Chapter 37-The Alpha and the Omega

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Nero, Izuku, along with Fenrir and V, reached the aftermath of the fierce battle between Dante and Urizen, hurrying to Dante's side.

"Dante!" Nero called out, extending his assistance to V in getting to Dante.

"You're late. Just finishing up." Dante responded, catching his breath as he nonchalantly rested his sword on his shoulder.

"Looks like you've been through the wringer. You good?" Dante inquired, turning his attention to Izuku, who was still being carried by Fenrir.

"Everything's hurts" Izuku admitted while eyeing Urizen's fallen form.

Nero's curiosity got the best of him as he stared at Urizen and asked, "Is that really your brother?"

Dante gave a confirming nod to Nero's question. "Yup, that's him."

"So, it was him who was behind all this. Your own flesh and blood." Nero muttered, clearly affected by this revelation.

Dante couldn't help but smile."right again."

As the conversation meandered, Dante couldn't help but notice Izuku's state. "Hey, why are you naked?"

Izuku brushed off the question with a dismissive wave, too preoccupied with the sight of Urizen's defeated body.

Meanwhile, V, slowly and deliberately, approached the fallen Urizen, declaring, "In the last throes of defeat, I see."

"You..." Urizen rasped weakly, managing to lift his head slightly.

Dante, sensing the impending climax, hurried to strike Urizen down but was halted by V's insistence to handle it himself.

"No! Please... Let me. I want to end this battle with my own hands," V pleaded, and Dante yielded to his request.

Perched atop Urizen's body, V used his cane to support himself as they locked eyes. Urizen, though weakened, glared back defiantly.

"Don't struggle. For If you can't even defeat me, then you've already lost," V taunted, smirking.

"I will not lose... not to Dante... I need power... More power!" Urizen growled, drawing a chuckle from Dante. V, kneeling on Urizen's chest, agreed with him.

"I know... we are one and the same, you and I. You've lost me, and I've lost you... Yet we are connected by that one feeling," V acknowledged, and Dante, Nero, and Izuku watched closely.

"While thy branches mix with mine. And our roots together join." V murmured, raising his cane, ready to deal the final blow.

Realizing V's intent, Dante moved swiftly to stop him from killing Urizen. However, it was too late. V had already plunged his cane into Urizen's chest, and a colossal pillar of light erupted from Urizen's body, sending Dante, Nero, and Izuku flying backward.

Abruptly, the torment that had plagued Izuku vanished, and he extricated himself from Fenrir's embrace, unsheathing his katana. A formidable aura enveloped the chamber, signaling a momentous presence.

The illusory surroundings they were ensnared in began to fracture and crumble, fragments cascading from the sky to the ground, permeating through the very fabric of the illusion.

The luminous pillar that had shone so brilliantly dwindled, revealing a lone figure where V and Urizen once stood. It was a fusion, a melding of man and demon, the embodiment of Alpha and Omega.

"What is this...?" Nero exclaimed, his astonishment and bewilderment palpable as he gazed upon this mysterious entity.

"Vergil...!" Dante spat out the name with palpable fury, igniting recognition even in the minds of Nero and Izuku, though they had never encountered this enigmatic figure before.

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