Vergil removed his blade. He stepped backward, and with a single swift strike, drove his blade through Drakkon’s chest. He wrenched it, just to ensure no hope of survival. Drakkon coughed. Vergil could see the faintest splatter of blood on the inside of his visor. But before he died for good, Drakkon drove the Princess Blade through Vergil’s back. Energy spiked and burst from the blade, tearing Vergil apart from the inside out.

Drakkon slumped to the ground. The Power Rangers: Labor Force disappeared into dust. Vergil, bloodied and nearly falling apart, yanked the Princess Blade from his back and dropped it on the ground. Nonon looked on in anger and horror.

“You… you killed my workhorse!” She said. She sent out an explosion of sound with her Symphony Regalia Presto.

Vergil summoned a doppelganger along with the Broly Drums. The doppelganger battered the drums and sent waves of sound right back. As the two waves collided, they completely canceled one another out. Vergil walked towards Nonon unimpeded.

“Wh-what?” said Nonon. “How are you?”

“Destructive interference,” said Vergil.

“I know what destructive interference is, dumbass! I’m asking how you can counter the chorus and violins of Dies Irae with just drums! You’d need to know the precise amplitude, wavelength, frequency… it should be impossible.”

“Not impossible,” said Vergil. “Improbable.”

“Almost infinitely improbable!” said Nonon. “So how?”

Vergil reached into his bracer and pulled out a piece of Chromium. He had stored his luck there just before being sent to Tartarus. “Call it a lucky guess.”

Vergil reached for his blade. Before Nonon could complain about how unfair it was, or how she didn’t deserve this, he charged forward. A myriad of cuts completely destroyed the Symphony Regalia Presto. He anticipated she would die too.

Instead, her clothes just fell apart.

Nonon screamed and ran into the depths of the Qliphoth. Vergil turned to Dante and Gladion.

“That… was not intentional,” he said. He fell to the ground. Blood splattered upon impact.

“Vergil!” Dante rushed over to him. “Vergil, are you okay?”

“I’ll be… fine,” said Vergil. He summoned the Defibrillators of Chaos, Dr. Kratos.“Use these. More importantly.”

- Ragnarust Round 5