Nameless King

“Before the battle in the Forgotten Forest, I met an Arkan once before. It was a girl who tried to kill me. I had never met her until then, and yet she had an incredible, pure hatred for me just because I was a human.” Wain muttered while looking at the silhouettes.

“Well, that’s not surprising. It took them a long time to find the remaining humans, so when they detected your bright energy, they immediately came after you. Dragons wouldn’t let them act so brazenly in a new world, so you were in some kind of space, right?” Aurora asked.

“Yeah… I was in a bar, she attacked me there.” Wain nodded.

“In a bar…? What a strange place. You mean the whole area was just one bar?” Aurora asked with a confused look as she raised an eyebrow.

“Exactly. Honestly, this is the quietest place that I have ever been. Also, Sven is the best bartender, his cocktails are something just unreachable.” Wain muttered while thinking about the unique taste of the cocktails as though he could feel it now.

“Sven…” Aurora murmured as her eyes widened, “Wait… What’s this bartender’s full name?”

“Sven Hellem. Do you know him?” Wain tilted his head in a questioning manner.

“No! You’d better never meet that man at all!” Aurora exclaimed with a startled look as she waved her hand, “Wain, don’t ever go into that bar again! Do you hear me?”

“Hmm? Why? Who’s Sven?” Wain frowned.

“You don’t need to know about it. Just forget your way there! Please!” Aurora exclaimed while clasping her hand to her chest.

‘Damn… She’s shaking with fear. I knew it, Sven has many dark secrets. Well, I’ll have to find out about that.’ Wain inwardly muttered.

“Wain…?”

“Okay, I hear you. Anyway, I can get a drink someplace else.” Wain nodded.

“Oh…” Aurora sighed in relief.

“Why do the Arkans hate the humans? Is there some long-standing animosity between our races?” Wain asked as he stared at the silhouettes.

“I can’t be sure of that for sure, but one of the main reasons is that the humans are too much like the Arkans, also the humans are the ones who didn’t let the Arkans consume the whole world. The Nameless King is a real nightmare or devil for them that ruined all their plans. Let me show you.” Aurora waved her hand.

The silhouettes disappeared, and together they appeared a massive battlefield in the center of which stood one man, beside him were hundreds of corpses with rivers of blood that flowed from their bodies.

“This was the result of one of Nameless King’s many battles against the Arkans. Even though the Arkans were much stronger than most of the Pillars, there was nothing they could do to him. It was a massacre. Even though I was too young to participate in the war then, I learned a lot from the archives and the stories.” Aurora uttered with a proud look.

“Why did the Arkans attack us? What were the other races doing?” ｂ𝚍𝚘𝚟ｌ.ｎｔ

“Well, it’s pretty complicated. The Arkans knew that if they didn’t deal with the humans, the Pillars along with the Nameless King would destroy them, so before the other races began their takeover, the Arkans attacked us.” Aurora muttered.

“I see. You were able to repel the attack and keep the Arkans from consuming the world, but many of your warriors as well as Nameless King died, right?” Wain asked while looking at Nameless King’s silhouette.

“Yes. Some of the races found out pretty quickly that the Arkans were attacking us, so they rushed to our aid, however the Arkans had allies. You probably know that the Angels and Elves don’t like us because the fact that humans devour souls is disgusting and horrible to them. I don’t know how, but they made a deal with the Arkans and became their loyal allies, at least for the duration of the Great War.” Aurora uttered as she snapped her fingers.

The battlefield disappeared, and an image of an Elf, an Angel, and an Arkan appeared in front of her, with a Nameless King that stood opposite.

“Hmm? Angels and Elves could stop everyone else?” Wain asked with a surprised look, “Are they really that strong?”

“No. Most of the Pillars joined the war later, and Arkans held them back for a long time, so at the beginning of the war, it was the Humans against Arkans, Vampires against Elves, and Demons against Angels.” Aurora explained.

“Well, I guess it wasn’t just Arkans against us, right?”

“Yeah… The Demons and Vampires were our main allies, but some Pillars decided this was the perfect opportunity to take us out. For example, the Constucructs thought we were too dangerous, but they were thwarted by the Axalts, anyway, the further the war went on, the more chaotic it became.” Aurora sighed in regret.

“I see.” Wain nodded, “What the Arkans suffer losses? Obviously, they couldn’t achieve their goals.”

“Most of their Elders are dead. I don’t know if they want to do it again, but it would take them a long time, though we no longer have anyone as strong as the Nameless King. Also, most of the Race Heads have been seriously wounded. I don’t know how many of them are awake yet.” Aurora shook her head.

“I see… I understand the situation, but there’s something you didn’t mention. What were the Dragons doing then?” Wain asked.

“Well… They weren’t involved in the Great War, or rather not really.”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

“The Dragons consider themselves the Guardians of World, but they were divided on whose side they should have taken, so they started a civil war, if you can call it that.” Aurora shrugged.

“What kind of nonsense is that? Isn’t it obvious that the Arkans that wanted to absorb the other races were the only threat?!” Wain frowned.

“I agree with you, but according to some, the Humans may pose just as much of a threat or more because of their unique abilities.”

“Ah… Tell me more.”

“Of course.”

…

For the next few hours, Aurora told Wain in detail everything she knew about the Great War. It was a shock to Wain, but he listened intently.