Nameless King

Every great battle could not pass without bringing destruction with it, it was impossible, but destruction always had some sort of limit. Two opponents could not fight constantly at the limit of their strength, but… that was hardly the case for Alucard and Liang.

Step.

Liang took a step forward as he made a lightning sword swing, from top to bottom. He did the same thing as the first time he split Alucard in two, but now his look was a bit different.

They had a competition, so he acted seriously, as he couldn’t lose and let Alucard drink his blood. That would mean his philosophy was true, even if only partially, but that would already be a true failure.

Whooooooooooooosh.

A black streak passed on Alucard’s body, splitting it in two, but Alucard sharply accelerated his regeneration and didn’t let it happen.

“Pfft! That was too easy!” Alucard mockingly snorted with a wave of his hand.

“Oh, are you sure about that?” Liang calmly asked, piercing his opponent with a hard stare.

“Agh…?” Alucard was puzzled, then his entire body exploded, shattering into millions of drops of blood.

Liang realized that it wasn’t enough to kill Alucard, he could recover from almost nothing, but that wasn’t Liang’s goal. All he needed to do was throw Alucard outside the temple, and he could do that with ease, right now.

“Too much arrogance for someone who wasn’t prepared for such an obvious but effective attack.” Liang calmly said as he elegantly waved his hand.

His movements were followed by streams of wind that appeared out of nowhere. They were powerful and swift, quickly blowing all of Alucard’s blood away from the arena area.

“Is the ruler really going to win now?! Nakano inwardly exclaimed while watching the droplets of blood flying by the edges of the platform.

Whooooooooooosh.

One of the last drops glowed brightly, instantly creating a skeleton, brain, and heart, quickly forming flesh.

The skeleton was ready to grab the edge, in which case Alucard wouldn’t lose, but Liang supposed that might have happened.

Crackle.

In a heartbeat, Liang appeared right in front of Alucard, bringing his palm down on his chest, which had yet to be covered in flesh, it was just bones behind which hid the heart.

The mere impact of such a powerful creature caused dozens of shockwaves to spread across the temple grounds in the form of air rings. They made the layers of snow shudder, collapsing into an avalanche and heading for the lowlands of the mountains.

Along Alucard’s ribcage, went cracks, then due to the immense pressure his whole body exploded again, going far outside the arena.

Liang took a deep breath, took a step back, and said, “Your regeneration is impressive, but it’s not enough against me. Still, training and hard work are paramount. I win.”

There was silence for a while until someone spoke up.

“Are you sure about that?”

“Agh?” Liang was puzzled as he looked at Gael, who despite the outcome of the fight remained completely calm. Moreover, there was a slight, sly smile on his face.

“Look.” Gael pointed upwards.

Liang turned around and his pupils narrowed. He looked at the long white hair that floated serenely over the stone-cold platform, slowly descending.

Ironically, it was the wind that supported this hair, which Liang was using to defeat what he thought he had already defeated.

Crack.

The hair was torn apart with massive red energy waves as Alucard completely recovered in an instant.

Then, huge wings made of blood appeared behind him, the flapping of which gave him a lightning speed with which he swooped down on Liang.

Liang shuddered. In a real battle, he would let his opponent make such an attack to receive a normal wound, but, then annihilate his opponent into atoms. However, a single drop of his blood getting on Alucard’s tongue was tantamount to defeat in their contest.

‘Smart and fast! Fine, then I’ll do it!” Liang internally exclaimed as he pointed his palms at Alucard.

Air pulses came out from his hands, which threw Alucard away, preventing him from approaching Liang, then, Liang swept his hand across his sword, filling it with the power of the wind.

“This time, I’ll make sure that not even a hair of yours is left here! Nothing!” Liang exclaimed, sharply thrusting his sword forward, releasing a powerful stream of wind from its tip, which quickly turned into a real hurricane.

The hurricane completely engulfed Alucard. He tried to resist, but it was useless, it was impossible to overcome such pressure.

