to Cloud. So look for someone that suits you and persuades her with our Zerbst's charms or be tricky like your great-grandmother Felicia. You have seen how easy it is for her to touch another woman."

"Mother!" shouts Nora as Nesiara giggles from seeing Nora's reaction.

"It was a joke. You will make it. I'm quite sure of it," says Nesiara as she began to eat her seventh pizza.

"I still can't believe that seven of those entered that small frame of yours," says John as he was eating his second and was almost full.

"Well, at least I am lucky that my husband comes from a rich family," says Nesiara teasing John.

They sat together as they spend time as a family the next few days when suddenly a tower broke through the ground. Morrison was with the family at the moment it happened.

"Holy Mother of God," says Morrison holding his hat as it was his first encounter with the demonic.

"Welcome to our life," says Nesiara as Nora was in her Hunter equipment.

"I will reckon in front of you," says Nora as she leaves first holding Excalibur.

"Will we interfere much or just a little?" asks Nesiara to John who sighs.

"As little as possible. Dante needs to awaken his Devil Trigger and for that, he needs Vergil to stab him with his own sword," says John as Nesiara looked at him.

"But you could do that yourself and look like the villain that turns into a hero in his eyes after everything is revealed to them," says Nesiara as John looked at Nesiara complicatedly.

"If I were to do that, would I return to be who I used to be?" asks John looking at the tower as Nesiara took his arm.

"You wouldn't because we know what you are going to do, not like back then," says Nesiara reassuring John as he closed his eyes and they turned cold.

"Just this once then. Keep a close eye on Nora. I don't know how she will react if I do those things," says John as he disappears from Nesiara's sight.

"What is going to happen now?" asks Morrison nervous as he didn't know why John was scared of being like his former self.

"John is going to become the villain to make the hero stronger," says Nesiara as she turns to Morrison when Faith manifested in her hand.

She pointed it at Morrison making him nervous when she suddenly attacked and Morrison closed his eyes thinking everything was over when he hears, "You should find a safe place, Morrison. The streets aren't safe any longer."

Morrison opened his eyes and saw that the Lance that Nesiara was holding passed his left side. He turned around and sees a demon turn into sand when more of those demons appear holding a scythe in their hands.

"Duck!" shouts Nesiara at Morrison who did as asked from him when Nesiara's Lance turned into a Spear and she swung it around herself killing all the demons that appeared.

"You should go now, Morrison. Things will get ugly until the tower isn't gone," says Nesiara as Morrison nods and stands up.

"Good Luck to you three," says Morrison before leaving as Nesiara looked at the Tower.

"Well, let the game begin then," says Nesiara to herself as she disappears as well from where she stood.

Nora was the first one to reach the tower of the three as she enters it finding a young man riding a rocket as if it was a skateboard while a young woman was sitting on her motorcycle.

The woman turned to Nora as they locked eyes for a moment and Nora saw that the woman had two different eye colors in her eyes and they seemed to mesmerize her.

The young man in red crashed the rocked against the ceiling breaking it and the young woman with different eye colors took her chance and accelerated while pushing the bike to the limit making it fly through the air going through the hole.

"Not even a thank you for opening a path for her," says the young man in red as Nora wanted to follow the woman but decide to not do that at the moment.

She walked towards the gate of the tower passing the young man in red when he says, "You are going to ignore me as well."

The young man touched Nora's shoulder and found out it was a bad idea as he found a sword coming for his throat. He evaded the attack by a thin hair thinking that he could win against Nora.

He attacked only to find out that Nora blocked his attack when suddenly something furry hit him in the abdomen followed by Nora pushing him back.

"I don't have time to deal with you. I have a mission to accomplish," says Nora as she turned her back towards the young man.

"Dumb decision," says the young man as he pierced through Nora or so he thought until Nora turned into white smoke and a lock of wood took her place.

The young man felt someone's hand on his shoulder and the next moment he didn't feel the ground under his feet. He was thrown by Nora against a wall quite hard making him moan in pain as he crawled out of the crater he created with his impact.

"You know Incan do this the whole day," says the young man as Nora smiles.

She disappears and appears again in front of him while saying, "I could say the same back to you. But I don't want to kill you since you are important to some people, Son of Sparda."

Nora then vanished from his sight while seeing the shock in his eyes that Nora knew who or better said what he was.

John, on the other hand, was walking through a corridor that led upwards when he finds a young woman with a bazooka on her back.

"Who are you, girl?" asks John with a harmless smile on his face as he approached her.

"Don't come nearer, Demon," says the young woman as she pointed her gun at him.

"Not all demons want to cause harm to the human world. Or have you never heard the Legend of the Black Knight Sparda?" says John as he approached her without fear on his face.

"That is just a story told by some people," says the young woman as she shot a warning shot at John's feet while saying, "Don't come nearer!"

"The story is real as all the power of my friend is sealed in this tower as is the demon world. He asked me to discipline his arrogant sons for trying to get his cursed power," says John as he didn't stop and pressed onwards.

The young woman shot at him trying to kill John only to find out that the bullets just hit his skin and fell to the ground. She was feeling desperate as John came nearer and nearer.

She closed her eyes thinking everything was over when she feels a hand on her shoulder while hearing, "Not all demons want to destroy the world. Some want to save it as Sparda did before them. Think about it while climbing the tower it will help you differentiate between friend and foe."

She opened her eyes only to find John smile at her as if he was the father she never had. John then removed his hand from her shoulder and continues walking up when the young woman stopped him.

"Wait!" shouts the young woman as she asks, "Can I come with you?"

"You can't since I have to do bad things to make those sons of my friend see the truth and for that, I need to be their villain. This would make you a target if they see us together," says John as he continues walking while the young woman had her head hanging down.

John sighs as he turns around and says, "How about I give you my name. Once this is all over you can find me here in Red Grave City. My name is John Crownguard and yours is?"

"Lady, just Lady," says Lady as John smiles at her.

"I know that isn't your real name but I will wait for you to reveal it when we know each other better," says John as he then turned again and continued walking up leaving her behind.

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