Merlin and Keith were currently in a dark alley leaning against a wall. They had reverted back to their original forms.
Merlin and Keith had disappointed looks on their faces. They were disappointed that they didn't defeat that man. Their philosophy was if they didn't kill their opponent especially when their opponent is a villain, they haven't won the fight.
Merlin broke the silence between them by saying, "We need strength so that we don't repeat the same thing that happened today."
"Yeah, you're right," Keith agreed as he raised up his head revealing that his eyes where still had the same beautiful crimson red color. This was a sign that he was still very angry. The man who they fought escaped due to the fact that he used the lives of innocents but was he to expect from the person who killed his brother.
His blood was boiling every time he thought of that man and this was also the same for Merlin whose eyes were still charcoal black.
"I am going to defeat Cerberus," Keith declared.
"I will be waiting for you on the first floor," Merlin said as he teleported himself to the first floor of the tower." Merlin then disappeared.
Keith followed suit and was teleported to a different realm.
Keith looked around and saw that he was in some sort of desert. The sand was charcoal black and there were some withered trees in the area that he was in. He looked up and saw that the sky was pitch black and the only thing that this world had for light was the red moon.
"This place looks familiar," Keith mumbled as he tried to recall anything from his memories which where a bit fuzzy. He finally remembered and said, "This place is Shadow Earth."
Shadow was once a very beautiful place. The species that used to live here where the onis and dragons. They used to live here in peace and harmony until an oni killed the daughter of the first dragon king. The dragon king was furious and decided the best way to take his revenge was to wage a war against the oni race. This war was known as the Great Supernatural War.
The war lasted for over 2000 years which was 20 years in the human world. The reason why the war ended was because of a Celestial. The Celestial knew if this war left unchecked, then this whole universe who have been destroyed.
The Celestial decided to separate the two races by creating two new realms for them.
Due to the war Shadow Earth became nothing but a barren wasteland.
Keith couldn't help but wonder what this place looked like before the Great Supernatural War but he put those thoughts aside and decided to focus on the matter at hand. He ran at an incredible speed. He was looking around seeing where he could find Cerberus. After twenty minutes of searching, he found a very tall tower that reached the heavens.
Keith realized that this the Tower of Ascension. He looked at it in awe as he had never seen a tower this big before. Whilst he was a little bit distracted, a giant beast lunged at him with great speed. Keith was barely able to dodge it in time which led him to lose his arm.
His arm grew back and he activated his suit. The clothes that he was wearing turned into the same black sticky substance and after a few seconds his suit was equipped.
His suit was a little different now because Keith had commanded it to change. His mask was still the same but everything else changed. His shirt and trousers looked like the gear Shinobi used to wear. The X symbol was still there on his shirt. His long coat had turned into a jacket that reached his waist.
"That was close. A little bit too close," he mumbled to himself as he stood and stared at the beast right in the eye.
The beast was 145 feet tall. The beast resembled a dog with three heads, it had red fur, each head had horns and their eyes were a dark red color.
The monster growled at Keith trying to intimidate him. Keith however was unfazed by its growl but was rather pissed that this giant beast was actually able to launch a sneak attack and take his arm off.
Keith looked at the monster and a system notification popped up.
[Monster Name: Cerberus]
[Rank B]
[HP: 500 000/500 000]
Keith took out his sword and said, "Break first seal!" A dark ominous energy his entire body and it disappeared after one second. His short jacket's length increased and it now reached his knees. Keith knew he had to use this form if he wanted to stand a chance against this monster. His current form now made him Rank B.
The monster shot out a giant fireball at Keith that had diameter of 50 meters. Keith was able to dodge the attack effortlessly due to his incredible speed. He then hid behind a tree and stared at the monster which allowed him to use his ability [Copy].
[Copy-SSS Rank]
[Description: This ability allows you to copy any skill from anyone or anything that you see]
[Se cost: 500 per copied skill]
Keith had copied a total of ten skills and used [Great Merger] to merge together.
[You have created a new skill, (Fire Manipulation-A Rank)]
He lunged at the beast with great speed, he then went towards one of the head and cleanly severed its head off. The middle head looked at him with an infuriated look in its eyes, it let out a breath of scorching hot flames which caught Keith on fire but the beast then realized it was just an afterimage.
It turned its heads to the right and saw Keith leaning against a tree and gestured for the beast to attack him. Cerberus was infuriated by the way Keith was acting and thought to himself, 'How dare this lowly mortal cut off one of heads and start treating me like I am not a threat. I swear on my life that I will kill this lowly mortal in the most excruciating way possible.'