Nameless King

Edena was a talented alchemist, but she had one critical flaw. She had an extremely low blood purity of only three percent. It was practically the lowest value possible. Edena belonged to lower mudblood, which was the worst thing that could happen to a person.

Persons with such low blood purity were treated worse than slaves. The reason was that because their blood purity was less than 10%, many people didn't even want to consider them as members of their race.

It was possible to correct the blood purity percentage, and there were quite a few ways, but all of them were extremely expensive or very dangerous. Only one person with a blood purity of less than 10% out of a million had a chance at a decent future.

Edena was not only censured by society, but she had to endure such illnesses all the time. She knew that Wain had a vial of blood essence, and it was her ticket to safety.

Wain walked up to her, took her firmly by the palm, and said, "All right, I will give you the vial of blood essence, you are my man, and I will take care of you, but the price for the vial will be your loyalty."

He said the last words coldly and harshly, letting Edena know that he was not doing this out of pity or goodwill motives.

"Of course, I have nowhere to go anyway. This place, my new home now." Edena said with difficulty.

Wain nodded, and the ring glowed. A beautiful vial filled with red liquid appeared in his hand.

He pulled out the glass stopper, and everyone could smell the beautiful aroma as if it were from a century-old wine. Edena felt better just from the smell alone.

"Open your mouth." Wain said, and Edena did as he said.

Wain tilted the vial, and the red liquid slowly poured into Edena's mouth. The vial was small, its volume was about 100 milliliters, but each drop was as valuable as a bar of gold.

Edena greedily swallowed every drop as if her life depended on it, though in part, this was true. Without Wain's help, she would never have been able to get something like this. 

Even if she had saved up the right amount by some miracle, no one would want to do business with her. Reputation was more important to merchants.

"This is amazing..." Lui Bu muttered.

Edena's skin returned to normal, her blue hair and eyes became more intense, and a strong aura emanated from her.

Tremble.

There was an energy surge that threw everyone but Wain aside.

"What is that?" Wain asked.

"It seems to be because of a boundary piercing at the blood purity. The vial you gave her increases her blood purity by 10%, considering her original blood purity was 3%, now it's 13%." Lui Bu replied.

"I see, that's good."

"Thank you." Edena said, rising from the bed.

She felt great, as if she had been born again.

Edena looked at Wain and got down on one knee in front of him, "I know how valuable this vial was, and I thank you. I, Edena Allford, swear allegiance to you."

"I hope for you. You will surely become a great alchemist one day." Wain said seriously and turned to Elegan, "Take care of them. It's time for me to start my second evolution."

"Of course. Have you chosen a place yet?"

"Yes, I will evolve in the ice lake. Let all the monsters go from there."

"I got it." Elegan said seriously and headed with Wain toward the ice lake.

...

Everything was ready a few minutes later, and Wain began his evolution. He sat down on the ground in a lotus pose like Agnes to concentrate and calm down.

The process was about the same as the first time. To begin with, Wain had to collect the accumulated energy in the Soul Altar and channel it into his body.

He already had some experience in this and knew what to do. The energy from the Soul Altar slowly came out and gradually transformed into a glowing sphere of energy. It gave off a powerful aura and primordial power.

Unlike the other races, humans needed to kill and absorb the souls of others to gain enough energy to evolve. Wain, like the others, made his way with the blood and lives of other beings.

There was nothing but death in his path, for, for a human, there was no other option. The orb exuded a bloodthirsty aura of death.

Wain moved on to the second stage, the absorption of concentrated energy.

At his will, the sphere headed toward him, and the energy spread throughout his body.

He grew stronger, and his Soul Altar was filled with energy again. Every cell in his body was changing and evolving.

Changes were happening to Wain's body and inside his mind, in the dark castle.

...

"It looks like it's finally begun." Proclaimed a man in black and white armor. He smiled and stared intently at the gray platform on which they stood.

The cracks on it were increasing, and new ones were appearing all the time.

"Yes, it will break soon. It will be good for some of us." Blind Sorcerer muttered.

"Damn, you lucky people, why did I end up fourth? Where's the justice?!" Black Sun Aristocrat exclaimed.

"Shut up. You just don't have any patience. Soon it will be your turn, too." Cursed Swordsman muttered.

Tremble.

The platform gradually collapsed, and the crown hovering over it suddenly trembled. It headed downward and disappeared.

...

As Forgotten said, it took Wain a lot less time this time. A few days after it began, his Soul Altar came into motion. It was the final stage of evolution.

A massive pillar of energy erupted from Wain's body and then came back again, boosting his power again.

His eyes sparkled, and he took a deep breath. Wain felt the power spill over his body and slowly got to his feet.

Crack.

The ice cracked beneath his feet, and Wain looked at the world a little differently. He took another big step forward, much more significant than the first.

[You have successfully completed your second evolution and made a great leap forward.]

[All of your stats have been increased by 100 points.]

[Rating of all your skills except - Nameless King's Forms has been reduced by one step while maintaining the overall strength of the skill]

[All restrictions have been removed. Now, as before, you can accumulate Soul Essence with the souls of other creatures and increase stats]

Wain nodded. He was surprised at how different the increase was as compared to First Chronicle.

He only increased all of his stats by 25 points the first time. That wasn't bad, but it seemed pretty small compared to 100 points.

"Ah, I wonder when I can pass the next evolution? It's been a long time since last, and things are much different now. Besides humans, there are many other, dangerous opponents around." Wain muttered.

Then another interesting message appeared before him.

[The Nameless King's Forms skill has adapted to your current state and position in the world. All five open forms have been greatly enhanced. There have been significant changes with the first three forms, Code of Light and Darkness, Cursed Swordsman, and Blind Sorcerer.. Each form had one new, special ability unlocked].