Nameless King

Wain stared at the antique pistol lying on the table, as well as the four bullet coins next to it. Wain was not stupid and knew at once what the gun was for, as well as the four coins on top.

"Hmm, the ceiling is probably the way out, and this gun and the coins are a way to get there, but can't I do something simpler?" Mumbled Wain, and a Distant Bullet appeared in front of him the next moment.

He squeezed it and threw it as hard as he could at the ceiling. The bullet struck gold like a white comet but couldn't penetrate it and bounced back.

"I see. It looks like I'll have to play by the rules." Proclaimed Wain and took a gun from the table.

He loaded it and aimed the smallest coin. Wain decided to see what would happen if he shot it and hit the gold core.

Snap.

Wain pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew out of the muzzle with a loud sound. There was a bright smell of gunpowder in the air, and the bullet flew precisely into the center of the gold coin.

The next moment the core deepened into the wall, and a small tunnel appeared in the coin. Monsters started running out of it and falling down.

The monsters looked like golden warrior statues. Each of them was armed with a sword and a shield.

"Do I have to kill them to get through?" Wain muttered and gripped the Forgotten Monarch's Sword tightly.

Then he used the Sigh of Lightning and turned into blue lightning. Wain was strong enough to kill monsters in a single swing. The Platinum Sword went through their armor like a red-hot knife through butter. It was easy.

The warriors kept coming out of the tunnel, but when their numbers reached a hundred, the passage in the coin closed.

Wain wasn't paying attention. His main goal was to kill every one of his enemies.

Whoooosh.

Wain made a vertical swing and cut the last monster in two. Dozens of souls flew into his body.

[Soul of Golden Warrior (Destroyed)

Chronicle: First

Rating: Common]

Each of the souls was Destroyed, so Wain used them immediately and gained a large amount of energy.

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Golden Warrior level 26.]

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Golden Warrior level 26.]

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Gold...]

Then the monsters' corpses began to melt and gradually turn into coins, which filled the room a bit.

'Damn, this is too little. If this keeps up, it will take me a week to get to the top, which will only be the beginning. I need to speed up.' Thought Wain and picked up the antique pistol again.

He loaded a second bullet and shot a coin slightly larger than the previous one.

Snap.

There was a loud sound of a working mechanism, and Wain saw his new enemies.

They were monsters that looked like huge, angry dogs with two heads. On one head burned a blue, cold flame, and on the other, a bright, hot, crimson flame.

'Good, that's much better.' Thought Wain and prepared for battle.

The two-headed Dogs gradually surrounded him and prepared to attack. The flames on their fiery heads flared brightly, and they opened their mouths wide.

Fire erupted from their mouths like a flamethrower, intent on burning Wain, leaving no trace of him.

However, Wain was too fast and easily dodged this group attack by jumping up. Then electrical discharges appeared around his arms, and dark clouds accumulated on top of the tank.

Whooooooosh.

Wain squeezed his palms tightly, and the electric discharges turned into a pulse. The next moment a beam of dark thunder struck the monsters.

The monsters took serious damage, but that was only the beginning. At the end of the attack, the thunder eye exploded, and the pulse with a hundred small lightning bolts engulfed the golden dogs.

The lightning reacted with the flames, and the battlefield turned into a veritable inferno of dozens of fiery explosions. The monsters had no chance of survival.

Wain landed calmly on the gold coins and saw at the fifty corpses of the Golden Dogs.

'The Fall of Thunder Eye does take quite a bit of energy, but it was worth it. I could only achieve the same effect if I used the Cursed Swordsman.' Wain thought and once again armed himself with the antique pistol.

Fifty souls flew into his body, and he used them immediately.

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Golden Dog level 27.]

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Golden Dog level 27.]

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Golden Dog...]

'Hmm, the past monsters had the same level as me, the Golden Dogs are one level higher, and it's still not enough. Even if the monsters are about the same level as me, I need to kill more than a hundred to level up. It's terrifying...' Wain thought and aimed the third coin.

