Chapter 113: Sirens, II

Before the time Kiro was trapped and marine life came rushing out of the ocean...

"Rehtorb, ew lliw eid. Nommus."

"Woh ynam?"

It looked at its brethren with unfaltering determination, "Lla!"

The sirens were top of the chain in the ocean, they were the most intelligent marine life. As fate would have it, they had one other ability, to control everything inferior to them in the ocean.

While Hubris was distracted by Kiro having his head swallowed by water. They used this chance to summon marine creatures, to win this odious battle.

They all started chanting in a language that was foreign even in the Underworld. The water started to fight violently against itself.

The ground started to shake violently as if the world was shouting at the top of its lungs, telling every creature that crawled on it that it was tired. It sounded like it was going to crack in half, but it never did.

Aquatic life zoomed out of the water and straight for the beings that were foes with their masters.

Dusk had completely fallen by this time. Naturally the lighting was different, but the 5 moons made every night, everywhere shameful. It was as though the sun never drowned beyond the horizon.

The 5 silhouettes seemed to have been watching the battle that ensued under them with great anticipation. One of the 5 was even slightly red in colour, as if to bleed in the stead of the brave fighters on the ground.

The spectators made Hubris paranoid, as he looked up, one was so close he could practically touch it, if he jumped high enough, he thought.

They must've deemed Hubris the bigger threat because the more dangerous and intermediating looking ones all aimed for him.

"I don't have time for this, my Lord is dying." He commented with a thunderous voice that sent chills on every creatures' spine.

Then something amazing happened, which left the two dumbfounded, the three that remained ran. They picked up and ate the trash as they did. Then submerged themselves into the ocean.

"Did they just run? I'd expect this from any monster, but not an Underworld monster. I thought you guys would be tough and stubborn."

"Why would you think that?"

The sand was full of raw, perfectly good meat. Kiro wasn't about to let that go to waste, he was raised better than that. So he was picking them up one by one.

"Maybe because the first Underworld beast I acquired is tough and stubborn?"

Hubris made a chuckling sound, remembering those painful days made him cringe but was glad his master thought nothing of them. He just treated it as normal rebellion, as a teenager would.

He looked at his Lord lovingly and quickly followed from behind, also picking up the fish. He knew how good his cooking was, the more the merrier.

"Hubris, you should go get wood, the fire we had is all but done."

"Are you sure?" Hubris was hesitant, he wasn't sure his master could carry all these by himself.

"Who do you think I am? Don't worry, I'll carry as much as possible. You'll eat to your hearts content."

His tail involuntarily wagged. He ran into the forests. When he came back, he had more wood than they would need and Kiro had more fish than they could eat.

They sat around the fire eating.

"Those things, won't come back right?"

"They only come out when the ocean burps out trash. That happens once in a while."

Kiro decided to trust his comrade, and relaxed a bit.