Nameless King

Crackle.

Nicole reached the ground as her back hit the dense rock. The Emerald Golem's impact was so powerful that Nicole was thrown upwards after hitting the ground as her gaze went blank for a moment.

'What the hell...?! I didn't even see anything! How could he be so fast and strong considering his size!? Nicole inwardly exclaimed, quickly coming to her senses as she was about to attack, but just as she was about to accumulate some energy a massive stone foot headed toward her.

Whoooooooooooooosh.

Practically a whole mountain collided with Nicole, throwing her back hundreds of meters. Her sturdy body, which could not be cut even by a very sharp sword, collided with the stone protrusions many times until she finally stopped.

"Hah, you've only missed two blows and yet you can barely move. At this rate, you won't win." Wain grinned as he looked at Nicole, who was struggling to get to her feet.

"Shut up! I don't fucking understand why he's so strong!" Nicole exclaimed with a furious look as she stared at the Emerald Golem.

"It's simple. This one is at the limit of the Demigod Stage. If we came here in a few weeks, this Golem would reach the God Stage." Wain said calmly with a shrug, "Go ahead, if you can't beat him, you don't stand a chance against the God Stage monster."

Nicole frowned, clenched her teeth, and slowly stood up. Streams of blood dripped from her head as the Emerald Golem's blows were powerful enough to wound her, but that didn't make her weaker; on the contrary, she looked at the Emerald Golem as her prey.

"Bastard. Maybe you could hurt me, but I won't let it happen again, ever!" Nicole exclaimed before tearing forward.

Her aura gradually increased as well as her speed since after a while she turned into a black beam that attacked the Emerald Golem again. Nicole was serious as she gathered all the strength in her fist and attacked the Emerald Golem right in the knee.

Crackle.

The blast of darkness destroyed part of the stone, causing Nicole to smile happily, but a moment later her eyes went wide and her face went pale.

"What the hell...? What the hell is that?" Nicole muttered in disbelief as she stared at the dense layer of green crystals.

Whooooooooooosh.

Nicole was distracted, and the Emerald Golem took advantage of that, grabbing her with his massive hand.

"No!" Nicole tried to dodge, but it was too late, so the Emerald Golem squeezed her tightly, trying to crush her.

"AGH!!! You bastard! How dare you do this to me!" Nicole exclaimed furiously as her eyes poured blood and became more animal-like.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

From Nicole, massive streams of darkness began to emanate in all directions. Gradually they grew larger until small spheres with white edges appeared among them, then Nicole's pupils narrowed and all the spheres exploded at the same time.

Whooooooooooooooosh.

The explosion completely destroyed the Emerald Golem's arm as Nicole was released from captivity, flying away due to the shockwave.

"Shit... That was hard..." Nicole muttered as she rose to her feet while shaking her head.

"Hah, looks like your opponent is just now starting to take you seriously." Wain grinned pointing at the Emerald Golem.

"Agh? What are you talking about?" Nicole asked in confusion as she looked at her opponent and her eyes went wide, "Fuck, so it's true..."

Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

Massive stones tumbled down from the Golem's armor, revealing what was underneath. In fact, the Golem was not stone like the others as its body was composed entirely of emerald crystals, except for the outer layer of stone.

"You used more energy, so you were able to destroy his stone armor, now you need to increase your strength even more if you want to smash those crystals." Wain said calmly looking at the Emerald Golem's arm which was unharmed except for a few scratches left from Nicole's blast.

Nicole gulped since for her it was the first time she had fought against an opponent whose defense was so powerful. Nicole was used to tearing her enemies apart, winning with speed and strength, since usually, all her enemies were weaker than her, but not this time.

"Damn... I have to use even more energy to beat him, right? Honestly, I don't even know what to do..." Nicole muttered in confusion, staring intently at the Emerald Golem.

Whoooooooooosh.

At the same moment, the massive rune on the Emerald Golem's chest flashed brightly green as the ground trembled.

"Shit!" Nicole exclaimed quickly jumping up as emerald crystals appeared directly below her. They burst out of the ground, rushing toward Nicole at tremendous speed.

Nicole was fast and nimble, so she easily dodged each attack, but she completely failed to notice the direction in which the crystals were moving as they gradually surrounded her.

'Hmm? What's going on...? He wants to catch me, but why?' Nicole inwardly muttered dodging another crystal before looking at the Emerald Golem.

"Fuck..." Nicole's face went pale as a massive energy ray launched from the Emerald Golem's palm.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

The power of the ray made the space around it warp as well as shake the air. In the next moment, the green ray completely engulfed Nicole, destroying all the crystals that prevented her from dodging.

"Damn, that was a pretty strong attack..." Wain muttered with a dazed look, "Honestly, I didn't expect that from the monster on the Demigod Stage."

'Hey... Wain, maybe you should help her,' Gladius asked in a worried voice, 'I mean... She's already defeated five pretty strong opponents. I think she's passed the test, there's no point in putting her in more danger.'

Wain shook his head, "Don't worry. Nicole is very strong, she can definitely win. It might be difficult since this Golem did a God Stage level attack, but you're just underestimating her."

Wain didn't expect the last golem to be so strong, but he wasn't worried as he felt Nicole's aura increase.