He pulled the trigger and activated the third pass. To Wain's surprise, molten gold poured from there instead of monsters.

It was a lot and was like a waterfall. However, Wain felt it couldn't have been that easy, especially in the Purgatory zone.

"It's definitely some kind of monster, but how am I supposed to attack it when it's in this shape?" Wain said grudgingly.

After a minute, the passage in the third coin was closed, and the molten gold went into motion. It turned into a huge spear that immediately flew toward Wain.

"What the hell!" Wain exclaimed and gripped the platinum sword tightly.

He swung sharply and cut the vast golden spear in two, but suddenly the two halves turned into two fists that attacked Wain like hammers.

He jumped aside and threw the Forgotten Monarch's Sword into his fist as hard as he could.

The weapon shattered his fist quickly, but it just turned into ten small knives that flew toward Wain. He was pinned against the wall and had to bounce off it with difficulty to get away from the blow.

Immediately afterward, he was attacked by a second fist, but Wain was ready for it. He extended his arm, and his sword returned to him.

Then Wain took a deep breath and delivered ten powerful cuts to his fist in a matter of seconds.

Wain thought that the gold would now turn back into another form, but Wain heard a loud crack during the next attack. As he looked more closely at his opponent, he saw an amber crystal in the center of fist.

Parts of the gold melted and turned into gold coins, but suddenly the amber crystal recovered, and a golden sword came crashing down on Wain.

'I see, they will regenerate from time to time, but this way, I can get plenty of gold coins to get to the top. That's good.' Thought Wain and used the Sign of Lightning.

He had to fight for about ten minutes before he finally defeated the strange, golden monster. To Wain's surprise, he didn't even get a soul, he didn't know how that was possible.

'A monster without a soul... Does that happen? No, definitely not. What's more, this creature didn't look like it was alive. Maybe it was some mechanism? Or was that crystal a special artifact? In that case, it all makes sense.' Wain pondered.

By then, the room was already 80% full. It was about ten meters to the ceiling, and Wain had one more round.

He aimed and fired one last shot with the antique pistol. The passageway in the last coin was open. Nothing happened for a while, but then Wain heard strange noises. It sounded like footsteps on puddles in the rain.

Whooooooosh.

A huge gold frog jumped out of the tunnel and stared at Wain.

"A frog...? Is this a joke?" Wain muttered puzzled and immediately threw his platinum sword at the monster.

The frog reacted quickly, opened its mouth, and attacked back with its tongue. The monster tried to stop the flying Forgotten Monarch's Sword, but the frog achieved multiple cuts.

Then the frog realized it had to retreat and leaped aside. Wain stretched his arm forward, and the platinum sword returned to him.

Wain wanted to attack, but suddenly the frog started jumping from side to side as if distraught.

The monster was surprisingly fast, and Wain could hardly keep track of the frog. There were residual images after the jumps, which made the situation difficult.

Bam.

Suddenly Wain received a powerful blow to the face from the left side. It was sudden, and he didn't have time to react.

The damage was minor, and a few seconds later, Wain was ready to fight, but his aura began to intensify the next moment.

'Earlier, in fights like this, I sometimes made one very serious and even critical mistake. I wanted too much to leave as much energy as possible and did not use my strongest skills. In the golden temple, I almost died because of it.' Thought Wain, and his hair grew long and white.

However, there was something wrong with the Code of Light and Darkness this time. The center strand of hair, one inch thick, was black, not white.

Next came the black and white armor, but there was slightly more black this time.

"Hmm? What's going on? Why does the first form look like this now?" Wain muttered puzzledly and looked at his status.

[Wain Norheim

Level: 26

Race: Human

Beyond: Calamity

Soul: Nameless King

Additional Soul: Black Thunder's Renegade

Title: Savior of the Damned, Echo of Samurai, Mentor Inquisitor, The First, Soul Gatherer, Cartographer.

