Nameless King



What could be the worst thing about making and thinking about plans for a long time? Well, the answer is simple, the realization that initially there was no need for a plan, and even the best plan would only lead to an unsatisfactory result.

In such a case it was simply necessary to choose another direction, to look at the situation from a different angle, but even for the wisest and smartest it was difficult to do. Most often it was not even a matter of self-confidence, but of life experience that told them how to act in order to achieve the result.

So, Liang's question made Nitra freeze in place. Just one question completely shattered everything she had thought and wished for, everything for which they had prepared to participate in the war on the Arkans' side. 

It had already taken years and a huge amount of resources as preparation, and the experiments themselves were going to take hundreds of times more resources. It was logical and Nitra as well as all Constructs were ready for it.

"Eternity..." Nitra muttered in disbelief, "No, that can't be true..."

Liang didn't say anything, he just stood still with a confident smirk. He enjoyed the expression on Nitra's face, this was a unique scene that would never happen again.

"Hahaha! That's right!" Alucard exclaimed with excitement. 

"For this fight, Liang has already done the impossible possible many times, just like you!" Alucard turned into a bloody stream, moving closer to them.

Nitra noticed it but did not react. Alucard was still far enough away and she didn't feel like he wanted to attack. He wasn't interested in the battle, however, he wanted to be part of this conversation.

"By the way. You did something impossible too." Alucard smirked.

"Agh...?" Nitra gave him a questioning look.

"Come on. You've already figured it all out yourself, and even your calculations weren't necessary. Look, for a fight lasting a few hours, you were able to accomplish what you couldn't even in a thousand years, no! Not even a million years! After all, eternity is greater than any value! Is such a thing possible? Is it logical!" Alucard said seriously, with an insane smile showing his long fangs.

"No! It's just an anomaly, it's an exception!" Nitra exclaimed, waving her hand, "I admit that even if our race's plan had worked, with experimentation we would never have achieved such a thing. However, this only confirms my words!"

Nitra pressed her palm to her chest, with a sincere look saying, "Perhaps we should reconsider our plans now, but that's unlikely. I've become an exception, but that won't happen with the other Constructs. We should still participate in the war on the Arkans' side for the sake of quietly conducting experiments in the world of Utopia!"

Alucard answered nothing. He looked at Nitra for a long time, then he nodded and looked away, pointing at Liang.

Nitra raised an eyebrow, puzzled. 

"What about him? Is he an exception too? Is he an anomaly too?" Alucard asked in a calm voice.

Nitra's eyes went wide.

"What do you say about me? Am I the third exception? About Nameless King? About Sven Hellem? About the Progenitor of Undeads who burned your past tree. The Progenitor of Dragons? Are they all exceptions and anomalies, too? Doesn't that sound weird to you? It's just an excuse you found for your actions." Alucard said coldly.

Each of his words was like a blade penetrating Nitra's mind, gradually forcing her to admit that the world was not at all the way she wanted it to be. 

"There's no point in following a failed plan. There's always another option and you can still do what Liang did." Alucard said majestically. 

He usually acted like a conniving teenager who just wanted to have fun, but this was his way of relaxing and having fun. If he was serious all the time, given his immortality, he would have gone insane long ago. However, right now he was being serious as the situation demanded it.

"What?! Offer to be your friend like you did with Liang?!" Nitra exclaimed, showing that to her it was an absurdity she would never agree to.

Alucard shrugged, "Well, I don't mind. The rest is up to you, but that's not what I was talking about. Do you have to become subordinates of the Rulers of the Arkan world to do experiments?"

"Hmm...?" Nitra tilted her head in a confusion. 

"Look. You can always do experiments on your allies' worlds, can't you?" Alucard asked.

"Pffft." Nitra snorted, "Allies? When was the last time the races allied? Furthermore, do you really think two worlds will be enough?"

