"No~~~"
Like a cuckoo crying tears of blood, or a stray dog having its backside brutally branded with a hot iron, Idar—his heart ripped out by Lin Qi—let out a shrill, hysterical scream. Blood sprayed from his mouth, nostrils, ears, and the wound through his chest. Scorching divine blood fell with a dull whistling roar, splashing up towering waves across the sea below.
Idar stretched out a hand and clawed desperately toward Lin Qi. Lin Qi had his eyes closed and did not even glance at him. But Idar's hand never reached Lin Qi, because Cerberus had already silently darted forward. Drool and venom dripped from every one of Cerberus's teeth, perfectly proving the old saying: barking dogs don't bite.
He darted forward without a sound, opened his jaws without a sound, and bit down savagely on Idar's ankle without a sound. With a crisp crack, Idar's ankle was crushed between Cerberus's jaws like a brittle biscuit. Amid spraying blood, Cerberus shook his head frantically and silently, pulling Idar's body crooked with all his strength before pouncing again in a frenzy, just as soundlessly.
Cerberus leaped onto Idar and silently sank his blood-smeared jaws into Idar's neck. With his heart removed and his divine body severely damaged, Idar had nearly died from the pain on the spot. He roared in shock and fury, wrenching his neck aside with all his strength. Cerberus's venomous teeth scraped past his throat, drawing two thin lines of blood across it.
Idar's body suddenly went limp and weak in waves. A dense aura of darkness invaded his body, shrouded his soul, and began to encroach upon it. This was the venom on Cerberus's teeth. This three-headed hound, charged with guarding Hell's gates and filling his belly on rotting corpses and the bodies of all manner