Status Points: 21

Strength: 191 / Agility: 191 / Vitality: 191 / Stamina: 191 / Energy: 191]

'No change, well... I'll deal with that later, now is not a good time.' Thought Wain looking at the golden frog.

The main feature of the Code of Light and Darkness is the equalization of all stats and increasing them by 10%.

At the moment, Wain regarded this skill as a defensive one since his Strength and Agility were much higher than Vitality and Stamina.

Given the conditions, Wain was even sacrificing some Strength and Agility but significantly increasing Stamina and vitality.

So, once again, the tongue came at him, which he didn't see. Wain didn't fly off to the side.

The tongue hit him in the stomach, but now this attack was comparable to a fist punch. It was nothing to Wain. He didn't even frown.

Whoooosh.

Then he turned and sharply pierced his tongue with the platinum sword so that the blade passed horizontally. This meant that the frog could not cut its tongue to free from this trap.

Bam.

Wain struck the sword's hilt with his fist and drove it deep into the floor like a nail. The monster didn't know what to do. The situation was out of control.

Then Wain turned into a white flash, and the Ring of Damned glowed brightly. Whisper appeared in his hand, and he used the Distant Bullet.

Wain quickly loaded the sniper rifle, put the muzzle in the frog's mouth, and pulled the trigger.

The frog's body was torn apart, and a pink soul headed toward Wain.

[Soul of Golden Frog (Whole)

Chronicle: First

Rating: Epic]

"Whole Soul... This is unexpected..." Wain muttered and crushed the soul.

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Golden Frog level 28. Agility+10.]

'Only one stat, but I got a significant boost. That's not bad.'

[You have leveled up to level 27. You get 3 status points to distribute freely]

"Great, one more, not much left. Probably right after I leave the island, I'll have to start evolving."

Wain wanted to evolve as quickly as possible, but he knew there was no point in rushing. He had to do everything in a measured way and make no mistakes along the way.

[You get Epic Rating Spiritual Box.]

Wain didn't get Soul Chest or Skill Book this time. He used Whole Soul, but it wasn't a 100% guarantee that Wain would get any item or skill. However, he got lucky and got something.

Wain used the Spiritual Box, and his eyes widened with surprise.

There could have been almost anything in the boxes, and sometimes it could have been strange and surprising.

[Golden Frog's Foot (First Chronicle, Epic Rating)

This is an extremely rare delicacy that is nearly impossible to obtain. Finding the Golden Frog is as difficult as finding a mythical creature that may have never existed.

Moreover, those lucky enough to find this rare beast must know the special cooking method to get the Frog's Foot. It may be even more challenging than tracking down this rare prey.

It is a taste for aristocrats and kings.

*After consumption, all stats are increased by 15%.

*Perception, sense of balance, and reaction speed are sharpened and greatly improved]

"Is this food...?" Wain muttered puzzled.

This was the first time Wain had ever received food from a Spiritual Box. It seemed strange to him.

"Okay, it's a pretty strong item. It's time to get out of here, right?" Mumbled Wain looking at the melting frog.

Its body parts turned into gold coins, and Wain finally made it to the top.

Then the four coins moved and overlapped, creating a passageway.

There was a loud click, and the tunnel glowed brightly and filled with blue energy waves as if it were a portal.

Wain nodded and headed forward, but before he did, he took an antique pistol from the table and moved it to the Ring of Damned.

"I'll keep it as a souvenir." Mumbled Wain and walked through the portal.

A moment later, he was in another place.

It was a spacious room similar to the main hall in an aristocrat's house. The decorations were luxurious, as was the furniture.

In the center of the room was a round oak table. Around it were six velvet armchairs of mahogany.

At the end of the room, there was a huge painting of a white mask with a wicked and sly smile.

The last and most important detail was an engraved revolver lying on the table.

The revolver's cylinder was empty, and a single cartridge lay beside it. It was nothing short of one of the most dangerous games of chance.