The BeastKeeper From Hell
[WebNovel Rising Star II Entry: Beast Taming Event]
Diablo was an apex predator in the world of assassins, a shadow slipping between shadows, executing missions with the precision and detachment of a machine. Rumor painted him as more myth than man, a ghost devoid of warmth or humanity. Whispers said he served no one, lived for no cause, and answered only to the cold allure of coin.
That was, until one fateful night. Amidst his most brutal mission that made him entirely lost humanity, he stumbled upon a peculiar sight: a three-headed pup scrounging for scraps in a trash-strewn alley. It looked abandoned, so he took it in as a way to sooth himself for what he had done, assuming it was just a poor creature born with a deformity.
But as days passed, Diablo began to notice something strange about the pup—something unsettlingly unnatural.
“Well, well. It seems the infamous Diablo has a weakness after all.”
“?!”
In that instant, they aimed at the dog. Diablo, clinging to his last thread of humanity, sprang to defend the creature—only to fall in the effort and died.
But a twist awaited. The pup he’d so valiantly protected was no ordinary dog but a Cerberus, a beast born of the infernal depths. In a flash, it transported Diablo’s soul to the underworld and laid him before Lucifer himself.
“Bring back the beasts who have escaped from Hell,” commanded the Lord of Darkness.
With that, Diablo was resurrected and given a new purpose.
