Nameless King

Every race that decided to take part in the Great War had some reason, it was obvious.

Sven’s reason was enough to give up the opportunity to rule an entire world in the future for it. He stood on Nameless King’s side and risked everything for it. If he succeeded he could escape a boring world, a utopia that would slowly rot, if not, he would lose everything.

Alucard and Gael had a somewhat similar situation, however, for them the main reason was simply that they wanted to help the Nameless King. They wanted the world to be interesting, if one person controls everything then their wish would not be realized.

Polosa had a simple lust for power and territory. She wanted more out of her life than just being the Ruler of a pacifist race whose members don’t want to fight.

She may have been born into the wrong race or at the wrong time, but it no longer mattered. Sven had forever erased her name from history and revealed some weak and corrupted Plants Queen.

Liang… His reason was the strangest of all, however, considering his position everything sounded logical and understandable.

In that case, what about Constructs? Doesn’t the most technologically advanced race with high intelligence realize that utopia won’t lead to anything good?

“What is your hidden agenda? Go ahead, tell me. Do you really think I’ll believe the nonsense you said?” Liang arrogantly said, lightly holding the hilt of his sword. At any moment he was ready to attack, and Nitra understood that.

Nitra frowned, “Yeah, only an idiot would agree to utopia, but only if that idiot doesn’t have a goal!”

Nitra waved her hands, “During utopia, we can safely conduct experiments and research across the universe! We will no longer have to negotiate and fight for resources or a short period of time in some unusual location! We’ll have limitless potential.”

Liang nodded, “I see… You’re doing this to fulfill the dream of a scientist, the dream of every Construct.”

“Exactly!” Nitra clenched her fist confidently, “Even if utopia has problems, I with our research we can fix all the flaws. We’ll be able to make progress that couldn’t even be imagined before!”

Liang remained silent as his gaze became deeper, it seemed he was pondering Nitra’s words.

“Marlis… What do you think about her position?” Sven asked with a glance at her.

“Agh…? What do you mean?” Marlis gave him a questioning look.

“Well, you’re a scientist too to a certain extent. I was wondering if you think Nitra’s position is logical?” Sven asked.

Marlis nodded, “Yeah, it sounds logical. If they don’t have the obstacles and problems of the normal, familiar world, their research will accelerate. However… There is one problem that every Construct tries to forget about and doesn’t want to admit…”

Liang sighed, “I admit it sounds logical from your position, but you’re missing one point.”

“Agh…? What are you talking about?” Nitra was puzzled.

“Our world doesn’t work like that.” Liang said confidently, “Thousands of years have already passed, even given the problems Constructs had plenty of time to create something incredible. And, you did, your level of development is astounding, but, does it all matter?”

Nitra frowned, “Speak plainly!”

“Sure.” Liang nodded, “I’m only stating the simple truth. This technology has not been able to make you the strongest race and never will. In our world, the technological process does not equal real combat power.”

Nitra didn’t answer anything, she just bit her lip until it bled with an angry look. She realized that Liang was right, and he was the main proof that he was right.

The Axalts were one of the least technologically advanced races, however, they were not weaker than the others, as technology was nothing more than a convenience, and that was different for each race.

“Well, since we’ve already dealt with everything, let’s get started.” Liang calmly said as he took a step forward.

“What is your goal!”

Liang shrugged, “I don’t know, how about beating you half to death and destroying the Tree? I think that would be enough to calm my wrath.”

Crackle.

Nitra’s veins swelled as she clenched her fists tightly, so much so that trickles of blood ran from her palms.

“I won’t let this happen!” Nitra exclaimed furiously before she lunged forward.

The shockwave from her jerk raised a wave of sand behind her, as she seemed to flash disappeared, finding herself right in front of Liang.

Electric shocks traveled down her arms, traveling to her gloves and concentrating a tremendous amount of energy into them.

“Oh… This game can be played by both of them.” Liang calmly said, bringing his fist in for a punch. Streams of wind quickly covered his palm, then he stepped forward, bringing his fist down on Nitra.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Their collision sent out shockwaves with chaotic streams of energy. Blue lightning bolts flew off to the sides along with violent wind currents, causing ripples across the vast desert.