‘Oh… This is bad… A little more, and I’ll be outside the arena… This wind won’t let me leave a hair or let a drop of blood fall on the platform…’ Alucard pondered, remaining calm, although the wind was tearing his body apart.

Alucard recovered quickly, so quickly the wind turned scarlet as if it were a bloody storm, violent and unruly.

“Looks like we won, doesn’t it?” Marlis smirked, looking mockingly at Wain.

Osvald nodded, “If this were a real fight we would know the result before long, but the wind is too useful in a situation like this. All Liang had to do was not let Alucard recover, leave him without time.”

Sven said nothing, he only frowned slightly.

Wain chuckled, “Hey, you guys seem to have completely forgotten that the creatures in this world have something else besides racial traits.”

“Agh…?” Marlis and Osvald gave him a questioning look.

“I understand, Alucard’s immortality and incredible regeneration is impressive, but it’s something every Vampire possesses, it’s just that Alucard has elevated it to an ultimatum and unattainable form. However, he also has skills just like the rest of us.” Wain said slyly.

Marlis and Osvald’s eyes went wide as they abruptly turned their heads toward the battle. Wain was right, they had completely forgotten about it, they couldn’t be blamed for that since Alucard had always just had enough of his body’s physical strength and regeneration to win.

His opponent carried the Title of the strongest in the entire world, so in this case he needed to get serious. .

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Suddenly, the space shook as Alucard’s eyes flashed brightly like bloody rubies. At the same moment, all the blood that was in the tornado traveled back to its master, covering his body with a thin scarlet veil, like a crimson flame.

Then, Alucard created wings again, and this time one single flap was enough to create another tornado, no less powerful than Liang’s one.

Space shook as the two tornadoes collided, creating a vortex that was visible from every point of the Axalt World.

“Looks like the ruler has a tough fight on his hands, doesn’t he…?” The young man meditating on top of the mountain muttered as he watched all the clouds of the world heading to one place.

It looked like a tornado that was capable of destroying all living things, and all it took was one sweep of an immortal being.

“According to the rules I’m not supposed to leave the arena area, am I?” Alucard said calmly, looking down at Liang from above.

Alucard shrugged, “Whatever, I can change the rules at any time as I want to.”

“Agh…? What do you mean?” Liang muttered puzzled, unable to understand what was in his mad opponent’s mind.

“Liang… Do you know what kids like to do the most?” Alucard asked with a calm gaze.

“What…?”

“Crushing. It’s a real thrill, especially when you don’t care about the consequences, because kids don’t know about it yet. Adults are different from children, they know the consequences, so they hold back, but… Do I need to hold back? Are there consequences in this world of which I should be afraid?” Alucard said majestically, then he swung his hand, leaving a long bloody cut on his other palm.

Nakano was surprised, “What…? Did he injure himself? But, why?”

Gael smirked as he stood beside him, holding his hands behind his back with a serene expression.

“Nakano tell me if you were fighting against an opponent who can permanently repair your wounds but doesn’t possess enough power to overwhelm you. What would you be afraid of?” Gael asked.

“Agh…? What a strange question…” Nakano muttered in confusion, then she pondered, “Well if I’m stronger, the worst thing would be if my opponent suddenly had some kind of trump card, or if he got a powerful physical or magical enhancement.”

“Yeah.” Gael nodded, “Because in that case you wouldn’t have any advantage, and that’s exactly what Alucard is doing right now.”

“What…?” Nakano tilted her head, then a chill went down her back as she slowly turned around.

Towards the guards, from Alucard, was energy so thick that it could almost harm them like a real weapon. The source of the energy was Alucard’s fists, which he clenched tightly, increasing the power hidden in them.

Then, a bloody seal with the ‘I’ symbol appeared on the outer sides of his palms.

“The first gate… The power beyond…” Alucard muttered, then he with the speed of a flash appeared high up, above the clouds.

His wings disappeared, then he raised his fists above his head like two massive hammers before collapsing to the ground.

“No!!!!” Liang exclaimed, realizing what was about to happen, and even he had no power to stop it.

Alucard fell on the temple like a crimson meteor, bringing his fists down on its peak with all his might.