[ C-Rank Mission: Through The Looking Glass ]

As Argent slammed open the doors to the tower, she was greeted with yet another interior layout. It also seemed to be changing, but this time was the weirdest. Instead of multiple floors and legions of trash mobs waiting to meet her, she could see straight up to the very top of the tower. It was almost entirely hollow.

Directly in front of her, a dog circled, its eyes trained on the assassin. ”Heh, looks like I finally got you to spawn. Guessin’ you’re the Boss, huh?” It was black down one side and white on the other, though its body looked distorted, like the glass around the room was shifting its reflection. This turned out NOT to be an illusion as the dog suddenly split itself in half. Shadowy light seeped from its split, the white half with black energy, and the black half with white. The edge of each had serrated teeth where they had split.

”Gross!” Each dog darted to opposite sides of Argent, and each howled in unison. They lunged as Argent drew her wand from her waist, firing a blast of white energy towards the white wolf. It slumped to the ground in the form of a white hare. Argent twisted, ready to defend against the black dog, yet its attack had shifted. Like the hare, it slumped to the ground. Argent activated her [Dash] Skill to move out of the way, but the dog and the hare continued to roll towards each other, seemingly being pulled together.

”What the hell?!” A lightbulb lit up over Argent’s head as she realized what must’ve happened. Her wand’s side effect canceled out any passives and abilities that a monster used, and the fact that BOTH dogs were experiencing its side effects, must’ve meant they were actually just the same creature! This was useful information, and something she could DEFINITELY use to her advantage. ”Ha, idiot!” Sure enough, as the dog and the hare slammed into each other, their bodies combined again. The dog was absorbed into the hare, making both halves of the monster one again as the critter scampered off.

Argent sheathed her wand now that it was on cool down and rushed after the rabbit. ”H-hey, where do you think you’re going?!”