Devil May Cry 3 : Dante Awakening
When coming across the entrance to the tower, Dante faces Cerberus (a massive three-headed hellhound) who warns Dante that he isn't welcome in the region, nor the tower because he looks like a human. Dante defeats the demon where it realises Dante is unlike any other human. He is unsure about his true "nature", but Cerberus nonetheless offers his soul (the first of many bosses that give Dante weapons after defeat) as a weapon to give Dante protection against further danger. Dante is shown up by a woman on a motorcycle who doesn't waste time and overtakes Dante, giving him more motivation to climb the tower.
The stranger and Vergil employ various measures to prevent any intruders into the tower, namely Dante and the woman, from stopping their secret plans. They seek Dante's half of the Perfect Amulet, the only momento left from their mother. It holds the hidden power, when the two halves are joined, to open the door to the Demon World within the tower (in a function similar to a Hell Gate.) The bald stranger, Arkham, has a bond with the woman, who is revealed to be Mary, his daughter. Mary came to the tower to kill her father because he sacrificed her mother to gain power. The four characters complete various tasks and goals, occasionally meeting throughout the tower.
While progressing through sections of the tower, Dante comes across a fifth, more enigmatic character, named Jester, who has knowledge of the tower and most of its functions. Facing demons and many puzzles, Dante makes it to his brother at the peak of the tower, where they fight each other brutally. Vergil overwhelms his brother and stabs him with his sword, Yamato. When Dante resists and tries to keep going (to get his amulet and sword back), Vergil uses Rebellion, Dante's own sword, to make sure he was dead. As Dante lies on the tower, presumed to be dead, his sword "tastes" Dante's blood and builds up his dormant devil powers. The energy explodes, triggering his true power. Dante falls unconsious and when he awakens, he finds his true might and heads out to get back to Vergil as fast as possible.
Dante jumps from the tower, where he is swallowed by an enormous flying creature known as the Leviathan. As Dante kills the creature and comes across Mary again, where the two have an argument about their different "beliefs". He nicknames her "Lady" and escapes while she is forced to take the job to finish the demons for him. Arkham and Vergil make it to the tower's door, where Arkham uses his book to open it to proceed to the control room located in the tower's basement. Arkham taunts Vergil, telling him that he is a joke for being more human than demon. He impales Arkham and kills him, since he does not need his help anymore now that the door is open. Dante reaches the control room where Vergil is trying to get the tower awakened, he taunts him to keep him distracted with another battle. As Vergil takes his chance to get more of Sparda's blood from his brother to reactivate the tower, they are seen by Mary who steps in a forbidden area not meant for humans. Mary thinks Vergil corrupted her father, but the former was in fact manipulated. As they continue, Jester comes in and applauds their efforts for helping him get his desire. The Jester reveals himself as Arkham, and evades their attacks and overpowers their attempts to stop him. He tells Vergil that he is missing one key to get the Force Edge, a sword that has Sparda's power within in it. To become a new god, Arkham stabs Mary with the bayonet her cannon in order to get the blood that belonged to her ancestor. Sparda killed that ancestor to supress the power of the tower and open the gate. With Dante's, Vergil's and Mary's blood, the tower starts to awaken. Arkham is brought up to the summit by an elevator and waits for his chant and the bells (which were a mystery until now) to be put together. Vergil is seen unconsious while the other two continue onwards.
Dante progresses on his own path and when chasing with the fatigued Mary, he takes the chance to face her father for her and leave her out. Mary stubbornly fights Dante, insisting that she should be the one to kill him. After the fight, Dante explains his motivations and Mary entrusts him with Kalina Ann and her mission. Dante comes to the top of the tower, and fights his shadow, Doppelganger. After defeating it, he comes to Arkham in a strange area within the Demon World. Dante is disgusted by Arkham taking on his father's form, however, this is short lived as Arkham's dark heart causes him to transform into a blob-like creature. He battles Dante in an effort to be more powerful by any means necessary.
In the battle, as Dante was busy with Arkham, Vergil appears and takes his stand against the two. He and Dante take on Arkham for not backing away from the power when he could. The brothers are hindered by their weapons and Dante has one of his guns knocked out his hand. They remember their old, childhood saying of "Jackpot!". With the weakened Arkham taken out, he is kicked out of the Demon World and drops to the tower's top in with a force that paralyses his legs. Mary comes up to her father and as he pleads for her assistance, but she denies him and abandons her name as Lady. She chooses to end his life, but cries over the loss of her family. Back in the demon world, Dante and Vergil face off to have control of the sword. Dante is told to give up his amulet by his stubborn brother. Dante fights him off and ends him with a powerful slash at the peak of Vergil's swing, wounding him and making him fall into the dark part of the Demon World. Dante escapes the soon-to-be closed and unstable portal, taking the Force Edge and his amulet half back with him.
Returning to the Human World, Dante meets Lady outside the tower where she coins the phrase "devil may cry" while trying to comfort Dante over the loss of his brother. They form a friendship and the beginnings of a partnership in demon-slaying. He later on names his shop "Devil May Cry". By accomplishing certain conditions, there is an extra scene that shows Vergil's fate. Still in the Demon World, severely weakened, yet determined, he encounters Mundus, his father's old enemy, and charges into battle against him. His fate is later on revealed in Devil May Cry.
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