Mark had tied one end of the chain to the Cerberus' leg, but the other end was inside the Styx, and the lost souls in there were pulling on it relentlessly!
BARK! BARK! BARK!
Mark stood up calmly as he cracked his neck to one side while ignoring the intense barking and seething from the Cerberus. He knew that it was a gamble to carry out a plan like this. Mark did not know if it would work. The River Styx was an unfamiliar place to Mark, and Mark did not know if the souls of the undead would bother grabbing hold of inanimate objects.
But Mark knew that if they did grab hold of it, it would definitely be the end of the fight. Mark and Charon were unable to fight against the souls of the undead when they were pulling him down into the River Styx when he died the first time. That meant they had more than enough strength to drown Cerberus!
Drag!
BARK! BARK!
Cerberus was being dragged into the river as it struggled desperately to try and free itself from the chain. It managed to drag itself forward a little, but the chain would only pull it back some more and try to draw it into the river. But Cerberus was not giving up! It pulled itself forward desperately as it tried to escape! It was not going to go out like this!
That human dared to attack it and trap it like this, so it was going to make sure it killed that human properly! Cerberus was going to end Mark if it was the last thing it did!
The amount of bloodlust and anger shining through Cerberus's eyes would have been enough to make any average man piss himself, but Mark just laughed in the face of Cerberus's anger as he rolled his shoulder before taking off into a mad sprint!
Woosh!
Cerberus's eyes widened in shock as it saw Mark running towards it, and it immediately tried to get a bite out of Mark to end his life when Mark came close, but Mark easily used his momentum to avoid the bite before slamming his fist into Cerberus's unprotected nape!
BOOM!
[Lightening Surge]!!
WHINE~!!
Did they really want him to walk through something like this? It looked like a one-way trip straight into a trap! The veil was eerily similar to the veil of death from that popular magic book. Was it called Harry Potter or something?
Mark sighed in resignation as he started to walk forward. He had already gone through hell down here; whatever was on the other side of this door was probably not as bad.
Mark's vision cleared as he passed the veil, and he saw himself in a dark room with nothing in it but a single fireplace burning in the distance. There was a man standing on the opposite side of the room. He was wearing a black shirt and trousers, and he had long black hair framing his angled face.
He was looking at Mark with open hatred and irritation, and Mark could only raise a brow in surprise as he saw the man. Now, who the hell is this bastard?
[Comment from GoG: That's Thanatos. I know you're prone to doing this, but try not to piss him off. He has a bad temper, so anything can trigger the bastard.]
That is Thanatos? Mark could only blink in surprise as he turned back to look at the god of literal death! Thanatos was nothing like what Mark imagined he would be like! Mark thought that he would see someone with a massive scythe wearing black robes that flowed in the wind or something, not a normal person that looked like he was one step away from pissing Mark off.
Thanatos remained silent no matter how long Mark stood there, and Mark started to become a little irritated as well as he watched Thanatos watching him. Say something, you fucking bastard.
"Tch."
Thanatos finally clicked his tongue in annoyance, and Mark immediately saw a prompt appear from his system.
[The User has passed the final test. The Trial of Thanatos has been completed, and the user will now gain his gift.]
Mark read through the system message very quickly, but he noticed that Thanatos was moving before he could see what the gift was. Mark looked up as he saw Thanatos walking away, and he raised a brow as Thanatos said something just before leaving.
"Don't think this makes me acknowledge you, mortal. As far as I'm concerned, you still have to prove yourself to me. Your mere existence is an insult to all the other gods, and in time, we will be rid of you. You and that fucking pesky patron god of yours. But for now... I am content with your performance."
This fucking bastard was really getting on Mark's nerves. Mark narrowed his eyes in anger as he was about to speak up to Thanatos, but another message from Sozin immediately pulled Mark back.
[Comment from GoG: Mark. No. I understand your anger, but he is not someone you should speak against; he will eradicate you with a finger and there is nothing I can do for you since you are in his domain. Bear with it.]