:Respect

When the light turned back on, the slender angel coughed out a mouthful of blood accompanied by tears simply because Mongrel's claws had burst through his chest and were holding the poor thing's heart.

The remaining two angels stumbled backward in a state of shock and pity, unlike Cyrus who smirked and muttered under his breath.

"Finally."

At the sight of the slender angel's death, the muscular one's eyes shifted in fear and landed on Cyrus's face. He was shocked to see Cyrus smiling.

'He... he must be strong. I think I should act confident and talk him into teaming with me,' thought the muscular angel.

He sauntered towards Cyrus with a smile and wrapped his hands around Cy's shoulder as if they'd been buddies since crèche.

"Ma men, it looks like we have got to team up to take this mother fucker out. Do you feel me?"

"Hands off", sounded the voice of a cold killer (Cyrus).

However, the angel did not adhere to this warning, he just smiled thinking Cyrus was warning him, and that was his last and only warning.

The next thing Cyrus did shocked not just Mongrel but also the female angel. A dagger appeared in his hands, and he placed it on the muscular angel's throat.

"Uh?" the angel plopped his face.

Slit...!

With the cold demeanor of an emotionless and ruthless killer, Cyrus slit the man's neck, and blood, along with the head, rolled on the floor with the dead body falling.

Not caring about the red liquid that stained his face and covered his palm. It had become, a regular phenomenon.

-[Sub Quest: Completed]

Cyrus smirked, looking at Mongrel. He couldn't afford to let some team-up make him lose another stat, so he veered to look at the frightened female angel and muttered.

"If you so much as put a finger in this fight, I will kill you," Cy's cold voice resounded in the angel's frightened and shaking mind.

As Cyrus glanced back at Mongrel from the far distance on the red carpet, a long blade appeared in Mongrel's palm, and within a nanosecond, kaboom.

'It's coming in hot,' thought Cy.

The beast covered the distance between him and Cyrus like it was nothing. He reached and, as if Cyrus was holding his money, he slashed his blade, aiming for an instant kill.

However, Cyrus's eyes flared and went down simultaneously, such a careless and big attack left an open region of Mongrel.

Without hesitation, he slashed Mongrel's abdomen but to no avail, only sparks were formed as his dagger just slide to the right.

'It's indestructible,' Cy voiced inwardly with a freaked-out voice.

Witnessing Cyrus had dodged his attack by squatting, Mongrel caught Cyrus by his sweater, and with that grab, he flung Cyrus up against the far wall.

Bam.

The wall cracked effortlessly, and Cyrus was forced to release a painful and pitiful groan.

The beast lion, Demon Mongrel, didn't give Cyrus one second of rest. As Cyrus' back had hit the wall, he dashed at him, leaped up, and slammed his sword against Cyrus... KaBoom, resulting in a cascade of rocks when Cyrus blocked it with his two daggers.

The angel couldn't believe what was happening. Of course, Cyrus wasn't winning and was at a disadvantage here, but she had sensed Cyrus to be a C-rank skill user.

<<Blue >>

-{Job Advancement}

Cyrus didn't pay attention to the notification as of now; he was preoccupied and was losing the fight.

Kweuk kaboom...!

Mongrel connected his knee bone against Cyrus' chest, resulting in our MC coughing out a mouthful of blood, and instantaneously, Mongrel caught Cyrus by his hair and Bam kweuk.

Cyrus's head slammed against the ground so hard that a two-deep crater was formed.

Mongrel picked up his huge long sword and raised it high to stab Cyrus with it. Bam, the sword but smashed the rocks instead, as Cy vanished from there.

Only to appear behind Mongrel with his fist... "You Bastard," yelled Cyrus.

Boom.... The collision of his fist with Mongrel's face caused a resounding outburst and shook the castle. However, that's what the angel thought. When the dust cleared, Mongrel had caught Cyrus' fist inches from his eyes.

Gritting his teeth, Cyrus's dagger appeared and rushed to stab Mongrel's face, but to no avail, Mongrel caught Cyrus' wrist, twisted Cy's wrist, and broke the bone, with Cy yelling.

Kweuk.

The next thing he knew, his voice was silent when Mongrel's sword burst through his chest, Cy's eyes widened in terror with blood escaping his mouth with the assortment of tears.

-[You have been killed by Mongrel}

-{Player Has Died}

Cyrus fell to his knees lifelessly, Mongrel was done with him and dragging his sword towards his throne. He didn't even bother fighting the angel because he knew she was a waste.

-{Instant Rebirth Activated}

-{Your Rebirth has gained you the minimal experience of your opponent}

-{Previous strength, magic, speed, intelligence, attack, and skill: 350}

-{Current: 400}

-{You have not grown strong enough to defeat your enemy}

-{Quest: Mongrel Must Die has been postponed} -{No current Quest available}

Mongrel stopped walking, and the angel stumbled backward thinking he had noticed her existence, but no, she was surprised even more when she saw Cyrus standing on his feet.

'He... He... He's immortal,' muttered the angel, but that was just the surface of Cy's ability.

Mongrel, however, did not attack Cyrus. He stared at Cyrus, who was still willing to fight, but he knew Cyrus still wouldn't be a match for him.

Thud.

The next thing, Cy's ears twitched when he heard what the monster said.

"You have gained my respect, human. Come back when you think you're strong enough. But there will be no returning when you do come back."

With those words, a purple glowing circle with two triangles facing opposite directions and words beyond human comprehension materialized underneath Cy and the angel's footwear.

In other words, they were leaving this place by Mongrel's order. Cy was really mad. He got nothing again. As he sank in, he could think of nothing but growing stronger and coming back.

'And when I do come back, I promise you're dead,' thought Cyrus, sinking completely under the teleportation spell of the Mongrel.

As they left, Mongrel was seen on his throne again, the blue flames etched on the walls all died, and everything and everywhere was dark except Mongrel's purple glowing eyes.