The Earth After Rebirth

He was sitting around a fire they had made at the beach, when Hubris dropped from the sky unannounced, the fact that Kiro wasn't phased meant he was used to it.

"Found anything yet?"

"Nothing."

Hubris went around looking for anything that would prove this was his home since his master was awake, Kiro stayed behind to get his body used to being awake and attempting to get used to the foreign energy. That's what they've been doing the past 15 days.

Kiro was starting to feel like his old self again, he could do anything he used to except vibrational sense. It was a strange sensation, he couldn't feel anything vibrating in this world, or maybe his skill was still too weak to pick up on anything.

The beach was soothing, the waves were music to his ears and the salt smelled divine. He wished to stay there forever but also knew be had to get to the bottom of this and go home.

"Sigh. I wanted to stay here a little longer, creepy as it seems." He muttered more to himself.

The ocean was more violent today, the waves brought dirt to the sand that the ocean on the other side had taken in. So the beach was a bit dirty. Kiro had already lit a fire, when something amazing happened. Two figures came out of the water like it was the most normal thing.

They started eating the dirt the ocean had vomited out when they noticed the fire and the two beings sitting around it looking at them in shock.

"Yhw od ouy etullop rou Emoh!" It exclaimed in a groggy deep voice, it had moved so fast that both of them had failed to react.

"Seof, llik." The other took a fighting stance.

They were both on their feet now, "Hubris, is this world a mirror of the one we come from?"

"I mean just the oceans, you've noticed? You catch on quick."

"Well, our language is our language even if it's backwards. Even my idiot brother would know."

These were the ugliest monsters Kiro had ever seen. Their eyes were so far apart that they may as well have rested on each side of their temples. They had slits for a nose. No gills to tell them apart from land monsters, that didn't matter here.

Their bodies looked malnourished. Skin almost attached itself to the bone. The ribs were clearly drawn on its sides, the stomach was the biggest thing it had. Tall and lanky, thanks to being too skinny, the head was a bit heavy for them to walk normally.

Living in salt water had turned their skin very pale, so they were blinding to look at. Kiro thanked whoever that the fall of dusk was nearing. Maybe under a moonlight they wouldn't be so hard to look at.

Memories of this realm flashed in Hubris' mind, he couldn't make sense of them at all since he was very young back then.

Hellhounds aged a little different, Kiro found him before he reached his peak maturity, meaning he'd been banished for at least 200 years.

He would've been at his peak for another 200 years or so, but because of the forced evolution that almost killed him, that was sped up really fast. It was strange though, it was as though the memories were locked away. So they came to him in random puzzle pieces.

"Sirens. They're called Sirens." He absentmindedly muttered.

"It'd be greater if you remembered their abilities too."

Hubris simply gave him an apologetic look. He didn't remember, if he did, his mind was a scattered library. It would be a useless endeavour to try and go through everything, they were face to face with some of the most dangerous creatures of the Underworld, if underestimated.

Kiro blinked in front of them, they were caught off guard by how fast he moved. He used a lightning palm strike, which worked as he planned. The things were water creatures, they must've been weak to lightning.

Kiro noticed a significant change in which he was able to use the skills, he didn't have to activate them, they were like an extension of his body.

While the thing was electrocuted, it simply melted to jelly and sprung right back up with the most ear shuttering scream. Kiro having no way to turn off vibrational sense suffered a great deal.

He was still new to how the skills worked. He couldn't minimise sensing vibrations on time, the attack caused his ears, eyes and nose to bleed. It was as if his insides were being crumbled like a thin wet piece of paper.

Even though that was happening in his body, what he heard was the complete opposite. The melody was almost seductive, he didn't want to stop listening to it. It seemed to wash away every problem of his, it embraced him and welcomed him with both arms wide open.

Hubris pounced, cleanly removing the head of the one that was seducing his master with such a ratchet sound. But unlike last time, the number of Sirens doubled. They had a gemino effect to anybody who could cut them.

"Master, snap out of it. This is going to be troublesome."

Kiro ignored him, while he downed a restorative potion. There were only 5 left. The mana potion was plentiful but was useless for Kiro, useful for Hubris. He also had 4 Health Potions.

'I don't need you to tell me that?' he roared inside, intending for Hubris to feel his emotions.

When the potion took it's effects, he jumped up high, brandishing Ryu, screaming like a maniac. With all of his strength he struck one of the sirens on the head, which cleanly cut them in half.

"Oops."