Nameless King

After a while, Nicole stopped. She stopped drinking Wain's blood as his wound quickly recovered, however, Nicole did not let go of Wain's hand, as if it was important to her to continue to maintain contact.

The darkness that had left her body slowly began to return to her, filling her with new strength. Nicole was the kind of person who relied on her instincts more than knowledge or training, letting her body sometimes decide what to do on its own.

'Hah, I still don't understand how this girl came to be, or rather why instead of the usual monster in new territory it was her, but Nicole can get very strong.' Wain inwardly muttered looking at Nicole, 'Her body has purposely gotten rid of that darkness temporarily so she can turn my blood into energy and quickly absorb it. It's impressive, especially her speed.'

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

All the darkness returned to Nicole as the space around her distorted due to the intense pressure and everyone felt a strong jolt as if in an earthquake, then Nicole's aura began to increase with tremendous speed.

She was on the Absolute Stage, but that was not the limit, with certain conditions and training it was possible to reach the next stage without followers, but there was another way. The creature could simply absorb an abnormal amount of energy in a short period to break through all barriers, the way Nicole did.

'Damn, I'm sure if Frigus tried to absorb that amount of energy in a minute even though he wouldn't be able to withstand it, his body would just tear itself apart. However, Nicole did it with ease... it seems that even among monsters she is a greater monster than the others.' Wain pondered, slowly stroking Nicole's head.

Gradually Nicole's aura calmed as she let go of Wain's hand. She slowly stood up, looked around, and stared at Wain, "Thank you... I didn't expect this to happen, but it looks like it ended well."

"Yeah... You sure got a hell of a lot out of my blood." Wain smirked as he watched the dark streams of energy hovering around Nicole, they seemed faint but every time they moved, space warped.

"Hey... Wain, I want to get stronger that way too..." Elegan muttered with hope in his gaze, but Wain's shaking of his head ruined all his plans.

"Unfortunately, that's impossible. Even Frigus won't be able to withstand the pressure of such a powerful burst of energy, even though he is on the Demigod Stage and his body is stronger than any of you." Wain calmly said, "I'm not sure a Demigod Vampire could handle that, think of Nicole as just special."

Everyone frowned as they were frustrated that there was no way for them to reach the Demigod Stage as easily as Nicole did.

"Well, Edena, let's get on with it, Nicole interrupted us, so we need to fill some more flasks with my blood." Wain said as he glanced at Edena.

"No, that won't be necessary." Edena shook her head as she crossed her arms over her chest, "Honestly, it's a good thing that Nicole did it. I realize now that your blood is much more powerful than I thought, so what we've collected will be more than enough for weeks to come."

"Fine, I think by the time you run out of supplies, I'll be here again. Then you can draw blood from me again if you need to." Wain waved his hand, getting up from his chair, "Now that we've dealt with that, it's time to get on with your experiment, right?"

"Sure." Edena nodded as she waved before heading to one of the rooms in their lab.

They made their way down the stairs, into a spacious room that was divided into two parts. One room was small, for observers it was divided by a wide wall-sized window with another room that was ten times larger.

"Well, well, it's a volunteer, right?" Wain said looking at the monster in the second room.

It was a tall anthropomorphic creature with short black fur, long paws with sharp claws, and an elongated jaw like a wild wolf. The monster's gaze was calm, but in its fury, its red eyes could frighten anyone.

"Yeah... I wanted to choose someone else, but he insisted, I'd even say he literally made me choose him." Edena said quietly as she stared at the wolf who sat on the ground.

"Hmm? What do you mean? Why didn't you want him to volunteer?" Wain asked in confusion as he tilted his head.

"I have several potions that together can have the same effect as a single drop of your blood, so I thought I'd pick a monster that had a lot of trouble progressing. I mean, for this risky experiment to be the last way for a monster to get stronger." Edena said with a worried expression as she turned to Lui Bu.

"The problem is that this wolf is on the border of the Fourth Chronicle and it reached that level very quickly, meaning there is no need for this risky experiment for it." Lui Bu explained with a shrug, "However, he did everything to get here anyway.

Edena nodded, "Moreover, this monster is special. He appeared at the border between the two zones, which happens very rarely. Anyway, if he hadn't been so persistent, there's no way I would have put him in mortal danger because of an experiment."

Wain remained silent, he stared at the wolf with a thoughtful look.

"I see... It makes no sense for him to risk it, as he has a better chance than the others of reaching the Fifth Chronicle, also he has a unique origin, so it all seems illogical, just doesn't make sense." Wain muttered trying to figure out what the monster was thinking.

"Maybe he just likes to take risks or doesn't understand how dangerous it is?" Reto offered as he tilted his head.

'Hmm... How interesting...' Wain inwardly muttered rubbing his chin.