Chapter 83 - Joren Vs The Hell's Dog Part 2

Joren jumped backward and saw that his palm was scratched when he thrusts Cerberus' nails. He has no idea how strong this dog is, so this was him testing the water.

Looking at how the big dog shrieked in pain, it was effective.

"So size is the only thing terrifying about you?" Joren mocked. Even though his voice was not loud, Cerberus could hear it.

'Arrogant!'

Cerberus bent his forelegs and chomped down in an attempt to bite off Joren. Unfortunately, Joren's Agility is still low. The Cerberus might seem slow because of its size, but in actuality, it's faster than before.

'How to dodge this one…?' Joren thought of a way.

"Joren, move-!" Kidrith worriedly shouted, but Cerberus didn't give them time.

Swoosh*

Another explosion of wind from Cerberus' movement traveled outward. Kidrith was weakened enough to find not being blown away difficult.

After that blow of solid wind, Kidrith opened her eyes and gasped at the scene.

The ground on his feet was cracking and giving in to the pressure. Joren held two fangs of Cerberus, trying to push the dog away.

"Grr…!!"

Joren no longer thought of dodging. Agility is not his best stat as of now. If he turns to his side or back, he might take the full brunt of this dog's attack.

A nerve popped out of his forehead while holding off the Cerberus. As expected, even with his new enormous strength, this mountain-like dog is stronger. Just its weight alone is enough to make Joren bend his knees!

Joren found it scary to think what would happen if he didn't turn into a human and fight off Cerberus.

About Hades, he didn't even know how he escaped. Some strong plot armor must've blessed him.

Joren will be crushed at this rate, or Cerberus will swallow him whole.

"Tsk!" Joren has no choice but to tighten his grip. From what he found earlier, Cerberus's tolerance for pain is not high.

Crack*

The Cerberus' red-glowing eyes widened as it felt its tooth ache. Joren further crushed its fangs with his bare hands, and the web of cracks spread, reaching its gums.

Cerberus immediately backed away as it would lose on that trade if he lost his fangs.

'What kind of being would have this strength…!? This is not human at all!'

It thought and looked at Joren warily again. However, the Cerberus became complacent when it noticed Joren catching his breath.

'Oh, he's already tired from that one exchange?'

Although the Cerberus was the only one that took damage between them, it still had a lot of strength to spare while Joren was already at his edge.

His Stamina is too low to use all his Strength!

"Haha… I guess it's too good to be true, huh…." Joren muttered when the Cerberus chomped down again.

Without hesitation, Joren stomped onto the ground and used his enormous strength to evade the Cerberus. It was not enough as expected. With just a slight tilt of its heads, it reached Joren again.

'I have no blindspot, boy!'

Joren kept sprinting towards one of the Cerberus forelegs again, but its head caught up to him.

"Hmph!"

Joren jumped again, and instead of landing on the ground, he stomped onto the chin of the Cerberus' middle head, pushing it back and him forward.

That was enough for him to attempt and give one of its forelegs a dropkick, hoping to crack its bone.

But before he could reach his target, the Cerberus swiftly raised its legs and snickered towards Joren.

Joren landed beneath the Cerberus. Its belly was like the sky itself for a tiny human like Joren.

"This… is hard…."

<Joren!>

At that moment, a voice entered Joren's head. He knew where it came from. He looked around but saw no fish. Instead, he felt a wiggle on his crotch.

"I have no time for this, fish!"

<I'm here to help you, how could you shout at me!? Also, please don't feel too conscious about it and make it awkward. You see, I have no gender, so this camouflage is->

"Just say what you want to say! Ah, shit-" Joren then saw the Cerberus looking at him and tried to lie down in an attempt to crush Joren with its own weight.

<Try to climb above the dog! Hurry!>

Jorendidn'tt had time to think and just did what the fish told him. He ran towards the Cerberus hindlegs, but its sky-like belly was already above Joren.

BOOM!*

Kidrith protected herself from the wind again."D-did he"

In this entire time, it was like a rollercoaster for Kidrith. After all the doubts she gave Joren, this time, she gave not just trust but faith.

