A Beast from the legends...

Lenny remembered tales of this beast in the mythologies. Even if he had never read a book, he had definitely played a few video games when he was younger.

Also, there were certain religions that worshipped it as god.

It might have been a creature from the myths, but rumours had it that it was an actual god.

Many legendary figures also spoke of it. And ancient texts said it was a guardian of some mystical treasure.

However, in this world, it was just another dog that the demons came with from their world.

This was a Cerberus. It was a giant dog, about twelve feet in height. It had a width of six feet, with widespread legs like a bouncer standing in front of a club.

It had three heads. Each one of them looked hungry and ferocious, with saliva drooling from all three.

One of the heads yawned, revealing an incredible set of uncared-for teeth. Its canines were long and curvy, like bamboo shoots.

Its body was bold, big, and black. Nearly looking like its skin had been scorched under fire.

Every move it made into the arena drew attention from both half-humans and demons that formed the audience.

This was a true beast.

Just when Lenny thought he had seen it all in this world, his horizons were once again stretched open.

Immediately after the Cerberus showed itself, E7007 spat out commands like a gun.

"I want to see shields in front! Spears behind!! Swords in the flanks!!! No one moves until I say so. And remember, assholes, the last strike is the most important."

The members of the nameless crew immediately went into formation.

It happened so fast that Lenny, who had picked long knives did not know where to stand or form up.

After all, this was the first time he was fighting with people against a beast.

He ended up joining those who were with swords at the flank.

The beast came out slowly. Apparently, it had just been woken up from its slumber.

The beast was sluggish, and Lenny could guess that this was the best time to attack the beast.

However, he was not the only person who thought of this.

"AHHH!!!" There was a loud war cry as a gladiator rushed at the beast with a spear in hand.

One look at the charging fellow, and Lenny recognized him.

This was the same guy who had complained in the dining hall that his points were finished and, therefore, he could not eat any food.

He must have been very desperate to get points.

Hunger usually made men angry.

The man charged in for the beast. The attention of the crowd of demons remained on him as he ran wildly with his spear in hand.

However, he had very poor judgement. For example, his screaming only served to help wake the beast.

And then there was the fact that when he got close enough, he threw his spear at one of the beast's heads.

His aim was not off, and he had indeed targeted a blind spot. But the major problem with a beast with three heads was that it also had three pairs of eyes.

What one did not see, another did.

The other head moved and quickly caught the spear in the air with its mouth.

What happened next was totally expected.

The show was simple. A defenceless man versus the unrewarding jaws of a three-headed dog.

It was not bound to end well.

The three heads ended up fighting for which to get a better taste of him.

The Arena was big. Slightly bigger than the size of a football field.

The distance between them and the Cerberus was large. But there could still hear the sound of bones being crushed by the dog's different jaws.

"Shit!" E7007 Cursed. "It has tasted blood."

Lenny did not understand, but soon, he did.

The Cerberus's eyes suddenly changed colour. As if its face was not scary enough, its eyes suddenly became a bloody red.

From the way it looked at the gladiators, it was obvious that it had not had its full of bloodied meat just yet.

Lenny had seen a rabid dog before. But the sight was totally different when it had three heads.

Cerberus immediately ran for them.

As it did, some other gladiators gave war cries as they ran for it.

"HOLD!!!" E7007 commanded. "If any of you fuckers break out of this formation, I'll kill you myself!"

The entire smiling, pretty boy-faced demeanor that E7007 had was totally gone.

He had changed from a pretty boy to a leader and even better, a General. All in a few seconds.

Even Lenny was compelled to obey his orders.

Even though all the other Gladiators ran charging at the Cerberus, E7007 did not let them attack.

Points were a commodity that allowed for everything in this place. And to get points, one must fight. Points were allocated based on the effort displayed to please the demon audience.

The only way the Nameless Crew were going to get points was by fighting in the arena.

However, E7007 told them not to.

Even when the fight had begun, he still insisted on them waiting. Surprisingly, none of them disobeyed.

This made Lenny look at E7007 in a different light.

However, he suddenly heard a loud growl. It was from Cerberus.

It had caused a lot of damage. But three heads could not defend against this many capable men.

Just when Lenny thought that the Cerberus was going to fall and the Nameless crew left empty-handed...

"Here it comes fuckers!" E7007 warned.

And it was just like he had said.

The growl of the Cerberus was a cry for help. Behold, four more of these terrible beasts dove into the arena.

The smell of blood was the driving force that fueled their desire to kill and rampage.

Lenny could literally hear some members of the Nameless crew swallow hard in anticipation...