"Two...?" Alucard muttered, "Don't you know how to count? On the side of the Nameless King, there are already Humans, I am and thus potentially Vampires, Gael and thus Ashens, Liang and thus Axalts and Plants. Furthermore, I'm sure the Demons will never side with the Angels, and the Angels support the Arkans."

Nitra's eyes went wide as she began to count.

"One... two... three..." Nitra curled her fingers like a child as she looked at her palm, "Humans, Vampires, Axalts, Ashens, Plants and Demons... If you add Constructs to that it makes six..."

Alucard smirked, "Exactly, that's already half the universe, even assuming everyone else decides to support the Arkans! Wouldn't that be enough to do experiments?"

Alucard clenched his hand into a fist, "More to the point. In the utopia that will be if Arox controls all worlds, there will be no room for battles! You must have already realized that you can achieve in a single battle what cannot be done even in a million years!"

Alucard's speech greatly affected Nitra, she even fell to her knees with a blank stare. It was hard for her to admit that everything she was doing didn't make sense and was actually a big mistake.

'What's the point of becoming subordinate to the Arkans if without battles we can't achieve abnormal breakthroughs like I did today? It will be rare and there will still be experimentation at the core, but sometimes it is necessary. In Utopia, it would be impossible and it is unlikely then that anyone would be able to prevent Arox or all Arkans...' Nitra pondered, looking at the ashes.

Then, she raised her head and looked at the huge Tree, the most important thing in all of Construct World.

"We lost one Tree once before, when we decided to anger the Progenitor of the Undeads, even though we knew we shouldn't have... Then we paid for it, and we can't let it happen again..." Nitra muttered, slowly transferring her gaze to Liang. 

He was silent the whole time and just listened to Nitra and Alucard's conversation with a calm expression. In fact, it gave Nitra some hope, since he usually behaved quite differently.

"You said that you wanted to change the purpose of our fight... Do you still intend to do that?" Nitra asked with a slightly trembling voice, "Is there a possibility that you won't destroy our Tree...? I am beg..."

Whoooooooooosh.

In a heartbeat, Liang appeared right in front of Nitra, faster than a bolt of lightning. Then, before she could realize anything, his foot came crashing down on her face, throwing her back hundreds of meters.

"Well, well, that was rough." Wain said while shaking his head, then a wide grin appeared on his face, "However, that's the most effective thing he could have done."

Marlis frowned, raising an eyebrow and casting a sharp look at Wain. However, she didn't say anything, as she guessed why Liang had done it and what his purpose was. 

During this fight, she had become more aware of how The Strongest One thought, as well as Wain or Sven. All of them were higher than her, on all levels.

The Guardians were furious at what they saw as their veins swelled and anger consumed their eyes.

"How dare he do this to her!" A Guardian exclaimed, "After everything that happened, Mrs. Nitra found the strength to go to the treaties, and he just attacked her without warning!"

The other Guardians thought the same, but one of them remained silent with a calm face. Emotions couldn't consume his mind, and he looked at this situation from a logical point of view.

"Agh... Agh... Agh... Agh..." Nitra rose from the ground breathing heavily, Liang attacked full force without holding back.

"Bastard... What the fuck are you doing?! I agreed to talk to you!" Nitra shouted, mopping up the blood flowing from her already broken nose.

Liang shrugged, "If you want to agree or discuss something with me, you should behave with dignity. Do you really think that I Liang, The Strongest One, can look at a pitifully begging girl as a worthy opponent? This is an insult of the highest degree!"

At first, Nitra thought Liang was talking nonsense, but she quickly realized the meaning behind his words, and a slight smile appeared on her face for the first time in a long time.

Nitra shook her head, straightened her back, stood confidently on her feet, and pointed at Liang with her spear, with a serious look.

"Liang, The Strongest One, I am Nitra, God of Thunder, I wish to change the objectives of our deadly battle! Before you say anything, I will express my wish for this battle to stop being a deadly battle!" Nitra said confidently.

"Good job." Liang smirked as fire lit up in his eyes.