The Earth After Rebirth

Azazel managed to dodge the lightning, as he pounced to the side. He had a confused look on his face, as if he wasn't expecting Kiro to arrive here.

"Don't look so surprised King of hounds. Your assassins aren't a match for us."

They had been ambushed countless times in the forest. But of course, none of them were a match for Kiro and hounds who could use Kaos. He didn't know how the King knew their plan, they probably had another traitor within their ranks. He put that aside for later to deal with.

'Oh? You tried to warn Hubris but he couldn't hear you? That's okay. Good thinking for communicating with Ren and guarding us here. Ren? He's the spectre that was left with me.'

Kiro noticed that the others were sulking about not giving them names, 'I'll give you names, but later.'

He didn't think he had enough names within him to name them all. This was troublesome, more troublesome than the battle in front of him.

He wanted more than anything to take these guys back with him if this world would allow it, and if they agreed.

"Master, any late, I would've been a goner!"

"If you would perish by them, you wouldn't be worthy to be my mount."

"But... there's thousands of them..." Hubris was dumbfounded.

But Kiro didn't care. He'd gone through a lot with Hubris for him to only die by the hands of mere hounds.

"Sorry about your barrier by the way, I didn't know it'd break."

"Ah, that wasn't mine, they erected it to get me first. If they got rid of me they'd have an easier time overwhelming my comrades."

Kiro laughed maniacally, "they thought they could get rid of you? What a joke."

Just then, the hounds Kiro was travelling with jumped to his side at insane speeds, they resembled shadows. Just like that, he had 68 elite hounds to command.

Azazel was infuriated, they had ignored him completely, and were having a full conversation right in front of him and his army. He wasn't moving because of the shock, his army wasn't moving because they were wary of the purple lightning.

"Like father like son indeed, you have a master? Hahaha. How are you going to lead your people while you bow to someone else? Your father was just the same, no pride, befriended outsiders, now you've brought an outsider to a Kingdom war. Shameful!" Azazel blurted out.

"Is that why you killed my father, Azazel? Yes, I have a master. My people will have to accept that. That man, like my father, gave me life." Hubris proclaimed proudly.

"Gave you life?" He asked confused.

"Enough!" Kiro bellowed, "we're here to kill each other, this talk is making me nauseous." He unstrapped Ryu from his back. "You haven't blood in a while right?"

Ryu vibrated in return. As if to tell his master off, for keeping him out of battles for so long. He'd been thirsty for blood, wars were his favourite thing. That meant his whole body would be showered in blood.

"Go then my weapon, ki—"

"Master, wait. Don't touch the ones standing further from this army, they decided to betray Azazel and join us."

"Right. Ryu, do your worst, have as much blood as you want."

Ryu zoomed from Kiro's hand, piercing everything in his way. Hounds fell one after another, some managed to dodge, some too shocked to even move. They'd never seen a weapon move on its own before.

The hounds by his side didn't need to be told to attack, they rushed forward, yelling their King's name as they did. They were slightly better than their counterparts, Kiro smirked at his creation. He wished he could take them back with him, but knew Hubris would need them more to rebuild his kingdom.

"Well, my mount, I'll leave the King to you. If you want the throne, take it with both your hand—I mean, paws."

Hubris gave him a brief nod of appreciation. The hounds that were trapped in the barrier came in running, to join their comrades, to fight for their home or to die trying.

Achyls had three surrounding him but he was surprisingly handling them well. They swung and bit, but they couldn't connect their attacks, he dodged each one beautiful while embedding his own claws that were coated in Kaos.

The energy made it easier to rip through them. Guts spilled on the ground, blessing it with warm fresh blood, the other had its neck snapped with his fangs. He let the other feel his new and improved hellfire, which burnt it to cinder.

He wasn't satisfied with just that, he didn't even stop to be proud of his 3 quick kills, there was a mountain waiting for him, so he went.

While the other hounds had trouble defeating their enemies, them being trained soldiers, the ones with Kaos shaved the burden by a hundred fold. They danced in the battlefield, breathing only chaos.

It wasn't long before the King hid behind a mountain of his soldiers. Making it difficult for Hubris to fight him, he'd have to plough through the many hounds that protected him to get to him, but he didn't mind.

The spectres were causing a havoc of their own. Creating winds that caused the enemies to miss their step, landing on Kiro's foot, decapitated them immediately.

They were pretty weak by Kiro's standards but since there were many of them, it'd be a battle of stamina. The rate in which he refilled his energy was quicker than when he started, but not so quick that he wouldn't run out.

Ontop of the many he was fighting, he also had to dodge occasional attacks from the King who was standing at the back not laying a finger to help his subjects.

Some attacks landed on his enemies, some blasted even his allies. He just didn't care about anything other than killing Hubris and being the respected king once again.

He certainly lived up to the cruel ruler title. Hubris was fuming with anger. He hoisted up one hound that lunged at him and ripped him into two.

"Is this the King you're fighting for?" His voice could be heard throughout the battlefield.