Chapter 1053 Ren, Zen, Rena.
"Awooooooo!"
Two puppies howled at the sky as their eyes turned a bright red. One was a cute labrador with black coat and the other was a golden retriever that wasn"t golden.
The two were at a distance and at an equal distance from the two was a young lady whose face was indifferent, however, her bright purple eyes had a tinge of red in them.
The girl slashed her arm at the side. It transformed from being a human"s to a wolf"s sharp claws.
She kicked the ground and shot off towards the black puppy, Zen.
Her aura made Zen"s hair stand on their ends, and sent him into extreme survival mode, awakening the fight instincts.
Rena was scary, but not scary to the point of making him flee.
Zen"s tattoo on his forehead glowed as he howled and with his little paw, he stomped on the ground.
BOOOOM—!
The sky split apart as thunder roared. A lightning strike descended right at Rena"s head.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
With movements faster than lightning, Rena avoided every strike and swiftly forced her way towards Zen, having absolute murder in her eyes.
"Awoooooo!"
The golden retriever let out the loudest howl of his life, causing visible sound ripples that pushed the trees and plucked away the bushes, flattening the area around him.
The sound hit Rena and ruptured her ear drums, causing blood to leak from her ears.
She felt numb, but not hindered, and jumped on Zen.
Zen barked and dodged to the side, his short body aiding his nimble and agile movements.
"Woof!"
Ren"s gaze fell on Zen, who was now in the line of action.
Raising his paw, he smashed it downwards.
A gray-colored beast"s claw manifested from behind him and charged at Zen and Rena.
Being in a pinch, Zen"s red tattoo on his forehead grew brighter and so did his eyes.
In the next instant, a bright red portal opened in the air above them and a red-colored knight-like being made of flames and possessing wings on his back flew down, thrusting his spear at the young Cerberus"s attacking hand.
The hand shattered and Ren coughed blood.
A never-before-seen twisted expression soon formed on his usual cute face as he bared his fangs.
"Awooooooo!"
n.o.body knew what the howl meant, but everybody could see the result of it as a thick aura of Death was collected from the surroundings and turned into a five meter tall dog beast with three heads.
The beast charged at the knight made of flames. The middle head of the beast attacked the knight while the other two targeted Rena and Zen respectively.
This time, Zen wasn"t able to dodge and was. .h.i.t by a corrosive liquid that sizzled and burnt his coat, making him howl painfully.
Rena"s legs were covered in lightning and she zapped around. Ren"s attack did not pose a threat to her.
Zen seemed injured and could be taken out easily, however, judging from the attack that Ren pulled out just now, she figured out it would be impossible to defeat him alone.
The black puppy was no threat, the white one was.
Rena skipped Zen and jumped high in the air, slashing her claws at Ren and his Cerberus manifestation.
s.p.a.ce split apart in the shape of claw marks and the tear flew towards Ren.
Ren kicked off his hind legs and jumped high in the air, avoiding it. But there wasn"t a proper control on the Cerberus manifestation and it got hit by the s.p.a.ce tear, getting parts of it thrown into the void.
The beast roared angrily and the brunt of it was borne by the flame knight.
However, the attack was weaker than before and the flame knight had the upper hand.
Zen was still suffering from Ren"s corrosive attack, but it was bearable. In his crazed state, he realized the bigger threat is him and not Rena.
Doing simple calculations that he was capable of, Zen supported Rena"s attack by summoning an orc made of rocks from around the surroundings.
The orc acted as a tank and charged at Ren, taking all of the attacks he sent.
Ren growled as he found himself in a bind. It was as if he was standing on a rock, beside which was no ground. If he went left, he"ll fall down and die, and if he went right or front or back, he"ll fall down and die as well.
At the extremely tense situation, Ren let his aura explode freely.
The Cerberus bloodline"s pressure came crashing on Rena and Zen, with the former flinching and trembling, and the latter having no effect on himself.
