Nameless King

Wain headed for the cave exit and said, "Good luck. Try to hold out until I get back. I'll deal with her quickly."

"Sure. I may not be as strong as you, but anyone who invades my forge must be prepared to die." Ceozi muttered as the ring on her finger sparkled.

Several red crystals appeared in her hand that she threw into the furnace. This caused a bright flame with extremely high temperature.

"Apparently, your attribute is ice." Ceozi uttered while looking at the man with a deadly look, "Well, I'm afraid now all you can do is cause a splash of water!"

Dan frowned as he gathered energy closer to himself, so the fire couldn't melt his ice right away.

'Damn, she's right, I won't be able to show my full strength here, she's a pretty uncomfortable opponent for me. Maybe Amelia's help is worth it? No... These guys won't let me go that easily...' Dan inwardly muttered as he looked at the knights, 'Okay, she's just a blacksmith, that shouldn't be a problem.'

...

Crackle.

A rush of wind appeared beneath Amelia as she stood on the ground, regaining her balance.

"Arkan... You are the third one who has decided to kill me, but you are the only one who did it because of my personality. You seem to know more about me than anyone else, don't you?" Wain asked with a deadly serious look while pacing in her direction.

"This is a pointless conversation. You are his heir, so I have no choice but to kill you. I had my doubts at first, but after carefully watching your last fight, I'm completely convinced of it." Amelia uttered in a menacing voice as her aura raised.

Whooooosh.

A torrent of wind rushed toward her that resonated with her armor, taking on a scarlet hue. At her will, the wind turned into two deadly discs. Next to discs, space trembled as the wind moved at tremendous speed.

"Your death will be my greatest achievement. I will be a hero!" Amelia exclaimed as she attacked.

She instantly appeared to the left of Wain with discs aiming for his neck.

Wain's arms became a blur as he stopped the attack.

"Again...? My discs should have cut your arms if you'd tried to block it..." Amelia muttered with a dazed look.

"Huh, those gloves were made by the best blacksmith that I knew! What's more, your wind is too weak to just scratch me!" Wain exclaimed with a grin on his face.

With a sharp movement, Wain drew Amelia to him, covered his hands with darkness, and attacked.

His fist as though a spear had pierced the wind-driven discs just as Amelia's belly did. The impact tossed her aside as she with a face distorted with pain, vomiting a mouthful of blood.

'Damn... Any energy that passes through these gloves turns into a real weapon. It's much better than I imagined.' Wain smiled while clenching and unclenching his fist.

'You...! Why are you so strong...? Shit, don't tell me you've reached the Second Stage..." Amelia muttered in a startled voice as she realized Wain's level of strength.

"Exactly. You're just in time. I needed someone strong to test my new gear, so don't disappoint me!" Wain exclaimed and stretched his arms forward.

The sign of vortex on his gloves flashed as a small gray sphere the size of a seed appeared in front of him. Gradually, because of the energy, the sphere enlarged and began to rotate as though a black hole that could swallow anything, even an entire planet.

When maximum mass was reached, Wain threw the orb directly at Amelia. Behind the orb, a deep mark was left on the ground due to the tremendous pressure as the stone around it became covered in small cuts.

"Don't you dare underestimate me!" Amelia exclaimed as she crossed her arms in front of her.

The wind turned into three strong barriers that should have protected her, but the orb easily broke through them and came down on Amelia with all its might.

"Ahahahaha! This is too easy!" Wain laughed as a madly smile appeared on his face.

Amelia's armor absorbed most of the damage, but many crystals burst as the armor was covered in thick cracks.

'Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! In addition to going to the Second Stage, he also got such powerful equipment! Fuck it, I can't lose any more of my blood. Amelia frowned, jumped back, and touched the star tattoo on her chest.

Energy rippled through her as her body crackled, even her eyes.

"What is that?" Wain muttered while in confusion.

Crackle.

Pieces of skin broke away from her body as they fell to the ground and shattered into small shards. It was as though the outer layer of the statue was crumbling, under that was the true appearance.

Now instead of long red hair, Amelia had short, shoulder-length gray hair and eyes as blue as the ocean. On her appeared a silver, light armor as well as streams of wind that covered her arms in the shape of blades.

'Did she use her the Form?' Wain said inwardly, 'No, it doesn't look like it. Moreover, what is it?'

In the center of the star on Amelia's chest appeared the number '2', which to Arkans had a special meaning.

"Nameless, or rather Wain Norheim." Amelia addressed him as she waved her hand, "I know that you had fought against Arkans before and always had someone to help you, even Dragon stepped in for you, but it doesn't matter since they didn't even have a rank! I, an Arkan of the Second Rank, will kill you, Wain Norheim, heir of the Nameless King!"

A shiver ran through Wain's body as Amelia appeared before him with an ice-cold look. Her hands became a blur as she plunged the X-shaped wind blade into Wain's chest.

It all happened too fast for Wain to react, so blood gushed from his chest as his face twisted in pain.