Greg dived into the shadows while the beast raged around stomping and kicking.
After twenty seconds he appeared under the beast this time combined with Gareth he rushed up as Quill appeared from a shadow below a tree.
He slammed his scaled fist into the rhino's stomach causing it to lift into the air a bit. He didn't stop there as he grasped the beast with his large arms. He grunted in pain as he lift the beast up and body slammed it on it's head.
It coughed up blood as it fell sideways with a heavy thud. Greg ran forward and released a barrage of heavy punches into the rhino's stomach.
Each punch was harder than the last and each punch caused blood to spurt out of it's mouth.
The beast roared out with pain and tried to create a tower of lava. Greg dived into the shadow again and launched himself from the shadow of the beast's head.
He fell knees first onto the beast's head breaking another two eyes. He unleashed another barrage of punched at the beast's head causing cuts and cracks. Greg's fists were covered in blood by he ignored the splashes of blood and continued to punch.
'SHOW IT NO MERCY' Gareth roared in his mind.
'SHOW IT THE FURY OF YOUR RAGE' Gareth continued to roar out.
After fifty punches the head finally collapsed in with blood and brains flying everywhere!
Greg didn't stop there.
He kept punched and after the eightieth punch he started screaming. The beast's head was already mush.
"YOU KILLED MY FATHER!"
"YOU TORTURED MY MOTHER AND TURNED HER AGAINST ME!"
"YOU TORTURED ME AND FORCED ME TO WATCH SOME MANY OTHERS DIE!"
All the hate that had built up in his heart was unleashed.
When Greg was finally done he stood up and looked down at his work. The ground beneath the beast was smashed into sand, the beast's head was none existent.
At first it was disgust but it quickly faded and turned into pleasure.
Greg looked up and roared!
"DO YOU SEE ME!?! DO YOU SEE MY STRENGTH!?! I WILL FREE MY MOTHER! I WILL CRUSH HUMANS AND GODS UNLIKE AND NOTHING WILL STAND IN MY WAAAAAAYYYY!"
The words sounded like man and beast alike. If it could be heard some would say it was a cry while others would say it's a roar.
Greg ripped the core from the beast. Then he walked over to the tree and sat next to Quill. She spoke softly.
"Master I've seen your memories and your hatred is much more than justified. I just hope Master's anger will not consume him."
He unfused with Gareth and patted quill's head. "I promise you I won't let it consume me and if it does I will not take you with me."
Suddenly laughter echoed out.
Both of them looked at the source of the laughter that ruined the sweet moment. It was Gareth who let out the laugh.
He spoke out. "Do you truly think you can promise something so absurd. Darkness, light and space energy has their own will. Your promise has been made by many of my followers and hero's that I faced before. I've seen so many pure hearts fall into the depths of darkness! What makes you different?"
"I've lived in darkness and it lives in my heart. I will not have to fall because I've already fallen to the bottom. That is what makes me different."
Gareth let out another loud laugh and then spoke. "You think you've seen darkness because you've been tortured by ants, NO! True darkness is living to kill and torment. At my prime I tortured the massed of god temples, drowned parents in their children's blood, skinned babies alive. And it was all to fuel my power and fuel the darkness energy's desire."
Quill looked at Gareth with horror but Greg kept the same expression.
"I don't care what you did because I will not do the same!" Greg argued.
Gareth didn't laugh this time and instead looked him straight in the eyes. "We will see."
With that said Greg put his head against the tree and fell asleep.
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he woke up an hour later completely refreshed and another rank higher, reaching [Rank-D]{master stage} after absorbing the core.
He got up and fused with quill who was still flying high in the sky.
Quill had been up for the hour practicing a skill learned from the first fusion. It was called [shadow-less flight] and it allowed her to absorb the shadow she left on the ground as she flew.
It was very practical to help her master.
Greg took off using the darkness to boost him.
After a few minutes, He found a pack of [Rank-D] bloody hounds. There were about five of them with blood red fur. They were each 3ft tall and armed with sharp claws. one of them being bigger than the rest and it's hair was dark red. It is [rank-C]{advanced stage} so it was most likely the pack leader.
As their name suggests they use the blood element which is a sub-element of water. they could control their own blood to create hardened claws and teeth.
Greg quickly swooped down while wrapping himself in a ball of darkness and slammed on one of them.
It was crushed and quickly killed. He didn't was any time as he released his fusion with Quill and fused with Gareth.
he dashed toward the closest wolf as the other wolves rushed towards him. The large wolf let out a loud howl and all the wolves started to release a red aura.
This must be the boss's skill [blood strengthening]. The wolves speed increased but they were no match for Greg's speed.
He reached the closest wolf at the same time it jumped at him. He slashed it with his left claw ripping it open. As he recoiled from his attack another wolf pounced.
Greg quickly turned his head and bit into the wolf's neck snapping it within a second. His jaws didn't stop as he decapitated the wolf.
Another wolf suddenly appeared from behind him and chomped onto his neck. It barely managed to break the scales before Greg grabbed it's head and pulled it off.
He threw it into another wolf and sent a heavy kick to a wolf that was mid-air. The kick quickly broke all of it's ribs and threw it against a tree.
A problem soon occurred!
20 wolves appeared from the bushes, coated in blood. They all created spikes of blood around them and started shooting them towards Greg.
He quickly moved to evade the spikes but there were simply too many. A few of the pierced his arms but they didn't inflict much damage due to the sturdy scales but the damage began to accumulate.
Greg created a pool of darkness under his feet and dived in.