The Earth After Rebirth

"How dare you question—"

"No," He cut him off with urgcy, "how dare you question my lineage, uncle?"

His voice was dangerously poisonous that the people on the other party flinched. Hubris looked at them, one by one. He didn't really want to kill his own kin, his father wouldn't want something like that. But at the same time, he couldn't force them to be loyal to him.

He was not planning on it, he wasn't going to force anybody to be loyal to him. That would only backfire in the future, he could possibly d up the same way his father did.

"You can try and dy it uncle, but each and every one of those hounds can feel that, I, Hubris Cerberuson, is the rightful heir to the throne."

"You little sh*t." Azazel said through gritted teeth.

He regretted not killing him wh he was just a pup, he tried thinking it over but couldn't remember why or how it happed. He vividly remembered that they had planned to murder him too, but somehow, they released him to another world, another realm.

He didn't dwell on it, he didn't try to find him either. Only because, he was sure he'd perish in the hands of another cruel world. But here he was, standing in front of him, not only stronger but also evolved into a slightly differt hound than the rest.

"My people, I now speak directly to you," he said, his voice slightly adjusted, every one of them could hear him.

"You have be used and abused, you have suffered under the rule of my uncle. My father didn't just lose, he was poisoned. But I am not going to dwell on that.

"I am here to avge him and take my place as the rightful King of the Underworld. I've be lost and misplaced, but I have returned to my home world and to my people.

"That is why I implore you, let me take my revge, let us ter the royalty battle, it'll just be me and him. No need to spill any more blood.

"I ask that you lay down your weapons and walk far away from the tyrant that is my uncle. If you don't, I'll treat as emy number , if you don't lay down your weapons now, I will not show you any mercy ev if you beg for it."

Nobody moved an inch, no sound came out from the battlefield, not ev breathing. Hubris didn't rush them, he let his words marinate in their minds. He understood this was a big decision, if he were to fail they'd be in trouble if they chose his side or neutrality.

Of course they didn't know this, but Hubris had no plans of losing. But he was just an outsider to them, someone who had came to cause chaos within the status quo, someone they wer't familair with. Ev if he said it, they would not readily believe him.

He was expecting resistance, and to be honest, he wouldn't trust them if they didn't show any kind of hesitation. They served this king for many years, if it wasn't loyalty it must've be the years they dedicated that would make them think twice.

"I'll give you as much time as you need, but if you attempt to cross this crack right here, I will d you without any second thought." He proclaimed confidtly. 'Master, please come sooner.' He commted internally.

He wasn't that nervous, he just didn't trust that his magic would carry him until the d of this army.

"Bold of you to think any of my subjects will come running to you." Azazel sneered and snapped his claws.

Two hounds lunged and ran toward Hubris. They didn't look exactly like themselves, they growled as they wt with their tongues out. Saliva with a bit of foam dripped from their maw.

They hadn't ev made it half way through the distance betwe them, Hubris had already swung and st invisible wind blades that decapitated them within a second.

"I'm not someone you can defeat easily uncle, no, Azazel." He said, stressing every syllable of the name.

"How dare, you, treason!"

"You're no King to me."

Just th, a few hundred hounds walked off, separating themselves from Azazel's army. They were giv looks of shock by the rest that didn't want to leave, those that couldn't decide whether they wanted to.

"Get them." Azazel ordered.

There was no hesitation from some, as they ran toward the traitors with their claws out. The traitors stood their g, ready to fight. But by the grace of their new King, the attackers didn't make it to them alive. They exploded into a tiny pieces of flesh, blood rained where they stood.

"Nobody can touch you if you decide to stand with me. Rest assured."

After this spectacle, about a hundred more joined the others. But after that, else betrayed their King. It was too bad, there were still more than Hubris would've liked.

He shrugged, "sigh. I guess it can't be helped."

Azazel looked at him with contempt, "I suppose whatever you were trying didn't work. I still have more soldiers than a brat like you can imagine."

"Oh dear uncle, more doesn't always mean better."

"Charge!" Azazel said without wasting another second.

Their running at the same time made the g shake a little. Hubris looked at them, he knew he couldn't take them all but he'd die trying at least. The momt was as if it was in slow motion, he could see how their every muscle worked as they ran but it was just him conctrating more than usual. His perfect sses immediately kicked in.

He released a few hellfire balls, they killed a couple of them on impact. Some managed to avoid, but the army was just too large to decimate them all at the same time.

They had just arrive by the crack, wh a silhouette came running from the other side. As he couldn't walk through the barrier and found going sideways to be a waste of time, he used wind to hoist himself up.

He landed gtly with one foot right on top of the barrier. He touched it but barely, his target was the army ahead. This was a simple tactic but it managed to push him upwards and off he wt.

Leaving the barrier in tatters as it shattered. Wh he touched the barrier, he had unwittingly used bding kick, which was more than ough to destroy it completely. Thanks to Hubris' earlier attempt, it was a piece of cake.

As he flew in the air, he summoned lightning from within, his whole body was veiled with dark purple lightning

He landed right in the middle of emy territory. As soon as he did, the lightning let out a large explosion, burning to charcoal every hound within the 00 meter radius.

"Sorry I'm late Hubris, the forest wasn't exactly easy to navigate." He tossed him a bunch of mana potions.