Nameless King

"Hey, maybe someone will answer me?" Reto asked with a frown.

"You asked just too stupid a question." Edena replied coldly as she waved her hand, "This wolf certainly understands that he could die, I don't know what the odds are, but given that he is on the edge of the Fourth Chronicle, it would be hard for him to withstand even one drop of Wain's blood."

"I agree." Frigus nodded with a serious expression, "I've seen this wolf trained several times. His fighting style is special, but he's definitely not one to take risks and win through sudden decisions. He acts calmly, coldly, and calculatedly."

"Guys... I think you're contradicting yourselves..." Elegan muttered in a confusion, "If everything you say is true, then that makes this wolf crazy, doesn't it? If he's taking a risk even though it makes no sense to him, then it's all too strange."

Wain sighed, "Well, you have a point, but really what we're doing now is just wasting time. The best way to understand him is to ask him himself why he's doing it."

"Pffffff!" Edena snorted as she crossed her arms over her chest, "You think I haven't tried to find out? I've asked him about it over a hundred times for sure, but he just says he's made his final decision and nothing will make him change it!"

"Hah, maybe he just didn't want to talk to you about it?" Wain grinned, "Or maybe you don't know how to ask questions. Either way, I want to ask him about it. Where is the passageway to this room?"

Edena was about to answer, but Wain stopped her by stepping forward. He looked behind the massive glass that was as thick as a finger and murmured, "Though there's no need for that. Something that thin I can get through just like that."

Whoooooooooosh.

Wain's silhouette blurred as he turned into many wisps of darkness that easily penetrated through the glass like ghosts, then the darkness headed toward the wolf, transforming into a silhouette.

The wolf was surprised as his eyes went wide, but he didn't do anything about it, since he realized that there were no enemies around.

"Leader...?" Wolf muttered in disbelief as he did not expect Wain himself to appear before him.

"Yeah... I own this Void, the space you live in." Wain smirked looking at the monster, "Even though this is our first meeting, but you know what I look like, it's good since I don't have to waste time explaining myself."

The wolf nodded awkwardly as he quickly rose to his feet, considering it disrespectful to sit in front of the owner of the area, "I was asking about who rules this place, so I know a little about you."

"Good job, however, that's not why I came here." Wain said calmly as his gaze turned cold, "I want to know why you decided to volunteer for this experiment?"

"I want to get stronger!" Wolf exclaimed with a serious expression as his aura intensified as if to show the sincerity of his intentions.

"Yeah. I see... that's a good answer, but there's one problem." Wain smirked, "Every monster, no, every creature who has broken its barriers at least once, wishes to become stronger, so you are no exception. That's not the reason you want to risk your life even, especially if you're pretty talented!"

Whoooooooooosh.

Wain took a step forward as he approached Wolf with great speed, then he flicked him on the chest. This simple movement made Wolf's whole body shudder with pain as the shockwave threw him to the other side of the room, causing him to slam his back against the wall.

"What...? What is he doing? Is Wain going to fight him?!" Edena exclaimed as her face turned pale.

"Damn... He'll kill him in one blow!" Lui Bu flinched.

"Hah, don't be so stupid." Reto smirked, "Wain is just using his own method. It's probably too harsh, but somehow I'm sure it will definitely work."

Wolf shook his head, slowly coming to his senses then he looked at Wain, "Leader... Why did you do that?"

Wain smirked, letting out massive streams of darkness, "Don't you dare try to trick me. I'm damned curious why you decided to do this experiment, so answer my question or I'll actually kill you! You may be special, but you are only Fourth Chronicle being, so your loss will be imperceptible."

The wolf flinched as Wain stepped forward, bringing massive pressure down on him. With each step Wain took, there was less and less time to make a decision since the wolf realized that Wain was serious.

"Fine! I'll tell you!" The wolf exclaimed when Wain came too close to him, within striking distance.

"See? That was easy." Wain smirked, easing the pressure and removing his aura. He leaned over, looked straight into Wolf's eyes, and asked, "Tell me, what's so special about you that you urgently need to get stronger?"

Wolf hesitated for a while before nodding and putting his paw to his chest. He brushed aside the fur that concealed the narrow but very deep wound through which his beating heart was visible.

"Damn... I didn't expect it to happen like this, but now I see what the problem is..." Wain muttered with a complicated expression looking at the monster's heart, it was partially covered by a thin layer of ice on the left side while on the right, a thick darkness gradually devouring away at the heart.

"I appeared on the border of two zones ... Usually in this case, the monster gets one attribute as the energy of the second is absorbed by the first, making this monster stronger than the others, however, in my body remained both attributes." The wolf said with a tremble as his eyes narrowed.

"Shit... A monster with two attributes... You know that's impossible? If that happens, the 'lucky' ones die within hours, but you're still alive." Wain muttered as he got a bitter smile on his face, "Well, maybe we can actually save you."