Chapter 21

This is--

-- Cerberus.

Grrrrrrrrrr

Facing the giant three headed dog also known as Cerberus the gate keeper of the underworld under Hades Eleri shivered and her heartbeat was beating fast

She only thought of two things in her mind 'Beautiful and scary'

Eleri has always been a fan of mythical creatures such as phoenix, dragon, and even cerberus, and right now one is standing before her

"Waha! Such a beautiful beast!" She couldn't help exclaiming

"I know right!" Kaylus at the side also nodded in agreement

Seeing them like this the cerberus was silent for a moment before it roared and dashed towards them

Both Eleri and Kaylus jumped as the cerberus hit the wall where they were just standing at

Eleri said "Don't hurt it"

Hearing this Kaylus said "I also don't want to but isn't this the way to beat the dungeon?"

Eleri shook her head as she said "It didn't say that we have to kill it though right?"

Kaylus widened his eyes as he said "Oh" he then said "Then how do you propose to defeat this thing?"

Roar!

The cerberus once again rushed towards them and they once again jumped to the opposite side

Eleri then said "Let's tame it"

Kaylus froze thinking he misheard it but seeing Eleri's firm look he opened his mouth wide as he asked "What? Tame it?"

Eleri nodded and looked around

The place was like a huge blue box with nothing else in it, it was obvious the way out is to defeat the cerberus but that did not mean it should be killed

Thinking of something Eleri took a deep breath as she gambled and stepped forward towards the cerberus slowly

Kaylus watched this from the side with no intention of stopping her

Grrrrr

The cerberus growled at Eleri but did not charge at her but instead just bared it's teeth

Draven: [What are you doing?]

Eleri answered in her head calmly 'My attribute affinity is already above 50% right? I don't think it's there for no reason, so--'

'--Let's go ahead and use it shall we?'

As her steps got closer the harsher the sound from the cerberus throat it gave

Eleri stopped inch away from the cerberus and she stretched out her hand

Grrrr

Roar!

The cerberus opened it's big mouth and tried to bite Eleri's hand but fortunately Eleri retracted it just in time indifferently

Eleri sighed as she closed her eyes and this time and stretched out her hand once again

She waited for the pain but the expected pain did not came but instead--

--a wet nose and fluffy furr came to her hands

Opening her eyes she saw that the cerberus was lying obediently on her arms as it pressed it's face on her hand

"Woah so cool" Kaylus was stunned and wanted to take a photo of this but sighed as he did not have any phone on him

Eleri was still hesitant and carefully stretched out her other hand to touch the head slowly

The cerberus understood what she wanted to do and obediently leaned it's head towards her

Eleri was happy in her heart so much that it could not hide the smile in her eyes as she started to stroke the cerberus

- Ding!

- Trigger mini dungeon completed!

[Reward: Clue]

[Clue: The first piece of the crystal is hidden not below or above but inside the highest]

[Extra Reward: Cerberus]

[Owner: Eleri Clay]

- Congratulations on successfully taming the Cerberus of Hades!

Hearing this Eleri and Kaylus looked at each other as they smiled

Suddenly the cerberus turned into a ball of light before it formed a shape of bracelet on Eleri's wrist

[Item: Cerberus]

[Owner: Eleri Clay]

[Description: Tamed beast]

[Function: Allows user to summon the guard of Hades, the Cerberus]

Seeing this Eleri was satisfied and said "I'll name it blacky"

Kaylus looked at her as he asked "Who's blacky? I mean there's three head of them no?"

Eleri nodded awkwardly and diverted her eyes as she said "Then the other two is black and blackie"

Kaylus nodded and soon the surroundings went back to normal where they were in an abandoned building

Shiiiiing

Both Eleri and Kaylus flinched before Eleri raised her sword and slashed it in the air

Ching!

The sharp pieces of glasses fell to the ground as Eleri sliced it

Kaylus narrowed his eyes as he said "Enemies"

"No shit" Eleri said as she raised her momentum

Putting the book in her coat she held the sword with both hands as she took a deep breath and white smokes came out of the corner of her lips

As she opened her eyes it glowed as she said "Lightning Style: Rings of Thunder!"

Kaylus ducked as Eleri spinned and purple lightning spread in a form of circle as they attacked everything on sight

"Jump!"

Eleri and Kaylus jumped from the building on to the floor as they rolled on the ground and the building collapsed

Just as the building collapsed they saw other people falling to the ground and both of them stood up as Kaylus passed the apple to Eleri and raised both of his hands, he said "I'll take care of them this time"

Shiiiingg

Suddenly something thin glowed as it dashed towards the two people on the other side

"Guh- what-? Ah!"

The two people suddenly floated in air- no, to be more precise they were dangled in thin strings as their limbs were tied in a painful way that bloods started to drop

"Ah! Help me! Help-"

Kaylus twisted his right hand as the body of the person on the right also twitsed and exploded into pieces!

The other person shook in fright that their legs went numb and begged "Please…please…don't…"

Just as Kaylus was about to twist his hand Eleri said "Wait, I need to talk to them first"

Kaylus nodded in understanding and let Eleri approach the person

As Eleri stood infront of the person she said "Why did you guys attacked us?"

The person trembled but did not spoke

Kaylus started to twist his hand slowly but tightly and the strings on the person's body started to tighten aswell and they screamed "I'm sorry! We just heard that there was a trigger on a mini dungeon in this place so we wanted to attack those who got the clue…"

"How did you know?" Eleri asked as she raised her sword to the person's neck

The person flinched and whimpered as they said "It was broadcasted by the voice, I don't know anything else so please let me go-"

Shing!

Splatter

Eleri sliced the person's neck as she said "Since you don't know anything else then you're useless"

Kaylus whistled as he said "So cruel"

Eleri did not said anything as the bloody battlefield from the past appeared in her thought once again

Those cruel humans who fought and killed just for power

So…disgusting

Eleri closed her eyes as she walked away saying "Let's go" looking at the distant where the highest tower resides as she said solemnly "I know where the next mini dungeon is"

To be continued:

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