"He can do this!"

She told herself. Nevertheless, there's still the tinge of anxiety formulating at the back of her mind. Kidrith hopes that while Joren is fighting off the Cerberus, none of the Gods will show up. Even Nebarius joining in would be dire.

Fortunately, the crow is still resting after all the beating he took from Allecto.

'And, from what I saw earlier, Lady Allecto and Lady Megaera are on Joren's sides… maybe.'

" Urk-!"

While Kidrith was worrying about another matter, Cerberus stood up with a cry. Meanwhile, Joren caught his breath after using himself as a needle to pierce the Cerberus'' belly. Like most animals, the dog's belly skin is not that tough, and Joren concentrated his punch up to pierce a hole for him to go through.

This results in him being covered in Cerberus' blood.

"Che! If only I retained my undead skills, I could've licked this blood off of me" Joren sprinted again.

<Stop talking about disgusting things! Just go up!>

"Said by the fucking fish who thinks hiding in someone's crotch is a good idea!"

<It is a good idea!>

Joren jumped and was about to grab the Cerberus' fur on its hindleg but swiftly, the leg raised. When Joren landed, the leg then stomped down towards him.

He jumped forward to dodge the stomp. It's easier to avoid than the Cerberus' chomping down. Joren looked back and saw that Cerberus'' left head was watching him.

"This dog really has no blindspot, huh!"

Joren laughed since he got a hold onto the Cerberus' tail. After all, he had been attacking since the start. The Cerberus didn't dodge its tail, thinking it was too soft to take impact. However, following what the fish said, Joren's intention was not to attack but climbed up.

Seeing him do this, the Cerberus growled and wagged its tail. However, Joren has a firm grip on it as he slowly ascends.

'Does he think that my back is vulnerable? Does he not know dogs can roll!? Hahaha,' Cerberus laughed, nothing noticing that there was a problem with how it thought of itself as.

So, it wagged its tail while letting Joren climb its back. The Cerberus is confident that Joren wouldn't be able to pierce its back like what he did to its belly.

Joren gritted his teeth as he climbed the kilometer-long tail one step at a time. While he was pushing himself to the limits with his limited stamina, from other's viewpoints, there's this big dog who's just wagging its tail.

It's quite… cute.

"Why is he trying to climb" Kidrith looked up to him when she felt someone walk up behind her.

"Just believe in him."

Kidrith turned her head around and saw the God of Death, Thanatos.

"G-g-g" she froze up, thinking there's no escape.

"Ah? No, I'm not your enemy."

Thanatos laughed at her reaction while commenting, "But I didn't think that the austere and meticulous head maid has this side of her"

"W-well..."

While Kidrith replies to Thanatos, keeping her distance as much as possible from the God of Death, Joren is halfway through Cerberus' height.

"Can you… tell me now why you want me to go up there!"" he groaned, and the fish answered.

<With your strength alone, it's not enough for you to defeat enemies like Cerberus.>

"Are you making me do this just to make fun of me!"

Joren wanted to hit the fish, but how could he? The fish is hiding on his crotch, and his two hands are occupied in climbing the Cerberus' tail. To hit the fish, he could only move his hips and crush the fish between the tail and his crotch.

But, of course, he didn't consider doing it. He was already slapped by his own dick countless times in front of Kidrith already. He didn't want to dry hump the Cerberus' tail for petty intentions. He no longer wants his dignity to be further damaged.

<Of course not! I'm going to be honest! You're the only one who can save us, Joren! I think you're too thug enough to be qualified as the future Gangsta God. I'll support you no matter what, so don't let yourself get killed!>

"..." Joren didn't know how to feel about being the future Gangsta God. It just sounds so lame.

<We just need to get out of everyone's sight.Don't forget that You're still hiding the existence of the system.>

"Huh? But wouldn't the Cerberus still see us and just tell me what you're going to do"

<I'm finally going to give you your weapon.. You'llll be able to kill the Cerberus with it. So, in the end, there will be no witnesses!>