The sand next to them due to the great pressure began to act like water in the sea during a storm, it tried to escape as fast as possible from the two monsters at the epicenter.

“Agh… Not bad…” Liang muttered and took a deep breath, “But, not enough.”

Liang exhaled sharply, as a stream of energy once again passed through his body heading towards his fist. This was something Nitra couldn’t take, for her it was beyond her strength.

The impulse threw Nitra back hundreds of meters, while her wide-open eyes filled with incomprehension.

She, like Liang, was a Progenitor and was on the Transcendence Stage. Her weapons were practically bare hands as she always fought in hand-to-hand combat, Liang was a swordsman, yet without using his weapons he was able to suppress her. 𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚕.𝚝

‘No! He can’t be that strong!’ Nitra inwardly exclaimed, pointing her palms towards the ground and releasing electrical discharges from them.

This way, she was able to stop far before the pulse energy had to pass, and she soared above the cold sand.

‘Wait…? Where is he?” Nitra internally muttered, looking around. While she was trying to regain her balance, Liang had already left the battlefield, at least that was the first thought that came to her mind.

Then, someone’s shadow fell on her.

A crack.

Liang’s fist plunged into Nitra’s jaw, contorting her face and sinking her into the sand. Nitra couldn’t do anything at that moment, she just watched as the world flipped before her eyes.

‘Fuck… What happens when he starts using the sword…?’ Nitra thought while waves of sand were rising around them, triggered by Liang’s powerful strike.

Then, Liang brought his fist to attack again, intending to finish off his opponent with his next strike.

‘Well… Looks like our calculations were wrong, and we shouldn’t have angered this monster… However, that will only be true if I lose!’ Nitra’s eyes went wide, her pupils flashed, and lightning discharges went all over her body.

At the last moment, she escaped from under Liang’s oppression, flying high into the air. Her contorted, badly damaged face from Liang’s blow, began to recover.

The protective plates could bring her body back to its former state, all it needed was a short period of calm, without pressure or damage.

“So… What’s next? You turned out to be weaker than I thought.” Liang arrogantly said, raising his head. Although he was on the ground now, and Nitra was floating high above, he was the one looking down at her.

“It’s no big deal. I just didn’t expect you to have such incredible physical power in your body, however, it’s not something that will bring you victory.”

“Really?” Liang smirked.

Nitra put her palms together, channeling a large amount of energy into them. Then an electric flash appeared among her hands, pure plasma that slowly grew as she moved her palms away from each other.

“Interesting… Even the most powerful natural lightning wouldn’t possess such density…” Liang muttered, “That’s an impressive level of compression.”

Nitra didn’t answer anything, she just sharply ripped the plasma filament, shattering it into thousands of particles. Each piece soared upwards, heading towards the clouds and filling them with immense power, then Nitra’s ring sparkled brightly.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Across the entire desert, hundreds of metal pillars containing the power of thunder appeared. Each one was strong enough to kill a Fourth Chronicle Creature or injure a Fifth Chronicle One with one powerful discharge.

“Hah, this is going to be interesting.” Wain grinned with an excited expression. The same look was on Alucard watching the fight, it seemed like they were thinking the same thing.

“Hm? What’s going on?” Osvald was puzzled.

“Don’t you realize what’s going on?” Wain grinned, “Nitra is going to play by her own rules. She’s going to use the main feature of all Constructs to win.”

Osvald raised an eyebrow.

“High intelligence.” Sven sighed, “Which means her powers of calculation are superior to all of us combined. If we have combat experience, and Alucard has incredible instincts, then she has the ability to see the movements of all objects and know what will happen next. To her it’s pure math, to us, it’s a miracle.”

“Wait… So she uses lightning bolts for more than one powerful attack…?” Osvald was surprised.”

Sven nodded, “Yeah… She’s going to overwhelm Liang with an endless hail of attacks, and he won’t be able to dodge them in such chaos.”

Liang realized this too, but he wasn’t worried about it, he wanted to experience it for himself. Any challenge was like a reward for him.