Rena"s hair stood on their ends as her body screamed of danger. In front of her wasn"t a puppy but a mighty beast with an ancient bloodline that instilled fear in her deepest recesses.
Still, this was nothing compared to the monsters in the dungeon she had come across as a child. It was that eventful day that her whole pack was killed, but were eventually revived and protected by her Master"s grace.
The pain, the fear, the loss… recalling it made her resist the ancient beast"s bloodline.
It wasn"t much effective as an ancient bloodline was still an ancient bloodline, but things had now become manageable for Rena.
Howling at the sky, both of Rena"s arms turned into a wolf"s forelimbs. She jumped in the sky and momentarily blocked the crimson-silver moon from Ren.
Feeling that this was an opportunity, Zen jumped in the air too and activated his final ability.
A ma.s.sive football field-sized red magic circle appeared on the ground beneath Ren.
The ground rumbled intensely and within it, thousands of decaying hands could be seen coming out.
Such levels of attacks were nothing for Ren!
The memory of the day he was almost killed by a spider was still vivid. He knew how helpless he was in that situation and how he wouldn"t have survived if it wasn"t for his Master.
Ren had pledged to not be so useless from that day onwards and had bore the torture of his mothers and the golden-haired monster with pointy ears.
He had diligently worked hard and raised his level to at least protect himself and not become a bother to his Master.
Ren"s mothers were more than happy to help him train, and under their guidance, it did not take him long to learn of his bloodline and the powers.
Ren looked up at the sky, at the two charging figures, and let out a loud roar. It wasn"t a puppy"s howl anymore, but a lion"s mighty roar!
Ren"s small frame turned into a three meters tall and big monster beast. His fluffy snow-white hair turned into rough bright white ones and his fangs grew sharper as well.
With the way the two were descending, they would fall straight into Ren"s mouth and be crunched to death.
Even after knowing this, Rena was fearless and charged at him. She was the first from her pack to have transformed. She was fed well by the Masters of this area, she was not going to disappoint them!
Zen"s mult.i.tude of expressions turned completely indifferent and neutral. There was no thought in his head, other than kill and survive.
He remembered that unfortunate yet fateful day when he was almost beaten to death, tied to a rock, and then thrown into a lake by the villagers.
The level of helplessness he had been through was not something he wanted to repeat. He knew he was just an ordinary, that is, until he met his Master.
Meeting his Master was the best thing that had ever happened in his life. Although she was not as expressive as Ren"s Master, and also did not know how to show affection or love, he still loved her and revered, respected, and looked up to her.
She had taught him a lot of things and made him aware of his ident.i.ty. Zen could still recall the words she had spoken to him during his training.
–Summoning is your forte. Embrace it, feel and learn. One day, you will be able to summon anything you wish — a G.o.d, a knight, a partner, or even… the person who had abandoned you, your previous owner.
Flames of fury fanned into Zen"s very essence that day when he was made to realize he had a Master before. He could not remember anything about that person, but since his Master had said so, then it was definitely true.
Zen wanted to become the best summoner out there. He wanted to summon his owner, beat them to half death, and ask why they had abandoned him. He also wanted to show that person how well he was doing without them, and how loving his current Master was.
There was no hesitation in any of the three beasts" eyes.
They were all in their peak state and rushing at each other for mutual destruction.
At any given instant, the three would clash. Two of them might survive, or one of them, or even none of them. It did not matter anymore. They all had a reason to fight, and they all wanted to prove to their respective Masters how far they"ve come.
The agitation spell that had rattled them had long since vanished when they entered their berserk states.
They knew someone had riled them up to fight together, but it did not matter anymore.
"Roaaaaarrrrr—!"
"Roaaaaarrrrr—!"
"Roaaaaarrrrr—!"
Ren, Zen, Rena.
The three magical beasts roared and were exploding with killing intent.
Ten meters. Nine meters. Eight meters…
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
BOOOOOOOOOM—!