"Huh, are you sure about that? After all, I am responsible for this fortress." The skeleton uttered as he thrust his sword into the ground.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

The ground trembled while something glowed beneath the thick layer of sand. Then a strong wind wave lifted the sand and completely cleared the fortress.

"What is this? Looks pretty cool, doesn't it?" Light Racer said with a smile on his face.

Beneath the sand and bones was a massive magical circle with the image of the head of some ancient creature in the center.

Crackle.

The skeleton turned his sword like a key as the magic circle glowed brightly. The bones of the skeletons that the piranhas had killed headed toward the center of the circle while the skeleton in the dark armor jumped aside.

"Damn. It looks like getting out of here won't be as easy as I thought." The Dark Silhouette bit his lip as a drop of blood spilled out.

Light Racer frowned since he had never felt such a strange aura before. It seemed to him as though death itself was about to emerge from the magic circle.

The sword slowly slid down until it disappeared completely into the magic circle, so this was the beginning of the appearance of the chief guardian of this place.

Whoooooosh.

Out of the magic circle appeared a massive hand that looked like a human hand, but with long fingers that looked like blades. Then its head appeared, that was like a flower with five petals, each covered with many sharp teeth, and in the center was a long, creepy tongue. The creature was rather thin but with dense muscles and a massive tail.

"What the hell is it...?" The Light Racer muttered in a shaky voice.

"Damn... That's the worst one we could have met... It's a Demogorgon." The Dark Silhouette frowned as his hands were covered in gray energy.

Roooooooooooaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!!!

Demogorgon roared furiously as his roar spread for hundreds of meters around, instilling fear in the few who were imprisoned in this place.

"We can't defeat it, not here, but that won't stop this monster from eating our souls." The Dark Silhouette stood up in a battle stance.

"What?! It's going to eat our souls?" Light Racer exclaimed with a startled look.

"Yeah... Technically we won't die, but we can hardly be called alive. We will be nothing more than puppets that will wander forever in this desert."

"Then... What do we do?!"

"Fight, but not two. I'll hold it off as long as I can. Your job is to accelerate fast enough to touch Ether and absorb it. Only with that power can we bring this monster back to the underworld." The Dark Silhouette mouthed before running forward.

'Damn... That actually looks scary.' Wain muttered while poring through the air, 'Even though I'm not threatened by anything, I can still feel the fear shackling my body. I wonder who will win the Demogorgon or the Dragon?'

Whoooooosh.

Dark Silhouette and Demogorgon clashed. Dark Silhouette attacked as the jaw on his left arm opened wide, and gray energy rained down on the monster.

Crackle.

Demogorgon's left arm disappeared as blood gushed out of the wound in a fountain that stained Dark Silhouette's face, however, the monster didn't even pay attention to it.

"D... I... E..." Demogorgon said slowly in a creepy voice.

Whooooooosh.historical

The monster's long tongue came down on Dark Silhouette like a whip with tremendous speed, Dark Silhouette had no more than a second to dodge.

"Fuck!" Dark Silhouette exclaimed as he jumped aside.

The tongue flew right in front of his face as a massive crack appeared on the ground a hundred meters long.

Demogorgon rushed forward as it instantly appeared in front of the Dark Silhouette and grabbed his neck.

"Your boldness has brought you to this..." Demogorgon said before throwing Dark Silhouette with all his might.

Demogorgon's power was enormous, so because of the impact, the Dark Silhouette flew like a projectile hundreds of meters, smashing trees and boulders along the way until he finally stopped.

"Yes... This power is flawless..." The skeleton in the dark armor spoke in a faint voice as he spent all his energy to summon such a creature as Demogorgon.

"This looks painful... Okay, it's time to put an end to this." The Light Racer mouthed and turned into a golden beam.

He realized that touching Ether wasn't easy, so he needed to reach maximum speed before he had a chance to do so.

"Hey! Give me a minute. That'll be enough!" Light Racer shouted while running around the fortress and gradually gaining speed.

"Huh, I hope so..." Dark Silhouette muttered while shaking off the dust, "That was a damn nuisance, you know. Was it really necessary to toss me with such force?"

"Shut up..." Demogorgon muttered as it leaped high up.

Demogorgon's petals shone brightly as five magical circles appeared in front of it, out of which burst scarlet energy rays that, like lasers, could burn through anything.

"It's been five seconds. You've been acting too long." The Dark Silhouette said as he raised his hand.

A gray jaw appeared above him that swallowed the rays, but suddenly Demogorgon fired again.

"Damn!" Dark Silhouette exclaimed as he tried to create another jaw, but he didn't have time for that.

In Dark Silhouette's body were three holes whose edges were smoking due to the high temperature as his flesh literally burned.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Light Racer shouted with a worried look.

"Huh, thanks for asking." Dark Silhouette shook his head.

Bam.

Demogorgon fell on him and started tearing him apart. It had no pity as it acted like a wild beast that was completely consumed by bloodlust.

Despite the terrible pain that Demogorgon was tearing chunks of flesh from him and blood was pouring out of him in streams, the Dark Silhouette smiled.

"A human... This is the end." Demogorgon uttered as dark energy burst out of it that headed straight for Dark Silhouette's Soul Altar.

"You want to eat my soul? Are you confident in your powers?" Dark Silhouette smirked, and a moment later, Demogorgon's body exploded.