Darnic looked at Hades and said with a frown:
"Prince Hades, where did you take Assassin and her Master? Also, why didn't you deal with Red Saber and her Master?"
At this moment, a bird-shaped golem flew over and landed on Avicebron's hand. Its head was a giant eyeball, making it clear at a glance that this golem's purpose was to serve as a surveillance familiar.
Seeing Darnic monitoring him, a hint of killing intent instantly rose in Hades's cold eyes. He teleported in front of him, and the temperature around Darnic dropped significantly in an instant.
With the dark Cosmos of Death in his tone and voice, Hades said to him:
"Put away that silver tongue of yours. Those rhetorical tricks might work on Vlad and the others, but they are useless against me, Darnic. I can see the essence of your soul; it is pitch black. No disguise is of any use before me."
Darnic could clearly feel Hades's pressure; his body began to turn pale, and cold sweat poured down.
"I-I'm sorry... Prince Hades..."
Unable to withstand Hades's pressure, Darnic's knees buckled, and he knelt before Hades, speaking tremulously.
"Hmph!!" Knowing Darnic's current character, Hades gave a cold snort, turned around, and instantly appeared in the hall below the throne.
"You don't need to worry about the vacancy left by Assassin; it will be replaced by this."
Hades took out the Hades Sword and slashed the ground. Terrifying hellfire ignited where the Hades Sword passed, and an ancient black stone gate rose from the hellfire.
"This is...!? The Gates of the Underworld!!" Charon, who was from Greece, immediately recognized the gate, his face filled with shock and horror.
Woof woof woof woof woof—!!!
Three roars filled with wild pressure rang out, and a giant figure rushed out from the Gates of the Underworld—Cerberus, the guardian of the Rain Hell, rushed out.
Its massive form almost burst the hall apart. The expressions on the faces of all the Servants and Masters were quite a sight.
"It's so big...!!" Astolfo said blankly with a silly look in his eyes.
"This is!! The Watchdog of Hell, Cerberus!!!" Avicebron, well-versed in various cultures, immediately recognized the identity of the behemoth before him.
"A top-tier Phantasmal Species..." Caules was startled by Cerberus's appearance and slumped to the ground, his pupils contracting as he spoke in shock.
"Amazing!" Fiore didn't know what words to use to express her thoughts and could only speak simply and directly.
"Roar roar roar~~!!" Upon seeing its Master, Cerberus lowered its massive body and let out a docile growl at Hades.
Hades stepped forward and gently stroked Cerberus's middle head. Seeing Cerberus appear, Vlad III also revealed a very excited smile and said:
"With the legendary Watchdog of Hell and that Homunculus who has gained the power of the Dragon Kind, the victory of our Black Faction in this Holy Grail War is certain."
Poof—!!
A sound rang out, and some white smoke rose from Cerberus's massive body. When the smoke dissipated, Cerberus's giant form had actually turned into three small fluffballs.
Those three fluffballs were dog heads without limbs, as cute as plush toys, but with different expressions: one had a calm face with squinted eyes, one had a happy smile, and one looked as cute as a character from a shoujo manga.
"Woof woof woof woof—!!!"
The three fluffball dogs bounced and spun around Hades's feet. The others looked on with strange expressions; it was hard to imagine that the terrifying Cerberus from just a moment ago had turned into three such cute fluffballs in an instant.
Hades saw this and took out three black dog bowls from his storage Alternate Dimension.
He placed them in front of the three fluffball dogs and put shimmering Jewel Meat inside. "Woof woof woof woof!!" Seeing the food, the three fluffball dogs immediately ran to the bowls and began to gorge themselves.
"Cer, Ber, Us."
Gordes read the names on the dog bowls with a complex expression.
The expression on Charon's face became very shocked, mixed with a bit of disbelief, as he looked at the three fluffball dogs gorging themselves and said:
"Cerberus... it can even turn into this."
Hades stroked their heads dotingly and said:
"The reason Cerberus turns into this is, on one hand, to save mana and physical stamina, and on the other hand, so that the originally small food in front of them becomes very large."
"I see..." Charon nodded thoughtfully.
At this moment, Gordes, who was standing nearby, suddenly spoke up: "Then if they encounter a battle, can they still change back?"
Hades smiled slightly, patted the head of one of the small dogs, and said, "Of course. With just a word from me, they can immediately turn back into the giant Watchdog of Hell."
As soon as he finished speaking, a layer of black light suddenly flashed on the dog he had patted. In the blink of an eye, it returned to its previous majestic form before turning back into a fluffball to continue eating.
"Wow!" Everyone couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Hades looked at everyone's surprised expressions and felt secretly amused.
Caules, however, had another thought and couldn't help but blurt out: "But why do I feel like it only turned into this because Cerberus is a glutton?"
"Woof woof woof woof woof woof—!!!"
Hearing Caules's words, a glint flashed in the eyes of the eating Cerberus, and they immediately bounced toward Caules, growling at him.
"Help!!"
"Wooo wooo wooo wooo—!!"
A hilarious scene unfolded: Caules ran forward with all his might in fear, while the three fluffball versions of Cerberus chased him with cute leaps. Frankenstein followed behind Cerberus, attempting to catch them to save his Master.
Frankenstein grabbed one of the fluffballs, but the other two nimbly jumped onto his back and kept licking his face.
Caules took the opportunity to hide behind a tree, panting heavily.
Frankenstein finally managed to catch the three mischievous fluffballs and was about to hand them to Caules when he found that Caules had disappeared.
"Uu?" Seeing that his Master was gone, Frankenstein tilted his head cutely and made a confused sound.
Pfft—!!
Seeing her younger brother's hilarious state, Fiore covered her mouth and let out a laugh.
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