Nameless King

Whooooooooosh.

Nicole appeared right in front of Redwing, swinging her scythe from bottom to top. Redwing's eyes went wide as she jumped back, dodging the attack at the last moment.

'Damn! That was quick!' Redwing exclaimed inwardly, 'She may be on the same Stage as me, but she's a regular monster! Plus, she's fighting with this scythe made from the fang of one of us!'

Redwing as well as the others were on the Demigod Stage, they were not the strongest Dragons since they were very far to the level of the Elders, but that was only in comparison to other Dragons. Monsters and even Pillars were usually weaker than some Dragon.

'Agh... I knew this was a bad idea! We should have left here as soon as we saw Nameless King!' Redwing complained to herself, 'Although... He's only on the Absolute Stage. If we beat him, we'll be rewarded by the Progenitor himself!

Whoooooooooooooosh.

Redwing's aura intensified as spheres of red flame appeared around her. They swirled violently around her before launching themselves at Nicole.

Nicole jumped away from one of the spheres as a deafening explosion erupted behind her. She turned around and her eyes went wide as instead of a rock there was now a puddle of magma slowly flowing sideways. Nicole was ten feet away from it, but she could still feel the terrible heat.

'No way... If one of those spheres hits me, I'm finished!' Nicole was shocked as she got goosebumps. She loved to fight, but the fear of death was frightening to her as it was to everyone else.

'Hey, you don't have to worry so much. I can handle it easily.' Erder said calmly directing energy pulses toward Nicole to calm her down.

'Are you serious? Won't those spheres melt you down?' Nicole asked anxiously.

'Nah, I'm on the God Stage, so this fire can only heat me up. Anyway, stop being afraid and act normal, with me you can cut her apart.' Erder smirked, then he got serious, 'We're out of time.'

Whooooooooooosh.

Several fire spheres headed towards Nicole, but this time she didn't dodge as she swung with a scythe, passing through the spheres with her blade.

The spheres were ready to explode, but there was too little energy left in them after they separated, so they just disintegrated into small particles.

"What...? What's wrong with your weapon?" Redwing muttered in disbelief, she realized too late that Erder didn't need to contain her energy to avoid hurting Nicole.

'Argh! This wench is annoying me more and more! Damn! I should have realized that if she's here with Nameless King, she's an unusual monster!' Redwing grimaced before touching her chest, 'Well, maybe I should actually use everything I have from the beginning.'

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Her body was covered in the bright fire as her aura gradually increased.

'What...? She's using her Form? I must stop her!" Nicole exclaimed as she lunged forward.

Snap.

Wain snapped his finger as hands of darkness appeared from beneath the ground that grabbed Nicole by the legs, preventing her from moving forward.

"Are you stupid? You might be tougher than most monsters, but if you go near her now you'll just burn to the ground." Wain said seriously, staring at Nicole with severity.

Nicole flinched, nodded, and stepped back. She wanted to win too badly, so completely forgot about the basics.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

After a few seconds, black and white flashes appeared in the distance, and Blackwing and Whitewing decided to use their Forms, too.

'Wain, what will you do?' Gladius asked, wanting to join the fight.

'Nothing much. Apparently, these three have a negative attitude towards the humans, so I'll just finish them off and give Nicole the opportunity to engage in mortal combat.' Wain calmly replied with a slight nod.

'Are you sure? You haven't regained your powers yet, if any of the Elders attack you, you might not make it. You may be a Nameless King, but you're on the Absolute Stage now.' Gladius was concerned.

'Don't worry. If the Elder to whom these three are subordinate wants revenge on me, he won't succeed anyway. The Progenitor, this old man, will not allow the Elder to take such a risk.' Wain shrugged with indifference, 'This time I will fight without you. I want to feel how strong my fists are on Dragons, their bodies really are strong.'

Gladius nodded silently. He preferred to proceed more cautiously, but he didn't stop Wain.

Whoooooooooosh.

Seconds later, the Dragons finished activating their Forms and launched an attack. Redwing pounced on Nicole, unleashing a hail of a dozen fiery projectiles on her, while white and black flashed toward Wain.

Even though they had massive wings behind their backs, they ran on the ground, as each of their steps was so powerful that it gave them tremendous speed.

Crackle.

The next moment, two fists headed toward Wain, covered in streams of energy. Wain ducked slightly, causing the fists to fly right over his head, then his hands became a blur.

"Argh!!!" Whitewing and Blackwing's faces, contorted in pain as Wain's fists slammed into their bellies, throwing them back several feet.

"Oh, it looks like you've actually gotten a little stronger, doesn't it? Last time you flew as far as that mountain." Wain looked at Whitewing with an arrogant look.

"Shut up. That's not all we can do. We have decided that we will not kill you, instead, we will capture you and bring you to our Progenitor! He will decide what to do with you!" Blackwing snorted with a frown.

"It's your own fault! All you had to do was apologize! Your time has passed! It was too long ago! You can't do whatever you want anymore!" Blackwing exclaimed.

Wain remained silent until he shrugged, "Well, you can plan whatever you want, however, that doesn't mean it will happen at all."

Whooooooooooosh.

Wain stepped forward, momentarily facing them with a deadly cold stare, his palms like spears pointing at their necks.