Nameless King

"Huh, this looks like it's going to be serious." Wain grinned.

"I warned you." Gladius said in a mocking voice.

"Well, it certainly won't be a problem." Wain uttered as a massive stream of aura burst out of him.

Dark energy burst from his body and headed toward the sky. It was so much that in a minute, the entire sky went completely dark as though in an abyss. The sunlight disappeared, so the monsters were blind, but that's not what was important to them at the time.

Immediately after the first flow of energy, a second one suddenly came crashing down on them. It might not have been a problem for Wain, but it was a real challenge for the monsters as they had to try hard not to have the energy tear their bodies apart.

'Damn... You should have listened to me,' Gladius muttered in a hopeless manner, turned from seal to sword, and flew beyond the lake.

He headed for the ice caves, where there were hundreds of monsters. All of them tried to absorb the energy, but not all of them succeeded.

Crackle.

One of the monsters vomited a mouthful of blood as the veins in his arms burst, and his muscles tore.

'Fuck! These are serious wounds... If he is not helped urgently, he will surely die. What on earth has Wain done... This could be his greatest strategy.' Gladius muttered while watching the monster try to recover.

"Agh!" Another monster threw up blood.

With each passing second, the monsters that received serious wounds only increased as the ice caves were already flooded with their blood. However, Wain did not intend to stop.

There was nothing Gladius could do. He could only release his power in Wain's hands, and even then, he had no healing skills in any case.

'Hmm? What is this?" Gladius inwardly muttered in a thoughtful manner as something strange began to happen to the monsters.

Above the monsters that were wounded accumulated clots of gray energy that turned into a jaw seal. The seal overlapped on their backs, then the balance of energy in the monster came back to normal as they easily absorbed the excess.

'It's incredible... Not only have they fully recovered, but they also keep getting stronger. Damn... If this keeps up, by the end of the evolution of Void, every monster in this area will reach the limit of the Third Chronicle, is that fair?' Gladius said to himself while in disbelief.

'Well, I guess I was wrong all along. I'd completely forgotten who he really is.' Gladius muttered inwardly as he headed back toward Wain.

The lake was always blue as It reflected the sheen from the ice, but now the lake was completely black as though Wain was sitting in the middle of an oil well.

"Shit... This was harder than I thought. Gladius warned me for a reason, though... I can still take it." Wain muttered as rivers of sweat dripped off him.

Every second of the zone evolution, Wain felt as though he had spent ten hours training. His whole body burned as steam emanated from him.

[The right amount of energy has been reached.]

[The first stage of special evolution is complete.]

[The zone change stage begins.]

[As you are in the Fourth Chronicle and upgrade Void to the same Chronicle, new opportunities open up for you.]

'Hmm? Is the same thing going to happen here as when I evolved?' Wain wondered.

[The zone begins to change completely.]

[Do you want to keep the core areas like Ice Caves, Snow Desert, Magic Forest, and Bone Crypt?]

"Yes." Wain replied in a confident voice.

[The forced extraction of the remaining energy begins.]

Whoooooosh.

Wain's body trembled as his energy reserves began to deplete rapidly. Everything was drained out of him, every last drop.

"Agh! Fuck, what the hell is going on here?" Wain exclaimed in a furious voice as he felt his body bursting from within.

"Wain, look carefully." Gladius said in a serious manner.

"Huh?" Wain was confused, but after a second, his eyes widened as he saw that darkness practically filled the entire space.

"What is it..." Wain muttered.

"This is your power." Gladius said with awe.

Whoooooosh.

All the energy turned into one powerful flow that shattered the ice caves. The energy as though ink absorbed everything and left behind nothing but emptiness. Then, the flow went to the rest of the area that suffered the same fate.

[A new zone begins to be created.]

[More power is needed.]

Wain had no more energy left, but he actually had something else.

[Energy from your Soul, Nameless King, is used to create the new zone.]

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

The space shuddered as the energy tumbled down. It gradually began to turn into a landscape that was completely different for each of the areas.

"It's incredible..." Wain muttered with a dazed look, "It's like I'm watching the world being created."

"Well, in a way, you're not wrong. It is your world." Gladius muttered while soaring next to Wain.

A few minutes later, the creation of the new zone was almost complete. To the north were the Ice Caves, to the west was the Magical Forest, to the east the Snow Desert, and below was the Bone Crypt.

[Part of Void was left unfilled.]

[The energy of your Soul will be used to create additional territory.]

Whooooosh.

The darkness headed south, so after a while, there was an area that was covered with a thick mist with many ancient ruins that emanated a mysterious and mystical aura.

'Huh, mist and ruins... Could there be a more appropriate area to describe Wain?' Gladius muttered inwardly.

"Hmm? Is it done yet?" Wain asked with a confused look.

"No. There's still one more place to go." Gladius said while looking at the center of Void, where it was still empty.

The last bit of energy went there and turned into a massive temple with seven pillars that held the ruined dome above it. In the center of the temple floated a massive gray crystal around which, like a circle, hovered a dark crown.