Nameless King



Some people never changed, and Alucard was one of those people. He always did what he wanted, and the consequences didn't bother him. On the one hand that was careless, but in Alucard's case, it wasn't quite like that.

Alucard had vast experience and a unique flair for all sorts of things that no one else had. It was as if he could sense where the interesting opportunities were and what needed to be done to make them happen.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Nila was part of Alucard's idea, and now she only had a few seconds to save her life.

Ereg and Gael glanced over with worried expressions. They didn't expect Alucard to do something so crazy, because without training, there was no way Nila could stand up to Kraken. 

Whoooooooooooosh.

Without hesitation, Ereg tore forward in a torrent of black flame. He moved quickly, like lightning approaching Nila with the clear intention of saving her.

However, the Kraken, to whom such a precious gift was headed, was not about to give up this unique opportunity so easily. 

Hundreds of tentacles blocked the path to Ereg. In a few attacks, Ereg had no trouble destroying them, but he wasted valuable time, which he didn't have enough of.

Nila was almost in front of the monster's jaw, while Kraken's actual tentacles were rushing toward her. They weren't made of darkness, but full limbs of flesh and blood with thick skin, protective plates, and many spiked suction cups.

The tentacles moved carefully since Kraken didn't want to damage Nila's body, the monster just wanted to make sure there was no way Nila could escape his fate. 

'No! No! No! No! This shouldn't have happened!' Nila inwardly exclaimed, 'I shouldn't have been here in the first place! Why did Alucard do this?! Is there no one to save me?

Nila's mind filled with more and more questions, while everything around her slowed down and her instincts intensified. Soon enough, she realized that no one could help her, since no one expected Alucard to do something like this.

Wain smirked, "Well, well, they're just watching, like they know what's going to happen next."

"What are you talking about?" Osvald asked, raising an eyebrow.

Wain pointed at Liang and Nitra, "Let's be honest. Those two saw what Alucard did, a few moments earlier than Ereg and Gael. So... They had time to stop Alucard or save Nila. Damn, they could have just grabbed her leg and that's it."

"Yeah... That makes sense..." Osvald nodded with a thoughtful expression.

Crackle. Crackle. Crack.

The Kraken's jaws snapped rapidly, ready to swallow Nila and absorb the pure energy that was inside her.

'Alucard said he wanted to reward me... but, does that sound like a reward? It's an execution, nothing more...' Nila said to herself with eyes empty with despair.

Then, something changed inside her, and waves of shivers went through her whole body. Her instincts were literally screaming at her for something, but it wasn't that she needed to escape somehow, it was something else.

'Darkness... That's right... Haven't I been fighting against darkness all my life? I mean, I'm one of the best at it!" Nila inwardly exclaimed as her eyes flashed, bright with light.

Her hands became covered in disks of light, and white streams of energy appeared around her, capable of tearing apart any darkness.

At the same moment, many of the dark tentacles that were near Nila were destroyed, but her light was not powerful enough to damage Kraken's actual tentacles.

'No! It's not enough! I can do more!" Nila's eyes went wide as she clenched her fists with all her might and bit her lip bloody.

She realized that if she did nothing, if she couldn't surpass herself she would die, right here and now.

'Damn! I've been through hundreds of fights! I can't let myself die like this! I will disgrace myself and my Clan for eternity!' Nila exclaimed inwardly as her aura began to rise dramatically.

At the same moment, as if sensing a threat from her, Kraken's tentacles curled around her, preventing Nila from moving. She couldn't move even a finger.

It was quite a long process for Nila, however, it all happened in a matter of seconds while Ereg fought his way through the endless streams of dark tentacles.

Ereg could increase his strength by several levels or use some kind of devastating attack, but then he could kill Nitra as well. He felt it was the best and only option to save Nila.

Gael was about to help her too, especially since he felt guilty about Alucard's action, but when disks of light appeared around Nila's hands, he stopped.

'Well, it looks like he's done something again that will change the life of one individual person as well as the life of an entire world and race.' Gael shook his head with a deep sigh, 'Alucard, you always do the same thing, but each time you get a different result. It's rather ironic, especially since you don't change, ever.

"Argh!" NIla spat out a mouthful of blood, but she immediately came to her senses, and despite the pain continued to fight while her aura grew stronger.

'Come on! Light can do more than just drive out darkness! Light can burn away shadows, darkness, and living flesh! It only depends on power and concentration!" Nila inwardly shouted as her aura reached its limit, and all of her light was directed to one point.

The disks of light around her hands shattered into small shards, rushing towards her right palm and becoming something new. However, the shards weren't stable and they wouldn't be able to stay together for long, but that wasn't a problem for Nila since she still had plenty of energy.

Whoooooooooooooooooooosh.

White streams of energy traveled to the gaps between the shards, strengthening them and turning them into one. It was a massive claw or blade as if a large shard had broken off from one of the disks.

However, this claw had an extreme concentration of light energy in it, and the tentacles of darkness that were near it began to burn immediately.

Alucard smirked since he could feel Nila's aura moving from the God Stage to the next and final stage.

'Not only Progenitors can be on the Transcendence Stage!' Alucard grinned with a genuinely joyful expression, 'And the more powerful beings there are the better! That way, the world will never become boring, on the contrary, it will only become more interesting and complex!

"Fine, if you want to eat me, you'll have to beat me first! That's what all Beastfolks are used to and I'm no exception!" Nila exclaimed with a fighting look before directing all of his power towards his arm.

It was enough to free one part of her body from the tentacles' grip and make a single swing with her light claw.

Then, everyone saw a bright flash that took only an instant of time. The tentacles next to Nila split into several pieces, covered in bright flames and burning skin.

Kraken's huge body was split in two vertically, and thousands of dark tentacles burned without a trace under a bright light that was unstoppable.

Tap.

Nila landed on the ground, as several massive pieces of tentacles fell beside her.

"Hah... I actually managed to do that..." Nila muttered, looking at her palm, covered in the blood that flowed from the corners of her mouth.

Nila turned around and looked at Alucard, who with a proud smirk was standing in the same spot as his arms were crossed on his chest.

"Thank you..." Nila whispered before everything in front of her eyes went black.

She had spent all of her energy and strength, both physical and emotional, on this attack. But, there was no regret on her face, only joy for the work done and the accomplishment.

Whoosh.

Ereg quickly appeared beside her and caught her before she fell. He quickly looked her over and soon breathed a sigh of relief.

'Damn... She reached the Transcendence Stage right here and now?' Ereg muttered in disbelief, feeling how much more powerful Alisa's aura had become.

"That's amazing, isn't it?" Gael said with a slight smile on his face.

Ereg nodded silently, and then he turned into a stream of flame and appeared next to Alucard.

He carefully placed her on the ground, then looked intently at Alucard.

This continued for a while until Ereg said, "I won't hide it, I'm glad it ended this way. Going to the Transcendence Stage is a great accomplishment for any being, especially Nila. I know how important it was to her, it was her dream."

Then, Ereg's gaze grew serious and cold, "However, don't you dare do that again. You got lucky this time, but you can't be lucky forever. One day, your tricks will get someone killed."

Alucard smirked as he shrugged, "I can't promise anything. Also, you're wrong, I'm always lucky because there are no consequences for me if I'm unlucky. So, there is simply no difference between luck and bad luck for me!"