Greg dives into the shadows while the beast rages around stomping and bucking.
After twenty seconds he reappears under the beast this time combined with Gareth. He rushes up as Quill appeared from a shadow below a tree.
He slams his scaled fist into the rhino's stomach causing it to lift into the air a bit. He didn't stop there as he grasped the beast with his large arms.
He grunts with pain and strain as he lifts the beast up and body slams it on it's head!
It coughs up blood as it falls sideways with a heavy thud. Greg runs forward and releases a barrage of heavy punches into the rhino's stomach.
Each punch is harder than the last and each punch causes more blood to spurt out of it's mouth.
The beast releases a cracked roar of pain as it tries to create a tower of lava. Greg dives back into the shadow, evading a clumsily made lava tower.
And after a brief moment launches himself from the shadow of the beast's head.
He falls knees first onto the beast's head smashing in another two eyes. Then jumps of to unleash another barrage of punches at the beast's head causing cuts and cracks.
Greg's fists are covered in blood but he ignores in the splashes of blood drenching his face as he continues to punch.
'SHOW IT NO MERCY' Gareth roars in his mind.
'SHOW IT THE FURY OF YOUR RAGE' Gareth continues to roar out.
After fifty punches the head finally collapses in with blood and brains flying everywhere!
Greg didn't stop there.
He keeps punching and after the eightieth punch he starts screaming. The beast's head is already mush.
"YOU KILLED MY FATHER!"
"YOU TORTURED MY MOTHER AND TURNED HER AGAINST ME!"
"YOU TORTURED ME AND FORCED ME TO WATCH SOME MANY OTHERS DIE!"
All the hate that had built up in his heart was unleashed.
When Greg is finally done he stands up and looks down at his work. The ground beneath the beast is smashed into sand, the beast's head is no more than a fine paste.
At first it he is disgusted but it quickly fades and turns into pleasure.
Greg looks up and roars!
"DO YOU SEE ME!?! DO YOU SEE MY STRENGTH!?! I WILL FREE MY MOTHER! I WILL CRUSH HUMANS AND GODS UNLIKE AND NOTHING WILL STAND IN MY WAAAAAAYYYY!"
The words sounded like man and beast alike. If it could be heard some would say it was a cry while others would say it's a roar.
The words seem to be aimed at the heavens themself.
Greg rips the core from the beast. Then he walks over to the withered tree and sits next to Quill. She speaks softly.
"Master I've seen your memories and your hatred is much more than justified. I just hope Master's anger will not consume him."
He unfused with Gareth and pats quill's head. "I promise you I won't let it consume me and if it does I will not take you with me."
Suddenly laughter echoes out.
Both of them look at the source of the laughter that ruined the sweet moment. It was Gareth who let out the laugh.
He speaks up noticing their glares. "Do you truly think you can promise something so absurd. Darkness, light and space, and other such powerful energies have their own will. Your promise has been made by many of my followers and hero's that I faced before. I've seen so many pure hearts fall into the depths of darkness! What makes you different?"
"I've lived in darkness and it lives in my heart. I will not have to fall because I've already fallen to the bottom. That is what makes me different." Greg states resolutely.
Gareth let out another loud laugh. "You think you've seen darkness because you've been tortured by ants, NO! True darkness is living to kill and torment. At my prime I tortured the massed of god temples, drowned parents in their children's blood, skinned babies alive. And it was all to fuel my power and fuel the darkness energy's desire."
Quill looked at Gareth with horror and fear but Greg keeps the same expression.
"I don't care what you did because I will not do the same!" Greg argues back.
Gareth didn't laugh this time and instead looks him straight in the eyes. "We will see."
With that said Greg put his head against the tree and falls asleep.
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he wakes up as night falls, completely refreshed and another rank higher, reaching [Rank-D]{master stage} after absorbing the core.
He gets up and looks up at Quill flying high in the sky, who lands shortly after him waking up.
Quill has been up for the hour practicing a skill learned from the first fusion. It was called [shadow-less flight] and it allows her to absorb the shadow she left on the ground as she flew.
She figured it was very practical to help her master hunt better.
Greg fuses with quill before taking back to the skies. He uses the darkness to give him a swift and silent boost.
After a few minutes, He finds a pack of [Rank-D] bloody hounds. There are about five of them with blood red fur. They are each 3ft tall and armed with sharp claws.
One of them is much bigger than the rest and it's fur is sharp and dark red. It is [rank-C]{advanced stage} so it is most likely the pack leader.
As their name suggests they use the blood element which is a sub-element of water. they could control their own blood to create hardened claws and teeth.
Greg quickly swoops down while wrapping himself in a ball of darkness and slams down on one of them.
It is crushed and swiftly killed. He didn't waste any time as he releases his fusion with Quill and fuses with Gareth.
This catches the wolves off guard as they didn't expect one of their own to die so quickly.
he dashes toward the closest wolf as the other wolves break their stupor and rush towards him. The large wolf lets out a loud howl and all the wolves start to release a bright red aura.
This must be the boss's skill [blood strengthening]. The wolves speed increased but they are no match for Greg's speed.
He reached the closest wolf at the same time it jumped at him. He side steps and slashes it with his left claw ripping it's side open.
As it falls from his attack another wolf pounces aiming to bite down.
Greg quickly turns his head and counter bites into the wolf's neck snapping it within a second. His jaws didn't stop as he decapitates the wolf with a snap.
Greg doesn't get a second to breath as another wolf suddenly appears from behind him and chomps onto his neck. It barely manages to break the scales before Greg grabs it's head and pulls it off.
He throws it into another oncoming wolf and sends a heavy kick to a wolf that is mid-air. The kick quickly breaks all of it's ribs and throws it against a tree.
A problem quickly occurs! Greg didn't look close enough beforehand.
20 wolves appear from the nearby rocks, coated in blood. They all create spikes of blood around them and start shooting them towards Greg.
He quickly moves to evade the spikes but there are simply too many.
A few of the pierce his arms but they didn't inflict much damage due to the sturdy scales but the damage begins to accumulate.
Greg creates a pool of darkness under his feet and drops in.