Challenge, First Generation Demonic Beast

"Good grief, Hades was that fierce? I always thought he was the restrained, secretly passionate type." Oushen was utterly astonished, shocked that his uncle had done something so bold.

"Could he have done something like that if he weren't secretly passionate?" All three of Cerberus's heads burst into laughter. "Those two goddesses chased him straight into the Underworld and fought Lord Hades. It was only after the greater gods stepped in to break it up that the matter finally ended."

"What about Lady Persephone?" Oushen found this whole affair rather thrilling.

"Well, she married Lord Hades. But there were conditions. Persephone normally had to stay in the Underworld, but during the warm season each year, Lady Persephone would leave the Underworld to accompany her mother and sisters."

"So that's how it was."

The man and dog chatted happily.

Oushen stood up and dusted off his backside. "Cerberus, could you do me a favor?"

"Go ahead. You're a pretty decent kid. What do you need?" Cerberus answered readily. Anyone he could get along with was a friend, and helping a friend was no problem.

Oushen drew the coral-like azure Sea Bow from behind his back.

"That favor is... fight me."

Cerberus looked casually at Oushen's steadily rising fighting spirit, and a smile curled across his lips.

"Roar, now this is interesting."

"Please. Let me see just how far I can go while standing on land." Oushen's eyes gleamed.

Divine power and magic power began to run wild.

Lemoni treated the wound on his chest, then leaned against the cliff face and caught his breath.

The giant eagle with a hundred-meter wingspan had been thrown onto another mountain peak. A large hole had been punched through its head, and it had already fallen silent.

"Urgh..." Lemoni frowned uncomfortably.

The wound on his