Nameless King

Crackling.

Wain closed the massive stone doors as he stood in the center of the room.

"Well, Sven isn't likely to fool me, but I have to check something first." Wain muttered as his aura intensified.

The seal on his hand shone brightly as Gladius appeared before him, floating in the air.

Wain grabbed the sword by the hilt and a thick dark energy appeared on the blade with black energy threads emanating from it.

'Hah, want to test my sharpness?' Gladius grinned.

'Something like that. You can cut through anything, can't you? Wain said before stepping forward.

His eyes grew deeper as his hands became a blur. He attacked with lightning speed as the sword almost instantly reached the wall.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

The tip of the sword touched the ice as powerful vibrations ran through Wain's body, then the force of his hit returned to him and threw him to the other side of the room.

Bam.

His back hit the wall and he fell to the ground.

"Fuck... I was sure I couldn't do any serious damage to the wall, but I didn't even leave a scratch! How is that possible?!" Wain exclaimed with an angry look as he slammed his fist on the ground.

'Well, the energy you used was clearly not enough to do any damage at all. I can actually cut even a god, but I'm only a conduit for your power, without energy it's impossible.' Gladius uttered in a serious manner.

"Agh... Okay, it's time to get down to business." Wain sighed, rose to his feet, and held out his hand.

[Name: Wain Norheim (Nameless)

Chronicle: Fourth

Rating: 2

Money: 1.3 B]

"1.3 billion souls... I couldn't imagine I would possess such wealth before, but now it's right in my hands..." Wain muttered before releasing his aura.

Whoooooooosh.

Souls began to fly out of his palm, one by one. It only took a few seconds for the gray souls to fill the entire room. They floated like small stars as the amount of energy next to them distorted space.

"Hah... This is definitely going to be long and hard..." Wain uttered with an exciting look.

...

"Are you sure it's going to be okay?" Marlis asked while looking at Sven.

"What do you mean?" Sven tilted his head.

"Well... He got over a billion souls in that fight, even if he's a human, that amount of energy could be fatal to him." Marlis said with a serious look.

"Don't worry." Osvald spoke as he crossed his arms over his chest, "You underestimate the humans and especially Wain."

"I agree." Sven nodded, then a sly smile appeared on his face, "Also, don't forget who he is..."

...

Whooooooooooosh.

Hundreds of souls headed toward Wain's body while he sat in the lotus position and with closed eyes absorbed energy that flowed throughout his body.

[You absorbed a small amount of Soul Essence, your energy is increased by 0.01%.]

[You absorbed a small amount of Soul Essence, your energy is increased by 0.01%.]

[You absorbed a small amount of Soul Essence, your energy is increased by 0.01%.]

Damn... I didn't expect to need that much energy...' Wain inwardly muttered while crushing souls into tiny pieces.

[Wain Norheim

Ascension: Third Stage (3.2%)

Race: Human

Beyond: Calamity (Coelacanth)

Soul: Nameless King

Title: Savior of the Damned, Echo of Samurai, Mentor Inquisitor, The First, Soul Gatherer, Cartographer, Slayer of Goliath, Contender, Defeating One of the Four Kings, Killing the Legend, etc...

Majesty: 10]

"I've absorbed a few million souls already, but all I've gotten is a few percent... It's definitely enough for me to reach the limit of the Fourth Chronicle, but it's too long. At this rate, it'll take me a few days just to get the right amount of energy." Wain muttered in a calm voice, then he opened his eyes, "I need to speed up!"

Whooooooosh.

At the same time, massive streams of black energy flowed away from him. Wain didn't hold back as he released as much energy as he could. At his will, the dark energy split into clots that turned into eerie ghosts with massive jaws.

"Hmm... That's not really my style, I'll have to do something about these ghosts, but right now they're the best helpers that could be." Wain muttered while looking at the ghosts before waving his hand.

The ghosts began to devour souls like though hungry piranhas. There were more than a hundred ghosts, so now the rate of energy absorption was multiplied.

Each ghost was connected to Wain by a thin thread that increased when energy flowed through it, heading directly to his soul.

[You absorbed an average amount of Souls Essence. Your energy is increased by 0.2%.]

[You absorbed an average amount of Souls Essence. Your energy is increased by 0.1%]

[You absorbed an average amount of Souls Essence. Your energy is increased by 0.3%]

"Great." Wain smirked, "If things continue this way, I'll be done in a few hours."

...

The ghosts absorbed souls while Wain received pure energy that amplified him. Everything went exactly according to his plan and after two hundred million souls his Third Stage was 33% full.

"Ahahahaha, this is unbelievable! I absorbed that much energy in just an hour! It took others months!" Wain exclaimed in an exciting manner.

Crackle.

Suddenly his heart clenched tightly as a clot of blood flew out of his mouth as though someone had punched him in the stomach with all his might.

"What...?" Wain touched his lips with wide-open eyes as he did not understand what was happening.

'Wain! You must stop now!' Gladius exclaimed in a worried manner, "You've overdone it, even your body can't handle that much energy gained in such a short period!"

Wain nodded as he was about to stop the ghosts, but suddenly he realized that they were not listening to him. The ghosts didn't turn against him, but they couldn't stop eating souls since to them it was their most precious treasure.