When the exited the dark world, they were in another warm and dark place, only Greg knew their current location.
"Hey where are we master?" Quill asked in a confused tone.
"I'll tell you where, when I wake up." Greg said and fell asleep.
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"Damn, brat where are you going so fast?" The teacher said with her eyes closed. She can use her darkness ability to sense the darkness in people's heart. She used this to keep track of him but now he was moving out of range.
The teacher created wings of darkness on her back and took to the sky after him.
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Greg slept for half the day and when he woke up his core energy was back to full. He first checked his stats.
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Greg Gareth {Rank-D, advanced stage}
Element: Darkness, Demon earth
Class: Shadow Summoner- 1/4 summon links left
Skills: [ Summon fusion ]{level 4} [ Dark-world travel ]{level 8} [ Darkness control ]{level 10} [ Dark absorption ]{level 8} [Hunger]{level 2} [Blackstone]{level 1}
Summons: abyssal lizard {Rank-D, advanced stage}, whirlwind raven {Rank-E, master stage}, dark blood hound {Rank-C, master stage}
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'I HAVE A NEW ELEMENT. So that demon really has the power to grant elements but I've never heard of this element'
Quill, Gareth and Claw stared at him with an expectant gaze. It was as if their eyes were asking the same question the Quill had.
"I guess it's a good time to tell you. We are in the belly of the titan wolf. It's large enough to fit all of us and the core's. It's also going to a better hunting ground." Greg said with a calm demeanor as if it was normal to sneak into your enemy's stomach.
"Haha, as expected I can't tell if your insane or cunning but either way this is brave. Are you prepared to fight anything there." Gareth said with a joyous tone.
"Whatever beasts we face won't beat us master!" Quill and Claw said simultaneously.
"Be ready I'm going to cultivate your powers now." Greg said as he put his hands on the two cores. He started to absorb the energy of the cores.
Then he pours his dark energy into the three. This continued till the reached their location.
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Two titan wolves quickly approached a humongous limestone dome. four wolves stood at the a large hole in the dome that was decorated with bones.
As the two wolves reached the dome, The other four stood in the way. "Why are you running over here like that and where is Noras the hunt leader?" The wolf in the front asked.
"We ran into a terrifying bird-man and she was killed along with Genrin!" He said with panic in his voice.
The four were first confused by what he said then worried. "A bird-man managed to kill two of you was he rank-B or higher."
"NO, that's the worst part it felt like a rank-D, but its element was that of a demon's and they had pets he could fuse with. it also had a wolf and lizard with it." He continued on.
"That's pure insanity. You can't walk in there with tales like that! Especially when the commander's daughter is here." The same wolf said with a serious tone while standing in the way.
"Please, You have to let me see the commander. I believe this bird-man is heading this way." The wolf said and the other with it started saying the same. Suddenly A ball of darkness appeared out of the wolf in the back's mouth.
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In the titan wolf's stomach Greg had finished absorbing the cores a few minutes before the wolf stopped. There was no change in Claw's rank however the other's had drastic increases.
Greg managed to reach [rank-C] {basic stage}. He felt his core grow greatly and his control over darkness increase. He also gained a new skill called [Dark soldier summon]. His amount of summon-able creatures also increased to 8.
[Dark soldier summon]{This skill allows the user to open the dark world and summon creatures resembling the user with basic sword skills. 0/8 summoned}
Gareth broke through to [rank-D] {advanced stage} and with that he tripled his height as well as width his wings grew to half the size of his body. His scales became harder and the numbs on his back grew into spikes. He gained numbs all over his tail as well as two tiny horns on his head. Two skills were added as well called [Dragon's roar] and [Darkness clone].
[Dragon's roar] {allows user to release a roar that paralyses creatures below the users rank and stuns creatures three stages above. Stun time depends on creatures mental ability and rank.}
[Darkness clone] {allows user to create a replica of the user with 50 percent of the users power.}
Quill's rank soared to [rank-D] {master stage} which was because of her smaller core making it easier to rank up. she doubled in size and her feathers became as sharp as daggers. She also gained three skills called [Whirlwind feathers], [Darkness aura], and [Dark whirlwind strikes].
[Whirlwind feathers] {allows user to imbue their feathers with the whirlwind element making increasing speed for each feather.}
[Darkness aura] {creates a dark aura around the user making them harder to sense and faster.}
Greg threw all of them except Gareth into the dark world, then after hearing that they still weren't going to let them in, he decided to break in.
He fused with Gareth then covered himself in and orb of darkness then rushed out of the wolf's mouth shooting spikes at the wolf's brain at the same time.
He shot passed the wolves blocking the entrance while releasing corrosive spit on them as he passed.
As he got inside he could see over a hundred of titan wolves, a hundred of titan lions, and a thousand of titan goblins. Sitting on a gigantic throne at the very end was a titanic humanoid figure with two large horns and next to it was a smaller humanoid creature that only had one horn and fur all over it's limbs.
This was the titan's commander and the commander's daughter sitting there.
'I have rushed straight forward into the lion's den so lets hope I'm the stronger lion.'